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Coordination and communication in international freight border crossing procedures

Border crossing rules and regulations are essential in freight movement, since they can either facilitate or obstruct the traffic of cargo. Freight has to go complete a series of procedures before it can safely cross into a particular jurisdiction.

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Comparing research designs for online and traditional MBA enrollment growth

Compare it to the traditional MBA program at Hawaii Pacific University. Suppose each was looking to expand the numbers of students in their programs; how might the research design differ for each?

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Ha Jin's *Waiting*: Cultural Revolution and gender roles in Mao's China

Waiting by Ha Jin was published in 1999. This is a tale of a love triangle in China during the Cultural Revolution. Lin Kong, a military doctor, was forced into marriage by his parents in 1962.

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Online recruitment in pharmaceutical clinical trials and employment

Trials. 2009. HighBeam Research. (January 4, 2011). http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P3-1800432001.html. The tremendous value of online portals for recruiters is hardly limited to the realm of hiring managers.

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Teacher perspectives on modern classroom instruction and education policy

This project consisted of a telephone interview with a professional educator who has taught for seven years: four years in two medium-sized middle school and three years in a small high school in the same large city.

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Capital One's acquisition strategy and strategic environmental challenges

Capital One's external environment and its recent acquisition strategy. Capital One's strategy to this point has been congruent with its need to diversify beyond credit cards and the lack of international opportunities in financial services.

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The Cleveland Orchestra strike: compensation, competition, and reputation

According to the Musicians of the Cleveland Orchestra Strike Statement (Rathbun 2010, n.pag.), the issue is compensation, but over a longer term than just this season.

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Plagiarism in the academic environment: causes and prevention strategies

When someone returns from the automobile repair shop and tells his friends, "I just fixed the transmission in my car," or when someone returns from a funeral and says, "I just had to bury my mother," most people intuitively recognize that these individuals caused these things to happen with the…

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Economic stimulus, banking performance, and the subprime mortgage crisis

The banking industry in the U.S. has been strongly and negatively impacted by the current financial situation of the country, particularly with regard to the subprime mortgage crisis. This crisis became very obvious in 2007 and, since then, there have been a lot of related problems.

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The emergence and historical division of Orthodox Judaism in nineteenth-century Europe

The historical context in which Orthodox Judaism originated is quite fascinating.

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