Essays on Smithson

The City and State of location:

Google’s Steep Learning Curve in China Executive Summary The paper will focus on some of the issues that face Google company in China as well as reasons why the company has been successful. Recession, advanced technology, and globalization have been core issues facing the company. Through improved innovations and branding, the company has been able to counter its problems and increase its profitability.

Introduction

The performance of Google is subject to external factors such as political, economic, social, technological factors, ecological, and legal Factors that prevail in China. One of the factors facing Google is globalization which falls under ...

The Columbian accident is primarily how the political environment influenced the decision to launch the space shuttle in Columbia, who was involved and who was not. The political climate during the launch of the shuttle was that of pressure on the NASA station. A good example of how NASA deals with these pressures is analyzing what the then, Norman Augustine concluded to as the gross underfunding of NASA would affect its projects in a negative light. He proposed a budget that would favor the space exploration, but these pleas fell on the deaf ears of those who had the ...

Reading Response to Robert Smithson’s, A Tour of the Monuments of Passaic New Jersey.

The paper basically tells all that Robert Smithson’s journey to the Passaic, New Jersey was about. However, the primary objective of the trip was to take photographs of some of the monuments that were appealing to his eye. In my own opinion, I have reasonable evidence to believe that the essay was primarily intended to be a narrative; the very ways in which the paper describes the trip is more inclined towards a narration. Besides, Robert Smithson on his side chose to display only six of his works, in my own opinion, I think the six chosen works ...

Introduction

Apple Inc. is an American company, headquartered in Cupertino, California, and was founded in the year 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak and Ronald Wayne. The company produces hardware and software products including smartphones, personal computers, tablet computers, media players, iCloud and iOS operating systems. The current paper is aimed to enlighten the SWOT analysis of the company in order to incorporate the self-assessment to fit within the organization.

Strengths

According to Forbes (2016), Apple has the highest brand value of $145.3 billion, due to which it is the most recognized brand in the world. Apple Inc. has the competitive ...

Risk Management at Old Mutual Group

Old Mutual risk management strategies are shaped by the potential impacts on the company's reputation, earnings, liquidity and future sustainability. They are strategic, and the companies closely monitor them. Owing to various strategic changes that the company underwent in the period under review, strategic execution risk is the principal risk facing Old Mutual. The company is faced with other principal risks including, economic situations in the country of operation, shifting credit risk across the group and currency devaluations. There are also other inherent potential risks owing to the changing customer needs, market exposures, liability insurance risks, and interest volatility. ...

Focusing on the article by MacHarg, the content is almost the same as that Kiley’s article. The two articles can be compared to two roads from a single point traversing through different areas and terrains but having the same destination. This means that the two have almost the same theme and goal but slightly different structures. The only difference is that MacHarg’s article is more elaborative on the topic sentence compared to Kiley’s article which on the other hand is more descriptive on the relation between landscape and design. Evaluating these two articles, there is truth and ...

Abstract

Financial risk hedging and corporate management are important tools for non-financial corporations. Following the theories of Modigliani and Miller corporate risk management is an irrelevant activity. However, the presence of market imperfections can explain the corporate use of derivatives. Hedging can contribute to the firm value, when firms face a progressive tax rate and when in the presence of the expected costs from financial distress. Moreover, hedging can lower agency costs of debt. The use of derivatives can be also explained by the managers’ behaviour towards risk. The aim of the paper is to evaluate the theoretical and empirical literature ...

Summary of Articles about the Theory in Landscape Architecture

The article “Ecology and Landscape as Agents of Creativity” was authored by James Corner. James Corner is an architect who is highly recognized for making contributions in the design of various landscapes. He was born in 1961 and studied in Manchester Metropolitan University. Design and architecture were his major interests. He was also interested in making sure that there was beauty in the architecture of various landscapes. He also studied in the University of Pennsylvania, where he attained a certificate in urban design.

James Corner wrote many books and articles concerning landscape architecture. He did this by using an ecological ...