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The Enron Scandal, and a Look at the Accounting Practices that Permitted it to Happen
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It, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, was enacted to restore public trust in accounting as well as corporate reporting practices after the public comopany scandals and “…has been described as the most sweeping and significant change in securities law since the 1930s.... That success began a change in the corporate culture as well as manner in which Enron did business as the superior returns were having an extremely positive impact on the company's stock prices as a result of earnings....
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Changes in Soil Cone Resistance Due to Cotton Picker Traffic
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change in biomass of the plant was found to be similar to that of compaction of non-fertilizers.... change in biomass of the plant was found to be similar to that of compaction of non-fertilizers.... This case study "Changes in Soil Cone Resistance Due to Cotton Picker Traffic" presents soil moisture content....
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Human Resource Manager's Charge for the Worker Health
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The managers aim at getting the right people that will embrace the learning process and change (Bratton &Gold, 2000) ... The paper "Human Resource Manager's Charge for the Worker Health" claims the HR manager is responsible for the workers' physical and psychological well-being....
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Labelling Requirements of Nutritional Information, Junk Food TV Advertising
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Nonetheless, the pressure to ban the advertisement of junk food on television has somewhat caused key food industry players to change their modes of operation, for instance following these pressure by lobby groups the Coca Cola Amatil, Australia coke distributors have introduced fruit juice and mineral water in its list of brands.... Nevertheless, over the years the operation food industry in Australia has succumbed to various external environmental influences that have somewhat affected its capacity to supply and sell its produces to consumers in Australia and around the globe....
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South to North Water Transfer Project
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This country is having plenty of resources to fulfil the needs of her citizen but due to certain climatic as well as geographical conditions, the north and north western areas of.... ... ... There was strong need of overcoming this issue in order to keep social and economic life of this region going well as this region is the technological hub as well as economic headquarter of China....
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Strategy of the Electric and Musical Industries
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For identifying about the competitive strategy, it is essential to depends on the environmental scanning, a concept derived from Business Management itself.... environmental scanning is a perception about the external environment, which provides a considerable idea to the management authority of an entity to take the most appropriate decisions relating to the business in ensuing future.... he prediction of environmental factors is uncertain; then there should be a tendency to undertake more scanning....
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A Very Different Age - Americans of the Progressive Era
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he writer skillfully includes the work of many historians in his book; he praises some of the reformers of the time but criticizes many renowned progressives like “Teddy Roosevelt” (229) and “Woodrow Wilson (219)” who worked for their selfish motives instead of bringing change, Diner disparagingly asserts that “progressives, like other Americans, joined a contest for control under rules set by industrial capitalism” ... Thousands of Americans still lived in poverty; African Americans struggled for their identity and “racism” (125) existed. ...
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Population Growth Rates in Denmark and Solomon Islands
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hat notwithstanding, the general factors that influence the trends are; the economic status of the country, the literacy level of the population, the demographic composition of the population, and the climate.... In the "Population Growth Rates in Denmark and Solomon Islands" paper comparison is made of Denmark and Solomon Islands as countries with high and low income per capita respectively....
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Dealing with Conflict in Organization
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In the instant case, conflict brings to the fore the differences in the approach between EPI's objectives as perceived by the founder-partners and Mike's perception of a company urgently in need of change, as manifested by Mike's 'maverick' style of functioning.... In the instant case, conflict brings to the fore the differences in the approach between EPI's objectives as perceived by the founder-partners and Mike's perception of a company urgently in need of change, as manifested by Mike's 'maverick' style of functioning....
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Ways and Concepts of Water Management
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This calls the farmer to take good care of the water bodies, and this resulted to farmers to change their ways of handling environmental affairs.... The farmers, therefore, had to change their farming styles in order to comply with the set consent and to meet the goals set by the policy makers.... There was also a need to change the agricultural practices in order to prevent nutrient loss especially to the water bodies that would lead to eutrophication effect....
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Discrepancies in Life Expectancy
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This assignment "Discrepancies in Life Expectancy" focuses on discrepancies in life expectancy among various racial and ethnic groups that exist in the U.... .... Age, racial and ethnic differences as well as neighborhood socioeconomic status influence the life expectancies of the population.... ...
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Diversity in the Workplace
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Positive effects of cultural diversity in the workplace in America include but are not limited to variety of cultural, social, and religious perspectives, and the resulting competitive advantage for the organizations while the negative effects include interpersonal conflicts, occasional incidents of racism, and increased load of training and education of the employees on the employers.... Occasionally, an employee belonging to a certain culture or religion may be exposed to racism in the culturally diverse workplace....
