INTRODUCTION On May 1998‚ Belgium‚ Germany‚ Spain‚ France‚ Ireland‚ Italy‚ Luxembourg‚ the Netherlands‚ Austria‚ Portugal and Finland established the eurozone by fulfilling the necessary conditions for the adoption of the euro as their single currency. During the same period‚ the members of the Executive Board of the ECB were appointed. Our story begins two years later‚ when Greece becomes accepted as the 12th member of the eurozone countries. In the recent past‚ a number of EU members‚ including
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The European Conquest of The Americas One of the primary reasons for exploration was the search for the Northwest Passage‚ an imaginary path that could be used to reach Asia without having to go around Africa‚ or through the Middle East. The Panamanians proved that travel was possible around Africa with a new kind of boat that utilized wind better‚ but the Spaniards and other Europeans were more interested in a more direct approach to reaching Asia. So they began to head westward. The Queen of
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Migration and Development Brief Migration and Remittances Unit World Bank 13 November 8‚ 2010 Outlook for Remittance Flows 2011-12 Recovery after the crisis‚ but risks lie ahead By Sanket Mohapatra‚ Dilip Ratha and Ani Silwal1 Officially recorded remittance flows to developing countries are estimated to increase by 6 percent to $325 billion in 2010. This marks a healthy recovery from a 5.5 percent decline registered in 2009. Remittance flows are expected to increase by 6.2 percent in
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of the EU William D. Smith ABUS 383 The European Union is a union of 27 member countries‚ that predominately operates in Europe. It had predecessors‚ however under the current name‚ it was founded in 1993 after the Maastricht Treaty. Since its founding‚ the EU has adopted many policies and regulations to theoretically make its members better off‚ however the current crisis does not reflect much positivity to this. So‚ how could the Europeans possibly overcome this current debt crisis?
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European Management Journal (2013) 31‚ 1– 15 journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/emj Successful customer value management: Key lessons and emerging trends Peter C. Verhoef a b a‚*‚1 ‚ Katherine N. Lemon b‚1 University of Groningen‚ Netherlands; BI Norwegian School of Management‚ Norway Boston College‚ USA; University of Groningen‚ Netherlands KEYWORDS Marketing; Relationship management; Trends; CRM; Customer networks; Social media Summary In the past decade‚ firms have
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1. Summary of Massey-Ferguson’s 1971-176 Goals‚ Strategy and Risk/Return profile Goals/Strategy: • Focus on small tractors‚ combine harvesters and industrial machinery • Exploit markets outside North America and Western Europe • Dealing directly with governments and public institutions • Central production of diesel engines in UK Risk/Return profile: • Empire Building; engaging in potential negative NPV investments • Expanding potentially unprofitable divisions (ambitious program of expanding
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The most important contribution to European expansion was the search for new trade routes. Christopher Columbus in 1492 accidentally stumbled across the Americas on his way to India in search of foreign goods and a new‚ quicker path to get to them. The Europeans already had trade routes‚ but each of them had a flaw. Either the route was too long‚ too costly‚ or too long. The main countries of their times sent different explorer’s to find new trade routes. Portuguese Prince Henry (the Navigator)
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During the Vedic Age in India‚ a group of people called the Aryans became a dominant culture if north India. These people spoke an early form of Sanskrit‚ “an Indo-European language closely related to Persian and more distantly related to Latin‚ Greek‚ Celtic‚ and their modern [linguistic] decendants” (McKay‚ 68). The Indo-European Aryans created a complex society with it’s own distinctive social structure‚ religious beliefs‚ and technologies. The primary source of information about the Aryans and
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A REVIEW OF PAKISTAN’S FOREIGN POLICY 1980-2004 SUCCESSESS AND FAILURES CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION Formulation of foreign policy of a country is a complicated process. It implies consideration of long term and short term interests of a state. Policy at the same time is required to be dynamic‚ as it has to be modified or changed with the changing global scenario. Foreign policy of any country is based on numerous determinants that can be divided into variable and invariable factors. The invariable
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Author’s Name Institutional Affiliation Abstract Strategies are the foundation for driving the direction of any business company. Successful business growths and maintenance of market lead is as a result of implementing the best strategies properly. A number of strategy categories exist and a business organization should implement those that fit the nature of its business. This paper analyses several important business strategies through making a choice in each category that should be implemented
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