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Tactical and long-term strategy: Pfizer versus Foot Locker

Having a clear goal is usually praised in management literature: keeping one's 'eye on the prize' and planning all subsequent strategy around that goal seems like a noble aim.

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Integrating assessment results into individualized psychological treatment planning

Organizing the results of the various psychological assessments performed upon a client must be done in a systematic fashion when constructing a treatment plan. However, while the process may be systematic, the outcome will be highly individualized.

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Prescription drug abuse and dependency among elderly populations

please describe some of the most pressing physical, cognitive, and socioemotional concerns in the elderly that could give rise to substance abuse problems

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Milton Friedman's monetarism and critique of Keynesian economics

When dealing with highs and lows of the business cycle, economists have two basic tools on hand to cushion the effects of recessions and inflation -- that of monetary and fiscal policy.

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How supply and demand reach market equilibrium

When the market is in a state of equilibrium, "the supply of an item is exactly equal to its demand. Since there is neither a surplus nor shortage in the market, there is no innate tendency for the price of the item to change" (Market equilibrium, 2010, Business Dictionary).

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Marketing and labeling a novel functional candy product

The product under consideration -- a potato chip style and shaped hard candy -- must be one that people both want and need, and the marketing of that product must be appropriate to elicit the proper response from the consumers who are going to buy it (Bass, 1993).

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The Mississippi River as metaphor for freedom and social critique

Twain's Adventures of Huck Finn illustrates a time and place that is familiar to everyone. In setting his story on and around the Mississippi River, Twain is comparing the boys' struggles and exploits to those of the greater society.

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New York State Workers Compensation Board and employment law reform

This year, marks the centennial anniversary of the famous Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire that occurred in New York City on March 25, 1911.

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General Romeo Dallaire's account of UN failure in Rwanda's genocide

One of the most underreported news stories of the 1990s was that of the genocide that took place in Rwanda. The magnitude of the tragedy was shocking: nearly 800,000 Tutsis were killed within three months.

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Urban planning approaches in the United States and Netherlands

Urban planning is affected by cultural traditions as norms as are all other aspects of a nation.

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