100 S C I E N T I F I C A M E R I C A N September 2008 © 2008 SCIENTIFIC AMERIC AN‚ INC. The Road ahead the end of privacy? Young people share the most intimate details of personal life on socialnetworking Web sites‚ portending a realignment of the public and the private By Daniel J. Solove harry campbell H e has a name‚ but most people just know him as “the Star Wars Kid.” In fact‚ he is known around the world by tens of millions of people. Unfortunately‚ his notoriety is for one of
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Q.2 a. What are the different elements of E-C applications? [5 Marks] E-commerce business applications abound the market. Across the Internet‚ there are numerous businesses and service providers that are rolling out and offering e-commerce business applications to different users. Because the Internet is a venue where suppliers and distributors are meeting to conduct business transactions‚ e-commerce business applications are aimed at both suppliers and consumers. •For suppliers Business-to-business
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Cultural Implications of International Business Leadership & Market Screening 1. Geert Hofstede created five dimensions to assess a countries culture. When getting into international markets‚ understanding a countries culture can be the difference between success and failure. These categories include: Individualism (IDV) vs. Collectivism‚ Low vs. High Power Distance (PDI)‚ Masculinity (MAS) vs. Femininity‚ Uncertainty Avoidance Index (UAI)‚ and Long Term Orientation (LTO). Individualism (IDV)
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Chapter One except a. message. b. environment. c. channel. d. sender. e. noise. 7. The environments that communicators occupy are a. fields of experience that affect how they understand others’ behavior. b. gaps that make common understanding impossible. c. the places where they stand or sit when they communicate. d. the attitudes they have about nature. e. the space that they require to communicate
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C OMPARATIVE E CONOMIC G ROWTH THE P OST -M AO E RA IN C HINA AND I NDIA IN Edward J. Sappin Chinese Economic Reform since 1978 April 21‚ 2003 INTRODUCTION India and China are the two nations with the largest populations on the planet. They are similar in many ways as both have diverse ethnic minorities‚ well-educated segments of their populations‚ and relatively stable governments. Nevertheless since 1978 China’s gross GDP and GDP per capita have grown at high levels while
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CHAPTER ONE 1.1 Background of the study This section aimed to highlight the previous studies carried out on the affects of poverty on the educational outcome of children in E.C.D.E centres. As Parket‚ Greer and Zunkeman (1924) noted almost two decades ago‚ children growing up in poverty experience “double jeopardy”. Not only are they directly exposed to risks in their homes and communities‚ including illness‚ crowding and family stress‚ lack of psychosocial stimulation and limited resources‚ but
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7. CASE : THE VIRTUAL PROJECT: MANAGING TOMORROW’S TEAM TODAY Question 1. The virtual project problems are unique to the phenomenon of being dispersed. For example‚ the using of electronic communications can improve the convenience of the virtual project. Team members who are located in different place are be able to have a clear communication and work with the detail plan by using the electronic communications. To have a good basic knowledge which can across every project is a common project
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to one another” and ___________________ as “the way in which a society is organized into predictable relationships.” a. Social interaction; social structure b. Social interaction; social change c. Organization; bureaucracy d. Politics; economics 2. Which of the following is not an element of social structure? a. Language b. Statuses and roles c. Social networks d. Groups 3. According to the functionalist perspective‚ __________________ fulfill the following functions that a society must accomplish
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a flower. a. Pistils b. calyx c. corolla 2. The ____ are the male parts of a flower. a. Pollen b. stamen c. ovary 3. The stamens have pollen in their anthers which contains the ______. a. Ovules .b. egg cells c. sperm cells 4. ______ is found at the tip of the pistil a. Ovary b. stamen c. style 5. The ______ is the long stem at the pistil. a. Stamen b. ovary c. style 6. Pollination makes _____ in plants possible. a. Sexual reproduction b. asexual reproduction c. photosynthesis 7. The
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trade-off faced by society? A. who gets good and service? B. whether or not to produce. C. how to produce? D. which goods and services to produce. 2. Most microeconomic models assume that decision markers wish to A. act selfishly. B. make themselves as well off as possible C. make others as well off as possible. D. none of the above. 3. What links the decisions of consumers and firms in market? A. coordination’s officials B. government C. prices D. microeconomics 4. The price of a good or
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