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Another one 2.William Shakespeare was born to John Shakespeare and mother Mary Arden some time in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. There is no record of his birth‚ but his baptism was recorded by the church‚ thus his birthday is assumed to be the 23 of April. His father was a prominent and prosperous alderman in the town of Stratford-upon-Avon‚ and was later granted a coat of arms by the College of Heralds. All that is known of Shakespeare’s youth is that he presumably attended the
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MARY KAY Introduction: Mary Kay is one of the largest cosmetic companies in the United States. Mary Kay Ash started her dream in 1963 when she first opened the doors to the very first Beauty by Mary Kay in Dallas‚ TX (Mary Kay‚ Inc.) It all began after she spent 25 years in direct selling for Stanley products. After a successful career with Stanley products‚ she started writing a book about direct sales‚ but it became a book about managing people. She started thinking about what a “dream company”
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Managing an Award Winning Supply Chain Transformation Programme – The Lego Story The Lego Story Presented by Egil Møller Nielsen‚ Vice President‚ Global Distribution Logistics LEGO Global Distribution Logistics‚ LEGO 12 October 2010 Short introduction to the LEGO story The Supplier of choice In October 2008‚ LEGO won the prestigious European Supply Chain Excellence Award in the "Logistics and Fulfillment” category. The award recognized the supply chain changes that had been accomplished
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Film: The wire (TV series 2002-2008) The series features the abuse of narcotics from a law enforcer’s‚ abuser’s and a drug dealer’s perspective. Rational choice theory This theory settles on a practical belief that man is an actor who reasons contemplates on benefits‚ means‚ costs and ends then makes a rational choice. Man has a sense comprehensible rationale of free will‚ where he evaluates the risks and benefits for committing a crime. From the excerpts from the film (season1)‚ we see a night
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believed to be born on April 26‚ 1564 (the date he was also baptized) and died on April 23‚ 1616 (death remains a mystery). Shakespeare was born in Stratford- upon – Avon‚ the son of a Glover maker and a daughter of a affluent landowning farmer. William attended a grammar school named Kings new kings school located in Stratford – Upon – Avon‚ he attended it from the age of 7 till the age of 14 (never confirmed that he went). He would then go on to write some of the greatest works of all time or did he
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Amway in China (A): A New Business ModelAssignment Questions1.What are Amway’s core competencies?Amway has been a successfully growing business since 1959 due to its unique adaptation of direct marketing. The company has now expanded into over 80 countries and has been to some‚ an example of the American dream. This was what caused the tremendous growth and is what gave Amway its most valuable asset; its distributors. Amway’s distributors are all Independent Business Owners (IBOs) because they have
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Shakespeare is now the most performed and read playwright in the world. Born to John Shakespeare‚ a glovemaker and tradesman‚ and Mary Arden‚ the daughter of an affluent farmer‚ William Shakespeare was baptized on April 26‚ 1564‚ in Stratford-upon-Avon. At that time‚ infants were baptized three days after their birth‚ thus scholars believe that Shakespeare was born on April 23‚ the same day on which he died at age 52. As the third of eight children‚ young William grew up in thissmall town 100 miles
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