WWW.IBISWORLD.COM Special Report April 2012 1 Top 10 Fastest-Growing Industries Special Report April 2012 Top 10 FastestGrowing Industries By Lauren Setar & Matthew MacFarland With environmentally friendly practices or technological advances‚ these industries are outpacing the economic recovery. Consumer concerns about health and the environment bode well for some industries Across the United States‚ industries‚ businesses and consumers are climbing out of the Great
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Growing the American Woman Merriam-Webster defines development as “the act or process of growing or causing something to grow or become larger or more advanced ...” When asked to select and discuss the most important developments in U.S. women’s history from the 1870s through the late 20th century‚ it became an extremely arduous task to pick just a few. Studying the “process of growing‚” in the United States is a complex practice of looking at the influential women and the life-altering events
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Films‚ also called a movie or motion picture. Films usually include an optical soundtrack‚ which is a graphic recording of the spoken words‚ music and other sounds that are to accompany the images. Films are also a cultural artifacts created by specific cultures. They reflect those cultures‚ and‚ in turn‚ affect them. Film is considered to be an important art form‚ a source of popular entertainment‚ and a powerful medium for educating or indoctrinating citizens. Some films have become popular worldwide
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1. Explain the role of technology and big business in the growing global economy of the 16th and 17th centuries. The technology and big business in the growing economy of the 16th and 17th century was booming‚ ships were being built differently to accommodate with their traveling needs‚ like the galleon. Trading companies collaborated in a variety of ways to expand seaborne commercial operations like the House of India which had control over the transoceanic trades like importing many spices and
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Einstein’s inference is more prominent than ever. It is in our facilities‚ our homes‚ ours cars; it has become a lifestyle rather than an advantage that aids us. We have made great technological advances throughout the years‚ yet society is taking disadvantage of what we have invented. Arising problems with technology include a lack of human interaction skills‚ a rise in health issues‚ and laziness in society. Why open a window when we can quickly check the weather on our smart phones? Or why go to
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I chose a technology that over-expresses genes in algae to increase biomass production by 40% to 80% in C02 elevated areas. This technology also increases photosynthetic CO2 assimilation. With these overexpressed genes‚ oil content used in industrial chemicals and biofuel increase 4 fold. This technology license associate is Dario Valenzuela and was posted on November 12‚ 2011. My product development idea involves finding the right strain of algae for fish and livestock feed with focus on fish
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Disadvantage of Technology Hidden camera We have stepped into the 21st century and the world has given us some unbelievable technology that sometimes it seems to be a dream. But when we look at the backside of the latest technology‚ we find that we have made these technologies for our destruction if wrongly used by the wrong people. If the people of the world use these technologies in a right way‚ we all are going to be benefited out of it ‚ but if the motive of a human being is not positive
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divestiture and consolidation‚ JV’s offer a creative way for companies to exit from non-core businesses. * Companies can gradually separate a business from the rest of the organization‚ and eventually‚ sell it to the other parent company. The Disadvantages of Joint Ventures * It takes time and effort to build the right relationship and partnering with another business can be challenging. * The objectives of the venture are not 100 per cent clear and communicated to everyone involved. *
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Landfills: A Growing Menace When asked to think of the largest man made structure‚ people will invariably come up with an answer like The Great Wall of China‚ the Great Pyramids‚ or the Taj Majal. In contrast to these striking achievements of mankind is the Durham Road Landfill outside San Francisco‚ which occupies over seventy million cubic feet. It is a sad monument to the excesses of modern society [Gore 151]. One must think this huge reservoir of garbage must be the largest thing ever produced
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Belinda Lithography – The disadvantages Background: Invented by Alois Senefelder in Germany‚ 1798 New technology since the 15th century – Gutenberg’s printing press How it works: It is a mechanical planographic process in which the printing and non-printing areas of the plate are all at the same level Lithography is based on the chemical repellence of oil and water. Designs are drawn or painted with greasy ink or crayons on specially prepared limestone. The stone is moistened with water
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