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I'm not really a PC-gaming guy. I've written almost exclusively about games on home consoles. I bear no ill will to those who do, but I've never wanted to swap out graphics cards, video cards, sound cards or other components to get the optimal experience out of a game. Crysis remains a mystery to me.
And, well, the other reason is because I use Macs. I've messed around with Windows, but I've never let it into my home. But, in the name of science, dear Crispy Readers, I'm sacrificing the virginity of my month-old 13" MacBook Pro to the Crispy How-To Lab. Here's what I did...
1. Go to Boot Camp. One of the big reasons videogames never took off on Macintosh platforms was because they used a different combination of hardware and software than Windows-based machines. When Apple decided to start using Intel chips for its desktops and laptops in 2006, the hardware portion of that barrier went away. Then it launched the beta of the Boot Camp application, which was designed to let the Windows operating systems run on Mac hardware. Boot Camp's out of beta now and comes standard on most Apple computers.
2. Back that thing up. This one's obvious, but you'll want to back up any important files and applications you have in OS X. Nothing is guaranteed here, and it's a smart step if you need to recover things.
3. Open up those windows. Boot Camp partitions your hard drive, creating a section where you'll install Microsoft's operating system. But despite the fact that most Macs have Boot Camp, they don't come with a Windows disc. (Some people actually expect this to be the case. Don't make fun of them.) So, get a Windows install disc and open up the Boot Camp Assistant. As it runs, you'll be prompted to choose a size for the partition where you'll be installing Windows. Be warned, though, that this is not a decision that you can't easily go back on -- think about it as plastic surgery for your hard drive -- so you might want to go big if you're planning on robust Windows usage. Installing Windows XP took me about 45 minutes, from running the assistant to landing on the verdant, rolling meadow of the default XP desktop background. Be sure to keep your Mac OS X disc close by, as you'll need it to update drivers.
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There are some caveats to PC gaming on your Apple computer. There's no easy switch between the partitions. You'll have to shut down your computer every time you want to go back and forth. And, even if you installed drivers for mice, controllers or other game-related devices on the OS X side of your machine, you'll need to do it all over again for Windows.
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Porter House New York
- Address:
10 Columbus Circle
New York, NY 10019Neighborhood:
Midtown West
- Cuisine:
AmericanPrice: $50 and over
Porter House New York
- Dining Style: Casual Elegant
- Website: http://www.porterhousenewyork.com/
- Phone: 2128239500x
- Hours of Operation:
Porter House New York serves from 11:30am until 10:00pm Sunday through Wednesday and Thursday through Saturday 11:30am until 11:00pm
- Payment Options: AMEX,Carte Blanche,Diners Club,Discover,JCB,MasterCard,Visa
- Cuisine: Seafood, American, Steakhouse
- Executive Chef: Michael Lomonaco
- Dress Code: Smart Casual
- Accepts Walk-Ins: Yes
- Additional Details: Banquet/Private Rooms, Bar Dining, Bar/Lounge, Beer, Full Bar, Late Night, Non-Smoking Area, Non-Smoking Restaurant, Personal wines welcome, Personal wines welcome (corkage fee applies), Private Room, View, Weekend Brunch, Wheelchair Access, Wine
- Catering: We offer a wide selection of dining options in our private rooms including lunch, dinner and cocktail receptions, with each event customized to your personal needs.
- Special Events: We are available for social events, weddings and private dinners, as well as corporate events, media events, product launches and entertainment industry events.
Getting there
- Cross Street: Broadway and 60th Streets
- Public Transit: The 1, A, B, C, D and E Subway Lines all stop at 59th Street, Columbus Circle.
- Parking: Private Lot
- Parking Details: There is a parking garage in the Time Warner Center. The two entrances are on West 58th Street between 9th and 8th Avenues and West 60th Street between Broadway and 9th Avenue.
