consequences of the increasing global dispersion of production processes. To investigate the issue‚ we perform grass-roots investigative work to uncover the geography of the value added for a Nokia N95 smartphone circa 2007. The phone was assembled in Finland and China. When the device was assembled and sold in Europe‚ the value-added share of Europe (EU-27) rose to 68%. Even when it was assembled in China and sold in the United States‚ Europe captured as much as 51% of the value added‚ despite of the
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Eduardo Toledo Professor Tryna Hamilton GEO 334 23 February 2013 Which of the cultural value dimensions that we discussed (from Hofstede‚ Trompenaars and the Globe Project) do you think best describe Silicon Valley’s unique culture? The Silicon Valley culture has many different aspects; therefore‚ it’s hard to define strictly one cultural value dimension from the three different ones we talked in class. It is more efficient and informational to look at a few different characteristics that
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What do our maps have to do with our views of the world? Maps never accurately demonstrate the world scientifically. Instead‚ it serves as more of a perceived notion of territorial borders and power. Any given map is subject to bias in regards to detail and size depending on where it was created. A country with multiple islands and curvy topography essentially pay more attention to the detail and accuracy of that region‚ as opposed to an equally detailed country on the other side of the world. Nationalism
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Radiophones have a long and varied history going back to Reginald Fessenden’s invention and shore-to-ship demonstration of radio telephony‚ through the Second World War with military use of radio telephony links and civil services in the 1950s. The first mobile telephone call made from a car occurred in St. Louis‚ Missouri‚ USA on June 17‚ 1946‚ using the Bell System’s Mobile Telephone Service‚ but the system was impractical from what is considered a portable handset today. The equipment weighed
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education and private business system is a fantastic idea. What was done is Nokia utilizes resources in Finland but at the same time they produce innovative resources through the education system that benefits all (Ali-Yrkkö & Hermans‚ 2002). From innovation resources such as the educational system‚ skilled labor‚ and Takes research and development (R&D) funding‚ to name a few. Similarly‚ Finland has reaped benefits from Nokia (Ali-Yrkkö & Hermans‚ 2002). I could consider this a Category 3 in the innovation
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Peruvian Amazonia (BIODAMAZ‚ Peru-Finland)‚ Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana‚ Apdo. 454‚ Iquitos‚ Peru‚ e-mail: skj@iki.fi *corresponding author 2Project Biological Diversity of Peruvian Amazonia (BIODAMAZ‚ Peru-Finland)‚ Instituto de Investigaciones de la Amazonía Peruana‚ Apdo. 454‚ Iquitos‚ Peru biodamaz@iiap.org.pe Abstract The Project Biological Diversity of Peruvian Amazonia is a three-year cooperation project between Peru and Finland. Its overall objective is conservation
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of Europe ..........................10 5.3.2. Government of UL ..................................................................11 5.3.3. Government of India .............................................................11 5.3.4. Government of Finland .........................................................12 5.3.5. Government of China .............................................................13 6. Observations and Conclusions ...........................................................15
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The written works of Williams‚ Sahlberg‚ Berliner‚ and Glass bring light to the fact that a student’s socioeconomic status (SES) is playing a large role in their academic career and this issue needs to be addressed. Children who are exposed to a stable family income‚ and have parents who have attained postsecondary education are more likely to succeed in the game called the United States educational system (Berliner and Glass‚ 2014). Nevertheless‚ this leaves children who are unwillingly living in
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Israel-Palestinian Water issues — From Conflict to Cooperation edited by Hillel Shuval and Hassan Dweik. Berlin: Springer‚ 2007. 454 pp. Olli Ruohomäki Dr. Olli Ruohomäki. former deputy representative of Finland to the Palestinian Authority‚ is currently .senior advisor with the Ministiyfor Foreign Affairs. Finland. The arid landscape ofthe Middle East and the expanding human settlements suggest that water scarcity is one ofthe most pressing issues that need to be addressed. The diminishing water resources
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phone arm in a swansong deal for the software giant ’s long-serving chief executive‚ Steve Ballmer‚ delivering Europe ’s last big handset maker into American ownership. For €5.44bn (£4.6bn)‚ Nokia is casting off the business that once represented Finland ’s most important export‚ in a deal that will result in 32‚000 staff transferring to Microsoft. Overtaken in the smartphone arena by Apple and Samsung‚ Nokia ’s board agreed to end the company ’s decades-long role as a pioneer and once-dominant player
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