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  • Child Development Case Study

    Child Development Case Study

    Is it right to tell an adult if you know that a friend is about to commit a crime? While you ponder on this question about morality. Imagined that the child who’s willing to commit the crime is your child and the one person that might be the only witness to the crime is your child best friend. This is my case study about a nine year old boy who faces his own moral dilemma

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    Submitted: March 3, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Cultural Study on Mexican Americans

    Cultural Study on Mexican Americans

    Mexico Mexico is 1,972,550 sq km just south of the United States, this equates to roughly less than 3 times the size of Texas. Mexico is classed as a member of Latin American nations and part of the North American Continent; not South America as often thought. Mexico is located in Middle America and is bordered by the United States, Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, Belize, North Pacific Ocean, and Guatemala. The climate of Mexico

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    Essay Length: 395 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 3, 2010 By: Top
  • Daewoo Case Study

    Daewoo Case Study

    BACKGROUND In the late 1990s, the leading South Korean car manufacturer, Daewoo Motors (Daewoo), was in deep financial trouble. For the financial year ending 1999-2000, Daewoo generated revenues of $197.8 million and a net loss after tax of $10.43 billion (13.7 trillion won). The company's revenues had dropped by 94% since 1999. The loss reported was also three times higher than that reported in 1999, and was ranked as South Korea's largest ever corporate loss.

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    Submitted: March 3, 2010 By: July
  • Child Study

    Child Study

    Introduction/Background of Child The student I observed is a Hispanic, male age 9 who is autistic. For the sake of this observation I will refer to him as "Kevin". I selected this student because I work very closely with him on a daily basis. I also felt that this would be a great way for me to learn more about my student. Kevin is about 48" inches tall and about 60 pounds in weight. He

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    Essay Length: 264 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: March 4, 2010 By: Stenly
  • What Is Literature and Why Study Literature

    What Is Literature and Why Study Literature

    What is Literature? Why Study Literature? At often times, literature is thought of as lackluster works and long books and passages. People often think that literature is one thing, not knowing that it is in actuality composed of several elements that we all use in our daily lives. In order to get a clear understanding of exactly what literature is, we must first identify the definition. According to Merriam- Webster, literature is defined as the

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    Submitted: March 4, 2010 By: Yan
  • Raymond James Case Study

    Raymond James Case Study

    Brian Wirz What is a broker/dealer? Types A broker/dealer is an intermediary in which investors purchase financial assets such as stocks, bonds, and mutual funds, as well as services such as financial planning, retirement, etc. Different types included “wirehouses,” which were the biggest firms that did business on a national, and often global, basis. There were also independent brokers who weren’t members of the NYSE. Lastly there were “regional” broker/dealers who had the same product

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    Submitted: March 4, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Mutual Life Canada Case Study

    Mutual Life Canada Case Study

    Overview: Mutual Life is one of Canada’s largest insurers which served approximately 1.35 million people in 9,600 groups in Canada and the northern United States. It has five divisions each headed by a senior or executive vice-president which includes the Group Division headed by Alex Brown, senior vice-president. It specialized in employee group benefit programs such as life, health, rehabilitation, and pension products. In August, 1992, Mutual Life’s Group Division developed a service that offered

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    Submitted: March 4, 2010 By: Jon
  • Case Study Review - Reviving an Ancient Therapy to Manage Chronic Pain

    Case Study Review - Reviving an Ancient Therapy to Manage Chronic Pain

    Title: Reviving an Ancient Therapy to Manage Chronic Pain Reference: Podiatry Today, December 2003, pg. 46-53 Author: Nicholas A Grumbine, DPM Rating: 4/5 Abstract Objective: This article was written to increase people’s awareness of leech therapy in healthcare to manage chronic pain. Case studies on were designed to determine whether leeching would improve chronic pain in a safe and effective manner. Background: Chronic pain results when there is delayed healing. Grumbine claims that chronic pain

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    Submitted: March 4, 2010 By: Mike
  • Canon, Inc. Case Study

    Canon, Inc. Case Study

    Executive Summary Canon, Inc. rose from a small Japanese company to a major part of the photocopier market and a challenger of Xerox through its company values and strategies. The company’s CEO always had the future of the company in mind and never lost sight of the company’s long term goals as they began to produce a small, cheaper photocopier. One of Canon's main strategies was to decentralize the organization by creating individual business units.