A word from Porter House New York
Porter House New York is Chef Michael Lomonaco's contemporary Steakhouse with American premium Seafood. We offer prime cuts of beef and pristine American seafood in an elegant and casual setting on the fourth floor of the Time Warner Center overlooking Central Park. We offer an award winning wine list of over 550 labels, comprised of a comprehensive American selection, highlights from Bordeaux and Italy, and value wines from around the globe.Continued
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Porter House New York reviews from OpenTable diners
329 reviews since June 4, 2014
- Food4.2Service4.2
- Ambiance4.2Noise LevelModerate
special occasion (176)scenic view (158)notable wine list (102)fit for foodies (87)romantic (84)great for lunch (74)good for groups (71)neighborhood gem (38)hot spot (33)vibrant bar scene (17)kid-friendly (12)great for brunch (12)late-night find (10)great for outdoor dining (2)Show More
- quintessential steak houseDottoreVIPDined on 9/27/2014Every dish exceeds expectation. I love the Cowboy Rib Steak (dry aged and wonderful). There is a great selection of large and smaller dishes including delicious foods that are not beef including an excellent salmon. The atmostphere is warm and inviting. The staff have an uncanny way of making you feel very well cared for and personalize the experience. Alex the GM is charming and sees to it that guests feels very much at home.Special Features:
- Great ExperiencePhoenicianFoodieDined on 9/26/2014We went to celebrate my father's birthday and it was perfect for that occasion. The service was very good, but I was most impressed with the sommelier. The salads, shrimp cocktail, steaks, home fries, and pasta with the bolognese sauce were all fantastic and well proportioned. The salmon was very good, but I've had better. The atmosphere was my favorite part of the experience -- beautiful, comfortable, and perfect for enjoying conversation with family.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Best Birthday Bash Ever!dining42Dined on 9/26/2014I was asked to find a steak house restaurant to help my brother celebrate his birthday. The other challenge was three folks in our party wanted to have a NY experience and shop. Thank goodness for Porter House NY. As the restaurant is located in the Time Warner Center, the shoppers were thrilled. My brother the steak lover, ordered the NY Strip and fell in love with the place. As he is does not live in NY , he is already planning his next trip in. The food was great, the wine list excellent, lots of choices (pocket book wise), everything we had was wonderful. Please---save room for dessert, the South Carolina Coconut Cake is amazing! You will not regret it.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Very good but not outstandingFreqdinerVIPDined on 9/23/2014I've eaten here once before and had one of the best steaks I have ever had. This time I cant say it was quite as good. Not bad by any means but for $55 for just the steak you expect outstanding and I expect to give it 5 stars. This time 4 will have to do. The rest of the meal, wine and service were great but of course your here for the steaks. The others at my table concurred with my opinion. I'll give it another change and see how the two out of three works out.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great biz lunch placeOpenTable Diner Since 2010VIPDined on 9/23/2014From the moment we walked in the door to the moment we exited the porterhouse is an outstanding place for lunch the food is spectacular the services even better. We enjoy going to this place to bring clients and never lets us down.Special Features:
- Great Steakcrazy4wineDined on 9/21/2014We shared the chili rubbed ribeye and it was amazing. Great wine list. Enjoyed the Arugula salad and risotto also. Beautiful view of Columbus Circle. Service was outstanding.Special Features:
- Boys NightOpenTable Diner Since 2010Dined on 9/20/2014We had my friends Bachelor Party there and I was worried about the place being in what is essentially a mall. However everything was excellent. The food was great and the staff and service were amazing. I would definitely come back here for a special occasion with a medium-large groupSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Probably a one time experiencechristineVIPDined on 9/20/2014Steaks are great but side dishes are minuscule. Asked to take left over steak home and package it along with bones for the dog but no steak put in.Special Features:
- outstanding!loaleeDined on 9/20/2014This restauarant never disappoints From a great start at the bar with amazing friendly bartenders Jessie and Sydney (both make the BEST drinks) to the unbeatable service and wonderful steaks or anything else you may desire. Tim, the best and classiest maitre'd makes every visit special and somehow manages to make every request magically appear. Try it and and you will become a faithful patron.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Good service but too expensivecostumerDined on 9/20/2014This place has good service. The food was good too. However, you can find the same food quality else ware at a third or even a quarter of the price. Its insanely over priced.
- Great Steak, Mediocre SidesAmostcarterDined on 9/18/2014My steak was cooked to perfection, the chop salad was bland, the hash browns were mediocre and the coconut cake was blah. I went for the steak, so I can't complain, but for the price, the rest of the food should have been memorable. The service was outstanding, the facility was clean and comfortable.Special Features:
- very priceyricky188Dined on 9/17/2014Steak was fine/halibut was not good. Stick with the meat dishes,Special Features:
- Bad servicePatrick67Dined on 9/16/2014Staff is non-charming and very interruptive. Bad experience over all.