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Corporations which Generate Wealth through Development of Natural Gas
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) Extinction of animals and plants- “That anyone can question whether living things are being affected by climate change now seems incredibly dubious itself.... ) A stream of persons with respiratory problems exacerbated by pollution and the changing climate- When the (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome) SARS reached the level of epidemic, paranoia was not far behind.... lthough there are unwelcome observations (like the statements narrated in a journal that run: “The response of climate alarmists is {a} fodder for psychological textbooks” [Driessen]) in the light of these events, we must not overlook what was reported in a book by Concepcion Dadufalza, where she cited an editorial where Mother Earth seemed to be speaking to every inhabitant of earth: “You see, my children, life on the planet is inter-dependent....
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First Migration of Humans
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Two of the major beliefs concerning the real cause of the migration of the Homo sapiens out of Africa is the rapid climate change that was probably occurring that time and the search for food. ... Some pull factors might be abundance of natural resources in an area, and better living standards such as a more peaceful climate and weather.... fter the thousand years of cold climate, the Earth started to rapidly warm, increasing in temperature about fifty thousand years ago....
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Management for the Future: British Airways Plc
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But there were massive change in the industrial relations scenario.... Scenario planning for the future environmental issues The industry of the airlines is highly regulated and the environmental factors play a dominant role in this case.... The company has wide scale reputation in taking into the account the environmental factors.... The company from the routes that it fly, the business with whom the company cooperates , payment of the infrastructure costs, safety , security and all the environmental impact are governed by the company under the purview of strict regulation regime (Annual Reports, 2010, p....
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Internation business
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Both the countries would be undertaking future negotiations on climate change along with cooperating by the aid of ad-hoc groups (Kanjilal, 2010).... Project Description Question 1 Free Trade Talks in the global context decipher different multi-trade negotiations that comprise both liberal trade barriers and opening out of scope as well as coverage for trading rights along with obligations (Rapoza, 2013)....
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Commentary on Quotations
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The differences that give rise to discord may be caused by physical, social and environmental differences as well as differences in the way of thinking and a lack of understanding of racial groups.... From the paper "Commentary on Quotations" it is clear that slavery as an institution has interfered with the rights of liberty and equality of African Americans, which has spilled over into the present time, with many individuals of this race opting for a life of crime....
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Buddha and the Buddhism based on the Journey to the West by Wu Chengen
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With these qualities and the desire to flourish in the society, Buddhism needed to change itself into a structure that is compatible with the Chinese way of life.... In the paper “Buddha and Buddhism based on the Journey to the West by Wu Cheng'en” the author analyzes a classical novel of the Chinese literature....
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An Analysis of an Aspect of the Role of the Early Year Practitioner
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Berliner and Calfee (1996) found that providing spacious environment and freedom in the outdoors facilitated positive change in behaviour in children with challenging character.... Besides interacting with the environmental aspects, outdoors learning provides the children with limitless opportunities of engaging in social interactions with their peers and other members of the community (Kellert, 2005, p96-106).... Outdoor environment provides three major types of learning, including environmental, personal and social education (Nicol, 2002, p52)....
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Ethical Dilemma Description
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Marketing to Change Public Opinion on climate change: A ... International Journal of climate change, 1(3), 63-70 ... Any form of modification on processes and products should serve both consumer and environmental expectations without any form of compromise....
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Issues in Accounting Theory and Practice (Case Study National Greenhouse Accounts Factor)
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Another barrier is climate change that will affect the amount of GHG emissions.... Activity 5 The National Greenhouse Accounts (NGA) Factors is a preparation of the Department of climate change and Energy Efficiency.... If the company has business targets or initiatives that affect GHG emissions, then it is necessary for it to change these initiatives.... The National Carbon Offset Standard (NCOS) provides procedures to make certain that these carbon neutral products and offsets have environmental integrity....
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Organizational development
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Organizational Development Characteristics Some characteristics of Organizational development are that it target to change the functioning of the organization, its individuals, department in the firm and eventually can end up influencing the community within which the company is located, finally the entire nation.... Organizational Development Implementation Organizational development may not necessarily mean a change of management, there may be some instances where the organization may be forced to make some drastic changes to cope with an environmental change like market price changes; whereas, the use of organizational development may not be a solution....
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Positive Changes for Libya Made as a Result of the Arab Spring
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The paper "Positive Changes for Libya Made as a Result of the Arab Spring" proves the movement helped the people of Libya to keep themselves away from dictatorship, anarchy, and political instability.... It helped the Middle East Asian and African nations to inculcate democracy in their societies....
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The Role of the Principal Officer
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To facilitate change it is necessary to evaluate how the changes are affecting the people that work for you and with you.... By providing clear career objectives we will produce a climate that can offer improved performance and greater dedication.... The recent and continuing changes that affect the HM Prison Service require the flexibility necessary to facilitate the successful transition of the end to end accountability for offenders....