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    Essay Length: 2,117 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: March 4, 2010 By: Mike
  • Palm Case Study

    Palm Case Study

    1) What did Palm do to create a winner-take-all market for itself? Ans. After only 18 months on the market, Palm shipped its one-millionth unit in late 1997, breaking an industry record for the fastest time to one million units for any computer hardware product. At the end of 1997, Palm held more than two-thirds of the market. While 500,000 Windows CE based devices were shipped to retailers of distributors in 1997, only about half

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    Submitted: March 4, 2010 By: Janna
  • Chicano Movement

    Chicano Movement

    More than a century of prejudice against one of the largest minority residing in the United States that continues today. To these days Hispanics are targets of discrimination and are not offer equal opportunities in jobs and education. The roots of discrimination go back to the end of the Mexican War when thousands of Mexicans became American citizens overnight. The sign of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo not only transfer land to the United States

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    Essay Length: 1,264 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: March 5, 2010 By: Steve
  • Case Study Leonardo Bridge Project

    Case Study Leonardo Bridge Project

    When Leonardo da Vinci designed a 240 meters bridge it would have been the longest bridge in the world. His plan was ambitious. In 1502, a skeptical sultan rejected Leonardo's design as impossible, but 300 years civilization finally embraced the engineering principle - arches as supports - underlying the construction. The bridge has been constructed, in Norway. Now instead of spanning the Bosporus , his visionary creation was destined to span 500 years as a

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    Submitted: March 5, 2010 By: Max
  • Ups-Hp Case Study

    Ups-Hp Case Study

    TABLE OF CONTENTS Page 2 Executive summary Page 3 Introduction Page 4 Main supply chain issues within the Hewlett Packard-UPS case study Page 6 Strategies for the future Page 8 Conclusion 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The concept of supply chain is tightly linked to the concept of collaboration. A supply chain by nature involves the interaction of two or more firms, sharing resources, risks and capabilities and jointly working to achieve higher business performance. Therefore, companies

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    Submitted: March 5, 2010 By: regina
  • Study of the Ballistic Pendulum

    Study of the Ballistic Pendulum

    Introduction: The study of the ballistic pendulum began with Benjamin Robins in the early 1700’s. Robins was an English mathematician and writer on ballistics, and used this testing apparatus for the evaluation of the strength of gunpowder and the measurement of air resistance (Calvert, 2006). At the time of the American Revolution a loyalist named Benjamin Thompson also utilized and expanded the use to the ballistic pendulum. He further evaluated the efficiency of gunpowder. He

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    Submitted: March 5, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Biology Study Guide

    Biology Study Guide

    UNIT I CHEMISTRY/BIOCHEMISTRY I. CHEMISTRY: THE BASIS FOR LIFE A. ELEMENTS Almost everything around us can be broken down into simpler substances. These substances can be further broken down into other simpler substances. There is a point where substances can no longer be broken down into other substances while keeping their characteristic properties. These substances are called elements. There are currently 106 named elements (92 naturally occurring), but this number is increasing because more man

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    Submitted: March 5, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Comparison of Behaviorist and Psychoanalysts on Obesity, Lack of Interest in Study

    Comparison of Behaviorist and Psychoanalysts on Obesity, Lack of Interest in Study

    Both the Psychoanalysts and the Behaviorist believe that all humans have needs. They also believe that humans (organisms) work to satisfy their needs. One such need is food. Hull a behaviorist theorist “acknowledged that people do not just have needs they have what he called cravings, which are desires for reinforcement even when they do not satisfy a need.” (Funder, pg.412) Taking this into consideration, it is possible for one to say that a

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    Submitted: March 6, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Ford Case Study

    Ford Case Study

    The main points of the case study are:- . Ford Motor Co. has continuously been number 2 to General Motors Corp. in the automotive industry. . Ford's CEO in 1999, Jacques Nasser tried to push IT in the automotive industry, but failed at most of the attempts, causing a major loss to the company. . Nasser introduced cars high in technology, looking to make more money on service fees. . Nasser also created the Wingcast

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    Submitted: March 6, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • Case Study of Jp Morgan

