Strategic Management Journal Strat. Mgmt. J.‚ 28: 935–955 (2007) Published online 22 March 2007 in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com) DOI: 10.1002/smj.615 Received 5 July 2005; Final revision received 23 October 2006 WHAT IS STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT‚ REALLY? INDUCTIVE DERIVATION OF A CONSENSUS DEFINITION OF THE FIELD RAJIV NAG‚1 * DONALD C. HAMBRICK2 and MING-JER CHEN3 1 Sam Walton College of Business‚ University of Arkansas‚ Fayetteville‚ Arkansas‚ U.S.A. 2 Smeal College of Business
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Why is institutional racism so important to our understanding of racial inequalities in Britain today? The Commission for Racial Equality has stated that institutional racism involves a process by which a range of public and private bodies systemically discriminate against people of ethnic minorities. Sivanandan‚ the director at the Institute of Race Relations defines institutional racism as "that which‚ covertly or overtly‚ resides in the policies‚ procedures‚ operations and culture of public or
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Biography of Thomas hardy Thomas Hardy was an English novelist and poet who set much of his work in Wessex‚ his name for the counties of southwestern England. He initially pursued architecture‚ his father’s work‚ but after finding success in his novel Far from the Madding Crowd(1874)‚ he gave it up and wrote with abandon. His works ultimately question the Victorian status quo and asks what else would make more sense. Thomas Hardy’s life can be divided into three phases. The first phase (1840-1870)
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Eugene A. Nida (November 11‚ 1914 – August 25‚ 2011) was a linguist who developed the dynamic-equivalence Bible-translation theory. Nida was born in Oklahoma City‚ Oklahoma on November 11‚ 1914. He became a Christian at a young age‚ when he responded to the altar call at his church “to accept Christ as my Saviour" He graduated from the University of California in 1936. After graduating he attended Camp Wycliffe‚ where Bible translation theory was taught. Later Nida became a founding charter member
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In corpus linguistics‚ collocation defines a sequence of words or terms that co-occur more often than would be expected by chance. In phraseology‚ collocation is a sub-type of phraseme. An example of a phraseological collocation (from Michael Halliday) is the expression strong tea. While the same meaning could be conveyed by the roughly equivalent *powerful tea‚ this expression is considered incorrect by English speakers. Conversely‚ the corresponding expression for computer‚ powerful computers
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Error in Writing English Investigation into Errors Committed by the Secondary Students (grade VIII) in Writing English as a Foreign Language MD. NAZIM MAHMUD Freelance Researcher‚ E-mail: n_m_mud@yahoo.com Cell No.: 01712 263855 1 Error in Writing English Abstract In a foreign language situation “errors” explain the learner‟s inability to use appropriate grammatical structures‚ semantic categories and other linguistic units. This paper deals with “errors” in foreign language writing
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Introduction Trying to break out onto the Asian economy sounds like its all sunshine and rainbows‚ with the high GDP growth‚ the booming economy and high young population numbers. But with all the different nationalities‚ societies‚ cultures and ethnic groups it may be one of the most complicated economies to tap into. With such diversity all around Asia‚ it is very difficult to find/create a niche market that would be suitable to sell your product to. Sony broke out onto the scene in 1979 providing
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Penelitian Praktik: Rineka Cipta Cercignani‚ Fausto‚ Shakespeare ’s Works and Elizabethan Pronunciation‚ Oxford‚ Clarendon Press‚ 1981. Crystal‚ David (1997). English as a Global Language‚ Cambridge University Press‚ Cambridge‚ ISBN 0-521-53032-6. Halliday‚ MAK (1994). An Introduction to Functional Grammar (2nd)‚ Edward Arnold‚ London‚ ISBN 0-340-55782-6. Harmer‚ Jeremy. 1998. How to Teach English. New York: Addison Wesley Longman. Hornby‚ A.S.1974. Oxford Advenced learner’s Dictionary of Current English
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REVIEW doi:10.1111/j.1360-0443.2008.02157.x Social cognition in alcoholism: a link to prefrontal cortex dysfunction? Jennifer Uekermann & Irene Daum Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience‚ Ruhr-University of Bochum‚ Bochum‚ Germany ABSTRACT Aims Alcoholism is associated with a range of cognitive deficits. These deficits might be explained by the ‘frontal lobe hypothesis’ which suggests a specific vulnerability of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) to the neurotoxic effects of alcohol. Social
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http://bridgetarchive.altervista.org/contextualizing.htm When Bridget Jones ’s Diary was published in 1996‚ Helen Fielding was praised by masses of readers and reviewers for the authenticity of the narrative voice. However‚ not everyone was willing to accept the hapless comic heroine as the typical thirty-something single woman of the 1990s‚ and more demanding critics noted the ways in which Bridget ’s character and her story are problematic‚ particularly from a feminist point of view. Bridget
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