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    Outline and evaluate one or more explanations of why people obey There is a choice given to people‚ either to obey or to disobey orders give by others. Some psychologists have researched into why people obey‚ and what factors cause them to do so. An autonomous state is where an individual or individuals are aware of the consequences of their actions and chose voluntarily to behave in a certain way. This can be changed however‚ and particularly shown in the study of Milgram’s obedience‚ into an

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    wages and prices

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    wage and price controls in response to exceptionally high inflation rates. However‚ Wage and price controls are government restrictions on the rate at which wages and prices may rise during a specific time period. They are most often imposed during wartime to prevent profiteering and steep rises in the price of rare consumer goods. Many nations‚ including Canada‚ instituted a system of both price controls and rationing during WWII to prevent the exploiting and steeply rising prices that might

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    BMI- Body Mass Index

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    The body mass index (BMI)‚ or Quetelet index‚ is a measure for human body shape based on an individual’s mass and height. Devised between 1830 and 1850 by the Belgian polymath Adolphe Quetelet during the course of developing "social physics"‚[2] it is defined as the individual’s body mass divided by the square of their height - with the value universally being given in units of kg/m2. † † The factor for UK/US units is more precisely 703.06957964‚ but that level of precision is not

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    focuses on B2C (Business to Customer) and C2C (Customer to Customer) to identify the factors that affect online shopping intention of consumers in both positive and negative aspects. However‚ there are some differences exist that influence online shopping intention among different countries. As a result‚ this essay evaluates the determinants of online shopping intention of Chinese consumers by comparing consumers in other countries‚ which will give an insight for online sellers to develop more competitive

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    fuel price

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    am goanna talk about fuel prices. The issue of fuel is very complex. First‚ what is fuel? It is material such as coal‚ gas‚ or oil that is burned to produce heat or power. And these 3 energies occupy the major parts of fuel use. In the past few years‚ fuel prices went up rapidly. Each country is very sensitive on the price. What causes fuel prices to rise and fall? For instance‚ let us have a look at oil. There are two main reasons - the cost of crude oil and the cost of refined petrol and diesel

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    Employee Welfare Measures

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    A STUDY ON EMPLOYEE WELFARE MEASURE IN RELIANCE LIFE INSURANCE AT CHENNAI By MURALIDHARARN.R (Reg. No.40909631026) OF DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES KARPAGA VINAYAGA COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY‚ A PROJECT REPORT Submitted to the FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT

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    price elasticity

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    Meta-Analysis of the Price Elasticity of Meat: Evidence of Regional Differences Craig A. Gallet Dept. of Economics‚ California State University‚ Sacramento 6000 J Street‚ Sacramento‚ CA‚ United States Tel: 916-278-6099 Received: July 17‚ 2012 doi:10.5296/ber.v2i2.2115 E-mail: cgallet@csus.edu Accepted: July 30‚ 2012 URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5296/ber.v2i2.2115 Abstract This study addresses regional differences in meat demand by estimating meta-regressions of the price elasticity of

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    Cost Account Joint Cost

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    11 Allocation of Joint Costs and Accounting for By-Product/Scrap Objectives After completing this chapter‚ you should be able to answer the following questions: LO.1 LO.2 LO.3 LO.4 LO.5 How are the outputs of a joint process classified? What management decisions must be made before beginning a joint process? How is the joint cost of production allocated to joint products? How are by-product and scrap accounted for? How should not-for-profit organizations account for the cost of a joint activity?

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    Price Wars

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    1. Under what environmental conditions are price wars most likely to occur in an industry? What are the implications of price wars for a company? How should a company try to deal with the threat of a price war? Price wars are most likely to occur when the following conditions are present in an industry: the product is a commodity‚ exit barriers are substantial‚ excess capacity exists‚ the industry is consolidated‚ and demand is declining. A price war constitutes a strong threat. It is difficult

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    Logistics Performance Index

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    chóng kịp thời. Phần 2: CHỈ SỐ LPI: 1. Tổng quan về LPI: Logistics quan trọng đối sự phát triển của nền kinh tế toàn thế giới‚ và để biết năng lực Logistics của mỗi quốc gia trên thế giới người ta sử dụng chỉ tiêu LPI tức là Logistics performance index. Đây là chỉ số do ngân hàng World Bank đưa ra dùng để xếp hạng và công bố tại tại Washington‚ Hoa Kỳ. Vào năm 2007‚ lần đầu tiên Ngân hàng thế giới (The World Bank) công bố báo cáo về chỉ số LPI của các quốc gia trên thế giới. Báo cáo mang tên “Kết

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