WW Field Definition Historical Developments Theories Key Contributors Principal Issues Week 2 Epistemology The study of knowledge: What constitutes knowledge‚ the nature of knowledge‚ and whether knowledge is possible? Pre-Socratics observe and seek to define physical phenomena. Socrates studied human behavior and tried to determine the essential nature of knowledge. Aristotle sought to categorize his observations
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Timber Industry Economic Profile Following is a discussion of the timber industry including how several economic factors affect it‚ including: price elasticity of supply and demand; positive and negative externalities; wage inequality; and monetary and fiscal policies. Price Elasticity Important to note is that the timber industry and the lumber industry are not one in the same and experience differences price elasticity. The price elasticity of demand for the timber industry is inelastic
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MKTG/114 IBS Center for Management Research Organized Retail Industry in India This case was written by Komal Chary‚ under the direction of Vivek Gupta‚ IBS Center for Management Research. It was compiled from published sources‚ and is intended to be used as a basis for class discussion rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of a management situation. 2006‚ IBS Center for Management Research. All rights reserved. To order copies‚ call +91-08417-236667/68 or write
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Brochure More information from http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/1991077/ Two-wheeler Market in India Description: Automobile‚ being the leader in product and process technologies of the manufacturing sector‚ has been recognized as one of the major drivers of economic growth. The Indian economy has been growing around 8% for the past few years. This growth has enabled an overall change in the social status of the Indian population. Additionally‚ every year‚ many rural areas and Tier-III
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Standards 2‚ 4‚ and 5 were met in the previously submitted report‚ therefore the associated documents may include identification of these standards but the following narrative will not be included in this revised report. This revised report will only address standards 1 and 3‚ as they are the standards that have been met with conditions. The National Recognition Report states that the following conditions must be met in order to obtain full national recognition: • Candidate pass rate is inconsistent
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Biscuit Industry in India Overview Biscuits have been a favorite in our snacks menu. They fall in the category of essential consumer goods. Having a total turnover of 8000 Cr.‚ India is considered as the third largest biscuit manufacturing country worldwide after US and China. An industry classified into organized and unorganized sectors - 65% revenue from organized and 35% revenues from the unorganized sector. Around 90% of the population consume biscuits. The consumption of biscuits in India is more
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Steel Industry is more than a century old. Before the economic reforms of the early 1990s the Indian steel industry was a predominantly regulated one with the public sector dominating the industry. Tata Steel was the only major private sector company involved the production of steel in India. SAIL and Tata Steel have traditionally been the major steel producers of India. In 1992‚ the liberalization of the India economy led to the opening up of various industries including the steel industry. This
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Automobile Industry‚ India Automobile Industry Following India’s growing openness‚ the arrival of new and existing models‚ easy availability of finance at relatively low rate of interest and price discounts offered by the dealers and manufacturers all have stirred the demand for vehicles and a strong growth of the Indian automobile industry. The data obtained from ministry of commerce and industry‚ shows high growth obtained since 2001- 02 in automobile production continuing in the first
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Economic Profile: Airline Industry Introduction The airline industry provides services for passenger and cargo transport. Over the years the airline industry has faired fairly decent. That is‚ until the September 11 tragedy in 2001. From 1995 through 2000‚ the airline industry earned about $23 billion then lost about $35 billion from 2001 through 2005 (McCabe‚ R.‚ 2008). There are many factors that indicate the economic downfall of the airline industry after the September 11 incident. The purpose
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