Int J Syst Assur Eng Manag DOI 10.1007/s13198-014-0283-9 ORIGINAL ARTICLE Strategic business unit ranking based on innovation performance: a case study of a steel manufacturing company Behrooz Noori Received: 15 January 2014 / Revised: 27 June 2014 Ó The Society for Reliability Engineering‚ Quality and Operations Management (SREQOM)‚ India and The Division of Operation and Maintenance‚ Lulea University of Technology‚ Sweden 2014 Abstract Corporations may be composed of multiple strategic business
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death poem‚ a poem that any person on their deathbed was encouraged to write. While if you were a samurai‚ according to the bushido code of honor‚ if you wanted to die with honor and not at the hands of your enemy‚ if you had dishonored yourself or fellow samurai‚ or if your master had died you would commit the ritual of seppuku. Seppuku is a ceremony (if not committed on the battle field) in which a samurai is bathed‚ dressed in a white robe‚ and fed his favorite meal followed by being placed in a small
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In 1614 the persecution of Christians in Japan began. Yamaga (1622-1885)‚ a man with vast intellect and a believer of independence of thought‚ initiated the bushido (the way of the warrior) creed. Yamaga was worried about the immobilization of the Samurai under the peaceful rule of Tokugawa. The bushido creed derives from the ethics of Confucianism and the Japanese feudal tradition. During the Tokugawa rule Christianity was proscribed‚ Japan had no contact with the outside world‚ and a centralized
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individuality of the world. Also‚ with the following of the new ways‚ the Japanese people may easily have forgotten their traditional ways. This is what the Samurai tried to prevent. They did not want Japan to lose the focus of the past‚ and all of the things that had allowed the country to come so far and stay in power for so long. The Samurai were deeply rooted in tradition‚ and perhaps this dedication to tradition is shown more than anything else throughout the film. However‚ at the same time‚ we
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need for income also contributed as many of them began to promote the sale of local goods from their domains. Most of the commercial expansion took place in the major cities and the caste towns‚ where the merchants and artisans lived along with the samurai‚ who were cluttered in neighborhoods surrounding the daimyos castle. Baking flourished and paper money became the normal medium exchange in commercial transactions. Merchants formed guilds not only to control market conditions but also in facilitate
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Japan was in a place of constant change towards the beginning of the 18th century. While the Shogun‚ Tsunayoshi‚ attempted to expand his control‚ the social classes were changing; a system that was once enforced by the samurai was being taken away and replaced. Asano and his samurai were the exception. From the beginning‚ the concept of honor and redemption is obvious. Lord Asano is an honorable man who is attempting to live by the laws set by Shogun Tsunayoshi. Asano is prompted to bribe Kira (master
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American Realism or “Social Realism” is a post World War II genre. American Realism captures the idea of real life situations in real situations and settings. Prior to World War II‚ films mostly featured those of fantasy‚ or what some would even refer to as reserved. An example that’s introduced in part of this realism is Freudian Psychology‚ which allows the viewer to think about sex without showing the actual act. Another aspect of realism is using real amateur actors and real locations within
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Japanese Feudalism vs. European Feudalism Although Japan and Europe did not have any direct contact with one another during the medieval period‚ they independently developed very similar feudal governments. Feudalism was a political and economic system under which a series of relationships occurred between the upper class and the lower classes‚ designed to contain control over land. In the feudal system land is power. Europe incorporated feudalism into their government after the division of Charlemagne’s
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a picture of a person living in Edo era. We usually call the people like him samurai. They always wore kimonos‚ the Japanese traditional clothes‚ with wearing two swords. It is called “Taitou”. Edo was also a hellishly dangerous period‚ so samurai had to carry swords for self-defense‚ whenever they went out. Samurai’s hairstyle is also so unique. The person in figure 1 ties his hair in a topknot. In Japan‚ samurai sometimes cut the topknot of the opposite commanding general instead of taking
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This book chronicles the emergence of Shintoism and the transplantation of Buddhism into the Japanese soil by narrating the exploits of the Deities who create the country and the feats of medieval warriors who change forever the fabric of the Japanese society. The Deities IZANAGI and IZANAMI are appointed by their superiors of Heaven‚ the incumbents of the creation of a new world and should procreate to start a new dynasty on Earth. During the procreation phase‚ Izanami dies by giving birth to the
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