School of Economics and Management /HES Import Procurement / Import Management from Asia (IMP) Year 3 Code : IMPVS3IM01 (EM-IM-I 3010IMP_T1 15675 VIM) IMPVS3TA01 (EM-TMA-I 3010IMP_T1 16644 TMA) IMPVS3TA02 (EM-TMA-I 3012IMP_TS 16389 TMA) Exam Period : H1 / Test Nr. 1 Programme : TMA/IM Date : 22-01-2013 Time : 14.30 – 16.30 p.m. Lecturers : R. Hoekstra / E.P.A. van den Thillart No book and/or notes allowed! Number of points per right answer m.p. questions:
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motivated by strategic concerns. * The geography of America convinced Americans that the US had to develop new policies to protect and promote its national security and interests. * Alfred Thayer Mahan emphasized the importance of a strong navy for national greatness in his book‚ The Influence of Sea Power upon History. * Mahan proposed that the US build a canal across the Isthmus of Panama to link its coasts‚ acquire naval bases in the Caribbean and the Pacific islands to protect the
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the sergeant who was working the front desk. Before the general sought to address formal business‚ he immediately address the issue of why the sergeant was not maintaining proper dress and appearance as well as his failure to show proper custom and courtesies. These two examples demonstrate the MBE-A leadership style of the new commander trying to correct deficiencies within the organization. After addressing the organizational issues with the 918th Bomber Group through corrective transactions
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independent without a need for industrialization. In the 1600’s‚ japan closed off all connection with Europe and expelled all catholic Christians from Japan because the Japanese felt there was no need for industrialization and they wanted to keep old customs and beliefs rather than acquire new ones that originated elsewhere. Japan‚ however did trade with the Dutch because they were protestant and not catholic Christians. The limited contact with Europeans in the seventeenth century limited westerners
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are challenged through Helena’s desperation and Hermia’s rebelliousness as they act against Greek and Elizabethan expectations for women. First‚ there is Helena who is in abiding love with Demetrius‚ but he loves Hermia instead. Helena states the custom explaining‚ “We cannot fight for love‚
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ways. Louis XIV increased his revenue by taxing‚ improving trade and commerce‚ and gave favors to the middle class for money. First‚ he appointed Colbert as his Minister of Finance. There were taxes such as taille (land tax)‚ aides and douanes (customs duties)‚ and gabelle (salt tax). Louis spent this money on his wars. Colbert used this money for strengthening the country of France. Second‚ he abolished corrupt ways of collecting taxes and removed useless offices to increase the king’s revenue
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the American colonies from buying cheaper molasses and sugar. Northern colonists were more afraid of the methods that Great Britain took to enforce the Sugar Act than the actual cost of the tax itself. The British Navy began patrolling the shipping lanes to the colonies and customs agents became more aggressive in collecting import duties. The Southern colonies could produce most of their own crops and only viewed this as another annoying regulation. While the colonies did not approve of the
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islands donate to the Fiji that exists today. From the times of Captain William Bligh in 1789‚ the first settlers‚ shipwrecked sailors and runaway convicts from the penal colony of Australia‚ to the colonization of Fiji by the British in 1874‚ many a custom and tradition has developed. It was not until 1970 that Fiji was independent from the United Kingdom and a constitution drafted in 1997 (Background Note‚ 2010). Individualism/Collectivism “Individualism exists when people define themselves primarily
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commoners to serve the military‚ while Boyars‚ or Russian noblemen had the choice of either serving in the army or in the civil administration‚ for life. After creating a large standing army‚ the Tsar needed to create a navy that could hold its own at sea. Although much of the navy was made up of foreign officers‚ Peter felt that by modernizing and westernizing the armed forces‚ it would become stronger. To create an educated military and officer class‚ Peter had many schools and universities built
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In The United States there were a lot of problems among marketers‚ economics. In order to help them‚ he decreased the income taxes and Woodrow gave them materials to go into a big business‚ and said words about free market. It is obvious that‚ he gave these opportunities in order to improve economical system of The United States. Moreover‚ the Federal Reserve System and the Federal Trade Commission were established a new system with the aim of supporting banking and finance. The underwood Tariff
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