With the help of examples‚ explain the concept of ’a shrinking world’. [9] A shrinking world is a phenomenon whereby the world appears to be getting smaller and space shrinks as a consequence of the revolution in transport and communication technologies reducing the frictional effect of distance on movement. Shorter time is taken for people‚ goods and services to cover the same distance. Revolutions in transport technology has seen an increasing rate of travel speed over space and time. During
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Explain why it is important for marketers to understand the concept of branding. Discuss in detail concepts branding‚ brand positioning and brand equity and explain some brand strategies such as brand extension or brand stretching. Introduction. It is imperative for marketers to understand the concept of branding as it is the process which will identify and differentiate a company ’s product or service from the competition (Jobber‚ 2010). In our developed economy the competition and the offer
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Juan Conde Professor Muñiz 19 November 2012 English 67 The Enemy Within Throughout life everyone is forced to face their own worst enemy and will have a lot of trouble confronting and dealing with them that worst enemy will always be themselves. This enemy brings many problems and inner conflicts that are difficult to solve. Everyone has their own way of coping with these problems‚ some more critical than others. In the book Drugstore Cowboy‚ by James Fogle‚ the main character Bob deals with
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The Whistleblowers Protection bill The Union Cabinet has cleared a bill to protect whistleblowers and punish those exposing identity of people disclosing information. The proposed legislation‚ Public Interest Disclosure and Protection to Persons Making The Disclosure Bill‚ 2010‚ provides the Central Vigilance Commission powers of a civil court to hand down harsh penalty to people revealing identity of whistleblowers. The CVC will be empowered to take action against those who reveal the identity
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Explain the concept of socialization and how useful is it in understanding human behavior? Socialization is the process in which an individual learns the way of life of his/her society‚ learn the trick of the trade and develops the capacity and the potential to function both as an individual and as a member of the society by internalizing the culture in which the society is based on. Socialization is a life-long process occurring at all stages in life starting from the day the individual is born
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The animals have been driven away from their natural habitats and are being ruthlessly poached. The so-called ’sheltered sanctuaries’ too‚ have not been able to provide total security to these animals. There is constant conflict between the wildlife and the people. The farmer’s plough and the poacher’s gun are responsible for the extinction of several species. Take the snow leopard‚ for example. With its grey‚ soft coat and rosette-shaped black dots‚ it ruled over the Himalayas. This beautiful cat
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phenomenon is described as time preference. Hence‚ the concept of discounting plays a significant role to address the issue raised by the change in real values of the resources at different time periods. By taking into account the trade-off between immediate and delayed benefits‚ it will eliminate the problem of time preference. As there is always a time lag between purchasing the capital goods and generating revenue from the investments‚ this concept is particularly important in the theory of investment
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LEGAL ENVIRONMENT OF BUSINESS COPYRIGHT PROTECTION ON INTERNET (08BS0001781) SECTION-F Contents {text:bookmark-start} INTRODUCTION {text:bookmark-end} {text:bookmark-start} 1.1 About Intellectual Property [1] {text:bookmark-end} It is not material wants that seek ownership‚ but the ideas‚ skills and moral aspirations need equal protection. It refers to creations of the mind: inventions‚ literary and artistic works‚ symbols‚ names‚ images‚ and designs used in commerce.
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In this assignment‚ I will be explaining the factors that would lead to suspicion of child maltreatment or abuse. It is important that everyone working with children and young people are prioritising child protection. Children and young people may get bruises and minor injures during playing‚ so it is important to listen to children and take note of their body languages and general behaviors and appearance. Type of maltreatment There are many different type of maltreatment such as physical abuse
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chemicals. ABC Chemical Company is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of specialty chemicals technologically sophisticated materials that find their way into applications in a variety of major markets. It is located nearby Aged Care Centre in within 50 meters of areas; there is also a small garden. The building of ABC company is look like built 10-12 years back as we can see there are limited numbers of equipment available at present and neither evacuation procedure plan nor enough emergency
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