* [1900:] Maxwelton‚ the estate of a family of rank‚ is beautifully situated on the banks of the valley of the Cairn‚ in Dumfriesshire; and there is the scene of the song. Sir Robert Laurie‚ the first Baronet of the Maxwelton family - so created in 1685 - by his second wife‚ Jean‚ a daughter of Riddell of Minto‚ had three sons and four daughters‚ of whom Annie‚ the youngest‚ was much celebrated for her beauty. She made a conquest of William Douglas of Fingland‚ a cadet of the Queensberry family
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Discuss the main reasons for an organization to choose diversification as a strategic direction. When defining strategic directions‚ an organisation needs to analyze the context in which future operations will take place. The decision of entering a new market or to develop new products and services in an existing market needs to be though through focusing on increasing market share and increasing power over suppliers and buyers. Diversification‚ sometimes described as Horizontal intergration‚ involves
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The Balance of Power Theory and It’s Application to Kosovo Ideas are the corner-stones of International Relations and Diplomacy. These ideas are often titled theories‚ a term that grants the ideas a certain degree of credibility in application‚ though they remain theories; they cannot be proved.‚ only applied intelligently in hopes of arriving at the correct conclusion. One theory concerning the Balance of Power (BOP) falls under the Neo-Realist analysis of conflict within the International
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Methods A random sample of 800 Michigan State University (MSU) undergraduate students was retrieved from the MSU registrar’s office. All 800 students were sent an email invitation from one of the authors‚ with a short description of the study‚ information about confidentiality and incentives‚ and a link to the survey. Two reminder emails were sent to those who had not responded. Participants were compensated with a $5 credit to their on-campus spending accounts. The survey was hosted on Zoomerang
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What does the network layer do? Where does it sit in relationship to the other four layers of our simplified network model? Network layer is the third layer of the OSI model. It performs switching and routing by creating logical paths‚ known as virtual circuits‚ for transferring data from one node to another node. Routing and forwarding are the major functions of this layer. It also performs other operations such as addressing‚ internetworking‚ error handling‚ congestion‚ control and packet
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Theme: Communication breakdown 1) Insight: Complex bureaucracy The cluttered objects in the picture portray a sense of messiness which reflects the idea that the whole DMRT is a complex bureaucracy that makes internal communication difficult. This has worsened the aftermath impact of the train breakdowns. This can be seen from the fact that on the day of the train breakdown on 15th December 2012‚ calls by train officers to command office were unanswered even though it was at a critical juncture
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Electronic payment systems overview of basic concepts credit-card based systems (MOTO‚ SSL‚ SET) electronic cash systems (DigiCash) micropayment schemes (PayWord‚ probabilistic schemes) Overview of basic concepts brief history of money traditional forms of payment – cash – payment through bank – payment cards Overview of basic concepts electronic payment systems – security requirements – basic classification © Levente Buttyán 2 1 A brief history of money barter
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McDonald is the largest fast food restaurant brand in the world. It provides a mass fast food service with great-tasting and high quality foods as well as speed and convenience to customers. (McDonald annual report 2013) It operates with a low variety and high volume products. Technology is used to improve operation process in order to produce standardized service to individual customer. Thus only limited customization of service‚ and limited contact between customers and staffs can be made. (Greasley
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Momordica charantia The phytochemical prospection of the fresh and dried leaves extracts‚ fruits‚ seeds‚ and bark of the plant contains resins‚ alkaloids‚ flavonoids‚ glycosides‚ steroids‚ terpenes‚ cardiac glycoside‚ saponins having various medicinal importance viz. anti-HIV‚ anti-plasmodial‚ shigellocidal‚ anti-diarrheal‚ anti-septic‚ anti-bacterial‚ anti-viral‚ anti-inflammatory‚ anti-microbial‚ hypoglycemic‚ antioxidant‚ analgesic and hepatoprotective properties. PubMed.gov http://www.ncbi
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deal. Alcon is a producer of eye care products such as contact lenses. Google has diversified by investing £124m in a wind power business. To what extent is diversification the best strategy to achieve profitable growth? Justify your answer with reference to Novartis‚ Google and/ or other organisations that you know. (40 marks) Diversification - Practice under which a firm enters an industry or market different from its core business. Growth – The process of improving some measure of an enterprise’s
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