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California Pizza Kitchen's strategic positioning and competitive advantages

For the company to continue to open up new markets, it must also concentrate on adjacent meal segments including brunch and lunch, a strategy their primary competitor in this segment, Panera Bread has done exceptionally well.

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Cognitive biases, heuristics, and language acquisition in decision-making

Decisions are often influenced by prior experience and stereotypes rather than by probabilities and the direct facts of a given decision. There are also systematic ways of making decisions -- deliberation -- or through simple cues.

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Comparing Microsoft .NET and J2EE application development environments

The intent of this analysis is to compare Microsoft .NET and Java Platform Enterprise Edition (J2EE) application and deployment development environments across six dimensions. These include a comparison of their functionality, reliability, efficiency, usability, portability and maintainability.

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Stereotyping and discrimination against an Asian immigrant coworker

Through my studies, I have learned that stereotyping and prejudice in the work place are very real and present issues. On the other hand, I had never firsthand learned of instances where discrimination had been overtly present in the workplace.

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Promotional strategies for Australian musicians in international markets

The case study documented a multitude of strategies used in promoting Australian music in the international market. These promo strategies are identified as follows: live performances, recording releases, sales and chart positions, radio airplay, video clip broadcast and official website.

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Elder abuse prevalence and underreporting in twenty-first century America

First question: Is elder abuse more prevalent today than in pre-industrial America? That is an impossible question to answer with absolute certainty due to the lack of data that was kept in the 19th Century. However, that having been said, in the book Elder Abuse: Conflict in the Family (p.

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Sonic characteristics and cultural contexts of world music traditions

"Slow Hora/Freylekhs" is a traditional Klezmer song performed by the Klezmer Conservatory Band. The song represents the style and instrumentation of Eastern European Jewish music, and includes the strong representation of woodwinds.

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Foucault and feminist rhetoric: discourse, knowledge, and patriarchal power

According to Foucault, discourse creates knowledge ("Michel Foucault on Rhetoric"). In fact, discourse also has the power to create reality. Therefore, the rules that govern discourse play a major role in the content of knowledge, how it is created, and how that knowledge is disseminated.

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Economic inequality between African-Americans and whites since Obama's election

Since Barack Obama's election, many people have suggested that the U.S. is a post-racial society.

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Internet's impact on business communication practices and efficiency

The area of business communications has necessarily received increased attention in the years following the advent of the Internet, which has revolutionized communication in all aspects of life.

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