5.1, 5.2

5.1

2. In our report, we will highlight components of Abco’s profitability, particularly growth in Asian markets, to demonstrate its advantages verses competitors. This analysis will be based on revenue returns along several dimensions—product type, end-use, distribution channels, etc. According to our projections, growth of Abco’s newest product lines will depend on its ability to develop distributions channels in China. This introduction of new products will require innovative strategies.

5.2
1. Vegetation covers the earth, except for those areas continuously covered with ice or utterly scorched by continual heat. Plants grow most richly in fertilized plains and river valleys, but they also grow at the edges of perpetual snow in high mountains. The densest vegetation appears in the ocean and its edges, as well as lakes and swamps. Plants also grow in the cracks of busy city sidewalks as well as seemingly barren cliffs. Vegetation covered the earth before humans existed, and plants will continue to grow long after evolutionary history swallows us up.

2. Animals in their natural states do not have the power to create and communicate new messages to fit new experiences. Their genetic code limits the number and kind of messages that they can communicate. For example, bees are limited to communicating information about the distance, direction, source and richness of pollen in flowers. Animals of the same species are characterized by their limited repertoire of messages, delivered in the same way over many generations.

3. Children’s problem solving ability is strongly dependent on their language skills, according to Jones (1985) in his paper about children’s thinking. Children who improve their language skills are reported to have stronger nonverbal problem solving as well. When these children use the knowledge they gained through learning a language, their nonverbal abilities improve. It is possible that children who practice verbalizing nonlinguistic problems before attempting to solve them may be more successful.