Essays on Geographical

The objective of this paper is to answer to specific questions related to marketing management.

Question 1: Market Segmentation is vital to targeting the correct consumer market for today’s numerous types of businesses. In what ways can a company divide their consumer markets into segments? Market segmentation is an integral part of effective marketing. Market segmentation, in some terms, is slicing out a group of people from a large market based on common characteristics, needs and behaviour (Rizzi, 2015). So, a market segment is a set of customers that are expected to respond in a similar manner when exposed to a marketing activity. There are four main ways that a company can use ...

Introduction

The paper compares the financial performance of Abcam and Novozymes for the FY 2015. The company (Abcam) spends a lot of cash on research and development. Therefore, it provides easy access to products, high development on the platform of e-commerce. The sales of Abcam increased significantly between FY 2015 and 2016. That is it almost made 90% of sales in other currencies such as the Japanese Yen, and Euro. The change in these foreign currencies during the recession period is favorable for the firm. Moreover, revenues of the product increased by over 15% on the reported basis during FY ...

Introduction

Pre-Spanish Era Religious Practices Political Structure Material Culture Spanish Occupation Material Culture

The Culture after the Spanish Conquest

Religious Influence of the Catholic Spanish and the Remaining Ethnic Groups Influences of the Protestant Church Religious Fighting between the Roman Catholic and Protestant Church Current Economic and Cultural Development Cultural Development Introduction Argentina is considered by Calvert, Donghi and Eidt (2016) as the eighth largest country in the world but is considered to be only third within Latin America (Buenos, 2014). The reason for this is that the land area of Argentina with 2.78 million square kilometers is larger than Mexico and the Texas state combined ( ...

Abstract

The Air transport industry is growing globally and specifically in the Asia-Pacific region as the demand for air transport services grows and infrastructural development continues. Singapore has emerged as an important air transport hub in the Asia-Pacific region owing to its strategic geographical location, developed infrastructure, connectivity to other regions of the world, and its well-defined regulatory environment. Singapore is a major air transport hub as it is strategically located in the Strait of Malacca which puts it at the crossroads of important air routes, particularly between major economic blocs such as Japan and Europe. The emergence of Singapore ...

Introduction

Before the formation of states, the areas were always divided into realms. These were mainly vast lands that would always be formed primarily through the acts of acquisition. In the process of acquiring these new pieces of lands under their control, the emperors would always require that the inhabitants of these areas would always have to conform to their rules and ways of life. These may include issues such as religion, culture and even economic activities. The rise of Islamic empires throughout the world played a significant role when it came to matters of the spread of Islam throughout ...

Business-Level and Corporate-Level Strategies for Coca-Cola Company

Business-Level and Corporate-Level Strategies for the Coca-Cola Company Introduction The Coca-Cola Company deals with beverage products and has more than 500 brands in over 200 countries. Even though the company's primary line of business is in sparkling beverages, the company has diversified in the recent past to produce still drinks such as water, juices, teas, coffees and energy drinks. Coca-Cola is known for its four non-alcoholic sparkling beverage brands, which are Coca-Cola, Diet Coke, Sprite, and Fanta. The company was founded in the U.S. in 1886 and has since grown to be the largest beverage company in the world. ...

Thesis reading 1: the characters depict the loneliness they feel after they have lost love and all meaning of love, each action they do in their daily life tries to fill that hole which only leads to more misery. Thesis reading 2: the use of two different setting in the film is a depiction that emotion is the same to all people even those of different status, the outcomes of the feelings are the same.

Question

Reading 1: what is the director of the film trying to depict and what is the purpose of each character when it comes to ...

Questions and Answers

1. The beginning of mathematics dates back to any civilization ever formed, which developed a form of writing. Use of numbers, shapes and basic mathematical operations could be seen in almost every civilization, in the form of quantification in crafts, trade and work. On studying construction sites, anthropologists could clearly conclude that some amount of mathematical understanding prevailed in the people. Evidences found in the rectangular bases of buildings, in the designs of weaving patterns, basketry; craft etc. all prove that there existed an understanding of mathematics even in early civilizations. In about 500BC, trade and tax laws were ...

