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The Concept of Conspicuous Consumption Introduced by Thorstein Veblen
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This in the current period has been known to be a major part of the nation's economy (Frank, 1985a).... From the paper "The Concept of Conspicuous Consumption Introduced by Thorstein Veblen" it is clear that the author agrees with the theory by Veblen, and to the fact that the change has been there, however, it has been for the better and the world has changed and developed a great deal since his theory....
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Challenges and Opportunities for Women Entrepreneurs
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Unlocking the full potential of women in the US economy.... This essay explores the organizational benefits of developing and promoting women.... It enhances their productivity, financial performance, and competitive advantage.... Women actively seek for economic advancement especially through the establishment of their own businesses....
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Developing Countries and Deflation
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If there is any empirical basis on the notion of China's alleged spread of deflation, would it not be reasonable to suggest that the rest of the BRICs could have the same effect on the world's economy This paper aims to examine if such generalization regarding deflation shifting could indeed be applied to all of the BRICs as the world's largest developing countries....
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IMF Reforms since 1998
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The reforms were also introduced for purposes of minimizing the damage that financial crisis have on an individual economy.... "IMF Reforms since 1998" ppaer describes reforms by the IMF that were grouped into three categories: '1) international financial crisis prevention; 2) international financial crisis management; 3) role in economic development and its relationship to the world bank'....
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Fixed Assets and Depreciation for a Company
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This has helped to ensure that the financials are better presented and has helped the economy to ensure that the mechanism is as per the requirements.... The paper ''Fixed Assets and Depreciation for a Company'' is a wonderful example of Finance & Accounting essay.... Asset has been defined as anything tangible or intangible which can be possessed and helps in the generation of economic value is being termed as assets....
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The Cold War Impact
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characterized by economic growth and prosperity that led to its dominance in the global economy to date, in addition to, strengthening and positioning the U.... The essay 'The Cold War Impact ' examines the numerous consequences of the Cold War for the major global superpowers such as the United States and Russia or the formal Soviet Union, which took place from 1946 to the late 1980s....
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The Effects of the Treaty of Versailles on the United States
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-9) and reasonably considered that only country with healthy economy tied by strong trade-based relationships could effectively fulfill such mission.... From the paper "The Effects of the Treaty of Versailles on the United States" it is clear that despite the failure to get the best for the United States, one should also remember the huge amount of controversies and complexities created by the global war....
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Deregulation of Aviation in the Commercial Airline Industry
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Legacy carriers will use network hubs and point-to-point to capture scope and pricing advantages of economy.... This research paper discusses the airline deregulation in the commercial airline industry, that refers to the process of price and entry restrictions removal on airlines, which particularly affects the carriers that are allowed to only serve specific routes....
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Capital Investment Proposal of Mineral Plc
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There are transaction risk, translation risks and economy risks in respect of the foreign exchange dealings with the country which are potential risks the organization should consider before deciding to go with the investment proposal.... This report is an analytical summary of the proposed capital investment proposal of Mineral Plc (hereinafter referred to as the 'Company' in this report) for undertaking mining projects in Medco Republic (MR)....
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Housing Blight Problem in Michigan
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The paper "Housing Blight Problem in Michigan" states that the blight eliminating program is a crucial and a critical step was taken by the state of Michigan Jobs created through these effective community development programs will open up opportunities and training for thousands of homeless.... ... ...
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International Penology - Canadian Law
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The paper "International Penology - Canadian Law" states that Finland's welfare democracy is wrought in the Scandinavian long tradition of being humane as opposed to greedy profiteering being espoused by capitalism; the slavery mentality that is premised on profiting by disenfranchising others.... ...
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Climate Change and Emission Trading
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Governments in many developing countries and at least two industrialized countries (the United states and Australia) have, over the years involve the implicit assumption that climate change is a nuisance, that it has little or no economic costs, while doing something about climate change would have serious negative impact on the economy....
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Reasons for Crude Oil Price Drop
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It loses approximately $2 billion in revenues per dollar fall in the prices of oil and this is likely to shrink Russia's economy if the prices fail to recover.... This paper ''Reasons for Crude Oil Price Drop'' tells that Crude oil is a determinant of economic progress.... This means that the fluctuating price per barrel is important not only to oil dealers but also to nations....
