GENERAL MOTORS BLUE MACAW BRAZIL Plant X-Brazil Analysis Finance 570: Group Project Presented By: Abhijit Joshi‚ Kate Urpsirisuk‚ and Matthew Smith. Company Background Headquartered in Detroit‚ MI (NYSC: GM) CEOs – John F. Smith: Nov 1992 – May 2000 – Richard Wagoner: Jun 2000 – Present Founded in 1908 Annual global industry sales leader for 76 years Manufacturing facilities in 33 Countries Brazil’s Improving Economy Plano Real (1994) intended to stabilize Brazilian economy
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Cited: BBC news. "GM Food." BBC 26 Oct. 2002‚ BBC news. < http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/genes/gm_genie/index.shtml/> ESRC Global Environmental Change Programme (1999) The politics of GM food: Risk‚ Science and Public Trust‚ Special Briefing No 5. University of Sussex. Frances Moore‚ Joseph Collins‚ Cary Fowler
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as to GM food. Some hold that GM food is a great prosess in science for the woeld. However‚ other people reject to buy the genetically modified food‚ they think the GM food are unhealthy to us. In this essay‚ I will discuss the threat and advance of GM food. Some people hold the view that genetically modified food is a threat to agriculture and human beings. Firstly‚ the threat to agriculture‚ “once GM crops are planted‚ cross-pollination means other crops often become contaminated and GM material
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The 21st century has presented a major set of converging threats as the pressures of population growth‚ climate change and food insecurity are driving the world towards worsening hunger and malnutrition. Many people argue that Genetically Modified (GM) crops are promoted as a ‘Miracle Solution’ to solve the food shortage crisis since the use of genetic engineering enables genetic materials to be modified and in turn creates new varieties that exhibit desirable characteristics such as resistant to
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to develop an agricultural strategy which is sustainable‚ environment friendly‚ protects the biodiversity and enhances human well being. Policymakers around the world are considering the option of transgenic or genetically modified (GM) crops to solve this problem. GM crops contain a gene or genes which have not been inserted into them through pollination but artificially. The gene which is inserted may come from the same species or different species and are resistant to insects and diseases (Bhat
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GENERAL MOTORS BAILOUT PROBLEM Introduction Founded in 1908‚ General Motors has been one of the largest corporation and the second largest automaker in the world coming after Toyota. For 77 consecutive years from 1931 to 1908‚ GM has been a leading automaker and marketer as ranked by the total number of units sold yearly. General motors have also been a leading employer not only in the United States but also in other parts of the world where it operates. However‚ the company has been seriously
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Firstly‚ letʼs have a look at safety of GM foods. GM foods have more allergens than foods which are grown by traditional methods. A person‚ because of not knowing which food has allergens‚ may most probably get sick. In 2003‚ a group of Russian scientists reported the fact that patients with food allergy had increased three times because of the GM foods. In addition to allergens‚ transfer of antibiotic resistance genes is another problematic issue. When GM food is being produced‚ antibiotic resistance
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AK/ADMS 4541 Advanced Corporate Finance Winter 2013 Mid-Term Exam Answer Key Question 1 (35 marks) a.) b.) (8 marks) (4 marks) Calculating the EOQ. EOQ = SQRT(2 * F * T / H) = (2 * 80 * 200‚000 / 1.00)0.5 EOQ = 5‚656.85 kg (4 marks) Calculating the EOQ savings. Total cost = (F * T/Q) + (H * Q / 2) = (80 * 200‚000 / 10‚000) + (1.00 * 10‚000/2) Total Cost @10‚000 kg = $6‚600 Total Cost EOQ = (F * T / Q) + (H * Q / 2) where Q = 5‚656.85 kg = (80 * 200‚000 / 5‚656.85) + (1.00 * 5‚656.85 / 2) = $5‚656
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Genetically modified (GM) crops refer to the extraction of genes from one foreign sources such as other plants or animals. World food crisis also refers to the people who are unable to get food for their own consumption. The GM crops will solve the current world food crisis as they are resistant to key diseases as pest and is able to withstand greater somatic extremes and poorer soils. GM crops are also able to stay fresh longer. An example is the pest-resistant corn the was created by inserting
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The extraordinary success of NUMMI over GM can be attributed to NUMMI becoming a learning organization‚ and bears evidence to Senge’s description on learning organizations. The words of Ray Stata “The rate at which organizations learn may become the only sustainable source of competitive advantage” ring true in every aspect in considering the NUMMI vs GM case. The following factors played a key role in developing a ‘generative’ learning approach in NUMMI‚ a key source of its competitiveness:
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