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BUSINESS – COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF THE PROFITABILITY OF ETIHAD AIRWAYS IN 2013 AND 2014

Introduction This proposal will discuss the research topic, questions, and objectives. It will also include the methodology of the research, and the work plan which is designed to guide and track the organization of the research.

Research Question and Objectives

Comparative analysis of the profitability of Etihad Airways in 2013 and 2014 using profit margin ratio and working capital ratio; Purpose and Significance Etihad Airways is considered to be the fastest growing carrier in the history of commercial aviation . From that, we were motivated to prepare a comparative analysis of the profitability of Etihad Airways between 2013 and 2014. The research is expected ...

In each of the following situations, please select which mode of transportation studied this week would be the most advantageous. Explain your answer. [8A, 8B, 8C]

Sending 350 40-foot containers from Shanghai, China to Los Angeles, California.

Maritime transport is the best for these kinds of shipments because ships can fill a given container or what is known as full container load (FCL) (Rushton, Croucher, & Baker, 2014, p. 391). Additionally, container ships can accommodate stackable cargo, which will be prepared using a stowage plan (Rushton, Croucher, & Baker, 2014, p. 393). There is also the possibility of reduced damage in products, which may be caused when using other types of cargoes. ...

Where are the normal pacemaker and the backup pacemaker of the heart located?

Answer: The normal pacemaker of the heart is known as Sino- atrial (SA node) which is located in the right atrium of the heart, whereas, the backup pacemaker of the heart is known as Atrio- ventricular and it is situated in the centre of the heart along the right atrim (AV node) (Rhodes, 2008).

Why does this patient have a bradycardia?

Answer: The patient has bradycardia as a result of occlusion in the right coronary artery (Serrano Jr et al., 1999). Infarction in the right coronary artery is known to give rise to bradycardia.

What parts of the heart have the fastest and slowest conduction velocities?

Answer: The Purkinje fibres have the fastest conduction velocities whereas the AV ...

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Computational complexity was introduced and developed by Hartmanis and Stearns in order to provide methods in measuring the degree of complexity or difficulty of computational problems or functions as well as to measure the efficiency of algorithms. It was developed through understanding of numerous complex problems and analysis of the issues within these problems. The history of the subject of computational history started with the theoretical computational model or a machine developed by Alan Turing in during the 1930s. In his paper, he convinced the scientific community that developing an effective algorithm is possible. The Turing machine paved way ...

Business

Industry: NAICS code is 517911- Telecommunications Resellers Market: NASDAQ Symbol: AT&T Inc. Revenue: $40.9 billion Profile of the firm AT&T is a telecommunications company that provides mobile services, landline services, television services, as well as high-speed internet connection. It operates both in the United States and on an international platform. Most specifically, AT&T offers products primarily to the United States, Mexico, and other Latin American countries. According to Reuters (2017), AT&T offers services to businesses, the government, wholesalers, and individual consumers. Between the wireless voice and data provision, which is the most popular service at AT&T, the company offers ...

Introduction

Attending the course of Introduction to International Market, I believe that it helped me to improve my understanding and thoughts about the international business and its nature. My knowledge has significantly been increased about globalization with the help of this course. In reviewing my course, learning, readings and tutorial questions, I have found that Globalization around the world remained the major issue throughout the course to understand its role and impact on the international business. Although, the course discussed globalization in different perspectives such as its impacts, consequences, debates, etc, however, the issue of key drivers of globalization and ...

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Introduction The Empire State Building is an engineering and architectural feat of its time. One of the most remarkable landmarks in New York City, the Empire State Building is the tallest building that was built in the 1930s and held that position for more than 40 years until it was surpassed by the World Trade Center building in 1972. The Empire State Building was constructed as the backdrop of the Great Depression that happened right after the stock market crash of 1929. But despite the economic challenges, the builders were able to finish the construction in a ...

Introduction

The current paper presents the proposal for the deployment of windows server in Contoso. The plan for the effective implementation and configuration for Windows Infrastructure is also enlightened. It is implied that the company possesses adequate capital for the effective deployment of the Windows network infrastructure due to which the proposal is focused to present the effective plan rather than incorporating the extreme cost efficient measures.

