Climate Change Beliefs and Cultural Values Controversy surrounding the public understanding of climate change is influenced by the deficit in cognition of scientific information. As a result the knowledge deficit‚ people turn to cultural differences for alternative explanations. In a straight forward explanation‚ the difference in opinions is a result of both ignorance and culture. This view aligns with Kahan et al.’s cultural cognition thesis‚ according to which the political disagreement about
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Understanding the Chaos of Airline Pricing By Alex Kons I. INTRODUCTION “The airline industry’s pricing system is a billion-dollar house of cards in which every customer is a futures speculator and Economics 101 is turned onto its head” (Fredrick‚ 1995). This statement highlights one of the most hidden frustrations that many air travelers feel. Airline pricing is so distorted that often a full-fare paying passenger is seated next to a passenger who paid more then three hundred percent less for
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ON KINGFISHER AIRLINES LTD. Overview of Airlines industry in India The aviation industry in India is one of those sectors that saw a constant pace of growth among the other industries in the world over the past many years. The open sky policy of the government has helped a lot of overseas players entering the aviation market in India. From then‚ it has only been growing in terms of players and the number of aircrafts. At present‚ private airlines account for
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‘Micro Finance and Women Empowerment ’ By Ms. Varsha Parikh Lecturer Department of Extension and Communication Faculty of Family and Community Sciences The M.S.University of Baroda Vadodara 390002‚Gujarat‚ India E-mail : vbparikh@rediff.com Micro Finance and Women Empowerment By Ms. Varsha Parikh ABSTRACT Self-help groups intermediated by microcredit have been shown to have positive effects on women. Micro finance refers to small savings
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significance: - Mangrove forests are among the most productive terrestrial eco systems and are natural and are a renewable resource. Mangroves are not a marvel just for their adaptations but also for the significant role they play in our environment. * Mangrove ecosystem act as Buffer Zone between the land and sea. * Mangroves protect the coast against erosion due to wind‚ waves‚ water currents and protect coral reefs‚ sea-grass bed and shipping lanes against siltation. They are also
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CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION 1.1 HISTORY The word environment is a broad spectrum which brings within its hue hygienic atmosphere and ecological balance. Saving this planet Earth is now of utmost concern to the entire humanity. The world is witnessing a global crisis of environmental degradation. The future of the earth is entirely linked with the sustainable development that may take place in the various countries‚ both developed and developing. They have to adopt a visionary approach in consonance
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replaced and discarded at an ever-accelerating rate; which leads to more pollution and exploitation of the environment. When goods are produced and thrown out there are consequences to the environment we must face in the future including‚ pollution from factories creating the goods‚ destroying of natural resources to create the goods and garbage in the landfills that are killing the environment from the throwing away of goods. Society has fallen into this trap of consuming goods at an alarming rate
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Name: Margo De Ridder Student number: R0141223 Module: Marketing Fundamentals The tablet market: External analysis of the micro-environment The global tablet PC market continues to grow with shipments reaching 53.8 million units in the third quarter of 2014. The rise in shipment from 48.3 million units in the third quarter of 2013 to 53.8 million units in the third quarter of 2014 can be attributed to the growing demand from costumers as the tablet industry offers the costumer a smaller sized
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creating an unhygienic environment. People are so accustomed to plastic‚ that they find it a difficulty to part with and hence DEGRADABLE PLASTICS should be brought into effect to reduce the usage of plastic in our country. INTRODUCTION The explosion of technology‚ though makes our lives smooth and comfortable‚I think that it also bring with it certain disasters. The disaster is made by the users of the technology-the human beings. It is our behavior which affects the environment. It may be global
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Since its official formation dating back to 1947‚ Singapore Airlines have founded its business on world-class service quality in the airline industry. Such a reputation is built on core aspects of the airlines service delivery which includes features like the friendly service‚ prompt flights and in-flight entertainment system. As consumers‚ we only see these final outcomes and therefore‚ often forget that these qualities are a product of much planning‚ trial and of course - teamwork. The efficient
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