Philips versus Matsushita: A New Century‚ A New Round How did Philips become the leading consumer company in the world in the postwar era? What distinctive competence did they build? What distinctive incompetencies? During 1892‚ Gerard Philips had a small light-bulb factory in Eindhoven‚ Holland in the same year the factory was failing so the brother Anton‚ a salesman came abroad. The larger electrical company was very diverse with their products. The two brothers focus on technological prowess
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The New England colonist were made up of thirteen colonies who wanted to be independent. This group of people‚ who left their former country for various of reasons‚ were starting to get irritated at Great Britain. In general‚ the colonist were perturbed that the British government required them to pay a great amount of taxes. They were also upset about the fact that‚ the money wasn’t helping them out and the funds were going back to England. There was no way they could vote against these acts so
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institution. Nowadays‚ it is looked upon with shame. However‚ there was a time when it had its staunch supporters. Southern slave owners would always defend this institution‚ despite the firestorm of criticism it faced‚ justifying it with legal‚ religious‚ and economic arguments. Supporters of slavery believed that they had the legal right to own slaves. This is largely due to the decisions of the courts‚ which set precedents that defended the legality of slavery. The decisions of the Supreme Court
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During the early 20th century‚ musicians and composers were caught in a transitional period of two vastly different styles of music. Though there was a growing number of people who were gaining interest in modern trends that extended tradition‚ there was still a large amount of people who were not ready to explore music outside of 19th century traditions. However‚ there were some composers who‚ rather than choosing one or the other‚ created a culmination of the two styles. Sergei Rachmaninov serves
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The Civil Rights Movement Until the 1950s‚ African Americans had experienced discrimination in all aspects of their lives. They were no longer slave‚ but they were definitely not equal citizens. During the 1950s and 1960s‚ African Americans‚ along with a number of other racial groups‚ embarked on a campaign to change this situation. This campaign challenged discrimination and fought to achieve the objective of equality that the American constitution promised for its entire people. It composed a
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World War One Not long after the assassination of the Archduke Ferdinand World War I started. World War one happened because of the many European alliances that caused them to go to war. Not long after the assassination of the Archduke world war one started. World War one happened because of the many European alliances that caused them to go to war. Austria gained the support of Germany and then Austria declared war on Serbia. When Serbia’s ally Russia learned of Austria’s military mobilization
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Why Having a Religious Education Is Beneficial "The only foundation for a useful education in a republic is to be aid in religion. Without this there can be no virtue‚ and without virtue there can be no liberty‚ and liberty is the object and life of all republican governments. Without religion‚ I believe that learning does real mischief to the morals and principles of mankind" (Rush‚ Benjamin). Benjamin Rush‚ one of the signers of The Declaration of Independence‚ said this and meant that having
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freedom in the New World but was the freedom they found worth the enslavement of people unlike themselves? England believed that religious uniformity was the only way to run a successful nation. Every nation in Europe had an established church and those who did not conform to the church in their area were persecuted by the state and shunned by the church. Groups of future colonists objected to this idea‚ seeing how it was unfair‚ and emigrated out of England seeking their personal religious freedom. Each
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religion helps poor persons move out of poverty. Regular church attendance‚ for example‚ is particularly instrumental in helping young people to escape the poverty of inner-city life. ◾Religious belief and practice contribute substantially to the formation of personal moral criteria and sound moral judgment. ◾Regular religious practice generally inoculates individuals against a host of social problems‚ including suicide‚ drug abuse‚ out-of-wedlock births‚ crime‚ and divorce. ◾The regular practice of religion
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The Effect of the Industrial Revolution on Art Movements of the Twentieth Century HUMN451 Contemporary Fine Arts DeVry University 04/13/2014 Abstract: This research examines the effect that the Industrial Revolution had on society and selected art movements of the twentieth century. To understand how art was affected by the rapid technological and social changes that occurred; it is important to present a summarized history of the Industrial Revolution. Some historians
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