Essays on Scratch

Charlotte Supplements is a small-scale organization operating in Charlotte North Carolina (NC) selling over 6,000 products. The portfolio of the company includes supplements for vitamins, minerals, herbs, and sports edibles. Due to its scale, the company does not interact with the audience digitally regarding product information such as prices. Moreover, the company operates for a limited span each week (CS, 2017). The purpose of this paper is to propose a business model and a competitive strategy for overcoming this small-scale but a potential competition. The paper will explain the core concept of strategy briefly prior to the proposition. ...

Introduction

Xbox360 Controller is the predecessor of the original Xbox controller. The first original Xbox debut with its Xbox console in the year 2001, the first gaming console launched with the Microsoft. Xbox360 gaming console is a big success for the Microsoft Corporation after their first debut with Xbox original in the year 2001 (Andrews & Baker, 2006). Xbox 360 controller is by far the best gaming controller of the Xbox gaming console generation. Since then, Microsoft made improvements to their gaming console and introduced to the market Xbox360 in the year 2005, completely built from scratch, not just an improvement ...

1.0 Introduction KFC, the world’s largest fried chicken chain restaurants, was started in 1952 by Harland Sanders, under the name Kentucky Fried Chicken though the idea was first discovered in 1930 when Sanders started to sell fried chicken to visitors in Corbin Kentucky. It is the second largest restaurant chain, with about 1800 locations, with over 3000 stores in China, and a revenue of about $ 15 billion, McDonald’s is the first (Hu & Xie, 2013). In 1939, Sanders came up with an original recipe for fried chicken incorporating 11 spices that are kept at the Company's headquarters in ...

Every kind of material used in architecture and construction carries certain pros and cons. For example, the advantage of using a stone is that it lasts forever, is eco-friendly and adds to the real estate value of the property. The disadvantages are that stones can be cold, expensive and difficult to handle. The advantage of Travertine Flooring is that there is enormous variety, it is environmentally sound and easy to replace. The disadvantages of Travertine Flooring are that they take more time to care for, a bit more expensive and being porous, it is highly reactive. The advantage of ...

The Cheesecake Factory Analysis

The Cheesecake Factory is one of the best performing chain restaurants in America. With its rich menu, it has managed to capture the hearts of diners over time, to become one of the best performing players in the industry. The chain traces its roots back in 1940, where a Detroit lady named Evelyn Overton, had a fabulous cheesecake recipe that she used to bake and supply cakes to local restaurants. The woman had the idea to start a restaurant where the different recipes were showcased. The dream actualized in 1978, where the son, David Overton opened a restaurant to ...

The Skull, an episode of Radiolab, tells the story of Taung Child. The hosts Robert Krulwich and Jad Abumrad interview two very knowledgeable guests to find out about the discovery of Taung Child, its similarities and differences to modern humans, the way it influenced our understanding of human ancestors, and the theories behind the cause of its death. Taung Child is the skull fossil that was discovered in 1920s in Taung, an area on the southern edge of Kalahari dessert in South Africa (Radiolab). Back in the 1920s, this patch of land was a very popular destination for European ...

Article critique

Introduction The body of the male, particularly the body of the white male in the article becomes a vessel of display of explosions, beauty, musculature and physical feats. This is the main direction taken by Susan Jeffords in her article, “Screening the Male”, to explore the theory of masculinity. As implied by Susan, the externality of the male body in itself confirms that the outward parameters of the white male body are primarily focused on the capturing the attention of the audience. Consequently, this present an avenue for exploring the dominance of masculinity in Hollywood cinema in line to ...

Question One

Starting a business enterprise from scratch can be challenging for an entrepreneur. There are numerous hindrances such as difficulties in marketing the new business and establishing cash flow. Nonetheless, buying an already established business can bring numerous advantages to the entrepreneur. First of all, it is less risky to buy a business than start from scratch. The already established business already has a financial history and, as a result, the entrepreneur can easily attract shareholders and obtain the required funding. The existing business has established product/service (AKD Consultants, 2013). Thus, the entrepreneur does not struggle to market the service/product ...

Introduction

Buying a car is a huge purchase. It is a purchase that will affect any individual for the next four to five years. This makes proper negotiation skills a must when purchasing a vehicle. It is important to be well educated on the product before negotiating. This will make a person more educated when making an offer. When it comes to car negotiations, the goal is to come to an agreement that is beneficial for both parties involved (Gerstner 65). The consumer needs to know and understand this before going into a dealership and attempt a negotiation. The consumer ...

