MEMORANDUM 4 To: Professor Charlotte Leskinen From: Group 5, International Business Law LLM (Daniela Pacino, Laura Kuenlen, Dima Al- Wazani, Enrique Adrien, Nghi Lam and Marina Miranda) Re: Analysis of Van Gen den Loos case Facts The case concerned Van Gend en Loos, a Dutch postal transportation company that imported a chemical product – ureaformldehyde - from West Germany to the Netherlands. The Dutch customs authorities charged them a tariff on the import
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Academic procrastination in college students: The role of self-reported executive function Procrastination is the intentional delay of due tasks. The term is a known phenomenon in a college setting so I decided it would be beneficial to examine an experiment that evaluated how procrastination hurts different aspects of a college student’s life. The experiment I found was by Laura A. Rabin, Joshua Fogel and Katherine E. Nutter- Upham and they hypothesized that procrastination can negatively
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The Flynn Effect 1. Question 1 In my opinion is important to define the meaning of “getting smarter” and I think it is to have achieved a greater level of consciousness about the world and opportunities around us. Taken this point we can say that the environment created by us is constantly changing reflecting the goals achieved in the research and in the science, due this consideration, actually there are better instruments
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Brief Summary The article “Rethink the Hawthorne Studies: The Western Electric research in its social, political and historical context. Human Relations” attempted to provide an insight about the Hawthorne study conducted to provide an investigation of organisational history for a company named as “Western Electric”. The article primary objective was to understand organisational behavior within range of social, political and historical factors and to address question around identifying the kind
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Affirmative Agreement: 4K TV will be no more successful than 3D TV. According to Barry Sandrew, who is an internationally recognized visual effect pioneer and digital imaging expert, “To the average consumer looking to purchase a big screen TV, 3D is unavoidable.” Today it is difficult to purchase a big, flat screen TV from a reputable manufacturer that is not 3D ready, even if the soncumerdid not purchase the set specifically for that feature. Despite what you might read in the media says that
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keeps the reader intrigued and also ready to move along to the next circumstance. I’m sure he structures his chapters the way he does because he wants the reader to blatantly recognize the different situations. Titling the chapter “The Matthew Effect” was clever. Once making the connection between the actual biblical passage and the true actualities of success, one can see that success has been a universal goal for quite some time. It’s also reassuring to see that the Bible’s messages are still
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socially and culturally (Dreher,2008). Nowadays, the world is becoming more and more globalized. There is no country that can escape from globalisation. With globalisation, many countries get benefits from it. However, it also caused many negative effects from globalisation in many countries. As the ancient Chinese Philosopher Laozi said: “Good fortune follows upon disaster; Disaster lurks within good fortune; Who can say how things will end? Perhaps there is no end.” So it is natural to oppose globalisation
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Information Rules A STRATEGIC GUIDE TO THE NETWORK ECONOMY Carl Shapiro Hal R. Varian HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PRESS BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS Copyright © 1999 Carl Shapiro and Hai R. Varian All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 03 02 01 00 99 5 Library of Congres§ Cataloging-in-Publication Data Shapiro, Carl. Information rules : a strategic guide to the network economy / Carl Shapiro and Hal R. Varian. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN
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Question 1.1 Identify two (2) likely medical diagnoses for his presenting condition. Provide a rationale for your answer including the underlying pathophysiology and presenting clinical symptoms. 1. Congestive Heart Failure, (CHF) occurs when the heart cannot pump sufficient blood to meet the body’s demands where weakened chambers allow blood to pool triggering fluid retention in lungs, legs and abdomen (Figueroa & Peters, 2006). The patient has left sided congestive heart failure where left
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Critically evaluate the classical and human relations approaches of management theory. A central part of the study of organisation and management is the development of management thinking and management theory, applying theory can cause change in actual behaviour and managers reading the work of leading writers may see their ideas, attitudes and conclusions being influenced by management practise. The classical approach towards management theory was developed shortly after scientific management
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