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Chinas Financial Allocation to Education
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This approach aids in dealing with the piling pressure of ecological issues that arise alongside the China's rapidly expanding economy.... This is because the UK's economy was in turmoil and still willing aid the education systems of foreign economies.... Even though only china's most wealthy families can meet this figure, education is the third most-spent sector of the economy of China....
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Utilising a Value at Risk Methodology
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ith China's rapid transition to a modern economy, all of its business sectors and industries are undergoing dynamic changes.... This essay focuses on the analysis of the portfolio risks utilizing Value at Risk (VaR) in the context of the Chinese Stock Market.... This paper examines A-Share and B-Share market segmentation conditions by employing Value at Risk (VAR) methodology....
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Collateralized Mortgage Obligation
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The principal amount, the coupon rate, the prepayment risk, and the maturity date differ among the tranches (economy Watch, n.... Increasing credit securitization is responsible for the ill effect on society and the economy (European Central Bank, 2008).... The essay "Collateralized Mortgage Obligation" focuses on the critical analysis of the numerous valuation methodologies of prepayment speeds with Collateralized Mortgage Obligations (CMO) tranches to analyze the importance of these valuation methods....
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The Concept of Bureaucracy
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The paper "The Concept of Bureaucracy" discusses that there have been important changes in public administration.... Yet it questions the fashionable ideas that bureaucratic organization is obsolescent and that there has been a paradigmatic shift from bureaucracy to a market organization.... ... ...
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Neptune Orient Lines Limited (NOL)
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Neptune Orient Lines Limited (NOL) is a global transportation and logistics company based in Singapore.... The group has two subsidiaries, APL, which runs NOL's Liner business and APL Logistics, which is NOL's logistics arm (Third Quarter Results 2005 Media Release).... ... ... ... Like all organisations, NOL receives financial, human, material and information resources from the environment and transforms these into services for its customers (Bateman & Snell 1996, p....
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Analysis of Strategic Leadership Qualities Needed In Modern Organisations
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Modern organisations are faced with new challenges and opportunities that did not exist in the previous decades.... This dissertation will examine the role of strategic leadership and the qualities that leaders need to lead their organisations to success.... .... ... ... According to the report leadership style has assumed some element of importance and it is assumed that a leader with a certain leadership style will have certain qualities....
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Is International Relations Simply International History If Not Why
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Instructor name: Unit Name: Date: Topic:  Is International relations simply International history?... If not why?... In this modern society, individual countries face international challenges that require the attention of the international community.... ... ... ... These global challenges range from security issues, environmental issues and natural calamities that call for international aid....
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Memorandum to Canada's National Leader
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DATE: TO: CC: FROM: RE: Summary The modern Nigeria is characterized by insecurity and loss of safety within the society.... This is attributed to political, economic, religious, cultural, economic and ethnic factors which have resulted into conflicts and violence within the country.... ... ... ... There are a lot of kidnappings, robbery, killings and increasing occurrence of political assassinations in Nigeria which has resulted into a lot of insecurity....
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Integrated Reporting Framework
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Integrated Reporting Introduction Over the years companies, investors and stakeholders in companies have seen the development and implementation of various rules and subsequently the development of conceptual frameworks for the preparation and presentation of financial statements.... ... ... ... These have not just appeared over night....
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The Performance of the Banking Major of Australia and New Zealand
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The influential factors of globalization have turned the world to be a smaller place to live in.... The paper "The Performance of the Banking Major of Australia and New Zealand" portrays ANZ Bank's progress, improved to a great extent as the required changes within the system and process of the financial institution were initiated....
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International Accounting Standards Board's Importance All Across the Globe
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The paper "International Accounting Standards Board's Importance All Across the Globe" states IASB has emerged as a global answer to accounting policy discrepancies.... EU had already accepted it as their standard.... The challenge lies in its uniform implementation and proper monitoring and interpretation....
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Religion and the Workplace
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The paper focuses on an opinion that work and religion can not mix well together: that to be able to be successful professionally, one has to sacrifice one's faith or even one's morals.... However, there is a growing realization that most of the things that go wrong in business.... ... ... ... It is ironic that religion and virtue are often dismissed when talking about business and enterprise when the components that make it work such as often have the same core beliefs....
