The Age of Exploration was a period between the fifteenth to eighteenth centuries in which explorers‚ such as Vasco Da Gama‚ Bartolomeu Dias‚ and Christopher Columbus‚ and several others‚ ventured throughout the seas. They moved westward in search of direct trade routes to India and China. Numerous countries‚ led by Spain and Portugal‚ set sail using various navigational devices. Unintentionally‚ this led to the discovery of the Americas‚ which then sparked the Colombian Exchange. At this same time
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Korean Wave Hanryu‚ the Korean wave refers to the significant increase in the popularity of South Korean entertainment‚ trends and culture beginning in the 1990s‚ especially in countries of Asia‚ and more recently in other parts of the world. It presents a prodigious surge in the international visibility of Korean culture. The terminology was coined in mid-1999 by Beijing journalists‚ appalled by the fast growing popularity of Korean wave in China. The wave is more than a mere cultural phenomenon;
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environment. In this paper‚ all dimensions that affect that wine industry in Turkey are investigated. It is important to observe the wine industry in terms of political‚ economic‚ socio-cultural‚ technological and natural aspects; it is called as PESTEL analysis. This analysis which provides the deeper look into this large sector can be found below. Socio-cultural Environment There is no significant change in the demographic side of the wine sector recently. However it is known that Turkey consists
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Background Fast food culture‚ which began in the United States from the last century. Nowadays it has spread all over the world because of its convenience and cheapness. Especially in Asian countries that where are living on rice‚ the sudden increase of fast food restaurants have brought major changes in conventional food culture. For example‚ the amount of importation beef which is indispensable to a hamburger has increased since hamburger restaurants expanded into Japan in the 1970s. On the other
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The Anatolian peninsula‚ also called Asia Minor‚ is bounded by the Black Sea to the north‚ the Mediterranean Sea to the south‚ the Aegean Sea to the west‚ and the Sea of Marmara to the northwest‚ which separates Anatolia from Thrace in Europe. Traditionally‚ Anatolia is considered to extend in the east to an indefinite line running from the Gulf of İskenderun to the Black Sea‚ coterminous with the Anatolian Plateau. This traditional geographical definition is used‚ for example‚ in the latest edition
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PESTEL Analysis A pestel Analysis is looking at the external environment and how they impact on particular company’s activities. Each of these components has the potential to affect the firms industry and competitive environment; some will have a more important affect on others though. (Thompson et al‚ 2013) Political The company will have to agree to follow all rules set out by the EU‚ in regards to the sale of food and drinks regulations. Our company will be able to pay a low tax rate to produce
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Have you ever call up to AirAsia customer service hotline? What do you think about the customer service hotline? For me‚ it’s totally a pain to call them up. Why is it so? I recently made a call to the customer service hotline to change my flight to a later date. First when I was connected‚ I get a recorded message that last 30 seconds which is not able to skip by pressing any number. After making the right way into speaking to a customer service representative‚ I was put on the line for more than
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Journal of Adult Development‚ Vol. 11‚ No. 3‚ July 2004 ( C 2004) Division of Labor Among Lesbian and Heterosexual Parenting Couples: Correlates of Specialized Versus Shared Patterns Charlotte J. Patterson‚1‚2 Erin L. Sutfin‚1 and Megan Fulcher1 One of the central tasks that couples face in coparenting is the division of labor. In this study‚ we explored division of family labor among lesbian and heterosexual couples who were parenting 4 to 6 year-old children. Sixty-six families‚ half
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retailers seeking to sustain their international growth rates. In particular‚ the less developed markets of South East Asia began to attract attention which they had previously not received. This was in contrast to earlier expansion patterns among European international retailers. Before the early 1990s‚ retailers have tended to look towards Europe and North America‚ rather than East Asia to grab international growth opportunities. American retailers have operated in international markets for a considerable
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in the wake of the financial crisis with $420 billion in surplus liquid cash and government securities as of June 2012. According to BRUNEI TIMES‚ Citibank has garnered awards around the world‚ including Euro money magazine’s recent "Best Bank in Asia" for 2011 award‚ the bank’s aim in Brunei is mainly to serve the corporate
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