- GreatOpenTable Diner Since 2009VIPDined on 9/16/2014We had a wonderful dinner. The food was cooked to perfection and the waiter was present without being overbearingSpecial Features:
- Nothing speciallion2VIPDined on 9/16/2014I got the prix fix menu with steak and fries. It was tough. My companion got a hamburger and fries. He felt that the hamburger was just average. The fries that came with the hamburger were real potatoes. The ones that came w the prix fix menu seemed reconstituted and flavorless. We were expecting to get a better quality meal.
- Incredible experienceOpenTable Diner Since 2012Dined on 9/15/2014From the food to the service to the ambiance-- everything was impeccable. If you love steak and love to be treated well, go to Porter House!Special Features:
- FANTASTICPoorDined on 9/13/2014All I can say is that everything was magnifique! My husband and I had the most amazing meal. The side dishes blew me away - creamed corn, creamed spinach with bacon and truffle mashed potatoes!Special Features:
- Lovely setting, terrible Maitre d'ToreviewDined on 9/12/2014My husband and I had a fantastic meal here on our honeymoon. The restaurant is not cheap, but is in a fantastic location if you are splashing out for a special occasion. The only bad point was an extremely grumpy looking maître d, who seated us at a rubbish table albeit we were there pre-theatre and the restaurant was almost empty. She did not smile the whole evening, as far as we could see. However, the service from our waiter and the other staff was excellent, and we were moved to a window table after asking. The food could not be faulted.Special Features:
- Excellent food, great experienceRodneyGDined on 9/11/2014We reserved for a birthday dinner and asked for a window table via Open Table comments. The request was ignored but the evening was great. The food was delicious and the steaks cooked to perfection. The service in this place is impeccable. They even wrote Happy Birthday on the dessert plate without us asking. We never felt rushed and had a wonderful evening.Special Features:
- bubblesBubblesDined on 9/11/2014A gem! Excellent food and service. Elegant atmosphere, quiet so you can actually hear your friends and colleagues speak. Helpful staff. Highly recommended.Special Features:
- MudmanVIPDined on 9/11/2014Very nice lunch spot-always consistently good-great views and staff is well trained and friendly-great late night after theatre as wellSpecial Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Porter HouseNicoleDined on 9/10/2014Porter House is the place if you are looking for a perfectly cooked steak! Service was discreet and attentive in a genuine ambiance.Special Features:
- PLAN TO RETURNOpenTable Diner Since 2013Dined on 9/8/2014A wonderful evening. The food and wine were amazing. It was everything we expected and more! We will certainly book the Porter House on our next trip to New York.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Great Lunch Special!NYCFoodieDined on 9/7/2014$25 for a three course steak lunch? Fabulous! The appetizer (I had the soup du jour, which was a delish chilled zucchini soup with shrimp) was a bit too large, but the food was great!Special Features:
- perfect for a spot of lunch...RMABDined on 9/7/2014where to take my parents visiting from the UK and a friend who is meat focused visiting from Beijing.. well Porterhouse of course. Perfect for a Sunday lunch overlooking the park with great service and huge steaks with fabulous flavours cooked perfectly. I always think the key to a great steak house is great sides and they have those in abundance! Can't wait to visit again.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Food and service were amazingjamiestarrDined on 9/6/2014The staff was very attentive and friendly. The view was perfect and the food was beyond amazing. We started with oysters, scallops and an arugula salad. Then we ordered a flies mignon, salmon and lobster with truffle mashed potatoes and garlic and olive oil saute broccoli. Everything was perfect.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Loved it!DACColombiaDined on 9/5/2014We went there because we wanted to have a good steak, and this was the perfect place! I had the ribeye and it was amazing! The service was outstanding. The waiter was very nice and fun. The place was full of life. I totally recommend this place!Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Ricknat1VIPDined on 9/4/2014Very mixed experience. Some food was great some was greasy and overlooked. This visit service was diffident, last was excellent
- Excellent value and qualityOpenTable Diner Since 2009Dined on 9/4/2014Porter House New York serves high quality food and excellent service. The lunch prix fixe menu is a wonderful value. This is one of my favorite restaurants to celebrate special occasions with my family.Special Features:
- Fabulous food with a viewJjm82Dined on 8/30/2014From the moment we walked in the door we felt like we were VIP customers. It was late so we were lucky to get seated by the window with a great view of Columbus Circle and when the host sat us down he pointed out the various buildings of interest that we could see. The service and the food was excellent and we never felt rushed during the whole experience. Everyone loved their meals which consisted of filets, the cowboy ribeye, scallop appetizer, risotto, and truffle mashed potatoes. The dessert menu had some excellent selections, however we were all too full to try any. I would definitely come back to the porter house New York again!Special Features:
