...The Changing Len of Danish Holocaust History Danish Holocaust history has gone through remarkable shifts in how the event has been perceived. Originally, Denmark’s rescue of the majority of their Jews had been a heroic tale of Danish goodwill. More recently this idealistic view of the Danish Holocaust has been reexamined and scrutinized. There reasons surrounding why Danish Holocaust history is different from all of the other occupied European countries is very complex. Denmark was able so successful, not solely because of their character, but because of a multitude of factors which combined in a way that allowed an environment for Jewish rescue from deportation. At the surface Danish Holocaust history is presented as a light in the darkness...
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...groups: the economic elite and political elite. The economic elite are defined as big businesses that want a big, single market of which to trade in of which the political elite push forward. The political elite constitute: heads of governments, foreign ministers, civil servants and the Commission who have come under a lot of scrutiny by euro-sceptics for being undemocratic. Elite domination can be evidenced by the Maastricht Treaty of 1992 and Denmark as a member state. The Maastricht Treaty was the most important treaty in terms of change of rules of the EU and Demark wanted to consult with its population before accepting the terms by holding a referendum. The first referendum led to a rejection by the Danish people however a second referendum was held on the issue in which the Danish population agreed to accept the treaty. This is a clear example of the EU not taking no for an answer and shows how the EU is led by an elite that will not take rejection from the population of an EU member-state. This can be evidenced further by idea of an EU Constitution that the elite were in favour of because it would create in theory a “United States of Europe”. The French and Dutch held referendums on whether to accept an EU constitution and both rejected the proposed Constitution. However, the EU constitution was brought back almost in its entirety as the Lisbon Treaty in which 92% of the original constitution was used. Both these examples...
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...As one of the most equitable and egalitarian countries with high income parity, minor poverty levels, free education and healthcare, rights and social freedoms and traditional custom of humanitarianism the Danish can be seen as a very liberal people. However, Denmark is tough on immigration and those who do it. This is seen in the Danish attitudes towards Muslim immigrants and refugees (less than 5% of pop.). The general Danish attitude is that Muslims are at a “lower stage of civilisation” and are a threat which has lead to some controversial policies such as drastically reducing benefits to refugees, refusing to take the 1000 refugees assigned to them, not allowing asylum seekers to live anywhere but refugee centres, laws introduced to strip search refugees and take any valuable items or cash, and heightening the difficulty to gain permanent residence. This makes it hard to people new to Denmark who often do not easily learn Danish or join the workforce, relying only on welfare and end up in “ghettos” which are shut off from the rest of Danish society. This is evidence of the “harsh” side of Danish society. this contrast between ‘outsiders’ and ‘nationals’ allows the Danish system to help some and make it very difficult for others, making Denmark both the most racist and most...
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...Pelle the Conqueror - A Motivation to pursue social democracy In the early twentieth century, a famous Danish writer Martin Andersen Nexo wrote many literature masterpieces to depict the life of working class in Scandinavian countries. Pelle the Conqueror Volume 01, one of his most reputational works which he described as “ the novel of the first organized stage of labor’s development,” ( Thompson, 1) has won the fame of the world and given people the inspirational power to fight for their freedom and human rights. More importantly, his works accurately reflect the period when people in the lower class, especially workers had experienced the oppression of the upper class and reveal the beginning of socialist movement in European countries in the early nineteenth century. “Martin Andersen Nexo was born in Copenhagen on 26 June 1869” (Ingwersen, 1) . As a communist writer, he devoted his whole life in the career of socialism and to spread communist ideology in those countries, he wrote many literature works depicting the labor movement in Scandinavian countries, especially Denmark. As an adamant opponent of Fascism and Nazism, Nexo was temporarily detained from the German Army and eventually realeased. He experienced many turmoils and finally moved to East Germany and passed away with the East German’s citizen honor. During the time Nexo was writing Pelle the Conqueror, the countries in Scandinavian region were still in agriculture centralized economic condition, and...
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...Realism and Liberalism Political realism believes that politics, like society in general, is governed by objective laws that have their roots in human nature. In order to improve society it is first necessary to understand the laws by which society lives, the operation of these laws being impervious to our preferences. Realism, believing as it does in the objectivity of the laws of politics, must also believe in the possibility of developing a rational theory that reflects, however imperfectly and one-sidedly, these objective laws. It believes also in the possibility of distinguishing in politics between truth and opinion – between what is true objectively and rationally, supported by evidence and illuminated by reason, and what is only a subjective judgment. Realism is a theory within international relations which predicts states will act in their own national interest in defiance of moral consideration. In general, this belief results from an observation of human nature and the perception of people as selfish and fiercely competitive. Realism regards the international arena as anarchic, governed by no authority overriding sovereign states. International institutions such as the United Nations are not afforded significant credibility from a realist perspective. Rather, influence is perceived to be held predominately by major powers such as the United States, whose dominance is a product of military and economic strength. Realists hold the primary interest...
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...freedom committed an act of war against our country.” This is how former president George Walker Bush initiated his speech and declared war on terror. He identifies terrorists as enemies of freedom, but are they? Some people would characterize the word “terrorist” as an emotive. Some people would not know what the difference between a terrorist and a freedom fighter is. That makes me petrified. In 1989, USA won the cold war. Many historians and sociologist expeditiously agreed that there now was brought an end to the century of extremes, and the new world order could begin. One of them was Eric Hobsbawn, who stated USA as the, now only, superpower in the world. From 1989-2001, USA transformed the western values such as market economy and democracy to the rest of the world. In this period, USA solved many international conflicts and orderly made the world a better place. I sat down and thought about, why anyone would start this war against terror, who started it, and who was to blame for it? In this analytical essay, I will go through the main points in Bush’s speech. For instance, what does he mean, when he says: “The terrorists are traitors to their own faith”? Furthermore, I will go deeply into the consequences of the war on terror. Can the war on terror have had an effect on the globalization? If so, how big an impact has it played in the last 25 years? I look forward to come up with my subjective answers and theories for you and hopefully, in the end, come up with some possible...
