A central pillar of Objectivism is the concept of an objective reality characterized by absolutes: What exists exists‚ and has certain properties‚ and obeys certain laws. James Taggart‚ like many of the villains of Atlas Shrugged‚ refuses to accept these principles. A world of immutable absolutes is a world not subject to his whims‚ and this frustrates him endlessly. His first words in the novel‚ “Don’t bother me‚” foreshadow his relentless struggle to deny reality. Taggart is speaking‚ in this case
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Ayn Rand: Atlas Shrugged In the society created by Ayn Rand in her novel Atlas Shrugged‚ the unmotivated feed off of the desire of the purposeful‚ politicians destroy success in an attempt to gain it‚ and entitlement is an epidemic. Dagny Taggart is the Vice-President of Operations of Taggart Transcontinental‚ her family railroad empire. Her brother‚ Jim‚ fills the role of President. The country is slipping into economic turmoil‚ and the state of the railroad is following suit. Jim and his fellow
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ESTABLISHED A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS MODEL IN INDIA? The internationalization process of a company from the global point of view results in the creation of multinationals. The internationalization is based on the execution of a comprehensive and rigorous analysis of strategic character. McDonald’s success in India since 1996 settled in the application of an efficient process of internationalization. One of the main objectives of this strategy is to have competitive advantages taking into consideration
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major perspectives of globalization and internationalization within the framework of higher education in Ukraine. Being objectively affected by the process of globalization‚ Ukrainian academic institutions gain the impetus to design the international educational environment‚ responsive to the needs of time‚ and therefore persistently move towards the understanding of the concept of internationalization and its adequate practical application. Internationalization of higher education: towards its comprehensive
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(2003). Extending the theory of the multinational enterprise: Internalization and strategic management perspectives. Journal of International Business Studies‚ 34(2): 125-137. Rugman‚ A.M. & Verbeke‚ A. (2004). A perspective on regional and global strategies of multinational enterprises. Journal of International Business Studies‚ 35(1):3-18. Rugman‚ A.M. & Verbeke‚ A. (2007). Liabilities of regional foreignness and the use of firm-level versus country-level data: a response to Dunning et al. (2007)
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Internationalization of Higher Education in Latin America and the Caribbean is one of the emerging and important issues in national policy agendas in the last two decades. Given the recent developments in Argentina‚ Brazil‚ Chile‚ Colombia‚ and Mexico it is possible to talk about a regional approach in the subcontinent‚ with common features shared by countries but at the same time with subtle differences among countries. In short‚ the Latin America and the Caribbean strategy for internationalizing
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The novel Atlas Shrugged‚ set in a dystopian United States at an unspecified time‚ by Ayn Rand dramatically expresses the philosophical value like ethical egoism of the author‚ since he himself developed a philosophical system‚ Objectivism‚ and other concept like sanction of the victim‚ and other values regarding to government and business‚ property rights and individualism‚ and theory of sex. The story is surrounded a railroad company and its operators‚ the Taggarts‚ and the two main characters
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Elisa Tilley International Business Strategy March 14‚ 2013 VIMPELCOM VimpelCom provides voice and data services through a range of wireless‚ fixed‚ and broadband technologies under the "Beeline"‚ "Kyivstar"‚ "djuice"‚ “Wind”‚ "Infostrada" “Mobilink”‚ “Leo”‚ “banglalink”‚ “Telecel”‚ and “Djezzy” brands. The company is listed as an ADS on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol "VIP". The company operates in Russia‚ Ukraine‚ Kazakhstan‚ Uzbekistan‚ Tajikistan‚ Armenia‚ Georgia‚ Kyrgyzstan
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the human ability? Some could see us as running a mile‚ others could see it as committing a self-sacrificing act. It’s something I asked myself for a long time. What do we stand for? what makes us unique? what makes an ability “human”? In Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged we see a privateer‚ a philosopher by the name of Ragnar Danneskjold who loves justice‚ who loves human ability but what is the so called ability he loves? A slogan made popular by Karl Marx and an idea which lead the company he worked for
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Strategy is the direction and scope of an organization over the long term‚ which achieves advantage in a changing environment through its configuration of resources and competences with the aim of fulfilling the stakeholder’s expectations. Strategic Decisions are about: The long-term direction of an organization The scope of an organization’s activities Gaining advantage over competitors; Addressing changes in the business environment; Building on resources and competences (capability); Value
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