- great meat!YuyoDined on 8/30/2014With an spectacular view of the central park con can enjoy one of the best T-Bones that you can find in Manhattan. A must for all the meat-lovers.Special Features:
- High priced dismal diningfoolforfoodDined on 8/30/2014Took forever for service; our waiter never cracked a smile; we learned there were specials over our dessert when he recited them to the table behind us; hostess argued about seating us away from a wait station even though half the place was empty and we'd requested a quiet table in our Open Table reservation; the macaroni and cheese and the mashed potatoes were flavorless; had to request steak sauce, which is listed on the menu b/c waiter never asked which we'd like; steak was fine with the Burgundy sauce, as was the Caesar salad but our table was dirty (some table have white cloths while others don't--couldn't figure that out).Special Features:
- Worth Every PennyJC43Dined on 8/30/2014We chose to dine here for the first time before a broadway show. The location was perfect and in walking distance to the theater (a great way to work off huge the portions of steak) and all I can say is truffle mashed yukon golds! Everything was wonderful, from the pre-dinner cocktails to the crab cake and beef tartare appetizers, all the way to the precise temperatures of the filet mignon and cajun ribeye. I would recommend making a reservation and request a window seat.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Review - Porter HouseonegreatpieDined on 8/28/2014Service was amazing. The truffle mashed potatoes were amazing. Pasta was above average. Sirloin steak was alright, but I'm not one to judge.Special Features:I would recommend this to a friend.
- Bad WineRobertDined on 8/26/2014I order a unique find: a Tavaligni Gattinara (Nebbiolo from Piedmont)from 1968. Noting that Italian wines of such age - and still good - are quite rare, the sommelier assured me that "if it is on the list, it is good." It wasn't, and he seemed miffed at my judgement.Special Features:
- foodieDined on 8/23/2014a 'real' steak house should b able to prepare meat to specifications, doneness. rare was served 'medium well'. yuk!
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In today's cutthroat retail environment, shops have to be extremely flexible in order to survive. Francesca's Holdings (NASDAQ: FRAN) epitomizes this flexibility in the retail industry, operating a chain of retail boutiques under the Francesca's collections brand in the United States. A huge part of Francesca's Holdings' business model is affordability, which is definitely smart considering the weakness of the U.S. economy and the strong appeal of sales to an increasing number of "deal junkies" across the U.S.
Of course, affordability is a major part of the strategies of practically every major clothing retailers nowadays. Some, such as Macy's (NYSE: M), are doing just fine in their aggressive efforts to woo price-conscious consumers; Macy's recently reported a 4.1% increase in December same-store sales following an unprecedented holiday marketing campaign. Others, such as J.C. Penney (NYSE: JCP), aren't doing so well with their emphasis on affordability. Under Ron Johnson, J.C. Penney has revamped its entire pricing strategy (and even its logo) to appeal to consumers with everyday low prices. So far, this has backfired, with J.C. Penney facing so much negative consumer backlash that it's reverting to utilizing coupons and discounts in the face of analyst downgrades, weak holiday sales, and horrible earnings (its 3-year EPS growth rate is now a whopping negative 24%). Moreover, J.C. Penney is largely expected to close stores in 2013 and, according to insiders, is also going to lay off at least 10% of its employees at its headquarters.
On the other hand, Francesca's Holdings management has declared that it will expand its boutiques from 327 locations in 43 states as of April 28, 2012 to approximately 900 boutiques over the next seven to ten years in the U.S. alone. So what has allowed Francesca's Holdings to prosper in such a difficult retail environment?
For one, Francesca's Holdings' boutique format affords it a flexibility its big retail counterparts, such as J.C. Penney and Macy's, don't have. Its boutiques average approximately 1,400 square feet, which are extremely compact. To put this in context, J.C. Penney and Macy stores can take up more than 100,000 square feet each, and even smaller retailers such as American Eagle Outfitters usually have stores that span at least 5,000 square feet. The small sizes of its stores not only means that Francesca's has to pay less in terms of running its stores, but also means that Francesca's can squeeze into prime real estate areas that its larger counterparts cannot. This flexibility, combined with Francesca's experience in selecting strategic real estate, has led Francesca's new boutiques to generate a "first year cash return on net investment in excess of 150%" in the past few years.
