Tennessee V. Lane Case Before 2004‚ courthouses and other public buildings differed from how they are today. There was one thing that these buildings did not have‚ a handicapped entrance. At this time‚ it could be very embarrassing to be handicapped because you could do nothing for yourself. If you wanted to enter a public building‚ you had to ask someone to carry you in‚ or even worse‚ you might have to crawl up stairs to enter! This was a definite problem that had been around for years‚ however
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Case analysis "Cost of Capital at Ameritrade" Cost of capital refers to the maximum rate of return a company must earn from its investments‚ so that the market values of the company’s equity shares do not go down. The people at Ameritrade are not in agreement on the best estimate of the cost of capital. Research analyst put the cost of capital at 12%‚ while other members of the management estimate it to be at 9% and the CFO estimates it to be at 15%. The CEO of the company is optimistic that
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MAERSK LINE vs. CA G.R. No. 94761‚ May 17‚ 1993 FACTS: Petitioner Maersk Line is engaged in the transportation of goods by sea‚ doing business in the Philippines through its general agent‚ Compania de Tabacos de Filipinas‚ while private respondent Efren Castillo is the proprietor of Ethegal Laboratories‚ a firm engaged in the manufacture of pharmaceutical products. On Nov. 12‚ 1976‚ Castillo ordered from Eli Lilly‚ Inc. of Puerto Rico 600‚000 empty gelatin capsules for the manufacture of his
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Reflection Incremental vs. Comprehensive Analysis ACC/561 University of Phoenix Making accurate managerial decisions based on a business’s financial and nonfinancial information are important. To understand the financial information necessary for making correct decisions it is helpful to create an incremental analysis. The incremental analysis identifies the relevant revenues and costs and the expected impact on future income. Although both incremental and comprehensive analysis can be
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Case : Carnival Cruise Lines 1 )The cruise line industry has seriously developed through the last decades. Companies have adapted offers creating lower price cruises more adapted to the middle class. Moreover‚ Ted Arison has launched the concept of “Fun Ship” vacation creating a new type of cruise more oriented on leisure. He managed to create a synergy with group tours‚ theme parks and sojourns (to Las Vegas for example). It created curiosity to potential customers and has grown the number of
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Carnival Cruise Lines case Questions 1. What global forces have contributed to the growth of the cruise industry? Two major factors that have contributed to the growth of the cruise industry are the change in the competitive environment brought about by the advent of transoceanic airline service and increasing discretionary incomes. As demand for liner travel declined in response to the development of less expensive and much faster air service‚ shipping lines were forced to respond to
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Mount (6) 9‚000 36 180 Bracket (2) 18‚000 72 360 Bolt (2) 18‚000 72 360 Table : BOM including Demand per Product Introduction This report offers alternatives to improve the cellular manufacturing process at Spartan. The main focus of the improvements is on lead time reduction. Spartan has recently introduced cell manufacturing to improve the lead time for a family of 4 products. Although the results initially looked promising‚ after several weeks the performance started
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Technology amelioration has led to a Gnostic generation attending any classroom. Therefore it is a teacher’s responsibility to upgrade his knowledge level. Attention retention in a classroom can be achieved only if a tutor is able to keep up with the knowledge base of his protégé. In fact‚ a tutee only respects a teacher who is able to keep pace with his knowledge level and help him go a step further in his search for knowledge. A precise and methodical planning for each session‚ thus‚ turns out
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My journal article reports on the development of “incremental theory” (a belief that people’s traits‚ talents‚ and abilities are malleable and can be changed over time with effort as opposed to entity theory that believes in fixed-mindsets (Sternberg Horn‚ Lox‚ & Labrador‚ 2013) by harnessing and applying the results of a paradigm shift‚ that occurred in the year 2008‚ in sport psychology’s methods and beliefs of examining the relationship between intrinsic motivation and performance. This paradigm
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Case study: Value line publishing According to the case‚ Lowe’s management said that the growth rate of next two years would be 18% to 19%. So I prefer to use this rate as the growth rate of the first two years. The growth rate of the first two years would be 18.5%. The growth rate from 2004 to 2006 is estimated by the number of new stores‚ sq. footage and the historical sales. The following exhibit will show this result. 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Number of stores 477 520 576 650 744
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