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Communicative Rationality and the Life-World
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The paper "Communicative Rationality and the Life-World" highlights that despite the awareness of the children as regards the local environment, and their ability to negotiate the rules of engagement with teachers and administrators, what is missing according to Giddens.... ... ... ... The unintended consequences of the structure that Willis's research gives voice includes the lads taking up unskilled, and unrewarding jobs that unintentionally reproduce some of the features of the capitalist labour system....
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The Most Corrupt Countries
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The following coursework "The Most Corrupt Countries" touches upon the fact that corruption exists in places where 'temptation meets permissiveness.... As temptation comes in the form of huge sums of money, the degree of permissiveness determines the level as to which temptation will be seized.... ....
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Levis Strategy and Marketing
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The paper "Levi's Strategy and Marketing" states that Levis introduced the blue jeans to the world and continues to serve its consumers across nations.... The company has been very adaptive to the changing market conditions and the demands of the consumers.... ... ... ... It is quite essential to state that the changing economic environment in the US forced Levis to outsource or contract out its production to countries where labor was cheap....
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Economic Portfolio - Development economics
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The fundamental premise of microcredit is that people can improve their incomes through hard work if given small loans to strengthen their businesses.... This premise has been proven true by millions of borrowers who are now building their tiny businesses, supporting their.... ... ... These borrowers are actively changing the futures of their families instead of begging or waiting for the next instalment of charity aid, which may never come. ...
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Japanese laws promote the racist treatment and cultural genicided of minorities living in Japan
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There are many diverse populations of ethnic and minority groups living throughout Japan.... Those of Korean and Taiwanese descent make up the largest group, followed by Chinese.... Others come from the Philippines, Brazil, Peru and even the United States.... ... ... ... Some become citizens, some obtain work visas and still others never obtain work visas as the lengthy application process would prevent them from working in Japan entirely....
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The Importance of Financial Intermediation in Economic Growth
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This paper "The Importance of Financial Intermediation in Economic Growth" presents financial intermediaries that include banks, mutual funds, investment companies, or insurance companies that serve to connect the two sectors and made investments easier.... ... ... ... With the world turning into a small global village and the advent of new technologies, business opportunities around the world have turned to take an upward surge....
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Globalisation and the Mass Media
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This discussion deals with the assignment regarding Globalisation.... The question selected for this essay is the Question 10: Outline and discuss how 'localisation' and globalisation fit together.... Provide examples from a country or sector of your choice.... .... ... ... The emphasis of the essay is on how multinational companies have adapted to the host country (India) and met the challenges of 'localisation' being agents of globalisation....
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McDonalds Influence over the World
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The paper "McDonald's Influence over the World" discusses that McDonaldization is similar to the concept of Ford's general assembly line wherein rationality was used.... Both have influenced societies across the world because of the rationality they provided in their system.... ... ... ... The early start of globalization may have also contributed to McDonaldization since it opened the door for McDonald's to expand to one country, and to another, and another, and until it conquered the world....
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An Aspect of Resuscitation Practice
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The paper "An Aspect of Resuscitation Practice" discusses that the prognosis for the in-hospital resuscitation is definitely better, as the patient is immediately provided with the defibrillator shock and injectable medicines, like adrenaline, besides receiving a proper resuscitation.... ... ... ...
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Preparations for the Beijing 2008 Olympics
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In the following paper 'Preparations for the Beijing 2008 Olympics,' the author describes the preparation of the mega-event which was conducted in 2008 at different venues in Beijing.... The great Olympic Games were scheduled to be held between 8-24 August.... ... ... ... The author of the paper states that the main theme of the organizers of this time's Olympics is 'Green Olympics' and considerable emphasis is being given upon sustainable development....
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Business Training Program
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This report called "Business Training Program" is split into five sections of which the first outlines the terms of reference and the assumptions that have been made regarding the situation of the company.... The second section introduces the training program which is to be used for the needs of the organisation....
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Gender, Culture and Technology
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From the paper "Gender, Culture and Technology" it is clear that computer science curricula have traditionally been oriented on the basis of male 'fascinations' with the aspects of the subject that may appeal to women students being largely ignored (Enderton, 2003, pp.... 23).... ... ... ... The consistent low representation of women in computing and in computer science programs in universities could not only be the result of women adopting to the socially constructed gender of the field but could also involve broader differences in approaches such as the computer science curricula oriented in a manner that could be more suited to men....
