Marco Polo was a Venetian merchant that had an extraordinary life. As a young adult‚ Marco would begin a monumental journey that would span continents and would solidify his place in history. His story would become wildly popular and spark many imaginations when it was dictated to and written down by Rustichello da Pisa‚ in The Travels of Marco Polo (c.1300). Along with his father and uncle‚ Marco set out for the seat of Kublai Khan at Khanbaliq‚ Cathay. During the 17 years Marco was in Kublai’s
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Historical development. The origins of water polo can be traced back to the late 19th century when a Scottish man named William Wilson constructed the rules for the game‚ as a result of the public’s growing disinterest of swimming carnivals (Donev‚ 2008). The sport was introduced onto the Olympic scene in 1900 during the Paris game‚ making it one of the longest running team games in the Olympics and can be played by both men and women (Smith‚ 1998). Australia made its debut in the 1948 Olympic
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Competitive Analysis‚ ING Direct. Competitor analysis is an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and potential competitors. Porter (1980‚ 1998) argued that most firms do not conduct this type of analysis systematically enough. Instead‚ many enterprises operate on what he calls “informal impressions‚ conjectures‚ and intuition gained through the tidbits of information about competitors every manager continually receives.” ING’s analysis of its competitors was that they were old
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When I think about the customer behavioral analysis for Di Rienzo’s and what drives his consumers to go to his deli rather going to his competitors‚ I think about what they have to offer. They offer great customer experience like no other. This is a very big factor for when people are choosing where to shop. They offer very good products that you can not find anywhere else at great competitive prices. Their service is something else that keeps people coming back because they do a lot more for their
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The Rise of Marco Polo Marco Polo was a renaissance era Venetian merchant who has changed world travel in his time era and our era by not only exploring other parts of the world but also documenting his travels to china for all to read. I. Marco Polo A. Born in 1254‚ died in 1324‚ Venetian merchant‚ mother died while he was young‚ didn’t meet dad until he was 17‚ traveled china and documented his travels. B. Italy was separated into 4 regions‚ polo was from the east region of Venice
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Marco Polo is a Venetian explorer who made one of the most important travel books in history. His observations that he recorded were fascinating‚ in fact people thought his stories and observations were fiction until after he died. Due to Marco Polo’s successful travels and observations that he recorded‚ he educated many early Europeans about the continent of Asia and inspired people today to learn about the diverse cultures. Marco Polo’s travel book was extremely important because of his recorded
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Competitive Analysis Competitor 1: MINI COOPER HARDTOP SWOT ANALYSIS * Strength * Style: very unique‚ can be instantly recognized as a Mini‚ grabs customers’ attention. * Design: The emphasis was on making them stylish‚ forming an important part of the MINI’s personality‚ but easy to use and easy to understand. * Safety: - Setting new small car safety standards‚ - A full array of airbags‚ including front and side airbags for the front passengers including head protection
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A Game of Polo with a Headless Goat Background This extract comes from a book which was written as a spin-off from Emma Levine’s television series about strange and unusual sports. It is a travelogue (a book which describes travel in a foreign country) in which she describes these sports‚ the people involved and her experiences of filming them. In doing so‚ she gives an insight not just into the sports themselves‚ but into the lives and culture of the people who take part in (and watch)
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TO: CEO‚ Piaggio From: Strategic Business Unit Re: Piaggio Competitive Position and Analysis Date: 23 February 2014 As conversation earlier this week‚ I would like to submit the strategic analysis of Piaggio as following: I. Compare and contrast the competitive position of Piaggio‚ Aprilia and Yamaha in the PTW Market. Piaggio and Aprilia are Italian motorcycles manufacturers. Piaggio is the fourth largest European manufacturer‚ with a market share‚ in value‚ of 10% in EU and is the
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made more problems for us. Diasporic Communities were full of merchants like me and we helped set up communities where cultural traditions were shared and spread throughout into indigenous culture. An example can be the Jewish communities in the Mediterranean‚ Indian Ocean Basin‚ or along the Silk Roads. When I was traveling from China into the India Ocean Route‚ another fellow merchant of mine gave me a book and it detailed one of the greatest travelers in our time‚ Marco Polo. He was born in Italy
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