Features of Windows Server 2012

The features of Windows Server 2012, as inferred by Carvalho (2012), are discussed below:

Multi-server Support

A new and redesigned server is introduced in which cloud concept is incorporated so that server manager can manage ...

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The United Kingdom is the world’s eighth largest tourist destination with over 36 million visitors in the country in the year 2015. Direct spending by tourists is estimated at over $22 billion, which is equivalent to about 2% of GDP. Most of the tourists to the United Kingdom are from mainland Europe, accounting for approximately 60% of all tourists. Despite this, the most profitable tourists for the United Kingdom are from the North American market consisting of the United States and Canada (Delloite, 2013). Although this segment accounts for less than ten percent of overall tourist numbers, it ...

One of the major challenges facing healthcare administration is the problem of diversified care. The modern world and all the technological improvements that are found in medicine mean that levels of care are better than ever, but this is not without challenges for administrators. An increasing number of specializations in medicine, for example, mean that administrators must prepare for an increasing number of units and specialists, which in turn leads to problems with funding and human resources. There are also issues associated with the fact that patients are generally more aware of technological advances in medicine, and may be ...

Successful marketing is one of the most important segments of home health care industry (home health agencies, hospices, private duty home care companies) which includes advertising, public relations, promotions, and sales. According to National Association for Home Care and Hospice, home health service is the dynamic business with more than 12 million patients in America. There are no state laws that prohibit home health care organizations from advertising in newspapers, magazines, television, radio or internet. However, home health care products and services can be legally marketed under a variety of special complex marketing laws, rules, regulations and government agencies ...

1.0 Introduction Citi Group (Citi) has taken a bad hit during the financial crisis in 2008, which it continues to shoulder today, almost a decade later. The appointment of current CEO Michael Corbat in 2012 pushed the company back to the path of better reduction of non-profitability, which finally broke through in 2015 when Citi finally made positive profits beyond its 2015 breakeven target. The succeeding sections explored this journey of challenges and promises as clearly as possible. 2.0 Mission and Vision: Impact to Primary Stakeholders Citi’s vision and mission focuses on the customer as a financial services ...

International Air Law

Air transport is currently considered the fastest and safest means of transport globally, Passengers want to feel secure when flying from one place to another and expect the airline to be responsible in the event where they experience any form of injury while under the airline’s care. However, the application of treaties and agreements in determining the liability of airlines in instances of accidents has triggered debates as to what extent the airlines are liable for the damages experienced while the plaintiff is onboard. A particular question arises regarding the extent of injuries that an airline can be ...

The United States is regarded as the largest national economy of the world in its nominal terms, and in accordance with its purchasing power parity, it is the second largest (Henderson, 2014). The GDP of the country in the year 2015 was 17,947.0 billion dollars (Bureau of Economic Analysis, 2016). Whereas China is regarded as second largest economy of the world in terms of nominal GDP, and the largest economy of the world in terms of purchasing power parity (Lei & Yao, 2008) . Further, according to Tse (2010), China is the fastest growing economy in the world. The industries ...

Business organizations and structures are crucial for any organizational realization of the set goals and objectives. In this research, I shall be looking at the structures of two businesses, the Tesco organization, and the LSE Retail Group Limited, which sells lighting equipment both at retail and the wholesale levels. Tesco is a large organization, with a set-up includes various hierarchical stages which enable it to enhance its objectives. Tesco is a large UK grocery with a large number of employee and even distribution chain. The business of selling vegetables and other related commodities has become increasing competitive and is ...

line 1 (of Affiliation): dept. name of organization line 2: name of organization, acronyms acceptable line 3: City, Country line 4: e-mail address if desired line 1 (of Affiliation): dept. name of organization line 2: name of organization, acronyms acceptable line 3: City, Country line 4: e-mail address if desired Abstract—This paper talks about supercomputers; how its performance is rated; the current top ten supercomputers in the world; the suitable tasks for supercomputers; the common operating system it uses; and the architecture of a supercomputer. The paper also talks about the estimated cost and size of ...

