1) Once hired‚ why do people work so hard at Microsoft? What motivates them? Answer: First‚ the culture of Microsoft. As the vision Gates mentioned: a computer on every desk in every home‚ running on Microsoft software‚ spirited many young to work hard. Second‚ rigorous and firm recruiting policy and process. As Ballmer said‚ “ We want people who are smart‚ who work hard‚ and who get things done.” Third‚ Challenging work assignments and tasks. Microsoft believed that individuals were
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EU Trade and Development Policies Table of contents 1. The Common Commercial Policy………………………………………………………...3 2. Instruments of the Common Commercial Policy…………………………………………5 3. The Dimensions of the Common Commercial Policy…………………………………….8 4. The European Neighborhood Policy……………………………………………………..13 5. The Union for the Mediterranean………………………………………………………..15 6. The European Union and Russia…………………………………………………………17 7. European Union’s Relations with Other Soviet Republics……………………………..19 8. The
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arrangement. America accepts Chinese imports and pays in dollars‚ and China holds American dollars and bonds (Nye 56). While everyone might believe war between the U.S. and China is inevitable‚ it is far from the reality. It is the liberal perspective that good trade can foster peace between two states (Copeland 6). Both states realized that conflict between them will be detrimental to both sides. What makes both of these sides from engaging in violence together is rationality. Richard Cobden argued that
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The Liberalization of the EU Postal Market: What are the possible welfare effects? 1. Introduction In regulated industries‚ governments established Universal Service Providers (USPs) in the postal market in order to provide every inhabitant of a country with essential services. Many European Union (EU) member states decided that by the 1st of January 2009 the EU postal market should be liberalised‚ causing competition to increase. When competition rises within a specific market‚ usually‚ welfare
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DIFFERENCES BETWEEN VIETNAM AND THE U.S I am an immigrant person who came to the U.S under family sponsorship. Living here for 4 years‚ I have learned a lot of interesting things in this country. There are so many differences between Vietnam and the U.S as relationship‚ weather‚ religion‚ fashion‚ language…. but the most three obvious differences between them are country size‚ education system and culture. Country size is a great difference between these countries
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the current age‚ alliances between countries are common‚ with Australia being in many forums and agreements. One such forum is the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation‚ or APEC for short‚ which promotes and supports free trade policy in the Asia-Pacific region. It was established in 1989 to combat the interdependence of Asia-Pacific economies‚ and it has 21 members from the Pacific Rim economies. Both Australia and United States are active
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problems in terms of discrimination‚ hunger and contagion. Having an education may change according to cultures‚ even inside a particular country. When it is compared and contrasted between my country and the U.S.‚ there are not only several differences‚ but also some uniformity in the class. The first educational contrast between these two countries is the behavior of students in the class. In my country‚ from elementary to high school students always stand up when a teacher comes to the class. It is a
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REGIONAL ECONOMIC COOPERATION One of the most important developments in the world trade system in the 1990s has been the emergence of regional cooperation. The end of the Cold War reduced political tensions between countries in Asia as well as globalizing production processes and increasing vertical integration. Cities like Bangkok‚ Kuala Lumpur‚ and Singapore have been lifting their populations out of poverty in part through cooperative arrangements with neighboring countries. Transnational economic
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Question 1 Before competing in Asia‚ Lego pursued a global standardisation strategy whereby its aim was to create global products with 95% standardisation and 5% variation in its packaging. Lego started adopting the transnational strategy when competing in Asia whereby there is high pressure for cost reduction and local responsiveness. In terms of cost-reduction‚ it was vivid when Lego decided to construct a factory in China which is expected to shorten lead times and improve efficiency by responding
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or its member states. With this the ECJ has had no formal grounds on which to make its decisions and has therefore had to look outside the EC and into other sources of European law. The ECHR‚ although not signed by the EU as one body‚ is signed by all 25 members of EU and has a great deal of standing in each signatory state. The ECJ‚ when making its decisions has demonstrated that the ECHR is a valuable source. For example in the early case of Nold the ECJ examines the status of fundamental
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