BMW Company (Bavarian Motor Works) Introduction BMW Company was established in 1913. The person who founded the company was Karl Rapp. Before he worked in a German aircraft company as a director. He started the business in a very small scale. The name was Rapp Motor Works. In 1917 he resigned‚ led by Austrian engineer Franz-Joseph Popp‚ who changed the name to Bavarian Motor Works. In the same year Max Frizz‚ the chief engineer designed the company ’s first aircraft engine and when the treaty
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citation of a norm‚ one whose complex historicity is inassociable from relations of discipline‚ regulation‚ punishment” (1993‚ Butler‚ 232) Butlers theory addresses the problem of society controlling women in regard to how they perceive gender. Butler explores how women are taught to value the "regulatory schemas” “ which produce and vanquish bodies that matter" (1993‚ 14). Butler explores the way women undergo conditioning within society in search of a futile everchanging perfection. This
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Studying Substantive Democracy Author(s): Lawrence R. Jacobs and Robert Y. Shapiro Source: PS: Political Science and Politics‚ Vol. 27‚ No. 1 (Mar.‚ 1994)‚ pp. 9-17 Published by: American Political Science Association Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/420450 . Accessed: 16/07/2013 10:32 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that
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could be captured by the sections in Companies Act 1993. This essay will talk about the risks for banks and creditors deemed as shadow directors and the rationale of the approach Act captures them. Further‚ some problems and uncertainties with New Zealand current law will be addressed and also the factors the Court considers to decide whether a particular banks or creditor is a shadow director or not. As it is shown in s 126 of Companies Act 1993‚ the definition of director is: In this Act‚ director
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(1991) British Airways Environmental Review: Heathrow and Worldwide Flying Operations. London: British Airways and Tecnica. Brown‚ F. (1991) Alternative tourism. English Tourist Board Insights‚ D27–D29. Buckley‚ R. (1993) International Centre for Ecotourism Research. Research Report 1993. Australia: Griffith University. Butler‚ R.W. (1990) Alternative tourism: Pious hope or Trojan Horse? Journal of Travel Research (3)‚ 40–5. Butler‚ R.W. (1991) Tourism‚ environment‚ and sustainable development. Environmental
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the physical or psychological intimidation occurs repeatedly over time to create an ongoing pattern of harassment and abuse (Batsche & Knoff‚ 1994; Olweus‚ 1993). Extent of the Problem Various reports and studies have established that approximately 15% of students are either bullied regularly or are initiators of bullying behavior (Olweus‚ 1993). Direct bullying seems to increase through the elementary years‚ peak in the middle school/junior high school years‚ and decline during the high school
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“The Clash of Civilisations?” vs. “The Clash of Ignorance” Samuel P. Huntington’s rather lengthy article “The Clash of Civilisations?” manages to cover a lot of ground (Huntington‚ 1993). It addresses how different civilisations interact externally and internally‚ devoting the most space to the “Muslim” vs. the “West” interaction. On the other hand Edward W. Said’s “The Clash of Ignorance” takes a direct aim at Huntington’s opinions and expands upon them by presenting his own views of the after
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Foreign Trade Turkmenistan Table of Contents In the early 1990s‚ Turkmenistan’s foreign trade remained completely under the control of the central government. During that period‚ the most important trading partners remained the former republics of the Soviet Union‚ with which the great majority of trade had been conducted during the Soviet era. Natural gas is the most profitable item available for foreign sale. Trade Structure In controlling Turkmenistan’s trade sector‚ the main goal of government
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will need to be redesigned as this creates poor employee morale. In terms of supply‚ Ben & Jerry’s have a cost inefficient strategy‚ as they only buy from small farms for ingredients and is very time consuming and expensive. Liquidity Ratios 1993 1994 Current Ratio (Current Assets)/(Current Liabilities) 3.239 3.589 Quick Ratio (Current Assets-Inv.)/(Current Liabilities) 2.211 2.658 Cash Ratio (Cash+Marketable Securities)/(Current Liabilities) 1.124 1.436 Based on the acid test
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(Mishina‚ 1993) Tombow as other companies are always seeking for ways to improve their operational system as well as their quality in order for them to become the leaders in the market. The way that Tombow is achieving this way of improvement is relatively different than other firms‚ instead of vertically integrating their operations system‚ they achieved this improvement by focusing and building strong relationships with other suppliers to manage its production operations (Mishina‚ 1993). Multiple
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