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Sony's strategic failures in digital music, Blu-ray, and gaming

As explained by McIntyre (2009), nearly every segment of Sony's business did poorly for its fiscal year ending March 31, 2009 Revenue in its electronics division dropped 17% due to intense price pressure in LCD TVs, PCs and video cameras. Sony's video game division had an 18% drop in revenue.

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A late start to reading: how I caught up in first grade

It's spring of my kindergarten year. Everyone else knows all of their ABCs; many of my classmates were reading rudimentary picture books on their own and a few could even read some more advanced books. I was happy, well adjusted, and as far as anyone knew I still couldn't read a word.

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Supply chain management and late customization in the personal computer industry

Supply chain management is an extremely important aspect of business management. The implementation of the proper supply chain can spell the success or failure of a business.

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The transformative power of Steinbeck's "The Winter of Our Discontent"

I can still vividly remember the first time I was completely bowled over by a work of literature. I was fourteen years old and sitting alone in my living room at one o'clock in the morning.

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Academic perspectives on tenure in higher education

"Tenure." National education association. Accessed 8 September 2009. This website provides an overview of the current tenure situation, noting that tenure-track positions are going unfilled as they are vacated due to retirement with short-term and temporary contracts being implemented in tenure's…

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Pharmacogenomics: tailoring drug treatment to individual genetic makeup

The currently dominant tendency in Western medicine is to appeal to methods of pharmacological treatment to attack ailments, diseases and the symptoms of conditions. The degree to which this strategy for treatment is successful may be subject to widespread debate.

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Women as metaphors for national liberation in Chinese cinema

liberation of china women 'As women go, so go the nation' -- women as metaphors of nation liberation and stasis in Chinese cinema

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Multidisciplinary team approach to pregnant adolescent smoking cessation

Pregnant figureswomen are a group of special interest as far as smoking is concerned. It is not only their own pregnanthealth that needs to be considered but also that of their unborn child.

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The 1921 Tulsa race massacre and destruction of Black Wall Street

"The next day when the riot was on, and after we had fled to safety further north, a person who was in the area described an armed, angry white mobster who stood in front of our house and snarled "Where is that uppity Nigger who was so bold yesterday?" If my father had still been in our house, he…

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Evaluating Ben's MBA decision through present value analysis

Ben's age affects his decision to get his MBA because the amount of time remaining in the workforce will have an impact on the present value of his future earnings. As a younger worker, Ben will have 33 more years of earnings after his MBA.

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