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Toronto is the commercial, cultural and financial center of Canada and is recognized as a prominent and influential global city. Therefore, Toronto is constantly changing to best adapt to both domestic and international trends. In recent years, there has been a boom in condominium development in the city of Toronto with, “sales increasing by 21.2% in the first quarter of 2015 compared to the first quarter of the previous year” (Vital signs, 2016). With the increasing number of condominium…

to the Atlantic Ocean. A century ago those tankers would have been steamships coming for palm oil, which was critical for lubricants and soaps in an emerging industrial economy. From the mid-19th century throughout the colonial period, the Niger Delta was the heart of the global palm oil…

is insurable. For instance, when AirAsia purchases insurance any policies to insure against pure risk, it also makes a conscious effort to acquire them at a much lower rate lower than other LCCs. In addition, to mitigate price risk, AirAsia hedged fuel prices at US$42 a barrel for the first half of 2005, which was substantially lower than the price per barrel of US$70 in the late 2005.AirAsia has little exposure to credit risk as it does not lend money to any external parties. Better still,…

About the Author Diane Ravitch is a Research Professor of Education at New York University and a historian of education. From 1991 to 1993, she was an Assistant Secretary of Education and Counselor to Secretary of Education Lamar Alexander in the administration of President George H. W. Bush. She was responsible for the Office of Educational Research and Improvement in the U.S. Department of Education (Ravitch, 2013). As Assistant Secretary, she led the federal effort to promote the creation…

According to Chandler Jr., Alfred D. (1993), the simple meaning of economies of scale is doing things more efficiently with increasing size or speed of operation. Thus, in other words, economy of scale is an economic term describing a business model where the long-run average cost curve declines as production increases. Thus, a manufacturing company saves money as it produces higher quantities of its product. For example…

due to the consumer behavior’s evolution and obliged the delivery professionals to adapt the service to new environment thanks to the technological progress. The globalization and the liberalization of the markets enable the opening of the entire economies and changes UPS task from simple to difficult, however UPS are managing very well with a real logistic…

expertise to reorganize these assets to earn above average returns. Each year, investors were willing to lend more credit or equity. By 2000, Vodafone was the largest telecom in Europe, twice the size of its nearest competitor, Deutsche Telekom. Activity ratios indicate that Vodafone is more efficient than its competition at collecting on its receivables and making its inventory work, adjusted for economies of…

have seen abuse it. The article states that Charlotte is becoming a hot state to use H1B visas as 16,500 applications were filed for the metro area in tech positions. Shortage of skilled technology workers is brought up again in the article and says fuels to recruiters and companies hiring visa workers. “70 percent of H1B visas granted in 2014 were designated for someone born in India.”(Roberts) India is a hot spot for students who study highly technical things like technology, computer science,…

Industry History “Agricultural equipment is any kind of machinery used on a farm to help with farming. This industry generates $41 billion a year, and has an annual growth of 1.5% according to (Tractors & Agricultural Machinery Manufacturing in the US Market Research). Agricultural equipment and machinery manufacturing has been thriving since the 1900’s. The goal of this industry is to provide quality equipment that is durable and sufficient, capable of getting jobs done accurately and in a…

companies, outsourcing to India offered significant improvements in quality and productivity on crucial parameters such as number of correct transactions, number of total transactions, total satisfaction factor, number of transactions/hour, and the average speed of answers. Indian companies adhered to metrics much better than the peers in some other countries. The Indian ITES/BPO industry also…