Human trafficking is defined as the recruitment, transport, transfer and receipt of persons through the use of force or coercion, deception and abuse of power in order to control them and use them in providing services for the benefit of the traffickers at the detriment of the victim. Human trafficking is a deliberate act of deceiving or forcing another person against his or her will to move to from one geographical area to another geographical area to be used for labor or crime in ways that benefits the trafficker. Human trafficking is an international phenomenon. This is because it ...

Problem Statement

The objective of this paper is to present a report on the marketing questions raised by the founder of Celtic Chocolate Company Limited. Mr. Ronald Begg founded Celtic Chocolate Company Limited under which he engineered a new product called Milk Mate. The new product is basically a milk modifier. Milk Mate was introduced into a market largely controlled by large companies, such as Nestle with a market share of 50%, Hersey with a market share of 20%, Cadbury at 10%, and the remaining 20% shared by other smaller players in the region.

Generation of Alternatives

The introduction of the new product into ...

The world has a variety of geographical features located in different places and which not only act as attraction sites but end up defining the commodities that come from the place. Uniquely, every part of the world has striking geographical features, and this makes the whole world attractive. In addition to the features, the world has major cities that stand out from the rest of the towns, and which also end up dictating not only the economic activities but also the type of people in the area. Additionally, Africa is a large continent that is rich in diversified cultures, ...

Introduction

Railways for cars are a new and modern way of transporting cars from one place to the other using trains. This is one of the brightest in innovation in the history of humankind since it has helped to solve many problems that are normally associated with moving cars. Because of the availability of the above service, it is now very easy for people especially those who own personal cars to move their vehicles from one region to the other. The idea works on the principle that the cars are loaded into the train using very simple loading techniques. This ...

Implementation of Information Technology in Healthcare Systems – Research Proposal

Abstract The objective of this paper is to present a proposed study about the implementation of Information Technology in Healthcare Systems. Specifically, the authors focused on the use of Management Information Systems (MIS). The research proposal focuses on obtaining evidences and insights about the potential use of information technology in the management of healthcare organizations. For the research approach and design, the proposed paper is to be a qualitative exploratory study. For this proposal, it has been found, based on the discussions about problem description, justification of the problem, and the preliminary review of related literatures, that there is ...

Executive Summary

Nutella’s has been very successful in the UK market with the brand becoming a leader in sweet spread market with a share of 36 percent. The success of the brand in this market could be attributed to the company’s long experience in the UK. However, the brand’s future in this market is threatened by the perception that Nutella has saturated fats and sugar. Hence, it is important for Ferrero to investigate this problem and come up with a communication strategy that will change the image of the brand in the eyes of the current and potential ...

Introduction

The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) and The Dispossessed (1974) are useful resources that demonstrate the utopian models and breaking of limits by individuals. The paper aims at identifying the concepts of individuality in the settings of radically different individuals in the society. It demonstrates the differences in culture and interactions that exist between racially different individuals as well as their similarities. Both texts are utopian in that they give a critical review of the powerful ideologies that exist between human, environments, politics among others. The essay focuses on two characters that help in pushing the plot forward as ...

There are numerous benefits of Internet auctions to sellers, buyers and market makers in an auction.

Internet technology has changed the manner in which business can be conducted, online auctions allow users to participate in online markets without the limits of time or geographical location. This nature of doing business online is flexible; just with a computer device and internet connection, users can buy products online cost- effectively, this platform has a lot of advantages and a few disadvantages.

Advantages include:

A physical location is not necessary The products being sold in an online auction do not require a physical location, it is possible to manage the inventory online. Once a sale has been done, then the ...

The Mars Climate Orbiter: A Multimillion Dollar Mistake

The Story Grossman (1999) addresses the incident of NASA’s Mars Climate Orbiter in her article named “Metric Math Mistake Muffed Mars Meteorology Mission”. She explains how a simple unit conversion mistake caused the Orbiter to burn up in the Martian atmosphere. The vessel costed NASA a whopping $125 million when it vanished into the Martian atmosphere. The problem, later identified by a NASA review board, owed to a software glitch. The software was used to calculate the thrust in “pounds of force” while the other software took the input in “newtons”. This happened due to the fact that ...

