In a 1 – 2 page paper, please describe the facts which prompted the Facebook v. Winklevoss case, in which the “Twins” seek to rescind a settlement agreement with Facebook.

In a 1 – 2 page paper, please describe the facts which prompted the Facebook v. Winklevoss case, in which the “Twins” seek to rescind a settlement agreement with Facebook. Some legal scholars believe that, in deciding the Facebook v. Winklevoss case, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals used, among other doctrines, the Objective Theory of Contracts. What is the Objective Theory of Contracts? How does that Theory apply to the Facebook case?

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/bitcoin-billionaires-cameron-and-tyler-winklevoss-gemini/

What attitudes and social practices of both the Irish and the English does Swift condemn?

– A modest Proposal by Jonathan Smith (https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1080/1080-h/1080-h.htm)
1. What warrant (Links to an external site.) about the treatment of the Irish people is suggested by Swift’s proposal? Consider the metaphors “just dropped from its dam” (paragraph 4) and “whose wives are breeders” (paragraph 6).
2. The author Swift assumes a persona in this satire. He pretends to be a different person in order to make his point. What are the characteristics of his persona? Where in the essay does he reveal them?
3. There are places in the satire where the author Swift reveals his true feelings. Where do you see that he does this? What true feelings does he reveal?
4. In the satire Swift relies on lists of facts, or statistical evidence. Do these facts help persuade the reader?
5. What attitudes and social practices of both the Irish and the English does Swift condemn?
6. All satires have embedded in them a real solution, which Professor Crane calls the “kernel of truth”. In “A Modest Proposal”, the satirical solution is harvesting babies. What is the real solution that Swift endorses? Where did you find it? How can you tell it’s real. (Hint: This question connects with question 3.) Does Swift think his real proposal will be embraced by his peers?
7. Many of Swift’s peers took this satire literally and were enraged. Why do you think they failed to recognize the satire and irony?

How do women grapple with the ideals of American womanhood?

PROMPT: The experience of women who immigrate to the United States is in no way universal. The reasons for leaving, the families left behind–each individual has a unique story. Yet Ko asks us to examine how the role of gender in the context of immigration surrounds/impacts the agency of the immigrants who leave their homes for a new American life. How do women grapple with the ideals of American womanhood? How do they exert their power and their voice as both women and foreigners? Note: I currently have a thesis [attatched below], but if you feel like there is a better argument to be maid, then do whatever you think is best! “Through the protagonsit Polly Guo, Lisa Ko explores how gender and immigrant status restrict the mobility of minority peoples and leads them to the same outcome: restlessness.” – Body Paragraph One: how gender and immigrant status restrict Polly in China – Body Paragraph Two: how gender and immigrant status and gender restrict Polly in the US – How the limitations of gender and immigrant status ultimately lead to restlessness (not feeling settled) *the thesis has to be clear, specific, and argumentative*

how leaders use data in the transformation process.

Leaders need to use data to plan and monitor school transformation. What 2 data points do you feel would be key to focus on for transformation at your current school? How would you use/communicate those data points with the staff? What other stakeholder groups should be looking at data for transformation
how leaders use data in the transformation process.

Did you make money or lose money?

Instructions
For Week 10, review your investment for the last time and complete the following:
Record the current price of the stock for each company you selected in Week’s Stock Journal.
You may use any price during this week (for example, day one price, the opening, the low, the high, the close, or any price you find when you check it during the day). Use the MS Excel spreadsheet or MS Word document to put your Week 10 stock prices side by side, so that you can compare them with Weeks 3 and 8.
Determine the total value of your investment.
Provide your final opinion or assessment of your investments and type your opinion or assessment into your Word document template.
Consider the following questions as you provide your assessment:
Did you make money or lose money?
What were your results?
Based on hindsight, what you would do differently?
Discuss what you learned from this assignment and how this assignment could help you in the future. Include this information in your Word document template as well.
For stock price information, you may use the New York Stock Exchange, NASDAQ, Yahoo! finance, or The Wall Street Journal Online.

Why would Emily’s poetry be drafted posthumously?

choose one of Emily Dickinson’s poems and analyze it (FULL EXPLICATION). You may have to do a little research on the poet and the poem to answer these questions: Why would Emily’s poetry be drafted posthumously? What do you make of her poems? Please read, research, and write a short analysis (100-200 words)

What is happening during the time & place this poem was written?

