Essays on Seller

INTERNET BUSINESS

Abstract: A usage of internet has become popular in the field of business. E-business is the business which the business owners can sell and buy the products over the internet. It keeps the preserve to hold the position on the competitive market. It helps to increase the role of internet and increase the market share. With the help of websites, the startup business has been utilized the essential characteristics of the business facility provided on the internet business. The improvement of information technology in the internet business plays an active role in the startup business. It offers online service ...

The bullwhip effect can be detrimental to the efficiency of a supply chain. Demand of a product may only slightly shift, but it can lead to a much greater shift in manufacturing a product.  This is when the “variability in demand is magnified as we move from the customer to the producer in the supply chain” (Robert & Chase).  It specifically relates to a lack of coordination in a supply chain as a company makes purchases from its suppliers more unpredictably than it sells to its customer (Mendelson & Bray, 2016).  It also relates to a lack of coordination in the ...

Introduction

Schwab (2012) says that one of the pillar the improves an economies competitiveness is these is, the inevitability of a well-functioning economic system that distributes resources to high anticipated rate-of-return investments, regardless of the political standing of an individual. The economic system delivers the legal context and services required for the efficient working of a market economy. The government, in particular, plays a crucial role not only in ensuring that the resources available are allocated without bias but also in determining the right market structures for an economy. Putting forth the right market structures and even distribution of resources ...

CHAPTER II

This chapter will seek to conduct an absolute inquiry into what makes up security interest laws in the United States. In order to lay the foundation for comparisons in subsequent chapters, the three main elements of the study of the Saudi system will be reviewed here in the context of U.S laws with an emphasis on California state law. The features of the California legal system will include the assessment of foreclosure rules and patterns in California. This will include a detailed fact-based evaluation of CCP580 (b), CCP580 (d) and CCP726 (a). The different components will enable the study ...

Define and discuss time and space utility

Products must be transported from the place where they are produced to the place where customers demand it to be delivered. The value-add that the product gains due to its transport is called space utility. The time utility is the length of time before or between the product deliveries, which consists of mostly storage and inventory time. When the organizations are able to deliver the goods at a time they are needed, then their time utility increases.

What is the Total Cost Analysis and how does is affect logistics?

Total cost analysis provides the methodology for integration of logistics, manufacturing, and procuring costs across the network. This is done to achieve ...

Did Jim and Laura Buy a New Car

Business

Did Jim and Laura Buy a New Car The case recalls Jim and Laura as the complainants against Stan who is a car salesman claiming that the couple had entered into an agreement to purchase the 4-door blue Sedan by depositing $100. The facts of the case show that Jim and Laura visited the car dealership where Stan is an attending salesman who accommodated the former. Jim and Laura was interested about the blue 4-door sedan, and decided to give Stan $100 for the purpose of holding the unit for a ...

Contract of Sale of a Good and Legal Obligations of Concerned Parties

Introduction This research paper presents an analysis of a case study and is written to address breach of law of contract concerning sale of a good (bicycle) by a last year student named Jonas. He placed an advertisement in one of the sports magazine making an offer to the general public to sell his bicycle. Jonas was approached by two first year students named by Sarah and Saleh at different times on the same day. As this last year student was not aware about the telephonic message placed by Sarah, he sold the bicycle to another first year student ...

Moral hazard in equity contracts

In some instances, the seller of security is driven by incentives to conceal information from the purchaser and may engage in detrimental activities. This constitutes the problem of moral hazard in equity contracts. An example is the problem of Principal-Agent, which concerns the separation of possession and management of firms. The executives in corporations in this case only own a small share of the firm compared to the principals/share-holders. The managers then opt to pursue their interests at the expense of the firm's profitability bringing about a conflict of interest between the shareholders and corporate management (Banerji, and Basu ...

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High-level Process Steps for Conducting Project Procurements

Obtaining Seller Responses Selecting a Seller The first step is to ensure that the short-listed bidders completely and correctly understand all the project requirements. The proper vehicle for this is the bidder conference (A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge, 2008) where all information will be imparted and questions answered. The client would then have to prepare to respond to proposals as they come in. It needs to come up with proposal evaluation techniques. It has to have a clear idea on the reasonable range of pricing by making its own independent estimates from ...

