When I first read this poem‚ I thought the speaker was showing sympathy by saying “war is kind” to people who had lost loved ones in the war‚ or that “war is kind” because it eventually makes peace. But then I realized‚ the more that I think about war and how it is not at all kind makes me believe the speaker in this poem is being sarcastic when he says that “war is kind”. I still believe that he was showing sympathy in a paradoxical way. Society tends to overlook how bad war really is and how gruesome
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MARKETING ENGINEERING FOR EXCEL • CASE • VERSION 1.0.2 Case Ford Hybrid Car Case By Arvind Rangaswamy 1. Before beginning any case‚ students should familiarize themselves with the model being used. Marketing Engineering for Excel comes with tutorials that demonstrate the capability of each model. The tutorial can be found under each model within the ME►XL menu after starting Excel. These tutorials are designed to work with our OfficeStar examples which are located in
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The radiant rays of the morning sun filtered through the canopy of leaves. My friend and I had gone to the park to play a small game of soccer before retreating home for breakfast. From a distance‚ we could see smoke in the air. However‚ thinking that it was a barbecue someone was having at the park‚ we took no notice of it and happily continued to chat and giggle away. It was when we approached nearer to the park that we realized that there was no barbecue going on. As we looked around‚ we realized
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harmful gases‚ dust‚ smoke enters into the atmosphere and makes it difficult for plants‚ animals and humans to survive as the air becomes dirty. Causes of Air pollution 1. Burning of Fossil Fuels: pollution emitting from vehicles including trucks‚ jeeps‚ cars‚ trains‚ airplanes cause immense amount of pollution. 2. Agricultural activities: The use of insecticides‚ pesticides and fertilizers in agricultural activities has grown quite a lot. They emit harmful chemicals into the air and can also cause water
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Nov. 11 – 2014 CASE MEMO Olympic Rent-A-Car US : Customer Loyalty Battles CASE SUMMARY : Olympic-rent-a-car is one of the US car renting company leader. The company was founded in 1976 by John Uelses‚ with a franchising model. The initial strategy of the company was to price lower than the main competitors. With a promotion‚ advertizing and franchizing strategy‚ the company reached to catch 7% of the market shares in 2012. By starting operating in the major airports‚ the company reached to extend
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Case Study of “Beacon Car Rental” Henry was the senior vice president of operations. Tony was the chief marketing officer‚ and they were talking about Beacon’s latest acquisition—VillageCar. But they seemed to have different opinions on it. The most important thing was—could an auto rental company fully integrate its car-sharing start-up without losing customers? A week later Henry went to Tony’s office and set a paper down on his desk; it was an article from the Journal of Consumer Research which
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1. The Wilkerson Company is in the business of manufacturing valves‚ pumps and flow controllers. The company has been experiencing profit losses due to price reductions as a result of heavy competition in the pump category‚ which is considered a commodity product. In the valves category‚ Wilkerson seems to be a market leader with a loyal customer base. The valve business is less competitive‚ with no price reductions‚ and therefore the company has maintained its gross margin target while not compromising
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Her Kind Anne Sexton was a profound poet and writer of her time‚ just as well as our time. Sexton used poetry as a gateway to express herself to people. Sexton’s work can be considered as an insight into being a woman. Poetry itself has be considered a way of relieving yourself of your emotions. Many poets have used the works to get a point across or just to inform. Take for instance the poem “Her Kind”. Look how it is detailed and self explanatory. Just reading a poem like this gives people insight
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WRITTEN ANALYSIS OF CASE Olympic Rent-A-Car US: Customer Loyalty Battles Company: The case talks about Olympic Rent-A-Car the 4th biggest car rentals company‚ having 7% market share in USA. It has a very reactive type of strategy in terms of always following Hertz in pricing slightly lower than it and placing operations around it as well. The company had a flagship loyalty program called Medalist Rewards program which was also inspired by other competitors in the industry. The program was managed
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CASE related facts Western Utilities a privately owned utility company currently faced with financial inefficiencies resulting from an expansion of its facilities. President Robert Delgado has personally asked them to raise the standard of employee performance as well as setting goals that are not easily attainable. MBO is being implemented by John Givens and Hilda Hirsh to identify key standards with which to control performance. 3 year ago‚ MBO is implemented for the purpose of evaluating
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