Essays on Viability

Cell culture is an in-vitro technique of cultivating cells under controlled conditions and in sterile conditions. The technique was first developed by Ross Harrison in 1907. During the process of cell culture, the cells are detached from their tissue of origin and segregated from each other, either by mechanical or enzymatic means. The detached cells are then transferred before culturing them in cell culture plate or flask. The first generation of producing cell through this method is called primary cell culture. The cells from the primary culture are transferred to a new culture plate with a fresh medium to ...

Assignment 1 a

The normal situation in project evaluation refers to the condition in which all the necessary procedures are met within the time frame provided in the plan. Ideally, it represents a project research situation where all the stakeholders, equipment as well as activity coordination in the implementation and research processes flows smoothly as planned without any obstructions (F, Kevin 1). For example, all the people involved in the project performs their duties as per the allocated schedules. In addition, the procurement and updating of the important machines for project implementation takes place within the allocated time frame. Lastly, the outcomes ...

Statement of Customer’s Need

The modern business environment is influenced by globalization and international mobility of individuals. As a result, companies demand more focus on diversity and leadership capabilities to manage professionally and personally diverse groups, communication and the conflict of interest, which may arise from the polarization of opinions. While companies provide internal training in face-to-face as well as virtual environments, there is an opportunity to improve the outcomes of diversity training by implementing an integrated training seminar, involving the practical and theoretical exercises and workshops with individuals from different companies and sectors. This cross-functional and cross-sectorial groups can significantly benefit in ...

Impact of Policy Changes on Financial Stability of Commercial Banks in India

Paper Due date Abstract The study envisages financial stability of Indian Banks, especially schedule commercial banks, in the backdrop of macro-prudential policy changes. Banks are put under microscopic vision in terms of performing as commercial units while strictly adhering to the policy norms. The effect of regulatory and supervisory policy changes can be evidently seen in stressed performance of banks in the recent years, in-spite of growth in their retail portfolios. The policy changes of increased provisioning for NPAs, improvement in asset account quality, revised guidelines for Net Stable Funding Ratio, restructuring of large accounts and many more have ...

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POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS ENTERPRISE

Southern Institute of Technology 2016

List of Tables 3

Section 1. Introduction 4 1.1 Purpose of the proposal 4 1.2 Research Aim 4 1.3 Research Questions and Objectives 4 1.4 Research hypothesis 5 1.5 Background and overview of business 5

Section 2. Literature Review 6

2.1 Introduction 6 2.2 Micro and Macro-Economic Indicators and Business Confidence 6 2.3 Recent Trends, Strategies and the Market Potential 7 2.4 Consumer Preferences 8 2.5 Conclusion 9

Section 3: Methodology 9

3.1 Introduction 9 3.2 Secondary Research Method – Literature Review 9 3.3 Case Study 10 3.3.1. Research Design 10 3.2.2. The Sample 11 3.2.3. The Process 11 3.5 ...

BUSINESS DECISION MAKING

Business Decision-Making Question 1

Another key feature that may hinder effective launch of the project within a period of 12 weeks is that some of the activities are considered as being critical for the project leading to a situation where the management may opt to focus more on such activities. It would be important for the management to ensure that it takes caution as a way of promoting overall success when dealing with critical activities. From the list of activities, the earliest activity will be activity D, which focuses on the assembly of all the key items that would ...

Introduction

Customers are a vital part of any business entity because they are the life of an organization. Many companies take their relationships with their clients very seriously hence this begs the attention of customer relationship management. The process customer relationship management is primarily the practices, strategies and most importantly technologies used by companies to interact with their clients (Rouse). It entails the analysis and management of the rate of customer interaction with the business. Key areas of interest are within the points of contact with the customer like direct mail, telephone, live chat, websites, social media and even trough ...

Foing-nova is an IT company located in Varaždin, Croatia, which provides software for users of the state budget. However, Foing-nova remains a small business despite recently changing its location and expanding its headquarters. After consulting RajkoTomiek, who is the CEO of Foing-nova, it was clearly understood that the most suitable method of company’s expansion would be to increase their market share. Although, Foing-nova is expected to gain new customers by entering a new market and thus become more profitable. However, a strategy must be put in place to ease the diversification of the company and to ensure ...

