In developed countries the size of the insurance market is about eight to twelve percent of the GDP. In the United States the assets managed by the insurance sector are higher than the assets of the banking sector. This is one of the most important pillar of the economy and financial system. At the macroeconomic point of view‚ level of insurance increases the financial stability of the economy‚ reduce uncertainty by enabling effective risk management‚ and support economic activity and stimulate
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SIGNIFICANT OTHERS PERCEPTION OF QUALITY OF LIFE AFTER STROKE CHAPTER 1 THE PROBLEM AND ITS BACKGROUND Introduction A stroke is caused by the interruption of the blood supply to the brain‚ usually because a blood vessel bursts or is blocked by a clot‚ as define by World Health Organization. The blockage of oxygen and nutrients to the brain can cause damage to the brain tissue. The most common symptom of stroke is sudden weakness or numbness of the face‚ arm or leg
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Customer equity is a result of customer relationship management. Customer equity is the total of discounted lifetime values of all of the firms customers. In layman terms‚ the more loyal a customer‚ the more is the customer equity. Firms like McDonalds‚ Apple and Facebook have very high customer equity and that is why they have an amazing and sustainable competitive advantage. Customer Equity is made up of three components. Value Equity‚ Brand Equity and Relationship Equity. Value Equity
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Title of the Article: 3 Personality Types That Can Harm Your Business Date of the Article: July 24‚ 2012 Source of the Article: http://www.entrepreneur.com/article/224046 Topic: Personality and Perception The candidate Pierce Howard interviewed for a sales position at his consulting firm‚ CentACS‚ won him over with her work experience‚ friend-of-a-friend connection and good looks. But it didn’t take long after she started working at the Charlotte-based firm for her to prove herself a nightmare
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The Power of Perception Hospitality in The Odyssey displays its major role in Greek society and especially its importance for Telemachus and his interaction with guests. The sense of hospitality is left to the perception of different narrators through the excerpt that dice up the difference between cordiality among man and divine. The importance of hospitality in Greek culture aids the significance of Telemachus’ manners especially when facing the filthy suitors and greeting Athena‚ who is an imperative
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How the perception of the blind or visually impaired differs from that of the sighted. Article 1: Auditory Substitution of Vision: Pattern Recognition by the Blind The goal of the experiment in this study was to investigate whether or not there was an effect on the performance of recognizing visual patterns using auditory substitution by the early blind. The reason for the study is because of the development of the graphical user interface (GUI) in information technology‚ relating to computer
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Sensation and Perception How vision (text)‚ audition (text) taste‚ smell‚ and touch work (textbook.) Illusions‚ limbs‚ and blind site. * What is real? * Process of taking in – sensation through senses. Collection of environment extra * Perception- interpretation from environment. Extra * Sensation: converting the stimulus (smell‚ sound‚ ect) as it arrives at receptors in the ears‚ eyes‚ or mouth‚ into neural impulses. * Perception: processing‚ comparing‚ and interpreting
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Customer Satisfaction Strategies What is customer satisfaction? We are in the midst of a revolution in business. Some call it a customer revolution‚ others a quality revolution‚ others a service revolution. Organizations are attempting to obtain increased customer satisfaction by focusing on the quality of their products and the service provided. This movement toward quality has produced significant benefits but just like other business fads‚ joining and adopting the religion does not insure
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the 1970s‚ a sudden shift toward customer-oriented marketing became the newest "trend" in business—and it has held its ground since: Business starts with the customer. Customer satisfaction matters. It matters not only to the customer‚ but even more so to the business because it directly impacts a company’s bottom line profits. The marketing concept emphasizes delivering satisfaction to consumers and obtaining profits in return. As a result‚ overall quality of life is expected to be enhanced. Thus
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of East Anglia in Norwich‚ England‚ agrees. "It ’s true by definition. Beauty is always judged by the receiver‚" he says. At the same time‚ he says in an email "there is inter-observer concordance‚ a measure of objectivity‚" so that individual perceptions of beauty‚ factoring in other characteristics such as personality and intelligence‚ can often be aggregated to form a consensus opinion. Judgment of Beauty According to Kant‚ the judgment of beauty is different from cognitive or moral judgment
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