cost cannot be exactly defined. Its interpretation depends upon the following factors: • The nature of business or industry • The context in which it is used 1. Fixed‚ Variable and Semi-Variable Costs The cost which varies directly in proportion with every increase or decrease in the volume of output or production is known as variable cost. Some of its examples are as follows: • Wages of laborers • Cost of direct material • Power The cost which does not vary but remains constant
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Using material from Item A and elsewhere‚ assess the claim that gender differences in educational achievement are primarily the ’result of changes in society’ Some sociologists claim that gender differences in achievement are the result of external factors such as changes in wider society‚ e.g. The impact of feminist ideas and changing employment opportunities (as stated in Item A). However‚ this could also be an outcome of internal factors such as the education system becoming ’feminised’‚ which
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forming his writing styles in his young age. Then‚ as his literature works being published‚ they have great impact on some of writhers‚ for example‚ Willa Cather. And I will discuss Henry James first‚ and to analyze his writing style. Then‚ to put much emphasis on what influence James have put on Cather. James is born in an intelligent upper class. Out of his outstanding father and elder brother‚ he also need to try
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LIBRARY OF THE MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY uewey TS f.lA? MAR 23 1975 DtvV£YLiBKARY ZQ ¥ ALFRED P. WORKING PAPER SLOAN SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT A FRAMEWORK FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING IN MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS Peter Lo range* Revised‚ January 1976 WP 821-75 MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY 50 MEMORIAL DRIVE CAMBRIDGE‚ MASSACHUSETTS 02139 MAR 23 DtWEY LiSlJARY A FRAMEWORK FOR STRATEGIC PLANNING IN MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS
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with touches of light pastel green showing the reflection of the moon. * The texture within this painting is visually meant to provide the viewer a sense of motion and vibrant light by exaggerating the twinkling of the stars out of realistic proportion. The curvy contoured forms in the sky give the illusion of the wind blowing as well as the curved vertical lines in the tree. * The colors within Starry Night are well balanced because they all flow together. The dominance of the blue is balanced
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Nationalism had been a conflicted influence in Western Civilization and in ways it made Europe almost seem complete. It was the idea that people had its own genius and its own specific unity‚ which manifests itself in a common language and history. It led for a desire of an independent political state. It originated from the French Revolution and the Napoleonic wars‚ and over the years it had started to advance and spread among the nation. A philosopher named Johann Gottfried von Herder had been
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not always end with a happy ending. In fact‚ the originals of the romanticism stories were about the evil of human nature. The work of early American writers like Irving show the influence of European Romanticism. Washington Irving would use an emphasis on nature‚ the supernatural‚ and superstitions in his stories. "The Devil and Tom Walker" pictures nature as mysterious. Tom walked through a swamp that was so thick that when it was noon it would still be very dark. At times‚ water logs would look
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prolonged. The words “crashing”‚ “booming” and “stampeding elevate the wind to one of biblical proportions which sounds like an orchestra thumping out a killer crescendo. The line “stampeding the fields” accentuate the brutality of the wind attacking the natural surroundings. In keeping with the oceanic metaphor the house “floundering” evokes a sense futility. The alliteration in “black” and “blinding” impose emphasis upon the words and a heightened sense of awareness in the reader. The second stanza
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and the norms‚ values and practices they share. Culture is the way of life of a society so Youth culture differs from the culture of older generations. Elements of youth culture include beliefs‚ behaviors‚styles and interests. Usually there is an emphasis on their style of clothes‚ genre of music‚ and dating which set adolescents apart from other age groups giving them a distinct culture of their own. Within youth culture‚ there are many distinct and constantly changing youth subcultures. These subcultures
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to recruitment and selection. Challenges such as undermining of the efficacy of signaling as well as complicating the recruitment and selection process. A number of actions can be taken by employers in the face of this phenomenon such as a greater emphasis on psychometric testing and fit and the adoption of a front-loaded investment model. Impacts on job seekers entail statistical discrimination that increases inequalities between those with and without qualifications and greater employer bargaining
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