General Rules for Patent Drawing

Kimiko G. Judith

Creating a drawing for a patent is very much different from the one we did in our school days. Unlike the drawing in school, here, we have certain rules and we need to follow these rules religiously, failing which can cost a rejection in the patent application. No matter whether […]

McDonalds Business Analysis

Kimiko G. Judith

‘In the 1990s managers will be judged on their ability to identify, cultivate, and exploit the core competencies that make growth possible – indeed, they’ll have to rethink the concept of the corporation it self.’ C K Prahalad and G Hamel 1990 Organizations do not exist in vacuum. They operate […]

The Nissan & IBM Outsourcing Agreement

Kimiko G. Judith

Introduction In the year, prior to the turn of the millennium, Nissan was a company in a serious financial crisis. Debt had approached $22 billion by 1999. The company had been too complacent, and had taken its prior success, for granted [2]. Did Nissan’s decision to outsource their IT Infrastructure […]

How To Discount Paper

Kimiko G. Judith

Discounting Paper I get repeatedly asked how to discount paper. Many people think this is some magical system used to discount a note or mortgage to a specific yield, but really it is quite simple if you have the right tools. I will show you below step by step how […]

What Makes An Entrepreneur Tick?

Kimiko G. Judith

It is only natural that when you start a business, you are doing something different than most people. They not only will look at you because you stick out like a sore thumb _ but human nature will cause people to naturally ridicule what you are doing. They will tell […]

Healthcare Risk Assessment

Kimiko G. Judith

Introduction The purpose of a Risk Assessment is to identify threats and vulnerabilities and develop a plan to mitigate the risks identified within the assessment. Like all processes, we can make it easy or extremely complicated and difficult. Planning is the key. C-I-A Triad The C-I-A triad consists of three […]