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Theoretical Aspects of the Phenomenon of Child Soldiers and Scientific Issues Related to It
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The author states that the phenomenon of child soldiers changes the dynamics of modern conflicts.... Any organization using child soldiers has a low-cost way to generate force.... Groups with child soldiers pose considerable military threats that can terrorize and disrupt civil society.... ... ... ...
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What were Peron's economical and political polices and why did they fail‏
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The ruling period of Peron lasted from 1946 to 1955 and then there was a brief period from 1973-1974 when he was finally assassinated.... The regime of Juan Peron is still.... ... ... red as one of the most popular governments of Latin America as Peron initiated many economic as well as political initiatives which are considered as breakthrough measures for the progress and development of Argentine as a country....
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Societal Values and Mass Medias Portrayal of the Elderly
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In this paper "Societal Values and Mass Media's Portrayal of the Elderly", the question, 'how do sociological perspectives contribute to an understanding and explanation of media images of ageing and older age?... is addressed taking into consideration the theories coming from the field of sociology....
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A Psychological Anxiety Disease Panic Disorder
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The author of this paper states that Panic disorder is a psychological anxiety disease in which an individual has regular but unexplainable panic attacks at random intervals.... Panic attacks are reactions to extreme stress or anxiety.... ... ... ... They occur among 9% to 14% of the population....
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Comic Book as History
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The author of this coursework "Comic Book as History" describes key features of comic books.... This paper outlines positive responses, a comparison of different types of comics, characterization of fictional characters.... ... ... ... These superhero comic books also dwell on typical formula of action, fight scenes, and incredible powers while the adorable comic books have simple storylines that are sugar-coated for kids....
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The Role of International Credit in Contemporary Economies
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The term paper "The Role of International Credit in Contemporary Economies" states that Credit refers to a borrowed amount of money or the potential of an entity (whether an individual or an economy) to loan money.... In accounting terms of bank, it refers to positive cash entries.... .... ... ... When money is exchanged across countries essentially for the use of one or more countries, we may call this international credit....
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Food poisoning and skin abscess: Staphylococcus aureus
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Staphylococcus aureus exist everywhere: in air, dust, water, food or on food equipment, humans, and animals.... Staphylococcus aureus is a commensal bacteria that resides in the nose and other parts of the body like the groin and gastrointestinal tract.... .... ... ... The abscess in Mr.... T's skin was caused by the localized infection of Staphylococcus aureus....
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Russian Politics - Instructions attached
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The Russian Federation despite formally gaining its independence from the Soviet Union in December 1991 stuttered through to the end of the decade despite grave economic, political, and social problems, which President Yeltsin seemed incapable of dealing with.... .... ... ... The Soviet Union had an economic system that proved to be highly ineffective, with the black market frequently providing essentials as well as luxury items....
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Supply Chain Management of Dunkin Donuts
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This thesis would present the overall picture and working structure of the supply chain management of one of the most famous brands of the world, that is, Dunkin Donuts.... Dunkin Donuts is famous for providing coffee and freshly baked products.... ... ... ... Supply Chain Management (SCM) can be understood as the cycle of procedures which provides the evaluation of the finances flow, product flow and information flow of the materials of the company which moves in a specific process to provide information starting from the supplier to manufacturer, manufacturer to wholesaler, wholesaler to retailer, and finally from retailer to the customer....
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Handling the Marketing Needs of PDR Hotels and Resorts to Increase Annual Profit Gains
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The "Handling the Marketing Needs of PDR Hotels to Increase Annual Profit Gains" paper states that the PDR Hotels and Resorts has again been presented as a well-diversified chain of operations that simply aim to provide diversified clients with the services that they need from the organization.... ....
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Explanatory of The Inheritance of Loss by Kiran Desai
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This second novel by Kiran Desai drips with the theme of colonial mentality – of ignoring one's cultural roots and looking over the fence to seemingly greener pastures of other cultures.... This is a story of exiles at home and abroad, of families broken and fixed, of love.... ... ... Desai's characters effectively depict varying kinds and levels of discontent at their own personhoods....
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Does Use an Electronic Health Record Increase the Risk of Breach of Privacy to Clients
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From the paper "Does Use an Electronic Health Record Increase the Risk of Breach of Privacy to Clients" it is clear that confidentiality in case of the health professionals and providers impose the duty to protect the information related to the health of a patient.... .... ... ... Hospital Management Regulations under the Public Hospitals Act states: 'Except as required by law or as provided in this section, no board shall permit any person to remove, inspect or receive information from medical records or from notes, charts and other materials relating to patient care....