I hereby certify that this material, which I now submit for assessment on the program of study leading to the award of BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING HONOURS (MANUFACTURING AND DESIGN ENGINEERING) is entirely my own work and has not been submitted for assessment for any academic purpose other than in partial fulfillment for that stated above.

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Hussein Al-Tuhoo ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I have been indebted in the preparation of this thesis to my supervisor, Dr Maura Kelleher of Dublin Institute of Technology College, whose patience and kindness, as well as her academic experience, have been invaluable to me. I am extremely grateful ...

- The mind or to be more specific, a person’s state of mind serves as an important factor in determining the incorrigibility of the different forms of knowledge. According to the fundamental that Descartes thought, a person’s existence is present as long as he or she has the capability to think. This can be considered as a method of doubt. This is actually one of the most prevalent and most effective methods of doubt because it allows an individual to doubt anything in a world that can be full of factors, variables, and considerations such as mathematics, physics and other fields ...

International business

Introduction

International business involves global businesses setting out to find new markets in other countries other than their own as a way to have competitive advantage over other businesses and gain more revenue and prosperity. Most companies have set out for this mission in an overall goal of globalization but some business gain more advantage than others (Boyd 2005, p.123). There are some reasons that lead companies to break boarders and establish their businesses in other countries. Some of these reasons include the need for expansion, reduce costs of production where in some countries business environments are conducive such ...

- Governance and Board Relations

In governing an organization and in inducing change, it is important to consider the different factors that may positively or negatively affect the organization in reaching its goals. That way, the entire team or from a larger perspective, the entire organization would be able to make the necessary contingency plans in case something goes wrong because if there is even the slightest chance that something would go wrong, then something probably will. The main or key question that will be answered in this memorandum is how the organization can redesign a new nonprofit resource development strategy. Clearly, the previously implemented strategy ...

Introduction

A business plan is defined as a written summary that is used to guide entrepreneurs on how to start and run a business.

A well prepared business plan provides entrepreneurs with a road map for growth and development of their business during different stages of its establishment (Richardson, n. d.). According to Richard (n. d.), there are 5 major components that must be included in a business plan for one to be successful in business:

Executive Summary: This should appear at the first section of the plan and it gives the full history as well as the company’s overview. It also provides ...

There are various advantages and disadvantages of building an information system from scratch and the essential needs that propel the prosperity of an organization via the implementation of a technology information system. The choice of system decided for a firm is usually determined by system developers or the consultants that a company refers to for advice for choice of system intended for the firm.

Computer and informatics knowledge offers a great platform to the better understanding of integrating an information system into an organization. Preferably I would advise the building of a system from the ground up which gives room for accountability and better ...

Entrepreneurship entails the ability to identify business opportunities and take a risk of exploring that opportunity using the appropriate resources. Successful entrepreneurs however, are those individuals with the ability to start and sustain a business towards growth in the future. The current global market has several business opportunities, but the courage to explore these opportunities is limited, especially as a result of changing market trends and high levels of competition. Small business are sometimes forced to compete for market with big organization with massive resources and without creativity and rational thinking attributed to effective leadership style, most entrepreneurs tend to give up ...

In the current technological era, organizations are forced to advance their technological operations in order to remain competitive. In the healthcare sector, such a responsibility could fall in the hands of the public health manager. As such, the manager in question is expected to foresee the implementation of desired technological advancements either in the form of software or hardware. This initiative must begin only after analyzing the benefits of the Information Technology (IT) project to the organization, as well as, articulating its requirements (O’Carroll, 2008). The manager has to decide whether it would necessary to buy a ready-made system ...

Management Case Study – Somebody has to be let go

Introduction Having Health Systems (HS) or Health Service Organizations (HSOs) as clients can be tough and challenging. Often, a manager is left with the responsibility of redesigning the organization of the consulting firm based on the demands of the HS and HSO clients. Ever-changing rules and regulations such as the newly ratified Affordable Care Act (ACA) has required HSs and HSOs to have to adapt, and in turn, affect the flow of operations and the stability of consulting firms. Another common result of common changes in the HS and HSO industry would be the reduction in reimbursements as a result ...

The development of Russia had many historical turning points. These changes were mainly connected with such political figures as Lenin, Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev, Gorbachev, Yeltsin, and Putin. The Soviet economy depended on mostly political decisions but not economic programs. Although the basic economic system in Stalin, Khrushchev, Brezhnev eras remained unchanged, there were some peculiarities in these periods. The effect of Stalin’s policy had a profound impact on people and the state. In 1928, the Communists instituted the first Five-Year Plan. It dealt with such aspects of development as an industry, consumer goods, agriculture, transportation, communications, health, education, and ...