Argumentative Research Paper

Introduction In the recent decades, multiple economic, political and cultural factors have contributed to China’s increasing participation in the global market, particularly in the international retail. The country’s retail market is among the most dynamic in the world today, while the fast and decisive adoption of the technological opportunities for retail operations made China the largest e-commerce market worldwide with the sales revenue of estimated $589 billion as for 2015 (Tong). Chinese retailers readily use the modern technological means to reach both local and foreign consumers, which has led to the dramatic growth of China’s Business-to-Consumer ...

1. Fixed costs are costs that are not directly changed by increasing or decreasing the scale of production in the short term. They take a place even in the case when the company produces nothing, that is, their value does not depend on production volume. The types of fixed costs: depreciation, rents, costs of capital repairs, the percentage of the loan for the purchase of equipment, payment of taxes, insurance premiums, administrative expenses etc. On the other hand, variable costs are such costs, the value of which directly depends on the scale of production. The types of variable costs ...

Business Role-play: Negotiation

Business Role-play: Negotiation

Introduction

This negotiation took place between two different teams. The first team, made up of three team members, was tasked with selling a product to the second team for sale in retail stores in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. During this negotiation, both teams had a clear goal: to make a good business deal and build a good relationship with members of the other team. This was mainly a preliminary negotiation, which means that both teams were talking primarily about a single product. This product is a protein powder, which team 1—the sales team—claims is ...

Introduction

Legal Documents/Agreements for day to day Management of New Business Venture One of the documents that would be needed for the day-to-day management is the article of incorporation. It enbles the ownwers to be successful in starting the business. A key mistake that start-up owners make is the failure to provide an appropriate structure. It can be understood by the fact that if the company’s ownwers do not identify an appropriate legal structure, it can lead to high level taxes and legal liabilities. Hence, the companies should fill with the Internal Revenue Service to develop a specific legal ...

Introduction

The aim of every business is to make as much profit as possible, by selling their goods and services to the consumers in the most efficient ways (Friedman, 2007). At times, it is not possible for the producers to sell their goods and services to the consumers, thereby requiring an intermediary that will make it possible for the producer to reach the consumers. These intermediaries are called marketing channels, and they help in the transfer of the ownership of goods, from their point of production to their point of consumption. In other words, marketing channels make it possible for ...

Introduction

The current complex global business and social settings require various skills that ease the process of interactions. Negotiation is one of the areas where every individual (s) must focus especially because of the reality that disagreements will always emerge at varying levels of interactions. However, negotiations do not always apply when there are conflicts that may cause adverse consequences (Cohen, 2013). The reality is that negotiations apply even when a buyer and a seller decide on the best price for an item. The fact that men and women acts in varying capacities as either sales executives means that they ...

Abstract

This paper explores the concept of Marketing Mix as it applies to the effective selling of used textbooks. This product has been chosen because of its wasted earning potential for students who need to adapt to the rising cost of education. The Four Ps of Marketing – Product, Price, Place, and Promotion – are discussed in this paper as the application of each marketing component is vital to success in the sale of used school books. Like the four legs of a table, the four Ps complement each other and as such, weakness in one component can cause a collapse of ...

Prepare your Google Shopping Campaigns for the 2016 Holiday Push (Christmas, Black Friday)

A shopping campaign enables advertisers to promote their products. The interested parties are able to access to detailed information about the product being sold even before they click on the advertisement. The retailing tools will then inform the advertiser about the performance of the product over a given period of time. Additionally, the shopping campaigns boost traffic to the seller’s website or shopping store, and assist the seller to acquire qualified leads. Usually, the seller sends a product to the Merchant Centre and creates a shopping campaign through his/her AdWords account. The campaign is in turn used to ...

Executive summary

Demand and supply is the basic concept of economics and hence it is the backbone of market economies around the world. Demand implies the willingness and potential on the part of a consumer to purchase a product at a specified price while supply indicates the quantity of the same product available in the market for sale. The price is a major factor determining the demand for a product in the market even though the consumer’s income and preference along with the price of certain other complementary products tend to influence the price. Supply of a product in the ...

