to sell new products to existing customers or gain new customers for existing products‚ often through new channels. However‚ businesses may fail to recognize how well their core competencies and products translate to the new arena. As an example‚ a school bus operator‚ Laidlaw‚ got into the ambulance business‚ figuring its expertise in transportation and logistics would bode well‚ but ambulance is part of a vast‚ complex medical complex that the company wasn’t prepared for. In a Forbes magazine blog
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B. The Age of Reason and Revolution (1750-1800) – 8 points Definition: An 18th-century movement marked by an emphasis on: 1. rationality rather than tradition 2. scientific inquiry instead of unquestioning religious belief 3. representative government instead of monarchy Beliefs: 1. Devoted to the ideals of justice‚ liberty‚ and equality as the natural rights of man 2. The universe is a logical‚ orderly place 3. Man will one day uncover the laws that govern the universe 4. Science
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Gun Control If you think that people should have a license to buy a gun‚ well it think so to because to many people are dying every day. If we don’t do anything about it‚ it will get worse. Here are some reasons why. Did you know that 16‚808‚538 guns were sold in 2012. Did you know that 2 million of them are hand guns. That is a lot of guns. Half people dying are between the ages 18-35. There are 30 people dying every day in the U.S. because of guns. People could put an end to this if you had to
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take the time to make a phone call (to another country!) to help out a customer on the retail floor? A chaotically smooth in-store process Over the course of my life‚ I’ve had the privilege of being around several U.S. Presidents. For obvious reasons‚ there is always a lot of commotion‚ activity and security around the President. However‚ all of this fuss is carefully choreographed by the U.S. Secret Service‚ the White House advance team and others. To an
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Everything Happens For a Reason Both The Odyssey by Homer and Oedipus Rex by Sophocles‚ were based in the context of ancient Greek culture but each was written during different time periods. The Gods played an enormously influential role in the lives of the Ancient Greeks. The Odyssey was written during the Greek Heroic Age (1500-1100 B.C.E.) and Oedipus Rex was estimated to be written around the 430s B.C.E. during the Age of Pericles when Athens was at its height of political and cultural power
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differences‚ gender differences‚ differences in sexual orientation‚ and varying religious beliefs. Unfortunately‚ as a nation‚ the United States has made slow‚ if any‚ progress towards limiting the healthcare gaps among minority groups. One of the main reasons for the lack of change is slow federal action. It is often difficult to adapt to and enforce new regulation regarding different groups because of the divided parties. Every time a new president takes office‚ new laws are implemented depending on the
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Reconstruction was a missed opportunity regarding efforts to help ex-slaves that resulted in chaos‚ economic loss‚ and social isolation to the South. First‚ Reconstruction was a lost hope because instead of restoring law and order and reconciliation‚ the South became a land of chaos due to lawlessness. The Ku Klux Klan (KKK)‚ a white-supremacist organization‚ brought terror to the south as members of the organization used violence as their weapon to bring about the collapse of the Reconstruction
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Definition of ORIGINALITY. Originality is a new idea? No! In 2004‚ after reading the script of a Bryony Lavery’s Frozen‚ psychiatrist Dorothy Lewis was shock because every details in this play were similar to what she used to write in “Guilty by Reason of Insanity” in 1998. A chart of fifteen pages long was made up with the totaling of six hundred and seventy-five words are verbatim similarities. She thought that her life‚ her work was plagiarized by Lavery. Then she wanted to sue Frozen’s author
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Desperately Seeking Synergy and Competing on Capabilities Reaction paper I.) I didn’t think that synergy was that much big of a deal until I read this article. I am one of those who assume that synergy exists‚ can be achieved‚ and will be beneficial‚ I didn’t really think about the downsides of synergy. When I read the article‚ it seems that it would be better if executives give more attention and evaluation to find real synergy opportunities. It’s good that the writer included in his article
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Reasons for the American Revolution The King of England and Parliament were the direct causes of the American Revolution‚ because of their demands on colonists and harsh reactions after the colonists failure to meet their ridiculous expectations. These demands were far greater than any loyal American was able to provide. The taxes placed on Americans were so heinous that the sugar in their mugs was taxable. Survival while paying these taxes was slim to none. How could Britain force
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