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Tourism in Mallorca: Is Water Supply a Major Constraint
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?? (climate change to Drive Radical Changes in Global Tourism.... limate change to Drive Radical Changes in Global Tourism.... The paper "Tourism in Mallorca: Is Water Supply a Major Constraint" states that certain water conservation laws become mandatory in order to address the problems quickly and also to chalk out a long-term strategy for effective water management, keeping in mind the future needs of the island....
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What did Evolution do to Our Muscles
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The most evident skeletal changes can be found in the length of the hindlimb, the change within the shape of the knee joint, the changes within the length of the hindlimb, and the development of the heel.... he environmental, dietary, and behavioral variables have coalesced to make the modern human muscular system differ significantly from that of their evolutionary ancestors....
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Development and Evolution of the Mayan Society
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he concept of the opening of the Atlantic through the author also describes how it began to change other aspects of life for both the natives and the Americans.... The conquest not only began to change various parts of the economics that resulted from the wars.... There was also a change in religious belief, forced initiatives to change culture and the desire to take over areas which were already inhabited by the natives of each land....
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Cognitive Behavior Therapy: the Relationship Between Environmental Factors and Internal Features
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Homework or Task Assignment is aimed at positive behavior that brings about emotional and attitudinal change (Corey, 2005).... Stallard (2003) contends that the aim of CBT assessment is to develop a cognitive formulation of the problem and establish the relationship between environmental factors and internal features....
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Chinese landscape painting between pre-20th century and modern time
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The modern Chinese painting is not very different from the 20th century landscape paintings because of the depiction of energy and environmental degradation.... The essay analyzes Chinese landscape painting.... The development of the Chinese landscape painting is attached to the various issues including the mining activities of the country....
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Compare the causes of European, African, and Asian emigrations to North America
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The factors include lack of jobs opportunities, harsh environmental conditions, loss of wealth, and the like.... The factors include lack of jobs opportunities, harsh environmental conditions, loss of wealth, and the like.... Human migration has led to the distribution of population all over the world....
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Business Operation and Management of Tesco
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This report is an attempt to identify and examine different aspects of operations management while utilizing a case study of an organization that will enable a comprehensive understanding of different strategies and techniques of operations management.... ... ... ... Since a few decades, there have been enormous developments in almost every sector of human society that have resulted in significant alterations in the field of business as well....
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Housing and Construction Cost Escalation: A Case Focused on Saudi Arabia
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Due to the economic recessionary period, the cost of material has increased leading to great change in construction cost.... The factors that were analyzed includes economic factors, geographic factors, demographic factors, social factors and other environmental factors to provide accurate and reliable information regarding the cost escalations in the KSA's construction industry.... The PESTLE is an acronym for Political, Economic, Socio-cultural, Technological, legal and environmental....
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Feeding People versus Saving Nature
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That is why Rolston acknowledges the importance of sustainable development and environmental protection (Rolston 249).... Saving nature is about taking the path of sustainable development and environmental protection.... The writer of this essay tries that emphasize that the human moral system does not actually give too much heavy weight on feeding people first than saving nature....
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The Body Shop and its Success Principles
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More focus on human resources consultation and recruitment efforts managed by executive leadership can improve this hospitality-based climate in franchise facilities.... any of Roddick's slogans are designed to foster a sense of honesty and integrity, such as her in-store environmentalism campaigns, discounted refill services for environmental protectionism, and her acknowledgement that The Body Shop products have no miracle cure reinforce dedication to ethical business practice....
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Writing argument Vandana Shiva's the soil vs The Sensex
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See the Impacts | A Students Guide to Global climate change | US EPA.... ov/climate/climatechange/kids/impacts/index.... The two issues that the Nicholas D.... Kristof and Vandana Shiva are talking about in their essays include global warming as well as degradation of earth and soil....
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Scope of the Doctrine of Cy Pres
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A charitable organisation attempting to invoke this subsection to legitimise the need for change from the initial purpose for which the funds were meant needs to make a concurrent submission on why the alternative that is alive to the socio-economic climate is also the nearest possible purpose.... Established under Section 67 (subsection 3(c)), the Charities Act (2011) provides for the prior establishment of whether the available options are realistic in light of the socio-economic climate of the moment....
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The Effect of Human Activity on the Ecology of Long Island Sound
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Together these things determine an 'environmental character' which is the essence of the place.... "The Effect of Human Activity on the Ecology of Long Island Sound" paper argues that the interaction of the man with the elements of nature has been a subject of intense debate.... This issue has gained such importance that most industrial and economic activities are begun with this issue at the roots....
