Creative Destruction and the Aftermath of the Tsunami: Recovery of Southern Sri Lankan Small Business in the Face of Inertia Dr. C. Travis A. Perera Senior Consultant‚ Entrepreneurship‚ Business Development & Operations Management Postgraduate Institute of Management‚ Sri Lanka Telephone number: 94-777 756 109 Fax number: 94-11-2689643 Email: drtravisperera@gmail.com Paper Presented At the 5th International Entrepreneurship Forum held in Cape Town‚ South Africa from September 07-09-2005
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off the west coast of Sumatra‚ Indonesia. The quake itself is known by the scientific community as the Sumatra-Andaman earthquake.[3][4] The resulting tsunami is given various names‚ including the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami‚ Asian Tsunami‚ Indonesian Tsunami. CAUSES The earthquake was caused by subduction and triggered a series of devastating tsunamis along the coasts of most landmasses bordering the Indian Ocean‚ killing over 230‚000 people in fourteen countries‚ and inundating coastal communities
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History of Tsunami Events Need Emergency Advice? Please listen to your local radio and TV announcements or call 1300 TSUNAMI (1300 878 6264) for latest warning information. For emergency assistance‚ call your local emergency authority on 132 500 Recent Tsunamis affecting Australia * 28 February 2010 * 15 July 2009 List of past tsunami events around the world Tsunamis through history Destructive tsunamis have occurred in all of the world’s oceans and seas. The following table lists some
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Every two seconds‚ a patient in the United States is in need of blood. In fact‚ about one of every seven people entering a hospital requires a blood transfusion. These startling statistics underscore the crucial nature of blood donation. Yet‚ only about 3% of the population currently gives blood. The number one reason these donors say they give is because they “want to help others.” This attitude of selfless giving supplies the 43‚000 pints of donated blood used each day in North America. There
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ORGAN DONATION INTRODUCTION Organ donation is the donation of biological tissue or an organ of the human body‚ from a living or dead person to a living recipient in need of a transplantation. Transplantable organs and tissues are removed in a surgical procedure following a determination‚ based on the donor ’s medical and social history‚ of which are suitable for transplantation. Such procedures are termed allotransplantations‚ to distinguish them from xenotransplantation‚ the transfer of animal
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The Morality of Sperm Donation A husband and wife come together to make their offspring. This statement was one of the core teachings the Jesus taught‚ and still stands as moral teaching for many today. However‚ there is not always a man and a woman. There are single females‚ homosexual couples‚ and infertile couples that still want the joys of an offspring. Sperm donation is one way that people in this position are creating an offspring. As this practice becomes more popular in the 21st century
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Organ Donation Organ donation is defined as the donation of biological tissue or an organ of the human body‚ from a living or dead person to a living recipient in need of a transplantation (Wikipedia). The first organ transplant took place in 1954‚ when 23-year-old Ronald Herrick gave his identical twin brother‚ Richard‚ a kidney ("Curiosity.com"). The need for donations is growing every year. Over 100‚000 Americans are on the waiting list in need of an organ. This crisis within the United States
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(Medline Plus). The detrimental outcome upon U.S. citizens due to low organ donation is immense compared to that of Austria‚ France and Spain. Austria has the shortest organ waiting list of the world’s countries‚ with twenty-nine donors per one million inhabitants‚ whereas America has six donors per one million inhabitants (Donate Life America). These severe statistics prompt the question‚ why is the rate of organ donation in the United States‚ seemingly the most medically advanced nation worldwide
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Organ Donation Organ donation is a topic which contains many conflicting views. To some of the public population organ donation is a genuine way of saving the life of another‚ to some it is mistrusted and to others it is not fully understood. There are some techniques that can be used to increase donation. Of these techniques the most crucial would be being educated. If the life threatening and the critical shortage of organs were fully understood by the public‚ organ donation would more likely
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Research Title: The implications of Organ Donation in Jamaica Problem Statement: The increase in organ donation results in it being sold as a means of gaining income for many persons in the Jamaican society. It results in the body being viewed as a utilitarian object rather than a metamorphic entity that people can call their own. The ways involved in obtaining organs for usage by medical researchers are inhumane with limited emphasis being placed on the effects the process have on members
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