Gudang Garam’s cigarette sales Gudang Garam’s entry into the list of top global cigarette manufacturers is not surprising. In the Euromonitor International report, per August 2016, it was founded in 1958 by Tjoa Jien Hwie, a.k.a Surya Wonowidjojo, the largest holder of the cigarette market share in Indonesia, with a score of 28.8 percent, or only slightly ahead of HM Sampoerna by 28.7 percent. Djarum trailed the two with a market share of 12.4 percent. The rest is Bentoel (British American Tobacco), with 7.4 percent. Then there is PMI 6.6 percent, Nojorono 6.4 percent, Wismilak 0.7 percent, KT&G 0.4 percent, and others 8.4 percent. The reality in Indonesia is relatively opposite to the countries in ASEAN. For example, the Cambodian market is fully controlled by British cigarette manufacturers, namely the Imperial Tobacco Group, which takes 38 percent of the portion. On the other hand, BAT controls the Malaysian cigarette market up to 62 percent, and Singapore is controlled by PMI up to 47 percent.   Besides being preferred in local brands, in 2015, cigarette sales in Indonesia were still the…

“The Birthmark” by Hawthorne’s “The Birthmark” by Hawthorne’s begins with a narrative opening formula of unspecified time in the past describing a scientist by the name Aylmer. The description reveals the author’s attitude toward science. He describes the scientist as a skillful person and shows how the scientist had discovered spiritual reaction, which is more enthralling than the chemical one. The author marries science with religion. The author has an exemplary attitude towards science, which later turns into a dismissive attitude directed to the scientific intervention’s excessive application. Aylmer finds fault in Georgiana’s birthmark and suggests its removal. The author offers a description of how the birthmark looks like—displaying the beauty of Georgiana in her imperfection. This description reveals the writer’s cautionary attitude whereby by describing how Georgiana looks like, he tries to show how unnecessary it is to remove the birthmark. The writer explores Aylmer’s discoveries, whereby the scientist describes some of the dangerous chemicals he has discovered. This exploration reveals the writer’s dismissive attitude, which also foreshadows what would happen to Georgiana. Aylmer carries on with his plan…

A surge in Shootings: New Yorker PodCast Major cities in the US have seen a surge in gun violence even as activists call on the police’s defund. In the late 20th century, crime rates in New York started to rise, resulting in many fatalities. According to the FBI, as the 21st century approached, the crime rate fell rapidly. Recently there have been increasing cases of gun violence within New York. NYPD has been investigating claims of shooting spree since the start of summer. Some theories have been proposed in trying to explain the increasing rate of gun violence this year alone. One such theory is that the Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated gun violence cases due to unemployment and other factors. There is also a higher number of illegal guns within New York City, which triggers violent shootings. Studies have shown that gun violence is majorly conducted by gangs who sell drugs to some tuffs that they control. Since currently, many people unemployed, the gangs have limited customers for the drugs, and hence, they use gun violence as an alternative to…

   Sensation and Perception What are Sensation and Perception?  Why are they important to study?  What kinds of changes in your life would you have to make if you suddenly could not feel pain? Think about your chosen field, how losing any one of the senses might affect your clients, students, etc. How would you help them adjust? Sensation and perception are the physical and psychological processes through which sensory organs respond and make sense to external stimuli. Hearing and tasting sensory organs get involved in these processes (Wixted, & Serences, 2018). Sensation and stimulation enable individuals to make sense of the complex world around them. For example, individuals can determine the food they like and dislike because of tasting. Individuals would get irresponsible if they did not feel pain. For instant, they would participate in activities that destroy their physical bodies. Software engineering would get affected if they did not smell unusual smells to determine the software’s effective function (Arcuri, 2019). The clients would get explained the smell verbally they should expect when there is a malfunction in the…

  Company Blogging Analysis The discussion is the Noonday collection, which utilizes a flourish blog section as a platform to display touching stories, pictures, interviews, and videos. The display features originate from a movement constituting storytellers, impressionists, and social entrepreneurs. One blog post that captures my attention is the one discussing adoption by Marla Yales featured by Noonday. The company uses the blog to offer awareness regarding the adoption of orphans around the world. Earlier in 2015, Noonday made public the connection that builds up when women integrate for a common purpose having its Ambassador community an exceptional testament to linkage. Women in such a platform share adoption encounters, which brands new friendships. Therefore, the company’s efforts in publicizing Yales’ purpose and commitment to achieving her adoption purpose became the beginning of new alliances with the company. Noonday collection utilizes an engaging technique termed as Adoption Trunk Show, where it donates back to adopting households, Marla Yales included.  The Adoption Trunk Shows make hosts from the adopting families where they bring together friends to support their passion. Eventually, the strategy…