Visitors’ Perception on Westminster London as a Sustainable, Responsible, and Environmental Friendly Destination

Referencesp.41 List of Figures Figure 1. Findings from the questionnaires Figure 2. Finding for three sections of sustainability, responsibility and environmental friendliness Figure 1.1. Sustainability Figure 1.2. Responsibility Figure 1.3. Environmental friendliness Abstract Sustainable tourism is one of the rising trends in the tourism industry. More and more stakeholder groups are starting to realize the importance of their assets. One of the best ways to preserve tourist destinations (i.e. the assets) is to promote sustainable, responsible, and environmental friendly tourism management. Unfortunately, engaging in those kinds of practices and operations can be costly. Most tourism industry firms are still ...

Energy gel case:

Overview HPC is a company in the energy foods industry. Currently, the company has three arms, food, drinks, and international operations. The company sells energy drinks as well as the quick-pro energy bar. The head of business development Harry Wickler has come up with a comprehensive business plan for the introduction of energy bars in the market. However, there have been problems because not everyone agrees with his reasoning. In particular, Mark Leiter the head of the quick-pro energy bar product disagrees with Wickler’s cost calculation for the introduction of the new product as well as the cost ...

How Nike+ Application Works The Nike+ running app has become rapidly recognized fitness tool as it acts as a comprehensive coach for everyday runners. The application lets runners keep track of their essential daily statistics along the exercising period. The Nike+ software comes with various other simple things that can be done using it, which makes the application suitable for persons training for upcoming races to those who just want to be fit. The Nike+ app lets users listen to music as they undertake their training sessions or running. Music powers are exercising activities. Running while listening to favorite ...

Abstract / Executive Summary

Summary of Article The minister from the United Arab’s economy reported that it is anticipated that the GDP of UAE will mark Dhs 1.6 trillion in the current year growing over 3.5%. Sultan Saeed Al Mansouri commented in an interview to the WAM (news agency), elevation in the growth rate evidence that the region is capable of maintaining economic competence and has gained sufficient success with the help of diversification. He further clarified that industrial zone of the UAE is continuously advancing and is positioned presently between 10%-14%. Additionally, Sultan Saeed delivered his expectation for the investments ...

Individual Strategic Analysis

Q1/ Answer 1 - Porter’s Five Forces Analysis The Japanese Anime Industry is one of the fastest growing animated industries in the world and thus, become the valuable contributor in the export of the company (Niracharapa 2257). However, it is being assumed that beyond the growth, the competition is the major concern for the companies in the industry; therefore, the industry analysis approach of Michael Porter is significant and going to use to determine the impacts and pressures of competition from different factors and sources in the market. The five major forces based on the porter’s five ...

Establishment of BRICS was one of the most significant political events of the beginning of the XXI century. BRICS is a group of five fast-developing countries: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The organization was founded in June 2006 during the St. Petersburg`s Economic Forum with the participation of the Ministers of Economy of Brazil, Russia, India and China. Before the inclusion of South Africa in 2010, the organization was known as BRIC. For the first time the acronym BRIC was proposed by Jim O'Neill Goldman Sachs`s Bank analyst in November 2001. The sequence of letters ...

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The purpose of the report is to examine the key external factors affecting Samsung Mobile’s position in the emerging markets, and to identify the opportunities and challenges faced by Samsung Mobile in India. India is one of the most populous and the most emerging markets on a global level in all the sectors, in view of the potential the country presents from a business perspective. The recent visits of the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi, showcases the importance the country holds regionally and internationally. The current population stands at a massive, 1,323,619,375, as of ...

No, any flourishing company can continue into existence and grow at the same time without having extremely well-researched and well-articulated goals and strategies. Even with a company that has come up with a solid proof plan, such a company must also continuously evaluate its effectiveness based on the external environmental changes. Use of a market check tool which helps with this evaluation is what is referred to as environmental scanning. Within this process of environmental scanning, executives and employees assist in gathering, analyzing and sharing of information for strategic purposes. Environmental scanning is one of the key activities that ...

Online shopping has been one of the most active platforms through which e-commerce is known for popularly. The number of companies that are offering the products online through online malls and online company sales website suggests this with the increased numbers. Arguably, the position that this literature describes is that the paradigm shift in shopping that has been one of the major progress that has been made in E-commerce, and it is seen as inevitable (Flint, Blocker and Boutin, 2011). Reading from the suggestions of Klumpp and Jasper (2008), online shopping has materially been identified with the fastest growing ...

