1. INTRODUCTION Multinational corporations are important factors in the processes of globalization. National and local governments often compete against one another to attract MNC facilities‚ with the expectation of increased tax revenue‚ employment‚ and economic activity. To compete‚ political entities may offer MNCs incentives such as tax breaks‚ pledges of governmental assistance or subsidized infrastructure‚ or lax environmental and labor regulations. These ways of attracting foreign investment
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In The Matrix and Ready Player One‚ there are life-like simulations that provide a distraction from the user’s surroundings. However‚ the implications of both the Matrix and OASIS and how they are utilized brings out stark and moral differences between them. In The Matrix‚ the hero Neo is released from a contrived world in which he has been forced to live in his whole life. Morpheus‚ the man who saves him‚ reveals the true world to Neo - a world in which sentient robots farm humans for electricity
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The BCG Growth-Share Matrix The BCG Growth-Share Matrix is a portfolio planning model developed by Bruce Henderson of the Boston Consulting Group in the early 1970’s. It is based on the observation that a company’s business units can be classified into four categories based on combinations of market growth and market share relative to the largest competitor‚ hence the name "growth-share". The growth-share matrix thus maps the business unit positions within these two important determinants of profitability
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The widely popular science fiction movie‚ “The Matrix‚” directed by the Wachowski brothers deals with a false reality. In this‚ people are kept in shells as energy sources and plugged into a computer simulation of a world that they believe is real and concrete. The premise is that artificially intelligent machines surpassed the intellect of humans and have risen up against them. Cut off from the sun‚ their source of energy‚ they turn to humans as the ultimate renewable source of energy. The story
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The Matrix and the US Constitution By: Anonymous [Judge Dale‚ retired] April 10‚ 2010 Source: http://www.fourwinds10.com/siterun_data/government/corporate_u_s/news.php? q=1284232067 The following was reformatted and converted to a booklet by the AntiCorruption Society. Foot notes‚ excerpts and images have been added‚ however the text represents the author’s original work. The Matrix and the US Constitution EXCERPTS Pg 7 The Constitution is not for “We the People:” As mentioned before‚ the Colonists
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him up‚ and sucks a the most literal image of a wire tap or "bug" out of him. Neo officially crosses the threshold and enters the world of the matrix when he chooses to take the red pill from Morpheus. Finally‚ he has the "belly of the whale" syndrome when everything he has ever known‚ his logic‚ is literally ripped apart with his departure from the matrix and into the doomsday-ish world‚ as Morpheus exposes the lies that are the matix. The next step in the hero’s journey is the road of trials. This
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Ansoff matrix The Ansoff product/ market matrix is a tool that helps businesses decide their product and market growth strategy. Ansoff’s product/ market matrix suggests that a business’ attempts to grow depend on whether it markets new or existing products in new or existing markets. The traditional four box grid or matrix Ansoff model Alternative Ansoff style matrix A revised version of the Ansoff matrix featuring a 3×3 or nine box grid or matrix. History – The Product / Market Matrix Igor
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be seen depicted throughout history in sci-fi movies. In the particular movie entitled‚ The Matrix‚ directed and written by brothers Laurence and Andrew Wachowski in 1999. This film shows a new form of technology‚ not only in through the plot but also its special affects and symbols. The upcoming millennium also marked a perfect time to release such a complex film for the public viewing pleasures. The Matrix takes place nearly century ahead in the future. The human race is nothing‚ but virtual slaves
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rightly so. Known to use symbols to portray veiled messages‚ allegories have been used in a plethora of stories‚ including Plato’s “The Allegory of the Cave‚” which is a short story written in Ancient Grecian times‚ and the Wachowski Brothers’ The Matrix‚ which is a movie produced in 1999. In “The Allegory of the Cave‚” three prisoners are chained in a cave. In that cave‚ there are moving shadows that the prisoners perceive as real. This goes on until one man is released into the real world‚ where
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To begin with‚ BCG is the acronym for Boston Consulting Group—a general management consulting firm highly respected in business strategy consulting. BCG Growth-Share Matrix (see figure 1) happens to be one of many of BCG’s strategic concepts the organisation developed in the late 1970s‚ and is being taught at leading business schools and executive education programmes around the world. It is a management tool that serves four distinct purposes (McDonald 2003; Kotler 2003; Cipher 2006): it can
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