INTRODUCTION

The South West (SW) Wedding Awards is the biggest event conducted each year throughout the Plymouth, United Kingdom (UK). The event caters number of wedding photographers, event management firms, wedding beauticians, and every contributor adding the value to an event. Our organization, Bell-Pickle Hospitality, is contracted for providing food and beverage services for the gala event. It is an opportunity for our company to serve the best audience with excellence and establish a goodwill. Our audience in the Plymouth gala event includes the wedding specialists, wedding organizers, and related wedding service providers. Since the purpose of this gala event ...

Hi, your analysis highlights the fundamental factors that an entrepreneur should consider when starting or buying a business. The first reasonable step is establishing the legal requirements of the venture through due diligence. Secondly, the entrepreneur should conduct a business valuation by addressing the three essential elements: degree of control, the accuracy of projections, and start-up costs (Berkman, 13). Hi, based on your analysis due diligence is the critical assessment of an existing venture. An entrepreneur or investor carries out due diligence to evaluate or forecast the success of the business. Business valuation also helps the investor or entrepreneur ...

In the research on Apple’s Find my Phone application, the brands need to construct an emotional engagement with its customers so that they feel genuinely connected to it and what it has to offer as they consider the viability of the application in the business sense (Kusume & Gridley, 2013). For this reason, it is important to focus on the use of distinctive research design approaches that will allow the use of the research resources efficiently and the analysis of the interactive effects of the different variables such as the version of the application for the operating system, user ...

DataClear is a firm that deals with business analytics advisory and technical services founded in 1998. The firm’s main product is the ClearCloud, a software product that comes in 2 versions; one for the financial industry and the other for the telecommunication industry. The firm’s executives have sought a strategy to expand the firm in terms of its sales and market reach, considering the ClearCloud’s potential outside the two industries. There was a specific sales growth projection from its $2.2 million in 1999 to $5.3 million in 2000 (Kuemmerle 1). The firm relies on the viability ...

Operational Feasibility Study

The adoption of an operational feasibility study remains instrumental to business as it facilitates the determination of the viability of a proposed system concerning the provision of solutions to the existent problems (Sinha & Labi, 2011). Additionally, the adoption of a feasibility study remains instrumental to the determination of the potential benefits derived from the presented solutions and viability of the processes in system development. The passage of an online platform by Wow Munchies has developed into a crucial need for the company. The operational feasibility of the company will incorporate a review of the viability of the proposed system ...

Introduction

Capital budgeting assists sports organisation in assessing the viability of their proposed long-term investments (Chandra, 2014). Sports organisations also need to invest in capital projects for expansion as well as to improve the efficiency of their operations. Extreme Sports Company operates a sports training complex with a fitness centre, motorsport cars for hire, among other services. The company has some money to invest in the expansion of either the fitness centre or the motorsport unit. This paper highlights how the company can use capital budgeting techniques to evaluate the two investment options.

Details of the two projects

The motorsport car will cost $200,000 ...

Part 1: Question A

In order for Canadian organizations to be able to choose a system over another to implement or achieve its strategic human resource management goals, then it must adequately understand the process of strategic management and the strategic human resource planning. First, the concept of strategic management is deemed to be collection of current activities or processes of the workplace that specifically intends to systematically coordinate, or align the firm’s resources with the company’s mission, strategy and overall vision . The activities are then allegedly transformed into a static plan that will provide performance feedback for decision making. The ...

Abortion is a consensual practice that is subject to moral conducts, which usually define human beings in the society. Moral theories are presumed practices that regulate the process of abortion. Therefore, a consensus on the use of moral theories helps in avoiding adversities that may result from abortion. For instance, a scenario in which a mother decides to abort, in the emphasis on the lack of resources. Abortion is mostly used during family planning, and thus the cases of abortion are vast (Butler, and David110). However, the vast cases can be related to the use of moral theories. Abortion, ...

