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Branding strategies and customer satisfaction in luxury hotels

In support of this aim, the study was guided by several research questions: (a) what current branding strategies are being used by hotel chains and how effective are these methods in contributing to their customer loyalty and profitability?; (b) what specific factors must be taken into account in…

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Ponca dispossession through treaties and nineteenth-century US expansion

The history of interactions between the Ponca Indian tribe, the rapidly expanding United States, and other tribes in the region over the course of the nineteenth century is a history of misunderstanding, genocide, and tragedy. In response to U.S.

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Organizational framing in the Occupy Wall Street and Penn State scandals

This is accomplished by comparing the events of the Occupy Wall Street protests and with those surrounding the Penn State sexual abuse scandal. Once this occurs, is when there will be an appreciation in how these concepts should be applied by public administrators.

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George Kennan's Long Telegram and Cold War containment strategy

The policy makers in Washington and Harry S. Truman overlooked the views and beliefs of Kennan, those that he expressed, in Moscow.

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Combat veteran PTSD treatment: acute intervention models and debriefing

Being a combat veteran of the Iraq war, I am interested in treatment modalities for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder or PTSD.

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Telecommuting as a growth platform for Waggoner-Edstrom's Asian expansion

Evaluating the Costs and Benefits of Creating and Sustaining a Telecommuting Program at Waggoner-Edstrom The most quantifiable benefits of telecommuting, where companies create virtual workforces and remote project teams, include lower operating costs and higher team-based performance (Cohen,…

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Risk factors in launching multinational subsidiaries abroad

Although the multinationalization of corporation began in earnest following the end of World War II, multinational companies were active in Europe from the 14th century and since around the fin de siecle in the United States.

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Anti-oppressive social work practice in feminist human service organizations

The Human Services Council appreciates the opportunity to provide comment and guidance on the merits and drawbacks of incorporating inclusive and anti-oppressive practices in our human service delivery.

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Gender inequality in Canadian women's healthcare access

This is particularly true when it comes to women's healthcare, an issue which has already received inadequate attention and support even before one factors in other elements that make access to that healthcare more difficult.

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Rick Perry's execution of Kelsey Patterson through a Kantian ethics lens

The United States Supreme Court made a judgment in 1976 to allow the fifty states to reinstate capital punishment if they wish to. The state that has put the most convicted criminals to death is Texas.

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