However, Francesca's Holding's biggest ace up its sleeve isn't the flexibility of its stores: the flexibility of its inventory. As noted by Mignon McLaughlin, a former Managing Editor of Glamour Magazine, "women usually love what they buy, yet hate two-thirds of what is in their closets." Many people, men and women alike, desire freshness and dynamism in their clothing options; they want access to the latest fashions and constantly evolving styles. Francesca's caters perfectly to this desire by introducing new merchandise to its boutique stores five days a week. This constant rotation of clothes means that customers will never be bored by the selection at Francesca's and will also develop a sense of urgency in buying clothing at Francesca, knowing that the product might not be at the store in a couple of days. The rotation also ensures that Francesca's can pounce on developing fashion trends quicker than its competitors. Moreover, Francesca's Holdings carries a varied selection of clothing, but only small quantities of individual items. This allows Francesca's to appeal to a wide variety of customers while at the same time dangling an emphasis on limited quantities over them.
Finally, Francesca's Holdings is extremely flexible in terms of store interiors. No one Francesca's store is the same, and each boutique is uniquely designed to feel like its an independent store. Thus, customers are never bored by same store interiors, leading to what Francesca's calls a "differentiated shopping experience" every time a customer steps into a different Francesca's.
The flexibility of its store sizes, merchandise, and interior decorations have worked to put Francesca's Holdings on solid financial ground. In its last 3 reported quarters, Francesca's Holdings grew its earnings an average of 93%, something unheard of in the brick-and-mortar retail industry. Moreover, huge growth for Francesca's Holdings has been the norm rather than the exception: it has had 4 consecutive years of annual earnings growth and its earnings have grown in the last 3 years by an average of 58%. Francesca's Holdings also has solid profitability: its annual pre-tax margin is a healthy 20.2%. These numbers blow away those of its competitors, such as Macy's and J.C. Penney, proving that, if there is one brick-and-mortar retailer you should invest in, its Francesca's Holdings
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Up in San Francisco, Del Popolo launched service yesterday, with just two pizzas on the menu. The vehicle, pictured above, is described as a mobile pizzeria "housed in a twenty-foot transatlantic shipping container that's been re-purposed and modified into a kitchen."
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Services differ in many ways from manufactured goods. Their intangibility, inability to be inventoried, and the fact that customers play a greater role in product creation, are but a few examples. As a result, marketers must expand their traditional 4Ps toolset (product, price, place, promotion) to include process, people and the physical environment. And marketers must adjust their application of the 4Ps. For example, pricing techniques such as revenue management may be appropriate to use when a service product is perishable. Promotion needs to be more educational and experiential because the service product is less tangible and there may be greater perceived risk associated with buying it compared to a physical good. Through textbook and case study readings and lectures, plus live and video examples and a service encounter project and presentation, the course objectives are to: • Recognize the impetus for services marketing and appreciate the challenges presented by the service sector • Understand concepts and techniques of services marketing (distinguishing from those deployed in goods marketing) and identify appropriate marketing tactics to deploy against specific services marketing problems • Deepen understanding of customer loyalty principles and interventions – measurement, customer experience design and implementation of customer management programs • Understand customer loyalty drivers and their impact on growth and profitability
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This course analyzes the challenges Chinese business and society face, the nature of doing business in China today and the simultaneous challenges of foreign market entry into China and Chinese market entry abroad. How is the Chinese market evolving? How does the Chinese government influence domestic business and expansion abroad? What are the de jure vs. de facto differences in Chinese law? How does the political environment inside China impact foreign firms? How should businesses deal with potential flashpoints with the U.S. – whether on trade, foreign direct investment, varying business norms and practices, intellectual property violations, or security concerns – in the relationship between the two largest economies in the world.
