...Corporate Reputation Review Volume 12 Number 4 A Systematic Review of the Corporate Reputation Literature: Definition, Measurement, and Theory Kent Walker Asper School of Business, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada ABSTRACT A systematic review of the corporate reputation literature is conducted. The final sample of 54 articles (and one book) consists of well-cited papers, and papers in journals that have published high quality work in corporate reputation. The sample is then analyzed and the three fundamental problems in the reputation literature are addressed – the need for a comprehensive and well-accepted definition, the difficulty in operationalizing corporate reputation, and the ongoing need for more developed theory. Two main findings evolve from this analysis: (1) reputation may have different dimensions and is issue specific, and (2) different stakeholder groups may have different perceptions of corporate reputations. The implications for future research are discussed. Corporate Reputation Review (2010) 12, 357–387. doi:10.1057/crr.2009.26 KEYWORDS: corporate reputation; definition; operationalization; organizational identity; organizational image; systematic review INTRODUCTION There are many reasons why organizations and researchers should care about corporate reputation. The relationship between reputation and a sustained competitive advantage is widely acknowledged in the literature (eg, Fombrun and Shanley, 1990; Fombrun, 1996;...
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...Journal of Business Research 62 (2009) 305–313 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Business Research Brand extension feedback: The role of advertising ☆ Eva Martínez a,⁎, Teresa Montaner b,1, José M. Pina a,2 a b Departamento de Economía y Dirección de Empresas, Facultad de Ciencias Económicas y Empresariales, Gran Vía 2, Zaragoza 50005, Spain Departamento de Economía y Dirección de Empresas, Escuela Universitaria de Estudios Empresariales, María de Luna S/N Edificio Lorenzo Normante, Zaragoza 50018, Spain A R T I C L E I N F O A B S T R A C T Firms often use brand extensions as a way of introducing their new products, although they also risk diluting their brand image. In order to understand how consumers assess extensions and extended brands, the present work proposes and estimates a theoretical model, using the structural equation methodology. The results of the estimation indicate that the attitude towards the extension influences brand image and that this attitude is a consequence of the initial brand beliefs and the coherence of the new product. A multisample analysis also reveals that favoring the introduction of extensions through adequate advertising constitutes an efficient way of protecting brand image. © 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. Article history: Received 1 May 2007 Received in revised form 1 February 2008 Accepted 1 May 2008 Keywords: Brand extensions Brand image Brand equity Advertising 1. Introduction Launching...
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...Employment Sector Employment Working Paper No. 74 2011 Global economic crisis, gender and employment: The impact and policy response Naoko Otobe Employment Sector Copyright © International Labour Organization First published 2011 Publications of the International Labour Office enjoy copyright under Protocol 2 of the Universal Copyright Convention. Nevertheless, short excerpts from them may be reproduced without authorization, on condition that the source is indicated. For rights of reproduction or translation, application should be made to ILO Publications (Rights and Permissions), International Labour Office, CH-1211 Geneva 22, Switzerland, or by email: pubdroit@ilo.org. The International Labour Office welcomes such applications. Libraries, institutions and other users registered with reproduction rights organizations may make copies in accordance with the licences issued to them for this purpose. Visit www.ifrro.org to find the reproduction rights organization in your country. Otobe, Naoko Global economic crisis, gender and employment : the impact and policy response / Naoko Otobe ; International Labour Office, Employment Sector. - Geneva: ILO, 2011 1 v. (Employment working paper) ISBN: 9789221241690; 9789221241706 (web pdf) ISSN 1999-2939 (print); ISSN 1999-2947 (web pdf) International Labour Office; Employment Sector women workers / men workers / employment / unemployment / gender equality / employment policy / social policy / economic recession / developed...
