Category: Research Paper

GGRA03 Cites & Environments

 
For this assignment, find 5 sources related to the topic of “The Industrial City and Policy Responses”

Include one of each of the following:

– a full book
– a chapter from an edited book
– a peer–reviewed journal article
– a website (e.g. government, research institute etc.)
– a newspaper article

An annotated bibliography gives an account of the research that has been done on a given topic. Like any bibliography, an annotated bibliography is an alphabetical list of research sources. In addition to bibliographic data, an annotated bibliography provides a concise summary of each source and some assessment of its value or relevance.

Below the bibliographic information provide a brief description of each source.Explain in a couple of sentences the main arguments or salient points of each article.Asses the value and significance of the source and, where appropriate, its usefulness for a forthcoming final paper. If a quotation is particularly valuable, include it in summary, attributing page numbers as appropriate.

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Research paper – Euro Zone Challenges and Opportunities and Possible Impact on GCC and UAE.

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Background information (for Innovation and Risks Class Project):
Our company is Abbott. We are concentrating on the drug/pharmceutical side (AbbVee). Our Innovation (process) is to eliminate the wholesaler/distributor(such as McKesson and Cardinal Health) and pharmacy (such as Walgreens) and have AbbVee sell their medications (such as Humira) to the patients directly. AbbVee will act as its own pharmacy and also negotiate with the insurance company directly (eliminating the PBMs as well) for contracting purposes to reduce cost for AbbVee as well as the consumber. (Please also do some research to see how much is saved by eliminating the wholesaler/distributor (McKesson, Cardinal Health, etc.) and pharmacies (such as Walgreen’s) in this distribution process)

Please refer to the lastest Abbott Annual Report (I believe the latest is 2011) for the financials. (Available on the internet).

My paper will be on the Discovery Driven Planning for our innovative distrubution model that I talked about in my background information section (AbbVee to dispense their medications directly to the consumer – by eliminating wholesalers/distributor and pharmacies and also directly contracting with insurance companies. (Please see guidelines on what to include in my paper by following the Discover Planning worksheet, which is at the end of this order description).

Additionally to completing the Discover Planning worksheet, I have to answer the following questions (for doing a "reverse financial"):

(Corporate Frame Requirements for Disruptive Innovation Presentation)
Please specify for Abbot Pharmaceuticals:

1) Earnings: Greater than 10% of parent company’s current EBIT
EBIT = Earnings before interest and taxes
2) Return on Sales (ROS): at least equal to ROS of parent
ROS = EBIT/Revenue
3) Return on Assets (ROA): at least 3% greater than that of parent
ROA = EBIT/Total assests
4) The parent’s capability, asset, know-how, or market presence, the innovation will leverage

The necessary financial data can generally be found in the parent company’s 10-K.

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Please use this worksheet for Discover-Driven Planning Worksheet for template for paper:

Developing a Discovery Driven Plan
Rita Gunther McGrath & Ian C. MacMillan

Discovery driven planning represents an approach to establishing plans for new ventures that quite literally constitute a plan to learn. The technique requires the interaction of five processes, working together. These processes are: 1) determining the frame (objectives) for the project; 2) establishing competitive and market benchmarks; 3) define operating specifications; 4) document assumptions; and 5) establishing a milestone planning process. This worksheet is designed to help you work through the main aspects of this process.

Approach

1. Clearly specify what your criteria would be for the success of the project at maturity. How much would it have to add to your existing business in terms of profits, profitability and return on investment? Enter this information below.

Element Target

We want: Earnings greater than 10% of parent company’s current EBIT

Profits: What increment in current profits must this business deliver? For instance, if current profits are $10,000, perhaps your project needs to add 10% to that to be considered successful, for a target incremental profit of $1,000.

Current Profits: Desired Increment?:

(Please use data from We want 10%
Annual Report)

Profitability: How profitable should this business be, relative to the profitability of your existing business? For example, if current profitability is 5%, and you seek to increase profitability by 10% with the new venture, the profitability target should be 5.5%

Current Profitability: Desired increment?

Please see annual report We want 5.5%

Return on investment: How much return on investment should this business deliver at maturity? For instance, if ROI in the established business is 8%, perhaps you would like the ROI for new businesses to be 10%.

Current ROI: Desired increment?

See Annual Report We want: Current ROI + 3%
2. Next, develop a ‘reverse’ income statement. What you want to identify is the necessary revenue required and costs allowed for the business to be considered a success.

