First it was ’texter’s thumb’. Now gadget addicts are coming down with ’text neck’. Today‚ many patients are suffering neck pain from spending too much time hunched over phones and computers. The rise of smartphones and tablet computers has fuelled the problem. The extra capability for playing games and browsing the Internet on smartphones means they tend to be used for longer periods. And unlike laptops‚ tablet computers are often placed flat on the lap‚ meaning you crane your neck over to view
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Melinda Kimball Middle school psychology November 15‚ 2014 Book Review: Mean Little Deaf Queer Terry Galloway Mean Little Deaf Queer‚ is set in the 1960’s‚ right after some of the world’s worst wars. Their household was one of many games‚ and tense feelings. Her mother and sisters teamed up against her‚ while her father stood off the side and always had ‘more important things to do.’ Terry’s family is a military family and due to her father’s status‚ they moved around a lot‚ and her story begins after she moved from Stuttgart
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Advantages of principled bargaining Each of these four principles and other methods offer great advantages over many other types of negotiations. Separate the people from the problem People who involved in the negotiation would constantly hold their side’s positions and make quick response to other side’s activity. Therefore the problems between two sides always arise from their perception‚ emotion‚ and communication. (Fisher R.‚ and Ury W.‚ 1991) In term of Fisher and Ury‚ perception is the
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The ‘State Bank’ Case Analysis 1. Executive Summary State Bank is a profitable‚ family-run business conveniently located at downtown Hillsborough – the countryseat. Its President is Mack McNeill and its newly appointed Director of Marketing is his son Phil McNeill. It not only serves the Hillsborough populace of 15000‚ but also the suburbanites and farmers as far away as 20 miles. This is a full-service bank underlining the friendly‚ small-town service approach‚ while maintaining conservative
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Emelie Gustafsson Jacek Nagórski Katherine Nunes Johan Sandström Michael Steiner Internationalization Strategy and Organizational Structure Corporate Strategy Philips case 1 Questions! • What were Philips Interna8onaliza8on strategies over the decades (especially pre-‐ and post-‐1960s)? • Examine it’s development over ‚me • Examine the Interna‚onaliza‚on strategy
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Pitman. • T.G.I. Firdays. (2009). Our Story. Retrieved 11 02‚ 2010‚ from T.G.I: http://www.tgifridays.co.uk/Our-Story • Torkildsen‚ G • Voss‚ C. (2003). The Experience Profit Cycle. London: London Business School. • Wright‚ L. (1995). Avoiding services myopia. Chichester: John Wiley and Sons. • Yeoman‚ U. M.-B. (2004). Sport and Leisure Operations Management. London: Thomson. • Young‚ P. (1979). Motivation and Emotion. New York: Wiley.
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Caterpillar Inc.--Early 1990s The assessment of opportunities and threats is the foundation upon which planners develop strategies. The Caterpillar case illustrates some of the problems associated with the identification of opportunities and threats‚ especially in a situation where previous successes are notable. Attempting to pattern long-term growth on the basis of previously valid assumptions is one of the classic dilemmas facing the strategic planner whether in consumer or organizational markets
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Overview: Prior to the prospectus of Netflix‚ Blockbuster dominated the home video market by opening 5‚194 retail outlets in U.S. and achieving ‘100% brand recognition with active movie renters’. The industry was largely based on retail outlets‚ which subscribers needed to visit physically and pay separate rent fees for each movie for a period between two days to one week. ‘Late fees’ will be charged to overdue rents‚ and these fees account for about 10% of Blockbuster’s revenue in 2004. Netflix
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TO GLOBAL MARKETING SUMMARY A company that engages in global marketing focuses resources on global market opportunities and threats. Successful global marketers such as Nestle‚ Coca-Cola‚ and Honda use familiar marketing mix elements – the four Ps – to create global marketing programs. Marketing‚ R&D‚ manufacturing‚ and other activities comprise a firm’s value chain; firms configure activities to create superior customer value on a global basis. Global companies
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Volume 13‚ p365-383. 6. Unknonw. (2006). Q&A: The Enron case. Available: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/3398913.stm. Last accessed 09.01.2011. 7. Merchant‚ K. A. (1990) “The Effects of Financial Controls on Data Manipulation and Management Myopia”‚ Accounting‚ Organizations and Society‚ Volume 15‚ Nr 4‚ p297–313. 9. Ewert‚ R.‚ Wagenhofer‚ A.‚ 2005. Economic effects of tightening accounting standards to restrict earnings management. The Accounting Review 80‚ 1101-1124. 10. Street‚ D. L.‚
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