The Cognitive Linguistics Enterprise: An Overview* Vyvyan Evans‚ Benjamin K. Bergen and Jörg Zinken [In press for 2006. To be published in ‘The Cognitive Linguistics Reader’‚ by Equinox Publishing Company] 1. Introduction Cognitive linguistics is a modern school of linguistic thought and practice. It is concerned with investigating the relationship between human language‚ the mind and socio-physical experience. It originally emerged in the 1970s (Fillmore 1975‚ Lakoff & Thompson 1975‚ Rosch 1975)
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The Globally Integrated Enterprise By Samuel J. Palmisano Foreign Affairs‚ May/June 2006 BEYOND MULTINATIONAL The multinational corporation (MNC)‚ often seen as a primary agent of globalization‚ is taking on a new form‚ one that is promising for both business and society. From a business perspective‚ this new kind of enterprise is best understood as "global" rather than "multinational." The corporation has evolved constantly during its long history. The MNC of the late twentieth century had little
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Taiwan Taxi’s iCall System: Realizing the Value of GPS-Dispatch Systems 1. Why do you think Comfort Taxi was able to attract 16‚000 taxi drivers and to adopt the GPS-dispatch system within two years‚ whereas Taiwan Taxi managed to recruit only 6‚700 members over a seven-year span? Jun-Ze Hong‚ Taiwan Taxi founder chose iCall‚ the GPS-dispatch system developed by Comfort Taxi to be implemented in Taiwan Taxi because of the following reasons: Taipei and Singapore were deemed similar in terms of geographical
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Chapter 1: Globalization and the Multinational Enterprise Multinational enterprise (MNE) - Company that has operating subsidiaries located in foreign countries Transnational corporations - Managed at a global perspective rather than from the perspective of a single country GLOBALIZATION AND CREATING VALUE IN THE MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISE Building firm value (generating profit and value for shareholders) requires combining 3 elements: (1) an open marketplace (2) Strategic management (3)
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INTODUCTION Small and medium enterprise(SME’s) in India have a very important place in the Indian economy. Their contribution in terms of production‚ export‚ export‚ employment generation and all round growth of the country is well known. The role of SME sector in the nation building is well recognized not only in India‚ but also across the globe. The industrial engines of Japan‚ china‚ US‚ Germany and Taiwan are also driven by the SME sector. Finance/credit is the most critical component in any
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Enterprise Risk Management In the 21st Century‚ the news of corporate scandals involving corruption enormously spread across not only the country but across the globe also. Accounting firms‚ investors‚ lenders‚ corporate managers and innocent bystanders were all embroiled in the chaos with the extent of corporate malfeasance being indeterminable. Collateral damage inflicted by scandals involving corporations such as Enron‚ Arthur Andersen LLP‚ WorldCom‚ Adelphia Communications‚ etc‚ was shocking
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Running head: AUERBACH ENTERPRISES 1 Auerbach Enterprises Manufacturers Moses Parker BUS 630: Managerial Accounting Prof. Brian Shaw February 24‚ 2015 AUERBACH ENTERPRISES 2 Auerbch Enterprises Manufacturers In today’s very competitive business environment‚ it is imperative that organizations choose the most
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Around the year of 1920s‚ there were two types of schools in Americas education system. Generally‚ it consists of Public Schools and Private Schools. The Oregon School System does play a crucial role in their countrys education system‚ started from the year of 1922. A group of people which is also known as Ku Klux Klan and the Scottish Rite Masons had also involved in the formulation of educational system for the sake of the society in that time. They set the requirements of education for their young
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Society’s legal system before the 1700s was very different from what it is today‚ and punishment has made a huge turn around that is almost unbelievable to study. Criminals have gone from cruel and harsh punishment to obtaining on bail or just pay a fine for their crimes. In modern times‚ society is use to see criminals paying for their crimes in prison doing two years‚ 10 years‚ and sometimes life. The Prison system is very modern compare to the old punishment criminals use to obtain. Physical punishment
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Milton Hershey didn’t exactly start out as a great success. There might have been something in Pennsylvania that gave him what was needed to make it big. He used his intelligence to become one of America’s wealthiest individuals‚ a successful entrepreneur and a generous philanthropist who touched many lives. Milton Hershey was born on September 13‚ 1857. He had one sibling‚ a sister named Serena who died from Scarlet fever when Milton was only eleven years old. His mother‚ Fanny‚ was a devoted Mennonite
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