China's leading role on the world market is undeniable. Over the years, Chinese reforms transformed this country from a backward agrarian one into a leading industrial power, by industry of which the stability of many countries depends on. Another proof was the fact that since 2010, China has become the second largest economy in the world after the US, ahead of Japan, which had occupied this position for 42 years (Greenaway & Milner, 2010, p. 20). Today, China is the largest consumer, producer and exporter in the world. China encourages the discovery of new commercial and industrial enterprises, the implementation ...

Introduction

A national organization operating in the United States has offices in all four time zones in the country. The organization wishes to complete an important and confidential project within the next three and a half months. The completion of the project will require the formation of a virtual team comprising of mostly senior managers and directors from all major business departments of the organization. For the project to be a success, a team charter needs to be created to direct the different team members on what is required of them. Also, since the team members will be working from ...

1. Crime is one of the major problems in society. It is worth noting that there are various mechanisms that the criminal justice system uses to analyze and prevent criminal activities. Crime analysis s is a critical role that is associated with law enforcement agencies. It entails the systematic analysis for analyzing and identifying the trends and patterns in crime. Crime analysis continues to expand in law enforcement agencies around the world. In crime analysis, there are critical approaches of profiling; it includes the deductive and inductive approaches. There are the differences between inductive and deductive methods of crime ...

Abstract

The Geographic Information Systems (GIS) is technological programming that gathers, accumulates, and evaluates data related to the earth’s surface. GIS interprets set of data on a single map, which is evaluated and interpreted subsequently. Over the years, the integration of the technology with the principles of Transportation Economics gained a significant attention of numerable economies. Particularly the metropolitan cities of developed countries that encounter various challenges related to the development and maintenance of infrastructure. It was found that GIS allows the Transportation Economists to develop and propose an efficient plan related to different routes and their smart integration. ...

Introduction

The organization is looking at establishing the new reception and distribution operation for the finished goods, produced outside the domestic market. The market complexity, costs and operational efficiency in downstream logistics are critical to the success of the new venture. Importantly, the recommended warehousing operation should take into account the geographical spread of the customer base to the West Coast and Northeast of the United States as well as Canada. The purpose of this document is to present a preliminary analysis of the market trends, associated with the warehousing activities for similar operations and provides the recommendation, which would ...

How to overcome cultural, language and geographical barriers when seeking overseas suppliers

One of the major emphasis that will help one to surpass these barriers is through tailoring the correspondence in a manner that they fit the mother country of the organization. This will allow easy integration and understanding between the two parties as they have different culture origin. Secondly, the organization should ensure to be highly accurate when presenting the proposal and thus calling for the need for a translator to eliminate language barrier. The use of digital media may as well go a long way in eliminating the geographical barrier that may arise between the two parties ("Overcoming language ...

Abstract

Despite the improvement of the living standards and the establishment of health care systems in the twentieth century, many investigations have highlighted continuous inequalities in industrialized regions. In most cases, some people from certain geographical regions are discriminated against while accessing health care services. The discrimination also takes the social class route, where people from high social classes can access better health care services than people from low classes do. Therefore, it is necessary to come up with health care systems that can help to bridge this gap. The creation of Southern Region Health System has shown concern to ...

Elements of a Valid Contract

A contract is essentially a meeting of minds, which may only occur when the following five elements are present: an offer, an acceptance of the offer, an intention to form a binding contract, a consideration, and capacity. An offer represents an intimation of the willingness to enter a contract on given terms, and must be made with the intention to be binding upon acceptance. It must be definite and certain, such that it will not necessitate further negotiations prior to acceptance (Carlill v Carbolic Smoke Ball Co., 1893). It should also look like a contract in the estimation of ...

Publicly traded companies such as Verizon Communications are required to prepare and file fully audited financial reports according that adhere to U.S. generally accepted principles (GAAP) and International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) guidelines. The importance of preparing financial reports is to assist users with information regarding a company’s financial performance to make decisions. Financial reporting analysis helps to determine whether financial reports have any material misstatement or omissions that would influence a potential investor’s decision. An analysis of Verizon Communications’ 2015 annual report will highlight whether the company is complying with accounting policies to ensure information provided ...

