Blurred Lines: the most controversial song of the decade Another student union has banned Robin Thicke’s party track. How did it become such a lightning rod for moral outrage and censorship? This week‚ University College London student union (UCLU) took the unusual step of banning a single song‚ Robin Thicke’s Blurred Lines. It joins around 20 other UK student unions to do so. This is the latest development in the story of how the biggest song of the year became the most controversial of the decade:
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Western Agencies Ltd. by Steven L. McShane University of Western Australia Perth‚ Australia Copyright © 1991 Steven L. McShane. This case is based on actual events described in a Canadian court case. Only the dates and names of the main parties have been changed. This case may be used by current adopters of: S. L. McShane Canadian Organizational Behaviour‚ 5th ed. (Toronto: McGraw- Hill Ryerson‚ 2004); S. L. McShane & M. A. von Glinow‚ Organizational Behavior‚ 3rd ed. (Boston: McGraw-Hill
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Abstract Line extensions occur when a company introduces additional items with changes in flavors‚ sizes‚ and different ingredients in the same product category under the same name brand. Line extensions are a way to increase market share by introducing additional items in the same category from the already reputable brand name. The paper examines the target populations‚ the purpose for seeking line extensions‚ the appropriate timing of launching a brand extension‚ and the success and failures of
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by Erik Simanis ABOVE MightyLight customers in Barmer‚ Rajasthan‚ India 120 Harvard Business Review June 2012 M ost companies trying to do business with the 4 billion people who make up the world’s poor follow a formula long touted by bottom-of-thepyramid experts: Offer products at extremely low prices and margins‚ and hope to generate decent profits by selling enormous quantities of them. This “low price‚ low margin‚ high volume” model has held sway for more than a decade‚ largely
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Jewellery which is a Limited Liability Company. The Defendant was not a director of Al-Atheer Jewellery Ltd nor had any stake in the company at the time of the signed agreement. The Defendant was a part time sales manager in the particular shop. 3. The director of Al-Atheer Jewellery Ltd had a discussion with the Defendant that the company is willing to sell the branch of Al-Atheer Jewellery Ltd shop where the Defendant works. Surprisingly the Claimant’s representative (Tanneshia McLoan) walked into
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Edited by Foxit PDF Editor Copyright (c) by Foxit Software Company‚ 2004 For Evaluation Only. Page 1 of 24 Question Paper Integrated Case Studies – I (MB371) : October 2007 Case Study (100 Marks) • • • This section consists of questions with serial number 1 - 7. Answer all questions. Marks are indicated against each question. Case Study Read the case carefully and answer the following questions: 1. “During the 1980s‚ BAL was the undisputed scooter king.” Examine the factors that‚ according
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applying various approaches. Some merely cut costs and anticipate preserving sales/ revenue. Others cut production and channel the savings to the customers in an effort to radically increase sales to surge profit. As in our scenario above Grosgover Ltds decision to change from a local to an overseas supplier is projected to drop 10% in material cost‚ a variable cost. Variable costs are contingent to sales since they rely on costs of direct materials as well as labor; it is pertinent to mention that
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In The Sweetness at the Bottom of the Pie‚ Alan Bradley personifies the estate‚ Buckshaw‚ to create a new character that illustrates the significant depression that the family and town is feeling after Harriet’s death. To begin with‚ Bradley describes the house in a negative connotation with‚ “It’s early-Victorian wall paper (mustard yellow‚ with a splattering of things that looked like blood red clots of string) made it seem larger: a cold‚ boundless‚ drafty waste.” (Bradley 17) Bradley describes
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Case study # 1 Problem definition: SAT score as one of student selection criteria and its weight needs to be revised Problem justification: Positives about SAT score; SAT score are valid predictors of how well a person will do in college. “According to people who design the SAT” SATs tap intelligence and employers want intelligent job applicants Concerns about SAT score “from Alix point of view”; The quality of high schools varies greatly‚ so that the level of student performance that
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04 Post-situation Analysis 3. IMASCO Ltd. A Canadian company founded 1970 intended to diversify the operations of the former Imperial Tobacco Company. 1908: Imperial tobacco was created by a formal merger of the American Tobacco Company of Canada and Empire Tobacco company. 1920s-1960s: Acquired other tobacco companies. 1964: Start to diversify due to the smoking and health issue was really heating up. Acquire Canada Foils Ltd‚ Welland winery Ltd. 1970: Change it’s name to IMASCO (IMperial
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