Investment Portfolio Project

For my personal portfolio, the following values shall be taken into consideration.

Ri for every portfolio is calculated as follows Disney= 2%(19.3)=0.386

Therefore, Treynor’s indices are calculated as follows:

(Ri-Rf)/beta For Disney; (0.386-1)/1=-0.614 Citigroup= (1.12-1)/1= 0.12 General electric= (0-1)/1=-1 Morgan Stanley= (0.252-1)/1=0.748 Home depot= (0.5208-1)/1=-0.4792 Treynor’s indices are critical in determining the viability of an investment portfolio. Considering this investment platform, and the associated Treynor’s indices, a viable economic decision can be made out of it. The two modern portfolio theories, the Sharpe’s and Harry Markowitz’s Modern stipulate that an investment must consider both ...

Business Life Cycle and Cash Flow

Business Life Cycle and Cash Flow

Some companies may have greater amount of longer term debt than others because such organizations may be taking measures to reduce volatility to unfavorable fluctuation in interest rates. This is because short-term interest rate tends to be more volatile than longer term debt . Companies at their startup stage may want to employ long-term debt for this reason and escape short-term debt burden. Some organizations use more long-term debt because all other sources of financing such as owners’ contributions may have been exploited while these entities have no sufficient retained earnings.

Relationship between Business Life Cycle and Debt Financing

At the first ...

Business Problem

Abstract In today’s business world, customer service is a crucial part of the business practices aimed at growing the company and increasing overall effectiveness in the supply chain. Customer satisfaction is an important factor when it comes to customer service and it relates to the customers being satisfied with the services they get in terms of availability of information, speedy responses, and overall convenience. Many companies today have not been active in providing efficient customer service. This is because they rely on traditional communication channels and strategies such as the use of e-mail services and landline phone communications. ...

Petronas, which is short for Petroliam Nasional Berhad, is one of the most profitable companies in Malaysia. The company is ranked among the largest corporations in the world on the Fortune 500 and is one of the most profitable businesses in Asia. Petronas was established in 1974 and is Malaysia’s fully integrated oil and gas company. Unlike other some countries where private individuals run the oil and gas companies, in Malaysia, the government (sole owner of Petronas), used its power and took control of the country’s natural resources. Since its inception, the company has grown and developed ...

The article Going for the Gold: The Economics of the Olympics by Robert A. Baade and Victor A. Matheson provides a good insight into the economic implications for hosting the Olympic Games that take place after every two years. The host cities experience both positive and negative economic implications as a result of the economic activities undertaken before, during and after the Olympic Games. The developing countries should be very keen on the decision to bid for the tender of hosting the Olympic Games because they are largely affected by the economic constraints of such events as compared to ...

A team describes a group of people working together in achieving a set standard objective; these people may be professionals in one field or different fields pulling resources together for one goal. Teamwork is a more efficient way to accomplish tasks in the business, professional as well as academic areas only if the strategies and all elements are set right to ensure its effectiveness (Beck, 2014). A team guidance is an individual, a leader that collaborates the different views and ideas of team members before embarking on a project in the respective steps. A leader joins the group members; ...

at Rex Hill Winery

Management of Rex Hill Winery has been highly concerned about climate change. They have heard about the Solar Sprint campaign to go solar now before the federal tax credit expires at the end of 2016. They also knew about the other incentives available on installation of solar electrical systems. Considering environmental benefits, they desired to install a PV solar panel system at their property. However, they wished to take a final decision on the project based on a feasibility study. As Rex Hill’s consultant, I have been entrusted the job of preparation of a ...

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Sources of capital

The sources of funds for the company are divided into two categories means that the company is going to collect funds from two sources. These two sources of funds include debt and equity. The company is going to receive total long term debt of $13,000,000 from the financial institutions. This long term debt and capital from equity will be the major sources of the capital to the company. For now, the equity is held by the owners or the founders of the company that are also going to play the major roles within the organization as ...

