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AIG Insurance Company's rise, expansion, and financial scandals

The initiation of the AIG phenomenon was back in the year 1919 under the guidance of Cornelius Vander Starr. He established the AIG insurance corporation first in Shanghai, China. Starr was the pioneer in China as he became the very first Westerner to establish insurance trade in China.

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Women as family managers in Ming-Qing China: Yang Jisheng and Gu Ruopu

The family letters written by heroic court official Yang Jisheng and esteemed family matriarch Gu Ruopu stand as two of the more candid glimpses into Ming-Qing family life available to us.

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Crocs' supply chain model and competitive advantage strategy

The intent of this analysis is to evaluate the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats (SWOT) of Crocs Company (CROX; NASDAQ). This analysis is based on the Stanford Graduate School of Business case study, Crocs: Revolutionizing an Industry's Supply Chain Model for Competitive Advantage.

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Motivations and benefits of regular physical exercise

The subject of exercise has been consistently brought to the forefront, as it is the focus of increasing attention and discussion. This however is nothing new, as interest has begun to wane, with it suddenly becoming topical once more.

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Attachment theory: Bowlby, Ainsworth, and modern psychological applications

We then present its applications in the modern psychology.

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Stonehenge as a Neolithic and Bronze Age burial monument

Stonehenge is a prehistoric monument located in the English countryside, in the county of Wiltshire around 13 miles north of the city of Salisbury. It is one of the most famous of the ancient sites, composed of earthworks surrounding a circular setting of large, standing stones.

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Production functions, returns to scale, and cost analysis

Returns to scale refers to the relation between output and proportional variation in all inputs taken together. A production function displays constant returns to scale when a 1% change in all inputs results in a 1% change in output.

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Community policing as police and community collaboration for crime prevention

Community policing is, in essence, collaboration between the police and the community that identifies and solves community problems (Monograph, 1994).

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Eve's portrayal and God's omniscience in Genesis and the Quran

The story of Adam and Eve appear both in the Holy Quran and Bible but there are some significant differences. Even though the story is basically the same, the differences lie in the way it is told and the description assigned to each character.

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Mixed methods research: combining qualitative and quantitative approaches

Research can be conducted for a variety of purposes, from individual ones to market study and customer behavior.

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