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Managing Investment Funds is a capstone course that requires students to draw on their knowledge of finance as well as macroeconomics, accounting, competitive analysis, strategy, marketing and other fields to manage a $1.5 million endowment fund held by New York University. In addition to honing their analytical skills, by organizing all activities related to institutional asset management, students gain experience in financial writing and oral presentations, advancing financial decisions in a group setting, and handling all of the governance and fiduciary responsibilities of a university endowment fund. The central mission of this course is for students to learn through having practical, hands on investment management experience. Because of the time requirements in formulating an investment strategy, screening and reviewing prospective stocks, updating the status and performance of existing positions, and all of the ancillary duties connected with the operation of a real, live portfolio, the experiential or hands-on component consumes the bulk of class time. However, a related mission is for students to acquire knowledge about institutional funds management and current industry practices and trends. This more traditional learning experience comes through readings and presentations from industry professionals. The endowment funds under management operate as the Michael Price Student Investment Fund (MPSIF). The Fund began in early 2000 thanks to a generous gift from Michael F. Price.
The International Social Impact Strategies course is designed to help students gain actionable insights into the nexus between economic and social value creation in an international context. Specifically, the purpose of ISIS is to provide students with hands-on exposure to the entrepreneurial pursuit of social impact in a developing economy. As a result of this course, students will gain: § Increased ability to recognize and critically assess various forms of social enterprise and base-of-the-pyramid strategies as tools of poverty alleviation, economic development, and social transformation; § Greater understanding of the challenges of growing and sustaining a social enterprise, as well as special insights into enterprise development in a developing economy; § Improved consulting skills, including project planning, issue analysis, formulation of strategic and tactical recommendations, and client relationship management. While exploring these developing countries first hand, students will learn about local history, culture, economy, politics, social change, sustainable development, and entrepreneurship. By participating in the course, students will be better able to adapt and apply business skills and academic disciplines in the social sector, and will have increased skills for effective and thoughtful leadership in business and society throughout their careers.
Graduate management students and the organizations that hire them are increasingly demanding that management education be directly applicable to real-world needs. The 'Consulting Practice' course in conjunction with the Stern Consulting Corps (SCC) is a hands-on experiential learning opportunity that will allow students to work in teams to tackle a business issue or opportunity for a client while applying in real time the key steps of the consulting process they are learning in the classroom. Because the projects are interdisciplinary, this course enables students to fuse theory with practice and allows them to gain hands on experience.
When we think of entertainment, perhaps the most popular location that comes to mind is Las Vegas. Behind the glitter and excitement in Las Vegas are industries dedicated to supplying entertainment to customers. Operations address the supply side of business, including how products are produced and how services are supplied. This course goes behind the scenes in Las Vegas to observe and analyze the operations involved in performing this supply function. This course presents an opportunity to observe and study the entertainment industry including strategy formation and decision-making that are quite unique. The entertainment comes in various forms. The underlying driver is certainly gaming, but the industries surrounding the various forms of gambling have become major profit centers separate from the millions made on the casino floors. During a one-week visit to Las Vegas, students will observe and study some of the major operating industries that comprise the broad scope of entertainment in this city. Although the Operations Management models, techniques and strategies in this field are applicable anywhere, Las Vegas is the epicenter of the industry.
This course sees the free market as an opportunity to drive change in the food supply chain, leading to better public health outcomes, and even to serve as a catalyst for policy. As Gary Hirshberg, the founder of Stonyfield, states, "we exercise our vote with how we shop." This course will make the case that the market for food is still highly inefficient, often monopolistic at times, and that choice is still limited and hard to fulfill—all this against a backdrop where consumer demand for healthier food options is growing dramatically. This is not to suggest that by simply offering healthier food options, consumers will choose them. Several recent studies have shown that this does not automatically happen [8]. After all, food choices are based on a variety of factors including taste preferences, cost effectiveness, ease of availability and brand image and messaging. This is where social entrepreneurs can play a pivotal role. Through a mix of passion, persistence, vision, innovation and marketing savvy, social entrepreneurs can develop and market desirable products and services that capitalize on this need-gap. They can create new choices, serve as economic engines and drive positive public health outcomes all at the same time.
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How do we get more women in the boardroom?
Britain's biggest companies must soon set out the percentage of women they aim to have on their boards, as pressure builds to improve equality.
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Britain's biggest businesses must outline plans to increase the number of women filling their top jobs by this month, as pressure grows to improve equality in the nation's boardrooms.
Research shows that just 12.5% of people on the boards at FTSE 100 companies are women. A government-sponsored review, published in February and led by Lord Mervyn Davies, has examined the reasons so few women make it to the top in UK business.