Shoes Business in Switzerland

Two forms of market segmentation for your shoes, and support your choices. Then, identify two (2) target markets for each segment, and explain those choices Footwear industry business is becoming more complex and competitive in the global arena. According to Kotler, et.al, (2015), the successful manufacturers are the trendsetter at present, and the retail organizations are putting higher emphasis on the market segmentation to increase their market share. In this case, we will consider the company that produces shoes for both males and females, and trying to market its product in Switzerland. In Switzerland, the company will practice geographical ...

Assignment 1

Having read the course notes and the articles, I gained a proper understanding of what geography is. The concept of geography is closely connected with the spatial way of thinking, and yet it encompasses far more than the knowledge of places and their location. Broadly speaking, the realm of geography contains human and physical geography. The study of human geography covers the spatial peculiarities of human existence, whereas physical geography delves into the fields of landforms, climate, water, soil and vegetation. With regard to the socio-economic geography, it covers a wide range of topics, such as the concept of ...

In geospatial technologies, usability engineering is used to deliberate on the patterns within data sets while also proposing possible hypothesis through which such patterns came to exist. Usability engineering is in itself an analytical tool for studying complex geographical data with the aim of understanding the reasons behind the existence of specific geographical systems. Usability engineering is largely concerned with the application of computer systems with the aim of enhancing the analysis of complex geospatial datasets. It also seeks to improve the human-computer interactive platforms to ensure that the reliability of the decoded information and simulate possible situations that ...

First Step 3

Decision maker and responsibilities 3 Issues and significance 4 Reasoning for current issue and decision maker involvement 5 Timeline and urgency 6 Exhibits analyze 7 Second Step: Analyzing the Case 8 Defining the issue 8 Analyzing the data of the case 8 Genearting alternatives 8 Selecting decision criteria 9 Analyzing and evaluating alternatives 10 Selecting the preferred alternative 10 Developing an action/implementation of plan 10

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First Step Decision maker and responsibilities The decision maker in this case is Jim Kilts. Kilts is a former CEO of Nabisco and was appointed as Gillette’s new chairman and CEO in 2001. ...

Business Strategy

Competing in a dynamic and fierce industry with well – established firms that dominate the market, Aldi, a German grocery company, developed its own value chain that allowed it to be grasp a portion of the market share and become a relevant player in UK (IBS Center for Management Research, 2015). According to Michael Porter (38), value chain is industry – specific and firms organize their internal value chain structure different than other players, so that they can gain distinctive competitive advantages. Porter’s (39 - 40) value chain model is based on the premises that every company has primary activities ( ...

History of Poland

Poland or officially, the Republic of Poland, is located in central Europe. It shares borders with Germany, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Belarus and Ukraine. It has a population of 38.4 million people and the country is divided into 16 administrative units. The World War II was a grim event for Poland as millions of Polish people perished in this war.

Political makeup

Today Poland has a representative parliament, a president and a prime minister, demonstrating a representative democracy. It is composed of Council of Ministers, where the prime minister leads them. Historically, the migration of Slavs in the early Middle Ages to ...

Research methodology

The research was conducted to identify the trends in the Australian clothing and textile market, as well as identify the consumer trends among women who are the primary target market for the business. Both quantitative and qualitative research methods were used in the study to gather information. For the quantitative research methods, data from other researchers was used (Kothari, 2004). The data included the geographical location and climate of Australia and their direct and indirect impacts on the Australian clothing and textile market. Other trends such as sources of raw materials and fashion were also researched with the use ...

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Introduction

Business Process Reengineering (BPR) incorporates the process of transformations in the management, values and structure of the organization in order to enhance the business performance. The effective means of performance measurement ensures the increased performance of employees, which eventually leads towards cost efficiency and enhanced quality, and supports the prevalence of BPR in the organization.

Analysis

The study conducted by Huang et al. (2015) was aimed to enlighten the relation between information technology, business process reengineering and employee performance. The extensive review of the literature was conducted in order to determine the prior findings and support the hypotheses ...

Introduction

Gap, Inc. established in July 1969 in the state of California and reincorporated in 1988 under the regulations of the State of Delaware. The company is a leading international retail brand. It provides apparel, accessories, and personal care products for men, women and children. The products are sold under the brands like Gap, Banana Republic, Old Navy, Athleta, and Intermix (Gap, Inc., 2015). The report provides an overview of the internal and external environment of the company with the focus on identification of key issues and recommendations.

