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Jared Diamond's "Guns, Germs and Steel" and historical determinism critique

In Guns, Germs and Steel, Jared Diamond attempts to explain why most of the significant events of the last 13,000 years have happened on the Eurasian land mass.

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Teachers' attitudes toward pay-for-performance compensation policies

Pay for Performance is not a new concept in the world of fiscal remuneration. The standard business and scholarly literature of the past three decades often postulates the question: what better, more productive way, to drive individuals to work harder, more efficiently, and to accomplish standards…

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Thomas Jefferson's radical vision for American educational reform

Thomas Jefferson's life experiences shaped his views on education. His attitudes towards education -- radical as they were for his time -- were influenced by his unusual life, by the revolutionary times in which he lived, and by his own rather exceptional perspective on the world.

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Business entry regulations and market opportunities in India

Spread over three million square kilometers and located entirely in the northern hemisphere, India is the seventh country in the world in terms of geographical size.

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Marketing strategy for the Volkswagen Routan minivan

The Volkswagen Routan Minivan is a not-so-mini size van with dual-sliding doors, a minimum seven-passenger capacity, multiple interior configurations, and many available options.

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Group dynamics in modern business organizations and teams

Organizations are more complex and unwieldy than ever before, and innovations in telecommunications and information technology have created an environment in which new business models are emerging every day.

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Human trafficking of women and children from Eastern Europe

Sex trafficking is a significant and growing problem in the United States and the larger global community. -- David R. Hodge, 2008

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Community health profile of Duval County, Florida

Duval County is one of 67 counties in Florida. Jacksonville is the county seat. As of October 1, 1968, the government of Duval County and that of the City of Jacksonville were combined into one.

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Sweden's economic development and adaptation to globalization

Being a country renowned for its neutrality when concerning warfare and for the fact that its economy has thrived during the last decades, Sweden offers a perfect recipe of success. Sweden has leaded a neoliberal policy approximately from the last decade of the twentieth century.

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Human resource management principles applied to events organization

In spite of the modifications within the micro and macro environments, the number one goal of economic agents remains that of registering profits. Still, they now do this by placing a significantly greater emphasis on the needs of the various stakeholder categories.

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