Lessons of History and Lessons of Vietnam DaviD H. Petraeus This article was first published in the Autumn 1986 issue of Parameters. One of the few unequivocally sound lessons of history is that the lessons we should learn are usually learned imperfectly if at all. —Bernard Brodie1 Trying to use the lessons of the past correctly poses two dilemmas. One is the problem of balance: knowing how much to rely on the past as a guide and how much to ignore it. The other is the problem of selection: certain
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million vehicles per year. Toyota Motor Vietnam (TMV) was established in 1995 and official opening in October 1996. President is Mr. Akito Tachibana. Vietnam Toyota’s product includes Hiace‚ Camry‚ Corolla Altis‚ Innova‚ Vios and Fortuner (Locally-produced models)and Land Cruiser‚ Hilux (Imported models)‚ with a production capacity of 20‚000 vehicles/year. TMV is possessed by three associates: Toyota Motor Corporation (70%)‚ Vietnam Engine and Agricultural Machinery Corporation – VEAM
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION INTRODUCTION GENERAL INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY Two-Wheeler industry is one of the largest industries in the automobile sector of global market. Being the leader in product and process technologies in the manufacturing sector‚ it has been recognized as one of the drivers of economic growth. During the last few decades‚ well¬-directed efforts have been made to provide a new look to the automobile policy for realizing the sector’s full potential for the economy. The liberalization
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Dollarization in Vietnam from 2007 to 2010 Overview of Dollarization 1 Definition Dollarization occurs when the inhabitants of a country use foreign currency in parallel to or instead of the domestic currency in the whole or some parts of currency function. Nowadays‚ dollarization has become popular all over the world. 2 Classification ← Official dollarization Official dollarization occurs when foreign currency is only legal currency in the economy
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SUPERSTITIONS IN VIETNAM Vietnam has many customs involving superstitious activities. Some of them are: burning votive paper‚ meeting fortune tellers to ask for a prediction of future‚ especially some negative superstitions prevent some young couples from marriage because of their contrasting ages. Vietnamese people think that it is a lucky thing to pick some buds from a pagoda‚ receive lucky money on Tet holidays. Some people also think that if they eat tofu and peas before an exam‚ they would
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CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR IN TOURISM The study of consumer behaviour focuses on how individuals make decisions to spend their available resources (time‚ money‚ effort) on consumption-related items. The field of consumer behavior covers a lot of ground. According to Solomon (1996)‚ consumer behavior is a study of the processes involved when individuals or groups select‚ purchase‚ use‚ or dispose of products‚ services‚ ideas‚ or experiences to satisfy needs and desires. The marketer needs to understand
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economics‚ a rational person is one who makes decisions by comparing the marginal benefits to the marginal costs. If the marginal benefit of buying an item (say a cup of coffee) is equal to or greater than the marginal cost‚ then the person will make the purchase. They are making a perfectly rational decision. However‚ a new area of economics (called Behaviour Economics) explores the idea on whether economic agents (i.e. consumers) are always rational when making decisions. In a book by Belsky
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Vietnam War The war first began in 1959‚ five years after the division of the country by the Geneva Accords. Vietnam had been split into two. The communist government in the north was under Ho Chi Minh and democratic government in the south was under Ngo Dinh Diem. The Vietnam War stated because France tried to make another attempt to takeover Vietnam by having a foreign power to rule. In Vietnam the target of containment was Ho Chi Minh and the Vietnam front he had created in 1941. Ho and
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have to do with the 1960’s? Look for things besides rebellion against the Vietnam War. The student movement was the next major social change movement to develop in the 1960s. Many of its early organizers had first become politically active in the early 1960s working alongside blacks in civil rights protests. The student movement worked primarily to fight racism and poverty‚ increase student rights‚ and to end the Vietnam War. At the core of the student movement was a belief in participatory democracy
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Case Study: Consumer behaviour and holidays In this assignment I will be analysing the following; a case study presented on how holiday decision making varies from the traditional problem-solving model of consumer decision making. Q1 By analysing the traditional problem-solving of consumer decision making you can grasp that the market of holiday makers is more complex. The traditional method follows the concept that the consumers desire or needs creates a problem within the individual‚ which leads
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