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    East West University Case Study on East Meets West: Business Joint Ventures Prepared For: Prepared By: Naimur Rahman ID: Section: Date: * Why would a joint venture partner from a planned economy have difficulty understanding that the consumer is king or queen? Answer: Every economy has its own characteristics as both good and bad as well. In any economy‚ there are rules and regulations fortified in the manner to help the citizens and so that the businesses can get enough revenue

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    Chingiz Aitmatov: A Biography By Iraj Bashiri Copyright‚ Iraj Bashiri‚ 2003‚ 2004 | | In Central Asia‚ before World War II‚ Tajik literature occupied the high literary plane; after the war‚ that position was ceded to Kyrgyz prose fiction‚ spearheaded by the untiring efforts of Chingiz Torekulovich Aitmatov. Aitmatov provides a noteworthy account of his own life and career in his "Craftsmanship."1 He was born on December 12‚ 1928‚ to the family of Torekul and Nagima Aitmatov in the village of

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    semester 2012 Jawaharlal Nehru University New Delhi Koodankulam Protest: A Performativity of Survival An Inter-Governmental Agreement on the project was signed on November 20‚ 1988 by Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev‚ for the construction of two reactors. The project remained in limbo for a decade due to the political and economic upheaval in Russia after the post-1991 Soviet breakup. As of October 2011‚ thousands of protesters and villagers existing around

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    June 12‚ 1987‚ standing upon a pillar gazing toward a West German crowd‚ President Reagan began to deliver a monumentally paramount speech. As he stood in the midst of alternating German and American flags‚ armed with a podium with a single microphone‚ President Reagan’s began to speak. While knowing every eye of the world was bearing down on him‚ the remarks he delivered at the Brandenburg Gate were a valiantly majestic attempt to burn down the evils of the Soviet Union‚ and from the ashes allow

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    Khrushchev’s ouster in 1964 failed to weaken Hungary’s desire for reform. In fact‚ Kadar responded by stating that the political and economic attitude of People’s Republic of Hungary had not changed nor‚ would it change anytime in the future. However‚ in December of 1964‚ a central committee approved economic reform in Hungary to help stabilize and jump start the economy. One of the major economic policies that eventually brought the Hungary Revolution to the for front was a new economic policy that

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    an illegal vodka factory has heard it was probably caused by one of them lighting a cigarette. ( 6‚ ‘Boston illegal vodka factory blast ’triggered by smoker ’ 25 May 2012‚ http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lincolnshire-18154900) 2) Mikhail Gorbachev introduced many changes with his perestroika policy when he became Soviet leader in 1985 and one of the most important went under the banner of "democratization". (6‚ ‘First steps in Russian democracy’ 26 March 2009 http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/7961645

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    President Ronald Reagan addressed the Eastern Hemisphere at the Brandenburg Gate and gave a speech attacking communism and telling communist countries that they will fall and freedom will prevail and that if they are looking for the best outcome for their country‚ to join the free world. Mr. Reagan begins his speech by opening up to the German crowd saying that he is drawn to the city by the German people’s courage and determination. Reagan addresses the fact that many people would be tuned in to

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    to reshape the Soviet Union but got trapped in his own net because he personified the old system as well. Cohen then jumps to the collapse of the Soviet Union of the Gorbachev era (apparently Brezhnev’s time was a lost era for the change benevolent Soviet persona’s)where he looks at Ligachev‚ Gorbachev’s number two. Next to Gorbachev Ligachev kept had his own

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    Such turning points include; Jon of Arc leading the French army in attacks that changed the progression of the Hundred Year’s War in 1429‚ Anne Frank receiving her famed diary on her 13th birthday in 1942‚ and President Reagan requesting President Gorbachev to tear down the Berlin Wall. Although there were many events to choose from‚ I chose these three for the following reasons. Joan of Arc believed that God was giving her visions and that she needed to help with the Hundred Year’s War that was

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    Cold War Museum‚ "The Chernobyl Nuclear Disaster." Accessed 02 May 2014‚ http://www.coldwar.org/articles/80s/ChernobylNuclearDisasterApril261986.asp. Kort‚ Michael The Rise and Fall of the Soviet Union‚ New York‚ Franklin Watts‚ 1992. "Text of Gorbachev ’s Farewell Address." The New York Times. The New York Times‚ 25 Dec. 1991. Web. 23 Apr. 2014. Winters‚ Paul A. The Collapse of the Soviet Union. San Diego‚ CA: Greenhaven‚ 1999.

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