this week reading‚ I chose to read "In Cuba I Was a German Shepherd" by Ana Menendez. As long as I see the title of the story‚ it draws my attention as there are many catchy and interesting words in one sentence such as Cuba‚ German and Shepherd. After reading the title‚ I was so eager to understand how the author combine all these totally unrelated words to make the title of the story. Of course‚ I know about Cuban Revolution and a lille bit of German History. However‚ look at the title‚ this is
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government and sophisticated public education and university system ensured favorable factor conditions while Finland’s top position in mobile phone adoption ensured favorable domestic demand conditions. Development of related and supporting industries was brought about by the introduction of Nordic Mobile Telephone Network (NMT) through technical cooperation of the Nordic countries in 1981. NMT created the world’s largest single mobile market that expanded rapidly and attracted a number of private operators
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other than magnetic field. Magnetic pressure is used to counteract the effects of the gravitationa and any other accelerations. Earnshaw’s theorem proves that using only ferromagnetic or paramagnetic materials it is impossible to stably levitate against gravity‚ however‚ servomechanisms‚ the use of di magnetic materials‚ superconduction‚ or systems involving eddy currents allow to achieve that. lift Magnetic materials are able to attract or press each other apart or together with a force dependent
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Nokia Smartphone Strategy Nokia is a world renowned telecommunications corporation that connects over 1.3 billion people. Nokia’s mission is simple: Connecting People. Their goal is to build great mobile products that enable billions of people worldwide to enjoy more of what life has to offer. The company started out producing wood pulp and paper‚ the most influential communication technology in history‚ in Finland in 1865. By the 1960’s Nokia is a booming business with large production of rubber
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es NOKIA WEAKNESS The state or quality of being weak is the definition of weakness and therefore any organization‚ company and even people do have weakness. Therefore Nokia as a company does have it own weakness and the weaknesses are as follows. - Nokia fired a number of R&D employees in order to cut costs as of just weeks ago (Pepin G. 2009). As of that it will probably have effect on short run margin or long run margin. - Some of the products are not user friendly; if the customers face
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The Nokia Revolution The story of an extraordinary company that transformed an industry Dan Steinbock Presentation by: Selina Beelaerts & Meena Mallipeddi 1 *Note: It should be understood that the company now known as “Nokia” did not exist in its present form until the 1990s. However‚ for simplicity’s sake‚ we will be referring to the predecessor companies as “Nokia” as well. Outline • Introduction • Background: Nordic Cooperation & Nokia’s Postwar Consolidation • Nordic Cooperation
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Case study: Finland and Nokia 1. How was Finland able to move from a sleepy economy to one of the most competitive nations in the world by the end of the 1990’s? Finland was considered a sleepy country even after their independence from Sweden‚ depending its economy mainly on the Soviet Union by exporting its natural resources. Finland however slowly but constantly developed its economy up to the OECD average‚ following the models of its Nordic neighbors to invest highly in social welfare and
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Nokia is a well known brand in the world of mobile communication and it is the world leader in the industry because of its history‚ name‚ reliability and unique products and provision of protected solutions. It is one of the most well-known companies and it has offices all over the world. The main product of Nokia is mobile phones and it also deals in household items. Nokia recognizes its corporate responsibility and states that “in all parts of business it makes corporate responsibility a part of
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I’ve chosen Ana Menéndez’s story “In Cuba I Was a German Shephard” because‚ since I’m a Latino‚ I thought I could relate to the story. The story is about four Latino men (two Cubans -– Máximo and Raúl -- and two Dominicans – Carlos and Antonio) that gather together every morning to play Dominos in a park in Miami. The story often goes back in time telling the reader about the background of some of the men – especially Máximo - and how they lived their lives in their countries before coming to America
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War II‚ German Americans were attacked simply because of their heritage. Although they may have had nothing to do with the war‚ or even sited with Germany at all or as a whole‚ they were still targeted and prosecuted and‚ as I stated before‚ attacked. Islamic and Arab Americans faced the very same problems after the 9/11 terrorist attacks‚ simply because of their religion‚ or even their background or appearance. Some of the similarities between the two included the attitudes against them. As
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