Maiz The word maize derives from the Spanish form of the indigenous Taíno word for the plant‚ maiz. It is known by other names around the world. Corn outside North America‚ Australia‚ and New Zealand means any cereal crop‚ its meaning understood to vary geographically to refer to the local staple.In the United StatesCanada Australia‚ and New Zealand‚[citation needed] corn primarily means maize; this usage started as a shortening of "Indian corn". "Indian corn" primarily means maize (the staple
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route started in Southwest China‚ where tea was produced‚ led north into the Tibetan mountains and into India (Yang). Due to its economic and cultural impact‚ it has been dubbed the “Southern Silk Road of China” (Yang). Tea first originated from Yunnan‚ through China‚ to the rest of Asia‚ then to the West. In its earliest uses‚ tea was first used as food then concocted as medicinal brews. As more traditional tea drinking practices developed overtime. It began transmit to social hierarchy and developed
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Trees for Life - Grow a Tree (Fourth Project) Region: China Author: Zhou Yun‚ Chinese Research Academy of Environmental Sciences Consortium Member: Green Earth Volunteers (China) Status: Funded and Ongoing Budget: $1430 Collected: $1430 Needs: $0 Result: To continue this education and reforestation project‚ in response to increasing interest from new schools in the Beijing and Xinjiang areas. Donors: Ron Blum‚ Massachusetts [September 2002]; Lydia Thompson and the 6th floor MADEP‚ Massachusetts
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Nestle in China Research Report 1. objective Our objective is to provide good-tasting foods and beverages‚ as well as services‚ bring nutrition‚ health and wellness to Chinese consumers. 2. description of the company’s Nestlé is the largest consumer packaged goods’ company in the world‚ founded and headquartered in Switzerland. Nestlé originated in a 1905 merger of the Anglo-Swiss Milk Company‚ which was established in 1866 by brothers George Page and Charles Page‚ and the Farine Lactée Henri
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ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS External environmental factors include sociocultural‚ Legal‚ Economic‚ Political‚ and Technology. The micro environment on the other hand comprises the industry and market. SOCIOCULTURAL FACTORS. Religion‚ education‚ ethnicity‚ education and language‚ age group‚ family‚ cross cultural differences. In 1978‚ the Chinese government introduced a birth control policy of one child per family. (Newsweek 2014) This in the long run will reduce both sales and labor availability
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HEINEKEN: A leading premium brewer in Asia Pacific Theo de Rond President‚ Asia Pacific Singapore | 8 December 2011 Agenda HEINEKEN: A leading premium brewer in Asia Pacific 1 HEINEKEN growth strategy in Asia Pacific 2 Heineken®: A real success story 2 The Asia Pacific beer market Demographics 36 countries 3.8 bn inhabitants Life expectancy ranges from 40-80 years Population growth rate 1% p.a. Large differences in income Beer Segmentation Beer markets
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China’s program for the construction of more dams on the upper reaches of the river has moved at a faster pace than was generally expected. And‚ at the same time‚ the plans for clearing obstacles in the river’s bed to facilitate navigation between Yunnan and northern Thailand‚ which were only under discussion in 1999‚ have since become reality. Both these developments mean that the good health of the river is‚ at the very least‚ at risk. Because the text of the first edition tells a story that
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Keppel Land takes pride in being a good corporate citizen through upholding best practices in all its business operations. By championing charitable causes and encouraging active employee volunteerism‚ Keppel Land aims to contribute and enrich lives of the communities where it operates. These initiatives are spearheaded by the Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) committee and led by Keppel Land’s Group Chief Executive Offi cer. NURTURING CORPORATE VOLUNTEERISM Keppel
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potential to become a major coffee-consuming country as the number of middle-class consumers rises regularly. Although Chinese government is paying more attention to domestic production of coffee and encourage foreign investment to grow coffee in Yunnan province (the largest coffee producer of China)‚ the annually production output is just around 45‚000 tonnes of coffee beans‚ leaving nearly half of demand fulfilled by imported coffee. 2. Overview of global coffee market Due
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International Human Resource Management and its challenges. The World is becoming broader less by every second. Unlikely to last centaury‚ going international seems not a big seen in today’s business world. International Human resource management is critical thing to be considered when an organization is looking to “going global”. Human resource is a critical resource in any organization. It is obvious that today’s most successful business is mainly depending on their employee’s brain power.
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