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The Sonicare toothbrush: entrepreneurship and innovation in product development

The idea behind the Sonicare toothbrush was originally developed by Univeristy of Washington professors David Engel and Roy Martin.

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Google's ethical dilemma in China and corporate moral responsibility

As the global economy becomes more of a reality, and as various developing countries increase the amount of business they do with developed countries, many cultural issues arise.

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Critical path analysis and activity scheduling with slack calculations

The first activity scheduled is activity 2, because it has the minimum slack. Then activity 1 is scheduled. Activity 3 is delayed one period, which reduces slack to zero. From this, activity 5 will also be delayed one period, reducing slack to zero.

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Relational databases and their integration into Web Services

Database software is designed to support rapid access to large amounts of files, records, fields and data through the use of a variety of different indexing techniques. The most prevalent type of database is relational in design and supports links to multiple physical database locations.

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Channel management strategy for edible greeting cards

Edible greeting cards need to have a hybrid distribution channel that includes the traditional components of greeting cards, yet also capitalize on where consumers choose to purchase gifts and chocolates.

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Economic ordering quantity: costs and optimal inventory levels

The two basic types of cost that are involved in the calculation of the optimal economic ordering quantity -- the lowest level of inventory that can be kept/ordered to minimize ordering costs and remain profitable and well-supplied for sales, are setup costs and production costs.

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Endocrine and reproductive system responses in vertebrates

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How the body utilizes glucose, proteins, and lipids for energy

How are glucose, proteins, and lipids utilized in your body to provide energy? The human body is a fascinating self-regulating system that consists of interconnecting components. This structure of the body is central to the way it produces and uses energy (Singh, 2010).

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Disney's international theme parks: cultural challenges in Paris and Tokyo

Though it would not be until 1985 that France and Disney would come to an official agreement on the site a conceived Euro-Disney, there had been consideration of this market roughly since the first successful years of the original American Disney theme parks.

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No Child Left Behind's impact on teaching methods and student equity

The purpose of this paper is to examine the changes that teachers have made in order to adapt to the need to improve student test scores on standardized tests since the introduction of the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.

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