THE JAMES A. BAKER III INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RICE UNIVERSITY THE INTERNATIONAL OIL COMPANIES BY AMY MYERS JAFFE WALLACE S. WILSON FELLOW IN ENERGY STUDIES JAMES A. BAKER III INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY RONALD SOLIGO, PH.D. PROFESSOR OF ECONOMICS, RICE UNIVERSITY RICE SCHOLAR, JAMES A. BAKER III INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY PREPARED IN CONJUNCTION WITH AN ENERGY STUDY SPONSORED BY JAPAN PETROLEUM ENERGY CENTER AND THE JAMES A. BAKER III INSTITUTE FOR PUBLIC POLICY NOVEMBER 2007
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candidate a state would just vote for a candidate from that particular state or region. The framers saw the possibility of at worst that no president would emerge with a popular majority sufficient to govern the whole country. They believed that for a best case scenario would be that the choice of president would always be decided by the largest, most populous States with little regard for the smaller ones. Finally, the founding fathers decided during the Constitutional Convention an indirect election of
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KTD Consultants We are a Network Consulting Team called KTD. We have been asked to implement a system in a new multi-specialty medical practice. In this practice, they will have ultrasound imaging, MRI, EKG, and other diagnostic modalities that are digitally read on a computer screen. They would also like to include an Electronic Medical Record system such as AllScripts, EPIC, or NexGen that will need to be accessible to all employees and doctors. This will be a new satellite office for
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Servant-Leadership Theory from a Socially Constructed World View and a Biblical World View Mark J. Dixon Jr. Liberty University Abstract Servant-Leadership Theory has been a progressive theory in which much study has been done. Robert Greenleaf began using the term servant leadership to encourage leaders to first want to serve. There are two different world views discussed in this research paper that will shed light into what it takes to be a servant leader and how it can be successful if there
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policies at the beginning of each class. Policies may be slightly different depending on the modality in which you attend class. If you have recently changed modalities, read the policies governing your current class modality. Course Materials Wallace, H., & Roberson, C. (2009). Written and interpersonal communication: Methods for law enforcement (4th ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Prentice Hall. All electronic materials are available on the student website. Week One: The Communication
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Effective Strategies for Dropout Prevention We have identified 15 effective strategies that have the most positive impact on the dropout rate. These strategies have been implemented successfully at all education levels and environments throughout the nation. 1. Active Learning 2. After-School Opportunities 3. Alternative Schooling 4. Career and Technology Education (CTE) 5. Early Childhood Education 6. Early Literacy Development 7. Educational Technology 8. Family
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How HIPPAA Violations Affect the Medical Billing Process, Part Two Amber Padgett HCR/220 October 19, 2014 Felecia Pettit-Wallace The purpose of this paper is to relate to ways that the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) violations may affect the medical billing process. While researching, the findings conclude that confidentiality of health information was adopted centuries ago. The findings of the research show that although, HIPAA laws have been put into place to
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Profile United Spirits is the largest spirits company in India’s branded spirits market with more than 43% market share. With 112.2 million cases in sales in FY11, the company surpassed Diageo Plc to become the largest spirits company in the world. United Spirits has a very strong and wide portfolio of spirits with 21 of its brands selling more than a million cases a year. The company enjoys a strong 59% market share for its first line brands in India. United Spirits has a well established manufacturing
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Safety (CCOHS) workplace bullying involves a pattern of negative conduct intended to intimidate, offend, degrade, or humiliate a certain person or group. Bullying can involve negative physical contact but in the workplace it usually surfaces as acts or comments that can mentally hurt and/or isolate its target(s).” It is not a coincidence that most cases of workplace
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INTRODUCTION – ‘Intrapreneurism is a form of management which, potentially, offers the venture a way of combining the flexibility and responsiveness of the entrepreneurial with the market power and reduced risk of the established organisation’ Gifford Pinchot, in the mid-80s, created the word “intrapreneur” which described employees of large businesses who were hired to behave and think like entrepreneurs. Pinchot defined intrapreneurship as “behaving like an entrepreneur when you’re employed
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