system called the supply chain. A retailer purchases goods or products in large quantities from manufacturers directly or through a wholesale‚ and then sells smaller quantities to the consumer for a profit. Retailing can be done in either fixed locations like stores or markets‚ door-to-door or by delivery. Retailing includes subordinated services‚ such as delivery. The term "retailer" is also applied where a service provider services the needs of a large number of individuals‚ such as a public. Shops
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BACKGROUND Continental drift is a theory proposed by a scientist‚ Alfred Wegener in the twentieth century. The theory explained that all the continents was once joined as one‚ and through the course of millions of years‚ drifted apart from each other to form separate continents as we see it now. THEORY Before all the continents were separated‚ they existed as one supercontinent‚ Pangaea (Lovett‚ 2008)‚ surrounded by a super ocean‚ known as Panthalassa. Movement of continents can be compared to
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Social Location I was born and raised in Compton‚ California in the early 1970s to an unwed teenaged mom. Although my parents were never married‚ my father was always in the picture‚ until he began to abuse drugs and introduced them to my mother. Not wanting to have their granddaughter exposed to drugs‚ my grandparents took and raised me. Living in Compton in the 1970s‚ we were considered upper middle class because my grandparents owned their home‚ we had two cars and my grandfather worked
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Politics of Location We are always trying to figure out where we are in this world‚ or how we got where we are today. Obviously you have no choice of parents or where your born and these are two major contributing factors of who am I today. Being born white and a male society has immediately granted social advantages or white privileges. But‚ how privileged was I really? Being born in a highly populated city to first generations Americans without high school diplomas. I did have some advantages
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Marx vs. Weber In this essay‚ I will argue that Karl Marx’s theories contain a better perception of the creation of capital and the origins of time discipline use in the modern world compared to the theories of Max Weber. The basis to Marx’s theory in which capital is created is based on writings of his works; Manifesto of the Communist Party‚ Capital‚ Volume One and Wage Labor and Capital. Through these readings‚ it can be derived that his main thesis is to understand history‚ you must
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their relations with other spheres? The only theory of the state which explicitly postulates the autonomy of the state and politics is Max Weber’s‚ as formulated in "Intermediate Reflections." (Bolsinger‚ 1996) Like Marx‚ however‚ Weber did not develop a systematic theory of the state. Andreas Anter and Stefan Breuer seek to do so by departing from Weber’s insights. Anter’s Max Webers Theorie des Modernen Stoates provides a systematic account of what Weber had to say concerning the modern state and
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Site A: Bayaoas‚ Urdaneta Historical Background: There are many versions on how Urdaneta City officially became URDANETA. One theory suggests its original name is ORGANITA‚ roughly meaning “little organ or unit.” This is plausible as it was then a composite of portions of barrios of the adjacent towns where they converged to create one composite pueblo. Some of the theorists‚ the so-called purists‚ belie this by saying that the Spanish root word is organo; therefore‚ the right word should be
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FACILITY LOCATION There are many analytical techniques that can be used in facility location decisions.Some of these are: 1) Factor Rating 2) Cost-Profit-Volume analysis 3) Center of Gravity Method‚ etc FACTOR RATING METHOD It is most widely used analytical technique. it is most popular technique because a wide variety of factor can be included in the analysis .It is useful for service and industrial location. In this method to merge quantitative and qualitative factors‚ factors are assigned
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Location Planning Basically‚ location is where the business situated at. According to the book‚ Operations Management: An Asian Perspective‚ by William Stevenson and Sum Chee Choung (2010)‚ Location decisions for many types of organizations are not are frequently‚ but location decisions tend to have a significant impact on the organization. Thus‚ location plays a vital part in the organization. So why do organizations need to make location decisions? First is that they may be a change in their
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Location of Mecca | Coordinates: 21°25′0″N 39°49′0″ECoordinates: 21°25′0″N 39°49′0″E | Country | Saudi Arabia | Province | Makkah Province | Founded by | Prophet Ismā’īl‚ son of Abraham (Islamic tradition) | Government | • Mayor | Usama al-Bar | • Provincial Governor | Khalid al-Faisal | Area[1] | • Urban | 850 km2 (330 sq mi) | • Metro | 1‚200 km2 (500 sq mi) | Elevation | 277 m (909 ft) | Population (2012)[citation needed] | • City | 2‚000‚000 | • Density | 4‚200/km2
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