    Case Study of Jp Morgan

    J.P. Morgan John Pierpont Morgan is considered one of the founding fathers of the modern United States economy. He was an industrial genius that is accredited with the founding of many companies including General Electric and AT&T. However, Pierpont is looked upon as a saint and demon the same. He received a honorary degree from Harvard university that read: Public citizen, patron of literature and art, prince among merchants, who by his skill, wisdom and

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    Submitted: March 6, 2010 By: Vika
  • Coca Cola Case Study

    Coca Cola Case Study

    Coca-Cola History "Coca-Cola enterprises Incorporated, employees 66,199 operates, 444 facilities, 47,235 vehicles, 1.9 million pieces of cold drink equipment and sold 3.8billion unit cases in 46 states in the united states, all 10 provinces of Canada and portions of Europe including Belgium, France, Great Britain, Luxembourg and the Netherlands" (Coca-Cola facts 99). An, Atlanta Pharmacist Dr. John Slyth Pemberton founded Coca-Cola on May 8, 1886. The caramel colored ingredients, Coca leaves and kola nuts. Later

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    Essay Length: 3,968 Words / 16 Pages
    Submitted: March 6, 2010 By: regina
  • Facilitation of Workplace Training - Case Study

    Facilitation of Workplace Training - Case Study

    1 Introduction 1.1 Objective of this Proposal The objective of this training proposal is to analyse and assess the viability of the OBL Training Project with XYZ Transport. The organisation is defined in terms of its training culture and learner profile. The need for and type of training are given clear scope. The training plan section then presents two broad, alternative training options, with tentative costings, as an initial point from which to begin the

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    Submitted: March 7, 2010 By: Tommy
  • 3g Mobile Telcoms Marketing Study, Industry Overview

    3g Mobile Telcoms Marketing Study, Industry Overview

    3G Mobile Telecoms Marketing Study What is 3G? 3G - or 3rd generation - technology supports the broadband, packet-based transmission of text, multimedia data - such as audio, video and digitized voice - at a high data rate. It will greatly enhance the next generation of mobile communication services, providing always-on connectivity to phones and other wireless communications, regardless of time and place. 3G has been endorsed by major standards bodies and manufacturers. WCDMA is

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    Submitted: March 7, 2010 By: Jessica
  • Ikea Case Study

    Ikea Case Study

    Brief Overview: IKEA is a privately-held, international home products retailer that sells furniture, accessories, bathrooms and kitchens at retail stores around the world. IKEA has a total of 118,000 employees working full time as of 2007. IKEA was first incorporated in 1943 in Sweden, and was called as Ikea Svenska AB. The present name of IKEA was adopted on Sept. 1, 1990. Ingvar Feodor Kamprad is a Swedish entrepreneur who is the founder of IKEA.

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    Submitted: March 7, 2010 By: David
  • Case Study: Media Content Vs. Media Form

    Case Study: Media Content Vs. Media Form

    Case Study: Media Content or Media Form? Media effects refer to “the social, cultural, and psychological impact of communicating via the mass media (Eveland, W. 2003). The public and government officials think from the perspective of media effects when expressing concern over media violence, pornography, and advertising. Media effects can be identified using five central characteristics 1) a focus on the audience 2) some expectation of influence 3) a belief that the influence is

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    Submitted: March 7, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Effective Communication Case Study Analysis: Case 9-1 Pepsi Syringe

    Effective Communication Case Study Analysis: Case 9-1 Pepsi Syringe

    Effective Communication Case Study Analysis Case 9-1 Pepsi Syringe University of Phoenix Public Relations / MKT 438 Charles Bocage, Dean of Education, Apagy Technology Group, MBA, MSIS, TQM January 22, 2007 Effective Communication Case Study Analysis Case 9-1 There’s a Syringe in My Pepsi Can Public, private, and non-profit organizations have experienced unprecedented change. The function of public relations has gained recognition for providing appropriate counsel to organizations that need to respond to this period

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    Submitted: March 7, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Casse Study

    Casse Study

    Calvin Chaney Soc110 12May, 2004 Team Case Study My team is comprised of a group of individuals specialized in relating to people in the automobile industry, mainly car dealers. Our team’s goal is to work with dealers and to help them understand how to effectively sell vehicles, sight unseen, to internet buyers. These are buyers that will never even see the vehicle or step on the dealer’s lot. We have to teach the dealer

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    Submitted: March 7, 2010 By: Artur