QUESTION A

Credit Default Swap It is a financial instrument lenders use to hedge default risk. The lender acquires a CDS and pays premiums to the CDS seller who takes the default risk (Lasher 200). If the borrower defaults, then the CDS seller pays the par value of the loan to the lender. The CDS seller also pays the protection buyer accrued interests on the loan during the intervening period.

Cash flows in case of no default

Annual CDS premium = 4% × 1,000,000 = $40,000 Quarterly payments = 40,000/4 = $10,000 A will pay quarterly CDS premiums to B for the three years. At the end of ...

QUESTION A

Definition of Credit Default Swaps A CDS is an instrument used to transfer the risk of default or credit exposure between two or more parties (Fabozzi and Kothari, 2008). It protects the lender from the possible loss of default by the borrower. The lender (protection buyer) pays premiums to the CDS seller. In return, the CDS seller guarantees to pay the lender the face value of the loan plus interests due in the intervening period if the borrower defaults.

Cash flows

Annual CDS premium = 4% × 1,000,000 = $40,000 Quarterly payments = 40,000/4 = $10,000 The borrower does not default ...

QUESTION A

A Credit Default Swap is a swap that protects the lender from the risk of loss resulting from the default by the borrower. The protection buyer of the CDS (the lender) makes periodic income payments (CDS premiums) to the protection seller who in return guarantees to pay the lender the principal in case the borrower defaults.

Cash flows when there is no default

Notional amount = $1 million Annual CDS premium = 4% × 1,000,000 = $40,000 Quarterly CDS premium = $10,000 If the borrower does not default, the protection seller will make a profit of $120,000 at the end of the third year ($10,000 ...

Report

Report Nowadays, the basic knowledge of economic principles is crucial for everyone, even for those who are not professional economists. The economy is the mechanism that affect everyone: the probability of find the desirable job, getting mortgage loan in the bank, the amount of rent payments are all variables that are determined by economic processes. The conscious understanding of economics helps policymakers to take appropriate and timely actions; allows firms and investors correctly forecast interest rates, in order to make profitable investments, to the households and individuals to properly plan their savings, to the scientists – develop actual models and ...

Based on the above discussion, recommend and justify the risk exposures that should be reported as part of an Enterprise Risk Management System for the Toyota Motor Company? (10 Marks) The first risk that Toyota is faced with is the investment in commodities. Commodities such as non-ferrous metals, precious metals, ferrous alloys, energy, and plastic resin from outside sources may be subjected to price changes. Changes in prices can have a negative impact on the productivity for Toyota because inflated prices may result in delayed projects and the inability to complete planned products based on a lack of resources. ...

Introduction

Gun control legislation is a very controversial topic and one that has taken a lot of attention in both academic and public policy circles here in the United States for the past 20 or 30 years. One of the most powerful tools which people have discovered to dealing with the issue of controlling who should or shouldn’t have access to guns is through the creation of background checks. The purpose of background checks in a general sense is to allow for gun sellers and overseeing authorities to make sure that they are selling weapons to only those individuals ...

Price discrimination refers to a business practice which involves selling of similar or near similar products to consumers at different prices during a certain period (Stole and Lars 2221). There are two main motives why businesses engage in the practice. Firstly, the business may be aiming at becoming a monopoly in the said market segment. In this case, the business could sell certain highly priced goods at a low price to a certain market segment that the business wishes to control. The second and the main reason why businesses engage in price discrimination is to take advantage of consumer ...

Most of the services offered by a bank are largely financial in nature. However, the terms Assets and Liabilities have a different meaning when it comes to banks. For instance, assets in banking terminology would indicate fund usage, while liabilities in case of banks would, in fact, be a source of funds for banks. This essay will consider five different services or function that a bank offers and would explain with reasons if the said service is an asset or a liability, while also evaluating the services and providing an overall impression of the same. This essay considers the ...

