Diversification IBM a Fortune 500 company celebrated its 100th birthday this past June. IBM employs over 400‚000 employees and is considered to be a $100 billion dollar or more giant in e-business global marketing technology. With the inception of the computer‚ IBM’s core business was mainframe computers‚ which almost bought the company to its knees in bankruptcy. IBM looked at the PC as just a gadget and with any gadget over time would fade into oblivion. IBM would find out the hard way
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Chapter 6(Africa) key concepts- *The varied enviroments of African regions had an important influence on the cultural and economic developments of societies. *Regional and long distance interactions among African societies and with outsiders helped create the cultural diversity that characterized the period * Various African societies played a major role in the larger networks of trade‚ including both the Trans- Saharan and Indian Ocean trade networks. * Islam’s spread to Africa had a significant
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and the United States)‚ and the Central Powers (Germany‚ Austria Hungary and the Ottoman Empire) (Alliances). The main causes of the war were the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand‚ militarism‚ imperialism‚ Morocco 1904‚ Bosnia 1908 and the Balkan Wars. World War I started because of the contests between the powers of Europe and the loathing between the alliances. All countries were putting pressure on each other. When countries joined alliances the opponent would get worried and would then
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would outdo the first. With the Treaty of Versailles putting the pressure to pay off damage and/or loss from the war on Germany’s shoulders‚ Great Britain was determined to be Top Gun economically. Another example of nationalism causing WWI is the Balkans. When one country decided they wanted to be independent from the Ottoman rule‚ the rest decided that as well. With the
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culture and defined an identity within itself. Vernacular Languages during the Renaissance One of the native languages spoken in Europe is Albanian. It is spoken by over 7 million people‚ primarily residing in Albania but also in other areas of the Balkans. There are Albanian speakers in other parts of the world such
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the twentieth century‚ Europe seemed to enjoy a period of peace and progress. Yet below the surface‚ several forces were at work that would lead Europe into the “great war”. One of these forces was nationalism and it had an explosive effect in the Balkans. But‚ nationalism was only one of the many causes of World War I. Historians and eyewitnesses have described the causes of World War I and have tried to assess the responsibility for it. Two causes for World War I are militarism and nationalism. Militarism
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Business units operate separate management teams‚ allowing each unit to focus on their areas of enterprise. They develop mobile services to attract customers in order to pick their product over competitors. Also‚ Matav was keen to expand through the Balkan region and southeastern regions of Europe such as Bulgaria‚ Romania‚ Serbia‚ due to its well performance in getting the controlling interest of MakTel. Their second target is Montenegro Telecom because Montenegro is very small and it is only fixed
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Bismarck’s Foreign Policy Otto von Bismarck (1815-1898) ruled Germany’s foreign policy from 1871 until 1890. He won over Prussia’s elected representatives by unifying Germany‚ first the north (1866) and then (in 1871) the whole of ‘Lesser Germany.’ In 1870‚ the French government blundered into a conflict with Prussia. By declaring war‚ the French fell into a trap that the Prussian king’s chief minister‚ Otto von Bismarck‚ had carefully laid for them. War against France‚ the ‘traditional enemy’
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Italian Enel‚ German E.ON and Austrian EVN. The following picture represents market share in the South East Europe‚ according to number of consumers. In the earlier privatizations of electricity distribution companies in the South East Europe and Balkans regions‚ one of the indicators for successful privatization was the achieved price expressed per consumer it amounted to 80 euros per consumer in Ukraine‚ 100-150 euros per consumer in Romania‚ 200 euros in Czech Republic‚ and 230 euros in Bulgaria
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of African countries‚ and France rivalled with Italy over Tunis) which led indirectly to the formation of the alliance systems Nationalism was the primary long-term factor in the outbreak of the First World War however there were several immediate crises which provided the excuse for the nations of Europe to go to war. Nationalism is a broad concept encompassing a race’s desire for self rule and determination‚ a deep patriotism often rooted in militarism and the building of empires. This nationalism
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