Essays on Jain

Primary and Secondary Market

Primary markets are linked to the issuance of new securities that are apportioned and issues by the companies to people, who have subscribed to the issue. The securities in the primary market are issued to the public via initial public offerings (IPOs) by the public limited firms. The IOPs can be shares or the debentures. The IPOs are associated with the issuance of securities made by the company, which is limited to public on direct basis. On the other hand, in relation to bonds investors buy them directly from the firm. The shares or debentures are issued at the ...

Introduction:

The main purpose of writing this report is to determine the marketing metrics and marketing effectiveness of Apple. Marketing metrics are the performance indicators, which permits the business to perform overall marketing performance. The marketing metrics help to attain greater accuracy in the business activities. Marketing plays an active role in the business and the success lies in the marketing abilities. The marketing metrics are categorized into various types’ namely behavioral, financial, physical availability and consumer profile etc. In this report, these metrics with respect to Apple Inc. will be discussed. As a marketing consultant, I will provide the ...

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Source: Washington University in St. Louis. Retrieved from http://www.cse.wustl.edu/~jain/cse574-08/ftp/medical/ Summary: The article was about the use of wireless technology in the medical field. It has grown to become part and parcel of medical practitioners. With a broad range of capabilities, wireless technology has not only impacted how hospitals run but also how doctors administer treatment to their patients. Apart from having its merits, wireless technology in the medical sector can be disadvantageous as well. In operations, wireless technology has proven handy as it has enabled doctors to remotely monitor their patients as they note even the slightest change ...

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

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 ...

Delirium Case Study

Acute confusional states also known as delirium are medical emergencies associated with substantial morbidity, mortality, and healthcare burden (Bassetti, 2007). The core characteristics of delirium are acute cognitive dysfunction and inattention. Delirium can result in permanent sequelea or become chronic (Fong, Tulebaev, and Inouye, 2009). This paper will examine the case of a 64-year old lady who presents with acute confusion, disorientation, and agitation. It will identify the key information provided and other essential information that needs to be identified. It will also examine the differential diagnoses and the most probably diagnosis for the patient. It will explore the ...

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 ...

How to Successfully Market a Business Online

Introduction Marketing is the heart of business, and most of the aspects of businesses depend on successful marketing. For the success of business, it is essential that buyers or consumers of the product or service know it. The success of the business is dependent upon the recognition of the brand and marketing plays an important role in building positive reputation of the business. Over the past twenty years, the internet has entirely changed the way businesses market themselves. For companies, it is easy to access customers through online marketing. Companies through successful online marketing enhance their customer base and ...

This I Believe

Becoming a leader entails a deeper and honest understanding of one’s self. It is well noted that for a leader’s success, the weight of the journey does not heavily depend on the followers; rather, a leader’s success is dependent on the fact that the leader must convince and inspire his followers that he deserves to be followed. This motion is supported by the definition of leadership as established by Sharma & Jain (2013) wherein they define leadership as the system by which a person bears the capacity to inspire and motivate others in accomplishing a common goal. ...

Introduction

The report focuses on the future development of agriculture in India. The lack of education, disproportionate workforce in agriculture and other non-farming industries, low productive and virtually no development strategy significantly affect and hinder general development. The problem of food produce is among the most burning due to the forecast that world population will increase to almost 10 billion people by 2060. The amount of food present today will be unable to satisfy the needs of everyone on this planet. Therefore food production must increase by 70%. In order to achieve this goal the only viable solution is seen ...

Defences to the Tort of Negligence

Introduction A tort is a deliberate or accidental wrongful act of a person known as a tortfeasor, which causes damage or injury to another person or property of another, and attracts a civil penalty. The act can be either negligent, assault, battery, trespass, liability of harmful products or emotional injury. Any person who has caused injury or damage may be sued in a court of law to compensate for the loss or damage. However, it is not automatic that when an individual has been sued, he/she must be penalized (Alexander and Alexander 2011). For a negligence action against an ...

High Turnover in Hospitality Industry in USA and Strategic Way to Solve the Turnover Problem

Introduction Currently, the hospitality industry taking a new route to lead in most economies. The industry is growing at a rapid rate, which is something for celebration. The biggest challenge is the employee turnover. Kim and Jogaratnam, (2010, p. 320) report that a big portion of up to thirty-three percent of the hotel money goes to labor. The current turnover in the hospitality industry settled at thirty-one percent (Batt, Lee, and Lakhani, 2014, p.17). This percentage is very high when broadly looked at concerning the disadvantage of employee turnover to businesses. The culture of the company is always affected ...

Business Development Strategy in Sports and Entertainment

Marketing strategies need a rigorous and completely regulated implementation while trying to remove the risks and using financial assets which may not be obviously mentioned as investments. Market strategies mainly serve the need of the genuineness of brand as well as the product. Sponsoring sports and games events as part of marketing strategies can only be planned very provisionally for achieving the purposes of marketing strategy. (Jacobs, J., Jain, P., & Surana, K.) The proposed marketing plan is for our college soccer team which will play in 4 major tournaments during this season. The team has got good fan following ...

