market for your domestic products by selling internationally (Export) • Requires a company to tap into their core competencies 2. Move production to the most efficient countries to realize location economies • Some countries have a comparative advantage of production • Transportation costs and trade barriers must not be an issue • Location Economies is the value created by finding the most competitive place to produce product‚ therefore adding value
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1. Who were the Vikings? ------The Vikings were also traders ‚ explorers and settlers. They were highly advanced and not as primitive and barbaric as they are portrayed. 2. How did the Viking raid? ---------A Viking raid nearly always came as a total surprise. The Vikings were expert navigators and knew the coasts of Europe like the back of their hand. They decided on a target and planned the attack in advance. Having the fastest ships of the day they would arrive seemingly out of nowhere close
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THE EARNINGS PUZZLE: WHY DO WOMEN EARN LESS THAN MEN? ABSTRACT Even though it is against the law to pay women a lower wage based on gender‚ a significant earnings gap exists. Women earn less than men in almost every line of work regardless of age‚ race‚ ethnic background or level of education. This study discusses the disparity of income between men and women‚ and the primary factors that contribute to the disparity. It then looks at some of the legislation that has been passed or is under consideration
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1. A) Summarize in one paragraph what you learned from reading the Introduction. Making smart choices is a fundamental life skill‚ relevant to everyone; regardless of age and class. This book offers the first straightforward‚ easy-to-follow process designed to improve the way we make business decisions‚ family decisions‚ personal decisions‚ and or and decisions that can help us reach our goals. The authors‚ have created a user-friendly set of techniques of assessing our options more clearly and
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Blogger‚ etc. We see this term being a big part of Clive Thompsons book Smarter Than You Think and is an essential element to understanding technology today. According to Thompson‚ ambient awareness is “almost like being in the same room as someone and picking up on his/her mood and thoughts by the stray signals he/she gives off” (Thompson‚ 2013). He continues to say that ambient awareness is like a type of E.S.P. where “you create a picture of someone else’s internal state gradually‚ actually unconsciously
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behind him and asked him a question‚ “Do you think Julia is pretty”. Pompey pondered the question with interest and replied‚ “Why do you think Julia is pretty”. Now Jamie did not know how to reply to his question even though he started the conversation. “Um never mind I’m going to go eat downstairs”‚ said Jamie. After Jamie left Pompey started wondering about Jamie’s question “Julia is pretty but why would Jamie ask that”‚ he thought to himself. Pompey did not think about the question any further and
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QUESTION: Do you think Lincoln is an idealist? Why or why not? ANSWER: I consider Lincoln to be more a far-sighted wise man than an idealist his significant contribution to the racial equality throughout the United States as well as other parts in the worldwide. At the beginning of the movie‚ we could see some black corporal requiring higher army status directly from President Lincoln who is also confused by the issue. Apparently‚ he knows the urgency of abolishing negro slavery which would
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On this paper we will explain about Webvan‚ when it was established‚ how the people welcoming the idea of having such service through the network and will discuss if Webvan achieved the goals or did it made any profit from its business‚ why they didn’t success and the reason for failed these companies. Webvan was the name of a company and they were doing online grocery delivery business. In 1996 webvan started grocery delivering services it offered customers the convenience of shopping from home
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father are distinct and irreplaceable in child development‚ therefore an active father is imperative to a child’s well-being. Father absence refers to the situation in which a child does not have his/her biological father dwelling with them in a common home (it does not apply to children whose father have died) and may occur as a result of cultural‚ economic and social factors. Alarmingly‚ in several modern societies‚ a bizarre concept is accepted where men’s participation in child care is not
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I’d first like to address Group 4’s question which questions‚ “Why do you think that the majority of people who have a disability have always been poor‚ powerless‚ and degraded?” Disabled persons are part of the biggest minority in the world‚ and naturally the minorities get less benefits than the majority. United Nations Enable states that “Persons with disabilities are routinely denied these basic rights: Receiving an education‚ Living independently in the community‚ getting jobs‚ even when well
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