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Human impact on the ecology of Monterey Bay region

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Internet cafe chain expansion in Bangalore, Chennai, and Hyderabad

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The Ming Dynasty, Samurai culture, and East Asian dominance, 1368-1644

With a culture that spans some three thousand years, the East Asian civilizations were at one time much more sophisticated than its western counterparts.

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Cultural barriers and outsourcing in U.S.-India business relations

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As of late 2010, rumors in the financial community persist that Spain is going to be the next Eurozone nation to suffer an economic crisis.

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The Group Behavior Model applied to academic library work group performance

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Dombrowsky's definition of disaster in post-9/11 context

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Effects of Middle Eastern crises on international and local businesses

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