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Bowman, L. (2004). The "women's tradition" in Greek poetry. Phoenix 58 (1), 1-27.

Annette Lareau's book Unequal Childhoods (2003) is a lengthy report of her research on child raising practices in America. In the book she argues that there are two "logics" of childrearing evident in American society,…

Gabriel Garcia Marquez was born in the year 1928 in a small town called Aractaca, in Columbia. Columbia had won its independence from Spain in 1810, and this means that Columbia was one of the oldest known democracies…

The accumulation of knowedlge and insight within the context of any online strategy is beneficial to the long-term learning of an enterprise. The breadth and depth of learning that is achievable from the accumulated experiences of initiating, maintaining and continually improving e-commerce strategies is significant both from a financial and operational standpoint (Abrahams, Singh, 2010). Individual and organizational learning is enhanced and strengthened by the accumulated investment of time and resources to improve transaction workflows, increase the level of pricing accuracy, and fine-tune catalog management and merchandising innovation (Fomin, King, Lyytinen, McGann, 2005). Learning benefits from a personal standpoint accrue rapidly for those involved in the daily management of these initiatives internally, as e-commerce platforms often require an intensive level of cognitive, financial, marketing and Web-based knowledge to succeed. These four areas are where individuals involved in e-commerce discover their innate strengths over time and master specific aspects of e-commerce strategy and system execution. Individual learning is also accelerated from the standpoint of defining which specific strategies generate the highest and lowest levels of trust with potential and existing customers as well (Ratnasingam, 2005). All of these factors contribute to the learning experiences of individuals, and are accelerated and clarified by the role of information technologies used in e-commerce. Over time, organizations move rapidly down the experience curve of their specific e-commerce strategies and gain a core competency in them. Organizational learning is more long-term in scope as the intelligence, insight and knowledge needs to permeate the culture and processes of an organization to make a significant impact on institutional and corporate learning in aggregate (Ratnasingam, 2005). A secondary aspect of this learning process is the development of core competency and expertise in specific process areas as well. An effective e-commerce strategy is actually comprised of a series of highly complex, integrated and often IT-constrained business processes that must work together for the online strategies to function correctly. The need for process-based expertise at the individual level and corporate-wide is also a very strong catalyst of organizational learning. The integration of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems into e-commerce processes and strategies is critical to their success, and presents many opportunities for individual and corporate learning due to the critical and complex nature of these systems (Tsai, Hung, 2008). Individual and organizational learning is therefore achieved by the continual need to translate lessons learned in using these systems to the actual functioning of the e-commerce sites themselves (Gunasekaran, McGaughey, McNeil, 2004). Translating lessons learned into knowledge a company can use also forces a level of discipline and focus on both individuals and organizations to ensure learning is translated into competitive advantage through knowledge transfer at the enterprise system level (Tsai, Hung, 2008).

Media conglomerate AOL and news blog giant Huffington Post committed to a merger last year that would significantly impact both firms. The discussion here considers the implications of this merger, evaluating the two partners for their business compatibility. The discussion finds that both sides prioritize a balance of traffic generation and actual news.

The following research proposal describes the investigation of proteomic changes in a model bacteria after exposure to a previously validated antibiotic agent. This research is situated in a context of growing need for antibiotic development in response to growing resistance, which requires a greater understanding of internal bacterial mechanisms. A mixed methodology approach combining techniques of mass spectrometry and bioinformatics is selected and described for this research in response

Applying Deming's PDCA Cycle to Software Q.A.

Crimes vs. Civil Wrongs civil wrong, also called a tort, is covered by the tort law, a branch of civil law (Coleman 2003). A crime is the violation of a public law (Lexico Publishing Company LLC 2006) and covered by…

Should civil society have the right to bear arms? A Critical Look on the Issue of Individualism and Collectivism in the Interpretation of the Second Amendment

Ramesses II was known as the greatest Egyptian pharaoh of the New Kingdom. His reputation has mostly escalated as part of his own propaganda, with a myriad of written texts commissioned by him to depict his greatness.