Element Target
Profits required (from previous question)

Estimated profit margin for new venture (from previous question)
Size of revenues required (multiply out)

Allowable costs (revenues less profits)

Return on investment required

Allowable investment
3. The next step is to develop an operations specification. This will be different for every project, depending on what the elements of the business model are. Your goal is to develop a clear definition of what will be required to operate the business, in order to meet the profit and profitability targets that you have established. Think through the following questions:

(For the following questions: Please feel free to answer with your best knowledge. Thank you! )

What is the ‘unit of business’ – meaning, what is your offering, exactly?

How many must you sell to achieve your profit targets?

What will you be required to do to sell this many (for example how many salespeople making how many visits to how many customers?

And so on.

You should specify operations for the following:
• Marketing and Sales
• Production
• Distribution / market access

4. You should apply the discipline of checking key ratios in the marketplace you are competing in. First, identify those key ratios that will drive performance in the business. Next, if you can, identify how competitive organizations do on these ratios, and see whether you are being realistic in your projected assumptions. Finally, check whether the market you are targeting is sufficiently large to support the business you propose to build.

5. As you are defining the operations specification, you will notice that you will be basing your specification on a number of assumptions. You should track these down in an assumption checklist, something like the following:

Assumption Checklist

Business Element Data Source Assumption No.

6. Next, identify the milestones that the project will be moving through as it unfolds, and in what sequence. Try to keep the list to no more than 10-15 key milestones. Examples include first prototype, first customer interaction, competitive response, and so forth.

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Policy change proposal

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BALANCED SCORECARD (BSC) Research Paper

Research the topic (BALANCED SCORE CARD) and write a 6 page research paper on it. This paper should include what your topic is and what it is trying to convey, among other things. You should have at least 5 references for the paper. Professional journals in accounting would include Accounting Horizons, Journal of Accounting Research, Strategic Finance, The Journal of Accountancy, or something comparable. The paper should be Times New Roman, double spaced, 1″ and APA style. Please use a Word document in Rich Text.

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Make a response paper for the HACIA democracy conference.

Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the OAS – 2020

About the Meetings of Consultation: “The Meeting of Consultation of Ministers of Foreign Affairs held in order to consider problems of an urgent nature and of common interest to the American States, and to serve as Organ of Consultation. In case of an armed attack on the territory of an American State, the Chairman of the Permanent Council promptly meet to determine the convening of the Meeting of Consultation “. This simulation will take place in 2020 and will seek an urgent crisis in the Brazilian cerrado.
Crisis in the Brazilian cerrado

“The year is 2020. The company “North Energy” Brazil has just completed its project in Belo Monte hydroelectric. This dam is the third largest in the world and provides 10% of Brazil’s energy. The project, which began in June 2012, attracted 25,000 people to order, Belo Monte. Despite the flow of temporary employment, Brazil is now the dilemma of employing these 25,000 workers whose contract has ended. Many have begun to migrate to more urban areas in search of work, including neighboring countries such as Venezuela and Colombia but also economically stable countries such as Chile and the United States. These unemployed are added to the 16,000 displaced indigenous Belo Monte river drought that caused the new dam. The Brazilian government, prepared for these shifts has already launched some urban projects such as subsidized housing and a monthly bonus to both people who worked with North Energy project to indigenous people affected by environmental changes.

But what I did not predict was that the Brazilian government drought river would facilitate an epidemic outbreak of deadly flu scientists have named black. Because of the strong migration to the region, found black flu cases in the border with Guyana and Colombia. The OAS has declared a state of emergency and called a meeting of foreign ministers because of Brazilian migration to other Latin American countries continue despite a vaccine for the virus has not been found. Several countries have responded to the alert, restricting flights from Brazil. The work of the foreign ministers will not be easy, they will have to act quickly and effectively to find a solution to this epidemic that takes more lives each day”.

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Student Development Theory Presentation

*You have been invited by the NASPA to present a talk at its annual national conference. NASPA is the leading association for the advancement, health, and sustainability of the student affairs profession (www.naspa.org). The organizers would like you to speak on the following topic: “How Student Development Theory Informs Practice.”

prepare for a talk answer the following:

1. Identifies one of the major student development theories discussed in the Pascarella, E.T., & Terenzini, P.T. (2005) text.
2. Discusses the essential elements of the theory including:
a. The history of the theory;
b. The methodology of the research conducted;
c. The findings of the research conducted to develop the theory; and
d. The theoretical model constructed.
3. Discusses the theory’s application and limitations and provide an example of how the theory has been successfully applied at a specific college or university.

