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Can the Music Industry Change Its Tune
1) The value chain of the music industry includes the artist, recording company, physical product, advertising, distribution, & the retail stores. For many years the music industry has had only one main form of product: CD’s, tapes, or records. However, in the past several years peer to peer networking services such as Gnutella, Napster, & Kazza have created a new form of product: digital copies of the music files. These peer-to-peer networks allow users to
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Automobile Industry
Before an analysis of potential stocks for a portfolio can be undertaken, one must first analyze the environment in which the respective companies conduct their business. First, I want to elaborate on the state of the economy as a whole before I will focus specifically on the automobile industry and its particular role within the American economy at present. Economic Analysis The American economy is entering 1998 in its 8th year of economic expansion. Surprisingly,
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Sears and the Dishwasher Industry
Where should Sears source the dishwashers from? Sears is the giant leading broad line retailer providing merchandise and related services. In keeping with its sourcing philosophy, Sears generally prefers to work with one, rather than multiple suppliers. When the supplier does not offer a specific type of appliance, Sears would source it somewhere else. Sears’ objective is to share as much as possible of the production and assembly process with the suppliers’ products. Based on
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The Role of Surface Engineering in the Automotive Industry
The Role of Surface Engineering in the Automotive Industry The subject of surface engineering in the automotive industry has developed significantly in the last decade. A large driving force for the need for surface treatments has been energy consumption. 30 per cent of all energy consumed in the European Union derives from transportation activities, relying solely on fossil fuels. Due to this, and the push to reduce the emissions of polluting gases, car manufacturers must
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Da Vinci Surgical System
-The Da Vinci Surgical System- What is the Da Vinci Surgical System? The Da Vinci Surgical System is a large purpose-built robot controlled by a surgeon that performs minimally invasive surgical procedures on patients. The system incorporates an ergonomically designed surgeon’s console, a patient-side module with four interactive robotic arms, each with interchangeable surgical instruments and a 3-dimensional endoscopic vision system. Powered by high-tech supercomputers, the surgeon’s hand movements are scaled, filtered and then converted
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The Airline Industry and Porter Five Model Forces
The Airline is one of the major industries in the world today and is majorly affected by Michael Porter’s “Five Forces” model. The following write up conducts an analysis on how the model affects the airline industry today. The central force of Porter’s model is Internal Rivalry within the Industry. In case of the Airline industry, this is the most important force today, especially since the market is completely saturated. There are more service providers
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Overview of Key Economic Questions and Systems Within Australia
The types of economic systems used all over the world differ from country to country. In this day in age Australia needs good management in production, distribution and consumption; a good economic system. Everyone has wants and needs but as scarcity is the fundamental economic problem facing all societies the wants and needs of everyone is limited. The factors of production and resources are land, labor, capital and entrepreneurship. How efficiently these are used determines
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Industrial Revolution
Industrial Revolution (Extra Credit) The era known as the Industrial Revolution was a period in which fundamental changes occurred in agriculture, textile, metal manufacture, transportation, economic policies and the social structure in England. This period is appropriately labeled “revolution,” for it thoroughly changed the old manner of doing things and bringing up new techniques. Constantly improving the ways in which things were made, which had effects of cutting costs and improving quality and efficiency was
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Rational of Reimbursement Systems
Rational of Reimbursement Systems Introduction "Managed care was to be the solution to the health care cost crises, a solution that would bring the out-of-control monster under control" (Goff, 1999, p. 25). Mosby's Medical, Nursing, & Allied Health Dictionary defines managed care as "a health care system in which there is administrative control over primary health care services in a medical group practice. Redundant facilities and services are eliminated and costs are reduced. Health
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Planning for Management Information System
Planning for Management Information System Planning for Management Information System The biggest challenge and most critical success factor in reengineering projects are persuading the people within the organization to cooperate. When you begin to computerize a legacy system considers the advantages; reduced clerical cost, quicker processing time and improved customer service. Everyone knows that the computer capabilities alone make life a lot easier for all managers. The advantage of time and accuracy spread over
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Industry Average
*Industry Averages-SIC #2711 (Newspaper Publishing) Common Size Balance Sheet Ratios % Assets: Cash & Equivalents 8.6 Accounts/Trade Receivables (net) 15.0 Inventory 5.7 All other current assets 2.0 Total current assets 31.2 Fixed Assets (net) 33.6 Intangibles (net) 23.0 All other non-current assets 12.1 Total Assets 100.0 Liabilities: Notes Payable-Short-term 2.6 Current Maturities of long-term debt 4.6 Accounts/Trade Payables 9.0 Income Taxes Payable .2 All other current liabilities 10.9 Total current liabilities 27.2 Long-term debt 34.7
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Reward-Performance-Related Pay
The contribution of rewards in firm productivity, performance and competitive advantage is undeniable in the changing world. However, debates about pay systems have been going on for more than 125 years. Choosing a suitable pay system seems difficult for managers. There are many payment systems and methods available to help managers to generate best interests, such as time-based pay,etc. Performance-related pay first emerged in the 1980s as a new reward approach. This fashionable approach is
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The Transition to Industry Maturity
The transition to maturity in industries is always a critical period, as fundamental changes take place in the companies’ competitive environment. This change require companies to take difficult strategic responses in order retain market share competitiveness. As Slowing demand generates head-to-head competition for market share, buyers are more sophisticated, driving harder bargain on repeat purchases. The companies put greater emphasis on cost & service due to the fact that in this transition to industry maturity,
