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Campaign finance reform and the Citizens United decision in American politics

There is a fundamental and systemic problem in contemporary American politics: namely, the tremendous influence of campaign contributors to election and re-election campaign funds of political representatives (Kennedy, 2006).

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Knowledge management repositories and competitive business advantage

The greatest strategic value of any knowledge management repository is in how it strengthens and provides greater insights and contributions to the strategies and initiatives companies rely on for growth and profitability (Liao, Chuang, To, 2011).

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Five pioneering women's contributions to American social progress

Wells-Barnet, a number of responses come to mind. First, it is important to note what makes each of these women unique and how they contributed uniquely to society. Second, it is important to note how they are all similar and how the contributed collectively to the evolution of women in society.

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Social media and consumer empowerment in modern marketing

Consumers Power Transformational Marketing (Hamelin, et.al.) the author provides insights into how the many platforms that support social media, driven by the powerful catalyst of mobile commerce, is providing consumers with more control over brands than ever before.

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Information systems and computer technology's impact on nursing practice

Innovations in telecommunications and information systems have revolutionized the delivery of health care services in many ways in recent years in general and on the practice of nursing in particular given the nurses' role on the front-lines of patient care.

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Kimberly-Clark's virtual product demonstration technology and retail innovation

Kimberly-Clark is one of the world's largest manufacturers of personal health and consumer goods, and is also engaged in large-scale timber harvesting for the creation of its many paper-based products (Kimberly-Clark 2011).

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Time and material contract dispute over contractor baseline data

The type of contract reached was 'a time and material' one where it was important that the buyer be thoroughly assured of the contractors' integrity because of the constricted timeline involved and the assurance that the cost of the system would be reduced.

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Biometric security, social media privacy, and mobile malware threats

The rapid advances in automated biometrics that take into account personal recognition attributes to define the level of application access and functionality is an emerging state-of-the-art area that combines constraint technologies and electronics.

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Dell's product design strategy and supply chain management approach

At Dell, the decision of which product areas to pursued is defined through the use of the concept of "profit pools" that define the relative level of profitability each product area has the potential to produce (Krishnan, Bhattacharya, 2002).

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Education reform and abolitionism in nineteenth-century America

Horace Mann, in 1830, was the initiator of public schooling urging that a common system of free and non-sectarian education should be granted to all.

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