Political In relation to politics, various factors impact the apparel industry and ...

Video and Computer Games Industry

Organizations rely on environmental scanning to carefully monitor their internal and external environments with the aim of detecting opportunities and threats that may have a bearing on their current and future plans. Changes in technology have contributed to increased dynamics in the video and computer games industry, and companies have been forced to transform and adapt to stay competitive. Enterprises focusing on the retailing of DVD/CD/Computer games have been affected by the advent of competition especially from companies utilizing digital platforms to provide video and computer games to their clients (Grüsser et al., 291). There has been the ...

There can be no denial about the fact that Peter Singer goes on to leave no stone unturned to put across his point of view with utmost persuasiveness and perfection in the seminal essay, Famine, Affluence, and Morality. The sheer success of the writing lies in its effectiveness in highlighting the moral standards that ought to define the actions of human nature. The author goes on to explicate his perspective and eventually convinces the avid readers about the matter by bring into juxtaposition the lives of the haves and the have-nots of the world’s society. Singer delves into ...

1. Overview of your organization and the industry in which it operates a. Include your strategic goals, vision, and mission and any brand values or ‘slogans’ that the organization uses internally/ externally The name of the company is Nutritious Food Company, operating in the foods and beverages industry. The company was established in the year 2005 and comprises of six branches located in six major towns of the State of American Arab Emirate. The objective of the company is to provide food and catering services, offering both traditional and modern foods. The company also offers catering services for occasions ...

Video Conferencing Business - Guvercin (Pigeon) Communication System

Abstract Because of a consistent increase in globalization, it has become imperative that their managers should frequently contact one another since they are already managing businesses of the same organization across different locations. Since phone calls and email systems lack non-verbal communication, the attention diverted to video conferencing is on the rise. Therefore, this research paper is written to introduce a video conferencing business in Turkey which is named as Guvercin (Pigeon) Communication System. Not only an introduction is mentioned about this company but an overview of the videoconferencing activity as well as underlying reason for selecting this profession ...

The state of tourism in Turkey

In 2014, Turkey was ranked the sixth most population destination with over 37 million visitors travelling to see the Turkish historical sites. However, this has changed due to geopolitical and security reasons. While the Turkish government agreed to a ceasefire with the PKK, the recent months has seen increased attacks by ISIS with the latest being the attack on Ataturk International Airport in Istanbul. The increased attacks have led to a decline in the number of tourists visiting Turkey. Besides, the fallout between Turkey and Russia has hurt the Turkish tourism sector (BBC News, 2016). In 2015, the number ...

The Flanuer

In order to understand what the flanuer culture encompassed one first needs to understand what flanuer is. According to Charles Baudelaire, the flanuer is a man who is so enthralled by the urban society/world that the external overpowers the internal, so fascinated with the on goings of others that he temporarily forgets his own self. The flanuer removes him form the on goings of thaw world as he/she strands astride the worlds hearts. There are two schools of thought with regards to the description of the flanuer culture. The first school of thought associates the flanuer culture with a ...

Introduction

The invention of mobile phones aimed at developing gadgets that could connect wirelessly to the public network. Communication through radio calls started some decades ago and was popular even during the 2nd World War. However, the use of wireless, portable, devices that can connect to a standard telephony network is much recent. Ideally, the first handheld telephone was launched by Motorola in 1973 (O’Shea, 2009). The first wireless, handheld gadgets were hardly portable, had a short talk time and took long to charge fully. Evidently, the first devices were less efficient compared to modern mobile phones. Various engineers ...

Q1: Comparison of Ancient Greek and Egyptian Architectural Designs

There are great similarities in the ancient architectural designs of pyramids in the Egyptians Old Kingdom and the Greek temples of Acropolis that were constructed within the age of the Pericles. The ancient Egyptian and Greek Civilizations are home to some of the oldest architectural structures and designs in history* . However, the evolution of architectural designs in these two civilizations has had different and similar aspects, and is also thought to have taken place within the periods of 1150 BC to 146 BC. In addition, the two civilizations existed in different geographical conditions, implying that the architects in these ...

