Chapter 1 Overview event in the history of humanity. During most of 4 million years of evolution‚ people made limited economic progress and their material well-being changed very little. In the last few centuries‚ however‚ goods and services started to be produced at increasingly lower cost in hours of effort.The hours of work needed to produce basic goods such as water or heat at the dawn of civilization were several hundred times those needed today (DeLong 2000). Similar increases in productivity
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Business Environment Introduction All businesses operate in a always changing‚ growing and in some ways unique environment. In order for a business to operate successfully in its environment‚ business need to adapt after the environment. It can mean that business have to respond to changing market conditions which affect the demend for the their products‚ how the competitors behave or the change in government policy. The business environment can be
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Judicial Review of Class Action Settlements Jonathan R. Macey Deputy Dean and Samuel Harris Professor of Corporate Law‚ Corporate Finance and Securities Law‚ Yale Law School. Geoffrey P. Miller Stuyvesant P. Comfort Professor‚ New York University Law School. We thank Richard Stewart for helpful comments. Both Macey and Miller have consulted in class action cases‚ and Miller has testified as an expert witness in a number of class action settlements‚ including several of the cases referenced
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Oil Ethics Oil Ethics Table of Contents Abstract 3 Introduction 4 1 Key Facts about the Canadian Oil Sands 5 2 Extraction Process 7 2.1 Mining ........................................................................................................................................ 7 2.2 In-Situ Recovery ......................................................................................................................... 8 2.3 Economic
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THE HUMAN NATURE OF FREEDOM AND IDENTITY— WE HOLD MORE THAN RANDOM THOUGHTS DOUGLAS W. KMIEC* In contemplating the relation of freedom and identity‚ the Latin maxim libertas non datur sine veritate aptly reminds us that there can be no freedom without truth. While certain aspects of who we are‚ such as nationality or ethnic ancestry‚ may be cul‐ turally or serendipitously determined‚ there is a truth to hu‐ man nature which‚ if not observed‚ corrupts or
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BEST OF HBR 1997 The Work of Leadership Followers want comfort‚ stability‚ and solutions from their leaders. But that’s babysitting. Real leaders Sometimes an article comes along and turns the conventional thinking on a subject not upside down but inside out. So it is with this landmark piece by Ronald Heifetz and Donald Laurie‚ published in January 1997 Notoniy do the authors introduce the breakthrough concept of adaptive change-the sort of change that occurs when people and
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CASUALIZATION AND LABOUR UTILIZATION IN NIGERIA. BY RASAK BAMIDELE FOUNTAIN UNIVERSITY OSOGBO‚ OSUN STATE‚ P.M.B. 4491‚ OSOGBO‚ OSUN STATE‚ NIGERIA. MOBIL PHONE: 08034955615 delerasak@yahoo.co.uk CASUALIZATION AND LABOUR UTILIZATION IN NIGERIA. Rasak Bamidele Department of Sociology and psychology‚ Fountain University Osogbo‚ Osun State. Casualization in the Nigerian labour market is a subject of great concern. Increase casual employees are filling positions that are permanent
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9-610-081 REV: DECEMBER 22‚ 2010 WILLY SHIH CHEN-FU CHIEN JYUN-CHENG WANG Sha anzhai! Medi iaTek a the “Whit Box” Hands and e te ” set Ma arket he zhai conomic value these handsets have created. The makers of these s . f Th term ”Shanz Ji” discounts the huge ec phones have created a classic “disr s ruptive innova ation” by addre essing new ma arkets with cos st-effective solu utions. If you look closely‚ you will find th many of the handset mak are quite i hat ese kers innovative. — Min ng-Kai
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The Insurable Interest Doctrine: What is it? And What Does It Mean? Evan B. Sorensen‚ Esq. Kenne J. Zielinski‚ Esq. Tressler LLP The Insurable Interest Doctrine | 1 The Insurable Interest Doctrine: What is it? And What Does It Mean? While one cannot define an insurable interest with complete certainty or precision‚ in general it exists when the policy holder derives pecuniary benefit or advantage by the preservation or continued existence
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