Making a remix EP

Background of the study The 21st century has seen a transition in the music industry in the sense that musicians have had a tendency of pirating music that belonged to a different party. This has been encouraged by the public listeners that have developed a passion for unoriginal music. As a result, musicians whose songs are remixed normally come to some sort of agreement with others with the interest of remixing their songs on order to legitimize the procedure.

Statement of the problem

Despite the formal agreements between original music owners and prospective second owners through remixes, there has been a debate on whether it is possible to ...

Introduction

Foreign direct investment (FDI) is defined as a cross-border investment by an entity resident in one economy with the objective of gaining a long-term interest in an enterprise resident in another economy. Another definition asserts that FDI “ involves the transfer of tangible and intangible assets from one country to another with the purpose of their use in that country to generate wealth under the total or partial control of the owners of the assets”. In both definitions, it is apparent that foreign direct investment involves the movement of capital and assets from a home country to a host country, where the money is ...

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Applying Analytical Concepts and Tools to the Complex Business Problems of Tesla Motors I. Current Strategic Profile According to the case study presented the mission of Tesla Motors, as articulated by the founder and CEO Elon Musk, is to “[b]uild [a] sports car, [u]se that money to build an affordable car, [u]se that money to build an even more affordable car”. One of the objectives of the company is to build an electric car that compete with or even out compete a gasoline car. Tesla Motors has done this by ensuring that these ...

How are Cartesian foundationalism and dualism found in Descartes’ Mediations?

Central to Descartes’ philosophy is the establishment of the philosophical view of foundationalism and dualism. Foundationalism is based on the philosophy that in investigating any ideas or thoughts, one has to go back to the fundamental principles. Descartes believe that in order to test the validity of ideas, one has to start from scratch and work his way up. As stated in Descartes in his ‘Meditations’, “And thus I realized that once in my life I had to raze everything to the ground and begin again from the original foundations, if I wanted to establish anything firm and lasting ...

This Chinese cultural resume made to help reader is to learn about different aspects that combine to form a unique culture identified in the world. The significant aspects include customs and courtesies of the culture, lifestyle of the people living in that culture, nation's whole story like some history and some present scenarios and last but not the last this report will also shed light on the styles of communication in the selected culture. China is one of the four “ancient civilizations” in the world .

Nation

China’s official name is People’s Republic of China (PRC) which is located in ...

In Plato’s Phaedrus, Socrates warns Phaedrus that “in every one of us there are two guiding and ruling principles” (Plato, 54). These two principles are of the same two conflicting natures found in Patricia Highsmith’s Strangers on a Train. Just as Plato’s virtuous horse and his dark, intemperate horse ride side by side guided by the same charioteer, for Highsmith, “good and evil, live side by side in the human heart, and not merely in differing proportions in one man and the next” (Highsmith, 180). Highsmith demonstrates that in the same way Plato shows the dark horse ...

It is difficult to arrive at a common agreement about the meaning of pain. However, everyone will agree that pain implies physical discomfort. Pain can be in the form of aching, throbbing, smarting, stinging, pinching, pricking or burning. Most people associate pain with a physical injury. It can be a minor injury like a scratch or a major injury like a broken limb. The intensity and duration of the feeling of pain depends upon the seriousness of the injury. When we think of the term pain deeply, we realize that pain cannot be explained in a simple way. There are many types of pain. The understanding ...

Hello President Fry,

Drexel Dining Centre is a facility that all the students of this prestigious university use at least twice every day, either during breakfast, lunch or dinner. All members of the university community spent sometimes in the centre as they take their meals. However, overcrowding has been the recent order in the facility. With the increase in the number of students enrolling into the school programmes, the space in the dining Centre has been greatly overpopulated during meal times. Crowding is characterised by the large queues in the Centre and standing students during eating time. The tiny hall houses ...

PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF CHINA

Old Chinese values like trust, taking care of aged parents, mutual respect, etc. still dominate China today whereas corruption, nepotism, bureaucracy etc. which are the negative aspects of socialism, have also entrenched themselves following the communist takeover in 1949. The current political model of China today is a mixture of socialism and free-market capitalism, especially in the economic sense. China today can have their cake and eat it too. They can suppress pro-democracy uprisings in Hong Kong taking a communist-socialist stance, and at the same time, they can try to privatize their white elephant SOE’s (State Owned Enterprises). Two ...

- Two key negotiation fundamentals that you will employ and explain why these fundamentals are essential for this pending subcontract negotiation. Be specific as to your justification. This is a case wherein an initially laid out program terms and conditions have been significantly changed, particularly the expected delivery date of the outputs and the price by which they will have to be paid, because of an unexpected obsolescence of a crucial component involved in the manufacturing process. In this case, the firm we are representing is the one awarded with the prime or main contract. It would be safe to ...

