programmer‚ assisted by others‚ including Paul Barton-Davis‚ used a collection of tools to create Web pages based on a database of 1 million book titles compiled from the Library of Congress and Books in Print databases. Kaphan notes that “Amazon was dependent on commercial and free database systems‚ as well as HTTP server software from commercial and free sources. Many of the programming tools were free software” [Collett 2002]. In July 1995‚ Amazon opened its Web site for sales. Using heavily
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Excerpts from “Views from the Hillside” an illegal Korean Newspaper Column written by: Chin-Mae Lee Blades of Grass‚ Side by Side - February 25‚ 1919 For the past nine years the Government General of Korea‚ under control of the Japanese Empire‚ has imposed strict rules on ourselves and our lands. The GGK is collecting taxes from us and making us cultivate rice in order to sustain the Japanese War effort. We‚ as the people‚ have no say in these taxes and have no ability to be involved in our imposed
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FOUR SEASONS Overview of Management Trainee Training Plan [Roots - Twelve months] GOAL: The objective of the Management Training Program is to develop graduates of Hospitality Programs into strong operational managers at the hotel where they are placed. The program is designed to ease the transition from the academic environment into the hospitality industy Month 1: • • • • • Assigned to department where trainee will complete his/her initial training Introduced in the hotel as a Management Trainee
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Discuss Miller’s presentation of masculinity in A View from the Bridge Arthur Miller wrote this play in 1955. He has written many other plays including All My Sons‚ which was a success at Broadway. Miller was born in 1915‚ in New York City‚ but both his parent had emigrated to the US. This play revolves around emigration‚ so Miller has had a lot of personal experience. This play is based in the late 1940’s‚ just after the Second World War‚ when many people were emigrating to the US‚ looking
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“Knock‚ Knock” by Daniel Beaty is a creative spoken word poem that focuses on how young people can use their adversities to better themselves and the world around them. Beaty establishes a motif early in the poem‚ but transforms it as he moves through each section of the poem. The motif transforms as the poem transforms from a young boy learning how to deal with adversity and using it as fuel to create change in the world. Through figurative language and an effective transformative motif‚ Beaty is
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MANAGING ACROSS CULTURES IN A BIG FOUR CONSULTING FIRM Peter Massingham University of Wollongong Abstract This case examines how a big four consulting firm reviewed the performance of two of its Asian practices. It explores how the review was conducted‚ the findings‚ and how the outcomes were communicated. It reveals the challenges faced by Western managers in telling Eastern managers they need to improve their performance. The case is about cross cultural management and organisational structure
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Case Summary: Four Seasons Goes to Paris? – Entering a foreign market Basic facts about Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts is a Canadian international luxury hotel management company. Between 1996 and 2000 they increased revenues and margins by about 20% and 10% respectively. Their revenue per room was about 30% higher than that of their competitors. Four Seasons generally operates‚ but does not own‚ mid-sized luxury hotels and resorts. By 2002‚ they indisputably became
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In Joseph Conrad’s Heart of Darkness‚ there is a great interpretation of the feelings of the characters and uncertainties of the Congo. Although Africa‚ nor the Congo are ever really referred to‚ the Thames river is mentioned as support. This intricate story reveals much symbolism due to Conrad’s theme based on the lies and good and evil‚ which interact together in every man. Today‚ of course‚ the situation has changed. Most literate people know that by probing into the heart of the jungle
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This paper focuses on the metaphysical interpretation of kindred notions of Yoruba tribal arts. The region of West Africa that today includes the countries of Nigeria‚ Benin‚ and Togo is the land of the Yoruba people‚ whose art is an essential and integral element in their way of life (see image 1 for the Map of Yorubaland‚ showing major towns). The Yoruba are among the oldest and most influential of all African cultures and today make up one of Africa’s largest ethnic groups. More than 25 million
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However‚ it lead to a negative impact on the survival and lifestyle of the slaves while the people involved in the trade benefited. In the book‚ “The Coming‚’’author Daniel Black utilized a unique narrative style in his writing and supported his claim by presenting ways to explain the traumatic experience Africans slaves faced starting from their homeland and their journey through the Transatlantic Passage to the Americas. Black provided in-depth stories of atrocities committed to slaves during the slave
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