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The Enron scandal and its impact on corporate trust and accountability

The Enron case has been one of the most debated and talked about financial scandals from around the world. It has enabled people and societies to grasp the magnitude of bankrupt business at a global state.

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Women's career aspiration and advancement in educational administration

As a means of addressing that problem, the mechanisms that are involved in the progress of women within the education system, need to be studied and explicated.

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Weather-based marketing strategies in consumer product sales

Benefits from Extreme Weather? Heavy rains, tornados, massive snowfall amounts and the change of seasons can be a marketer's best friend.

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China's tariff policies and trade barriers since WTO entry

China joined the World Trade Organization in 2001 after a fifteen-year struggle in which major trading partners worked with Chinese officials to open that country's economy to greater international competition.

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Song Hee-Suk's life in North Korea under totalitarian rule

Cook" shows the interaction of an individual with a system, a totalitarian society and the other participants to the two.

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NFPA 550 fire safety concepts and the 2002 Watts Bar incident

In 2002, a fire at a hydroelectric plant in Tennessee caused by damaged electrical wiring could have resulted in the outage of electrical service to numerous businesses and residents in the area.

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Fossil fuel dependence as a threat to American freedom

The direction the United States chooses to go with its energy policy will most certainly dictate the freedoms of this and future generations. Energy policy will also dictate if the nation can stay independent and free into the future.

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Southwest Airlines' fuel hedging strategies and financial losses in 2009

Hedging the price of oil through options contracts including the purchase of call options, defining collar structures and developing swap agreements that are fixed priced in scope are all financial strategies airline companies are using to minimize cost exposure to oil (Carter, Rogers, Simkins,…

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Collaborative benchmarking and transparency in the Dutch water supply industry

Collaborative benchmarking, transparency and performance: Evidence from the Netherlands water supply industry" by Okke Braadbaart investigates and explores the benchmarking efforts of The Netherlands water industry.

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Sibling age and aggression in captive golden lion tamarins

Saguinus midas. International Journal of Primatology, 24(3), 639-652. The author's study addresses an issue that is relevant to the care and preservation of Callitrichidae. Three families of Saguinus midas were observed for 50 weeks.

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