Supplemental Reading: Stereotype Threat In the article “A Threat in the Air: How Stereotypes Shape Intellectual Identity and Performance‚” Claude Steele discusses the empirical methods used to test a psychological theory called stereotype threat. Stereotype threat offers a new method for interpreting “group differences in standardized test scores‚” particularly for African-Americans taking standardized verbal tests and for women taking standardized math tests (p. 613). It states that if someone is
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smeQUESTION 1 SMEs AND LARGE ORGANIZATIONS Small and Medium Enterprise (SMEs) and large enterprise might operate in the same market‚ but there are certain differences in the two. Certain parameters are used in differentiating a small company from a big company. Such parameters include: BUSINESS SIZE: Organization size can be determined by the number of employees and IT staffs that work in it. SMEs have lesser employees; say from 10 employees to 200. But large corporations have larger number of
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Samsung Smartphone Market J.L.D - Samsung Smartphone Market Smartphones are on the cutting edge of current technology. Firms are constantly competing in an effort to corner this market. Creators and innovators such as: HTC‚ Apple‚ and Samsung appear to be paving the way as consumers grapple over which product suits them the best. These companies battle constantly for market share whether it is on the ground of the consumer’s desires or in the court system with lawsuits. These smartphones
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Microsoft and Nokia. This ‘transformation’‚ turning Microsoft into a ‘devices and services’ company‚ is key to the company’s continuing survival‚ and would be impossible without Nokia. Here are four reasons why the acquisition had to happen: Microsoft need to keep its momentum Recent industry figures have shown Microsoft’s Windows Phone 8 posting its highest ever market share allowing the mobile OS to leapfrog BlackBerry and become the third-most popular globally. This means that Windows Phone
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The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0309-0566.htm EJM 44‚7/8 Consumer responses to brand extensions: a comprehensive model ´ ´ Eva Martınez and Jose M. Pina ´ Facultad de Ciencias Economicas y Empresariales‚ The University of Zaragoza‚ Zaragoza‚ Spain Abstract Purpose – This paper aims to understand the reciprocal spill-over effects of brand extensions by testing a comprehensive model that gathers both the brand extension evaluation
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The pH Scale is a scale made to show how acidic or alkaline a substance is. The pH of something is measured with pH paper which can vary from wide range paper‚ which covers all ph’s‚ but is not as accurate at some others. There are pH papers that get very specific that can have a range such as 2 or 3 and get much more precise. The neutral on the scale is 7. Anything that is below 7 is considered acidic and anything above 7 is considered alkaline. Acidic substances contain more H+ than OH-. H+
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Samsung Samsung’s Background Samsung Electronics is a consumer electronics manufacturing company based out of South Korea. Samsung Electronics ranks among the world’s largest manufacturers of smartphones‚ tablets‚ and memory chips. They produce phones with a variety of operating systems (OS) including Microsoft’s Windows‚ in-house OS’ Bada and Tizen‚ and Google’s Android. Android’s success today as the mobile industry’s most popular smartphone platform is largely due to Samsung‚ accounting for
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The African continent has suffered from various forms of threats to its peace and stability. These involve environmental degradation‚ poverty‚ diseases‚ hunger‚ drought and wars. Terrorism however‚ is emerging as a serious threat to African peace. Salvatore Freni (2010) points out that terrorism has undergone a number of changes and mutations. Salvatore went on to explain that “new” terrorism elements are rooted in globalization and are characterized by structure of terrorist groups which has evolved
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Analysis of Samsung Telecommunications Strength 1. In 2007‚ Samsung Telecommunication reported growth of over 40% and became the second largest mobile device manufacturer in the world. 2. Samsung sold more than 300 million mobile devices which was a close second after Nokia with 300.6 million mobile devices sold in the first three quarter of 2011. 3. As of Q3 2012‚ Samsung is the largest manufacturer of devices running Google Android with a 46% market share. Nevertheless‚ Samsung mobile devices
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technology. I owned almost every product of Apple and I’m really enjoyed using Samsung laptop and printer. The battle between Samsung Electronics Co. and Apple Inc. really attracts public’s attention recently. On April 15th‚ Apple pulled the trigger by claiming that Samsung’s Galaxy line of mobile phones and tablet "slavishly" copies the iPhone and iPad‚ according to court papers. Then on 22nd of the same month‚ Samsung filed patent lawsuits against Apple in South Korea‚ Japan and Germany‚ involved
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