states in decline-again? (Michael Cox) VS The Empire writes back (M.J.Williams) "America’s present need is not heroics but healing; not nostrums but normalcy; not revolution but restoration." This famous sentence pronounced by Warren G. Harding‚ the 29th President of the United States‚ at the beginning of his office in 1921‚ could be‚ from certain points of view‚ perfectly adapted today. In fact‚ America’s situation and future for four decades‚ has been largly debated. Is she in decline? Is she
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NBER WORKING PAPER SERIES PROFITABILITY OF MOMENTUM STRATEGIES: AN EVALUATION OF ALTERNATIVE EXPLANATIONS Narasimhan Jegadeesh Sheridan Titman Working Paper 7159 http://www.nber.org/papers/w7 159 NATIONAL BUREAU OF ECONOMIC RESEARCH 1050 Massachusetts Avenue Cambridge‚ MA 02138 June 1999 This paper has benefited from the excellent research assistance of Fei Zou and helpful comments from the participants of finance workshops at Indiana University and the University of Texas. All opinions expressed
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Apple computer 2002 Abstract This case basically introduces the history of the Apple Company‚ and shows the company’s ups and downs in the computer industry. Apple Computer is the key factor to upgrade computer industry innovation. It is one of the first companies to venture into the computer marketplace. Apple Computer founded in 1976 by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniack. After launching the first product Apple 2‚ Apple quickly became the industry leader and ready to change the world
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The Decline of the Union Unions were created with the everyday worker in mind‚ an opposite to the previous mindset where the employer ruled his employee and the employee had no recourse. Unions helped pave the way for many of the current rights we have in place for American workers today; such as the length of the workday and weekly hours‚ child labor laws‚ minimum salary requirements‚ workers compensation and safe working conditions. With so much advancement in the American workforce because
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The Tide Of War Is Receding Violence Reading the newspaper isn’t always a peaceful activity in the 21st century. Preceding articles discussing scientific and technological milestones or in-depth analyses of archeological discoveries from Biblical times‚ one will find roaring headlines that announce violence and more violence: from the terrorism attack on the twin towers‚ to Joseph Kony’s militia that has kidnapped thousands of children in Africa and to Iran’s nuclear threat. Yet in spite of
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The decline of Fordism was precipitated by a few distinct problems in the organizational model. What do you find to be the major problems in the Fordist model and in what ways did these same issues contribute to the near collapse of the US car industry in the early part of this century? To simply summarize the decline of Fordism‚ the Fordist system was outcompeted by low wage and higher quality-producers. According to Appelbaum and Batt‚ newly industrialized countries (NICs) and less developed
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Poverty is measured in various ways based on the different cultures‚ lifestyles‚ experiences‚ and government standards. In countries such as America‚ the government has set up a poverty line that defines absolute poverty standards‚ or the income needed to provide for basic needs of the family. Government standards are an accurate way to compare families labeled as being “poverty stricken” because the line of poverty takes into account the income needed to cover basic needs for the variety of families
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A customer profitability analysis is an evaluation process that focuses on assigning costs and revenues to segments of the customer base‚ instead of assigning revenues and costs to the actual products‚ or the units or departments that compose the corporate structure of the producer. Approaching profitability from this angle can sometimes provide valuable insights into how each step of the process of designing‚ manufacturing‚ and ultimately selling a good or service incurs cost and generates revenue
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A: Decline of the West Hanif Kureishi´s short story “Decline of the West” was first published in 2010‚ in London. It deals with the financial crisis in 2007-2008 and about a fired banker and his family. The capitalistic world was doing well. People where earning‚ and spending money like there was no tomorrow. The banks where stable‚ and could lend money to people who wanted to build bigger houses or drive the newest car – just any new and expensive material stuff people couldn’t “live without”
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The Decline of The Bee The bee is a vital part of human existence. They pollinate‚ giving life to plants‚ animals‚ and in turn‚ man. If they were to die out‚ the human race would follow suit in a mere matter of years. 65% of all flowering plants require bees for pollination‚ and the percentage being higher for the major crop plants‚ like corn and wheat. These crops account for $47.1 billion every year. Honey bees are responsible for one-third of the food we eat‚ meaning no bees equals no food.
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