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Internal and SWOT analysis of Southwest Airlines' resources

Economic value added is net profit, or it could also be framed in terms of cash flow. The cost of doing business simply the business' cost structure. Net profit is the earnings that go beyond the cost of doing business, which is the same definition of economic value added.

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Job evaluation versus personal performance in compensation decisions

Keith is correct in that the job and not the person should be evaluated. The objective of the exercise is to evaluate the characteristics of the job in terms of job responsibilities, performance measures and value to the company. These facets of the job transcend the person doing the job.

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Oral health education and empowerment in the Black Infant Health program

The Black Infant Health (BIH) program is part of an overall effort to educate and empower African-American women who have struggled with mental illness, substance abuse, and domestic violence.

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Technical description of the CX2 model miniature helicopter

The CX2 model helicopter is a fully operational (i.e. air-worthy) miniature version of a modern helicopter. It is capable of fully controllable flight using the same general principals as full-size modern operational rotor craft.

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Kevin Baker's Dreamland and the American Dream

The title of Kevin Baker's Dreamland is deliberately ironic. It reminds the reader of the presence of the Coney Island theme park of the same name.

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Critical analysis of Pasley et al.'s literature review on stepfamilies

Pasley, Dolahite & Ihinger-Tallman (1993) offer a review of the literature focusing on marriage and remarriage. In particular, the authors set out to compare and contrast features of first vs. re-marriages.

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Lenin's theory of imperialism and capitalist expansion

Because the Soviet Union eventually enforced one of the most all-encompassing policies of imperialism of the 20th century, it is easy to forget that Lenin initially styled himself as an anti-imperialist. Lenin said that capitalist economies depended upon the labor of exploited workers.

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Technology's role in suppressing thought in Fahrenheit 451

Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451 depicts a nightmare future dystopia where all books are burned by law. In Bradbury's vision, technology has not furthered human progress, rather it has inhibited it. Technology has given human beings the means to destroy new thought, rather than create it.

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William Williams and Glory Foods' entrepreneurial strategy

The founder of Glory Foods, William Williams, saw an unmet consumer need that he could fill: the nostalgic desire of many African-Americans and Southerners living all over the country who wanted to re-experience the soul food of their youth or bring it to their children.

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Local jazz band's tribute to John Coltrane's musical arrangements

For my chosen performance, I listened to a local jazz band perform a reworking of some of John Coltrane's arrangements of American standards, like "My Favorite Things." At first the stated aim of the performance surprised me, given that I had always thought of jazz as improvisational.

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