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Cross Culture Management at IKEA
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The paper "Cross Culture Management at IKEA" discusses the distinction between the concepts of 'organisational culture' and 'national culture' drawing on material from the IKEA case study for illustration.... The author of the paper also describes the human resource management of the company.... ...
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Kofi Annan and the Office of the UN Secretary General
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This paper 'Kofi Annan and the Office of the UN Secretary-General" focuses on the fact that according to article 97 of the UN charter, the UN Secretary-General, with the recommendation of the Security Council, is selected by the General Assembly for five years term.... .... ... ... There is no obligation that Secretary-General would be appointed only for one term....
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Alliances and the Airline Industry
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This essay "Alliances and the Airline Industry" discusses the extent to which alliances have become a characteristic of the airline industry.... An alliance is an agreement between two or more parties, made to advance common goals and secure, common interests.... ... ... ... Alliances make business sense motivated by cost reduction and improved services to customers among other factors....
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Logistic and Global Supply Chain Management Marks and Spencer
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This assignment "Logistic and Global Supply Chain Management Marks and Spencer" outlines and explains the different measures and steps taken by the management of M&S to change the clothing business and supply chain strategy in order to remain competitive in the industry.... ... ... ... It is important for the organizations operating in the fashion clothing industry to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the overall supply chain in order to make sure that they are able to respond on time to the changing needs and demands of the customers (Tokatli, Wrigley, & Kizilgün, 2008)....
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Self-Assessment of the Investigation
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The author of the "Self-Assessment of the Investigation" paper states that he/she has faced several difficulties and made lots of mistakes, the author realized that from the next time, she/he has to be more conscious about the methods and results and try to enhance his/her capabilities and skills....
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To what extent have the Millennium Development Goals been a success
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The United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), are development goals established after the United Nations Millennium Summit is the year 2000.... This was after adopting U.... s Millennium Declaration.... The 189 members of the United Nations together with about 23 other.... ... ... The goals are to be achieved by the year 2015....
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Leadership style in Joothor Development Services
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The center of this research will be on Juthoor Development services discussing the type of leadership styles and strategies applied in the company.... Further focus will then be on team leadership which is practiced in Juthoor Development services.... ... ... ... This leadership project epitomizes on effective leadership styles in modern organizations....
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Culture Shock Among International Students At Glasgow College
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Moving from one's place of familiarity to a completely new region where things are done very different presents various difficulties.... The paper "Culture Shock Among International Students At Glasgow College" analyzes aspects of the influence of culture shock on the students at Glasgow.... ... ...
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Ways of Motivating Workforce and Its Benefits to a Company
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This essay focuses on changing the management system by focusing on employ motivation in an organizational environment in order to meet the business objectives.... Therefore, most human resources managers are nowadays committed to creating organizational change through creating employee loyalty....
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Computer Dependency
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This paper "Computer Dependency" discusses the technology that is advancing at a tremendous speed globally and both individuals and organizations are trying to cope with the emerging challenges arising from significant changes in the technology industry.... ... ... ... People of all ages have started embracing the use of computers at an alarming rate to keep pace with technology advancements and to accomplish different tasks that were traditionally performed by manual methods....
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The Attitude of Chinese Youngsters to the Classical Music Phenomenon
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The paper "The Attitude of Chinese Youngsters to the Classical Music" argues that western classical music attracts the Chinese due to a stable system of values.... Integration of music into Chinese conservative culture reminds an exchange of values.... ... ... ... Music has been one of the most essential parts of art and culture in almost all societies and regions of the world for centuries; it is therefore it is aptly regarded as the food for heart and soul....
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A Strategic Analysis of Continental Airlines
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This case study "A Strategic Analysis of Continental Airlines" discusses CAL that needs to build its strength through its workforce.... The company should recognize that its human resource serves as strategic partners which propel the organization into its intended destination.... ... ... ... Since the owners are often responsible in financing the different strategies pursued by a business organization, this puts pressure on CAL to improve its financial performance and choose strategic directions which will maximize shareholder wealth....