The report requires that, 'by September', all chairmen of FTSE 350 companies must have set out the percentage of women they aim to have on their boards in 2013 and 2015. Though the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) told us that there is no fixed deadline date for the announcement, FTSE 100 boards are expected to aim for one-in-four female representation by 2015.
Will quotas be needed?
At present there are no enforced quotas on businesses, but there is a possibility these will be imposed if firms fail to take sufficient voluntary steps to improve equality. Davies has called on UK companies to adopt a "comply or explain" approach, encouraging them to publish their own targets and comply with them or explain to shareholders why they have not done so.
David Cameron today made his views known on the issue, telling the Commons that the current number of women leading Britain's business was "simply not good enough" and that "positive action" may be required to address the imbalance.
And home secretary Theresa May today launched voluntary guidance for reporting on gender equality in the workplace. Speaking alongside the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), May urged businesses to publish pay information in an attempt to move toward earnings parity between men and women.
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The issue of gender imbalances in British business is one that has been debated for years now, and the Davies report is not the only one calling for a larger percentage of women at the top.
Chief executives of some of the biggest UK companies, such as Centrica and John Lewis, have signed up to the '30% club', which aims to end the male domination of UK business culture.
Set up by Newton Investment Management CEO Helena Morrissey, the club - whose pledge is "growth through diversity" - aims to see women making up 30% of British boardrooms. To do so, it proposes a series of measures to 'balance your board', such as the introduction of flexible working arrangements.
Percentage of women at the top
According to the Cranfield School of Management, women held just 5.5% of executive directorships in 2010. These are typically the most senior and hands-on roles in companies, such as chief executives.
The institute says that women are more likely to be non-executive directors - external members on a company's board who are not involved in the day-to-day running of the firm. According to Cranfield, women held 15.6% of these non-executive positions last year.
FTSE 250 companies have an even lower proportion of female directors than FTSE 100 companies, at just 7.8%. Around half of the businesses in this group do not have any women in the boardroom at all.
By 26 August, only eight FTSE 100 companies had responded fully to the requirements in the Davies review, according to research from lawyers Pinsent Masons.
Of those that did, Centrica and M&S have said they already have 25% female representation in their boardrooms, while another 12 businesses had already met the recommended percentage. Furthermore, several of those yet to respond were already on course to meet the government's stated targets, the law firm said.
"A further 32 companies have between 15% and 25% women directors, which means that 46 of the FTSE 100 have already got to where Davies wanted them to be by the end of 2011," the report said.
"Of course, a percentage measurement is not always a fair reflection of what is happening as it inevitably depends on the total number of board members: Burberry, for example, has the best ratio in the FTSE 100 with 42.9%, achieved by having three women on a board of seven, while Prudential scores only 18.8% with the same number of women on a board of 16."
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Pressure from the European Union
At present there is no legislation to force companies to adopt a certain quota of women in business, but pressure is mounting - as evidenced by the prime minister's words today.
This is partly because Europe is racing ahead of the UK when it comes to achieving equality in the boardroom. For instance, Norway already has a 40% requirement on corporate boards, and many other countries are also putting regulatory arrangements in place.
As a result, momentum is gathering among UK companies to get more women at the top. But rather than an arbitrary percentage, isn't it about injecting talent into businesses rather than a specific male-female quota?
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The case for a balanced board
There is little doubt that, regardless of their sex, we need the best brains running our businesses - particularly during turbulent times - but research supports the argument for having more women at the top. The Davies review, for example, quoted studies demonstrating that companies with more women on their boards outperform their peers, with a 42% higher return on sales, 66% higher return on invested capital and 53% greater return on equity.
Jane Scott, UK director of the Professional Boards Forum, runs events to bring City chairmen together with professional women who may be potential boardroom candidates.
She says the Davies review and "30% club" targets are "a good way of shedding light on the need for more women in the boardroom, and a tool for companies to benchmark themselves against". But, she adds, "things could change more quickly given the depth of talent available to UK boards, and investors are starting to take the issue seriously as a diverse board makes better decisions than a homogeneous one."
While many in the investment community remain sceptical of specific targets when it comes to the number of women on boards, they feel there is certainly a case for more female-influence in general for Britain's companies.
Sir Roger Carr, chairman of Centrica, president of the CBI, and a supporter of the "30% club", says: "Boards are intellectually and socially enriched by the presence of women and consistently more effective through balanced judgement and opinion in decision-making."
