Engineering Failure Analysis 12 (2005) 720–745 www.elsevier.com/locate/engfailanal Best practice for the assessment of defects in pipelines – gouges and dents K.A. Macdonald b a‚* ‚ A. Cosham b a University of Stavanger‚ 4036 Stavanger‚ Norway Penspen Integrity‚ Newcastle Business Park‚ Newcastle upon Tyne NE4 7YL‚ UK Received 12 July 2004; accepted 13 December 2004 Available online 13 April 2005 Abstract Oil and gas transmission pipelines have a good safety record and
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part one INTRODUCTION AND BACKGROUND 1 Introduction This chapter initiates our dialogue into enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems‚ focusing on the following questions. • • • • Why investigate ERP systems? How does ERP create value? What is the purpose and scope of this book? What is the outline of this book? Why Investigate Enterprise Resource Planning Systems? Enterprise resource planning systems are a corporate marvel‚ with a huge impact on both the business and information
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THE MACROECONOMIC UNCERTAINTY IN THE OIL AND GAS EQUIPMENT SERVICE INDUSTRY We explore how the macroeconomic fluctuation can really affect the performance of a company. We analyze the companies of the oil and gas equipment service industry: FMC Technologies‚ NOV‚ and Schlumberger. We use the MUST Analysis in order to discover what were the macroeconomic variables that really affects our companies’ performance‚ the magnitude‚ and the direction of the variables with the performance. The data sources
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SUMMER TRAINING REPORT SUBMITTED TOWARDS THE PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF POST GRADUATE DEGREE IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STUDY OF MARKETING PROCESS OF INSTRUMENTATION LIMITED | SUBMITTED BY: Shubhankar Singhvi MBA-IB (2012-2014) Roll No. : _________________ INDUSTRY GUIDE FACULTY GUIDE (Mr. Basant Kumar Baruah) Dr Nidhi Bhatia Senior Personnel Officer Instrumentation Limited‚Kota AMITY INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS SCHOOL‚ NOIDA AMITY UNIVERSITY
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COUNTRY REPORT Germany At a glance: 2001-02 OVERVIEW The Social Democrat-Green coalition government led by the chancellor‚ Gerhard Schröder‚ looks likely to be stable until the next election‚ due in September 2002‚ despite the vulnerability of the foreign minister‚ Joschka Fischer‚ to allegations related to his militant past. The CDU/CSU opposition has yet to decide on its chancellor-candidate for the election. After the introduction of a tax reform which has been welcomed by the business
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Tech seminar m-commerce Tech seminar CONTENT 1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 HISTROY 1.2 IMPORTANCE OF M-COMMERCE 1.3 WORKING OF M-COMMERCE 1.4 TYPES OF M-COMMERC E 1.5 MOBILE COMMERCE FROM THE CUSTOMER’S POINT OF VIEW 1.6 MOBILE COMMERCE FROM THE PROVIDER’S POINT OF VIEW 2. MOBILE COMMERCE TECHNOLOGIES 3.ADVANTAGES AND DIS ADVANTAGES OF M-COMMERCE 4. RESEARCH STATUS OF MOBILE COMMERCE 5 M-COMMERCE APPLICATIONS 6. CONCLUSION 7. REFERENCES m-commerce Tech seminar commerce m- CONTENT
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FINAL DISSERTATION TO EXPLORE THE IMPACT OF INNOVATION ON MOBILE PHONE TECHNOLOGY – A COMPETITIVE CASE STUDY OF VODAFONE AND O2 SUBMITTED BY HAMMAD RAZA BITE ID: 40907 Submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the MBA Innovative Management In collaboration with Coventry University and the British Institute of Technology & E-commerce August 2011 LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL August 15‚ 2011 Dr. Hasan Gilani Project Supervisor Coventry University Dear Sir:
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A Blueprint for Corporate Governance Fred R. Kaen AMACOM AMERICAN MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATION A Blueprint for Corporate Governance This Page Intentionally Left Blank A Blueprint for Corporate Governance Strategy‚ Accountability‚ and the Preservation of Shareholder Value Fred R. Kaen American Management Association New York • Atlanta • Brussels • Buenos Aires • Chicago • London • Mexico City San Francisco • Shanghai • Tokyo • Toronto • Washington‚ D. C. Special discounts on
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WIPRO LIMITED AUDITORS’ REPORT To the members of WIPRO LIMITED We have audited the attached Balance Sheet of Wipro Limited as at March 31‚ 2000 and also the annexed Profit & Loss Account for the year ended on that date‚ and report that: 1. We have obtained all the information and explanations which to the best of our knowledge and belief were necessary for the purpose of our audit. In our opinion‚ proper books of accounts as required by law have been kept by the Company so far appears from our
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An Empirical Test of German Stock Market Efficiency A Master Thesis submitted by Lindsay Gillette (188816) to Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Härdle in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science C.A.S.E. – Center for Applied Statistics and Economics Institute for Statistics and Econometrics Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin Berlin‚ Germany September 13‚ 2005 II Declaration of Authorship I hereby confirm that I have authored this master thesis independently and without
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