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SWOT analysis: strategic position and analysis of Dresser Rand
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The rationale behind this approach is that climate change, increasing global temperature, melting of ice belts are considered to be an outcome of green house gases being released by the multi-national corporations.... Over the external issues, the senior management cannot exercise direct control over the issues but they have an opportunity to mould or change their business strategy in order to entertain the long term business objectives.... The threats are the presence of global economic downturn, currency fluctuation risk, environmental compliance cost and adverse consequences of regulations....
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Risk Management in Business Cycles
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The paper "Risk Management in Business Cycles" discusses that risk management requires that the leadership of an organization understands the nature of such occurrences and in cases where they could present a threat to the business environment, endeavors to alleviate them in a positive way.... ... ...
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Teaching Styles and Technology Evaluation
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he objectivist model of learning is based on Skinner's stimulus-response theory: learning is a change in the behavioral disposition of an organism (Jonassen, 1993) that can be shaped by selective reinforcement.... hree types of resources may be critical in enabling teachers to institute new practices: opinion supportive of change, social and informational support that provides practical help to those attempting changes, and a sufficient supply of needed resources that can help demonstrate success to a skeptical outside world....
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Enhanced Participation of NGO in the Operations of UN
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The UN Framework Convention on climate change Activities Implemented Jointly (aij) Pilot: Experiences and Lessons Learned.... The UN Framework Convention on climate change Activities Implemented Jointly (aij) Pilot: Experiences and Lessons Learned.... The presence of the organizations has been observed to change the context for government policy.... t gives the UN's role in environmental conservation as one of its functions. ...
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Has The Architect Lost His Way
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alue agenda, climate change and Sustainable Communities.... o be seen with the naked eye, the relationships between form and materials will change.... onstructive change was set up by the Royal Institute of British Architects in ... 999 to lead the profession's response to industry change and, in particular, the reform ... Today, new change agendas are emerging for the industry.... echnological innovations have enabled substantial industry change in the last ...
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Rapist Gang Crime of 2012 in New Delhi and Its Effect on the India Justice System
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The government and human rights activists have introduced training facilities for women and lessons to change the attitude of men and boys toward women.... However, there are instances when such criminal cases compel the system to change for good.... The government and human rights activist have introduced training facilities for women and lessons to change the attitude of men and boys towards women....
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The Director of Federal Emergency Management Agency: the Changes that James Lee Witt Introduced
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he change in FEMA's practices was apparently noticed worldwide in delivering effectual services after the terrorist attack of 9/11 with improvements in the overall organizational functioning towards identifying the type of disaster faced, even including terrorist attacks as per the suggestion of its former Director (United States General Accounting Office, 2003).... However, it was also identified that after the Post Katrina Emergency Reform Act (PKERA), FEMA had made a vast change in its performance to regain its position and independency (Blitstein, 2009)....
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Areas Where BMW Needs to Bring Changes in Order to Maintain Its Market Share
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Therefore, it has become a need of today for the company to change some key features related to cars' designing and functions not only to maintain customer loyalty but also to maintain competitive edge over many other automobile brands.... owever, BMW is not being able to meet the pace of technological change by adapting to the concept of continuous improvement.... Similarly, the car requires its owners to change its shocks, as well as rebuild the suspension system after every 80k to 90k which makes this car quite expensive to maintain properly....
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Strategy and Environment of Grand Mets
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This paper "Strategy and Environment of Grand Mets" focuses on the fact that Grand Mets was lead by Allan Sheppard and has witnessed significant grown since its inauguration in 1993.... According to balance sheet figures, net fixed assets of the company when it started were worth 22421 million pounds....
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Impact of External Environment on Apple Operations
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This marketing audit analyzes the impact of external environment on Apple operations by reflecting the current market situation of the company.... This market audit that identifies weaknesses, opportunities and current market situation.... ... ... Based on the above analyzes, the author concludes that for a company to employ effective marketing strategies, is fundamental to emulate a market audit....
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Assessing the Macro Environment of Wal-Mart
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From the paper "Assessing the Macro Environment of Wal-Mart" it is clear that the company enjoys a strong financial base which has ensured its dominant position in the retail market.... The company has utilized its resources properly to sustain growth in the long run.... .... ... ... The stock price of the company reached a very high level that surpassed the price level of the last 12 years....
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Science Fiction Project
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2 year old Clare in her small trailer house began to wonder the change in the weather of Southern Rocky mountains of Colorado.... Clare could feel the presence and the change, and the inevitable was not a likable prospect; a coming of danger she sensed at all times....
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Representation of North America in the Films of Santiago Alvarez
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The film calls for change by people standing up to protect their civil rights.... The civil rights violations shown in this film center around racism shown by North Americans.... However, we realize that the mainstream Western media represents North Americans as openly accepting indigenous communities and absolving them from any blame in racism.... However, we note that Santiago also portrays some of the North Americans as willing to take action against vices such as racism and general abuse of people's civil rights....
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