gradual restructuring process that continues today. In 2006‚ the company announced that a large part of its production would be outsourced to the electronics manufacturing service company Flextronics‚ which has plants in Mexico‚ Hungary‚ and the Czech Republic. The decision to outsource production came as a direct consequence of an analysis of LEGO’s total supply chain. 1b reduce labor costs‚ manually intensive processes were outsourced‚ keeping only the highly skilled workers in Billund. LEGO’s workforce
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favorably with European classical composition. In the winter and spring of 1893‚ while in New York‚ he wrote his most popular work‚ the Symphony No.9 "From the New World". Receiving an invitation from his family‚ he spent the summer of 1893 in the Czech speaking community of Spillville‚ Iowa. While there‚ he composed two of his most famous chamber works‚ the Quartet in F "The American"‚ and the String Quintet in
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its benefits on the participants by using examples based on my experiences and I am going to start with description of Comenius Project. Comenius programme is a European Union project for school-level education. It is named after the 17th-century Czech educator John Amos Comenius. The aim of the project is to help young people understand the European cultures‚ languages and their value as well as developing their knowledge and language skills. It also helps young people to develop their personal
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During the mid 17th century‚ the Dutch Republic enjoyed a booming economy‚ dominance in the shipbuilding industry‚ and European recognition as a dominant nation. They held most trading routes in the Baltic area‚ and the position to carry most trade goods between countries. However‚ during the late 17th and early 18th century‚ the Dutch Republic encountered a stumbling decline which led to their loss in the monopoly in Baltic and Atlantic trade‚ and many men due to European wars. The Dutch declined
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Essay # 1 The question of monarchy versus republic is mostly discussed from a highly emotional rather than a rational point of view. A few undignified occupants of royal thrones are enumerated‚ and are then presented as examples of monarchy as such. The defenders of monarchy are no better. They point to corrupt professional politicians‚ of whom there exist a sufficient number‚ and claim that this is the necessary consequence of a republican constitution. Neither is a rational argument. There have
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Machiavelli’s criticism of Plato’s The Republic states that a ruler who possesses an inherent quality of that which is consistently good will never have the authority to rule his or her people successfully. If a ruler always treats his subjects in a manner‚ which can be qualified as good‚ then he will ultimately meet his demise‚ as his subjects will rise against him. Machiavelli claims that it is unrealistic to assume that all the people of a kingdom will conduct themselves in a manner that will
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Steve Kafka‚ an American of Czech origin and a franchisor for Chicago Style Pizza‚ has decided to expand his business into the Czech Republic. He knows it is a risky decision; when he became a franchisor‚ he had to overcome great deal of difficulties. Steve anticipates he will face some of these difficulties again at the new location in Prague‚ Czech Republic. Although he was born in the United States‚ he has family and friends in the Czech Republic‚ speaks Czech fluently‚ and has visited the
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In Plato’s Republic‚ Socrates outlines the ideal society‚ complete with workers to perform labor‚ auxiliaries to perform the military duties‚ and the guardians—or rulers—to set the laws of the state. The rulers‚ Socrates argues‚ are to be selected by their elders and groomed from a young age to assume positions of power. “…We must choose from among our guardians‚” he states‚ “those who appear to us on observation to be most likely to devote their lives to doing what they judge to be in the interest
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In Plato’s Republic he attempts to break down the complex idea of Justice‚ what it means to be just‚ and if man is just willingly or unwillingly. In Book II of the Republic‚ Plato uses Glaucon’s Challenge to discuss what it means to be good and just. Two stories are present in the explanation: one of the ancestor of Gyges of Lydia that involves an invisibility ring and what the just person versus the unjust person would do with the power the ring possesses and another of a just man and an unjust
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In Book 1 from Plato’s The Republic‚ he evaluates the meaning of justice. In Book 8‚ he writes about four different kinds of government and how they all connect to one another. More specifically‚ he speaks of the negative effects of each political system and how those effects lead to the formation of the next system. Per Plato and Socrates‚ democracy emerges from oligarchy. An oligarchy is formed when the wealthy class are the leaders. When the desire for wealth reaches the point of some being wealthy
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