Introduction

The paper is intended to apply and synthesize the concept of management information system to the case of Primus Idea of McGraw Hills for text book publication while considering its future implementation. The management information system is considered as critical for the decision making within the business. The management information system must be protected and secured to complete the system development project successfully. For this purpose, each step of the development must be well managed and secured. The steps of development of information system include system analysis, system design, system implementation and system maintenance. The purpose of the paper ...

New Product Release by Apple Inc.

Introduction This paper highlights the important aspects of new product introduction that Apple Inc. shall need to keep in mind during launch of its new version of the iPhone. The paper is a comprehensive outline of the entire process beginning with identification of target market, factors for consideration in the marketing strategy to be adopted as well as a step-by-step process of launching the product into the market.

Target market

Apple is regarded as the leading manufacturer of smart devices in the world ranging from high definition TVs, iPods, iPad and the revolutionary mobile smart phone, iPhone (Yoffie & Rossano 2012). Most ...

Q.1 In Roe v Wade, the US Supreme Court indicated the cutoff for election abortion to be upon or prior to fetal viability during the trimester of the pregnancy which is approximately sixteen weeks. Yes, this timeframe set by the court is seems certainly a logical decision since it ensures that a woman’s right to privacy and liberty to terminate her pregnancy in case where her life is not in danger. Q.2 In Roe v Wade and the subsequent cases that followed its logic, the court made it clear that the right to abortion is not absolute and ...

Abstract

This paper discusses and explores the Coca-Cola Company. In particular, this paper examines the strengths, which include its many different and distinct beverage products such as Coke Life, Diet Coke and Fanta; and weaknesses, which include the usage of high fructose corn syrup and lack of diversification outside of beverages, related to the giant. The paper looks at the internal and external dynamics of the company with a specific emphasis on its 2020 vision as well as its marketing. The paper also analyzes its fiscal position as of the end of 2015 in order to better comprehend why it ...

Sources of capital

The sources of funds for the company are divided into two categories means that the company is going to collect funds from two sources. These two sources of funds include debt and equity. The company is going to receive total long term debt of $13,000 from the financial institutions. Apart from debt, the company is going to receive capital from the equity holders as the company is going to issue 100 preferred stocks and 100 common stocks at the beginning of the business. This long term debt and capital from equity will be the major sources of the ...

Abstract

A patient survey at a community hospital in which I serve as the chief financial officer indicated the need for a commercial 24-hour pharmacy within the hospital. The pharmacy would ensure that patients and families fill prescriptions and begin taking prescribed medicines as and when ordered instead of waiting for the following day. In response to the findings of the survey, this paper seeks to look into the viability of the business. Herein provided is the proposal for the first three months of operations. The paper also looks into the financial implications of the proposed project by looking into ...

Global Systems Approach to Corporate Social Responsibility

Background Introduction The paper is an exploration of ten sources, which are to be used in a discussion of Global Systems Approach to Corporate Social Responsibility. From different publications, perspectives and interpretations, the sources are discussed and reviewed in brief on the content’s relevance and validity to the topic. Matten, D., & Moon, J. (2008). “Implicit” and “Explicit” CSR: a conceptual framework for a comparative understanding of corporate social responsibility. Academy of Management Review, 33(2), 404-424. In this journal review, the general and specific aspects of CSR in entrepreneurship are discussed extensively by Matten and Moon. Both writers ...

About the report

The report is commissioned to ascertain the financial viability of the capital project being considered by North Sea Oil. As part of this project, we will calculate the Net Present Value(NPV) and Internal Rate of Return(IRR) of the projects under two different set of cost of capital, and will comment as how the change in capital structure will affect the shareholders accordingly. The eventual purpose here is to come up with a prudent recommendation for the company as which project will be more profitable for the company and what proportion of capital structure will be more viable ...

ABSTRACT

Risks and assumptions analysis play a pivotal role in success of a project. After the identification of all the possible risks, all risks need to be quantified though critically examining the degree of impact the risks would have one the outcome of the project and then prioritized. Economic analysis could be used as one of the tools for assessing and managing risks. The economic analysis of projects is carried out before actually investing in it and is conducted throughout the project analysis when necessary, that is, design and preparation phase, implementation phase and post evaluation phase of the project ...