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Zora Neale Hurston and Her Importance to American Literature
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The paper "Zora Neale Hurston and Her Importance to American Literature" highlights that despite all the hostilities Zora went on writing, almost without any expectations from her literary career.... She kept on writing only out of her love for writing.... ... ... ... The quality factor between man and women also receive the attention of cultural feminists from an economic, political and legal perspective but their main aim is to define feminism in terms of women empowerment, 'judging their success by the extent to which women have imposed their values on society....
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HMV Group's Strategy
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The paper 'HMV Group's Strategy' finds out the company's need to diversify its businesses, to cut costs, to establish a stronger reputation, to struggle with potential threats from retailers who are selling media products, traditional CD, books and DVD format online for a per-download price.... ... ...
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English as a Foreign Language in the Saudi Schools
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This paper 'English as a Foreign Language in the Saudi Schools' aims to measure and discuss the attitudes of Saudi students studying in the city of Brighton, England towards the policy of teaching English as a foreign language in Saudi elementary state schools by eliciting their views.... ... ... ...
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Definition and Meaning the Pains of Imprisonment
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This paper "Definition and Meaning the Pains of Imprisonment " looks at the very basis of the pains of imprisonment and how men and women experience this issue in wholly different ways and means.... This is because imprisonment basically has more of a mental strain than a physical one.... .... ... ...
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Is a 'Surveillance Society inevitable in the age of new media
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As Putnam suggested, in recent times, a comprehensive scholarly as well as eminent elucidation has developed around evident turn-downs in multi-ethnic social contribution, chiefly in the developed countries (Putnam, 2000).... Various scholars.... ... ... te anxiety about the fact that whatever sense of a communal field or civil society which witnessed its presence in the past times, is providing with a route to a new-fangled trend of social autonomy as well as distrust....
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Pipilotti RIst: Looking at Feminism with the help of Laura Mulvey
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He describes that the world of cinema is expanded as it does not only encompass the movie that plays in the theatre but anything.... ... ... So the videos, screens of computers, videogames, cameras, calculators, television etc form the elements called as expanded cinemas (Marchessault & Lord p....
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Application of Mass Media Theories
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The researcher of the following paper states that Sarah Palin and Hilary Clinton ran for public office in the US Presidential elections last year and then a lot of hype and media coverage was done for both women in order to create their image to the voting public as potential leaders.... ... ... ...
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Consumer Integrated Marketing Communications Campaign
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This paper "Consumer Integrated Marketing Communications Campaign" aims to create a model that visualises the steps for a consumer campaign, showing what factors influence each step.... Relevant pieces of literature are consulted in order to come up with a model.... .... ... ... The segment's behaviour regarding the decision to purchase the brand is an important consideration in all the aspects of communicating the brand's positioning....
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Heritage tourism - The city Bath
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This research study talks about urban tourism by specifically considering the heritage tourism in the Bath City.... The theories and concepts section discusses the different urban tourism concepts and their implications to the city of Bath.... .... ... ... The city of Bath has been renowned as a World Heritage Site since 1987; therefore, it attracts million of tourists every year....
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Contamination and Remediation
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This paper highlights that the term 'Bioremediation' is used for a low-cost technology, that uses microorganisms and plants to clean up soil contaminated with heavy metals and organic contaminants for example solvents, explosives, crude oil, and toxic compounds from the contaminated environments....
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What Caused the Present Economic Recession
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The author of the following paper states that an economic recession is a phase in the business cycle where a slowdown of the economic activity occurs.... Every economy experiences the peaks and bottoms of a business cycle that brings about wide fluctuations in the various macroeconomic indicators....
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Elegy in Sylvia Plaths Poetry
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The author analyzes the poetry of Sylvia Plath and concludes that she died in her poetry, and with her death, she has achieved immortality putting in place women's equal rightful claim to a genre long possessed by men.... With her poetry, Plath has shown us the painful ironies of life.... .... ... ...
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Politics and Religion in Turkey
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The paper 'Politics and Religion in Turkey' evaluates a country of strategic importance because of its geographic location between Asia and Europe.... Even though Turkey is a secular democratic state, the prominence of Islamic religion forced outsiders to be suspicious about the nature of democracy....
