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Apple's iTunes expansion strategy and EU legal environment adaptation

Apple wished to set up an online iTunes store to service the entire European Union, but the union's rules forbid it to do so.

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Risk management failures and systemic risk in banking

The multitude of bank failures -- nearly 100 in 2009 alone -- is largely the result of banks carrying too many so-called "toxic assets." Some of these toxic assets were in the form of subprime mortgages in arrears and others were in the form of derivative instruments with underlying value tied to…

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The three definitions of piety in Plato's Euthyphro dialogue

Euthyphro Dilemma is actually a series of conceptual or logical problems associated with defining pious or moral behavior in principle. Specifically, it incorporates three separate possible arguments for defining what is pious behavior.

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Environmental contamination from the Exxon Valdez oil spill

Exxon Valdez. According to Pamela Miller of the Alaska Wilderness League, while Prince William Sound may appear clean to the naked eye, "oil continues to contaminate beaches, national parks, and designated wilderness.

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Set-point theory and the modern obesity epidemic

The set-point theory of weight loss and weight gain suggests that dieting is unsuccessful and futile. When dieting, the body naturally adjusts its metabolic rate, slowing so that weight loss slows to a crawl.

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Legal and ethical challenges of personality testing in employment and education

Personality tests can pose problematic legal and ethical challenges, when used to vet prospective employees or when imposed upon students or other individuals who have little ability to resist taking them.

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Japanese and American business negotiation styles and cultural differences

Imagine this scenario: a businessman from Japan and a businessman from America sit down at a table. The American presses and presses the Japanese man to agree to his terms, often vigorously pounding the table.

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Teacher treatment and student self-determination in secondary education

Hong, B., Shull, P. (2009). Impact of teacher dispositions on student self-determination. International Journal of Learning, 16(1). Retrieved October 20, 2009, from Education Research Complete database.

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Marketing strategies for biotechnology versus traditional industries

Amgen's bone-loss drug faces marketing hurdles discusses challenges it perceives as unique to biotechnology. The first issue is that of the high price of Amgen amid healthcare reform that is focusing on decreasing prices.

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White's historical roots of the ecological crisis

According to White, the word etymology first appeared in the English language in the year 1873. He traced the etymology of ecology back to the marriage of theoretical and sophisticated science to the empirical technology about four generations ago (1203).

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