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...1108/20425961211221615 Downloaded on: 08 October 2014, At: 10:18 (PT) References: this document contains references to 124 other documents. To copy this document: permissions@emeraldinsight.com The fulltext of this document has been downloaded 4276 times since 2012* Users who downloaded this article also downloaded: Elham Rahbar, Nabsiah Abdul Wahid, (2011),"Investigation of green marketing tools' effect on consumers' purchase behavior", Business Strategy Series, Vol. 12 Iss 2 pp. 73-83 Kaman Lee, (2008),"Opportunities for green marketing: young consumers", Marketing Intelligence & Planning, Vol. 26 Iss 6 pp. 573-586 Charles Dennis, Lisa Harris, Ken Peattie, Andrew Crane, (2005),"Green marketing: legend, myth, farce or prophesy?", Qualitative Market Research: An International Journal, Vol. 8 Iss 4 pp. 357-370 Access to this document was granted through an Emerald subscription provided by 581774 [] For Authors If you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit...
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...Bibliography for Social Network Sites related thesis Aaltonen, S,, Kakderi, C,, Hausmann, V, and Heinze, A. (2013). Social media in Europe: Lessons from an online survey. In proceedings of the 18th UKAIS Annual Conference: Social Information Systems. (pp. Availalable online). USIR. , and 2013, , in: , 19-20 March 2013, Worcester College, Oxford, UK. (conference paper) Acquisti, Alessandro, and Gross, Ralph. (2006). Imagined Communities: Awareness, Information Sharing, and Privacy on the Facebook.In Golle, P. and Danezis, G. (Eds.), Proceedings of 6th Workshop on Privacy Enhancing Technologies. (pp. 36--58).Cambridge, U.K. Robinson College. June 28-30. (conference paper) Acquisti, Alessandro, and Gross, Ralph. (2009). Predicting Social Security numbers from public data. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106 (27), 10975-10980. (journal article) Adamic, Lada, Buyukkokten,Orkut, and Eytan Adar. (2003). A social network caught in the Web. First Monday, 8 (6). (journal article) Adrien Guille, Hakim Hacid, Cécile Favre, and Djamel A. Zighed. (2013). Information diffusion in online social networks: a survey. SIGMOD Record, 42 (2). (journal article) Agarwal, S., and Mital, M.. (2009). Focus on Business Practices: An Exploratory Study of Indian University Students' Use of Social Networking Web Sites: Implications for the Workplace. Business Communication Quarterly. (journal article) Ahmed OH, Sullivan SJ, Schneiders AG, and McCrory P. (2010). iSupport:...
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...Media History Contents 1 Introduction 1.1 Mass media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1.1 1.1.2 1.1.3 1.1.4 1.1.5 1.1.6 1.1.7 1.1.8 1.1.9 Issues with definition . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Forms of mass media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Purposes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Professions involving mass media . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . History . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Influence and sociology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Ethical issues and criticism . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . See also . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 1 1 2 6 6 7 8 10 10 10 10 11 11 12 12 12 12 16 16 17 17 17 17 17 17 18 19 20 21 21 21 1.1.10 Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1.11 References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1.12 Further reading . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1.1.13 External links . . . . . . . . ....
