and historians support the idea that the main cause of the Great Depression was World War I‚ but there were other actions that triggered the collapse. Consequently‚ the war hurt every country economically. The author of “The Great Depression‚” David M. Kennedy‚ supports the fact that World War I hurt the “core societies of the advanced industrialized world” (Kennedy 1). The Treaty of Versailles‚ the document which ended the war‚ imposed harsh consequences towards the villains of the war. The enemies
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ABSTRACT The purpose of this paper is to use supply management as a tool in analysing the global sourcing processes and activities within two successful leading textile companies: Zara and Hennes and Mauritz (H&M). To describe their logistics and supply chain processes in order to understand how these two companies can add a good value to its customers‚ to its stakeholders and to its suppliers. Pressure for companies to create and deliver value to customers manifests itself in every stage of
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From‚ A.Ruby Mary Trichy IMPACT OF M-COMMERCE IN JOB MARKET ABSTRACT: A host of new location-aware applications and services are emerging with significant implications for the future of e-commerce. With the more than one billion cellular phones in the world in 2002‚ joined by other wireless handheld computing devices like personal digital assistants (PDAs) and pocket PCs‚ there are significant opportunities for mobile commerce growth. Although mobile commerce enables access to goods
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Reading the Bible from a feminist perspective is hindered by what Letty M. Russell interprets as the “hit parade of authority” (Russell‚ 138). This authority is that the Bible is understood to be the Word of God. Understanding its authority in this way enables readers to accept biblical contradictory‚ sexism‚ and racism (Russell‚ 140). More often than not‚ this authority obstructs feminist interpretations. Russell suggests that a feminist model of authority is inclusive in allowing feminist interpretation
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In the reaction mechanism‚ a carboxylic acid‚ m-toluic acid is used to synthesize N‚N-diethyl-m-toluamide‚ also know as DEET‚ through a nucleophilic acyl substitution reaction. The reaction begins by first converting the m-toluic carboxylic acid into an acyl chlorosulfite through a reaction using thionyl chloride. The carboxylic acid is converted into an acyl chloride because the acyl chloride is more reactive. In this step‚ hydrochloric acid is formed from a hydrogen on the carboxylic acid and a
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the means of increasing customer base and improve their margins. This has in turn led to an increase in the merger and acquisition activity in the recent past. This paper looks at the various opportunities and challenges faced by the Indian banks in M&A deals with more focus on HR issue. ___________________________________________________ Introduction Growth is the essence of any business. Every business wants to grow and grow profitably. The growth can be achieved either through the process
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John M. Barry uncovers the epic story of the horrible pandemic of 1918‚ one that killed as many as 100 million people across the world. Barry utilizes his journalistic skills and considerable medical research to share the story of the influenza and shed light on those who were caught up in the gruesome fight. The result is an in-depth‚ incredible narrative of the times and events shaped by the plague. Barry stresses that the battle against the epidemic was more than exceptional due to the current
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In Jean M. Twenge’s book Generation Me‚ Twenge poses striking and clear-sighted arguments based on the qualities of Generation Me or the iGeneration. Generation Me consists of the young today: those born in the 1980s and 1990s. Twenge makes sure to approach all topics of life in her book. Although very incisive‚ parts of the arguments presented included problematic data‚ assumptions and fallacies. One issue at hand is the accuracy of her data. Twenge had a pattern of using only a few samples out
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acceleration‚ speed 2. An airplane heads due north with an airspeed of 75 m/s. The wind is blowing due west at 18 m/s. What is the airplane’s speed relative to the ground? A. 57 m/s B. 73 m/s C. 77 m/s D. 93 m/s 3. Two velocity vectors‚ v1 and v2 are shown. Which of the following best represents the resultant of the addition of the two velocity vectors? 4. A car travelling north at 20 m/s is later travelling west at 30 m/s. What is the direction of the change in velocity? 5. Two forces
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world of technology is at your finger tips‚ should you accept it or not? A new chip that can be installed into people and would grant them unlimited online resources is at your disposal‚ such as the feed implant that is widely used in the novel Feed by M. T. Anderson. In the novel the feed implant is something those who can afford it get when they are infants and gives them access to all the information in the world and be able to chat anyone‚ play video games‚ and do your shopping on it. It has taken
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