before the family left Austria. Maria did not marry Georg von Trapp because she was in love with him. As she said in her autobiography Maria‚ she fell in love with the children at first sight‚ not their father. When he asked her to marry him‚ she was not sure if she should abandon her religious calling but was advised by the nuns to do God’s will and marry Georg After a prolonged period of economic stagnation‚ political dictatorship‚ and intense Nazi propaganda inside Austria‚ German troops entered
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Austria Table of Contents Population Culture Tradition Way of Life Vegetation and Animal Life History Religion Arts Language Education Health Government Climate Trade Resources Agriculture Bibliography Austria Austria‚ a small country in Central Europe famous for its gorgeous mountain scenery. The towering Alps‚ and the foothills stretch across the western‚ southern
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Business Culture in Austria 1. Introduction Why is the Business Culture so important? Nowadays the business culture is a key word in order to manage diversity and change simultaneously. This happens because the European Union will continue to foster partnerships and joint ventures‚ mergers and acquisitions‚ within its territory and across its borders. We live in a world of global markets which demand a global corporate culture that does not impose uniformity but capitalizes on diversity
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My chosen countries are India and Austria. In this paper I will try to find the similar and dissimilar things of these countries. These two countries are very different. Austria is located in Europe‚ when India’s location is Asia. First of all I would like to present Austria’s and India’s nature. Austria is terrestrial land. This country has no access to the sea but with India everything is in different way. India has access not to the sea‚ but to the ocean. These two countries have one similar
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Vienna Austria Introduction to the city Vienna is located in the Northeast corner of Österreich‚ or Austria. Austria is landlocked and bordered by eight countries: Germany‚ the Czech Republic‚ Slovakia‚ Hungary‚ Slovenia‚ Italy‚ Switzerland‚ and Liechtenstein. Austria has nine states with Vienna being one of them. Of Austria’s 8.3 million people‚ 1.7 million of them live in Vienna. It is the country’s largest city and capital. Because the city lies on the Danube River‚ it is a major shipping
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Austria Hungary in 1914 The Dual Monarchy before WWI The Austro-Hungarian Empire was established in 1867 by the Ausgleich (Compromise) by Austria and Hungary. They both became self-governing states under a common monarch‚ the ruling Habsburg. Each had its own parliament for internal affairs‚ but foreign policy‚ war and finance were decided by common ministers. In the summer of 1914‚ on June 28th the Archduke Franz Ferdinand was attending army maneuvers in Bosnia. He was accompanied by
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Essay Topic I: Ethnicity‚ Race and Culture: Austria Austria is not a big country; it’s ranked on 115th place in total area and 92nd in total population. But not so long ago the Austrian-Hungarian Empire was one of the “big players” by the end of the 19th century in Europe. That Empire has been a mixture of many different and strongly varying cultures and ethnicities‚ which remains as one of the reasons why it probably fell apart and got divided into different nations. So what is it now‚ that
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Essay: Differences of doing business in Sweden and Austria For analyzing the cultural differences between Austria and Sweden‚ I searched through the internet and I consulted the literature concerning Hofstede’s dimensions. Doing business in another country requires a sound knowledge of the society and culture there. Egalitarianism Egalitarianism is the most dominant social value in Sweden. People believe in the genuine equality of individuals. Therefore‚ consensus and compromise are ingrained
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Republic of Austria v. Altmann 124 S.Ct. 2240 FACTS: In 1998 it evidence was discovered that certain works in the Austrian Gallery archives in Vienna‚ Austria had not been obtained from their rightful owners. These works were believed to have been seized by the Nazis or expropriated by the Austrian Republic after World War II. Prior to the Nazi invasion of Austria in 1938‚ the paintings had hung in the Vienna home of Maria Altmann’s uncle‚ Ferdinand Bloch-Bauer. Mrs. Altmann claims ownership
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In my opinion‚ Austria-Hungary should be blamed the most for the outbreak of World War One due to the fact that first‚ Austria-Hungary took over Bosnia and blamed Bosnians for the assassination of Franz Ferdinand. Secondly‚ Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia due to their agreement with only two terms of the ultimatum. Lastly‚ Austria-Hungary decided to cooperate with Germany for war preparation‚ which ended up with the the major involvement of Germany and other European countries as
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