Winner-Take-All in Networked Markets: Summary By Pooyan Safari This article is partitioned into three parts which is summarized here. First‚ different kinds of platform structures are introduced. Then the most important part‚ which we will use later in order to analyze the Google study case‚ is dealt with the influencing factors on the so called structures. In the end there is shown a framework so that to analyze the factors mentioned in the previous section. By definition platforms are subset
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The Crusade for Spices by Jessica‚ Maverick‚ San San‚ and Yu Chan Why did religious and economic motives fuel violent action as the Portuguese expanded their power to Asia? The year was 1496 c.e.. Europe is abuzz with the fantasies of unimaginable riches that Columbus’ voyages would bring from the indies. But the newly crowned king of Portugal‚ Dom Manuel I‚ sought a different goal‚ an opportunity to spread the faith. He was ambitious‚ dreaming to do what the united christian countries of the
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In " When Robots Take All the Work‚ What’ll Be Left For Us To Do?" Marcus Wohlsen discusses how robot labor is taking job from human labor. Robots are the intricate form of artificial intelligence. Therefore people have worried about innovation in the field of robots because everyone is getting dependent on robots to get work done. Moreover‚ robots are capable enough of doing tedious‚ strenuous and dangerous jobs. On other hand people could live a life where every work is done by robot then no
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Compensation Claims Contents Employers’ duties What kind of claims may be made? The tort of negligence Tort of breach of statutory duty Civil liability exclusions Conditions to be met for breach of statutory duty Defences against a claim Contributory negligence "Violenti" rule Vicarious liability - when the employee is negligent Strict liability - when the employer is not negligent Limitations on timescales for claims Damages Procedures when a claim is made Letter of claim Information
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The Crusades are one of the most important processes throughout history. Carole Hillenbrand tries to portray this event from the Islamic perspective in her book “The Crusades: Islamic Perspectives”. She believes that the Crusades are underrated in Islamic historiography. A good book‚ describing this process from Muslims’ point of view‚ does not exist. The author refuses to use opinions of Near Eastern Christians: ”The material presented in this book excludes the views attitudes of Near Eastern Christians
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created a corridor for diseases. The first four Crusades (1095 - 1254 CE)‚ while seeming to be religious wars‚ were also very much political battles fought for secular reasons like political alliances‚ trade routes‚ and control of land. The conflict began when a tribe of Muslim Turks moved down from Turkestan‚ into Persia‚ and ultimately annihilated the Christian Byzantine Emperor Romanus IV in 1071. Finally settling in the Holy Lands and Jerusalem‚ the Turks then refused Christian pilgrims access
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During the twelfth century‚ Anna Komnene‚ the daughter of king Alexius of Byzantine wrote The Alexiad in which she gives us an account of the First Crusade (1095)‚ the rising conflict between the Byzantines and the Western Europeans‚ and the pressing problems faced by the Byzantine Empire during king Alexius’s reign. By 1056‚ the Byzantine Empire had become a powerful nation with its territory expansions‚ but during the late eleventh century it was on the brink of collapse as the Seljuk Turks rose
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The Reform Crusades Historical Paper Senior Division After America had established its own government‚ it also had to establish a new American culture. To improve its society and create a more stable culture it would need to undergo multiple changes. These changes were referred to as the reform crusades. Temperance supporting organizations were established limiting the amount of alcoholic liquors available to public. Religious leaders felt as though the public was beginning
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power over Jerusalem‚ the Holy Land for all three of these religions. These three would persecute‚ rape‚ and even kill each other in order to own the Holy Land. The Crusades had a more negative than positive effect on the world because people all over the world were persecuted for their religion. One example as to why the crusades overall had a negative effect on the world is because many Christians and Muslims all over the world were persecuted. Pope Urban II writes in his Call to Crusade speech‚
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The Crusades was a series of wars fought from 1096 to 1291‚ it was a result of growing tension between the Christians and the Muslims‚ which led to religious upheaval. The Crusades played a critical part in history as it was the Christian’s response to Pope Urban II’s speech to reclaim the Holy Land‚ Jerusalem‚ in order to regain economical and autocratic power. However‚ it was the rising tension between the Christians and Muslims that caused the Crusades to escalate and impact the middle east in
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