consultant DATE: July 15‚ 2008 RE: HAIER/GE Acquisition It is ironic and coincidental this memo comes on the heals of the massive Anheuser-Busch/InBev acquisition. The leak of our interest in GE Appliance by Wall Street Journal blog “Deal Journal” has not sullied our position or interest. It is strongly recommended Haier begin to line up financing for an asset purchase of GE Appliance. Louisville‚ KY-based GE Appliance is an attractive acquisition target for Haier. As the
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criminalized by law in a society. From the sociological aspect‚ there are two major models that explain the origin of law and crimes: the consensus theory and the conflict theory. These two theories have radically different views on what crimes are. “The consensus theory is rooted in John Locke’s (1632-1704) “Social Contract Theory”” (Cox). According to Locke’s theory‚ government is based on a social contract between rulers and their subjects. The government needs to deal with the population justly; otherwise
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Do you think democracy is endangered by the need to raise huge amounts of money to run for public office? Is the need for big money leading to less democracy—that is‚ government by special interests? Would you support public financing of campaigns? I feel that democracy is endangered by the need to raise huge amounts of money to run for public office. Money talks and that means that the candidates who raise the most money usually win (pg. 407). Per the textbook on page 408 the wealth and powerful
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decision making process of the government officials in seeking a different outcome rather than the expected one. Likewise‚ there are interest groups who are responsible for being the voice of the people on different subject. Interest group represent the general public for showing some dissatisfaction on the government decisions or most of the times to show the problems of public. These groups are normally formed by the people who are effected by certain government decisions and wants to help other people
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Unit 13: Special Interest Tourism M1/ Development of Educational Tourism Explain how two relationships between special interests and tourism have developed Educational tourism is used by schools and colleges or any institution to allow student to go on trips‚ theses trips will only be for education purpose. It can be linked to a course in order to know more about certain things and acquire knowledge on different visits made to a museum for example‚ which will help student to learn about different
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The concept of national interest can be defined as the goals that states pursue to maximize what is selfishly best for their country. It is a very central issue in international relations. National interest could also be defined as the principles‚ perceptions and practicalities that together shape a state’s foreign policies. Basically‚ a state’s sovereignty is its most important asset and it seeks to preserve and promote it at all costs. In his book National Interest‚ Joseph Frankel says that there
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and people who can’t fend for themselves or who are vulnerable. They are against abortion‚ assisted suicide‚ euthanasia‚ infanticide‚ and the killing of unborn children for their stem cells. Some actions the NRLC take to influence policy and public agenda are playing a big role in state and federal legislation regulating and restricting abortion‚ and has been instrumental in restricting government funding of abortions to poor women. They have a Political Action Committee that endorses and campaigns
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Theory X‚ Theory Y by Douglas McGregor is a motivation theory. Douglas McGregor is a social psychologist and applied two sets of assumptions to the organizational structure called Theory X and Theory Y. His theory is based on managerial views of human beings. In his book‚ The Human Side of Enterprise‚ he outlined a new role for managers. He stated that managers should assist subordinates in reaching their full potential‚ rather than commanding and controlling. Theory X is negative and Theory Y can
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Philosophy Ego Theory and Bundle Theory Derek Parfit’s views on personal identity and the Ego and Bundle Theory are all summarized in his article “Divided Minds and the Nature of Persons”. In his article‚ Parfit explains the distinction between Ego theory and Bundle theory and provides several arguments against Ego Theory. Although it proves to be very difficult to believe the Bundle Theory‚ Parfit’s critique is convincing and well thought out. In order to defend the Bundle Theory of personal identity
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Paper Unit 1: Financial Management and Stakeholder’s interests In the first quarter of 2012‚ JPMorgan Chase lost over $5 BILLION because of the hedging strategy used to "reduce" the risk of their portfolio. This situation caused different reactions‚ both economic and social. There were also different questions about who had the fault of what happened. In this topic‚ we can find clearly a division of interests between stockholders and managers. Therefore‚ in this paper I will do a review of
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