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Contemporary Australian social movements: from radicalism to compromise

The intercession of information technology proliferation (i.e. internet, cellular phones, handheld mobile communication devices) with the intensification of globalization has had the impact of transforming the way in which states relate to one another.

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Digital technology and the future of the apparel industry

Increased strengths for the apparel industry in 2010 and beyond include the ability for fashion to be delivered with greater immediacy as well as changing marketing platforms, which interact in inextricable ways.

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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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A differentiated unit plan on the Great Depression

The Great Depression: The Great Depression was a major economic slump in North America, Europe and other industrialized areas of the world. It lasted from 1929 until about 1939. It was the worst economic depression that the Western world has every experienced.

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Confucian hierarchy and informal relations in Korean organizational management

Korean organizations and their implications in a cross-cultural setting" (lecture 2) as your point of departure, please contrast the cultural explanations offered in the article with those that could be offered using the theorists of Hofstede and Trompenaars.

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Corporate governance functions and corporate social responsibility integration

Corporate Governance can be defined as the principles which guide the interactions between the managerial directors, stakeholders and shareholders of a company.

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Data mining techniques for reducing healthcare facility costs

The specific focus was upon unprofitable DRGs [diagnosis-related groups] and attempted to discern the negative financial impact of specific types of Medicaid and Medicare patients upon a facility (Silver et al. 2001, p. 159).

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Masai barefoot technology and cultural exploitation in Western footwear

If the shoe fits: Is Masai Barefoot Technology (MBT) a naked example of cultural exploitation? Time-pressed Westerners are always looking for a way to save time and increase their physical fitness. Thus the 'rocker sole' shoe was born.

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Global civil society and the role of international NGOs

Clark, a.M., Friedman, E.J., & Hochstetler, K. (1998). The sovereign limits of a global civic society. World Politics 51 Oct 1998).

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James C. Scott's Seeing Like a State and state legibility

The first section of James C. Scott's (1998) Seeing Like a State spreads out the foundation of the book and clarifies its background data. Modern nation-states have accomplished hegemonic goals via a systematic process of legibility and simplification.

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