Distance Still Matters The Hard Reality of Global Expansion by Pankaj Ghemawat • Included with this full-text Harvard Business Review article: 1 Article Summary The Idea in Brief—the core idea The Idea in Practice—putting the idea to work 2 Distance Still Matters: The Hard Reality of Global Expansion 12 Further Reading A list of related materials‚ with annotations to guide further exploration of the article’s ideas and applications Reprint R0108K TOOL KIT Distance Still
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THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A HIGHER EDUCATION OPEN AND DISTANCE LEARNING KNOWLEDGE BASE FOR DECISION MAKERS IN KENYA By Magdallen N. J (PhD) African Virtual University (HQ) P. O. Box xxxxxxxxx Nairobi - Kenya Tel: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fax: xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Email: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Presented to United Nations Educational Scientific & Cultural Organization (UNESCO) TABLE OF CONTENTS PAGE Introduction…………………………………………………………..………………3 Study
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Ionic Bonding Puzzle Lab Introduction When metals and non-metals chemically react‚ the atoms will tend to form ions or charged atoms. Ions form because electrons are either gained or lost. Metals will generally form cations or positive ions‚ since they tend to donate electrons Non-metals will form anions or negative ions‚ since they tend to accept electrons. Activity In this activity you will create models of ionic compounds and observe the chemical formula of the binary molecules you
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Turkish Online Journal of Distance Education-TOJDE January 2006 ISSN 1302-6488 Volume: 7 Number: 1 Article: 2 Problems and Prospects of Open and Distance Education in Nigeria Mudasiru Olalere YUSUF (Ph.D) Senior lecturer (Educational Technology) Department of Curriculum Studies and Educational Technology‚ Faculty of Education University of Ilorin‚ Ilorin NIGERIA ABSTRACT Distance education as a mean of providing access to education‚ particularly tertiary level education‚ has gained great prominence
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Prompt: Analyze changes and continuities in long-distance migrations in the period from 1700 to 1900. Be sure to include specific examples from at least TWO different world regions. The first migrations to the Americans were by cattle. The North had more slaves than the South. The South had a successful slave revolt. Trains in Russia caused the serfs to run faster. Teepees were mobile homes for Indians. Bantus migrated to California for the movie industry. Main technology that remained the
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In the last couple of weeks‚ eHarmony‚ a dating website that promises to help you find a long-term relationship for a relatively modest monthly subscription fee‚ has been offering a free trial: "10 days of free communication." This marketing campaign is designed to attract new customers and convert some of the existing ones to become paying members (currently it claims "more than 20 million registered users"). This seems like a reasonable growth strategy: more paying customers will help eHarmony
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AND INFORMATION LITERACY ABSTRACT Open and Distance Learning is an alternative platform for people who want to pursue their tertiary education. This is especially true in the case of working professionals who wish to learn while on their job. However‚ it has always been a challenge to cope with learning verifying degrees of skills as they lack face to face interaction when compared to traditional learners. The main challenge of distance learning is that direct real-time feedback from
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complicated relationship between him and his father‚ Biff often feels confused and lost when thinking about his life goals and dreams. Additionally‚ his relationship with his father negatively affects his perception of himself. These prominent problems in his life have the potential to lead serious negative effects‚ such as depression and even suicide. However‚ like all problems‚ there is a solution‚ and I believe that I have found it. A major factor in Biff’s troublesome relationship with his father
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Distance Education is defined as an educational process in which for the majority of the time‚ the learning occurs when the teacher and learners are receiving and giving instructions at the same remote side from each other. Open University refer to ‘an organizational activity based on the use of teaching materials‚ in which the constraints on study are minimized either in terms of access‚ or of time and place‚ pace‚ methods of study or any combination of these’ (Periaton 2000 :13) One
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