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Select a public corporation you are familiar with or which interests you. Using the internet, and other sources, develop a short (one to two pages) profile of the corporation. Include in your profile the following information:

1. Name of the Corporation

2. State of Incorporation

3. Nature of it's operation

4. Total assets for the most recent balance sheet

5. Total revenues for the most recent income statement

6. Net income for the most recent income statement

7. Classes of stock outstanding

8. Market price of the stock outstanding

9. High and Low price of the stock for the past year

10. Dividends paid for each share of stock during the past year.

Select a public corporation you are familiar with or which interests you. Using the internet, and other sources, develop a short (one to two pages) profile of the corporation. Include in your profile the following information:

1. Name of the Corporation

2. State of Incorporation

3. Nature of it's operation

4. Total assets for the most recent balance sheet

5. Total revenues for the most recent income statement

6. Net income for the most recent income statement 

7. Classes of stock outstanding 

8. Market price of the stock outstanding

9. High and Low price of the stock for the past year

10. Dividends paid for each share of stock during the past year.

Write a reflection paper to explain how the key processes: critical thinking, creative thinking, and design

are applied in social innovation.

Text: 

In such countries the effect of phone ownership on GDP growth is much stronger than in the developed world, because the ability to make calls is being offered for the first time, rather than as an alternative to existing landlines. As a result, mobile phone operators have emerged in Africa, India and other parts of Asia that are larger and more flexible than Western companies, and which have grown by catering for poorer customers, being therefore well-placed to expand downmarket. In addition Chinese phone makers have successfully challenged the established Western companies in terms of quality as well as innovation. A further trend is the provision of services via the mobile network which offer access to information about topics such as healthcare or agriculture.

(a) Summary 

Directions: Write a summary of the main point, including a citation. Write your answer below. 

Text:

In such countries the effect of phone ownership on GDP growth is much stronger than in the developed world, because the ability to make calls is being offered for the first time, rather than as an alternative to existing landlines. As a result, mobile phone operators have emerged in Africa, India and other parts of Asia that are larger and more flexible than Western companies, and which have grown by catering for poorer customers, being therefore well-placed to expand downmarket. In addition Chinese phone makers have successfully challenged the established Western companies in terms of quality as well as innovation. A further trend is the provision of services via the mobile network which offer access to information about topics such as healthcare or agriculture

(a) Summary

Directions: Write a summary of the main point, including a citation. Write your answer below.

(b) Quotation

Directions: Introduce a quotation to show the key point, referring to the source. Write your answer below.

Task 3: List 10 more reference verbs. Write them below. 

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2.)

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Example: 

 Smith (2009) argues that the popularity of the Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV) is irrational, as despite their high cost most are never driven off-road. In his view ‘they are bad for road safety, the environment and road congestion’ (Smith, 2009: 37). 

References Smith, M. (2009) Power, and the State. Basingstoke: Palgrave MacMillan. 

Task 2: In the given example above, which is the summary and which is a citation. Highlight the summary yellow while highlight the quotation green. Copy and paste your answer below. 

TASK 1: Decide if you need to give a reference in the following cases. Write “Yes” or “No” in the blank before each item. 

________ (a) Data you found from your own primary research 

________ (b) A graph from an internet article 

________ (c) A quotation from a book 

________ (d) An item of common knowledge 

________ (e) A theory from a journal article

_________f) An idea of your own based on reading several sources 

Write the following which adhere to the rule of parallel formation.

1. Initial trials showed that exposure to the chemical caused memory problems, intermittent dizziness, and deters sleep.

2. She planned to collect data in research by either using an online survey or phone interviews.

3. This research follows four distinct phases: establishing measurement instruments, pattern measurement, developing interventions, and the dissemination of successful interventions to other settings and institutions.