Choosing a Product

The chosen product for the consumer market in South Africa is smartphones, which have a high demand in this consumer market based on the technological advancements experienced in different parts of the world. The selection of this product focuses on two aspects that would help towards defining success for the company involved in the export process. Firstly, the selection of product focused on the growing consumer markets for smartphones within the South African consumer market with the majority of these products coming in from Asian countries (Parker, 2014). Consequently, this means that providing consumers with quality smartphones would help ...

Research Skills

2016 Introduction The use of social media has mainstreamed the marketing platforms for most companies today. This practice has been so common due to the introduction of digital technologies that connect the entire world. Therefore, information dissemination and realization of connectivity is highly manifested on the social media platform than any other marketing precepts. On the other hand, there has been a massive transition from traditional marketing concepts, even as most companies embrace this new marketing portfolio (Wollan, Smith, & Zhou, 2010). Jingle Clothing Limited Company is not exempt to this massive migration since it needs to catch up with ...

Executive Summary

Marketing is an important business function that ensures a company remains competitive. Kingsford is an American brand that produces premium charcoal grilling products and one that enjoyed a steady growth of revenues in the 1980s. The company has relied on an experienced team of sales executives, consistency in marketing and sales actions, superior quality, and brand positioning for success. However, Kingsford’s main problem lies in the aspect of competition. The company has faced serious challenges in regard to the strategic decisions that were necessary to avert competition in relation to aspects such as pricing, advertising, promotion as well ...

Business Revitalization and Multicultural Environment

Business Revitalization and Market Viability Assessment The company needs a Market Turnaround Plan to conquer the competitors. For that, the enterprise needs to have a turnaround management team in place. The team will accurately assess the situation; provide short-term survivability for the firm as well as ensuring that the turnaround is long-term and profitable. Further, the XYZ Company needs to reposition itself in the market. That involves the reorganization of the entire company. Its leaders must be motivated and revitalized, as well as dedicated to winning back the market. It should focus on increasing the revenue accrued from business ...

Organization Performance Using Financial Ratios

Organization Performance Using Financial Ratios Ratio analysis refers to the process of determining, analysing and interpreting relationships by using financial statements. It is majorly used to evaluate various aspects of a firm’s financial and operating performance, such as profitability, liquidity, efficiency and solvency. The trend is then studied to determine whether they are deteriorating or improving (Nezlobin, Rajan, & Reichelstein, 2014). Financial ratio is an indicator used to analyse firm’s financial performance. The ratios are used by the creditors, accountants, analysts, shareholders and bankers to examine and evaluate data presented on a company’s financial statements (Nezlobin, Rajan, & ...

Introduction

Managers are constantly making decisions that affect the operations and the bottom lines of the business. Such decisions could include the stocks in which to invest, when to introduce a new product into the market, how to optimize the profits of a firm, how to assign employees to various tasks, and when to venture into new markets. Managers require information to make correct and timely decisions. Managerial accounting and financial accounting are potent sources of the information that managers require when making decisions. Managerial accounting entails the identification, measurement, and communication of the economic information that is needed by ...

Developing the question

The choice of the question “For hospitalized elderly patients how does hourly rounding compared to two hour monitoring help in reducing the occurrence of falls and their subsequent injuries?” was based on the need to explore the importance of regular and frequent monitoring for these patients to manage the cases of falls. There is enough evidence that supports that monitoring of these patients is the key to management of their healthy issues. It is important to know that patients in the geriatric care have unmet needs and they rely on the nurse to help meet these needs. These would ...

BUSINESS STUDY REPORT:

This report is devoted to the YEO’s Beverage Company. The report has four main parts. The first part is an introduction where the general information about the company, the environment where it operates and its main competitors are presented. The second part is microeconomic analysis. The factors of production and its cost structure are examined there. The third part macroeconomic analysis where macroeconomic environment in which the business operates are discussed. The forth part is the analysis of sustainability and the impact of business operations on the environment. At the end of the report, there is a conclusion ...