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Ahimsa: From the Perspectives of Buddhism and Jainism

Introduction The concept of ahimsa is a concept of nonviolence with roots arising from the belief system of Hinduism. Nevertheless, Gandhi (169) and Kaur (2) suggested that all religious traditions worldwide agree that ahimsa can be a profound basis of human survival. However, historically, it has experienced certain variations as understood and practiced in latter belief systems such as Buddhism and Jainism. In the next section, the general but essential concept of Ahimsa will be presented in its entirety as contributed and reinforced in Buddhism and Jainism. It will be followed by two ...

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Technology as a key driver of globalization3 Standardization..3 Trends in globalization..4 Adaptation and standardization..5

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Theoretical framework7 Conclusion8 Works cited9

Introduction

Globalization has emerged as one of the greatest themes associated with international marketing strategy. Professor Theodore Levitt of Harvard University happens to be one of the people supporting the idea of “global” brands as well as products. Globalization is the new marketing model for reaching more markets and exploiting competitive advantages. The problem that Levitt discussed in the book is the challenge that corporations undergo while expanding to international markets. The purpose of this essay is to ...

Macy’s Company is in a situation in where the sales revenues are decreasing thus reducing the profitability of the retailer. The drop in profitability of the retailer is also subject to rise in gasoline prices and increased production problems regarding cotton. These issues forced the retailer to increase the prices of it some of its products to its customers. Consequently, this impacted the purchasing power of the customers thus reducing the sales volume and the profits for the company (Anne n.p). Despite the problems facing the company, its repositioning and consolidating still stand out. Economic instability also affected ...

1. Introduction Marketing refers to the set of all the strategies utilized for the purpose of promoting or selling the services of any company. It always plays a key role in the success of all types of small, medium and large sizes of businesses. And, without the shadow of any doubt, the success of a marketing strategy heavily depends on how well it is planned and implemented, and how accurately it addresses the needs of the target audience for a business (Kotler & Armstrong, 2006).The current paper aims to analyze the marketing strategy of two different airline companies i.e. ...

One of the top most grossing industries or sectors in the contemporary society is the entertainment industry. Increasing standards of living around the world have allowed individuals to accumulate bigger disposable incomes. Lifestyle changes continue to arise within the contemporary society owing to the growing, improving incomes. Consumables that were previously unprofitable have since become among day-to-day products. The growing entertainment industry is one such sector. The focus of this paper is to analyze the industry, growth process, and evolution of the cinema industry in India. The growth of the movie sector is one of the indicators of a ...

Introduction

Social media applications such as LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, and Instagram have become a staple in our everyday lives. Because social media has become so prevalent within our society, it is easy to come to the conclusion that social media has a direct impact on our lives. Social media has both positive, and negative benefits that both work together to form our lived experience of the modern day technological revolution. The consequences revolving around of the misuse of social media have reported to have devastating long term effects on the individual. While, the positive benefits of social media could ...

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 so as 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 ...

While it is interesting to think that biometrics can be used for everything, the reality is less promising. Biometrics will continue to be adopted in both the logical and physical access worlds. The biometrics used for logical cases will still need to be low in cost, high in user acceptance and very easy to use. The biometric device will also need to have a small footprint on the desktop. This will limit these logical cases biometric devices to finger, hand face, eye and voice types (Jain et al. 55). For physical entrance, the selection of biometrics will depend on ...

Evaluation of franchise investment

The franchise investment project is evaluated based on the net present value and the internal rate of returns. The available information is used to determine the NPV and IRR of Schneller Zug and Kyuko Densha. The two measures are used to assess whether each project is viable. NPV and IRR also help in choosing the better project between the two. NPV and IRR are determined using the cost of capital for Javelin Railway Co.

Determination of the cost of capital

The cost of capital is the return investors require from investment to secure funding. It is the minimum return projects must generate to be funded ...

(A case for a parent firm in a net oil exporting country with subsidiaries in a net importing country that has free market economy, politically stable, positive currency speculation and possibility of government defaulting on its debt)

Oil Prices and Exchange Rate

Oil price dynamics have a bearing on the ability of multinational to precisely model the future exchange rates. In most instances, in order to manage the foreign exchange rate risk that the firm is exposed in the international business arena, most multinational will hedge against the risks that are associated with exchange rate fluctuations. As a result, these multinationals minimize the possible ...

Abstract

The automotive industry is one of the industries that has been characterized by intense rivalry. Companies invest a lot of resources to come up with innovative solutions that give them an edge over their rivals. Customer satisfaction is the main target for every company since evidence suggest that increased customer satisfaction contributes to enhanced customer loyalty. One of the areas of focus has been quality control. Quality control in the automotive industry has been improving over time. Besides increasing customer satisfaction, quality controls have been employed in the automotive industry to achieve other goals such as cutting costs, meeting ...

