resources and capabilities that McDonalds has been relying upon for its recent turnaround? After longstanding growth within the fast food industry‚ McDonald’s began to experience a decline in their annual earnings in the late 90’s. Prior to the decline‚ McDonald’s was a segment leader within the fast food industry and was widely recognized for its outstanding service and quality. Once known as the benchmark company by industry insiders‚ McDonald’s began to lose sight of their strategic vision‚ which
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ABSTRACT Since the establishment of the first national strategic development plan in the early 1970s‚ the construction industry has played an important role in terms of the economic‚ social and cultural development of Indonesia. The industry’s contribution to Indonesia’s gross domestic product (GDP) increased from 3.9% in 1973 to 7.7% in 2007. Business Monitoring International (2009) forecasts that Indonesia is home to one of the fastest-growing construction industries in Asia despite the average
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The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0262-1711.htm A comparison of strategic planning practices in companies from the UK and Turkey Keith W. Glaister Management School‚ University of Sheffield‚ Sheffield‚ UK Omer Dincer Turkish Grand National Assembly‚ Ankara‚ Turkey Strategic planning practices 361 Received 3 May 2006 Revised 18 October 2007 Accepted 25 January 2008 Ekrem Tatoglu Faculty of Business Administration‚
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passengers. This catastrophe was the worst ever suffered in the S.W.P.A. (Southwest Pacific Area)." 7 <Insert Image 14. Crash site at Bakers Creek on June 14‚ 1943> (Courtesy Al Soxman Collection) Official Statements The first call to local police came at 6:05 a.m. from Joan Harris‚ the young daughter of the proprietor of the Harris Store at Bakers Creek‚ to the effect that an airplane had just crashed into the nearby Harris Paddock and appeared to be on fire. Hearing the noise and seeing a rising
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Amartya Sen‚ an Indian economist and political philosopher‚ first articulated the “The Capability Approach” in the late 1970s and 1980s in order to create an alternative and new framework of thinking and evaluating issues of poverty‚ development‚ well-being and equality by embracing complexity‚ plurality and individualism with the aim to not overlook anything. Through his creation of the Capability Approach‚ Sen shows that his primary concern is to create a pluralistic conception of poverty and development
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The D. B. Cooper Mystery On November 27‚ 1971‚ in Portland‚ Oregon‚ a man claiming to be “Dan Cooper” bought a ticket for Northwest-Orient Airlines Flight 305 to Seattle‚ Washington. Dressed in a sharp dark suit with a pearl tiepin‚ this forty-five year-old man was about six feet tall with black hair (Abacha and Gilmore 233). No one would suspect him of going down in American history as the only man to ever escape capture after hijacking a U.S. plane (Warchol 1). Soon after takeoff‚ after having
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In The Last of the Mohicans by James Fenimore Cooper‚ historical romance is apparent through settings‚ characters and plots. Cooper is considered by many critics to be the father of the American historical romance. Fred Lewis Patee said‚ “Not only was Cooper the pioneer (of the historical romance) in America‚ and thus worthy of the highest praise‚ but in many respects his romances have never been surpassed.” (212) Cooper celebrated the creative spirit of the individual and had a deep
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Introduction Cooper Industries‚ Inc. is a manufacturer of heavy machinery and equipment. It has acquired some companies in the past as part of their expansion plans. Cooper acquires companies that are leading in their area of business‚ have a large market share and is the leading company in their area of operation. Currently‚ Cooper is focusing on building a hand tool business with a full product line that would use a common sales and distribution system and joint advertising. In this effort‚ Cooper has already
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Connor Roche Research Paper JAMES FENIMORE COOPER James Fenimore Cooper was an important literary figure of the 1800s‚ best known for his novels. He is perhaps most noted for his greatest work of literature: The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757‚ a tale that chronicles the journey of several English people and a few Native Americans during the French and Indian War‚ also known as the Seven Days War. Cooper’s work on this novel and others such as The Prairie reflects his different
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Anna J. Cooper Anna Julia Cooper was born in 1858 to a slave and a slave owner in North Carolina. She attended St. Augustine’s Normal School and Collegiate Institute for the colored. After she graduated she began advocating for people of color especially for women of color. Cooper strongly believed that the status and well-being of black women was a central part of the progression and equality of the nation. Throughout her life she fought relentlessly to uplift black women in hopes for a more just
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