Executive Summary

This report provides a discussion of the expansion options that are available to Porcini, Inc. as it embarks on the launch of a new restaurant chain called Pronto, which is aimed to provide travelers with quickly prepared meals that are of a higher quality than fast food. With the company lacking in financial resources, they can grow the restaurants either through a franchising or syndication approach. Each approach has its advantages and disadvantages, all of which are discussed in this report. A recommendation is also made as to which option would be more effective for Porcini’s expansion initiatives.

Background

Porcini’s, Inc. was a ...

Introduction

Thin films are in use since ages, and in old times people used to beat gold with hammers into thin films about less than one μm thickness and then used this thin film for gold coating of different stuffs. Thin films are used in many materials and do use them in daily life but are not aware of it. If one wax cars or paint homes that mean, they are applying a thin film.

Bulk Material VS thin film

Bulk materials are those materials that are mined. They are referred to as Bulk solid in mining and mineral industry. The material that can be stored ...

Introduction

Cotton Mather was an influential Puritan minister of New England in USA. He was the son and grandson of two prominent Puritan ministers Increase Mather and Richard Mather. He was a prolific writer who had 468 publications to his credit. Some of the books written by him like 'Magnalia Christi Americana', 'Bonifacius' and 'The Angel of Bethesda' are very important for American history (GSU 2011). He completed his graduation at the age 16 from Harvard University, thereby becoming one of the youngest graduate ever from the institution. Mather like his father Increase Mather was a strong defender of Puritan orthodoxy and played ...

Iron Pour

This event was presented by Arts at GSU on 14th of December of the year 2013.The location of this event was GSU’Ss sculpture studio. The George state university prepared the event where the students and the community watched the sculpture as it is created. The artists demonstrated their skills and expertise in sculpture making. The members of the community were also present in the event demonstrating their sculptures. The scratch and moulds were available in the event for the students and members of the general public to buy. The event also involving molting the iron as well ...

- Mission statement “MMA Financial’s main goal is to provide easy access to financial solutions for the American people. We want an automobile for every American house- hold and every hard working individual.” - Introduction MMA Financial is an innovative business with three years in existence; we are looking forward to expanding our local and national markets. There is no limit to our potential success in helping our customers achieve our “no fear, three-step” approval system.

One year history:

- Consistent on time payments - Consistent residency - Consistent employment

With these straight forward no hassle requirements we knock out the competition.

- Goals MMA Financial has ...

Introduction

Companies and organizations need customer loyalty programs in order to understand the way customers do their shopping. This is a strategy that has been found to be effective in marketing. In order to build a marketing plan that is effective, it has been found out that customer behavior should be understood. The frequent shopper program will be designed in such a way that the clients will be awarded points depending on the shopping worth. In the end, the points will be redeemed and will enable these clients to get precious gifts. The more the number of points, the higher will be the ...

Business Letter

P.O BOX 2401 One World Lane, Hayward, CA 94542. Dear Sir, I hereby submit my nomination for Jordan Bailey of Bailey Biz, Inc as the 2013 Outstanding Person of the Year Award for his achievement in the business front and his contribution to the wider society at large. Please consider this nomination for the award, in view of his footprint in the society.

The reasons that spurred my nomination for Jordan Bailey include:-

-Creating a company from scratch that has now engaged over 400 persons. - Initiating major development projects which include and putting up low cost housing units for the poor. -Successfully leading a campaign ...

Business Letter

P.O BOX 2401 One World Lane, Hayward, CA 94542. Dear Sir, I hereby submit my nomination for Anders Czar of Best Line Technologies as the 2013 Outstanding Person of the Year Award for his mark in the business world and the wider society at large. Please consider this nomination for the award, since I believe he deserves it.

The reasons that prompted my nomination for Anders Czar include:-

-building a company from scratch that now employs 500 persons. -has been a patron of a welfare organization and initiated several charity programs in the society. -being a fore front advocate for the rights of the disabled and the poor.

Building a company from scratch

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Tuorette syndrome is a condition that interferes with a person’s nervous system thereby causing tics. Tics are uncalled for movements, twitches, or sounds that individuals make distinctly from the majority. However, a person can have tics without necessarily having the Tuorette syndrome. Nevertheless, kids with Tuorette syndrome have tics. Tics have some resemblance with hiccups. People do not plan them and neither do they want them. They occur almost naturally. People always try tricks to stop hiccups, but can do nothing to stop the tics. Other tics also take the form of scratching an itch, the person does not really want ...

