created in the United States. American literature is like all literature‚ it has literary experiences and contextual history of America. It depicts how America has changed is still changing today. American literature has changed over time just like most canons of literary works. The uniqueness of American literature is that America from its beginning had a special philosophy of life and freedom. The special philosophy of life and freedom that made American literature so unique was reflected in its writings
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each time to make things a lot easier and with less work we get to do “more things done”‚ ironically this would give us more “time to live” because we are not supposed to be under much stress. But then again‚ if we reduce actions and deprive our capability that will slow us down and not have a beneficial outcome. Many perceptions were used and related to time and space and played a significant role just like cubist painting‚ impressionist and expressionist music‚ psychological novel‚ among many other
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Stelarc can be considered an artist who uses his body as medium and exhibition space. Stelarc’s works focus heavily on futurism as well as extending the capabilities of the human body and most of his works are centered on his concept that the human body is obsolete. Stelarc’s computer generated work entitled‚ ‘Prosthetic head’‚ is an interactive‚ technology-generated artwork created by Stelarc to explore the
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SCR BUSINESS CASE JOURNAL 21 SCR THESOdETY FOR CASE RESEARŒI_ KODAK’S CHALLENGE: SURVIVING THE DISRUPTIVE "WINDS OF CHANGE" This case was prepared by Boris Morozov and Rebecca J. Morris both from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. The views presented here are those ofthe case authors and do not necessarily reflect the views ofthe Society for Case Research. The authors’ views are based on their own professional judgments. Copyright © 2009 by the Society for Case Research and the authors
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Yongnuo‚ a lithium-ion flash for Canon Canon warns photographers to never use lithium batteries in its flashes‚ but Yongnuo introduced a flash‚ Canon compatible‚ that uses a lithium-ion battery. The Yongnuo Speedlite YN686EX-RT is compatible with Canon’s RT- series of flashes‚ but contrary to Canon’s units uses a lithium-ion battery said to be faster and offer 750 full-power flashes from a single charge. When lithium batteries became a common thing in the market‚ some photographers managed to fry
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potential for profits. Firms within the same industry have similar resources and pursuer similar strategies. Resources are mobile across firms (because of this‚ seemingly unique differences among firms in the same industry will quickly vanish‚ competing firms will adopt or purchase similar resources. Resource-based view takes the approach that a firm¡¯s resources are more important than industry structure in getting and
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Garcia-French‚ Rosemarie Hordijk‚ Kim Nguyen‚ Lana Olup* 1. Introduction 1.1. Background and objectives This article will discuss the different Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) issues that emerged within four multinationals (Apple‚ Canon‚ Coca-Cola and Walmart). There is no clear definition of CSR. In Corporate Social Responsibility‚ Legal and semi-legal frameworks supporting CSR Lambooy gives an r o verview of several definitions of CSR.1 The European Commission defines CSR
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strategic alliance involves a reciprocal commitment by the various parties to longer-term collaboration which involves the mutual deployment of resources. Benchmarking: Benchmarking involves some comparison of performance and of some underlying capability- in order to achieve learning and change. Customer benchmarking entails comparison of customer needs against supplier delivery. Competitive benchmarking involves understanding differences between delivery of value to customer or cost between at
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Chapter 6 Modes of Entry Non-exporting modes of entry h Three main non-exporting modes of entry non- • Licensing (including franchising) • Strategic Alliances • Wholly owned manufacturing subsidiaries Three modes of entry Host Country Home country LICENSING Blueprint : “how to do it” Ho st WHOLLY-OWNED SUBSIDIARY A replica of home Host County Co un try STRATEGIC ALLIANCE (J.V.) A “joint effort” 1 The Impact of Entry Barriers h The non-exporting modes
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