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A Cognitive-Systemic Reconstruction of Maslow's Theory of Self-Actualization
A COGNITIVE-SYSTEMIC RECONSTRUCTION OF MASLOW'S THEORY OF SELF-ACTUALIZATION by Francis Heylighen1 PESP, Free University of Brussels, Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium Maslow's need hierarchy and model of the self-actualizing personality are reviewed and criticized. The definition of self-actualization is found to be confusing, and the gratification of all needs is concluded to be insufficient to explain self-actualization. Therefore the theory is reconstructed on the basis of a second-order, cognitive-systemic framework. A hierarchy of basic needs
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System Thinking Example
Introduction to Systems Thinking Daniel Aronson Systems thinking has its foundation in the field of system dynamics, founded in 1956 by MIT professor Jay Forrester. Professor Forrester recognized the need for a better way of testing new ideas about social systems, in the same way we can test ideas in engineering. Systems thinking allows people to make their understanding of social systems explicit and improve them in the same way that people can use engineering
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Piracy in the Music Industry
Introduction The piracy of copyright protected digital goods is a large and growing problem in the music, computer software, videogame and film industries. Digital piracy includes the purchase of counterfeit products at a discount to the price of the copyrighted product, and illegal file sharing of copyright material over peer-to-peer computer networks. The International Federation of the Phonographic Industry (IFPI) claims that about 34% of all recorded music products sold worldwide in 2004 were pirated
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Industrial Revolution
So many things changed with the advent of the Industrial Revolution. The revolution came about as a product of the Transportation Revolution, which made the movement of goods easier and substantially cheaper. The market for manufactured products, especially textiles, greatly expanded. Hard workers were needed to produce these goods. Industry soon greatly expanded and new cities and towns sprung up to accommodate people at the newly opened factories and mines. However, while the growing industry
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Database Management System
DBM405 (Database Management System) Facilitator Anup Majumder-University of Phoenix Online Abstract The research that I have done for this individual assignment where I need to provide a brief explanation of OLAP, Data Warehouse and Data Mart, Three-tier architecture and ASP was through a research online. I found that most of these acronyms for computer terminology are hard to find when the meanings that apply to your subject or acronym you are un-aware of it. In
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India Automobile Industry
Executive summary India is a developing country with an emerging automobile sector that grew rapidly over the past few years. It has become Eleventh largest passenger car producer. India is the largest democracy in the world. Recently Indian Government also came up with their �Auto Policy’ and the vision of this policy is “To establish a globally competitive automotive industry in India and to double its contribution to the economy by 2010.” The Indian automotive
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A Conceptual Framework of Prestige-Seeking Consumer Behavior
Vigneron and Johnson / A Review and a Conceptual Framework of Prestige A Review and a Conceptual Framework of Prestige-Seeking Consumer Behavior Franck Vigneron The University of Sydney California State University Northridge Lester W. Johnson Monash University Franck Vigneron is assistant professor of Marketing, College of Business & Economics, California State University Northridge, 18111 Nordhoff Street, Northridge CA 91330-8376, USA, franck.vigneron@csun.edu. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Professor Lester W. Johnson, Monash Mt.
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Examples of Management System
Examples of Management System Total Quality Management Total Quality Management (TQM) is a system that is widely used through out organizations nowadays. It is also recognized as a function of eliminating waste inside an organization. It combines quality and management tools to reduce losses due to wasteful practices. TQM is a management philosophy that combines all organizational functions such as marketing, finance, design, engineering, production, customer service, information technology and more [1]. By combining this,
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The Ethics of Predatory Lending in the Housing Industry
The Ethics of Predatory Lending in the Housing Industry The real estate industry is thriving with approximately sixty-eight percent of all Americans being homeowners. With low interest rates, 1st time home buyer down payment assistance programs, and government funded educational opportunities (i.e. the Home Ownership Center of Greater Cincinnati), the real estate and mortgage lending industries will continue to flourish. However, there are some unethical lending practices that are threatening the housing industry as a
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The Variation of Terms in a Contract of Employment in Ireland
The dynamic, long-term nature of a contract of employment means that the contract will constantly change. These changes, however, will have to be compliant with the rules regulating the alteration of contracts of employment. Technical legal difficulties may arise because alterations within the contract of employment do not comply with the requirements to the alteration of contractual rights. Changes can be made in the terms and conditions of a contract of employment in one of
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The Legal Industry: A Marketing Perspective
The Legal Industry: A Marketing Perspective The state of marketing in the legal industry is growing by leaps and bounds. Just a few short years ago, lawyers depended solely on word of mouth and yellow page ads to publicize their business. Slowly over time, this has changed, and lawyers are now taking a more proactive approach to marketing their firms and shopping their services in the market place. The following research will show that law
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Pos 355 Introduction to Operation Systems
A mainframe is a state-of-the-art computer for mission critical tasks. In the "ancient" mid-1960s, all computers were mainframes, since the term referred to the main CPU cabinet. Today, it refers to a class of ultra-reliable medium and large-scale servers designed for enterprise-class and carrier-class operations. IBM owns the mainframe business. Although many tried to compete by offering compatible mainframes that ran the same IBM applications, only Amdahl (Fujitsu) has remained as a competitor in this
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