Read the poetry of William Blake and analyze his work (The Chimney Sweeper”) in the time period he is talking about/represented (What is happening during the time & place this poem was written?) .
-Take the poem “The Chimney Sweeper” and cite examples from his work about Child Labor.
-Write at least a 300 word analysis of his poem or poetry (Songs of Innocence) describing his life and the lives of his characters during this dark time.
-What does his poetry evoke in its readers?
*Your analysis should be written in Times New Roman, 12 point font, double-spaced, with a works cited for full points. Please drop it in the drop box by Saturday midnight. A poetry analysis should include some of the examples I have instructed on the poetry analysis paper instructions on the other assignment this week as well. You should look for metaphors and similes and include them in your analysis as well as the other literary devices I mention in the other assignment which is due later on. I give more detailed instructions there.
You may find his work on the Project Gutenberg or by searching for William Blake (Google him).

Select three articles from the list below (at least one from the starred papers), summarise the papers, explain channels through which management practices drive productivity, growth, and profits, and identify lessons of the papers;

Assignment Question:

A major question in strategic management and business strategy is how firms create dynamic capabilities to grow, achieve cost leadership, create competitive advantage and respond to market changes. The recent literature emphasises the role of internal factors such as structured management practices. Increasing evidence suggests that management practices drive productivity, the ability to recruit and maintain a high-quality workforce, the ability to match workers to appropriate jobs, and optimal allocation and coordination of resources. Your individual assignment requires you to develop an understanding of this literature and applying your insights to improve the performance of the firm where you are employed. The assignment requires you to:

1) Select three articles from the list below (at least one from the starred papers), summarise the papers, explain channels through which management practices drive productivity, growth, and profits, and identify lessons of the papers;

2) Describe the state of management practices in the company of your choice and draw on the analysis in part 1 to identify areas of potential improvement.

3) Propose introduction of management practices that improve the company’s performance.

4) Explain how the proposed interventions in the management practices may contribute to the firm’s capability to face adverse economic shocks such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

Note: The workshop lectures / slides will discuss the literature on dynamic capabilities and management practices, and explain how management practices relate to firm productivity, growth, and decline. You can integrate the workshop lectures, case studies, and online discussions with your reflections to build your analysis.

Papers / Articles

1. Bloom, N., Lemos, R., Sadun, R., Scur, D. and Van Reenen, J., 2014. JEEA-FBBVA Lecture 2013: The new empirical economics of management. Journal of the European Economic Association, 12(4), pp.835-876.
2. Bloom, N., Sadun, R. and Van Reenen, J., 2012. Does management really work? Harvard business review, 90(11), pp.76-82.
3. Bloom, N., Mahajan, A., McKenzie, D. and Roberts, J., 2020. Do management interventions last? evidence from India. American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 12(2), pp.198-219.
4. Bender, S., Bloom, N., Card, D., Van Reenen, J. and Wolter, S., 2018. Management practices, workforce selection, and productivity. Journal of Labor Economics, 36(S1), pp.S371-S409.
5. Cornwell, C., Schmutte, I.M. and Scur, D., 2021. Building a productive workforce: The role of structured management practices. Management Science.
6. * Roberts, J., 2018. Needed: More Economic Analyses of Management. International Journal of the Economics of Business, 25(1), pp.3-10.
7. * Teece, D.J., 2007. Explicating dynamic capabilities: the nature and microfoundations of (sustainable) enterprise performance. Strategic management journal, 28(13), pp.1319-1350.
8. *Sadun, R., Bloom, N. and Van Reenen, J., 2017. Why do we undervalue competent management. Harvard Business Review, 95(5), pp.120-127.
9. Scur, D., Sadun, R., Van Reenen, J., Lemos, R. and Bloom, N., 2021. The World Management Survey at 18: lessons and the way forward (No. w28524). National Bureau of Economic Research.

Final Assignment: General Marking Scheme

Introduction (10 marks)

– Introducing the topic / the industry,

– Positioning the topic / importance and relevance,

– Outlining the structure of the assignment.

Background / Literature review (15 marks)

– A systematic introduction to the market / and why corporate growth strategies matter,

– Reviewing the literature on links between innovation and corporate growth,

– Reviewing first and secondary data on the topic.

Theoretical depth (20 marks)

– Using the literature to develop a theoretical framework to explain links between technological innovations and growth strategies,

– Adequate reference to the organisation science / strategy literature on the link between firm design, technology adoption and development.

