Colegio de Estudios Superiores en Administracion Sergio Uribe Gobierno y Decisiones ------------------------------------------------- Jessica Bluhum Monroy When the two American economist‚ Daron Acemoglu and James Robinson wrote Why Nations Fail: The Origins of Power‚ Prosperity‚ and Poverty‚ they simply tried to give society and answer that everyone does but no one seems to know the explanation: why some nations fail but other are successful? As we saw on the last reading of Huntington‚ political
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Company Chandler‚ David. "The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis." The Sapir-Whorf Hypothesis. N.p.‚ 18 Sept. 1995. Web. 20 Oct. 2012. <http://www.aber.ac.uk/media/Documents/short/whorf.html>. Guilbault‚ Rose Del Castillo. “Americanization Is Tough on ‘Macho’” About Language: A Reader for Writers. 5th Ed. Eds. William H. Roberts and Gregoire Turgeon. New York: Houghton Mifflin‚ 1998. 238-39. Whorf‚ B. L. (1940): ’Science and Linguistics ’‚ Technology Review 42(6): 229-31‚ 247-8. Also in B. L. Whorf (1956):
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Caso SITUATION A new $200 million strategic business unit (SBU) of this global technology services corporation has grown rapidly after its initial launch through a succession of large contract wins.Having achieved a strong initial foundation in its core vertical markets‚ the leadership of the SBU identified significant competitive and regulatory changes that had the potential to impact the unit’s future growth potential. With the potential for slower growth‚ the leadership team recognized the
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GENERADOR DE VAN DE GRAAFF [pic] 1. Generalización El generador de Van der Graaff‚ GVG‚ es un aparato utilizado para crear grandes voltajes. En realidad es un electróforo de funcionamiento continuo. Se basa en los fenómenos de electrización por contacto y en la inducción de carga. Este efecto es creado por un campo intenso y se asocia a la alta densidad de carga en las puntas. A machine‚ first demonstrated in 1929 by the American physicist Robert J. Van der Graaf (1901-1967)‚ which
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1. Translation Methodology Methods‚ Levels and Techniques By Libardo Ospino Professional Translator September 2003 2. Contents 1 THE ANALYSIS OF THE TEXT 2 DIS COURSE ANALYSIS 3 THE INTENTION OF THE TEXT 4 THE INTENTION OF THE TRANSLATOR 5 THE QUALITY OF THE WRITING 6 TRANSLATION METHODS AND LEVELS 7 TRANSLATION TECHNIQUES 3. The Analysis Of The Text Reading the text - Is the starting point We read the text to: Understand what it is about. Analyse it from a translator’s point of view not from linguist’s
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INTRODUCTION The two reports are based on Honda’s entry onto the US. They are The BCG report‚ which was commissioned by the British government to investigate the decline of the British motorcycle industry‚ and the second report was recorded by Richard Pascale‚ which looked at Honda’s entry into the US Market. Honda is a Japan based company and is the world’s largest manufacturer of motorcycles as well as the world’s manufacturer of internal combustion engines (motor vehicles) producing more
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Determination of Man’s Role in Latin America How society describes what is meant by a man’s role is an important definition in every culture. What is right or wrong for men to do in terms of behavior depends on each community‚ and on people’s own perceptions. Latin American culture has a strict set of values on sexual issues‚ reflecting a man’s role in society. For all of the communities in Latin America there exists a relation between a man’s role and machismo. The exaggerated sense of manliness
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El arte barroco se desarrolla entre los siglos XVII y XVIII. El arte será el vehículo de propaganda tanto de la Iglesia de la Contrarreforma‚ como de los Estados absolutistas o de la burguesía protestante. En el barroco la figura humana se alza como objeto decisivo del arte‚ pero no en su forma idealizada‚ sino en cualquier aspecto‚ ya sea este bello o feo‚ sublime o cotidiano. En el barroco podemos distinguir tres períodos: temprano o primitivo‚ de 1580 a 1630‚ pleno‚ de 1630 a 1680‚ y tardío
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Brand Personality ► Brand personality is what distinguishes one brand from another or a particular brand from a product. is easier to intuitively understand brand personality rather than define it ► It Brand personality of DABUR ► Strong heritage ► Herbal or ayurvedic benefit ► Healthy ► Nurturing ► Consumers find it easy to deal with brands that have strong personality because it is easier to remember them. ► Ex : Parle G the largest selling biscuit in the low price segment
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2) The essential attribute of the macho—power—almost always reveals itself as a capacity for wounding‚ humiliating‚ annihilating. Nothing is more natural‚ therefore‚ than his indifference toward the offspring he engenders. He is not the founder of a people; he is not a patriarch who exercises patria potesta; he is not a king or a judge or the chieftain of a clan. He is power isolated in its own potency‚ without relationship or compromise with the outside world. He is pure in communication‚ a solitude
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