Transport Phenomenon (Electrical and Thermal) in two allotropic forms of Carbon (Diamond and Graphite) Graphite and Diamond both are formed from carbon (two allotropic forms of carbon). Though they have similar constituent element‚ they differ a lot in their properties. Diamond is a good thermal conductor but a bad electrical conductor‚ while graphite is a bad thermal conductor but a good electrical conductor. This is one example of their property difference. The difference in their properties
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Barriers on an industry always have a major effect for new and upcoming business. In the food industry the pile of Governmental red tape is long and ugly. Almost any service that has anything to do with serving the general public with food has to meet set standards by the food and drug administration and health departments and U.S. Department of Agriculture. Furthermore‚ the regulations and inspections on the State and Local levels a food company must comply with. The food industry is a tough
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The threat of potential new entrants (Low) High capital is required to enter into the mobile industry. It is difficult to start up in an industry where the existing firms already operate on cost and differentiation strategies (Chan et al‚ 2011‚ p.12). However‚ with the commoditization of parts‚ finding vanilla solutions for a simple alternative product might be possible. Differentiation‚ however‚ is another story. New entrants would have issues with overcoming patent issues if they didn’t plan
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– Assignment 2 During 2011 significant industrial relation events took place in Australia. One significant event that was widely reported in the media and according to Catanzartiti and Kane (2012) “captured the interest of the mainstream press more than any other case during 2011”‚ was the Qantas Airways Limited (Qantas) dispute”. The Qantas dispute involved varying parties. These parties included Qantas employees and their representing unions‚ Qantas Management‚ the Minister for Tertiary
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Sonia’s smoothies 1) Nick calculated that of 200 customers who completed the questionnaire at the rock festival‚ the mean age was 23. The age distribution conformed to a curve of normal distribution with a standard deviation of 5. Calculate the number of customers aged 33 and over who featured in Sonia’s survey (33-23)÷5 = 2 2% of 200= 4 Answer= 4 2) With reference to the report on the UK smoothie market (appendix 2) analyse two limitations of using secondary sources as the
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EXHIBIT 1 Porter’s 5 Forces: Computer Industry Threat of New Entrants: Medium With the standardization of most of the computer components‚ it becomes easy for customers to change their laptops. This leads to a moderate customer switching cost. The availability of direct-to-customer service and retailers‚ it becomes easy for customers to find their desired product as well as for companies to provide their products in less time and with reduced cost. If any new player wants to enter into the market
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In Malaysia‚ Giant will step into the age of 66 in year 2010; they are pioneer in the concept of modern supermarket shopping and has been ranked 11th of Most Valuable Brand in year 2007 and 12th in 2008‚ they also rewarded as the Top Retailer in Malaysia and Best of the Best in Asia Pacific Retailer’s Award for 2 consecutive years in 2007 and 2008. They also succeed in the Best Brands in Consumer (Hypermarkets)‚ Brand Laureate Award 2007/208 for Corporate Branding and also the Excellence Service
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System Design in Diamond manufacturing Authors: Gilad‚ Issachar in Diversity and Importance of Ergonomics - Two Examples‚ Laurig‚ Wolfgang‚Vedder‚ Joachim‚ Editor‚ Encyclopedia of Occupational Health and Safety‚ Jeanne Mager Stellman‚ Editor-in-Chief. International Labor Organization‚ Geneva. The design of manually operated work benches and working methods in the diamond polishing industry has not changed for hundreds of years. Occupational health studies of diamond polishers have identified
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Porters 5 forces for Flipkart Threat of New Entrants : Industry seems to have very high potential but is at its nascent stage. Lots of scope of growth in the future Many small players might enter to explore the market High capital investment is required as it is still in the nascent stage. Would not be much of a deterrent as venture capitalists are interested in investing‚ as they see a future in it. Flipkart is already an established its brand name and network across the nation
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Porter’s Five Forces This model focuses on the study of the competitive influences or ‘forces’ on a business. When we discuss competitive factors on a firm‚ we usually consider other firms within the same industry selling similar products. [1] and although it is true that other firms in the same industry present competition‚ Porter challenged this over simplified view by considering other forces that will also affect the firms competitive ability . The diagram below highlights the 5 main
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