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  • The Benefits of Globalization & Free Trade

    The Benefits of Globalization & Free Trade

    The trend of globalization and trade liberalization has been an extremely contentious issue for many. Politicians decry unemployment caused by Benedict Arnold CEOs shipping jobs overseas; labor leaders and environmentalists fear a degrading of worker rights and deterioration of the environment; workers worry that they will lose good paying jobs to cheap foreign labor. From a macroeconomic perspective it is necessary to examine these issues based upon what economic theory predicts and what the empirical

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    Submitted: December 11, 2009 By: Bred
  • Gang Culture (short)

    Gang Culture (short)

    Gang membership is on the rise nationwide. Why are we seeing an increase? Several reasons - 1. Identity - Kids join to be a part of something. To be known as a Crip or a Blood offers identity. 2. Recognition - Acknowledgment for 'accomplishments' that they do not receive at home. This recognition builds gangbangers’ "juice" or rep within the gang. 3. Discipline - The gang, after being 'jumped in', becomes the child’s surrogate family.

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    Essay Length: 387 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: December 12, 2009 By: Mike
  • Global Climate Change and Its Effects

    Global Climate Change and Its Effects

    Global Climate Change and its Effects A simple way to describe Global warming would be to say that it refers to an average increase in the Earth's temperature and this increase may cause changes in climate. As the Earth warms up it may lead to significant rise in sea levels, chaotic weather patterns, and catastrophic droughts. When we talk about the issue of climate change, what we are really concerned about is the global warming

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    Essay Length: 562 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 12, 2009 By: David
  • On the Meaning of Globalization

    On the Meaning of Globalization

    On the Meaning of Globalization The technological development that characterizes the past two decades has triggered a communicational enhancement around the globe. Interconnectedness between people is greater everyday; goods, services, money, and information are exchanged between the furthermost parts of the world. International travel and communication now represent ordinary aspects of life. This phenomenon is called globalization. The term entered common vocabulary in the 1980's and it grew so popular that the economic, political and

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    Essay Length: 1,828 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: December 12, 2009 By: Artur
  • Summarize and Discuss the Tensions Apparent in Contemporary Cultural and Communications Policy Debates. Include a Case Study Analysis of a Specific Policy Statement, Which Names and Discusses the Specific Rhetorical Frameworks Informing the Author's State

    Summarize and Discuss the Tensions Apparent in Contemporary Cultural and Communications Policy Debates. Include a Case Study Analysis of a Specific Policy Statement, Which Names and Discusses the Specific Rhetorical Frameworks Informing the Author's State

    First and foremost there are several approaches to the defining what is media policy. It is defined by Garnham as ‘the study of the ways in which public authorities shape, or try to shape, the structures and practices of the media…the study of the reasons for these policies, both in the sense of the reasons given by policy makers for their policies…in the sense of the economic, social, political and cultural forces to which the

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    Essay Length: 2,442 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: December 12, 2009 By: Bred
  • Global Communications Gap Analysis

    Global Communications Gap Analysis

    I am an adult learner attending Phoenix University online. My anticipated award date is July, 2008. My goal is to make a change in the Human Resources arena within Federal Government. Gap Analysis: Global Communications Cheryl W. Lawson University of Phoenix February 25, 2007 Gap Analysis: Global Communications The telecommunications industry is very competitive. Global Communications (GC) is a company in the telecommunications industry that is looking to increase its revenue, and become a global

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    Submitted: December 12, 2009 By: Steve
  • Texts in Conversation: How the New Yankee Stadium Reflects American Culture

    Texts in Conversation: How the New Yankee Stadium Reflects American Culture

    Texts in Conversation: How the New Yankee Stadium Reflects American Culture Historical: Since the late 1800’s, Baseball and the United States have had significant cultural changes and had strongly influenced each other. In it’s early forms, Baseball was a sport that was sparingly played in the New York/New Jersey region of the U.S. In 1845, Teams such as the “New York Nine” and the “Knickerbocker Club” were already beginning to play organized games of baseball

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    Submitted: December 12, 2009 By: David
  • Cultural Diversity and Business

    Cultural Diversity and Business

    In a globalized world it gets increasingly important for multinational companies to understand that cultural diversity can affect the business by building communication barriers. Cultural differences do not just mean that people speak different languages, it is also the way they think and feel and what traditions they have. Therefore we have to analyze how this diversity can influence the communication and what the consequences are. The old Japanese parable of the monkey and the

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    Submitted: December 12, 2009 By: Andrew
  • Black Leadership, Politics, and Culture in the Twentieth Century

