Conglomeration Essay

Presumably your self-awareness begins at conception, and thus there is self-awareness even at the cellular level. Now if you, and here 'you' could be a plant or a microbe, respond to stimuli (external or internal), then you are self-aware, albeit awareness of self comes in degrees - a mammal is more self-aware than a cactus even though both can respond to stimuli. If you respond to stimuli in a way that's not predictable by the laws of physics then you are self-aware. A rock cannot be a 'you'…

Introduction We are currently in the era of the Postmodern. In turn, this era had to originate from another era with some kind of revolution of the mind as well as draw from that of several influences to strengthen and allow the notions and characteristics of the era to grow. Some of these influences came from that of the art world, especially with playwrights such as Sarah Kane. Kane was born in Britain, 3 February 1971 and died on the 20th February 1999. She was known for her plays that were…

Table of Contents Executive Summary 3 Facts about Alzheimer’s: 3 Usage of Data analytics in the healthcare sector 3 Internal Processes 4 1. Clinical Trials 4 2. Systems Biology 4 3. Simulation of processes: 4 4. Better disease prediction: 4 5. Risk and compliance management: 4 External Processes 4 1. Real-time health tracking 4 2. Electronic health records and Electronic medical records 4 3. Cross-selling applications 5 4. Credit services to medical practitioners 5 Internal Process – Clinical…

An example might be an ice cream cone manufacturer merging with an ice cream maker so that both products can be acquired from a single entity, thereby presumably making it easier for the customer. A market extension merger is with two companies that sell the same product in different markets. This is an interesting type of merger because companies can be regional. Companies can have different segments of the marketplace in which they have gained a reputation. By acquiring another company that…

It is the excess of the purchase price over the fair value of all the tangible assets acquired, arrived at by carefully ascertaining the value of such assets—at least in theory. The analyst must be alert to the makeup and the method of valuation of Goodwill as well as to the method of its ultimate disposition. One way of disposing of the Goodwill account, frequently preferred by management, is to write it off at a time when it would have the least impact on the market's assessment of the…