an oligopoly? An oligopoly is a market dominated by a few producers . An oligopoly is an industry where there is a high level of market concentration. Examples of markets that can be described as oligopolies include the markets for petrol in the UK‚ soft drinks producers and the major high street banks. Another example is the global market for sports footwear – 60% of which is held by Nike a nd Adidas. However‚ oligopoly is best defined by the conduct (or behaviour) of firms within a market
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Intersectionality is an individual’s multiple identities such as race‚ gender‚ social class‚ sexual orientation‚ age‚ ability status and religion overlapping. The social implications of intersectionality are oppression and multiple forms of discrimination. Privileges and opportunities are given based on class. Individuals of low economic status cannot afford the same education and lifestyle as the upper and middle class. Upper and middle class attitudes toward lower class can cause discrimination and/or
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Schools are expected to work alongside local authorities to implement the Act and‚ as part of the Ofsted inspection framework‚ are inspected against the 5 ECM outcomes (be healthy‚ stay safe‚ achieve & enjoy‚ make a positive contribution‚ achieve economic well-being). COSHH Regulations 2013 ‘COSHH is the law that requires employers to control substances that are hazardous to health’. These substances include those used or created as substances or mixtures of substances. The level of hazard to health
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2011-17951 Date submitted: August 29‚ 2013 Ownership of Media and Its Implications The Issue of Media Ownership Media ownership has been a hot topic for quite some time. In the Philippines‚ where private-ownership of the media is more common‚ the issue now is whether or not foreigners can own more than 40% of a media company. This is a country that has also experienced dominance of state-owned media under martial law and during that time‚ and Filipinos did not accept that sitting down but
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First of all‚ according to Vinod (2008 -2013) books of prime entry are books where transactions are first recorded. These may or may not be part of the double system. These are not accounts; they are simply books that record details of transactions. Books of prime entry are also known as books of original entry / subsidiary book/ daybooks among others. In any organization where company’s buy and sell goods‚ will need to divide the journal into subsidiary books. And they are as follows: Sales
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Environmental Taxes in the UK | BEA2002 Group Report Assignment | Ben Dance‚ Liwei Rao‚ Qi Gao‚ Nellie Ho and Ahmed Mujtaba | 1. Introduction 1.0 We have been commissioned by the government to write a report on how the current UK tax system encourages taxpayers to behave in an environmentally friendly manner. In the first part of the report we will look at three elements of the UK system and outline how they encourage environmentally friendly behaviour and in the second part we will compare
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March 3‚ 2012 Dear Diary‚ I’m so upset!! I don’t even know where to begin! To start off‚ I think I completely failed my geometry quiz‚ which I know I should’ve studied more for...my dad’s not gonna be happy about that. :( Then‚ we had a pop quiz in history on the reading homework from last night‚ and I completely forgot most of what I read‚ which made me even more upset because I actually did the reading! But what really made me mad was the note that Sarah slipped into my locker during
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Javonda Weeks April 20‚ 2015 The event that most interested me was the slave trader video. How they took a prince and broke him. He still was able to survive and still run a plantation just like the tribe he was from. It must take a lot of self will to survive in the conditions they were put in on the boat‚ then to get off and still be no better than cattle. Though slavery was equally as tragic and traumatic for black men and women‚ the experience of slavery affected them in different ways. "Depending
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molecular scale.It is applicable in all the fields of science such as Biology‚ Materials science ‚Physics and Engineering . Nanoscience involves the ability to examine and to control individual atoms and molecules .Scientists currently match the future implications of nanotechnology.Nanoscience or Nanotechnology is able to create many new materials and devices with a vast range of applications .On the other hand ‚ it raises many problems as any new technology including concerns about toxicity and environmental
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Should the UK adopt the Euro? The movement from the sterling to the euro has been debate for a number of years. The transition has been overlooked in many factors including the economy‚ politics and sovereignty. There have been various views by many political bodies for and against the change over to the euro. ‘Joining the euro would almost certainly mean better conditions for businesses considering long-term investment in Britain.’ (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk_politics/3008201.stm). From the
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