was created to eliminate the use of alcohol in the United States. In doing this‚ the proponents of prohibition hoped to end the social problems associated with alcohol‚ such as domestic abuse. "It was an attempt to promote Protestant middle-class culture as a means of imposing order on a disorderly world"(Dumenil‚ 1995). However‚ this goal of keeping peace by not consuming alcohol‚ was not reached during the years of prohibition‚ or the years following it. Alcohol consumed by Americans did decline
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S-Curve Insight into the Electric Automobile Industry Introduction Many technological improvements have been made to vehicles to reduce their environmental impact. Some of these advances have been imposed by environmental legislation‚ others have been incentivized by commercial pressure to improve energy efficiency and limit our dependence on fossil fuel. Greening the transportation sector is thus important for meeting global emissions reduction targets. One innovative technology to achieve a green
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Problem Set 1 Macroeconomics‚ ECON 2123 (Instructor: Partha Sen; TA: Peter Tsui) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Posted: Friday‚ 19 September 2014 Due: 5:00 PM Friday‚ 26 September 2014 (Submit your homework into the homework collection box outside the department office) 100 marks total Part I: True/False/Uncertain (20 marks‚ 4 marks each) 1. GDP is the value of all goods and services produced
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Review “During the 1980s the concept of corporate culture captured the imagination of management researchers and practitioners alike. In particular‚ Peters and Waterman’s (1982) book entitled In Search of Excellence: Lessons from America’s Best-Run Companies proclaimed that the key to corporate success was a strongly unified corporate culture.” Wilson (1996:87) Corporate culture has always been a part of every business since it was first introduced in the 1980’s. It doesn’t matter if it’s a small business
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Case Study 1: Nike April‚ 11‚ 2013 Nike (originally named Blue Ribbon Sports) was founded in 1964 by Phil Knight and his University of Oregon track Coach Bill Bowerman. It was born as a business project of Knights while he was in Stanford. The idea was to import shoes from Japan into the U.S. Up until this point the majority of shoes were imported from Germany. By importing the shoes from Japan the cost would drastically be improved because of labor savings. Nike‚ with the ingenious
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DBQ 17: A National Clash of Cultures in the 1920’s With the arrival of the 1920’s‚ new battles fought between traditionalist rural society and modernist urban civilization arose in the postwar United States. These urban-rural culture wars of this time period represent the everlasting conflict between conservatives and liberals. The 1920 census demonstrated to traditionalists that their views were under attack by the modernists who gradually came to outnumber them. Traditionalists were disturbed
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Canadian Women in the Workforce: 1940’s to the 1970’s The 1940’s to the 1970’s were 30 short years‚ but resulted in a huge revolutionary change to Canadian women and their place in the workforce. The women who lived during this time period fought for the rights that working women have today. Women went from working in their homes to working in stores‚ factories‚ and running the farm. There were plenty of things women had to overcome during this time‚ such as; filling in the job market during WWII
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Walmart is the largest retailer in the world. With thousands of stores and employees in nearly every country‚ Wal-Mart is the corporate giant. Until recent years Wal-Mart has been know for several things. Wal-Mart has provided consumers with a friendly place to shop and get low prices and convenience. The culture of Wal-Mart was so strong that its employees became known as Walmartians. Although you could find a Wal-Mart nearly everywhere you went‚ each store was just as friendly as the last and
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Blue Ocean Strategy Institute BOS022 How Apple ’s Corporate Strategy Drives High Growth 10/2012-5860 This case was written by Oh Young Koo‚ Institute Fellow of the INSEAD Blue Ocean Strategy Institute‚ under the supervision of W. Chan Kim and Renée Mauborgne‚ Professors at INSEAD. It is intended to be used as a basis for class discussion rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of an administrative situation. Copyright © 2012 INSEAD TO ORDER COPIES OF INSEAD CASES‚ SEE
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Prepared by: Ilya Bovkun‚ EPR10-english Essay on the topic: “Corporate culture: help or hindrance” “The only thing of real importance that leaders do is to create and manage culture. If you do not manage culture‚ it manages you‚ and you may not even be aware of the extent to which this is happening.” Edgar Schein‚ professor MIT Sloan School of Management Nowadays‚ in the end of 2011‚ we can make a clear overview of the remarkable events that took place not a long time ago. And though some
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