NATO’S EVOLUTION By Mike Sofka United States History II Mr. Appel December 22‚ 2013 NATO or North Atlantic Treaty Organization was created on April 4th‚ 1949 in an effort to counter Russia’s threat to the US. Only 12 countries were originally part of NATO where as now there are 28 countries.1 When it was created‚ NATO had few purposes‚ mainly as a defensive pact to retaliate against any country that invaded a NATO member.2 "By this treaty‚ we are not only seeking to establish
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The Impact of Tourism on Economy of Singapore Introduction Located in the southern tip of Malay Peninsula‚ Singapore is a sovereign city-state and island country in Southeast Asia. By 2012‚ the population of the country was 5.3 million‚ composed by 62 percent citizens and 38 percent permanent residents or foreigners. As a small country with limited resources‚ it is strategized to develop itself as a trading-based and tourism-based country. In 2013‚ there were 15.6 million tourists visited the country
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The Australian tourism advertisement that was released earlier this year‚ complete with the tagline “So where the bloody hell are you?” was one of the most controversial government-funded ads in recent memory. The advertisement was created and funded by Tourism Australia and screened on domestic television in dozens of countries around the world. The release of the ad prompted considerable worldwide discussion: it was initially banned from British television by the Broadcast Advertising Clearance
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SOCIO-CULTURAL INFLUENCES ON INTERNATIONAL MARKETING (RELIGION) Before explaining socio cultural ınfluences on ınternational marketing‚ we need to know What is international marketing. International Marketing is the performance‚ in more than one nation‚ of business activities that direct the flow of a company’s goods and services to consumers or users for a profit. it is an advanced form of international marketing in which a firm addresses global customers‚ markets‚ and competition. There are
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Contact sports have been around for a long time‚ and have been a part of American culture. Sports have helped people pay for college through scholarship programs‚ allow kids to have fun‚ and bring money to the economy. People have a great time watching the game‚ and it brings the community closer. If you take away sports at younger ages‚ nobody will be as talented at higher levels. Everybody will be afraid to join the sport. People don’t start sports when they are already done with college‚ they
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Philippine Tourism Industry Krista Danielle Yu School of Economics‚ De La Salle University‚ Manila‚ Philippines krista.yu@dlsu.edu.ph The archipelagic nature of the Philippines‚ as well as its colonial heritage‚ offers a wealth of scenic views that invite both locals and foreigners to participate in tourism-related activities. According the Department of Tourism (2011)‚ the industry is one of the three largest industries in the country. This study aims to measure the economic impact of tourism
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Lenski’s levels of socio-cultural explain the changes in cultural ideas which are caused by new technology. There are four levels of development: hunting and gathering‚ horticulture and pastoralism‚ agriculture‚ and industry. The first level of development is hunting and gathering. Hunting and gathering is the use of simple tools to hunt animals and gather vegetation. Some benefits of this stage could be that they all did basically the same thing‚ therefore‚ more equality in their society. They
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Thesis Subject： Impacts of Cultural Differences on International Business Negotiation Name： Chen Xiujuan Student No.: 0 8 5 1 0 3 4 0 Specialty and Class: Business English‚ Class 3 Department: Department of Humanities and Arts Supervisor: Liu Mifan Date: 2011-3-02 Contents Introduction 1 1. Types of Cultural Differences 2
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Impact of Tourism on Dubai’s Ecosystem Dubai has become a place that’s synonymous with ultra-rich lifestyle‚ state of the art technology and infrastructure. Yet up until three decades ago it was recognized to be no more than a place known for fishing and trivial trades. Since the discovery of oil reserves in the late 1960’s‚ Dubai has relied on the oil production to fuel its rapid economic expansion. However‚ depletion of its oil reserves has lead Dubai to eliminate its financial dependence
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Cultural Impacts - Marketing People from different parts of the globe tend to follow different cultures and behaviour patterns. In countries like India‚ each state has its own language and culture thus making it a highly diverse country. The cultural environments do impact the marketing of the product or service. The needs and requirements of these differing cultural environments of the world are different and hence a successful product in one part of the world might turn out to be a failure at
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