behavioral and physical traits called adaptations that enable them to acquire food‚ escape predators and attract mates. The cheetah has the speed necessary to run down its prey‚ monarchs secrete a poison that deters predators from feasting on it and the hummingbird has a very long tongue for extracting nectar from flowers. These are some of the more obvious adaptations. However‚ if we take a closer look‚ we see that all organisms have several adaptations for living and surviving in their environment
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disadvantages of standardization strategies and adaptation strategies in a global environment. Standardization is the process by which a company makes it methods‚ especially its production processes‚ uniform/identical throughout its organization. Whereas for adaptation‚ a company would change their methods such as the price‚ promotion‚ packaging and/or the product itself in order to fit the needs and preferences of the market or a particular country. Adaptation occurs when any element of the marketing
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Adaptation of Tradition and Condition: The Dialectical Relationship Buddhism is considered as the most important religion in South Asia; developed from Indian roots‚ it has affected culture‚ politics philosophy‚ art and architecture‚ even standards of living from last two thousand years in significant countries of South Asian Asia‚ including Japan. This paper deals with some problems that arise from the evolution and adaptation of traditions in Japan with reference to Buddhism. There exists a
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Baz Luhrmann each choose to portray the story differently. In Zeffirelli’s adaptation of R+J he focuses on the verdurous‚ romantic‚ young forbidden love; where as Luhrmann’s adaptation focuses on impulse‚ passionate‚ violent‚ spontaneous actions. Zeffirelli’s adaptation of R+J focuses on young naive love‚ Luhrmann’s focuses violence and passion. Instead of holding a sword the first time we see Romeo in Zeffirelli’s adaptation holding a flower. In Luhrmann’s we see Romeo holding a cigarette. This little
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Standardisation versus Adaptation in a Globalisation context Challenge This is the challenge facing primarily multinational firms whether to standardise their local offering or adapt/localise it for the market they are selling into. According to De Wit and Meyer (2010)‚ the question facing managers is whether they should anticipate and encourage global convergence by emphasising global standardisation‚ centralisation and coordination or should managers acknowledge and exploit international diversity
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markets in over 200 countries and over 1‚100 brands under their portfolio. The company was founded in 1886 and is currently headquartered in Atlanta‚ Georgia‚ USA. This paper seeks to explain the impact of globalization on the standardization versus adaptation decision using examples from the Coca-Cola Company’s performance and strategies since their inception as a company. Introduction Globalisation can be defined as the movement toward economic‚ financial‚ trade‚ and communications integration by
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In this article‚ “Predicting early adolescent gang involvement from middle school adaptation”‚ authors‚ Thomas J. Dishion‚ Sarah E. Nelson‚ and Miwa Yasui’s purpose of the study were to understand the role of peers in the development of antisocial behavior. This study set out to examine the role of adaptation in the first year of middle school (grade6‚ age 11) to affiliation with gangs by the last year of middle school (grades 8‚ age13). The sample and method included multiethnic and urban youth
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originated in Grimms’ fairy tales in 1812 as a morbid tale of the beauty and vanity that fit with the culture of the time. However‚ modern adaptations have evolved to reflect the state of the audience. Disney’s more recent adaptation in 1937 was meant for a much softer generation of children than those raised in the 19th century‚ while Universal Pictures adaptation moves back to dark origins to appease an adult audience that has grown from its predecessor. When the Grimms’ Brothers published their tale
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Scandal in the kingdom! Is Macbeth suddenly a dark magic enthusiast? This was the question on everyone’s minds when the new King of Scotland‚ Macbeth‚ was spotted entering a dark cave‚ known to be the lair of three witches. Our journalists‚ Mr. Adam Le Vine and Mr. Blake Shell-Ton‚ were able to get close enough to the cave to determine the nature of the meeting. To put things lightly‚ they were absolutely astounded by the things they saw and heard that night. The three witches were hunched
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main functions are to defend the body against harmful substances‚ dispose of dead or dying tissue and to promote the renewal of normal tissue. The inflammatory reaction is normally characterized by five distinct signs‚ each of which is due to a physiological response to tissue injury; Pain (due to chemicals released by damaged cells). Swelling (due to a build up of fluid into the damaged region). Redness (due to vasodilatation- the widening of blood vessels and bleeding in the joint or structure)
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