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fought over Africa’s resources, markets, and lands, with little regard for local cultures and citizens » (Griffin et al.,2003, p91). It is more important today for companies who want to move in a foreign country must adapt their own culture to the dominant one (in the chosen country); at first to respect the nation, but also to enhance their competitive advantage through cultural diversity. Lots of theorists as Ricardo or Smith mentioned ideas about the notion of culture in countries, influencing international

in Dubai, the “Dubai Mall” is considered to be the biggest mall in the world and attracts plenty of tourists for the whole city. As well as providing the customers with shopping possibilities, a mall provides entertainment with cinemas or restaurants. However, malls and Shopping centers also have disadvantages. Because they provide many types of stores and entertainment, they are usually filled with people, making it hard to enjoy shopping or even to find a parking place. For the consumer, the

Current Sociology http://csi.sagepub.com/ Shifting Heuristics in the Sociological Approach to Professional Trustworthiness : The Sociology of Science Vittorio Olgiati Current Sociology 2006 54: 533 DOI: 10.1177/0011392106065085 The online version of this article can be found at: http://csi.sagepub.com/content/54/4/533 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: International Sociological Association Additional services and information for Current Sociology can be found

up into cartels with strong barriers to entry in order to limit competition. Furniture’s prices were high and also reserved to well-heeled households. Retailers were especially located in downtowns and there were no way to target humble households because of high costs of such a localization. But, after WWII, new socio-demographic trends grew up, such as baby boom and new needs appeared. That is why in 1943, a 17 years old Swedish man, Ingvar Kamprad decided to launch IKEA, named as an acronym of

kilometres of beaches attract approximately 60 million visitors to the state per year. Amusement parks make up the major part of tourism, Florida is considered as the world capital of amusement parks. Many beach towns are also popular tourist destinations, particularly in the winter months. 2 – TYPE OF TOURISM Florida is one of the American states which economy is based upon the touristic activity. Once there, in addition to the image and idea that one has concerning the United States,

note has been prepared in order to help speakers and participants to explore the key questions to be addressed during the various sessions of the conference As mentioned in the letter of invitation, the aim of the conference is to take stock, look at the prospects for, and identify the responsibilities of the various actors involved in change, including civil society. Participants are also requested to consult official documents of the European institutions relevant to the seminar. The European Commission

Gandhi’s first crusade Judging from the title of the text, we can deduce that it will deal with events in Gandhi’s life and more precisely about the beginning of his protest, activism and the crusade he engaged in to fight for civil rights. Gandhi was an Indian political and spiritual leader who led India to independence from the British. He is known for being a pioneer of resistance through civil-disobedience founded upon non-violence. The text is an extract from a novel written by Roberta

narrator and her inmates appear to be like prisoners: in this gymnasium where she once has yearned for future, they have been treated like prisoners. Actually we do not really know if they are being held there because they are prisoners or if it is in order to assure their protections. However at the end of text, the reader can see the narrator and her inmates have been reduced to whisper to communicate between them: consequently the world, in which they are, seems to be a prison. As a reader, we are

Assessing the environment Political, Economic, Legal, Technological The Global Business Environment Following is a summary of global situations and trends, which managers need to monitor and incorporate in their strategic and operational planning. Globalism Business competitiveness has now evolved to a level of sophistication that many term globalism—global competition characterized by networks of international linkages that bind countries, institutions, and people in an interdependent

Like Jim Burden, her narrator,in My Antonia, Willa Cather was moved from a childhood home in Virginia to a house near Red Cloud, Nebraska. She says in an interview in 1913, »I would not know how much a child’s life is bound up in the woods and hills and meadows around it,if I had not been jerked away from all these and thrown out into a country as bare as a piece of sheet iron. » Jim,looking out of the wagon on his first journey cannot pray because of the emptiness : »There was nothing but land :