“The Taipan” by S. Maugham A story of overweening ambition "The Taipan" tells of an eponymous central character living in Shanghai during colonial times who is extremely satisfied with life. He has plenty of money‚ a taste for liquor and good food‚ a successful business‚ an overweening sense of superiority (he has lasted longer than most expatriates in China‚ despite his gargantuan appetite)‚ and an unshakeable conviction that he had at last "beaten them all" - in other words‚ his rivals. He
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maintain women’s freedom we have today. Expectations have escalated‚ and our standards are much higher then they used to be. The things women have gone through throughout the 1930’s has increased the respect woman and has resulted in equality. Women’s efforts showed that they were dependable‚ meticulous people that could make boundless contributions to society. Women just needed the chance to prove it. Women were expected to be housewives and searching for jobs was not the easiest thing to do during
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Using a format similar to the spreadsheets in this chapter‚ develop a spreadsheet that summarizes this project’s cash flow‚ assuming a four-year useful life after the project is developed. Compute the present value of the cash flows‚ using an interest rate of 9%. What is the NPV for this project? What is the ROI for this project? What is the break-even point? Should this project be accepted by the approval committee? SOLUTION As the numbers indicate‚ this would not be an economically feasible project
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unemployed‚ people with disabilities‚ the homeless‚ parents returning to work‚ students who are the first in their families to aim for higher education and school students. The company Marks & Spencer (M&S) is one of the UK’s leading retailers of clothing‚ food‚ home products and financial services. Ten million people shop each week in over 375 M&S stores in the UK. In addition M&S has 155 stores managed under franchise in 28 territories‚ mostly in Europe‚ the Middle East‚ Asia and the Far East
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The topic that I chose to research and write about for this research paper is Alcohol and families. In this topic I will be exclusively looking at how alcohol can effects someone’s family‚ mainly the children of these families and if having an alcoholic in your family can affect the family’s future and feelings about alcohol as a whole in anyway. I chose this topic because I grew up with my dad being an alcoholic. I still remember knowing what was going on throughout the process of it. He unfortunately
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Introduction to Service Dominant (S-D) Logic Recently there has been a shift away from the traditional product-orientated marketing perspective to a more service-orientated one which focuses on “intangible resources‚ the co-creation of value and relationships” (Vargo and Lusch‚ 2004). Merz‚ He & Vargo (2009) commented that goods were a “vehicle for service”‚ and whilst the provision of goods was still an important part of a transaction‚ there will always be some element of intangible service attached
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The negative impact of family relationships in William Shakespeare’s play Hamlet are illustrated by highlighting the harmful repercussions of disrespectful familial gestures on Hamlet Jr.’s character. Claudius and Gertrude are now the King and Queen of Denmark‚ and Gertrude’s son‚ Hamlet Jr.‚ is the Prince. Claudius murdered Hamlet Sr.‚ the former King of Denmark‚ usurp the throne and married Gertrude‚ Hamlet Sr.’s former wife within two months of his death. Hamlet Jr. experienced anguish for
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Most minors start having conversations and talking fluently at age four. Pearl S. Buck not only could speak fluently at age four but she could speak two languages‚ which were English and Chinese. English and Chinese are the most complicated languages to speak and write. Pearl S. Buck wrote numerous influential books and used her extraordinary education to ultimately lead to her success as a writer. Pearl Sydenstricker was born in Hillsboro‚ West Virginia‚ on June 26‚ 1892 (Pearl Buck Biography)
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Once upon a time‚ Whites and Blacks didn’t see each others race until after World War I. One white man said they all seemed like they belonged and that they all seemed like they were family in North Omaha. After World War I ended the men that were enlisted had to return home which made the whites have to compete with the blacks for jobs. The government spending on arms was reducing. This is when race became such a big problem in the United States. The whites began getting nervous because they were
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developed their own theories on how managers can get the highest levels of productivity from their employees while also producing a quality product. One researcher and psychologist‚ Abraham Maslow‚ also developed a theory‚ which impacted the human behavioral approach to management (Schermerhorn‚ 2013). In this paper‚ I will discuss the history of Maslow’s theory‚ identify and explain human needs as described by Maslow‚ why this theory is important to managers and how they can best implement Maslow’s
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