...I have sympathy for most of the character in the book The Road, because “the man” and “the boy” have to pass day struggling to survive where food was difficult to obtain. “They squatted in the road and ate rice and cold beans they’d cooked days ago.” “Already beginning to ferment.”(29). The landscape is blackened, and mankind is almost extinct “The mummified dead everywhere.” (24). When the boy's mother takes her own life, I Was sad for the boy simply because his mom, someone he depended upon gave hope on him. I wanted to hold on to the child and hold on to him even though he has no clue his mother has left him. I felt very sorry for the man because he has to tell his child where his mother was even though the child is clueless. What am i to tell him?”(58). As a mother, in some ways, I also felt sorry for the mother in this book, because most women dream of the day she will have a child of her own to love care for, but her mother had to give birth to her son after the mess and brought tear of sorrow. She...
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...Survival We have to do some things that we never thought we would do in order to survive. We have to take risks even if it endangers our life to live another day. Dana, the main character in Kindred, went back in time to the Antebellum south, where she faced many challenges.Dana did things she normally wouldn’t do to survive and to try and get back to her time period.In Kindred, Octavia Butler uses Dana’s conflict to portray her idea that people would do things that they never imagined that they do in order to survive. For Dana, just going back to the Antebellum was already hard enough because she was black. Due to her race, Dana face a lot of obstacles that made it even more difficult to survive in the past. “I had hit my head on...
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...------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- Faculty Use Only ------------------------------------------------- <Faculty comments here> ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- <Faculty Name> <Grade Earned> <Writing Score> <Date Graded> Introduction The problem to be investigated in this paper is the relationship between capitalism and the corporation and how socialism will affect this relationship. In the ever expanding economy, the government is trying to cash in more and more by taking over the capital owned by firms. The firms have to try to survive by doing whatever it takes to keep the government from overtaking their capital. In the big picture, firms what to make a profit but also provide a benefit to the society as a whole. We have to look deeper to explain what socialism and capitalism really are and what the corporations are really trying to do. Social Responsibility of Business Friedman said that the social responsibility of a business is to increase its profits (Friedman, 1970). He went on to explain that a corporation is not really a person but it has artificial responsibilities but as a whole a corporation cannot be said to have true responsibilities (Friedman, 1970). Friedman also told us that executives of a company have the responsibility...
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...The concept of security has many associations. It can include safety to individuals, the society, groups that include status, religion and colour, businesses and any other legitimate organizations. The concept of security has been an issue across generations both in animal and human societies. The often quoted sentence ‘survival of the fittest’ comes to mind in this instance. This suggests that individuals and groups (of any order) will resist and create conflict in order to survive in a particular environment, whether it is within a family, society, politics, or a business environment. Whatever the reasons may be or legitimacy of the conflict, it is up to the receiving party to ensure that they survive and grow in spite of security issues. In the business world, competition often produces security problems. The concept of globalization, the growth and expansion of multinationals has resulted in new security threats that are related to political and religious factors. In other words, business organizations can be subject to threats from local businesses, political parties, and terrorist organizations. Local businesses can create problems because the new entrants are seen as a threat and competition to their existing businesses activities. Political parties that are not in power may pose a threat because they oppose the ruling party and not the business enterprise. Terrorism and other forms of violence may occur against specific business organizations since they are seen as a representative...
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...Internationalization of SMEs Overview: 1. Introduction 2. Motivation for Internationalization of SMEs 3. Strategies for Internationalization of SMEs 4. Risks and Opportunities 5. Internationalization of SMEs – Best approach 6. Conclusion 7. References Introduction In Europe companies with less than 10 employees are considered to be micro-firms, those with less than 50 employees are small-firms and those with less than 250 employees are considered as medium-firms. In the US however the size of small firms sums up to 100 employees and medium sized firms may have less than 500 employees. SMEs are key actors in the world economy because they are an important part of GDP and play a big role for employment. Since today’s world becomes more and more globalized it is important that firms can compete on an international level. Big enterprises often choose to internationalize their business but for them this process mostly isn’t as risky as for SMEs, because while big firms may lose parts of their firm budget if something goes wrong, SMEs have to fight for their existence and may disappear at all if they choose a wrong approach of internationalizing. Usually small start-up companies do not survive longer than the first 5 years therefore it is very important for SMEs to take the right steps in order to become successful. Motivations for Internationalization of SMEs There are different types of motivations for going international. These are...
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...In the novel Monument 14, the kids went through many difficult situations which caused them to grow and change so they were able to survive. The three characters in the book that change in order to survive are Niko, Dean, and Josie. Niko at the beginning of the story he a natural born survivalist which is why they called him Brave Hunter Man. At the end of the story, he becomes the leader and the voice of the group. At the beginning of the story, Josie couldn't handle pressure she was in shock and is afraid. In the end, she becomes the “mom” of all the kids and became a real leader. Dean also handles pressure very poorly but by the end, he is a leader that has made sacrifices. Dean is a character that changes a lot in the story. He is not very strong and is afraid. While they are on the bus and it is on its side he gives up. Dean stated “ I should go to sleep now was the thought that came into my head”(Laybourne 8). This shows that when Dean is in trouble he wants to give up and doesn't fight. He is currently being poisoned and instead of realizing it, he chooses to sleep. Dean says “ “ We're going to die !” And I thought They’re right. Yes, we’ll die. But it’s ok.” (Laybourne 8). In this quote from the text...