PROESSOR

Penalty Rates Penalty rates refer to the compensation paid to employees for working unsociable hours in the Australian employment sector (Craig and Brown 2015). Penalty rates have been adopted in the Australian service industry for over a century, as they have been considered instrumental in promoting the Australian way of life and business growth through opening the shops on weekends. The adoption of penalty rates in the Australian service sector has been considered instrumental in influencing the business operations on Sundays, which has developed into a peak day of activities (Knox 2009). The study seeks to integrate an analysis ...

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 ...

Introduction

The growing cost of college education has raised debates about how viable a college degree is. These debates are further fueled by required knowledge and skill sets required for current job market. Given current unemployment rates (coming in heel of an unprecedented economic recession), investment in college education has not only become a financial burden long after graduation but is also becoming, critically, less rewarding from a job prospect perspective. Indeed, "overeducated" college graduates – particularly ones completing an undergraduate or a higher degree in software engineering or digital media majors – are experiencing particularly painful job experiences, particularly during early ...

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 ...

Global Supply Chain is the network creation among companies worldwide, handling, distribution of particular goods and services and production (Skjott-Larsen, 2007). Global Supply Chain has some of its advantages and disadvantages as illustrated below.

Benefits and disadvantages of Global Supply Chain.

1. Global supply is extremely competitive, and there products of excellent quality with good prices will be available in the market without one searching worldwide. This because the product of required standard quality controls can be sourced quickly and efficiently. This advantage is never guaranteed because the easier access to a lot of the information for the product, Product review by customers’ means less control ...

Liquidity Analysis

The liquidity data for the firm is shown below: The current ratio is a test to see if the most liquid assets of the company are able to cover for its short term liabilities if they should all fall due together. Its formula is current assets divided by current liabilities. Thus the current ratio is an indication of whether or not the firm is able to meet its short-term obligations (Stickney, Schipper, Weill and Francis 2012). From the data above, one can see that in the past five years, the company has indeed been able to cover for its ...

Industry Overview

Senegal is a West African country located along the Atlantic Ocean coastline. Its neighboring countries include Mauritania, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, guinea, and Gambia. The terrain of Senegal is generally low and flat, with rolling plains that rise to the foothills located in the southeast. Senegal covers an area of about 196,722 square kilometers, with a coastline stretching to about 531 km (Global Edge, 2015). By 2014, the population of the country stood at 14.7 million, with an annual growth rate of 3.126% (Global Edge, 2015). About 43% of this population stays in the urban centers. Senegal is one of ...

The documentary OBS Frontline: The Medicated Child examines the dramatic increase in the number of children who are being diagnosed with serious mental disorders and how these children are prescribed medications that are not aimed at treating their conditions but whose viability is being tested on them. The documentary follows the lives of four families living in Denver, Colorado. The documentary shows how children from these families grapple with their conditions, their examination as well as how pharmaceutical companies, doctors and advocacy groups are involved in this web. The sociological concept that will be used to analyze the documentary ...

A feasibility study regarding the viability of this program would invoke generating a research design. A research design entails the research methods in which the fitness ideas would be spurred to the target audience; who in this case are students before the team could ascertain its viability. This implies that a thorough assessment of the program’s viability has to be done before its eventual adoption at the University. Research design will adopt a qualitative approach in order to validate the viability of the project, and whether it will meet its intended purpose. As a fitness program whose target ...

Abstract

A lot of demerits are associated with sexual selection in certain animals. Top of the list is the fact that this process has led to the development of certain characteristics which are costly to the carrier even to the point of increased chances of death by predation. This review however weighs the advantages derived from this process of sexual selection against this major argument and tries to point out that the benefits (individual and population benefits) derived from the development of these structures compensates for the cost incurred by its presence.

Introduction

Sexual selection is a special kind of natural ...

Chipotle Mexican Grill is a food store that operates in the United States of America, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, and France. The business faces various managerial problems and challenges. Some of these difficulties include the inability to locate new areas where restaurants can be put up. The other problem emanates from competition from the other strong restaurants. The other challenge that the management faces is the difficulty in negotiating leases with acceptable terms with both the government and the local communities leasing their premises (Moran 13). Chipotle Mexican Grill operated as a business where there was a significant level ...

