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Marriott and Hilton: competitive strategies in the hotel industry

The world of hospitality and leisure has become an area that has been increasingly brought to forefront. Part of the reason for this, is because of the larger number of competitors that are reaching out to the unique demographics of travelers.

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Three experts examine global warming's community impact

According to the many sources the five most immediate dangers of global warming are: 1) the melting of the polar ice caps, 2) the effects on the economy, 3) the increased probability and intensity of droughts and heat waves, 4) the likelihood that warmer waters will generate more hurricanes, and 5)…

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A decision-making flowchart for organizational ethical dilemmas

All organizations are faced with ethical dilemmas. Organizations that weather these dilemmas successfully are those with inbuilt procedures and guidelines for facing difficult decisions.

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Measuring leadership effectiveness and military command alignment

It is so difficult to measure the effectiveness of leaders for a couple of reasons. The performance of the organization is tied to a number of other variables, which vary in intensity and in their relationship to the leadership function.

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Engineers' underappreciated role in technological and environmental progress

The progress experienced by technology in the recent centuries could not be possible without extensive work performed by engineers. Civil engineers are largely responsible for the contemporary living standards, as they created a series of accommodations intended to make society more comfortable.

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Human-caused mass extinction and threatened global biodiversity

Mass extinctions are definitely not common; however, if the earth's biodiversity is threatened at a similar rate to pass mass extinctions (such as the one that destroyed the dinosaurs -- except for the birds), there are a number of probable losers, according to McKinney and Lockwood (1999), and one…

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Liquidity, profitability, and debt ratio analysis in managerial accounting

The current ratio gradually grew throughout the analyzed 5-year period, reaching 0.78.

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Institutional racism in psychology and education: Camus and cultural oppression

Albert Camus, in an interview, once noted "If one lives in a country where racism is held valid and practiced in all ways of life, eventually, no matter whether one is a racist or a victim, one comes to feel the absurdity of life."

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Information hierarchy and clinical decision support systems in healthcare

One of the key changes in the contemporary world is the amount of information that is available through the Internet. There are three major components of this information world: data, information, and knowledge.

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The relationship between social roles and personal identity development

Who ami? who I am - is one that becomes increasingly difficult to answer the more one thinks about it. One begins to realize that one's identity changes in different circumstances and situations.

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