refer to products in other industries. To the economist‚ a threat of substitutes exists when a product’s demand is affected by the price change of a substitute product. A product’s price elasticity is affected by substitute products - as more substitutes become available‚ the demand becomes more elastic since customers have more alternatives. A close substitute product constrains the ability of firms in an industry to raise prices. The competition engendered by a Threat of Substitute comes from
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Cataclysm Ascribed to Synthetic Fertilizers: A Sentence Outline Thesis Statement: To ensure the preservation of mammalian populations native to North America‚ it is vital for Americans to establish an understanding of what synthetic fertilizer‚ along with acknowledging how its excessive application is cataclysmic for aquaculture and wildlife ecosystems. I. To comprehend the magnitude of synthetic fertilizer effects‚ it is vital knowing what synthetic fertilizer is‚ on a molecular level‚ and how
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future competitive threats of China and India for industries in developed countries. The emergence of China as the mass manufacturing pioneer in the world has lead to the concern that China will soon be competing with the industries in the developed nations. India‚ at the same time‚ is emerging as the centre of IT enabled services including software development‚ and poses significant threat to the developed countries in high-skill goods and services. Today‚ the main competitive threat that China and
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Giorgia Laird‚ Holly Adams‚ Prao Vikitsreth‚ Ella Chambers‚ EmmaJane Littler Threats to Antarctica Antarctica has a brutal climate; it is the coldest‚ windiest‚ most deserted place on earth. Due to the continent’s inhospitality‚ only select species can live there‚ including phytoplankton‚ krill and squid at the bottom of the food web‚ and killer whales‚ blue whales and seals at the top‚ and it is also home to penguins‚ and several types of fish. However this harsh environment is also considered
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Delusion of a postracial area We might be aware of some stereotypes related to our social identity but what we don’t know much about is stereotype threat. Stereotype threat has been shown to reduce the performance of successful people belonging to a certain negatively stereotyped group. Claude Steele‚ the author of Whistling Vivaldi‚ a social psychologist and Columbia University provost‚ writes about the work he and his colleagues have done on this phenomenon‚ the tendency to expect‚
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Area of System Threat Potential Vulnerability D:H Technical hardware failures or errors Equipment failure D:H:Pe:Pr:S Missing‚ inadequate‚ or incomplete Loss of access to information systems due to disk drive failure without proper backup and recovery plan organizational policy or planning in place D:H:S:Pe Sabotage or vandalism Destruction of systems or information D:S Memory Safety Violation Buffer overflows D:S Technical software failures or errors Bugs‚ code problems‚ unknown loopholes
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Assignment 1 Threat: An unauthorized employee tries to access data that is hosted on the server. Vulnerability: The organization does not use authentication and access controls. Likelihood: The likelihood is very low‚ depending on the organization and its budget. For the most part‚ most organizations have IT specialists that are tasked to keep everything on the network secure. In the government most all data is protected by multiple forms of security. LAN DOMAIN: Weak passwords could be
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Threat of Entry Significant economies of scale the price of laptops has come down in recent years and the prices of some printers are more expensive than others that are smaller! Part of the reason for this is that there is a different degree of technology involved in the production of some of these products and‚ in addition‚ it is not likely that they will be produced in the quantities that will allow the benefits of economies of scale to manifest themselves. With most multinational corporations
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Threats may be created by a broad range of relationships and circumstances. When a relationship or circumstances creates a threat‚ such a threat could compromise‚ or could be perceived to compromise‚ a professional accountant’s compliance with the fundamental principles. A circumstance or relationship may create more than one threat‚ and a threat may affect compliance with more than fundamental principle. Threats fall into one or more of the following categories: (a) Self-interest threat – the threat
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Environmental Threats Global Problems Sea Level Rising At present‚ sea levels around the world are rising. Current sea level rise potentially impacts human populations and the natural environment. Global average sea level rose at an average rate of around 1.7 ± 0.3 mm per year over 1950 to 2009 and at a satellite-measured average rate of about 3.3 ± 0.4 mm per year from 1993 to 2009‚[01] an increase on earlier estimates.[02] Climate change Destructive sudden heavy rains‚ intense tropical
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