GLOBALIZATION OF THE FROZEN POTATO INDUSTRY

This paper examines the globalization of the frozen potato industry, including the expansion of production and processing of potato products in the global market place, and future prospects for the industry. We find that developing countries with high income growth rates could be major growth markets for U.S. frozen potato products in the future.International Relations/Trade,

Globalization of the Frozen Potato Industry

This paper examines the globalization of the frozen potato industry, including the expansion of production and processing of potato products in the global market place, and future prospects for the industry. Driven largely by the rising popularity of Western style cuisine, frozen french fries and other frozen potato products have become global commodities generating billions of dollars in revenue worldwide. This study finds that with markets for frozen potato products in the United States and other developed countries hardly expanding, the growth of the frozen potato industry will critically depend on industry’s ability to sustain growth in developing economies.french fries, frozen potato products, globalization, quick service restaurants, International Relations/Trade, Marketing,

Master of Fine Arts

thesisFrom the unnatural long lives of Old Testament prophets and Gandalf the Grey, to the immortality of Elves and The Highlander, I am fascinated by stories of longevity and immortality. I chose medieval fantasy as a genre to answer my own question about immortality: How far into hell can seven people take a world and still hope to be redeemed? The day Sylva's favorite student graduates from his military training, she is murdered in her home. An investigation ensues. When her student, Ustin, sees her alive the next morning, the investigation turns into a "man-hunt" for the victim. Sylva has survived her own murder. For Ustin, this means traveling outside his homeland with the menacing Prince Endegar. For Sylva, it may mean dying all over again. The novel spans three weeks and thousands of years, from the age in which The Six were first made immortal, to the day Sylva is found by her husband and pupil, only to be lost again. In the time leading up to that day, Ustin must decide what kind of man he will become. When he realizes what his backwoods warrior-society has turned him into, he seeks an alternative to the violent culture from which he comes. Ustin lives in a microcosm created to protect its inhabitants from a world that struggles against a cycle of its own natural and unnatural destruction. The Six ruled for thousands of years, testing every method of dictatorial government. When cataclysms occurred, The Six were sure to survive and lead the remainder of humanity into the next cycle of destruction. The vacuum created when they choose to leave ruling and live in obscurity has the power to destroy the world yet again. Through a mixture of chance and choice, Ustin, Sylva, and Endegar become players in the world struggle for redemption

Senior Recital:Charles Plummer, Trombone Karen Collier, Piano

Kemp Recital Hall Sunday Afternoon April 20, 1997 1:30p.m

Thomas Wayne Bolton in a Senior Voice Recital

This is the program for the senior voice recital of Thomas Wayne Bolton, accompanied by Glenda Plummer on piano, Marilyn Rauch on flute, and Charles Wesley on bassoon. The recital was held on April 28, 1968, in Mitchell Hall

Talk, Trust and Telecommunications: Alternative Mechanisms for Coordinating Commercial Transactions

Much of the prior work on electronic commerce has used transaction cost economics and coordination theory as general frameworks. These models call attention to the problem of understanding how organizations accomplish effective coordination in complex environments. Applying these models to electronic commerce requires that the processes involved be identified and described. Recent research considering the use of networks focuses on models of commercial exchanges which include activities such as search, execution, settlement, monitoring and after sales services

Absolute Stability Analysis of a Phase Plane Controlled Spacecraft

Many aerospace attitude control systems utilize phase plane control schemes that include nonlinear elements such as dead zone and ideal relay. To evaluate phase plane control robustness, stability margin prediction methods must be developed. Absolute stability is extended to predict stability margins and to define an abort condition. A constrained optimization approach is also used to design flex filters for roll control. The design goal is to optimize vehicle tracking performance while maintaining adequate stability margins. Absolute stability is shown to provide satisfactory stability constraints for the optimization