Shipbreaker Summary Set in a terrifying dystopian America where fossil fuels have run out and cities have been drowned‚ Shipbreaker takes place along the US Gulf Coast and centers around the life of a seventeen year old boy named Nailer‚ who is just one of the numerous teens working in crews to disassemble grounded oil tankers for their parts. Living a life of complete and utter poverty‚ Nailer works on the light crew scavenging for copper wiring and other light metals from the ships‚
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* Executive Summary In 2001 spirit makers ended a long standing volunteer policy against aggressive alcohol advertising (Steiner and Steiner‚ 2009). Since that time‚ there has been an unprecedented shift toward increased alcoholic advertisements in an effort to increase market share and raise profits. This shift brings into light the challenge alcoholic companies face in balancing their fiduciary duties to their shareholders and their corporate and social responsibility to society. This report
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MNB1501 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. Business world & business management Entrepreneurship Establishing a business Business environment Corporate social responsibility Planning Organising Leading Controlling the management process Role of business in society Needs & need satisfaction Main economic systems Free market (Capitalism) Socialism Command ( Communism) Need-satisfying economy institutions of the market Business Government Non-profit Nature of business management
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Plot summary the birds Set in a small Cornish seaside town on December the third‚ there is a sudden change in weather from autumn to winter. A war veteran‚ Nat Hocken‚ living in the town and working part time for a farm owner notices a large number of birds behaving strangely along the peninsula where his family lives. He attributes this to the sudden arrival of winter. That night‚ he hears a tapping on his bedroom window and encounters a bird. This bird has only drawn blood on Nat’s hand‚ but as
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Website Summaries http://eduscapes.com/geocaching/kids.htm This website explains the hobby if geocaching. It shows how geocaching is a fun and a healthy pastime for individuals of all ages especially for groups like classes and youth groups working as teams. The basic idea is to have individuals and groups set up caches all over the world and share the locations of these caches on the Internet. Geocaching consists of using a handheld GPS receiver unit‚ such as the Garnin GPS 12‚ to guide you
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SUMMARY OF TOP 08 RESEARCHERS S# Research Topic & Researcher Research Qs: Objectives Literature review content Findings 1 Job Satisfaction and Employees’ Turnover Intentions in total Nigeria plc. in Lagos State‚ Samuel Emeka Mbah C. O . Ikemefuna Employee job satisfaction has influence on employee turnover in organizations. Poor management of employee turnover adversely affects the organization in terms of personnel costs and in the long run affects liquidity position. No significant
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How to Enjoy your Life and your Job Book Summary Chapter 1 The first chapter in this book by Dale Carnegie‚ he wanted us to come with one thing‚ although he gave many examples like poems and incidents that happened between people he started the book by using a personal example. The letter was used to explain and easily catch our attention because ultimately he made that personal connection which puts us at the same level as everyone else. Making it seem a possible thing to be yourself rather than
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Chapter Summary I. The State and the Nation For an entity to be considered a state‚ four fundamental conditions must be met (although these legal criteria are not absolute): A state must have a territorial base. A stable population must reside within its borders‚. There should be a government to which this population owes allegiance. A state has to be recognized diplomatically by other states. A nation is a group of people who share a set of characteristics. At the core of the concept of a nation
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1 Marketing: Managing profitable customer relationships Marketing is the process by which companies create value for customers and build strong customer relationships in order to capture value from customers in return ( satisfying customer needs 2 goals of marketing: • Attract new customers • Keep and grow current customers by delivering satisfaction Marketing process: understand the marketplace and customer needs and wants ( design a customer-driven marketing strategy ( construct
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This lets the bidder see where the firm currently stands. For simplicity purposes the widget Company example by Ben McClure will be used to discuss this method. Let’s say operating costs will hold at 65% of revenues over the first three projected years‚ but will increase to 70% in Year 4 and Year 5. The Widget Company paid 30% income tax‚ spent $10 million last year on
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