1a. Why do you think that Louisville Slugger purchased the Alcoa factory rather than continue letting Alcoa make it’s bats? as a cost effective investment which allowed them to leverage purchasing power for raw materials and renegotiate existing contracts based on a larger business model more involved in quality control in order to maintain a positive reputation gain knowledge of experienced people which allowed them to get into the market more quickly (To me‚ this has an element of why purchase
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2012 English 101 What Shapes You? Often times‚ we rely on the world to we live in to shape us. From mass media‚ to magazines to commercials‚ we always find ourselves seeking the next best thing instead of what we already have. The way society shapes us develops each and every one of us because we are persuaded by such advertisements. Robert Scholes of “On Reading A Video Text”‚ and Shirley Jackson of “The Lottery”‚ show appropriate examples of the world we live in today. Robert Scholes
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2012-11-19 SERIOUS GAMING LEARNING: SUPPLY CHAIN MULTI-AGENT WEB-BASED SIMULATION GAME Ayman Tobail Dublin Institute of Technology John Crowe Dublin Institute of Technology‚ john.crowe@dit.ie Amr Arisha Dublin Institute of Technology Follow this and additional works at: http://arrow.dit.ie/buschmancon Part of the Business Administration‚ Management‚ and Operations Commons‚ and the Curriculum and Instruction Commons Recommended Citation Tobail‚ A‚ Crowe‚ J and Arisha‚ A. (2012). Serious Gaming
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and innovation and their complimentary roles in the field of entrepreneurship. Which one do you think is most vital for the entrepreneur? INTRODUCTION Creativity‚ invention and innovation are not the same thing. To create a successful product or business‚ the entrepreneur needs to recognize the differences‚ and combine them in the right mix. These concepts are closely linked together. They make us think of something new‚ something really different. However‚ they are very distinctive and related
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is the natural choice for a world language. To what extend do you agree with this statement? In recent years‚ it is widely acknowledge that English has become the universal language occupying prominent position in the world. However‚ a debate has arisen over whether English is the natural choice for global language and continues to remain its permanent position. Although it might claim that there are some other languages have potential to replace English as a world language‚ English language has
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I think that the first thing that needs to be done to help combat world hunger is education. People in developed countries need to realize that hunger is a problem. As they always say‚ acceptance is the first step. However‚ this obviously won’t be fixing any problems. But I think first is to devise a way to limit our waste. We currently have so much food that is just thrown away. It’s inevitablethat not all food will be saved: some will be thrown away‚ but if we could utilize more of this food into
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When I think of organized crime‚ the definition that pops into my head is that it is a group a people‚ either one ethnic group or different races‚ that runs or controls the neighborhood or probably the city. They either sell drugs and other goods and they also kill anyone that mess with them or their family or a person that owes them money. The definition that the book describe or define organized crime is the dominated by (but is not exclusively) a single‚ monolithic criminal organization made up
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forces others to believe in what is considered a “fresh‚ new start.” To ensure success in the future‚ there must be little to no deficiencies in one’s actions. There must be a past to compare
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What Motivates You! There was a time where employees were known as just another input into the production of goods and services. What possibly changed the way of thinking about employees was research‚ referred to as the Hawthorne Studies‚ conducted by Elton Mayo. This study found employees are not motivated solely by money and employee behavior is linked to their attitudes (Dickson‚ 1973). Why is motivation so important in the work force and what should be done? Motivated employees
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What would you do if‚ for example‚ you had a lot of money? Never mind your chances of having lots of money are just slightly better than the chances of being abducted by aliens. Even so‚ having a lot of money is a favourite daydream for a lot of us. If had a lot of money‚ I would like to buy a bungalow for my family to live as my current house is quite small. I will provide a luxurious life for my parents as they had taken care of me since birth. I will also provide enough money for my siblings
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