1. INTRODUCTION General Motors is a motor vehicle company in the United States that started manufacturing in 1915. The purpose of this report is to examine the decisions that were made within the company‚ in the lead up to their financial crisis in 1991. In the years preceding this downfall‚ the CEO Robert Smith made several decisions that contributed to the declining financial status of General Motors. Consequently‚ when Smith retired‚ the Black Swan Event of America’s recession left the next
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• What were the reasons behinds the decline of Abbasid caliphate? Harun al-Rashid was the last ’Abbasid caliph to rule a clean-cut empire and after his death‚ the empire was divided in two. One son‚ Amin‚ got the western area and the caliphate‚ and his other son‚ Al-Mamun got the eastern area‚ the army‚ and the right to succession. Moreover‚ the 4th Fitna (811-813) was not about religious principles‚ but it was a civil war between Amin and Al-Mamun; Amin wanted his son to be the next caliph‚ but
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Urban sprawl‚ the uncontrolled expansion of urban areas‚ has slowed down by 9% since the 1990s (Borenstein). Urban sprawl was steadily increasing starting in 1920 due to new street construction and it peaked in 1994. Despite the belief that urban sprawl is the result of a healthy economic and social process‚ urban sprawl needs to be restricted and eventually stopped. Urban sprawl is rapidly expanding‚ destroying wildlife‚ and causing a rise in pollution and disease. Urban sprawl has come to be fairly
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Urban sustainability Name Instructor In the global context‚ Urbanization is viewed as an essential trend for development for a couple of decades to come‚ this is especially the case in Sub-Saharan Africa and Asian countries. Cities in mentioned regions as well as other parts of the world are predicted to promote sustainable development of their respective nations. This is supported by the knowledge that urbanization if well-articulated can enhance economic
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Decline of American Comics Since the 1930’s American comic books have been one of the most popular forms of reading material. The reason for this is that not only does give the reader an interesting plot line to follow but it also gives good visual aids in the prints on each page. Another reason for this is that they are cheap. Action comic number 1 was only 10 cents. Now you can get most comics for a buck or two at most. From the early 1930’s till the late 1990’s the comic book industry was
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ethical relativism‚ religious decline. Poverty ’causes’ crime in general in the same way that pornography causes sex crimes and television violence causes violence by children: it is a predispositive condition. If the family life could be strengthened‚ raise the living standard‚ instill character values this could have an impact on lowering the crime rate. In my research on crime in urban areas versus crime in the suburban areas; I predict that people who live in urban areas will have a much higher
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PIDE Working Papers 2008:46 On Measuring the Complexity of Urban Living Lubna Hasan Pakistan Institute of Development Economics‚ Islamabad PAKISTAN INSTITUTE OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS ISLAMABAD 2 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced‚ stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means—electronic‚ mechanical‚ photocopying‚ recording or otherwise—without prior permission of the author(s) and or the Pakistan Institute of Development Economics
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Solutions regarding the decline of the water vole (Arvicola terrestris)1 population in the UK The Problem The water vole (Arvicola terrestris)1 started to decline in Britain in the 1990s and by 2005‚ 90% had disappeared from previously occupied sites.2 This makes it the‚ ‘UK’s fastest declining mammal.’2 Two national surveys carried out by the Vincent Wildlife Trust in 1989-90 and 1996-98 showed that the decline of the water vole is now a serious population crash with a further loss
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Norway restricted its hunting to the minke whales only‚ that has the “Least Concern” label on the Red List of Threatened Species‚ and the number of specimens taken every year is almost twice below the given quota. In fact‚ whaling currently is on the decline in Norway due to the various effects of globalization‚ and it doesn’t hold a lot of macroeconomic significance. However‚ the sustenance of a handful of coastal fishermen and small companies greatly depends on whale hunting and whaling is tightly coupled
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average of 583.6 mm/year [6]. Snow is uncommon and is only seen up to few times a year due to the heat generated from the urban area which can make London up to 5 °C warmer than the surrounding areas [6]. London’s temperate weather is beneficial in a metabolic sense since not much energy is wasted on cold and hot air conditioning in residential and public indoor areas. London’s growth in the 18th century led to rising traffic congestion which eventually resulted in the creation of the world’s first metro
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