INTRODUCTION

Martha Stewart was indicated for Securities Fraud. However, she was acquitted of the charges, but instead found guilty of obstruction of justice and making false statements. As a result of the finding of guilt, she served five months in federal prison. There are many opinions concerning the evidence presented in the case against Martha Stewart for violation of the Securities Act. Some legal scholars claim that she was guilty of insider trading while others claim the court properly found the evidence lacking and her actions not in violation of the securities law. Presented in this paper are two scholarly ...

Coaching Session

Sullivan Window Company: Lauren Smith Having a clear and an effective strategy for product promotion provides the necessary impetus to guarantee a competitive edge in the global market. In the contemporary world, the managers’ efforts should go beyond providing a high-end product to preparing the right reception for new ones. Having an effective and clearly thought out marketing mix is crucial and surpasses sales of even a high-quality product (Becerril-Arreola, Leng & Parlar, 2013). How a company deals with the existing customers and efforts towards attracting the new ones should be the focus of any business entity. Sullivan Window Company ...

In the world today, cars have become one of the basic commodities that people cannot live without. This means that many people across the globe have increased their desires and likelihood to buy cars for themselves and their families, meaning that the car business has flourished across the world. Not every country manufactures car, but the most commonly countries that do manufacture sell them to other countries. Japan distributes both new and used cars to any willing country, and Tanzania is one of the trusted dealers that import them to sell to Tanzanian people as well as other willing ...

Identify the client:

The client identified from the case is Mr. Arnold Kallestad. He is the hay farmer accused by Peter and Tanya Rothing of breach of implied warranty of merchantability.

Identify the client’s problem:

This is in line with the expectations that he sells good hay. It would also be safe to assume that prior to the case being taken to court that Mr. kallestad would have been approached by the Rothing’s in the instance that they realized that their animals were expressing symptoms of poisoning after diagnosis from their veterinary. Mr. kallestad then instead of taking cognizance of the situation and conducting investigations ...

Introduction

In the real estate business, closing or finalizing a certain deal stands as one of the mysterious processes for those who are selling or buying property for the very first time. Apart from specific paperwork, the concerned parties have to go through and carry out a lot of other activities. With this concern in mind, this research paper is aimed at making important discussion about the true essence of what the real estate closings really stand for. Apart from defining this concept with succinct detail, it is imperative to define all those activities and processes that lead to or ...

Property deeds are very important in the real estate market, as they confer ownership of a house or real estate property from the owner to the seller. There are several different types of deeds, usually distinguished between the purposes of the buy; is the buyer making the purchase for a business, or as an individual consumer? Deeds have historical relevance, as various methods were historically used to officially confer ownership of a property to a new owner. Deeds must have several elements to be legally binding (Folger, 2011). They must be in writing to be official, as verbal sales ...

Globalectics, a term coined by author Ngugi wa Thiong’o, is a portmanteau of global (or globalism) and dialectics. Dialectics refers to the art of discussion between two or more people with differing opinions. People who are engaged in dialectical discussion wish to bring truth to light through reasoned and rational arguments. Dialectics implies the position that discussion cannot lead to the discovery of truth without the inclusion of multiple points of view. Global refers to the space where all things take place. The globe of the planet Earth encompasses everything that exists, and everything that exists is connected ...

Abstract

Going international has stood to be the primary means by which corporations have gained access to the global markets. Beyond their home markets, companies have been able to increase their sales and growth rate following the large customer base created and greater access to capital in existence in the larger market. The emerging markets such as China have been the primary focus for the companies seeking to globalize their operations. Companies have used different financial strategies, such as bonds and stocks that finance expansion and growth in the international markets. However, an ultimate understanding of the internationalization plays a ...

The trade off skills are among the essential skills that a project manager and any leader within an organization needs to possess, to facilitate the achievement of both project and organizational goals. The Firm-Fixed Price (FFP) contracts Is a form of a fixed contract where the buyer pays the seller a specific amount which is set within the contract. The FPP contract fails to take into consideration any additional costs that a seller may incur when offering the product. This type of contract, therefore, places all the risk associated with costs to the contractor. The seller, to this end, ...