Discuss why the characteristics of victims are so important to crime analysis

Although victim characteristics is only one of many aspects considered in theoretical victimology, which studies the victim factors in the crime (Fattah, 2000), these characteristics has been found influential in the planning and eventual commission of the crime. Since the history of this field of study, there was a running belief that the victim may have a contribution in the genesis of the crime. As early as 1940, despite many crimes wherein the victim has little or no direct or indirect contribution in the occurrence of the crime, many observers noted that there was real interaction and mutual contribution ...

Analysis of Nike Corp. External Environment

Incorporated in 1967, Nike is one of the largest global manufacturers of the sports clothing, footwear, and accessories. The company is engaged in the design, development, production and distribution of the complete product line for athletes, casual sports activities and apparel, equipment. With the annual revenue of USD 30,6 million in 2016, outlining a stable growth of 10,4% per annum over the past five years,the company is also the largest manufacturer of athletic shoes and sports equipment (USSEC, 2015). Nike's business model is based on incremental and breakthrough innovation and strong strategic partnerships with the organizations, ...

Introduction

Multinational corporations across the world usually consolidate and present their operational results in financial and non-financial terms at the end of every term, usually a year. The financial aspect of reporting is supposed to comply with a clearly prescribed set of regulatory standards. The adoption of the International Financial Reporting Standards and GAAPs was meant to ensure that all compliant firms across the world produce financial statements that conform to the industry specific reporting frameworks and thus achieve a degree of uniformity in reporting. Different firms in operating in multiple locations operate under the strict guidelines of the specific ...

Introduction

Proper communication is essential to the development of any organization. In fact, lack thereof compromises the growth potential of any corporate establishment. With this idea in mind, it is worth appreciating the impact of Personal Digital Assistants (PDAs) to the development of the global economy and communication since their development in 1997. According to the Journal of medical system, the utilization of pagers in the years before was quite limiting since these devices had a narrow communication spectrum (Kuziemsky and Francis 337). Consequently, PDAs were developed to enhance the sharing of information between individuals through the utilization of the ...

Marketing and the Health Care System (Walgreens Boots Alliance)

Walgreens Boots Alliance, abbreviated as WBA is an American company with its base in Illinois. WBA owns Boots, Walgreens, and several other pharmaceutical companies worldwide. The company was formed in 2014 when Walgreen bought Alliance Boots (Guinzoni, 2015). The merger dictates that WBA should have three Divisions namely: Retail Pharmacy USA, Pharmaceutical Wholesale, and Retail Pharmacy International, which includes Alliance Healthcare. Currently, the company provides multiple products, ranging from cosmetics to generic prescription drugs (Annabel and Scrymgeour, 2016). WBA serves more than twenty countries at the moment. This paper analyses various aspects of the marketing strategy of this company ...

Session

HRIS is a system of acquiring, storing, manipulating, analyzing, retrieving and distributing the organization's human resource information. It does not only include software and hardware in its functioning, but it also includes data, procedures, policies, forms and people. Its primary purpose is to deliver services which are in the form of timely and accurate information. Governments, non-profit organizations, and business in the world rely on the Human resource information systems which aid in the process of sharing information, re-engineering efforts and downsizing. The HRIS assist the human resource professionals in achieving various human resource objectives. The paper will discuss ...

MANAGEMENT OF CISCO INTERNETWORK

Introduction With the advancement in modern technology in the area of microelectronics and computing there is the attendant need to share information, making information and communication the hallmark of the digital age. This development has necessitated the need to interconnect various networked electronic devices in a manner that would permit exchange of information and sharing other resources. These networked devices are mainly computers and other similar technological gadgets that make information processing possible. At the heart of this need is Cisco Systems which designs technologies and manufactures devices that enable the interconnection of networked devices for the purpose of ...

There are a number of challenges that nations faced during civilization. Such changes include, wars, lack of resources and lack of political unity. Undeniably, there are a number of differences and similarities between the civilization of different societies. For instance the civilization of Mesopotamia is very similar to the civilization of the Greek society in a way that they both lacked political unity. This paper is going to focus on the reasons, why the civilization of Greek lacked political unity as well as discuss the consequences of the political disunity to the general development of Greek. The paper will ...