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...Day 1 “‘Can’t take a chance that one day, in one spot, somewhere, an exit might appear. We can’t give up. Ever’” (Dashner 208). In this situation, Minho, one of the main characters of the novel, The Maze Runner, explains why he and his friends keep attempting to solve the maze. James Dashner, the author of The Maze Runner, portrays the characters in the novel as persistent people. In many situations in life, such as trying to solve a maze, those who are determined, who try, and try again will succeed. Dashner’s theme, persistence leads to success, becomes evident in Thomas’ painstaking efforts to escape, the dangerous risks he takes to save his friends, and the heart-breaking sacrifices his friends make. Dashner conveys his theme that persistence leads to success through Thomas’ painstaking efforts to escape of which some are successful attempts and others, agonizing endeavors....
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...protection and the risk choices in corporate investment. It also examines the factor that influence the risk choices are either due to the insider or the manager explicit ownership and compensation structure or through private benefit. From this journal, my review is about the positive relationship between investor and risk choices in order to influence more investment to help the corporation in manufacturing sector to survive from different level of risk and sustain a good firm’s growth rate in future. Motivation of study According to the “law and finance” approach by La Porta, Lopez-de-Silanes, Shleifer and Vishny (1998 and 2000), they stated that the role of investor protection is really important to ensure for a good development of the country. Referring to the World Bank ranking, the top ten countries that have good investor protection are a part of OECD countries that have good political and economic condition and the most surprisingly Malaysia is one of the countries that only as an emerging country. From this, we clearly know the important of investor protection in order to help the country itself to survive in a longer time. Besides that, the corporations have to know how to raise external capital and grow without need to increase the risk. Nowadays, many corporations unable to survive without making a good risk choices plus do not make much in order to protect their investor. Problem statement 1) There is positive relationship between investor protection and risk taking in corporate...
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...The Bahamas went through in order to survive during the recession. Research Paper Supervisor: Mrs. Gaitor Name: Ariana McWeeney Word Count : 2,518 Table of Contents Page Cover Page ………………………………………………………………. 1 Abstract …………………………………………………………………….3 Introduction…………………………………………………………… 3-4 Body ………………………………………………………………………. 5-14 Conclusion …………………………………………………………….. 15 Bibliography……………………………………………………………16-17 Abstract In this research paper I will be studying how Bank of The Bahamas continues to survive through the recession and the extents in which they went through in order to not suffer. The purpose of this research paper is to analyze the bank and the efforts they undertook to survive such a devastating time to the economy. The key resources used in this research paper was primary research in which I had an interview with the managing director of Bank of The Bahamas. In addition to that I’ve used reliable online articles and IB Business and Management textbooks to investigate this topic to my fullest extent. INTRODUCTION This investigative report will demonstrate the extents in which Bank of The Bahamas went through in order to survive during the recession. This topic interests me because the recession is impacting not only The Bahamas but also everyone around the world. Many banks and businesses have had to close but Bank of The Bahamas in particular went through many different extents to survive through the recession and continue...
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...Public Needs to Know What happens when you hear a person diagnosed with cancer? As crazy as it sounds, most people assumes that the cancer patient has no way out to survive and may have couple months or one to two years of survival time. Yes! it’s true that patients die out of cancer because it’s a disease in which abnormal cells spreads out without any control and are able to invade other tissues. What if cancers have medication in which it shows patients can survive? As we all know, there are more than hundred types of cancer and for each type there are different drugs but do all of them gives the chance to survive? In today's date, we have so many prostate cancer drugs that gives extra months to survive and may even cure cancer completely. The drugs that are approved by the Food and Drug Administration are: Abiraterone Acetate, Cabazitaxel, Degarelix, Docetaxel, Jevtana, Leuprolide Acetate, Lupron, Lupron Depot, Lupron Depot-3 and 4 months, Lupron Depot-Ped, Prednisone, Provenge, Sipuleuce, Taxotere, Viadur and Zytiga. Denosumab a new prostate cancer drug which has been approved by FDA delayed the spread of the cancer cells to the bone. The drug is used to treat osteoporosis and fractures with bone metastases from solid tumors. Researchers considered denosumab as a trial to see if it can delay the risk of the cancer cells reaching to the bones. To conduct the results, there was a research done that included more than 1,400 participants from thirty different countries...