Business Law: Case Analysis

Business Law: Case Analysis Bank of New York Mellon Trust v. Morgan Stanley Mortgage 14-2619 (2016) The facts of this case in brief are that the plaintiff Bank alleged that the defendant had breached its contract with it involving a mortgage loan agreement. The defendant on the other hand alleged that they were not obliged contractually to repurchase the mortgage due to the fact that the contract was vitiated by misrepresentation. The background of the case is that the parties entered into an agreement a mortgage loan agreement and the defendant then defaulted on the loan and the bank ...

Executive Summary

This paper explores and analyzes the case of Maritime Trading Company with its desire to utilize the Internet to generate more revenue for the company. The plan is to have a Web site that will be truly responsive to the customers through the fostering of closer buyer-seller relationships. In order to explore the existing business scenario, analysis will be conducted through: 1) a summary of the situation; 2) an examination of material exhibits; 3) strengths of the business situation, and; 4) weaknesses of the business situation. In this manner, alternative approaches can be identified and recommended courses of action ...

Describe civil and criminal penalties that might arise from Ima’s death

Under the provisions of the Occupational Health and Safety Act (OSHA) 1970, all employers are responsible for creating adequately safe working environment (Pinnington, Macklin & Campbell, 2007). The possibilities of employee contact with uninsulated wire is a situation, when life of this employee becomes jeopardized, as well as there is a possibility of getting serious bodily damages. In this case, the affected employee, or the family members are entitled to claiming general damages from the employee. Furthermore, because the omissions of Walexron are conspicuously blatant (uninsulated wire obviously poses a huge hazard to the employee and visitors of the facility) ...

Over the years, the number of business transactions that take place online has continuously risen. Online providers have improved the quality of services they offer to the consumers; this has attracted a larger population of customers. Competition among online retailers is becoming more vigorous. Online shopping has also enabled companies to reach their consumers everywhere. Communication and information technology have made online shopping possible by reaching a wide market in a variety of geographic location. For consumer interaction, through e-commerce, most businesses are trying to obtain a competitive advantage. Technology has enabled consumers to have access to information about ...

Business

Five Forces Analysis of the U.S. Brewery Industry The beer industry can be considered from Section 312 in accordance with the North American Industry Classification system, which indicates that the brewery or the beer industry comprises of manufacturing of tobacco product and beverage (Tremblay and Tremblay). In the brewery industry, there are three types of firms or establishments. First type includes the firms that are involved in manufacturing of non-alcoholic beverages, second type consists of firms that focus on manufacturing of alcoholic beverages via the process of fermentation, and third type includes the firms that are considering production of ...

The 1979 Sale of Goods Act is the most comprehensive pieces of legislation on commercial law in the UK that governs, inter alia, contracts for the sale of goods, implied terms in sale of goods, rules governing the transfer and possession of property (goods) and also provides some of the remedies that purchasers (buyers) may have against sellers for defects in goods or otherwise (Dobson, Dobson & Stokes 2012, p. 10). This Act thus ensures the effectiveness of the legal relationship between businesses and customers, for it contains rules and regulations that seek to protect the rights of buyers and ...

Business Exam

Unlike business organizations, profit is not the main purpose of the non-profit organization. Non-profit organizations have the right to engage in entrepreneurial activity and they can make a profit, but this can be only a minor activity and it only serves to achieve the objectives for which this organization was created. Non-profit organizations may be created in order to achieve social, charitable, cultural, educational, scientific and management purposes, and for other purposes, aimed at achieving the public good. A non-profit organization can be created as a public organization, a fund, an autonomous non-profit organization, non-profit partnership, institution, association. The ...

Government regulations and rules in the Chinese online market

The fact that the Chinese market is a key market for global firms provided a chance for eBay to begin its operations in China. The rapidly expanding middle class and the fact that the economy was booming suggested that eBay could gain from the higher purchasing power of the consumers. However, the case was not to be as eBay withdrew its online auctions business from the China market. The Chinese market is massive but without a strategic plan, it is impossible to make a significant and sustainable presence in such markets. The Chinese culture is diversified when it comes ...

