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Cutting Board Business Model, Austin W. Dasis
Cutting Board Business Model, Austin W. Dasis
Construction Management
This paper covers a business model and investment proposal for a cutting board business. The cutting board industry is a lucrative sector where there is room to grow as a business while being profitable. There are alot of factors that go into starting a business and making it successful. The student has put this together to be able to give it to a potential investor to demonstrate what he has done and what he plans on doing upon an investment. The student enjoys woodworking and wants to be able to start his own business but has minimal knowledge of what …
Space Opens Its Doors To Unexpected Players, One Of Them Paraguay, Macarena Carrizosa
Space Opens Its Doors To Unexpected Players, One Of Them Paraguay, Macarena Carrizosa
Capstones
Paraguay successfully sent its first native satellite into orbit in 2021, proving how essential and accessible the industry has become, even for developing countries. This article looks at how knowledge and technology transfer programs combined with a lower cost of entry helped Paraguay reach its first major milestone in the space industry, having its own satellite.
The Need For A Real Estate Development Capstone Course, Will Robert Kieckhefer
The Need For A Real Estate Development Capstone Course, Will Robert Kieckhefer
Construction Management
Cal Poly has extremely well-known programs in Construction Management, Business, Engineering, and Architecture. All of these programs have contributed multiple leaders to the building industry every year yet have neglected to integrate the different disciplines that overlap within the industry. The research the author has collected to support the need for a real estate development capstone course included in-person interviews, online research, personal experience, and team surveys. The research concluded the need for a real estate development capstone course that would integrate students from the school of Business, Architecture, and Construction Management. In order to build a successful project, all …
Marketing Strategies To Enhance Profitability Among International Oil And Gas Service Companies, Hesameddin Zafari
Marketing Strategies To Enhance Profitability Among International Oil And Gas Service Companies, Hesameddin Zafari
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
A significant drop in oil price in 2014 resulted in enormous pressure on marketing managers of international oilfield service companies to address new market expectations. In such competitive conditions, some marketing managers lack strategies to leverage profitability during downturns. The purpose of this multiple case study was to explore strategies that senior marketing managers of international oilfield service companies in the Middle East successfully used to enhance sales performance, revenues, and profits during periods of declining oil prices. Theory of market segmentation, targeting, and positioning formed the conceptual framework for this study. Data were collected through semistructured interviews of 5 …
Mainframe Relevance In Modern It: How A 50+ Year Old Computing Platform Can Still Play A Key Role In Today’S Businesses, Ian Thomas Newcombe
Mainframe Relevance In Modern It: How A 50+ Year Old Computing Platform Can Still Play A Key Role In Today’S Businesses, Ian Thomas Newcombe
Honors Theses and Capstones
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Drones In Logistics: A Feasible Future Or A Waste Of Effort, Andrew Lotz
Drones In Logistics: A Feasible Future Or A Waste Of Effort, Andrew Lotz
Honors Projects
On December 1st, 2013 news around the world was filled with headlines about E- Commerce website Amazon.com. CEO of Amazon Jeff Bezos announced to the world that Amazon was designing a drone delivery program called Amazon Air that could deliver packages to customers in just 30 minutes. Consumers were all too excited for the program to launch while many business and air traffic savvy people were highly skeptical. Now two years later research to look back at the feasibility of drone flight and whether investment into the technology is worth it for small deliveries straight to customers is …