water is captured from rainfall where runoff is insufficient to flow into dam storages. The quality of captured rainwater is usually sufficient for most household needs‚ reducing the need for detergents because rainwater is soft. Financial benefits to the users include that rain is ’renewable’ at acceptable volumes despite climate change forecasts‚ and rainwater harvesting systems generally have low running costs‚ providing water at the point of consumption (Ferguson 2012).[1] Benefits of widespread
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Executive Summary The soft drink industry is a highly competitive business fighting for market space in which there are dominant companies controlling the business. Coca-Cola and Pepsi Co. are the two largest companies that set the standards for nearly everything in the industry. These two companies compete heavily with each other in terms of advertising to gain market share‚ which smaller companies are left with attempting to be very creative and finding niche markets to attract customers. They
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specific attributes (e.g.‚ try to avoid broad terms like ’quality ’)‚ selected on the basis of your depth interviews (attributes that are frequently mentioned by your respondents). Since there are two brands altogether (e.g.‚ two different brands of soft drinks)‚ you need (a) 10 items to measure bi (these items are brand specific); and (b) 5 items to measure ei (these items are not brand specific). Important: When choosing the main brand (that is‚ the brand you are consulting
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Soft drinks in India – Huge Potential Ahead According to the ‘Product Insights: Soft Drinks in India’ report‚ The global soft drinks market grew at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 3.45% from 2005 to 2009 and was valued at $494.5 billion in 2009. New product launches in the global soft drinks market increased by 8.59% in 2009. The US was the top country by retail sales as well as by number of new product launches‚ followed by Japan which ranked second in both categories. Globally‚ India ranked
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Introduction: This document investigates Soft Systems Methodology‚ which is a way of dealing with problem situations in which there is a high social‚ political and human activity component. SSM varies from other methodologies as it does not deal with the HARD problems that are more technically oriented but instead it deals with SOFT problems as will be discussed in detail later on in this report. SOFT SYSTEM METHODOLOGY: Soft System Methodology is the brainwave of Professor Peter Checkland. The
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CASE 1 - DEMAND ESTIMATION and ELASTICITY: Soft Drinks in the U.S. Demand can be estimated with experimental data‚ time-series data‚ or cross-section data. In this case‚ cross-section data appear in the Excel file. Soft drink consumption in cans per capita per year is related to six-pack price‚ income per capita‚ and mean temperature across the 48 contiguous states in the United States. QUESTIONS 1. Given the data‚ please construct (a) a multiple linear regression equation and (b) a log-linear
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Ray Bradbury’s‚ “ The Illustrated Man.” Domination In Ray Bradbury’s “The Illustrated Man‚” Bradbury writes a series of short science-fictional stories. While all of these stories take place in different worlds such as Venus‚ Mars‚ and Earth‚ all of them convey a different message. Bradbury takes his fictional writings and makes them real for his readers. He skillfully does this by tying the stories within‚ “The Illustrated Man‚” to controversial issues being faced in America at that period in
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Rain Forests Vegetation • More than two thirds of the world’s plant species are found in the tropical rainforests: plants that provide shelter and food for rainforest animals as well as taking part in the gas exchanges which provide much of the world’s oxygen supply. • Rainforest plants live in a warm humid environment that allows an enormous variation rare in more temperate climates: some like the orchids have beautiful flowers adapted to attract the profusion of forest insects.
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1. (A) Soft HR treats employees as the most important resource in the business and a source of competitive advantage Employees are treated as individuals and their needs are planned accordingly whereas hard HR treats employees simply as a resource of the business like machinery and buildings. • Soft HR concentrates on the needs of employees; their roles‚ rewards‚ motivation where as hard HR identifies workforce needs of the business and recruits and manages accordingly. • Soft HR Strategic
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For this assignment‚ you gave a list of soft skills and ask us to research them. Being a working adult in the Army has thought me about certain soft skills. Prior to taking your class I never heard those words before. But it does make sense the civilian sector would incorporate the same traits as people in the military. The list below are the soft skills I acquired throughout my years in the Army. These skills weren’t born overnight. These skills are natured from my present and former leaders
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