9.0 Strategy specification Distracted driving, including driving while using the cell phone is an area of major concern. Estimates demonstrate that over 3,000 were killed, and nearly half a million injured as the direct result of driving while distracted (Distraction.gov, 2015). More specifically, an estimated 10% of drivers under the age of 20 who were killed while driving were texting when the accident occurred (Distraction.gov, 2015). In this case, the product, as it relates to driving distracted, including making calls or texting while driving, is the intention to use the while operating a motor vehicle. This intention is ...

1.    Using at least two decided cases, explain some of the most important implied terms from the Sale of Goods Act 1979. (1.1) The transfer of ownership. With regard to the date of transfer of ownership based on a contract under English law, two judgements were extended (Sale of Goods Act 1979). Firstly, it is noted that the phasing out of the system in favor of the consensual tradition of the system characteristic of the capitalist states, "according to which acquisition of the right of ownership is associated not with the conclusion of the contract, and with the subsequent ...

PART 1:

Using the draw tools in Word, show what happened to the demand for housing by drawing the demand for housing in 2005, 2006, and 2009. This means you draw lines for the demand and supply of housing in 2005, 2006, and 2009 to the supply and demand graph and match what happens to the price in those years with what is show in the chart. Explain what caused demand to change over this period.

The graph below shows the demand of housing in 2005, 2006 and 2009 and how the price fluctuates. The demand for houses rose rapidly during ...

Introduction

In the contemporary world, the internet has changed the business environment. Moreover, the firms are compelled to remain productive and ascertain their survival. The internet is a kind of international; information infrastructure of computer hardware and software that are identified as both open and general. The terminology ‘open’ highlights that the internet is publicly available. The internet emphasizes that it is simply a network of networks. Furthermore, the internet is a quickly growing issue. The number of consumers that propose that the internet has substantial effects on the sales and selling management. The present existence of the internet as ...

Introduction

The first antitrust law was formed by the Congress in the year 1890. It was referred to as Sherman Act, and its aim was to ensure that there was economic liberty, by ensuring that the competition in the trade was fair. Later, the Congress passed other two antitrust laws in the year 1914, and these additional laws contained some revision to the first antitrust law. Those laws were the Clayton Law and the Federal Trade Commission Act. The court applies the antitrust law to prevent illegal business practices and unlawful mergers. The main objective of the antitrust law is ...

Section

The Bidding Charterparty invited tenders for the construction of a new cruise-liner, to be called the Ocean Carpathia. Donelly was invited to tender. However, the person responsible for receiving tenders left work early.

ISSUE: WON Donelly Brothers can compel recognition of its bid? HELD: Yes

DISCUSSION: Similar to the case of Blackpool v Blackpool, it is the duty of the entity requesting for bids to inspect all those which have been submitted. In the case at bar, MC Donelly was actually able to submit its bid on time. It is not the fault of the bidder that their documents were not received in time, as it was the responsibility of the ...

Currency Hedge

Over the few decades, the financial markets have seen explosion in the derivative markets. Even though notable investors such as Warren Buffet has called derivatives as the weapon of Mass Destruction’’, still, derivatives accounts for a market worth trillions of dollars as companies around the world use these instruments to hedge their risk exposures. Below we have discussed three traditional derivative instruments and how they are used by the companies to hedge their foreign exchange exposure:

Currency Forwards:

Currency Forwards are the derivative contracts as part of which, one party agrees to buy a predetermined amount of one currency for a ...

Contract Formation, Breach, and Defenses

Question1.As a general rule, the party who receives the contractual right is the assignee. Assignments do not need to be supported by consideration to be legally effective even though it is often is. Madonna has the right to receive payments in return for needed cash. Question2. If a place of performance is not designated by a statute, other legal acts, or contract does not appear to form the customs of trade or the nature of the obligation, performance must be made on an obligation to transfer property Question3. Against a backdrop of several properties rights, the two components of ...

Part A: Multiple Choice Questions:

The seller must have market power, that is the seller must have some control over price The seller must be able to identify different customer groups with different demand elasticities The seller must be able to prevent arbitrage between the two groups All of the above You’ve just decided to add a new line to your manufacturing plant. Compute the expected loss/profit from the line addition if you estimate the following:

There is a 70% chance that profits will increase by $100,000.

