Energy Transfer plans to construct an approximate 1‚172-mile‚ 30-inch diameter pipeline that will transport crude oil from the North Dakota through South Dakota and Iowa into Illinois. Recently‚ this pipeline route has been controversial regarding its necessity‚ and potential harm to the environment. Due to the lack of an efficient environmental impact assessment and a thorough risk communication plan that addresses potential pipeline leakages. If the Dakota Access Pipeline is completed‚ what would
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Pricing objectives and pricing methods in the services sector George J. Avlonitis and Kostis A. Indounas Department of Marketing and Communication‚ Athens University of Economics and Business‚ Athens‚ Greece Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this research paper is to explore the pricing objectives that service companies pursue along with the pricing methods that they adopt in order to set their prices. Design/methodology/approach – An extensive review of the literature revealed the complete
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Pricing Pricing is the process of determining what a company will receive in exchange for its products. Pricing factors are manufacturing cost‚ market place‚ competition‚ market condition‚ and quality of product. Pricing is also a key variable in microeconomic price allocation theory. Pricing is a fundamental aspect of financial modeling and is one of the four Ps of the marketing mix. The other three aspects are product‚ promotion‚ and place. Price is the only revenue generating element amongst
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Pricing Strategies in Software Platforms: Video Consoles vs. Operating Systems Operating system platforms charge high prices to the users and subsidize developers. However‚ video console firms charge low prices to users and make profits on the developers’ side. When setting prices‚ developers may be constrained by one of two margins‚ the demand margin and the competition margin. What margin is binding depends on the number of applications in the market and on the level of substitutability among
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on harmful tax competition‚ harmonization of corporate income tax rates within the European Union‚ proliferation of transfer pricing rules‚ and the World Trade Organization’s rejection of the U.S. Foreign Sales Corporation tax regime are all part of the present dynamic. Key words: globalization‚ harmful tax competition‚ international tax‚ tax harmonization‚ tax policy‚ transfer pricing. Globalization may be seen to encompass three phases. In the first phase‚ the focus is on the breaking down of
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Ticket Pricing Strategy for the new Wembley Stadium 1 Introduction OBJECTIVE To maximise profits from ticket sales at Wembley Stadium KEY ASSUMPTIONS 1. Wembley has a monopoly on certain types of match 2. Wembley is run by profit maximising managers selling tickets to utility maximising buyers STRATEGY Set prices for seats as close to the willingness to pay as possible using price discrimination KEY CHOICES What type of seating to sell and at what price? 2 Scope This strategy is limited
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2002 �� 4 �O ‚� �� � �O �4 �P�� �� �� (�� �� �; �3�� �� �%) 2002 �� �c 1 �o JOURNAL OF GUANGXI NORMAL UNIVERSITY ‚� Studies of negative pragmatic transfer in interlanguage pragmatics LIU Shao- zh on g ‚ LI AO Feng - r on g (Foreign Languages College ‚ Guangxi Normal University ‚ Guilin 541004‚ China ) Abstract : Negative pragmatic transfer (NPT ) is nothing but a difference of saying things between non2native speakers and native speakers . It occupies an important position
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Transfer of learning is the study of the dependency of human conduct‚ learning‚ or performance on prior experience. The notion was originally introduced as transfer of practice by Edward Thorndike and Robert S. Woodworth. They explored how individuals would transfer learning in one context to another context that shared similar characteristics – or more formally how "improvement in one mental function" could influence another related one. Their theory implied that transfer of learning depends on
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While costs are not expected to increase‚ an inflation clause will allow Elektra to pass on exogenous cost increases. After extensive negotiations‚ MegaMart has made a take-it-or-leave-it offer and threatened to explore other strategic partners in case Elektra does not accept its offer. Although MegaMarts offer is 25 below Elektras normal price‚ it may be attractive for Elektra to be an early mover in the
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Lectures of Heat Transfer Heat Transfer Rate Processes Mode Conduction Convection Radiation Transfer Mechanism Diffusion of energy due to random molecular motion Diffusion of energy due to random molecular motion plus bulk motion Energy transfer by electromagnetic waves Rate of heat transfer (W) q = - kA dT dx q = h A(Ts-T∞) q = σ ε A(Ts4-Tsur4) By Mr. Amjed Ahmed Ali Syllabus of Heat Transfer (English)‚ (2 hours/ week‚ Applied 2 hours /week) 1.Heat transfer by conduction‚ convection
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