December 1941. On December 7‚ 1941 the Japanese Navy attacked the United States airbase at Pearl Harbor‚ Hawaii. This came as a surprise to the American government that had previously had a series of extensive peace talks with Japanese diplomats. Many have asked why the Japanese went to war against the United States and why the United States government “provoked” the attack. Diplomats from each government tried to attain peace‚ after a string of Japanese aggressions in China during July 1937.
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Topic: Russo-Japanese War of 1904-1905 Research Question- The Russo-Japanese war of 1904 is the main contributor of the Revolution of 1905 in Russia. To what extent do you agree with this view? Justify your answer with a 1000 words as a minimum. Russia during the 19th century was considered to be the mystical land of the Great Tsars and Tsarina’s. It long held the imagination of visitors and storytellers alike from its grand courts and palaces to its superb Caviar‚ Vodka and Faberge eggs.
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The Japanese American citizens should not have been interned. Interned meaning‚ “the state of being confined as a prisoner‚ especially for political or military reasons.” It was not fair to blame the American citizens no matter the race‚ because they had nothing to do with it. They could be inclined to help out their country‚ and that’s why we blamed them. This is misleading because every single American citizen that happens to be of enemy descent‚ has the same power to do anything that the Japanese
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Secondly‚ the policy to maintain the status quo in America ’s sphere of influence‚ evident in the 1930 ’s when the U.S. opposed Japanese military involvement in Asia and the Pacific‚ also evident during the occupation when a post for America to protect their Asian interests was created. Finally‚ the third policy effecting the occupation was to maintain dominance in their Japanese relationship‚ as such‚ creating an "American Style" democratic Japan allowing for a more compatible relationship on more American
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Philips’ core competencies still advantages? Hypothesis * Philips needs to simplify its structure through consolidation of product divisions and making business responsible for day-to-day operations. Consolidation can be achieved through the outsourcing or divestiture of non-core/unprofitable divisions‚ allowing Philips to reduce waste and focus R&D in its most profitable product divisions. Analysis of Hypothesis Are Philips’ core competencies still advantages? * No‚ Philips’ historic core competency
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HONEYLAND MANUKA HONEY FROM NEW ZEALAND 1. Image that you are in charge of logistics for a small exporting business such as Honeyland. What are the difficulties you need to think about ? 1.1 Cost – New Zealand is far off the main shipping routes and transport costs are high compared to countries that are in the center of the world trade network. 1.2 Time Of Shipping - Normal shipping time to Japan 10 day on average . However ‚ in reality it takes much longer for a shipment to arrive safely
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and language skills‚ particularly in English and Japanese‚ for writing software are limited. Viet Nam‚ however‚ still maintains a balance between expenditures and human resource skills‚ compared to India and China. "But this balance could collapse if the country doesn’t control inflation‚" Nguyen Hung Cuong‚ software development director at Harvey Nash‚ told Dau tu (Vietnam Investment Review) newspaper. "Vietnamese-made software for the Japanese market is only 1-2 per cent of what China sells to
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STRATEGIC FLEXIBILITY‚ AND FIRM PERFORMANCE: THE CASE OF THE INDIAN BUSINESS PROCESS OUTSOURCING INDUSTRY SUCHETA NADKARNI Drexel University POL HERRMANN Iowa State University We examine the relationships between CEO personality‚ strategic flexibility (ability to adapt quickly to environmental changes)‚ and firm performance‚ using a sample of 195 small and medium-sized firms from the Indian business process outsourcing industry. We hypothesize that strategic flexibility mediates the relationships between
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enormous supply of highly educated Indian and Chinese workers‚ millions of Americans will become jobless. In response to these concerns‚ Congress included in the fiscal 2004 omnibus spending bill a provision that prohibits federal agencies from outsourcing some kinds of work to private companies that use workers abroad. Over thirty states are considering similar restrictions; at least
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Q:What kind of Japanese fiction works? A:This presentation is mostly about comics and animation produced in Japan‚ but it covers also TV Shows and movies Topic: Japanese fiction General Purpose: To persuade Specific Purpose: To persuade you that Japanese fiction is better than western fiction regarding comics‚ animation‚ movies and TV shows Thesis statement: Although Western people see Japan as a calculating land with brutally efficient workers‚ they are in fact individualistic‚ expressive and
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