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Introduction This business report is divided into two main sections to achieve the learning outcomes of the assignment brief. The report will make use of academic models as frameworks and implement them on the organisations in question. Where possible, feasible recommendations will be provided. The purpose of the first section is to summarise the strategic[...]

Introduction With the emerging technologies and increased complex and complicated electronic systems the subject of Electromagnetic Compatibility (EMC) commands much of the attention of designers. The environment for which these complex electronic systems are designed and implemented is getting tougher to deal with because of the presence of high frequency radio transmitters and the power[...]

A Comparison of Direct Velocity, Direct and Compensated Acceleration Feedback Control Systems in Mitigation of Low-frequency Floor Vibrations NOMENCLATURE X Displacement vector (n×1) K Stiffness matrix (n×n) (N/m) Velocity vector (n×1) k Modal stiffness (N/m) Acceleration vector (n×1) ζn Modal damping ratio F Force vector (n×1) ωn Natural modal frequency (rad/s) M Mass matrix (n×n)[...]

It is important to define and categorise wars because this can facilitate a break down and analysis of them; which in turn is a step closer to understanding them. Once understood, one can work on strategies to prevent them. This is why the establishment of a ‘new wars’ thesis is important; it allows us to[...]

Section 1: Aims and Objectives of the Project Aims of the Local Government Authority: To obtain significant reductions in the running costs by taking advantage of options such as either offshoring or outsourcing some of its operations or retaining the current staff and reducing the running costs by enabling staff to work from home. Goals[...]

Introduction The world is becoming more and more competitive and complicated. This is evident in every sector and organisations cannot survive this tough competition if they concentrate on a single area. To remain competitive and in order to survive, grow and expand its operations, an organisation should cross international borders. Entering the international market is[...]

New patterns of flexible non-standard working characterised by a trinity of ‘casualisation, externalisation and informalisation1’ have superseded the 1950s-1980s’ Fordist notion of the ‘standard employee2’ which was ‘the conceptual foundation on which post-war risk sharing institutions and social insurance were built.’3 It is clear that with the rise in atypical forms of working – and[...]

The world of retail has a number of leading brands and Tesco occupies the pride of place as one of the top retailers. It operates 2,318 stores and employs around 3,26,000 people. Tesco UK has the largest market share and operates under four brands – Extra, Superstore, Metro and Express. Own label products are based[...]

PART 1 Research and Evidence: With increasing technological advancement and developments taking place, the industry mix of Silicon Valley has evolved. In recent years there has been a shift in employment share from hardware industries to software industries as well as in the evolving patterns of venture capital investment. In the last five years there[...]

Research context A by-product of globalisation is the emergence of global brands competing for global market dominance. An ever growing number of brands are expanding by entering and trying to establish themselves in foreign countries. In order to succeed, the development of an appropriate marketing strategy is a vital, if not the most important component.[...]

Introduction Customer Relationship Management, like all the other marketing faculties, is created to achieve one of the most important objectives of creating competitive advantage. Now Vargo and Lusch (2007) argue that ‘the only true source of sustainable competitive advantage is knowledge’. Further they also suggest that organisations can no longer rely on ‘competing through service’[...]

Set-up As a portfolio manager at Goldman Sachs Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities (FICC) division, I was given 10 million USD to invest in a mix of high grade corporate bonds and Treasury securities. The following bonds have been chosen with careful analysis of markets and past performance of these particular securities. The choice also[...]

Molecules that are non-super imposable mirror images of one another are termed as chiral. These are a pair of enantiomers and are diasymmetric as well as optically active. Since they promote optical rotation, these enantiomers are also known as optical isomers. These chiral molecules consist of a tetrahedral carbon atom, which is attached to four[...]

The challenges facing the risk and insurance sector should be set against the background of the past decade and a half. One phrase that could describe this period is ‘sweeping change’. Some of the features of this period that pose challenges to the risk and insurance sector are financial deregulation, the new markets that have[...]

Summary PeerDB is a distributed data sharing system that distinguishes itself from the traditional P2P database systems by providing data management facilities like content-based searching. Various distributed systems today need a system that will enable them to share their data (and resources) in spite of their differing individual schema. Different groups of people like groups[...]

INTRODUCTION The anti-tumour activity of L-asparaginase has been known for decades and the drug has been used systematically in the treatment of ALL. Justification of its use as an anti-leukaemic drug was based on the fact that leukaemic cells exhibit reduced AS activity in comparison with normal cells. These particular cells are entirely dependent on[...]

ABSTRACT Knowledge-Based Industries (KBIs) play a dominant role in the economic development of both developed and developing countries. In particular, they have been significant in generating economic growth, diversifying the industrial sector and improving industrial competitiveness. Therefore, many countries attempt to foster KBIs via the attraction of knowledge-based foreign direct investment (FDI). KBIs are considered[...]

Abstract Does Information Infrastructure (II) of an organisation refer to the tangible technical artefacts possessed by it? Or does it mean the way an organisation uses its intellectual capital to leverage from technology? This is an ongoing debate from which many interesting ideas evolve. There is no way in which the true nature of the[...]