subsidiaries in India include Unilever‚ Nestle‚ BATA‚ Colgate Palmolive‚ Procter & Gamble‚ General Electric‚ General Motors‚ Ford‚ Pepsi and Coca-Cola. Historically‚ the main reason for the entry of MNCs into India was to jump the tariff wall. High import duties ruled out the option of exporting finished goods from the home country to India. On the other hand‚ once they entered the country and set up operations‚ the country’s high tariffs guaranteed adequate protection. In some cases‚ the need to customize
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waist with rounded hips and bosom‚ which women attained through the use of corsets and structured undergarments. The dresses were floor length and often designed with long trains and high necklines to ensure maximum coverage. The fashions did not change significantly according to season‚ often causing fainting spells when the summer heat became overwhelming. Towards the end of the century‚ doctors began to warn against the use of corsets‚ which they discovered had the potential to mutilate the bodies
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Japan’s Lost Decade : An Introduction Japan’s economy has endured the first lost decade during the 1990s. Looking at the current situation‚ experts are pointing out that Japan is now experiencing their second lost decade due to similar characteristics of the first which is stagnant‚ non-improving condition of their economy. Did Japan learn anything from the previous lost decade‚ or did the steps taken to avoid another lost decade were too weak? What was the problem? We will try to look into the
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greenhouse gases in the atmosphere‚ causing the balance of energy‚ incoming and outgoing‚ to become disturbed. Background Global warming can be defined as the increase in average temperature of the Earth’s near surface air and oceans in recent decades and its projected continuation. (Wikipedia‚ 2007) Global warming is closely correlated with the increase of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. This increase in global temperature will eventually have extreme repercussions on the earth. Greenhouse
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Differences detailing the change in racism from the mid- and late-1900s until today include various forms of oppression and prejudice‚ all of which continue to transform and morph into different ways of racial expression today. In the first fifty years of the twentieth century‚ racism was prevalent‚ seen in the reported lynching of 1‚792 African American individuals‚ not counting those who were the victims of unreported crimes. In addition‚ segregation was also established‚ including laws concerning
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A Decade Of Music The Roaring Twenties was an exciting time for America and was also known as the Golden Twenties. The reason for this is because many new things were happening and one of them was known as the Jazz Age. Although the Great Depression was a bad time in America for most people‚ the Jazz Age provided a way for people to cope or escape from their daily lives. The Jazz Age was created by African-American musicians in New Orleans. The Jazz Age started because the lively beats of
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Sam Robert in the article a decade of fear argues that MCcarthyism turned americans against each other. Robert supports his claim by illustrating fear‚ described betrayal and compared it to other united states internal conflict. The author’s purpose is to point out a vulnerable period in american history in order to demonstrate that americans fell prey to mccarthys negative propaganda. The author writes in a informative persuasive tone for his educated audience. I strongly agree with Roberts claim
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Case Study A 26-year-old woman went to the emergency department complaining of shortness of breath over the previous three days that had increased in intensity (Nash & Goldfarb‚ 2006). The patient was at the hospital for over three hours before she was able to see a physician. The physician did a complete exam and ordered blood tests‚ a chest x-ray‚ lung scan and electrocardiogram.The patient waited for three more hours before the physician told her that he believed she had asthma and should follow
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Fashion throughout the Decades Interest: I chose to look at fashion and how it has changed and developed through the decades. Fashion up until the 1960’s varied widely. The 1960’s specifically were known as the “Flower Power” era‚ or the hippie movement. One of the social youth groups preceding the Flower Power era was referred to as the rockers. The rockers were a group of younger generations who typically wore black clothing such as leather jackets. Their style is echoed in greatly in the idea
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counter culture had been established and was taking action against what it felt to be unjust. Music also was a quintessential part of the time with protest music reflecting the zeitgeist of the 60s. Unveiling dubstep to the unwashed masses in this decade could possibly hold consequences. Because of the counter culture’s compulsion to go against what the 1950’s‚ if the parents of the 1950s reject dubstep‚ the teens of the counterculture would embrace it. The 1970s were a time where people were very
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