AQA History B (Full Course) 40453 Modern World Unit 3 – Historical Enquiry Unit 3 Historical Enquiry: Britain at War CONTROLLED ASSESSMENT TASK RESEARCH DIARY Centre Name: _____________________________________________ Centre Number: ___________________ Candidate Name: _____________________________________________ Candidate Number: ____________________ The tasks: 1. Select five sources. Explain how useful these sources have been in informing you
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Japan said that they would not do that and so they did not move the troops. The third and final reason was the impending threat of the United states Navy fleet only 4‚000 Miles from a defenseless Japan. With the Japan not having very many troop at all‚ since they were all in China‚ the Japanese felt very threatened. The US had moved they fleet within sneak attack range. Admiral Yamamoto realized this and start planning the counterstrike
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Business Strategy Notes VRIO Framework1 The VRIO Framework and the Resource-Based View2 In the last three weeks we have looked at how firms can get a competitive advantage. Today we focus primarily on the sustainability of a firm’s competitive advantage. That is‚ what determines whether a firm’s competitive advantage will be short-lived or whether it will endure a long time? We will consider this question within Barney’s VRIO framework (outlined below) within the resource-based view. Under the resourced-based
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British Airways (BA) is the flag carrier airline of the United Kingdom‚ based in Waterside‚ near its main hub at London Heathrow Airport. It is the largest airline in the UK based on fleet size‚ international flights and international destinations and second largest measured by passengers carried‚ behind easyJet. The British Airways Board was established in 1971 to control the two nationalised airline corporations‚ BOAC and BEA‚ and two smaller‚ regional airlines‚ Cambrian Airways‚ from Cardiff
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Airlines in the U.S.‚ and focused on cost reductions. Southwest flies point-point versus a hub‚ and utilizes much greater efficiency and turnaround time at the airport thus maximizing aircraft utilization. Both Easyjet and Ryanair operate a younger fleet than Southwest‚ average age of about 5.5 years compared to 11.7 years for Southwest‚ ideally resulting in lower operating costs with newer more fuel efficient aircraft (AirlineFleets‚ 2014). Easyjet’s operations differ from Ryanair in a few key areas
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Running head: THE EFFECTS OF THE JONES ACT ON THE ECONOMY OF HAWAII The Effects of the Jones Act on the Economy of Hawaii Christer Tvedt Hawai’i Pacific University February 10‚ 2010 ECON 6000 Dr. Leroy Laney The effects of the Jones Act on the economy of Hawaii The Jones Act‚ or the Merchant Marine Act of 1920‚ which is the act’s name‚ is a United States Federal statute‚ or “cabotage law”‚ that regulates trade between ports within the United States. The act was passed 90 years ago‚ in
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participated as worthy challengers in the Tech Challenge are Mark Walls‚ Fox & James NationaLease; Kory Stoudt‚ Aim NationaLease; Jeremy Verhagen‚ McCoy NationaLease; Jeff Weaks‚ ATC Truck Rental & Leasing‚ a NationaLease Member; and Chris Bagley‚ All Fleet Services NationaLease. About NationaLease Founded in 1944‚ NationaLease is one of the largest full service truck leasing organizations in North America‚ with over 600 service locations throughout the
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with his captains to discuss his approach to the naval warfare (Hickman 1). He stressed the importance of individual initiative and aggressive tactics (Hickman 1). As they approached Aboukir bay‚ Admiral Nelson noticed that the French chained their fleets together to prevent the breaking of their lines. However‚ this was not an obstacle for Admiral Nelson because he noticed that the chained ships and the shore was submerged deep enough for a ship to pass over it (Hickman 1). This maneuver allowed for
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ships carrying about 40‚000 Total Guests: the largest fleet in Europe. A new 132‚500-ton ship‚ the largest Italian passenger ship‚ will delivered in October 2014. Costa fleet will reach 15 ships and a capacity of about 45‚000 Total Guests. Two additional brands in the Costa Crociere group: Aida Cruises (market leader in German) and Iberocruceros (Spanish and Portuguese market): Aida Cruises is the German market leading cruise line. The AIDA fleet consists of 9 club ships with a total capacity of
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planned the attack for months then it finally happened.The japanese were ready to spread across the south pacific.The attack on Pearl Harbor destroyed 20 American Naval vessels and caused America to declare war on Japan And Japan attacked the Pacific fleet. On December 7‚1941‚ Japan launches a surprise attack on american soil at Pearl Harbor. Hundreds of Japanese Fighter planes attacked Pearl Harbor. The Japanese managed to destroy 20 american Naval Vessels. They also destroyed eight enormous battleships
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