giving away material objects. Winning a car is much less exciting than “You get a car! You get a car!” However‚ it can highlight extreme cases where policy could have been utilized in order to avoid the situation. Such is the case of Natalie Suleman‚ more known as the “Octomom”. Ms. Suleman utilized assistive reproductive technology (ART)‚ in her case‚ in vitro fertilization (IVF) in order to bring to term 8 babies. While it is always the woman’s choice whether or not to undergo procedures like IVF
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ABSTRACT: Petrochina‚ one of the largest companies in the world‚ has established a joint venture with Ineos refining in 2011‚ with strategic motives to attain competitive advantage and core competence. From the context of corporate strategy and joint ventures‚ a joint venture is the best way to share and utilize the complementary assets from another company with low risk compared to any other process such as acquisitions. Using the resource based theories such as PESTEL and VRIN ‚ the paper
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THE IMPACT OF CULTURE ON INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS The Impact of Culture on International Business Doing business on the international plane presents many challenges because of a variety of factors which differ from one market to the other. These differences are basically informed by the environment of the host country‚ which is often times different from that at home. One of the environmental factors that present such a challenge is culture. Culture can be defined as complex construct that embodies
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Family The Amish idea of family has been continuous since the 17th century. Amish communities place a high value on family‚ forming the key foundation of their society. Amish families are exclusively patriarchal. A typical Amish family comprises of a mother‚ a father and a few children. The extended family usually lives in close proximity and provides dependable support. Grand-parents are respected and are seen as knowledgeable‚ providing valuable advice. Our society doesn’t place such high
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of Commercial Banks in the Framework of CAMEL: A Case Study of Joint Venture Banks in Nepal Keshar J. Baral ABSTRACT Using the data set published by joint venture banks in their annual reports‚ and NRB in its supervision annual reports‚ this paper examines the financial health of joint venture banks in the CAMEL framework. The health check up conducted on the basis of publicly available financial data concludes that the health of joint venture banks is better than that of the other commercial
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Epic of Gilgamesh In the epic of Gilgamesh‚ Gilgamesh ventures upon a quest seeking immortality as a result to peace and significance in life. In means of this journey‚ Gilgamesh undergoes a combination of grand adventure‚ of mortality and also of tragedy. He tries to reach immortality in unusual ways‚ each as unsuccessful as its predecessor. Gilgamesh suffers conflict due to being two-part god and one part man‚ in a preliterate time‚ when gods were seemingly to be replaced by mortals on the throne
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY. Venture capital is the capital invested in a business where the chances of success are uncertain. It is the term to describe the financing of startup and early stage businesses as well as businesses in ‘’turn around’’ situations. Venture capital investments generally investments generally are higher risk investments but offer the potential for above-average returns. A venture capitalist (VC) is a person who makes such investments. The initial‚ start-up money is referred
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INTRODUCTION 1.1 INTRODUCTION Venture capital‚ a financial innovation of the twentieth century‚ is a long-term liquid investment‚ which can be in the form of equity‚ quasi-equity and sometimes debt in new and high-risk ventures. Venture capital became better known after the famous legend of Apple Computers‚ which started out in the US in 1977 with the capital firm‚ Arthur Rock & Co. Apple Computers then made it to the Fortune 500 and Arthur Rock & Co. attained height in Venture capital industry. However
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110 Biofuels: Potential and Challenges Chapter - 6 IN VITRO REGENERATION OF JATROPHA CURCAS Pankaj Bhargava‚ S.K. Tiwari‚ Amit Pandey‚ M.P. Goswami and Shweta Mishra Forest Genetics‚ Plant Propagation and Biotechnology Division‚ State Forest Research Institute‚ Polipathar‚ Jabalpur E-mail- drsktiwari@rediffmail.com ABSTRACT Biofuels are renewable and environmentally safe and refers to a nonpetroleum based fuel obtained from the transesterification of vegetable oils or animal fats.
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The American Red Cross is a non-profit organization that was founded in 1881 by Clara Barton. “For more than 122 years‚ the mission of the American Red Cross (ARC) has been to help people prevent‚ prepare for‚ and respond to emergencies” (FEMA / Ready.gov‚ 2012). The focus of their mission is to assist people who have been affected by disasters with the help of volunteers and the generosity organizations’ and individual’s monetary donations. The assistance the Red Cross provides is through shelter
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