It is evident that the world is experiencing rapid developments due to technology nowadays. However, these developments come with a price to pay. Because of the rapid industrialization of the world, the demand for energy supply is also continuously rising. This increase in the demand for energy have resulted to implications to health and the environment. (Singh, Jain, & Kumar). This paper will likewise discuss what the United States should consider with regards to the environment. According to the International Energy Agency, in the past six years, significant changes have been made in the energy policy framework of the United ...

During the initial visit the registered nurse from the Community Nursing Service will elicit information concerning the seizure history from Jessica. While seeking information concerning the history the nurse will seek to know when the client had her first fit, whether there has been any improvement after initial diagnosis and treatment. The nurse will also seek to know whether the client would wish to have her medication changed due to their ineffectiveness. The patient is then asked concerning the factors that may trigger the seizure. While doing so, the nurse will document on alcohol intake. Other factors that trigger ...

Executive Summary

In an attempt to succeed in addressing the issues of purpose and sustainability, the leaders ought to have a vision, which they share with the stakeholders as well as strong moral and ethical values. The approaches to leadership, which will enable a leader to address the issues of purpose and sustainability include the place leadership approach, host leadership approach, authentic leadership approach, and transformational leadership approach. The place leadership approach facilitates the mobilization and coordination of the sustainability activities. As a result, this helps the organizations reach their sustainability goals and, as a consequence, achieve their purpose. The host ...

1. The Retail Failure Case 1.1. Introduction Current report sets out to discuss and analyzes one of the greatest failures in the sector of delivery and logistic services. City Link had been a big courier company headquartered in Coventry, UK. It was founded in 1969 and after 45 years of presence in the market, it went into administration in January 2015. The company announced its intention to enter administration on the Christmas Day in 2014 after clearing all its Christmas deliveries and it was a shocking as well as bad news for its above 2500 employees working in its ...

Importance of Online Communication in Business

Abstract Globalization has compelled many businesses to realize the importance of communication within the workplace as well as outside the business. Communication plays an eminent role in the business success. The modern business environment has changed the traditional communication trend. Now, businesses have shifted towards the internet. Communication effectiveness is depended on numerous factors such as Clarity of the message; the medium used for transferring information like the internet, email correspondence; Eliminating any distortion that hinders effective communication; and the receiver ability to decode the message. Email correspondence is different from the verbal conversations so the words must be ...

Modeling Exchange Rates

Oil price dynamics will have a bearing on the ability of multinational to precisely model the future exchange rates of the foreign exchange in the countries that they operate. In most instances, in order to manage the risk that the firm is exposed in the international business arena, especially on the foreign exchange rate, most multinational will hedge against the risks that are associated with fluctuations in the exchange rate thus minimizing the possible negative effect that a firm may experience (Jain, 2007). Therefore, in order to take a position in hedging facilities such as currency futures, the firm ...

Role of Small and Medium Enterprises in the Canadian Economy

The Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) are acknowledged as the engines of the Canadian economy. The success of these businesses leads to prosperity in the Canadian market. In Canada, 98.1% of the entire business activity lie in the category of small businesses and by the addition of the medium-sized businesses, it amounts to 99.8% of all the businesses. SMEs that belong to the Information Technology (It) industry are the major contributor to job creation and economic growth in Canada. SMEs contribute to more than 45% of the total Canadian export value that is more than $130 billion. It is ...

There is no service or manufacturing organization that can work alone or in isolation. It always needs suppliers and a supply chain in order to function in an effectual manner. Nowadays, realties as well as trends that are prevailing in the global economy are compelling the organizations to ensure management of supply chain as an essential element of business strategy. In recent years, most organization have started relying on external supply sources, by using outsourcing in order to reduce the cost, and utilize major competencies. Supply chain perspective of operations management has become important because of the role that ...

Marginal revenue

Marginal revenue is the difference expressed considering the number of units sold. It may also be the change in cost of a product when the production changes by one unit. Total revenue, on the other hand is the total sum received after completion of a business transaction (Posner, 1999). Its relationship to marginal revenue determines the amount of profit that is derived. Marginal revenue is subtracted from total revenue to get the profit.

Marginal cost

Marginal cost is the point of profit maximization where by a firm has done all in its power to minimize on other expenses. The final price of a product is ...

BOOK REPORT

Publishers: B.Jain Publishers (P) Limited

Publishers Street Address: Pahararganj, 1920, Street No 10

Publishers City and State: Chuna Mandi, New Delhi

Edition and Publication date: First Edition, 2004

The book ‘A Cure for All Cancers’ by Clarke H and Hulda Regeher Clark is a health and fitness type of book. This is a book that presents topics on Health and fitness in relation to herbal medication, naturopathy as well as oncology. This means that the topics covered include health and fitness in relation to other methodology that is used to curb cancer. The book shows how what you eat affects you ...