On the fifth of July 1996 the first cloned sheep was born, they called her ‘Dolly’ and she sparked off one of the hottest debates of the twentieth century, the debate over the nature of and consequences of cloning a human being, thus starting the idea of bio-ethics. Science furthering the lifespan of the human race has been at the core of scientific research since the dawn of time, organ donor-ship, organ transplants, advances in medical technology, like in vitro fertilisation, what seemed like science fiction to people of the past are now commonplace, everyday affair for those living ...

Now, it’s time for me to buy a new computer. I have pretty specific requirements and that’s why, instead of buying a laptop computer, I have chosen to buy a desktop PC. This PC will be built by me from the parts that I will buy separately. This approach suits me because I will be able to choose the pars with such specifications, which will be tailored to my needs. I need to have a computer for gaming and partially for design; additionally I would like to watch moves on it. Gaming will require high performance and high quality multimedia devices, ...

Market Analysis

Company: EMWATCH INC. is a manufacturer and seller of multifunctional wristwatches. Its product is based on integrative technologies that enable the watch to support multiple functions such as camera, mp3 players and cell phone in addition to providing the traditional function of a watch – telling time. The company relies on the uniqueness of its product to compete in the mid-range wristwatch market. The design of the product as well as its marketing strategy is developed personally by the company’s top management. The company’s mission and vision statements focus on adapting state of the art technology for their products and ...

" A great book, rich in ideas and beauty, a book that raises and tries to answer great fundamental questions, demands the most active reading of which you are capable " (Adler 269). These are Adler’s statement in his book, How to Mark a book while stressing on being active while reading a book by writing between the lines. There has been an argument that Adler’s proposition of how to mark a book is irrelevant due to the introduction of new forms of educational media. I completely agree with Adler’s proposition of marking up a book because it helps the reader to understand ...

A Reflection

Innovating on the Cheap by Lance A. Bettencourt and Scott L. Bettencourt

In the article Innovating on the Cheap, the authors Bettencourt & Bettencourt (2011) pointed out that innovations didn’t have to be costly. They demonstrated how innovations were possible even during economic downturns. They asserted that innovations might already exist among a company’s previously rejected products and that the value of these innovations was just waiting to be realized.

The authors intended this article for entrepreneurs, that is, to help them realize that they don’t have to spend much on innovations, that they can still grow their ...

Action definition and plan design are the last step in finalizing the Project Plan to implement the Desire2Learn®. The purpose of the project is to upgrade and replace the university’s CDADD and CourseNet systems with the Desire2Learn® (D2L) software package. The D2L is a package for universities used to give support to both teachers and students. The main attraction of the D2L for TUI is that it makes it easier for off-campus student’s to keep up with their studies. D2L is a popular Learning Management System that has good references from other schools and universities.

The package is challenging ...

I went to see Moulin Rouge at the Lutcher Theater on Tuesday, Jan 31, 2012. Moulin Rouge is a play set in the Montmartre District of Paris and focuses on the love affair between a French courtesan and a British poet/playwright. The courtesan Satine is terminally ill and the story is extremely romantic in this respect with several twists and turns in the tale which eventually end up with the death of Satine. I found the performance at the Lutcher Theatre quite stimulating and invigorating especially in the parts where the love scenes are strong and romantic. The actors were also quite ...

Business proposal report: Cost analysis on the advantages of building a computer from scratch rather than buying the pre-made computer from computer companies such as Dell and HP.

Here is the business proposal report you requested on Cost analysis on the advantages of building a computer from scratch rather than buying the pre-made computer from computer companies such as Dell and HP. The suspicions that people spend more money in buying pre-made computers from computer companies are right. It is more cost effective to build a computer from scratch than to buy a pre-made computer from computer companies such as Dell and ...

Centering Questions

In an age when public dollars are becoming increasingly scarce for funding elementary and secondary education, while the imperative to expose students to an increasingly broad spectrum of technology is becoming more and more crucial, the selection of technological items and the implementation of those items comprise two vital decisions for instructional designers.

In one area of technological expansion is the ability of students to contribute to an interactive technological discussion, both inside and outside the classroom. Many school districts have set up the necessary bandwidth to allow for many different elements of Web 2.0 implementation, such as teacher ...

According to Laborde, a learned anthropologist, “spoons are as old as the soup, if not as old as the world.” (Global housewares & specialties, 2007). However, the recorded history of spoons dates back in Egypt, over a thousand years, long before the birth of the Christ. These old spoons were mainly used as ointments. The spoon was a strong and important possession of individuals, and could be willed to another individual upon the death of the owner. History of Scandinavian countries and Wales depict that the spoon was used as symbols of love. The spoons would be curved by the young men, who ...