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The Irish leadership perspective has a crucial role in its national life due to the impact Irish political leaders have in the economic life of the country. Understanding this national leadership characteristics significantly contributes to the national awareness of its strengths and weaknesses. Based on Hofstede’s leadership categorization model, the commonly held leadership characteristics can be described as small power distance, weakly uncertainty avoidant, collectivist, masculine, and long-term oriented. American leaders who want to engage Irish leaders and population will have to make adjustments in at least three dimensions of differences, namely, individualism vs. collectivism, uncertainty avoidance, and ...

1. The production of fish from Aquaculture has become a major business, and it is an important solution to meet the world’s protein demand. It is a process of farming aquatic organisms such as fish, shellfish, aquatic plants, and others. It is the fastest-growing animal food-producing industry grown in the past decade reaching 120 million tons of fish in 2010 that represents around 30% of the world’s protein suppliers. Different species are cultivated through farming including abalone, finfish, crustaceans, mussels, oysters, cockles, clams, and scallops. It is an expanding industry, and it is forecasted to produce 180 ...

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The Eden Hotel Apartment project is a new service apartment concept for central Dublin. Dublin and Ireland as a whole are experiencing a resurgence in economy; with this resurgence has come the desire and market demand for more service hotel options in the city. This document includes the concept proposal associated with this particular project as well as market analysis, partnership information, and financing information that is prescient for the market this project would enter into in the city of Dublin. Financially, designing and implementing a service apartment project is a large task, but the foundational basis for this ...

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In this paper, we have studied the different types of information perception, such as color identification and reading speed. The research question is: “Is reading harder than identifying colors?” In order to investigate this problem, a quantitative study of the different levels of interference of reading or color identification in the Stroop test was conducted. Research has demonstrated that when forced to perform an automated task, such as read the word ‘green’, it is more difficult when the word is printed in an alternative color, such as red, than when it is the same color as the word with ...

in the industrial and infrastructure sector

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In most parts of the Arab countries, the limited resources of water pose adverse constraints to both the social and economic development, while also threatening the people’s livelihood. The available surface water keeps on declining, and the ground water over-pumping that goes beyond the natural recharge rates has continued to cause great negative impact in the lowering of water table. Over-pumping of ground water also increases ground water salinity, ground water depletion, and ecological degradation (SCENR 5). The outcome prompted the Qatar government to start regulating its water resources as a measure ...

Introduction To The MEEC Industry

The MEEC industry is one of the fastest and most growing industries in the modern world. It is one of the major contributing factors; that is gaining a lot of influence in the hospitality industry in the contemporary world (Fenich 2005). MEEC is a short word that is used to replace the expression Meetings, Expositions, Events, and Conventions. The MEEC industry has been of great impact to the economy of the United States of America, not only in the hospitality industry but also to the tourism sector. Various steps have been undertaken in the effort to create more conventions ...

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Figure skaters graciously glide over ice and perform intricate aerobatics, speed skaters achieve incredible velocities over ice, and thousands of persons each year stumble in ice as they first try out this practice for leisure. This paper reviews the scientific concepts and laws that make ice skating possible, as well as the factors that influence performance and ice skates design.

Introduction

Ice skating, gliding along an ice surface using keel-like runners known as ice skates [1], is a sport practiced by many solely for recreational purposes, while others engage in it as an inherent part of other sports, such as ...

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This dissertation formulates a research dissertation and strategy for a study into the impact of Islamic banking on the economic development of societies within which such banks operates. To this end, the research examines the major tools and impacts of Islamic banks on society by conducting a literature review. This is followed by the deduction of research questions and a hypothesis that will be used to form the parameters of the entire research. The purpose of this dissertation is to investigate the relationship between the growth of Islamic banking worldwide and economic development of countries wherein this growth is ...

Firefighters have what is considered to be as one the best jobs in the world. They are recognized as heroes, the community loves them, they save the precious lives of people, use powerful tools, and of course, they efficiently put out raging fires. Even their salaries are something to talk about. Also, firefighters normally receive pension, paid vacations, and medical insurance (“Benefits”). Indeed the benefits and perks of being a firefighter is a big selling point for the job. For these reasons, some eight years ago I had wanted to join this awesome group of men and women that ...