– Clear exposition of key concepts,

– Reference to / use of relevant theories.

Application (25 marks)

– Describe technological trends / innovations in the industry,

– Illustrate how technological innovations drive growth strategies in the sector,

– Explain why some firms in the industry have managed to adopt / develop new technologies and grow while others have failed,

– Systematic use of data to inform the analysis, if feasible.

Critical Analysis (20 marks)

– Show an ability to discuss possible alternatives / strategies,

– Provide evidence by drawing on the empirical literature,

– Show an ability to conjecture / analyse the future of the market, if relevant,

– Highlights the limits of the analysis,

– Draw relevant strategy lessons.

Logical structure & Clear exposition (10 marks)

– The piece is logically structured,

– The exposition flows well,

– The piece shows adequate research, with sufficient references to the literature,

– Strong bibliography – drawn from the academic literature.

Write a literature review on Sustainable growth – Energy consumption and water consumption

GREEN MANAGEMENT AND SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
ASSIGNMENT ON SUSTAINABLE GROWTH
INTRODUCTION
Considering that companies need to rethink their place place in society, CSR leads them to question
what they can offer beyond their sole economic function and promotes an ongoing dialogue with all
stakeholders. For some scholars, CSR is therefore a form of self-regulation on behalf of companies of
the company, which voluntarily integrate this approach into their business model.
As a result, firms need to ensure not only their compliance with laws and to the ethical principles
that are mandatory for them, but also need to adopt voluntary approaches to protect environment,
reduce CO2 emissions, improve working conditions and diversity, or fight against corruption. CSR
makes it possible to increase their profitability in the long term, reduce their commercial and legal
risks and strengthen the confidence of its shareholders.
Hence, CSR and sustainable growth are closely related. This transformation of governance takes on a
broad range of practices, widely considered by the financial community under three main criteria
known as ESG criteria which are: environmental criteria, social criteria, and governance criteria.
Environmental criteria relate to the direct or indirect impact of the company’s activity on the
environment. This refers in particular to the recycling of waste, the reduction of energy
consumption, the use of renewable energies, measures aimed at reducing the use of natural
resources, those aimed at reducing polluting emissions, the conservation of biodiversity,
compliance with international environmental standards or even to the ecological balance sheet.—–
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ASSIGNMENT FOR MID-TERM GRADES
Students will be attributed one of the environmental criteria:
• Carbon Emissions,
• Waste Management/Circular Economy,
• Energy Consumption, Water Consumption
• Biodiversity.
Each student will write an essay of 5 to 10 pages on one of the above environmental criteria to
explain what has been achieved by firms and how their performance can be evaluated. This implies
the following:
• Write a literature review on the recent contribution of previous scholars on the subject and
how they evaluate firms’ performance. What methodology have they used?
• Provide your suggestions, based on the literature review
• You can choose any CAC 40 firm to demonstrate your arguments (all of them have
committed to sustainable development)
• List the references of the studies at the end of your document.
NOTE: Plagiarism is prohibited. Disciplinary sanctions will result from using source without acknowledgement.
UPDATE
A. General Remarks
• You should put your first name and your family name on your document
• The precise title of the essay should be written on the document
• Pages must be numbered
• There is no need to insert diagrams, pictures (generally copied from the internet)
• Documents copied and pasted will not be accepted. No plagiarism.
• Essays should be sent in WORD and PDF formats. A printed copy could be useful.
B. About the essay
• You can keep the previous version and just add the relevant literature review
• What is expected: only a short introduction, a short conclusion, a detailed literature review,
a case study if possible, and any recommendation if possible
• The literature review should be focussed only on how external rating agencies or
researchers, or other institutions have been evaluating firms’ environmental performance.
Have they developed an index to measure firm’s environmental performance?
• You need to focus only on the dimension that has been attributed to you: carbon, or waste,
or electricity & water consumption, or biodiversity)
• Before writing anything, you need to read a few documents such as:
o GIEC report
o Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
o Carbon Disclosure Report (CDB)
o Sustainable Development Report in the European Union
o ISO 14000, ISO 26000
o Etc.
• I already mentioned some of the rating agencies in class:
o MSCI ESG ratings,
o MSCI Europe
o Sustainalytics,
o Euronext Vigeo Europe
o S&P, Moody’s, Fitch
o Dow Jones Sustainability Index
o Etc.
I wish you all the best
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Gender Division of Labour between Paid and Unpaid Work