    Black Leadership, Politics, and Culture in the Twentieth Century

    Critical Reflection “ Uplifting the Race” Black Leadership, Politics, and Culture in the Twentieth Century Uplifting the Race is a rather confusing yet stimulating study that goes over the rising idea and interests in the evolution of "racial uplift" ideology from the turn and through the twentieth century. In the first part of the book, Gaines analyzes the black elite obsession with racial uplift ideology and the tensions it produced among black intellectuals. Gaines

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    Essay Length: 1,216 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: December 12, 2009 By: Jessica
  • Cross Cultural Management Jordan

    Cross Cultural Management Jordan

    Executive summary Transjordan separated from Palestine by Britain after the World War I, gained in 1946 its independence. In 1950 it is renamed Jordan. After King Hussein’s death in 1999, his son King Abdullah II assumed the throne of this constitutional monarchy. Jordan’s ethnicity is at 98% Arab and 92% are Muslims. Jordan acceded to the World Trade Organization in 2000, and began to participate in the European Free Trade Association and had a free

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    Essay Length: 3,540 Words / 15 Pages
    Submitted: December 12, 2009 By: Anna
  • Global Communications

    Global Communications

    An industry-wide trend of declining confidence has adversely affected the telecommunications industry. Global Communications (GC) is no exception. GC has experience a decrease in stock value over the last three years from $28 per share to $11 per share. Market saturation and competitive ingenuity have stunted GC’s growth domestically. GC’s international presence is virtually nonexistent. The Senior Leadership Team has identified issues and opportunities. They have considered the perspectives of the stakeholder and ethical dilemmas

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    Essay Length: 2,715 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: December 12, 2009 By: Victor
  • Graffiti Culture

    Graffiti Culture

    I have chosen to do my essay on the sub cultural art form: Graffiti.. Graffiti though very controversial, is recognized in many circles, but different circles have different opinions of the art form, much like traditional art, we have the people who hate it and think it is a mess, and we have the people who appreciate it, in graffiti’s case, yes a lot more people hate it than appreciate it, but usually its because

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    Essay Length: 556 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 12, 2009 By: Artur
  • Culture Bound Syndrome

    Culture Bound Syndrome

    Windigo Culture Bound Syndrome (CBS) is defined by the DSM-IV as recurrent, locally specific patterns of deviant behavior and troubling experience that may or may not be linked to a particular DSM-IV diagnostic category. Such patterns of behavior are indigenously considered to be an "illness" or at least an affliction, and most have names specific to the region or culture in which they originate. Many CBSs are not literally syndromes; they are more like ways

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    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: Janna
  • Global Communication

    Global Communication

    Problem Solution: Global Communications Global Communication has been trying to pull themselves out of a financial rut over a couple of years. With joint effort with the union they were able to survive for a couple of years. But the changes that they made in the past have not yield positive results. With recent development of falling stock prices, and stakeholder concern over financial future of the company, Global is rethinking their position, and fit

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    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: David
  • Global Communications Ethical Filter Worksheet

    Global Communications Ethical Filter Worksheet

    Gap Analysis: Global Communications Technology changes every day and with those changes, should come new ideas and new services and products for each company in the telecommunications market to offer. When companies do not keep updated with the market, they will fall short, stock prices will fall and layoffs will become necessary. Global Communications was once a leader in local, long distance and international telephone markets. Stock prices were trading for $28 per share and

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    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: regina
  • Discuss the Musical Construction of at Least one Character from Wagner’s Salome.Describe How the Composer(s) Use(s) Musical Techniques to Contribute to the Construction of Your Chosen Character(s).You Should Also Consider the Cultural, Historical and Mu

    Discuss the Musical Construction of at Least one Character from Wagner’s Salome.Describe How the Composer(s) Use(s) Musical Techniques to Contribute to the Construction of Your Chosen Character(s).You Should Also Consider the Cultural, Historical and Mu

    For the purposes of this essay, I have chosen to concentrate on the characters portrayed in Richard Strauss’ 1905 opera, Salome. The majority of the attention will be placed on Salome herself, but other characters will be referred to where applicable. Before the composition of Salome, Strauss had risen to prominence through his numerous tone poems, a form established by Franz Liszt in the mid 19th century, the most notable of which are Don Juan

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    Essay Length: 2,439 Words / 10 Pages
    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: Bred
  • Braxil - Gography and Culture

    Braxil - Gography and Culture

    Brazil Geography & Culture Brazil has a rich culture and amazing geography features. Brazil is one of the largest and most populous countries in the world. It is one of the biggest countries in South America, its capital is Brasilia, and its largest city is Sao Paulo. Brazil has amazing geographic features, Sugar loaf Mountain in the city Rio de Janeiro, also the formations of limestone in the state of Minas Gerais. During the colonial