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Feminism and Female consciousness
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The writer of this paper aims to compare and contrast feminism and female consciousness.... In order to describe his arguments, the writer uses various references to particular case studies.... Additionally, the paper reveals some history of women movements.... ... ... ... Analyzing the pages of world history one can find that the world turned for centuries during the indistinguishable domination of Patriarchal society....
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Organized Crime in Cuba
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The study 'Organized Crime in Cuba' is set out to discuss organized crime in detail and it will focus on the Cuban context.... There will be a comprehensive answer to the question, 'To what extent did organized crime utilize casinos to control the nation of Cuba prior to the communist revolution?...
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The Causes of the Vietnam War
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This paper 'The Causes of the Vietnam War' will explore in detail the various factors that led to the Vietnam War.... The previous outline of the developments that led to the upheaval was just a generalized event, each of which has their underlying variables.... ... ... ... This paper will cover the factors starting from the French colonization and management of Indochina, the Ho Chi Minh independence movement, the American intervention, and the role played by the Soviet Union and China....
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The Characteristics of Main Modes of Transport in India and Australia
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This paper attempts to highlight the characteristics of main modes of transport in India and Australia and investigates to the reason behind the difference in transport modes.... Several aspects have considered for the comparison between these countries such as local transport system, public transport....
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E-Business of Amazon
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The author states that Amazon.... om has a monopoly in the online book business.... It expanded to other areas also.... Because of scientific management techniques, Amazon succeeded in keeping its monopoly intact so far though competitors like eBay, Columbia etc are trying to shake the monopoly of Amazon....
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Baby Boomers are a Viable Market
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The author describes the Baby Boomers, a generation of Americans who represent one of the largest segments of the population, comprising 25 percent of the population.... Today's baby boomers are active and dedicated to exploring their interests now that they have the time through early retirement....
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Has Globalization Affected the Global/National/Local Natural Environment
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This essay talks about globalization which has brought finesse to the world's business operations and realms for quite a while now.... This has happened due to a number of reasons – most of which have benefited the business environment in essence.... .... ... ... According to the report globalization has touched upon issues which were considered indiscernible in the recent past, and thus proper manifestation has been laid on the fact that globalization comprises of all such activities and undertakings which usually determine the benefits that will come about for the sake of the different stakeholders....
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Effective Managment of Change
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The researcher of this paper will make an earnest attempt to discuss the situation where a sudden and unexpected (as far as the teaching staff is concerned) change has occurred which significantly redefines their working conditions with HMP Durham.... .... ... ... According to the findings, it can, therefore, be said that the changes to take place in the OLASS of HMP Durham will impact upon the teaching staff....
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Key Challenges Faced in the Management of Leisure and Tourism Impacts on the Environment
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The purpose of this paper is to summarise some of the key challenges that managers have to confront while managing leisure and tourism impacts on the environment.... The paper includes specific recommendations to better manage leisure and tourism's impacts on the environment.... ... ... ... A tourist destination is not only a geographical place, but it is also an integration of products, services, natural resources, built environment, artificial elements and information that attracts a number of visitors to a place (Bieger, 1998)....
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Changes that Need to Make in Columbus Ohio as a Community
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This paper ''Changes that Need to Make in Columbus Ohio as a Community'' tells that The capital of the State of Ohio is Columbus, situated at the eastern edge of the Midwest.... In 1812 an Act of the Ohio General Assembly established the site for the capital city, and by 2000, it was the fifteenth largest city in the country....
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Marketing Principles of Virgin Atlantic
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From this research it is clear that Virgin Atlantic has pulled a number of marketing stunts and has engaged in marketing strategies that left other companies perplexed.... The success of the marketing strategies adopted by Virgin Atlantic is reflected on the Company's financial documents.... ... ...
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A Companion to Business Ethics
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The paper emphasizes business ethics which refers to a form of professional conduct, which focuses on moral principles.... The ethics are relevant to workers and employers' conduct.... It is imperative to note that, the business ethics consists of both the expressive and normative dimensions.... ...
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Communication Networks
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This paper ''Communication Networks '' tells that the communication networks of ancient empires played a pivotal role in the establishment and development of imperial authority, as well as international trade amongst the civilizations.... ... ... ... Ancient empires such as China, Persia, Rome and Greece all made extensive use of writing in terms of the collection and dispersal of information, thereby developing a momentous postal and transmission system through which messages were conveyed....
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