Introduction

South East Asia comprises of eleven countries both in the mainland Asia and maritime. The region extends from East India to China. Mainland countries include Burma, Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos. The mainland countries are extensions of the Asian continent. The region has a diverse culture with Muslims being found in all the mainland countries in addition to other indigenous religions (Andaya 1). However, the Muslims tend to coalesce in the Southern Thailand region and Western Burma. Other regions where there are Muslims include the central Vietnam whereby the most dominant Islamic tribe is the Cham people.

Similarities and Differences

Maritime Southeast ...

Characteristics of the transportation project

Transportation project is concerned with the problem of transporting different amounts of a homogenous product that are initially stored at different origins to various destinations. It is a logistics issue in which the product is transported in a way that minimizes the total transportation cost. A transportation project has various characteristics. One of the features of this project is that every destination demands a fixed unit of the product. Additionally, the project will have possible solutions if all supplies equal all demands. The total demand must be obtained from the sources involved. Also, the cost of transporting the products ...

A business company always has maximizing of profits on top of its priorities; utilizing minimal resources, operating at minimal costs and increasing the returns. According to Trench (2001), target costing is a business accounting approach where a set desired profit margin subtracts from a competitive price in the market; while the quality and functionality of this particular product maintain, the company ensures achievement of the profit you want at the end of the period. A target cost is, therefore, the maximum cost that a company can incur as expenses in the production of a product but still maintain the ...

Abstract

Robotic- assisted surgery has revolutionized the surgical practice since its inception and allows surgeons to use minimally invasive techniques in cardiac, urology, and general surgeries. Robotic surgery is quickly becoming an alternative to standard laparoscopic approaches to surgery and especially in the area of urology. Even though the use of robotic- assisted surgery is more advantageous than conventional methods, its use is hinged on the surgical teams training and experiences with it. The study examines the frequency of use of the technique among various surgical teams and their response to its effectiveness. The research design of the study begins ...

The most important reason that pushes Akamai Technologies to disperse its servers geographically is infrastructural issued. The system of Akamai’s products works in the next way: after receiving the request from the user about any file (video\images\music\etc.) system pass this request to the nearest Akamai’s server, where a copy of web-site that is needed is situated. So there is no need to pass the whole way from the user’s computer to the server of web-site (it could be even in the opposite part of the world!), but only to the nearest Akamai’s ...

Issue and Solutions for Various Minority Groups in South Asia

Introduction The term “South Asia” is given to the nations occupying the southern section of the Asian continent. This area is dominated by the region of the Indian Plate, to include the countries of Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka (United Nations Statistics Division: Composition of Macro Geographical Regions, Geographical Sub-Regions, and Selected Economic and Other Groupings). South Asia’s population is said to be about one-fifth of the world’s total population, and thus it is known to be the most densely populated geographical region in the world (South Asian Regional Gateway: South Asia ...

The natural selection theory is also referred to as the Darwinian Theory and is found in his book the Origin of Species which was published for the first time in 1859 . The Darwinian Theory has always been considered controversial due to the lack of background material to offer inheritance. Darwin makes the theory based on his personal observations of the fauna and the flora. Darwin’s ideas tend to focus on the end product and not on the process that leads to the existence of the end product. The theory was first introduced by Darwin in the 1850’s ...

Executive Summary

This section looks into the inception of Disney Store in South Korea, which is the country of interest. Disney Store is a retail outlet that specializes in sales of merchandise that are unique to Disney. Disney Store traces its roots back in 1987, in Glendale, California. A country analysis of South Korea was done with detailed information being noted as far as population, GDP, per capita income, aesthetics, political system, legal system and the living conditions in the country just to name a few of the areas tackled. This was followed by an economic analysis of South Korea where ...

Introduction

Homeland Security is of prime importance in the United States of America. On 23 January, 2002, during the second session of the one hundred seventh congress of America, an act to establish the Department of Homeland security was held. Valuing Homeland Security by all citizens is due process rights and in direct observation of the American constitution and the preamble. Over the past few years, various public and private bodies, advisory panels and other think tanks have addressed myriad solutions on how to best secure the American homeland. However, some groups have classified homeland security as a combination of ...