“I’m Worried About My Grade” “I’m worried about my grade”‚ is a you tube video that I had to watch. Its about a conversation between a teacher and a lazy student ‚ that thinks his teacher owes him another chance to better his grade. The sad thing about this that it’s the end of the semester and there’s nothing he can do make up his work. But this student keeps pushing the issue of extra credit and make up work thinking it would do him some good. When watching this video the first
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The Yen In only 142 years Japan’s economy changed from an antiquated monetary system to the world’s third most traded currency and forth most used reserve currency after the U.S. dollar‚ the euro‚ and the pound sterling. Truly the Japanese Yen is still an unappreciated economic force waiting for it’s chance to take center stage on the world market. CREATION OF THE YEN The Yen came into existence May 10‚ 1871 after the Meiji government chose to abandon Tokugawa coinage
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The history of the Yen The origin of Japanese currency can be traced to the Wu Zhu bronze coin of China‚ which was introduced under the Han Dynasty around 221 BC. Until the 8th Century the Japanese imported such coins from China. However‚ in 708 the Japanese government began minting their own silver and copper coins called the Wado Kaichin or Wado Kaiho‚ which imitated the Chinese Kai Yuan Tong Bao coin ’s size‚ shape‚ and weight. Approximately 250 years later though‚ the Japanese government
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GMS 401 – Chapter 1 - Operations management – the management of processes or systems that create goods and/or services o System is a set of interrelated parts that must work together - Process – a series of linked actions‚ changes‚ or functions bringing about a result o 3 types of process: • Core process – (or operational) processes directly create goods and/or services • Support processes – support core processes • Marginal processes – govern the system - Efficiency – operating at minimum
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lution to solve the issue that parents are worrying about. One point which I consider to be absolutely vital is the balance of subject-liking preference for both girls and boys. In other words‚ there are gender-typical subject preferences in both education systems: Single-sex school and Co-ed school. A British researcher has carried the research based on the attitudes of the students toward different subjects. “Students at co-ed schools tended to have gender-typical subject preferences: boys
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. What features of the 100 Yen Sushi House service delivery system differentiate it from the competition‚ and what competitive advantages do they offer? The main differentiating factor of 100 Yen Sushi House is its production-line approach to food preparation and service. Even the customers are included in the production line. The rate at which customers enter the restaurant‚ remove dishes from the food train‚ and leave the restaurant determines the flow of the delivery process. This "pull"
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Why GM Matters is a book written about the history of General Motors Company and the struggle they endured during the 2008 economic recession. The book is broken in three parts; the first part explains what went wrong in General Motors Company including the workers that would be affected if General Motors Company had to move their production to another country or if they had to close the doors on General Motors Company and let Toyota buy them out. The book also discusses in the first part‚ the person
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Questions: Foreign Exchange Hedging Strategies at GM − Competitive Exposures 1. Why is GM worried about the yen? GM’s concern about fluctuations in the Yen is due not only to the impact on GM’s costs‚ but the fact that Japanese competitors face reduced costs when the Yen is depreciating. Also‚ with increasing profit margins‚ end-price to consumer can be lowered and lead to gain in market share for Japanese competitors. Research had shown that a 10 Yen appreciation to the dollar reduces operating
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Jonathan Wiggins Business Economics GM545 July 2013 jwiggin3@gru.edu Exercise 1: Everyone’s gasoline problem Gas prices fluctuate due to oil prices and the anticipated supply and demand worldwide. Whenever there is political unrest in a major oil producing country you will see an increase in gas prices due to the demand of oil potentially produced decreasing. Very rarely do gas prices follow the general supply and demand because if they did gas prices would be lower currently. In my hometown
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from GM’s exposure to the yen which is reflected in their financial statements‚ their competitive position vis-à-vis Japanese manufacturers is affected by a potentially declining yen. This is because a declining yen reduces the Japanese manufacturers’ $ cost‚ enabling them to pass on some of the benefit to US customers and thus taking some of GM’s market share. This will impact GM’s top and bottom line. However‚ GM has a difficult decision regarding managing this risk. GM can quite easily justify
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