A.D. 180‚ the Mediterranean world enjoyed unparalleled peace and stability. The Roman world-state‚ erected on a Hellenic cultural foundation and cemented with empirewide civil service‚ laws‚ and citizenship‚ gave practical expression to Stoic cosmopolitanism and universalism. Yet even this impressive monument had structural defects‚ and in the third century A.D. the Empire was wracked by crises from which it never fully recovered. In the fifth century‚ Germanic tribesmen overran the western half of
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DEFINING CORPORATE COMMUNICATION 1 Chapter Overview This introductory chapter provides a definition of corporate communication and lays out the themes for the remainder of the book. The chapter starts with a brief discussion of the importance of corporate communication followed by an introduction to key concepts such as corporate identity‚ corporate image and stakeholders. INTRODUCTION There is a widespread belief in the management world that in today’s society the future of any
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World Order is that a secretive power elite with a globalist agenda is conspiring to eventually rule the world through an authoritarian world government‚ which replaces sovereign nation-states‚ and an all-embracing ideology‚ which indoctrinates cosmopolitanism. Significant occurrences in politics and finance are speculated to be orchestrated by an extremely influential cabaloperating through many front organizations. Numerous historical and current events are seen as steps in an on-going plot to achieve
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The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is an international organization that oversees the global financial system by following the macroeconomic policies of its member countries‚ in particular those with an impact on exchange rates and the balance of payments. It is an organization formed to stabilize international exchange rates and facilitate development.[2] It also offers financial and technical assistance to its members‚ making it an international lender of last resort. Its headquarters are located
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The globalization of markets Theodore Levitt The worldwide success of a growing list of products that have become household names is evidence that consumers the world over‚ despite deep-rooted cultural differences‚ are becoming more and more alike - or‚ as the author puts it‚ "homogenized." In consequence‚ he contends‚ the traditional MNC’s strategy of tailoring its products to the needs of multiple markets may put it at a severe disadvantage vis-a-vis competitors who apply marketing imagination
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Hip Hop Hip hop is a broad conglomerate of artistic forms that originated as a specific street subculture within South Bronx communities during the 1970s in New York City. It is characterized by four distinct elements‚ all of which represent the different manifestations of the culture: rap music (aural)‚ turntablism or "DJing" (aural)‚ breaking (physical) and graffiti art (visual). Despite their contrasting methods of execution‚ they find unity in their common association to the poverty and violence
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E D W A R D W. S A I D : T R U T H ‚ J U S T I C E A N D N AT I O N A L I S M Jan Selby University of Sussex‚ UK ................ Said Foucault Chomsky nationalism Palestine ................ Within post-colonial debates‚ Edward Said has tended to be viewed by critics and admirers alike through a predominantly postmodern lens: as an (albeit inconsistent) Foucauldian genealogist of the relations between western truths and oriental subjugation‚ and as an opponent of cultural
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INVESTIGATIONS INTO THE EVOLUTION OF AUSTRALIAN MAMMALS WITH A FOCUS ON MONOTREMATA Thesis submitted by ANNE MARIE MUSSER August 2005 For the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy in the School of Biological‚ Earth & Environmental Sciences University of New South Wales ABSTRACT This thesis began as an investigation into evolution of the platypus family (Ornithorhynchidae‚ Monotremata)‚ now known from both Australia and South America. The thesis broadened its scope with inclusion of non-ornithorhynchid
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BRAND AND IDENTITY MANAGEMENT IN FASHION COMPANIES By Stefania Saviolo 1 BRAND AND IDENTITY MANAGEMENT IN FASHION COMPANIES Stefania Saviolo (*) Abstract This paper aims at analysing what are the peculiar aspect of brand management for fashion ready to wear firms. We define the brand identity as a system of attributes. For fashion companies particular importance is assumed by three kind of brand attributes: corporate and brand history and core competencies‚ stylistic identity
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF TOURISM RESEARCH Int. J. Tourism Res. 8‚ 87–99 (2006) Published online in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com) DOI: 10.1002/jtr.557 Tourism in Dubai: Overcoming Barriers to Destination Development Joan C. Henderson* Nanyang Business School‚ Nanyang Technological University‚ Nanyang Avenue‚ Singapore 639798 ABSTRACT The Middle East as a whole attracts comparatively few visitors‚ and political events in the current century have generated new uncertainties and
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