Emma Howard Boyd, head of sustainable investment and governance at Jupiter, adds that women on boards are more likely to challenge on strategy and governance issues.
Women to control 'the bulk of Britain's wealth'
Michel Barnier, Europe's internal markets commissioner, earlier this year urged an end to the "group-think approach" of male-dominated boardrooms. In a draft directive he suggested imposing mandatory quotas to dictate the number of women sitting on bank boards.
Alongside this there's also a clear personal wealth argument. Employment and spending trends mean that women are poised to take control of the bulk of Britain's wealth, according to research from the Centre for Economics and Business Research.
In the UK, women are expected to own 60% of all personal wealth by 2025 - making them a vital part of the decision-making process of Britain's biggest companies. But whether businesses come to that realisation on their own, or whether they'll require a push from the state is something that is likely to cause yet further debate in the coming months and years.
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"A government-sponsored review, published in February and led by Lord Mervyn Davies, has examined the reasons so few women make it to the top in UK business"
Perhaps because not many of them have what it takes to get there??
As a woman, I am a strong proponent of equality and women's advancement in all sectors, but only if they prove they can do the job. It has never been a good idea to have unqualified people in top positions just so we can meet quotas. This country is already being run by blithering idiots, now they tell us we have to have at least one in every boardroom as well. Great!
Why do women have to be forced into the boardroom? They should be there on merit and capability. Most women make their money preferring the bedroom to the boardroom by social contract. Women have had the opportunity for change - they blew it out for hangbags and shoes, the 4x4; nannies and cleaners most of whom are other women. Don't see anyone campaigning for the right to be in domestic service regardless of gender race or mobility etc.
They expect partners to do chores, child care, DIY, work 60 hours to pay for it all, not have a mistress or lover, do as he is told and get divorced when they have had enough taking the house and maintenance. Why work the boardroom?
Like said you get good women managers and bad. But like said again when they go bad they don`t know when to stop. I still remember one woman manageress who picked on men, put all blame on them for bad sales figures, mistakes, whatever and then sacked them. She picked on those who appeared weak.
I was very polite and she interpreted that as weakness and so decided to pick on me. Every else was too sh`t scared to stand up for themselves. Eventually I had it out with her in a very aggressive manly way when she picked on me again and fully expected to be sacked. But I didn`t care any more, I was that pissed off.
To my surprise I wasn`t and she never picked on me again.
Then she went to some other new boy and started the same on him. I tried to help him by advising he must stick up for himself, but he wouldn`t.
A month later he was sacked- And he hadn`t done anything wrong. I was disgusted.
So no one needs to tell me women are perfect in management, all many of them manage to do is climb up the ladder by being immoral c0ws to everyone else, usually men. They seem to think it`s ok if it`s especially men.
the problem of having women as bosses is they are very unpredictable!! They either like you or hate you !!! no in-between!!!! and you get way too much bitchyness.
That be said I have nothing against women being in charge !!! my opinion is if you boss asks you to do something you do it as long as its within you contract and pay grade.
Definitely NOT.
It is a proven fact that women do not have a clue of what is going on around them. How can you have female directors who are not aware of what is going on around them? I have experience of them in the boardroom, in my own company and elsewhere. There are I admit a FEW good ones and those are really good but the vast majority are just floundering around with little direction.
Therefore it is a NO from me.
What a load of crap. Women this women that. Yep make em all bosses by government led legislation i am sure i would feel as respectful and look up to them by getting there via fair means and not getting any help, Just as i am sure there will be an outcry from all womens organisations how there gender are getting jobs through the back door.at the expense of the poor man. Through government led legislation. How long before us men have to be undermined to the degree where we as men are basic 2nd class citizens.
Smacks of what is happening in South Africa to redress the balance back to black, where everybody except a white male can get the job, NOT who is best qualified. Ever wondered wy so many White South African males are in Britain, Well now you know,What happened to the right person for the job, I would find it hard to take orders from anyone knowing they got there through foul means not fair which is what will happen if government are allowed to stick there noses in types of business as this any more than they have in the future. Women for the top jobs via effort and fair play all for it. Women for the top because government say so.........NEVER will agree to that
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Complete Bulgarian AK-74 Parts Kit, in Excellent Condition!
A complete AK-74 Parts Kit, in excellent condition!
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