demand for petroleum began to rise rapidly in the 1990s. Much of the increase in demand was met by additional supplies from sources outside the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). OPEC‚ during this time‚ was unable to restrain output among members in its effort to lift oil prices. What best describes these events? C. The rise in demand shifted the demand for oil to the right. As price rose‚ the quantity of oil supplied rose. 5) Price elasticity of demand is the: D. percentage
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Title: What are the advantages and disadvantages of using internet anonymously? Internet freedom is a controversial issue nowadays‚ and there are some findings discovered that using internet without registered their real name will cause some critical problems as cyber bullying‚ stealing or intimidating since users do not need to have any responsibility about what they said. However‚ using internet anonymously are also some advantages which gives an essential protection to internet users. In this
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Human resources management consists of all the activities involved in acquiring‚ maintaining‚ and developing an organization’s human resources. Each of the three phases of HRM—acquiring‚ maintaining‚ and developing human resources—consists of a number of related activities. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Acquisition includes five separate activities. Human resources planning —determining the firm’s future human resource needs Job analysis —determining the exact nature of positions to be filled
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Famously‚ Plato claimed that knowledge procured from the senses is invalid. That the data received is merely a reflection or a shadow of reality and that the pure‚ true image of reality is imprinted upon our souls before birth. Without the possibility of any innate notions his theory would be implicitly invalid. René Descartes is another of these examples. Descartes asserted in The Meditations that our notion of the existence of the self: cogito ergo sum (I think‚ therefore I am)‚ the existence of God‚
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environment 2. The competitive Environment: remote‚ industry and operating environment 3. Macro Environment: wider environment The micro-environment denotes those elements over which the firm has control or which it can use in order to gain advantage that will better help it in its operations. These elements can be manipulated‚ or used to glean information‚ in order to provide fuller satisfaction to the company’s customers. The objective is to ensure organization survival‚ growth and profitability
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Competitive advantages are strengths and strategies that keep a company ahead of its competitors. It is hard to measure competitive advantage and harder to maintain it. Some competitive advantages are fleeting. The successful companies are those that leverage their competitive advantage successfully and repeatedly. As understood by us in the above example the competitive advantage that the cyrptoses enjoy is a direct outcome of its natural habitat and hence the circumstantial gain over its rivals
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serves other important functions as well. It plays a major role in educating the public about snake and their ecology. Furthermore‚ snake meat is very nutritious‚ high in protein‚ minerals‚ and good for the blood. A kilogram of snake meat can be sold from USD 16 to 29. Therefore‚ meat could be another product of the snake farm. Snake venom is highly modified saliva that is produced by special glands of certain species of snakes. The gland which secretes the zootoxin
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Inequalities and Active Citizen Report My developed country is Australia. My developing country is Vietnam. PART A: World Map PART B: Table Questions Developed: Developing: 1 What is the population? 23‚050‚000 90‚796‚000 2 What is the gross national income per person? 43‚300 3‚620 3 What is the global average? 12‚018 12‚018 4 What is the life expectancy of men and woman combined? 81-85 years 71-80 years 5 What is the global average? 62 62 6 What is the ‘Under-five mortality rate
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What can affect attitude and behavior? Outline I. Family life. a. Divorce and attitude b. Family values c. Modeling adults II. Friendships. a. Friends and behavior. b. Peer pressure. c. Positive friendships. III. Surroundings. a. Home setting. b. Importance of education. c. Environment. IV. Economic Status. a. Career. b. Poverty vs. Middleclass. c. Improving your economic status. A person’s attitude and behavior can be
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Technical Warfare: Discuss the impact that the Industrial Revolution had on the course of World War 1. How did the use of new technologies during World War 1 influence the war? Which sides benefited the most from the technologies? Which technologies were the most important? Technology during World War One reflected the trend toward industrialism and the application of mass production methods to weapons and to the technology of warfare in general. “The Industrial Revolution gave armies and complex
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