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...داﻧﺸﻜﺪه ﻋﻠﻮم اﺟﺘﻤﺎﻋﻲ ﮔﺮوه ﻣﺪﻳﺮﻳﺖ ﺻﻨﻌﺘﻲ MBA ﺑﺮﻧﺪﻳﻨﮓ و ﺗﻮﺳﻌﺔ ﺑﺮﻧﺪ ﻣﺰاﻳﺎ و ﻣﻌﺎﻳﺐ، ﭼﺎﻟﺶﻫﺎ و راﻫﻜﺎرﻫﺎ اﺳﺘﺎد: ﺟﻨﺎب آﻗﺎي دﻛﺘﺮ ﻓﻀﻠﻲ ﺗﺮﺟﻤﻪ و ﺗﺄﻟﻴﻒ: ﻣﺤﻤﺪ اﺳﺪي ﺤﻤ آذر و دي 9831 ﻓﻬﺮﺳﺖ ﻣﻄﺎﻟﺐ ﻣﻘﺪﻣﻪ 1 ﻣﻘﺎﻟﺔ اول - ﻧﺎﻣﻬﺎي ﺑﺮﮔﺮﻓﺘﻪ در ﻣﻘﺎﺑﻞ ﻧﺎﻣﻬﺎي اﺻﻠﻲ در ﺗﻮﺳﻌﺔ ﺑﺮﻧﺪ 2 ﻣﻘﺎﻟﺔ دوم - ﺑﺎزﺧﻮرد ﺗﻮﺳﻌﺔ ﺑﺮﻧﺪ: ﻧﻘﺶ ﺗﺒﻠﻴﻐﺎت 81 ﻣﻘﺎﻟﺔ ﺗﺄﻟﻴﻔﻲ - ﺑﺮﻧﺪﻳﻨﮓ و ﺗﻮﺳﻌﺔ ﺑﺮﻧﺪ: ﻣﺰاﻳﺎ و ﻣﻌﺎﻳﺐ، ﭼﺎﻟﺶﻫﺎ و راﻫﻜﺎرﻫﺎ 23 ﭘﻴﻮﺳﺖ 1 – اﺻﻞ ﻣﻘﺎﻟﺔ اول 84 ﭘﻴﻮﺳﺖ 2 – اﺻﻞ ﻣﻘﺎﻟﺔ دوم 65 i ﻣﻘﺪﻣﻪ ﻣﻘﺪﻣﻪ در ﮔﺬﺷﺘﻪ، ﺑﻴﺸﺘﺮ ﻣﺤﺼﻮﻻت ﺑﺪون ﻧﺎم ﻋﺮﺿﻪ ﻣﻲﺷﺪﻧﺪ. ﺗﻮﻟﻴﺪﻛﻨﻨﺪﮔﺎن ﺗﻨﻬﺎ واﺳﻄﻪﻫﺎﻳﻲ ﺑﻮدﻧﺪ ﺑﻴﻦ ﻣﻮاد اوﻟﻴﻪ و ﻣﺼﺮفﻛﻨﻨﺪة ﻧﻬﺎﻳﻲ و ﺑﻪ دﻟﻴﻞ ﻣﺤﺪود ﺑﻮدن ﺟﻮاﻣﻊ و دﺳﺘﺮﺳﻲ آنﻫﺎ ﺑﻪ ﺑﺎزارﻫﺎي ﻣﺨﺘﻠﻒ، اﺻﻮﻻً رﻗﺎﺑﺖ ﺑﻪ ﻣﻌﻨﺎ و ﺷﻜﻞ اﻣﺮوز وﺟﻮد ﻧﺪاﺷﺖ. ﺑﺎ ﮔﺬﺷﺖ زﻣﺎن و ﭘﻴﺸﺮﻓﺖ ﺟﻮاﻣﻊ، ﻗﺮن ﺣﺎﺿﺮ ﺑﻪ دورة ﺗﻐﻴﻴﺮات ﺳﺮﻳﻊ ﺑﺪل ﮔﺸﺘﻪ و ﻻزﻣﺔ ﻣﺼﻮن ﻣﺎﻧﺪن از ﺗﺒﻌﺎت اﻳﻦ ﺗﻐﻴﻴﺮات ﺳﺮﻳﻊ، ﺑﻪ روز ﻧﮕﻪ داﺷﺘﻦ ﻣﺰﻳﺘﻬﺎي رﻗﺎﺑﺘﻲ اﺳﺖ. ﻳﻜﻲ از ﻣﻮاردي ﻛﻪ در ادﺑﻴﺎت ﻣﻌﺎﺻﺮ ﻣﺪﻳﺮﻳﺖ، از آن ﺑﻪ ﻋﻨﻮان ﻣﺰﻳﺖ رﻗﺎﺑﺘﻲ ﻳﺎد ﻣﻲﺷﻮد، »ﺑﺮﻧﺪ« اﺳﺖ. ﺑﺮاي ﺑﺮﻧﺪ ﺗﻌﺎرﻳﻒ ﻣﺨﺘﻠﻔﻲ اراﺋﻪ ﺷﺪه ﻛﻪ ﻫﻤﺔ آﻧﻬﺎ ﻣﻮاردي از ﻗﺒﻴﻞ ﻧﺎم ﺗﺠﺎري، ﻟﻮﮔﻮ، ﺷﻌﺎر ﺗﺒﻠﻴﻐﺎﺗﻲ و ﻣﻔﺎﻫﻴﻤﻲ از اﻳﻦ دﺳﺖ را در ﺑﺮ ﻣﻲﮔﻴﺮﻧﺪ. اﻣﺎ واﻗﻌﻴﺖ اﻳﻦ اﺳﺖ ﻛﻪ ﺑﺮﻧﺪ ﻣﻔﻬﻮﻣﻲ ﻓﺮاﺗﺮ از ﻫﻤﺔ اﻳﻦ ﻣﻮارد اﺳﺖ. ﺑﺮﻧﺪ، ﺣﺴﻲ از ﻣﺤﺼﻮل ﻳﺎ ﻣﺤﺼﻮﻻت ﻳﻚ ﺷﺮﻛﺖ اﺳﺖ ﻛﻪ در ذﻫﻦ ﻣﺼﺮفﻛﻨﻨﺪه ﺣﻚ ﺷﺪه و ﺑﺴﺘﻪ ﺑﻪ ﻣﻴﺰان ﻣﻄﻠﻮﺑﻴﺖ اﻳﻦ ﺣﺲ، ﺑﺮﻧﺪ ﺷﺮﻛﺖ ارزش ﭘﻴﺪا ﻛﺮده و ﺑﺎ ﮔﺬﺷﺖ زﻣﺎن ﺗﺒﺪﻳﻞ ﺑﻪ ﻳﻜﻲ از داراﻳﻲﻫﺎي ﻗﺎﺑﻞ ﺗﻮﺟﻪ ﺳﺎزﻣﺎن ﻣﻲﮔﺮدد. در اﻳﻦ ﻣﺠﻤﻮﻋﻪ، دو ﻣﻘﺎﻟﻪ ﺑﺎ ﻋﻨﺎوﻳﻦ »ﻧﺎﻣﻬﺎي ﺑﺮﮔﺮﻓﺘﻪ...
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...Supervisor: Magnus Linderströmd Title: Factors influence consumer purchase decisions of Private Label Food Products Keywords: Private Label Brand, consumer attitudes, intention, perceptions, ICA Basic Abbreviations PLB: Private Label Brand, WOM: word of mouth Research questions: Which factors influence consumers buying decisions of low-price PLBs food products? How consumers perceive low-price PLB food product? Case study of ICA Basic Research purpose: The purpose of this study is to identify and analyze factors that influence consumer purchasing decision of private label food products. Method: In this case study, both secondary data and primary were utilized. Secondary data was obtained from relevant literatures, online journals, articles, blogs, and other electronic sources. The primary data was collected by the combination of quantitative and qualitative approaches. Qualitative data was carried out through interviews with store manager of ICA Skrapan, Västerås and with ICA PLB manager; quantitative data were collected through online survey, designed on the platform providing by the commercial website surveymonkey.com Conclusions: The research identified five factors that influence consumers' purchase decision of low-price private label brands are brand, brand related activities (advertisement & word of mouth),...
