The North/South Gap The North/South gap is a divide that separates the poor (less developed countries) from the rich (more developed countries). The idea of categorizing countries by their economic and developmental status began during the Cold War with the classifications of East and West. The Soviet Union and China represented the developing East‚ and the United States and their allies represented the West. The term ‘Third World’ (less developed countries) came from the United States
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2005 annual report table of contents Letter From the Chairman Letter to Shareholders Gap Banana Republic Old Navy Forth & Towne Gap Inc. Direct Social Responsibility Financial Highlights Key Financial Statistics Gap Inc. Financials 1 2 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 letter from the chairman Fiscal 2005 was a year of progress as well as challenges. During a year where we had disappointing top line results‚ we still delivered solid earnings and focused on creating value for our shareholders by repurchasing
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A STUDY ON SERVICE QUALITY GAP ANALSIS WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO INDIAN OVERSEAS BANK (IOB) - RM COLONY BRANCH‚ DINDIGUL QUESTIONNAIRE I am a student at Sona College of Technology‚ Salem currently‚ and pursuing MBA. As a part of my course completion‚ I am doing “A Study on Service Quality Gap Analysis with special Reference to Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) - Rm Colony Branch‚ Dindigul”. The aim of the research is to find out and study the gap between customers’ expectation and perception of
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Nutrition and the Achievement Gap in Education The Achievement Gap (AG) is one of the largest problems in the public school education system. Black and Hispanic males make up the largest percentage of… “Quote” Sadly‚ many of these children live in poverty and according to… these children suffer from malnutrition and ? a an alarming rate. Children who live in impoverished areas make up the largest percentage of the Achievement Gap because they do not have access to nutritious food which affects their
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Introduction Recent trends in the global economy show an ever-widening gap in the equality of wealth and income. Both on the individual national and international levels‚ countries are becoming further separated on the level on personal wealth. This has come mainly as a result of the process of globalization. Countries are becoming more and more competitive with one another‚ attempting to remain afloat the expanding globalization process they have put their countries social development at great
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1.0 – Understanding the GAP - GAP OVERVIEW - Since 1969‚ GAP has been filling closets with khakis‚ jeans and t-shirts and it was the iconic casual-wear brand built on basics for men‚ women and children. However‚ after 4 consecutive years of falling sales and fashion mis-steps‚ this retail icon has become the poster child for a titan that had lost touch with its core consumers. At the GAP‚ you could smell change coming like the shift from Summer to Fall and in early 2007 Paul Pressler‚ CEO
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expectation gap’ have never been more important. Though it would take an enormous amount of effort to address these issues‚ I will argue that tremendous amounts could be done in order to close the gap down. In this essay I will discuss some of these issues and in particular the strategies to reduce the gap. Definitions Various definitions have been proposed for the audit expectation gap. Humphrey‚ Moizer and Turley (1992)‚ suggest that the common element in the various definitions of the gap is that
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ACHIEVEMENT GAP IN SCHOOLS The Achievement Gap in Schools and What Can Be Done to Close it Laura L. Pandiani Assumption College Abstract This paper explores the struggle of the achievement gap in schools. The achievement gap refers to the inequality in educational achievement among groups of students determined as disadvantaged minorities and those of less disadvantaged‚ usually white. The gap is a constant battle with no clear way as to how to fix it. The achievement gap can be observed
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SYNOPSIS Gap‚ Inc. was originally founded by Doris and Donald Fisher. The company has evolved from a single store located in San Francisco‚ California into a predominate retail chain that includes the Gap‚ Banana Republic‚ Old Navy‚ Forth & Towne‚ and Piperlime.com. The company sells a huge variety of clothing from casual to chic for men‚ women‚ and children. The 21st century has brought hard times to this extremely successful company‚ especially Gap adult stores and the company is losing
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DOUBLE D TRUCKING Double D Trucking was started by Douglas Dean in 1981 and has grown from a one-truck operation to a 550-tractor-trailer fleet serving shippers in a five-state region in the upper Midwest. Double D trucking serves the automotive industry by providing inbound transportation to the assembly plants. It has a strategic alliance with the Big Three automakers and is the exclusive trucking company for a number of the auto suppliers. From its inception‚ Double D has been an innovator
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