Introduction

Outreach programs led by a registered nurse are known to have a significant impact on the quality of care and health outcomes of patients (Toyce, et al. 2015). Nurses involved in post-discharge care such as home safety evaluation, medication compliance, and patient education have a positive impact on patient outcomes (Toyce, et al. 2015). Most patients do not follow instructions laid by the healthcare professional post-discharge which leads to non-compliance and readmission. This problem can be solved by a nurse-led outreach program that helps patients in various activities at home, thus improving health outcomes and reduced readmission rates. Nurses ...

Established in 1938 by Lee-Bying-chul, Samsung is a multinational company that manufactures electronics. The company initially started as a trading company, but expanded its portfolio into electronics by the 1960's, and has since become one of the most well-known and recognized brands globally. The company is noted for its viability and its powerful influence in its headquartered city, Seoul, South Korea, but is a cultural icon around the world in that it seeks to powerfully make the world better through business diversity. This objective includes creating high-tech electronics, digital media, semiconductors, skyscraper and plant construction and medicine to name ...

2. Literature Review and Hypothesis Development

P1. The Global financial crisis of 2008

Severe distresses within some financial markets during 2007/08 resulted in international financial crisis following Lehman Brothers filing for the chapter 11 on 15th September 2008. As an end result, the globe has in recent times experienced the most horrible economic performance ever since the 2nd World War. This crisis emanated from the American market for the housing. The house prices were highest in the year 2006 and subsequently dropped beyond 30 %. This happens to be the greatest decline ever since 1930s on a national level across the US. The household debt increased drastically ...

Introduction.

Pre-mix rum and coca cola is a new product that will be introduced to the market by Crown Ltd. The product will incorporate the use of a pre-mix cocktail while including coca cola as the primary additive. The product will be introduced to the market after extensive research on the acceptability and viability of the product in the target market. Inclusive and conclusive research shall also be carried out on the manufacturing of the product. Marketing strategy shall strive to attain expansivity in possible market areas and creation of awareness of the product among the population. Pricing mechanism shall ...

Introduction

The preferred name for the company is Kotton and will work with independent firms and factories to create an everyday-clothing essentials line priced to match the quality desired by customers. The demand for cotton products in the United Kingdom is high, and the Egyptian cotton is the best available quality in the market. The Egyptian cotton is the most expensive cotton in the United Kingdom market since it provides comfort, durability and silky softness and possesses the strongest and longest fibers. The Egyptian cotton has managed to beat competition from Pima and Sea Island brands, two major sellers of ...

Government healthcare programs have played a critical role in the enhancement of the wellbeing of the Americans. Such programs include the Medicare and Medicaid. However, the programs have been operating without unique consideration of the cost of healthcare offered to each individual. Although, the practice has been in existence for a while, a new strategy should be embraced to allow the programs to predict the financial risk when offering the medical covers (Segal et al, 2014). The programs need to adopt a strategy where the insurance cover is not extended to all people equally. The method would help the ...

Business

Abstract The case study is about Irie Caribbean Restaurant in downtown Toronto. The co-owner Leroy Morrison expressed his dilemma about the future of the business because of the apparent decline in customers and revenue, which hampers the goal of achieving viability. The discussion on the case study will address the areas where the restaurant needs to improve on to achieve its viability goal. In addition, the discussion will highlight the problem areas of the business and provide reasonable approaches to counter the issues at hand. More importantly, the examination of the given case opens an opportunity for Irie Caribbean ...

Business: Cultural Competence

Cultural competence is defined as an individual’s ability to interact effectively with people of different cultures and socio-economic backgrounds. There are four components of cultural competence:

•awareness of one’s own cultural worldview

•attitude towards cultural differences •knowledge of different cultural practices and worldviews •cross-cultural skills Cultural competence is the skills need by individuals of different cultures seeking to collaborate. The skills set begins with self-awareness and spans to the required scope of skills required to adapt and collaborate with individuals from another culture. A key component of cultural competence is cultural literacy. Operating successful international business requires cross-cultural literacy (an understanding of how cultural ...