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...Dictionary of Travel, Tourism and Hospitality By the same author Britain – Workshop or Service Centre to the World? The British Hotel and Catering Industry The Business of Hotels (with H. Ingram) Europeans on Holiday Higher Education and Research in Tourism in Western Europe Historical Development of Tourism (with A.J. Burkart) Holiday Surveys Examined The Management of Tourism (with A.J. Burkart eds) Managing Tourism (ed.) A Manual of Hotel Reception (with J.R.S. Beavis) Paying Guests Profile of the Hotel and Catering Industry (with D.W. Airey) Tourism and Hospitality in the 21st Century (with A. Lockwood eds) Tourism and Productivity Tourism Council of the South Pacific Corporate Plan Tourism Employment in Wales Tourism: Past, Present and Future (with A.J. Burkart) Trends in Tourism: World Experience and England’s Prospects Trends in World Tourism Understanding Tourism Your Manpower (with J. Denton) Dictionary of Travel, Tourism and Hospitality S. Medlik Third edition OXFORD AMSTERDAM BOSTON LONDON NEW YORK PARIS SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO SINGAPORE SYDNEY TOKYO Butterworth-Heinemann An imprint of Elsevier Science Linacre House, Jordan Hill, Oxford OX2 8DP 200 Wheeler Road, Burlington MA 01803 First published 1993 Reprinted (with amendments) 1994 Second edition 1996 Third edition 2003 Copyright © 1993, 1996, 2003, S. Medlik. All rights reserved The right of S. Medlik to be identified as the author of this work has been asserted...
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...A Practical Introduction to Data Structures and Algorithm Analysis Third Edition (Java) Clifford A. Shaffer Department of Computer Science Virginia Tech Blacksburg, VA 24061 April 16, 2009 Copyright c 2008 by Clifford A. Shaffer. This document is the draft of a book to be published by Prentice Hall and may not be duplicated without the express written consent of either the author or a representative of the publisher. Contents Preface xiii I Preliminaries 1 1 Data Structures and Algorithms 1.1 A Philosophy of Data Structures 1.1.1 The Need for Data Structures 1.1.2 Costs and Benefits 1.2 Abstract Data Types and Data Structures 1.3 Design Patterns 1.3.1 Flyweight 1.3.2 Visitor 1.3.3 Composite 1.3.4 Strategy 1.4 Problems, Algorithms, and Programs 1.5 Further Reading 1.6 Exercises 3 4 4 6 8 12 13 14 15 16 17 19 21 2 Mathematical Preliminaries 2.1 Sets and Relations 2.2 Miscellaneous Notation 2.3 Logarithms 2.4 Summations and Recurrences 25 25 29 31 33 iii iv Contents 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8 2.9 3 II 4 Recursion Mathematical Proof Techniques 2.6.1 Direct Proof 2.6.2 Proof by Contradiction 2.6.3 Proof by Mathematical Induction Estimating Further Reading Exercises Algorithm Analysis 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Best, Worst, and Average Cases 3.3 A Faster Computer, or a Faster Algorithm? 3.4 Asymptotic Analysis 3.4.1 Upper Bounds 3.4.2 Lower Bounds 3.4.3 Θ Notation 3.4.4 Simplifying...
