of petrochemical production and sales of $9 billion in 2002 to become the 11th largest petrochemical producer in the world. Iran‚ through the government-owned National Petrochemical Co.‚ has made its petrochemical industry a strong second to Saudi Arabia. Iranian petrochemical output was 12.5 million metric tones in 2001. A number of other countries in the region‚ including the United Arab Emirates‚ Kuwait‚ Qatar‚ Oman‚ and Egypt‚ have either completed major petrochemical projects or are planning
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Islam‚ in Arabic‚ means “submission.” Islam teaches submission to God‚ or “Allah” in Arabic. Before Islam began and revolutionized the Arab world‚ Arabia was a tribal‚ desert environment with no single political organization or faith. The majority of its inhabitants were pastoral nomads organized by tribe and clan‚ who fought with one another for access to precious resources such as water‚ herds‚ and land. Before the advent of Islam‚ most Arabs worshipped a variety of male and female deities. Only
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EBay: In a League by Itself This case tells the long story about how eBay developed and grew obtaining market leader status through the whole process. When thinking back to this case the issue that I think is most important to eBay’s process is their willingness to talk with their customers about improving the service and the website. One example of improving the service showed up on C-306 of the case. It took place "when eBay introduced a feature that referred losing bidders to similar
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History Repeats Itself: 1945-2010 What Repeats? While some events are in history are forgotten‚ there are some that have such a large impact they are repeated or at least some qualities that are repeated. Scandals have occurred before Americans had trust issues with their government. Americans were blind to them until it became a public announcement. America also tends to assist other countries even though they aren’t in a physical‚ mental or financial place to do so. These are both a generalized
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Fearing Fear Itself Many students find themselves stressing the night before a big test‚ thinking about how they will fail the test. As a result‚ they spend more time worrying than actually studying for the test‚ causing them to‚ in turn‚ completely fail the test. In Edgar Allen Poe’s‚ “The Fall of the House of Usher‚” Roderick Usher does just this. He not only feels a sense of paranoia as mentioned above‚ but a sense of fear as well. Roderick becomes so overwhelmed by his setting and atmosphere
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In Thomas E. Hill’s article “Humanity as an End in Itself‚” he discusses Kant’s theory about humanity and explains what Kant thinks humanity is and that it is the ultimate end that a person should strive for. One of the elements of this theory is Kant’s second Categorical Imperative which goes into detail with five different aspects‚ what he believes makes up humanity in a person. Then he goes on to give seven different explanations about humanity as an end. Kant also believes that there are two
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Globalisation In Saudi Arabia. Introduction. The term globalization can be defined as a process by which societies‚ regional economies and cultures have been integrated via a global network of transportation‚ communication and trade. It has both positive and negative impacts in all the areas that it touches on be it economical‚ social‚ technology‚ cultural‚ political‚ environment‚ health or any other. Globalization started to have an impact on businesses world wide in the eighteenth
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Case Analysis: Saudi Arabia 1. Definition of the problem/decision The problem in this case is about the Saudi Arabian government‚ which offers a possible business plan to the American company Skyblue. Skyblue is a commercial aircraft manufacturer based in Kansas‚ USA. Because of its great reputation of high-quality and state-of-the-art technology‚ the royal Saudi Arabian family announced the minister to talk with the executive vice president of Skyblue‚ Robert Auger. The minister told him that
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combat. He was able to communicate and persuade the Arabs to fight with the British strategy. Lawrence’s pure desire to succeed contributed to his promotions and ultimately lead to his procurement of the COL rank. In the introduction to Lawrence in Arabia‚ Scott Anderson describes how Lawrence has dreamed of being “knighted by the age of thirty” (pg 13). This shows that Lawrence had great ambition to well in his life. However‚ some of Lawrence’s promotions were rushed and for the necessity of Lawrence’s
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Women’s Rights in Saudi Arabia Being born and raised in America‚ I and many other Americans have been taught that we live in a country of freedom. Women and men are treated equally; every human being has rights‚ and you have the freedom to move at will and without restrictions. Women have come a long way in our country‚ gaining rights ever since the dawn of patriarchy and proving that they are just as good as men with the ability to think‚ speak‚ and act for themselves. However‚ discrimination
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