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Effectiveness of Advertisement in Automobile Industry
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This paper "Effectiveness of Advertisement in Automobile Industry" describes the marketing approach of the automobile makers BMW and Audi.... They make use of numerous platforms, tools, and tactics used in the marketing of various brands to adequately serve in filtering the target audience.... ... ...
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Sources of Law in England and Wales
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The paper "Sources of Law in England and Wales" highlights that English law is developed from four sources that work interactively with each other although with the European law and ECHR, which are external sources, taking precedence over the Statute and Common law.... ... ... ... The UK Parliament ratified the ECHR among several other treaties, which means that its processes of legislation and making decisions regarding human rights are governed by it....
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Value Chain - Tesco
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From the paper "Value Chain - Tesco" it is clear that the company's administration has also claimed that the company would continue this practise in order to provide proper meat to their customers and the costs of carrying out the procedures would be borne by the company itself.... ... ... ... Tesco is a United Kingdom-based multinational grocery and general goods retailer....
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The European Union, TAFTA and NAFTA
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"The European Union, TAFTA and NAFTA" paper explores the socio-political backgrounds of these organizations.... The E.... .... NAFTA (The North American Free Trade Agreement ) and TAFTA(Transatlantic Free Trade Area) are dedicated to eliminating barriers to trade between member countries or partners....
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Business Process Re-Engineering
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The paper "Business Process Re-Engineering" discusses that Hallmark was spending 3 years to bring a new product to the market and after the company had identified new markets, the executive arm of the company was faced with a new challenge of getting the product to the market faster.... ... ... ... Business Process Reengineering (BPR) is widely used in various organizations in the world....
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Basic Precautions in Entering into Negotiation
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The paper "Basic Precautions in Entering into Negotiation" discusses that because countries have their own trade regulations and principles, it is important for parties in any international trade and engaging in contracts of sale to have a well-defined choice of law that will bind transactions.... ...
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Environmental Ethics in Volkswagen
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The paper "Environmental Ethics in Volkswagen" is a perfect example of an ethics case study.... Corporate scandals are becoming a global issue in a contemporary society marked by frequent unethical practices in organizations.... .... ... ... The paper "Environmental Ethics in Volkswagen" is a perfect example of an ethics case study....
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Importance of Big Data in the Modern World
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The paper "Importance of Big Data in the Modern World" states that business operations are conducted with better risk management approaches.... Furthermore, businesses are able to conduct their operations effectively in accordance with electronic market conditions and customers' requirements.... ...
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Christianity: Protestantism and Catholics
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"Christianity: Protestantism and Catholics" paper argues that both the Catholics and Protestants explored the world, in order to spread Christianity to other countries.... However, there was a stiff competition between these two sections.... Christianity was spread tremendously, during the colonial period....
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Wolverhampton: A Car-Free City, Myth or Possibility
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This report "Wolverhampton: A Car-Free City, Myth or Possibility" discusses sustainable mobility that is quite relevant in the current generation as it helps to check the impact of the environment as a result of the transport means as a pollutant.... ... ... ... In the current world trends cities are being redeveloped in order to put into consideration the conservation of the environment....
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General Coffee Consumption in the World
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The paper "General Coffee Consumption in the World" highlights that customer satisfaction is a critical driver in the coffee market.... Value addition coupled with the integration of other services such as sell of music and food with coffee has proved essential in the UK market.... ... ... ... Ryding (2011) notes that customer satisfaction is considered to be an essential competitive factor and a significant indicator of a firm's profit since it is directly related to the return on investment (ROI) and market value....
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How a New Container Terminal Is Influenced by the External Environment in Which They Wish to Operate
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"How a New Container Terminal Is Influenced by the External Environment in Which They Wish to Operate" paper focuses on a facility where cargo containers are transshipped between different transport vehicles, for better transportation.... Maritime container terminals tend to be part of a larger port....
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21st Century Work Skills and Learning Environment
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The paper "21st Century Work Skills and Learning Environment" is a perfect example of an essay on education.... Comparing my current learning environment and the traditional learning environment shows a significant shift in the 21st century.... ... ... ... Indeed, as Bodey et al.... (2016), observes, greater speed, collaboration, and information sharing characterize today's learning environment....
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