132 PART I Strategy and the Nonmarket Environment The Rcsinforest Action Network RAN was founded in 1985 with the mission of prot ecting tropical rainforests and the human rights of people living in them. RAN used tools such as citizen protests‚ media‚ nonviolent civil disobedie nce‚ and publications to bring awareness to the issues and pressure governments‚ corporations‚ and lending institutions. RAN had about two dozen employees‚ all in the United States‚ organized in three departments:
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Classification of Social Networks Though there are many social networking sites throughout the web‚ each for a different purpose‚ the three comparable websites are Myspace‚ Facebook‚ and Google+. As time has passed‚ each new social networking site surpasses the former most popular site. Myspace is now viewed by most as the ruins of the Internet‚ while Facebook is now an overpopulated suburb‚ leaving Google+ to take the image of a futuristic‚ industrial city. When comparing the three sites‚ it
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CASE STUDY ON STAR TV NETWORK – SECOND DRAFT Satellite Television Asian Region (STAR) is an Asian TV service owned by News Corporation. In 2009‚ News Corporation restructured STAR Asia into four units – STAR India‚ STAR Greater China‚ STAR Select and Fox International Channels Asia. Shiau Hong-chi says that Murdoch’s purchase of STAR TV in 1992 was based on a theory of media globalization assuming that people across nations and languages will watch the same TV programs. Shiau says that the original
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Introduction and needs of future trends The logistics industry faces a number of particular challenges when it comes to sustainability. For many years now‚ providers of logistics services have been closely integrated into their customers’ production processes. Businesses and governments also carefully weigh logistics in their investment decisions. The logistics industry itself is not just responsible for ensuring that the right product reaches the right place at the right time. It is also
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"FaceMash.com"‚ where male students can interactively choose which of two girls presented at a time is more attractive. Mark is punished with six months of academic probation after the traffic to the site brings down parts of Harvard’s computer network‚ and he becomes vilified among most of Harvard’s female community. However‚ the popularity of "FaceMash" and the fact that he created it in one night‚ while drunk‚ brings him to the attention of Cameron Winklevoss and Tyler Winklevoss‚ identical twins
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Actor Network Theory views things differently. () suggest ANT to be a radical approach. Power for example‚ is viewed from a diverse perspective through the ANT lens. Power is all about `interaction between different actors be they human or non-human actors. According to ANT reasoning power is not the physical strength people are used to‚ it is about how well connected actors are. In the Muzarabani case‚ therefore‚ power is not about the local government structure and the scientific or indigenous
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INFORMATION NETWORKS AND BUSINESS INTELLIGENCE: DECISION LOCUS AND POLITICAL HOTBED l Introduction In today’s economy an organization must keep up with all the changes in technology; its employees must be given the tools needed to keep up with the changing market. “In difficult economic times businesses are forced to re-examine how they operate‚ resulting in tough‚ even painful‚ organization decisions”(http:prweb.com). Executives have to make tough decisions on the changes‚ some bad and
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Cellular Network Planning and Optimization Part II: Fading Jyri Hämäläinen‚ Communications and Networking Department‚ TKK‚ 17.1.2007 Outline Modeling approaches Path loss models Shadow fading Fast fading 2 Modeling approaches 3 Fading seen by moving terminal Fast fading Power Modeling approach: +20 dB 1. Distance between TX and RX => path loss 2. Shadowing by large obstacles => shadow fading 3. Multi-path effects => fast fading - 20 dB Path loss Lognormal
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functions provided by a network are usually referred to as network _services___. b. A(n) _remote access server___ server may also be known as simply an access server. c. True or False: A client/server network is the simplest network model. False d. True or False: A common way to share resources on a client/server network is by modifying the file-sharing controls via the computer’s operating system. False e. True or False: The oldest and still most frequently used network communications services
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A passive optical network (PON) is a telecommunications network that uses point-to-multipoint fiber to the premises in which unpowered optical splitters are used to enable a single optical fiber to serve multiple premises. A PON consists of an optical line terminal (OLT) at the service provider’s central office and a number of optical network units (ONUs) near end users. A PON reduces the amount of fiber and central office equipment required compared with point-to-point architectures. A passive optical
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