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    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: July
  • A Global Perspective on Bilingualism and Bilingual Education

    A Global Perspective on Bilingualism and Bilingual Education

    A Global Perspective on Bilingualism and Bilingual Education ________________________________________ The number of languages spoken throughout the world is estimated to be 6,000 (Grimes, 1992). Although a small number of languages, including Arabic, Bengali, English, French, Hindi, Malay, Mandarin, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish serve as important link languages or languages of wider communication around the world, these are very often spoken as second, third, fourth, or later-acquired languages. Fewer than 25% of the world's approximately 200

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    Essay Length: 622 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: Wendy
  • Customer Lifetime Value Analysis

    Customer Lifetime Value Analysis

    Q1) Less than $50 year 0 year 1 year 2 year 3 year 4 year 5 0 1 2 3 4 5 customers 4657 4046 1918 970 927 820 revenue 148278.9 151464.8 109129.4 71418.95 68788.16 58617.59 Profit (without mailing cost) 62277.13 63615.22 45834.33 29995.96 28891.03 24619.39 mailing cost 3958.45 27942 27942 27942 27942 27942 net profit 58318.68 35673.22 17892.33 2053.959 949.0272 -3322.61 discount 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 npv profit 58318.68 32430.2 14787.05 1543.17

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    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: Jessica
  • We Cannot Understand War Without Understanding Culture

    We Cannot Understand War Without Understanding Culture

    “We cannot understand war without understanding culture” “Involvement in two world wars and the Cold War transformed America into a “crusader state” convinced of the superiority of its institutions and way of life and intent on imposing them on the outside world. ” Whether fought at home or abroad every war is to impact all parties involved. Such example of staggering influence on one country’s culture is no more evident then in America’s involvement in

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    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: Mikki
  • An Analysis of the Business Cultural Issues Raised by the Article; Knowledge Transfer, Knowledge Replication, and Learning in Non-Equity Alliances: Operating Contractual Joint Ventures in China (wang, Y. Nicholas, S. 2005)

    An Analysis of the Business Cultural Issues Raised by the Article; Knowledge Transfer, Knowledge Replication, and Learning in Non-Equity Alliances: Operating Contractual Joint Ventures in China (wang, Y. Nicholas, S. 2005)

    An Analysis of the Business Cultural Issues Raised by the Article; Knowledge Transfer, Knowledge Replication, and Learning in Non-equity Alliances: Operating Contractual Joint Ventures in China (Wang, Y. Nicholas, S. 2005) Introduction The objective of this report is to discuss the business culture that exists in China and Hong Kong, through the examination of the influence of the historical and philosophical developments of the two countries and hence evaluate the reasons for the successful development

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    Essay Length: 5,167 Words / 21 Pages
    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: regina
  • Core Values

    Core Values

    Question: The Core Values or Foundations of Trust are integrity, fairness, social responsibility, and enthusiasm. What do these words mean to you? Are they concepts that still have substance in today's fast paced lifestyles? How do you apply them when it comes to your School? Core Values: As a franchisee I feel that the core values of should also be my own core values, In embracing these values I should get to a level where

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    Essay Length: 764 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: Mike
  • Situation Analysis and Problem Statement: Global Communications Corporation

    Situation Analysis and Problem Statement: Global Communications Corporation

    Running head: SITUATION ANALYSIS AND PROBLEM STATEMENT: GLOBAL COMMUNICATIONS CORPORATION Situation Analysis and Problem Statement: Global Communications Corporation Sarah Brown University of Phoenix Situation Analysis and Problem Statement In business, companies are always competing with each other to remain the leader in the industry. Companies want to have a competitive edge over others in the business. Global Communications is at point, where they need to make some changes to their organizational structure to remain

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    Essay Length: 1,915 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: December 13, 2009 By: Anna
  • Value Chain Analysis

    Value Chain Analysis

    Name : TRAN THI DIEM CHAU Course: Speaking skill MY AUTOBIOGRAPHY My full name is Tran Thi Diem Chau. I’m 19 yearolds. I’m a Vietnamese student and I’ve lived in Vietnam since I was born. I have two brothers and three sisters. They all get married except my younger brother and I. I’m living with my parents and my brother in district 11, HoChiMinh city. In my family, we get on well together. I’m going

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    Submitted: December 14, 2009 By: David
  • Examining My Personal Values

    Examining My Personal Values

    Examining My Personal Values When I start to examine my personal values and think about how I developed them, I start to think about my childhood days. As I grew and developed, my mother would always share what she called little lessons of life that would help me through the years, from childhood to adulthood. These lessons involved values, such as trust, honesty, respect, integrity and the importance of family and to always to what

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    Submitted: December 14, 2009 By: Yan