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...stoAnnual Report 2010 2010 year ended august 29, 2010 THE COMPANY Costco Wholesale Corporation and its subsidiaries (“Costco” or the “Company”) began operations in 1983 in Seattle, Washington. In October 1993, Costco merged with The Price Company, which had pioneered the membership warehouse concept, to form Price/Costco, Inc., a Delaware corporation. In January 1997, after the spin-off of most of its non-warehouse assets to Price Enterprises, Inc., the Company changed its name to Costco Companies, Inc. On August 30, 1999, the Company reincorporated from Delaware to Washington and changed its name to Costco Wholesale Corporation, which trades on the NASDAQ under the symbol “COST.” As of December 2010, the Company operated a chain of 582 warehouses in 40 states and Puerto Rico (425 locations), nine Canadian provinces (80 locations), the United Kingdom (22 locations), Korea (seven locations), Taiwan (six locations, through a 55%-owned subsidiary), Japan (nine locations) and Australia (one location), as well as 32 warehouses in Mexico through a 50%-owned joint venture. CONTENTS Financial Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Letter to Shareholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Map of Warehouse Locations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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...Annual Report 2012 2012 YEAR ENDED SEPTEMBER 2, 2012 THE COMPANY Costco Wholesale Corporation and its subsidiaries (Costco or the Company) began operations in 1983 in Seattle, Washington. In October 1993, Costco merged with The Price Company, which had pioneered the membership warehouse concept, to form Price/Costco, Inc., a Delaware corporation. In January 1997, after the spin-off of most of its non-warehouse assets to Price Enterprises, Inc., the Company changed its name to Costco Companies, Inc. On August 30, 1999, the Company reincorporated from Delaware to Washington and changed its name to Costco Wholesale Corporation, which trades on the NASDAQ Global Select Market under the symbol “COST”. As of December 2012, the Company operated a chain of 622 warehouses in 41 states and Puerto Rico (448 locations), nine Canadian provinces (85 locations), Mexico (32 locations), the United Kingdom (23 locations), Japan (13 locations), Korea (nine locations), Taiwan (nine locations, through a 55%-owned subsidiary) and Australia (three locations). The Company also operates Costco Online, electronic commerce web sites, at www.costco.com (U.S.), www.costco.ca (Canada), and www.costco.co.uk (United Kingdom). CONTENTS Financial Highlights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Letter to Shareholders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...
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...Contents Preface Prologue: We have it Made Part I: The Mission Chapter 1: A Consumer Goes Global Chapter 2: Tattoo’s Tropical Paradise Chapter 3: Fake Blood, Sweat, and Tears Part II: My Underwear: Made in Bangladesh Chapter 4: Jingle these Chapter 5: Undercover in the Underwear Biz Chapter 6: Bangladesh Amusement Park Chapter 7: Inside My First Sweatshop Chapter 8: Child Labor in Action Chapter 9: Arifa, the Garment Worker Chapter 10: Hope Chapter 11: No Black and White, Only Green Update for Revised Edition: Hungry for Choices Part III: My Pants: Made in Cambodia Chapter 12: Labor Day Chapter 13: Year Zero Chapter 14: Those Who Wear Levi’s Chapter 15: Those Who Make Levi’s Chapter 16: Blue Jean Machine Chapter 17: Progress Chapter 18: Treasure and Trash Update for Revised Edition: The Faces of Crisis Part IV: My Flip-Flops: Made in China Chapter 19: PO’ed VP Chapter 20: Life at the Bottom Chapter 21: Growing Pains Chapter 22: The Real China Chapter 23: On a Budget Chapter 24: An All-American Chinese Walmart Chapter 25: The Chinese Fantasy Update for Revised Edition: Migration Part V: Made in America Chapter 26: For Richer, for Poorer Update for Revised Edition: Restarting, Again Chapter 27: Return to Fantasy Island Chapter 28: Amilcar’s Journey Chapter 29: An American Dream Chapter 30: Touron Goes Glocal Appendix A: Discussion Questions Appendix B: Note to Freshman Me Appendix C: Where Are You Teaching? Acknowledgments Copyright © 2012 by Kelsey Timmerman...
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...Barbados Barbados is a North American sovereign island country located in the Caribbean. The capital of this state is Bridgetown. This state raised its head as an independent state in 1966 after being a Colony of the British Empire for almost 350 years. Category | Fact | Category | Fact | 1.Size | 439 Square km | 4.Religion | Christianity | 2.Population | 277,821 | 5.Currency | Barbadian Dollar | 3.Language | Barbadian | 6.GDP Rate | $16,653 | The main resources of Barbados are Petroleum, Fish, Natural gas, Sugarcane etc. The national symbols of Barbados are Neptune's trident, pelican, and Red Bird of Paradise flower (also known as Pride of Barbados). In Barbados Queen Elizabeth II is the Head of the State and represented locally by Governor General which is at present Elliott Belgrave. These two heads are advised by the Prime Minister of Barbados who is also the Head of the Government on matters of Barbadian state. The current Prime Minister of Barbados is Freundel Stuart. ...
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