operations into cost or profit centers. It is a management and strategic decision for companies to decide which divisions should be cost centers and which ones should be profit centers. . A cost center may actually provide services that could generate a profit if they were offered on the open market. But in most corporate environments‚ cost centers are not expected to generate a profit and operation costs are treated as overhead. Departments that are typically cost centers include information technology
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Alternative medicine‚ also known as a holistic approach‚ has been around since ancient times. It has a longer history of healing than many of the traditional medicines commonly prescribed and available today. Being dominated by pharmaceutical creations in the last century‚ alternative medicine is making a fast comeback these days. People are becoming increasingly aware of medical practices from different cultures. Many are frustrated with the damage that conventional medicine can do‚ its severe side
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Alternative beverages competed on the basis of differentiation from traditional drinks such as carbonated soft drinks or fruit juices. The market started out with low competition‚ however that is rapidly changing as many new product lines enter and profit margins will inevitably suffer from the price reduction. The rest of the beverage industry is faced with low profit margins because of high competition and little ability to differentiate products. The alternative beverage segment help companies
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Alternate Energy What would it be like to live in the dark? Finding new forms of alternative energy has been a major concern throughout the world for the past several years. Currently‚ our main sources of energy are coal for electricity‚ and oil for transportation. Alternative energy‚ also known as renewable energy‚ is defined as energy derived from sources that do not use up natural resources or harm the environment. At the rate we are using these nonrenewable resources oil is scheduled to run
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Complementary medicine treatments have increased in the last years as an alternative way to treat some illnesses due to the fear that people feel with mainstream medicine and its consequences. But has this kind of medicine the power to cure all diseases like cancer or AIDS? We find some advantages that make us trust in alternative medicine. Firstly‚ herbal medicine brings us a lot of benefits for our helth. For instance‚ there are some researches that show marijuana infusion is very good for cancer
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FUSION CENTERS Cecilia Pina 05/16/12 compSc 100: Mon & Wed 4pm-5:50pm “A fusion center is an effective and efficient mechanism to exchange information and intelligence‚ maximize resources‚ streamline operations‚ and improve the ability to fight crime and terrorism by merging data from variety of sources.”(1) Let us break this down‚ fusion is the act of fusing or combining and center is a point or place in which
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Energy Alternatives: * Alternative energy is any energy source that is an alternative to fossil fuel. In a general sense in contemporary society‚ alternative energy is that which is produced without the undesirable consequences of the burning of fossil fuels‚ such as high carbon dioxide emissions‚ which is considered to be the major contributing factor of global warming. * This chapter discussed only a few of the possible alternatives to our current combustible energy generation system
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THE STORY OF "GREENFREEZE" In the spring of 1992 Greenpeace brought together scientists who had extensively researched the use of propane and butane as refrigerants‚ with an East German company DKK Scharfenstein. The company had been producing refrigerators for 50 years and was the leading household appliance manufacturer in the former East Germany. After reunification‚ however‚ it faced severe economic problems and was due to be closed down. The meeting between the scientists and DKK Scharfenstein
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Call Centers -- RP’s Emerging Sunshine Industry The call center service has been dubbed the country’s latest sunshine industry‚ expected to generate around 24‚000 jobs in the next two years. When a door closes‚ a window opens. Even as the Philippines feels the fallout from the global IT crunch‚ it has benefited from the prevailing cost-cutting trend in an unexpected way -- an unprecedented boom in the call center business. Indeed‚ the call center service has been dubbed the country’s latest sunshine
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The mushrooming of coaching centers all over the cities big or small‚ metros or districts highlight the growing trend of students opting for coaching classes apart from the regular curriculum. Once upon a time coaching was a rare phenomenon‚ generally unheard of and only taken by those who were weak in their studies. But now it is a way of life for students‚ aggressively promoted by the teachers and too some extent by the parents also. The craze for coaching has led to opening of coaching centre
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