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    Jonathon Martin Period 1 Chapter 8 Questions 1. Long-distance commerce acted as a motor of change in pre-modern world history by altering consumption and daily life. Essential food and useful tools such as salt were traded from the Sahara desert all the way to West Africa and salt was used as a food preserver. Some incenses essential to religious ceremonies were traded across the world because there was a huge demand for them. Trade diminished economic self-sufficiency by creating a reliance on

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    GLOBAL BUSINESS STRATEGIES READING REPORT Savannah Benton The World Is Flat by Thomas L. Friedman. Pp. 533-579 April 21‚2015 I. Four noteworthy quotes or key insights from the assigned reading. 1. “I believe that capabilities create intentions. If we create an Internet where people can open an online store and have global suppliers‚ global customers‚ and global competitors‚ they will open that online store or bank or bookshop…The history of economic development teaches this over and over: If you

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    The world does not have flat feet… Ah‚ a discussion I know something about on a personal level... 1. The advantage of ’knowing the business’ – was that Adida was successful in Europe before coming to the United States and then bought out popular shoe brands in the US to even the ‘playing field’ with Nike. 2. The group most harmed by the buyout was Adida itself in that they underestimated Nike - and their hopes of being Numero Uno did not materialize – even with their other athletic clothing

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    The processing requirements for each product on each of the four machines are shown in the table. | Processing Time (min/unit) | Work Center | A | B | C | D | W | 6 | 1 | 3 | 12 | X | 9 | 10 | 4 | 8 | Y | 4 | 3 | 12 | 9 | Z | 10 | 0 | 7 | 11 | Work centers W‚ X‚ Y‚ and Z are available for 40 hours per week and have no setup time when switching between products. Market demand for each product is 80 units per week. In the questions that follow‚ the traditional method refers to maximizing

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    day and age that we live in‚ technology is becoming an essential part of our daily lives. The twenty-first century‚ largely dubbed as the “Age of Technology” and also the “Era of Globalization‚” has brought on the feasibility of an interconnected world. Globalization is considered to be the unavoidable wave of the future. A few texts from Kwame Anthony Appiah‚ Marshall Poe‚ and Thomas L. Friedman further elaborate on a few important aspects of globalization. Technology‚ a major part of globalization

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    beginning to throw in their boots and let robots do the dirty work” (Briggs). Technology in this world has grown over the past decades and we have become more and more reliant on our technology. Agribots and drones is the newest and latest thing in this world that could really boots our crop productivity. Thomas L. Friedman‚ author of The World is Flat‚ argues that‚ “As an individual‚ in a flat world is figuring out how to make yourself as an ‘untouchable’” (280). He then describes ‘untouchables’

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    7 Wonders Of The World The Taj Mahal For centuries‚ the Taj Mahal has inspired poets‚ painters and musicians who have tried to capture its elusive magic in words‚ colours and music. The Taj Mahal is indeed a flawless architectural creation.The links listed here take one to sites that are related to the Taj Mahal – like we have a site on the construction of this beautiful monument of love‚ a site which has photographs of the Taj Mahal‚ a site giving you information about the Mughal Dynasty and

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    The video discussion‚ Tom Freedman‚ The World is Flat‚ is about Tom Freedman’s experience of how he learned the world is flat. By this‚ he means that anyone can send their own content to anyone in the world‚ basically for free. Tom believes the global economic playing field is being leveled. He believes this happened by three great eras of globalization. The first‚ globalization 1.0 started in 1492 and lasted until early 1800’s where the world shrunk from large to medium. The Spanish explored the

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    The purpose of the report in context is to present a Marketing Plan proposal to Nike’s senior management on how to market the modified sneakers for the elderly. In order to make an effective marketing plan‚ findings indicate that marketing research and information is imperative for both environmental and competitor analysis. So to speak‚ the report has delved deeper to present how the 4Ps of marketing mix would be utilized for better marketing of the product. Equally important‚ the report has presented

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    Give an example of each scale of atmospheric motion; Micro‚ Meso and Macro. An example of a “Microscale” atmospheric motion would be a small‚ turbulent breeze blowing through the trees. A F3 tornado flowing across a Kansas corn field would be an example of a “Mesoscale” motion‚ and Super Storm Sandy would be a great example of a “Macroscale” motion. What causes an "eddy" to form? An “eddy” is formed when wind encounters a solid object‚ a whirl of air is formed on the object’s downward side. The

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