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Mission Statement Analysis

 

Mission Statement Analysis –

Research a higher educational institution’s mission statement and website material that relates to the mission . . Include a copy of the school’s mission statement at the top of paper, include a brief introduction and conclusion.

1. What is the mission of a selected institution?
2. What does the school value?
3. What is the institution’s overarching goals?
4. What is the type of student that the school would like to serve?
5. What is the type of education provided?
6. Is there a focus on a particular student population – undergraduate, graduate, or both?
7. Is there a focus on research, teaching, or service – all, some, or none?
8. Does the institution have a strategic plan? If yes, what are three key highlights/goals?
9. What evidence in terms of organizational structure, programs, or other activities supports the institution’s mission and goals?
10. What key challenge is facing the institution?
11. What is one unique aspect about the institution that you haven’t already covered?

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Module Title: Understanding Business and Management Research Methods
This individual assignment has two parts. Part 1 requires a critical review of a published academic article on HEALTHCARE SECTOR(PUBLIC OR PRIVATE). Part 2 requires to collect and analyse primary data on the SAME topic and write a mini report. The combined word limit for both parts is 3,500 words, excluding the references and appendices.
Part 1: Evaluating Published Research (40% of marks)
Choose an article that has been published in an academic journal since 1 January 2007 and write a critical review of the article (maximum 1,200 words) using the Harvard system of referencing. The word count excludes the references and appendices.
critical review should summarise the article, include some definitions and, preferably, some challenging research questions relating to the topic. review should also include an evaluation of the strengths and weaknesses of the article and suggestions for improvement. use the references at the end of the article as a guide to further reading. This will broaden the knowledge of the concepts discussed in the article and your analysis will be informed by the literature.
The responsibility to choose an article from a high quality academic journal (NOT a professional journal such as Management Today or The Economist). An important objective of the course is to develop the ability to evaluate other scholars’ research. its easier to earn marks if the choosen article that reports an empirical study that analyses research data based on observation or experience (e.g. the quantitative analysis of data from a survey of people or documents or a qualitative analysis of interview data).
This assignment offers the opportunity to think about a topic for dissertation. It might be useful to choose an article that deals with a familiar subject. It will also help develop analytical and reflective thinking skills.

Collect and analyse primary data from the Healthcare sector (public or private) on the same topic as the article reviewed and write a mini report (maximum 2,300 words) using the Harvard system of referencing. The word count excludes the references and appendices.
This task requires to conduct an in-depth investigation into the topic that is the subject of your chosen article (NOT the article). describe, analyse and critically reflect on the topic. include definitions and identify potential gaps in the literature and major research questions that need to be addressed in the future. Emphasis should be given to the following issues:
• Ability to identify a diverse and high quality sources of information (a minimum of 50 references are required from different sources). These should include: academic journals/ books/ trade publications, government and industry data, websites, professional newspapers etc.
• Demonstrate clear understanding and synthesise the available information in order to gain an in-depth knowledge and understanding of the industry
• Ability to discuss complex information clearly and concisely, and to construct coherent and logical arguments
• Ability to present findings in a professional and well structured report format, including the effective use of figures, tables, appendices and referencing (Harvard Style is required).

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adopt the following structure

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The 21st century hazards of smoking and benefits of stopping: a prospective study of one million women in the UK

Paper:
Pirie K, Peto R, Reeves GK, Green J, Beral V; for the Million Women StudyCollaborators. The 21st century hazards of smoking and benefits of stopping: aprospective study of one million women in the UK. Lancet. 2012 Oct 26.

Questions
1. What type of study design was used? (1 point)

2. What feature means that the women in this study may not be representative of all women in England? (1 point)
3. How was information on smoking obtained? (3 points)

4. Comparing current smokers to never smokers, what was the relative risk of death from:
a. Stomach cancer (1 point)
b. Bladder cancer (1 point)
c. Ovarian cancer (1 point)

5. What other factors may explain some of the differences in mortality between smokers and non-smokers? (3 points)

6. How did the risk of all cause mortality differ between those who stopped smoking aged 25-34 and (a) never smokers and (b) current smokers (3 points)

7. Surely the risk of all cause mortality is one- no-one is immortal – explain (3 points)

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