Innovation and technical change Introduction Technical change and innovation play vital roles in organizational and economic prosperity, leading to the creation of knowledge and new products. The modern markets are highly characterized by competition induced by existing firms and new market entrants. To withstand market competition and remain relevant through consumers’ lens, firms resort to interact, share, and exchange information with one another to upscale their innovation quests. Innovation refers to the art involving the “transformation of opportunities into the practical utility (Fernandes, Ferreira & Raposo, 2013, pg. 2). Taalbi (2019) agrees that organizations’ capacity to innovate and come forth with diversified and creative products to meet the consumers’ expectations, tastes, and preferences is one of the impeccable avenues to market competitiveness. The art of innovation is an inert process that is time intensive and a simple art based on the view innovation requires technology diffusion that is a construct of coordination and integration of various complementary technologies and institutional arrangements. However, Veugelers, & Schweiger, (2016) acknowledged the scholarly dissent concerning the forces behind innovation and the evolution of technological…

        Impact of Technological Devices on Children Abstract The essay evaluates how technological devices have negatively influenced children. According to the paper, the use of technological device among children has children’s critical thinking and reduced imagination. Also, according to the essay, an excessive amount of technology during the development stages of a child has affected the growth of children today significantly. The paper recommends that parents should also encourage their children to put away technological devices when reading. Keywords: technological devices, critical thinking, imagination, problem-solving                             Impact of Technological Devices on Children Today’s society is overwhelmed by technological devices. Everyday technology keeps on changing and bringing various effects on people’s lives. Children are not exceptional in this case. Technology has affected children, significantly bringing various concern and praises. Mostly, digital devices have influenced children with both positive and negative effects. For instance, digital technology has improved children’s ability to multitask, but it has reduced their ability to process information deeply. Also, due to the…

Motivational plan: To upload a product, first one must have to open an account in Anondomela, which is free of cost. They can upload their product on the website easily by giving it a specific title, Price tag, Detailed description, selecting categories, and finally providing an attractive picture/ pictures of that product. It is a userfriendly website, specially designed for entrepreneurs if they have little knowledge about the usage of the internet. They can see their uploaded files in the Vendor Dashboard. Also, they can edit if there is any need for that. And the best part is there is no limit for giving advertisements for their products.   It is not mandatory to open an account for purchasing a product. A person can easily add their desired product to the cart and then proceed for the buying procedures. For confirming the order, they have to give their details like name, phone numbers, address and other information. The exciting point is we are providing excellent facilities to buyers by giving them options for both Cash on Delivery and online transactions.…

                  Business Model Innovation Case Student’s Name Institutional Affiliation Business Model Innovation Case Introduction A business model is essential in every company as it performs two significant roles: value capture and creation. Business model innovation is the art of enhancing value creation and advantage, which aims to change the organization’s value proposition to customers. The business model being innovated is mainly designed to be better as compared to the operating model. Therefore business model innovation is the change of an existing model in an organization with another model that is believed to be better as t satisfies the needs of the customers more effectively. Business model innovation does not necessarily mean coming up with new concepts, using new technology or new product, but developing old concepts that are better. Business models can revolutionalize a whole industry, which means that they are a critical part of the company and industry. For a business model innovation’s success, there needs to be a clear concept to avoid abstraction. Types of Business model Innovation The different…

Student’s Name Professor’s Name Course Date Environmental Leadership and Sustainability Management Question One Environmental Protection Agency is in charge of monitoring the air emissions from stationary sources. The three dimensions of environmental justice include procedural justice, distributive, and justice of recognition. The approach is suitable as it ensures equality and the effective distribution of resources. It mainly looks at the allocation of resources across the globe in that the less fortunate are recognized, and also the fair distribution of the resources.  It promotes long term sustainability of the resources in the atmosphere as the resources are distributed fairly, and due to the allocation, fewer resources go to waste. Question Two The life cycle assessment on the production of electricity from coal was done to examine conservation aspects of existing and future coal boiler systems. That of crude oil is done in several steps, such as refinery inventory being put together. The nuclear energy life cycle is based on high-temperature helium and cooled reactor and also gas turbine. The lifecycle of wind energy allows all the engineers to assess the impacts…