Global and China Piano Industry Report‚ 2014-2017 Summary Global Piano Industry‚ which originated from Europe in the 18th century‚ has begun to shift to China since the late 1990s. At present‚ China has been the world’s largest piano producer‚ with the output for 2013 hitting 376‚000 units‚ making up 79.6% of the global total. Meanwhile‚ the piano demand in China has been growing‚ with the year 2013’s ownership of pianos per 100 urban households approaching 3.0 units. It is projected that this
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Is there relationship between happiness and place utility within different areas of Mexico City? Fieldwork question and geographic context. This essay will investigate if there is a relationship between happiness and the place utility of La Condesa and San Pedro Martir‚ then by comparing the results of each investigation we will come to a conclusion of whether this relationship does exist and how it changes depending on the place in which it’s located within the city. Mexico city is a city
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Impact of Global Financial Crisis on Hospitality Sector Based in Mumbai Region Oshma Rosette Pinto Assistant Professor‚ Pillai Institute of Management Studies and Research‚ New Panvel Navi Mumbai E-mail: pinto.rosette@gmail.com ABSTRACT The Global financial crisis from 2005 to the present is considered by many economists to be the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression of the 1930s. It was triggered by a liquidity shortfall in the United States Banking system which resulted in the
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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Introduction According to (Lim‚ 2006) the Northern Region is one of the four regions in Peninsular Malaysia‚ which include the states of Perlis‚ Kedah‚ Penang‚ and Perak. Regarding to economic development‚ Penang and Perak can be classified as middle-income states while Kedah and Perlis were being classified as low-income states. (Aslam & Hassan‚ 2003) With a population of 1.77 million Penang is the leader in manufacturing activities and the growth
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significant population increase in this area happened during the 1975 war due to uncontrolled migration‚ which widened the socio-economic gap among different sectors of the population. I chose‚ then‚ to focus on Nabaa because it is one of the poorest regions in Lebanon characterized by a significantly lower standard of living than many areas around the nation. Caused by a massive population shift to the area in search for jobs with improper urban planning and poor supply of adequate infrastructure and
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Since it first began‚ Indian Ocean commerce has been a linking force in the surrounding region. However‚ it has not all remained the same. Between 650 CE and 1450 CE‚ Indian Ocean trade routes and dominating groups changed significantly‚ while the goods they traded remained largely the same. Trade routes used by Indian Ocean mariners were important to the region’s commerce. They needed to find faster‚ easier routes to the destination. At first‚ many merchants would have to sail to far away
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Explain what mechanisms would you suggest to improve the administrative competence of local officials to make local government units effective partners of the national government in the development of the country? With the changing concept of local governance‚ the local government personnel should be qualified and highly trained for their enabling or facilitative functions. A basic question that is raised is‚ do they have the competence to perform the enabling functions of local government?
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Changes and continuities in commerce in the Indian ocean region from 650 to 1750 C.E. In the period between 650 C.E. and 1750 C.E.‚ the Indian Ocean region endured both change and continuity. One continuity is simply trade‚ for this 1‚100 years the Indian ocean was an important trading zone. One change in Indian ocean trade over those years was which country dominated trade their. Over those years the Indian ocean was controlled by the Indians‚ the Arabs‚ the Chinese‚ and last but not least the
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There has been debate over the present-day characteristics of the biome of tropical regions. For some they are viewed as a natural response to the climate of the area. Whereas for others they are regarded as a product of human interferences. Discuss this statement in the context of the biome you have studied. The Amazon rainforest is affected by both human interference such as deforestation as well as the climate contributing to global warming and causing both harm and extinction towards the species
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Pacific a region of great variety? Give relevant examples. Introduction Countries in the same region not necessary have to be identical in everything. To illustrate this‚ there are many countries located in the Asia Pacific region‚ but all of them are different in many ways‚ not just in people‚ culture‚ geography‚ but also in the development. Therefore‚ it has a contrast in their way of managing business. There are many factors that contributed to Asia Pacific to be called a region of great variety
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