There is a 20% chance that profits will remain the same. There is a 10% chance that profits will decrease by $15,000. Loss of $15,000 ...

Introduction:

Outsourcing is a cost saving practice in which one company provides different goods and services to another company. It is used by different companies to transfer some portions of work to outside suppliers instead of completing it internally. It describes the strategic use of outside resources to perform organization's internal activities. It help the companies to get more skills and expertise from outside suppliers. Outsourcing is an act of acquiring products or services from an outside company that is known as vendor or supplier. The history of outsourcing is embedded with a history of the growth of modern technology ...

PART A

Question 1 An adaptive seller is a person who uses a selling strategy in which the way that is used to present a product or service varies according to the buyer viewing it. Adaptive selling takes into consideration the particular situation in which the commodity is presented, the demographics of the buyer, and the direct feedback received about the commodity. That is why the characteristics are associated to agile.

Question 2

Value exchange in the professional selling process refers to one of the four main attributes of a product or service. They are economic value, use value, production and sell, as ...

Introduction

The electricity industry is facing numerous challenges today including environmental pollution, increased demand, and aging infrastructure. Environmental issues are the primary concern of the power generation industry and have necessitated the inclusion of renewable energy sources in the generation of electricity. Renewable portfolio standard has set forth new requirements in the industry obligating electricity generation companies to generate a certain percentage of generated electricity to come from renewable sources. However, rapid integration of new energy sources on the old transmission and distribution infrastructure will cause quality, security and reliability challenges on the electric power supply. The good thing is ...

Phone encryption is a temporary way of securing the data on a mobile device. Data can be lost or tampered with when the phone is lost, damaged or stolen. When the phone gets into the wrong hands, the data and information can be transferred and wrongly used. When a phone is encrypted, the contents and information are turned into cipher text. Anybody trying to read the information cannot read it (Ciriani, et al. 6) When the phone is returned to the owner, the same method that was used to encrypt the phone can be used for unlocking the phone ...

Today, E-bay is one of the most successful consumer-centric online auction sites of the dot-com era (Akbar & James, n.d.). Since September 1995, e-bay has used the power of the internet to create a marketplace for consumers to not only auction goods but also buy them. It has created a platform where omnichannel retailing is powering the sale of selected expensive commodities as well as everyday items at rates never seen before (Deloitte, 2014; Gonzalez, Hasker, & Sickles, 2004). E-bay was founded in 1995, in San Jose California, by Pierre Omidyar as a local marketplace for the sale of localized items ( ...

Price competition is the core element of a free-market economy. Firms and organizations have been engaging each other in pricing behaviors like price fixing, price collusion, predatory pricing, deceptive price advertising, price confusion, resale price maintenance, and price discrimination amongst others (Grewal, and Compeau 3). These practices concerning pricing have a great impact on the public welfare. As a result, the government has taken the position of implementing legislation and judicial policies that aim at regulating the price behaviors in organizations. Other agencies that monitor pricing include the federal and local government. According to Grewal, and Compeau (3), the ...

What position should Jason Sterling take on European sovereign debt? Why? What are the advantages/disadvantages of using credit default swaps to profit from this crisis? What are the potential risks? Are there any lessons for Jason that can be gleaned from previous crises? The aim of Jason Sterling is to assess novel information so that he has the ability to trade on prior to the trading close for the week period. This was because the growing debt crisis in the sovereignty of the Europe would be the hot topic or the primary notion that the leaders and representatives from ...

Affiliated Institution

Introduction For many years, Amnesty International has been a champion for global humanitarian and human rights issues. With the world continuously evolving, Amnesty International has adapted to these changes and accommodated them. Due to population growth, the world has witnessed continued conflicts over resources specifically in Africa and the Middle East. These conflicts are fueled by political regimes and their ideologies, (Weinstein 2010). Terror groups such as Boko Haram, Al-Shabaab and Islamic State (IS), have continuously violated human rights. In most African countries, dictatorial rule has come under threat with masses becoming more educated and informed of their human ...