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Jiffy Lube's competitive positioning and growth strategies in quick-service automotive maintenance

Jiffy Lube was founded in 1979, by W.J. 'James' Hindman. The company was built around an innovative 10-minute oil change service that grew like wildfire. In 1980, there were 10 service centers in operation.

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Salvador Minuchin's structural family therapy approach and applications

Family therapy is usually initiated because of psychological or emotional problems of a single family member (Gale Encyclopedia of Psychology, 2001). In many cases, the family member is a child or adolescent. These problems are treated as symptomatic of dysfunction within the family system.

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Improving group productivity at the VA Education Department call center

The National Call Center for the Veteran's Administration (VA) Education Department employs over 700 people, which can be called upon to answer incoming calls from veterans.

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Corporate environmental performance and financial performance: a resource-based view

The Resource-Based View (RBV) theory suggests that a firm must protect its resources which are valuable, rare, inimitable, and non-substitutable in order to transform its short-term competitive advantage into a sustainable competitive advantage.

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Macro changes reshaping the intelligence community's future operations

The only thing constant in this world is change. The idea of change can incorporate many different ideas such as evolution, devolution, growth, unfoldment and decay. The idea of change is natural and holistic in nature.

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Xero's potential for international expansion through online accounting software

Xero is an online accounting software company based online, which offers accounting software for both personal finance, and companies.

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National defense strategy to combat Al Qaeda and its network

Develop 8-10-page national defense strategy combat Al Qaeda network. Consider type threat group presents proper responses (i.e. military, LE, political) managing threat. Refer current national strategies inspiration ensure paper incorporates ideas.

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Challenges in Bahrain's upper house legislative process and reforms

As Bahrain searches for viable approaches to diversifying its oil-based economy, the relatively small nation, like many of its larger counterparts, is also faced with a number of engineering and logistical challenges in its parliamentary legislative process.

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Shia political movements in Lebanon from the 1960s onward

Political chiefs (zucama) from a few powerful families dominated Shici politics into the 1960s and continued their control through extensive support networks.

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Community health promotion lesson plans for cardiovascular disease prevention

The concept of health promotion is thought of as "the science and art of helping people change their lifestyle to move toward a state of optimal health" (Dunphy et al., 2011, p 25).

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