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...In a long way gone, Ishmael Beah’s motivation in life is to find his family. Until then, he has to escape the war and survive day to day. Furthermore, Ishmael has hope that his family is alive. After the rebels attack Mattru Jong, Ishmael and his friends wander for days in hunger and silence. While their hunger became fierce, they are forced to return to Mattru Jong to look for money and provisions in Khalilou house. They found nothing but a destroyed house and Ishmael’s tiny bag of money, which was stash under the foot of the bed. On the point of returning to the nearby villages, the villagers would not sell to them and was stashing supplies for their own survival. Ishmael and his friends decided to take action as he describes, “That night...
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...not just any other stupid hitchhiker who had thrown his life away. He was educated man who had been raised by relatively wealthy family. He took isolation from the society to the extreme; donated all his savings to charity, gave away most of his possessions and abandoned his past. Unfortunately for his family, in his youthful self-centeredness he failed to acknowledge human relationships. Though perhaps as Krakauer thinks, given more time, he would have. Chris challenged himself and went to the wilderness, with little amounts of food supply and equipment. The fact that he had chosen to enter the wild and take such huge undertaking; one would think he lacked common sense. He knew what the risks were and consequences, but he still did it. “It was important for him to see how independent he could be” (page 125). The unforgiving nature of Alaskan wilderness does not take part human’s fragility and Chris understood that fact; “If this adventure proves fatal and you don't ever hear from me again I want you to know you're a great man. I now walk Basuel 2 into the wild” (page 3), but then he was reckless, “He had no axe, no bug dope, no snowshoes, no compass”(page 5). He was not fully prepared for a life of hunting and gathering, which means he provided unstable, unreliable food source. Chris lack of knowledge about the wilderness and the area was a major factor in his death, “His ignorance is what killed him” (page 72). Also...
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...ABC HOSPITAL 1. What strategies can the organization take to survive, improve its performance, and compete with other hospitals over the next five years? 2. What are some advantages or disadvantages of these strategies? Provide specific examples to support your answers. Some of the strategies ABC hospital could take to survive, improve its performance, and compete with other hospitals over the next 5 years are 1. Cutting of expenditures 2. Reducing re-admission 3. Use of simulation 4. Increase revenue 5. Standards and guidelines ABC is financially handicapped and to survive, it has to cut its expenses on marketing on advertisements, cut overtime, cut supplies, reduce staff, and increase revenue. Some of these strategies have advantages and disadvantages, but considering it current position it needs to take some steps in order to survive or go out of business. For such an organization increasing revenue will not be in its interest because there is the tendency that it will lose handful of its customers to other hospitals or clinics. Another step the ABC organization can take to survive such financial predicament is the reduction of staff. This is not a good idea, but the organization has to uphold such strategy in order to survive. Reducing the number of staff will put huge amount of money back to the organization’s coffers. Many organizations see this idea as a way out, but it boomerangs at last. When the staff of an organization is reduced...
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...Discussion | So what Description This model has two dimensions, each a measure of sociability. Group The group dimension describes how strongly people are bonded together. At one end there are distinct and separated individuals, perhaps with common reason to be together though with less of a sense of unity and connection. At the other end, people have a connected sense of identity, relating more deeply and personally to one another. They spend more time together and have stable relationships. When people group together, then laws are more easily defined and policed. For society to survive when bonds are weaker and central control is less possible, individuals must necessarily display self-restraint. In management, low group does not manage resources, whilst high group does. Grid The grid dimension describes how different people are in the group and how they take on different roles. At one end of this spectrum people are relatively homogeneous in their abilities, work and activity and can easily interchange roles. This makes them less dependent on one another. At the other end, there are distinct roles and positions within the group with specialization and different accountability. There are also different degrees of entitlement, depending on position and there may well be a different balance of exchange between and across individuals. This makes it advantageous to share and organize together. In management, low group does not manage needs, whilst high grid...
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...It is not a recent discovery that mankind has realized that extracting petroleum from the seas has been extremely efficient and economically successful. In the late 1800s, citizens in California realized that wells drilled near the ocean were the best sources of crude oil and natural gas. In 1887, H.L. Williams decided to drill wells offshore and his first well went about three hundred feet into the Pacific. As expected, the extraction was abundant and extremely productive. During this time, the combustion engine was also being created which increased America’s demands for gasoline. The first well drilled from a fixed platform offshore was not created until 1947 by the Kerr-McGee Corporation and also marked the beginning of the modern offshore drilling industry. As a result, oil production was known as the second largest revenue generator for the United States. Creating offshore oil platforms entails more than three billion dollars. For some companies this could be a great investment, as for others it could signify a great loss. On March 23, 1989, Exxon Valdez had its first most tragic oil spill in U.S. history. Irresponsibility and carelessness led to the spilling of approximately 10.8 million gallons of oil into Prince William Sound affecting fisheries, the livelihood of citizens in Alaska, wildlife, and those who found Prince William Sound a sacred and pure place was now degraded. On April 20, 2010, British Petroleum (BP) reported a leakage of five thousand barrels of crude...
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