they will have strong effects. By Maureen Glabman Contributing Editor In 1995‚ Harvard business school professors Clayton Christensen and Joseph Bower put “disruptive technologies” in the business lexicon by introducing the term in a seminal article in the school’s journal. The phrase described what happened in 1960‚ for example‚ when an unknown company‚ Sony‚ began selling an affordable transistor television that eventually replaced RCA’s vacuum tube. Soon it became apparent the transistor
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ST. AUGUSTINE UNIVERSITY OF TANZANIA. FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND COMMUNICATIONS. DEPARTMENT OF PHILOSOPHY AND ETHICS. ACCADEMIC YEAR 2011/2012- 2 SEMESTER. ND COURSE TITLE: COMPARATIVE RELIGION (BAPRM2& BScT 1) COURSE CODE: PH 221 CREDIT HOURS: 3 HRS PER WEEK Course lecturer: Ms GRACE RICHARD KAMBONA 1 1. GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO RELIGION 1.1. What is religion? The word Religion is derived from a Latin word “religio” which means “fear or awe” in the presence of a supernatural
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ARTICLE III – BILL OF RIGHTS Section 1. No person shall be deprived of life‚ liberty or property without due process of law‚ nor shall any person be denied the equal protection of the laws. Definition of “Police Power”: 1) Power vested in the legislature 2) By the Constitution 3) To make‚ ordain‚ and establish 4) All manner of wholesome and reasonable laws‚ statutes‚ and ordinances 5) Either with penalties or without 6) Not repugnant to the constitution 7) As
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Childhood Obesity This article focuses on 3 different studies that were carried out in China‚ the US and Australia related to childhood obesity. In the first‚ children ranging between the ages of 8-14 were studied. The focus was to study the children over a 16 month period and find the correlation between body image and the strategies used to lose weight and gain muscle. In the second‚ the focus of the study was to find out if there was any correlation between children eating dinner with their parents
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Journal of International Financial Markets‚ Institutions and Money 11 (2001) 53 – 63 www.elsevier.com/locate/econbase Foreign bank penetration of newly opened markets in the Nordic countries Lars Engwall a‚1‚ Rolf Marquardt b‚2‚ Torben Pedersen c‚3‚ Adrian E. Tschoegl d‚* Department of Business Studies‚ Uppsala Uni6ersity‚ S -751 20 Uppsala‚ Sweden b Swedish Bankers Association‚ PO Box 7603‚ S -103 94 Stockholm‚ Sweden c Department of International Economics and Management‚ Copenhagen
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Industrial and Corporate Change‚ Volume 12‚ Number 2‚ pp. 351–385 The vanishing hand: the changing dynamics of industrial capitalism Richard N. Langlois Alfred Chandler’s portrayal of the managerial revolution of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries does not extend well into the late twentieth century‚ when widespread vertical disintegration began replacing the classical multi-unit managerial enterprise. This paper attempts to explain the new economy in a manner consistent
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In November 1777‚ the Continental Congress adopted the Articles of Confederation and Perpetual Union—the United States’ first written constitution. The Articles of Confederation formed a constitution concerned primarily with limiting the powers of the central government; however‚ the central government was based entirely on Congress. At the time‚ there was no executive branch because they wanted to limit the government and not have it too powerful. This meant that the execution of its laws would
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(HRM) that their involvement has been placed centre-stage as a core element of an HR approach. This article reports findings from 40 interviews with line managers on their experiences in handling HR work that has been devolved to them‚ from a study of three different UK work organisations. The study finds that significant organisational benefits and costs exist from involving the line in HR work. The article concludes that participation of both line and HR managers in HRM needs to be re-assessed‚ as line
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The Greatest Speech of the Greatest Bangali By A A M S Arefin Siddique The speech that our Father of the Nation Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman delivered 38 years ago was an amazing event in the context of theoretical application of communication science. An incredible manifestation of modern communication concepts could be observed in this historic speech by the greatest Bangali of all times – Bangabandhu. Bangabandhu completed this timeless speech in 19 minutes by uttering between 58
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The Zen of Folding Laundry and Other Thoughts on Happiness I hate folding laundry. So‚ when I recently had to fold some laundry‚ I was feeling impatient and irritated. The laundry wasn’t going to fold itself‚ and I was running out of clothes. Despite my internal protests‚ it would have to get done. I figured it would only take a few minutes and then I could get back to the more enjoyable parts of my day. Then it hit me. I was resisting folding the laundry. The whole time I was rolling socks
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