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...PA R T B go online Go online to to find more case studies. CASE STUDY B Crisis management in international markets: ‘least said, soonest mended?’ John Knight, Department of Marketing, University of Otago and Bradley Mitchell, Inveratek Group Ltd 347 BACKGROUND An inevitable reality of doing business in the modern world is that crises recognise no boundaries (Fink 1986). A crisis management strategy needs to be part of the overall corporate strategy of any company operating internationally. Our chaotic times have led to some spectacular commercial crises. Sometimes these have been of companies’ own making through carelessness. A well-known example is the action of McDonald’s in promoting its sponsorship of the 1994 football World Cup by printing the flags of all competing nations on disposable packaging: the name of Allah is on the Saudi flag, and deep offence was caused by the fact that this was to be thrown away with the packaging (Starrett 1995). At other times crises have been caused by events completely outside of the control of the company. Examples of the latter include the deliberate product tampering of Tylenol products, leading to deaths by poisoning in the USA, and the massive product recall of Coca-Cola products in Belgium resulting from what appears to be a case of mass hysteria (Johnson and Peppas 2003). Furthermore, companies in the midst of a crisis may not be able to control the behaviour of others, but with proper planning and management the...
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...Cross Cultural Management- Under Scandanavian Cultures Concept of INterdependent Individualism reigns supreme, Discuss concept and importance to the Culture. Interdependent Individualism has been articulated by a few critical writers including Nikolai Grundtvig. “People must know themselves before they can know others.” Is the way Nikolai put it. However other Danish writers have theorized interdependent individualism with a controlling set of guidelines. For example; saying we as an alternative of I, but meaning I. Swedes normally value tradition and still ensure a village culture. They tend to be “horizontal individualists” who prefer customs of equality over fairness, in contrast to the United States. Their Individualism is demonstrated by their great self-reliance and prevention of lasting relations outside the family. They also traditionally had the characteristics of practicality and rationality. When practicality conflicts with other values, practicality usually wins. “We the Swedes love and are interested in nature, not people” Jenkins, 1968 page 149. In Sweden the government provides a substantial amount of programs to make job availability. It also offers pension for the elderly, sick benefits for all workers housing allowance, free education even for universities. Sweden also offers free medical care and part-free dental care. In Hofstede’s 53-nation study of cultural values, Sweden is one of the 53 nations that Highlight individualism. Swedish...
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...7 – Eleven | | External analysisTeam members: Number of characters (including spaces, footnotes, end notes and text boxes): _22,999_Signatures of all the participating group/team members:_____________________________ __________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________ ____________________________ | | Project no.: 1 Class and group number: Table of Contents Introduction 2 INTRODUCING 7-ELEVEN 3 Marketing mix 3 Product 3 Place 4 Price & Promotion 4 People 4 Process 4 Physical environment 4 Mission 5 Vision 5 Values 5 Objectives 6 Macro environment – PESTLE analysis 6 Political 7 Economical 7 Socio cultural 7 Technological 7 Environmental 8 Legal 8 Porters five forces analysis 8 Competitive analysis 11 Conclusion 12 List of sources: 13 Introduction The retail industry in Denmark had a very good performance in 2012, after continued stagnation over the review period. In general, the retail industry is sensitive to any economic fluctuations and therefore it was very much affected by the financial crisis which occurred 3 years ago. The crisis “shattered consumer confidence dragging out through 2009-2010.” Last year, in 2012, the reduction in unemployment, growth in incomes and prospects of economic recovery all “contributed to growing value sales in the majority of retail channels. “ Despite the growth...
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...He tries to answer this question by comparing statistics regarding fatal police officer shootings in the USA to those of other developed nations such as Sweden and Finland. Hirschfield states that “American police in 2014 were 18 times more lethal than Danish police and 100 times more lethal than Finnish police, plus they killed significantly more frequently than police in France, Sweden and other European countries” (Hirschfield 2). Through making this comparison in fatal deaths between the USA, Sweden and Finland, one can better understand the scope of the issue of gun control in the USA. While the scope of the issue may now be apparent, this leads to further questions such as why police officers in the USA are more lethal than police officers in other states. Hirschfield chalks it up to racism and training. He states that although racism is prevalent in the USA, it is actually a worldwide issue, meaning it cannot explain the magnitude of the problem alone (Hirschfield 4). Hirschfield believes...
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...executive president is the head of state and has two vice presidents. He appoints members of the Judiciary, the council of ministers, and provincial governors. Afghanistan has a bicameral National Assembly with the Meshrano Jirga (House of Elders) being the upper house and the Wolesi Jirga (House of the People) being the lower house. The current president of Afghanistan is Ashraf Ghani with Abdul Rashid Dostum and Sarwar Danish being his deputies and the Prime Minister being Abdullah Abdullah. Ghani assumed office on September 29, 2014, as an independent candidate taking over from Hamid Karzai. Before becoming president, he served as Vice Chancellor of Kabul University and as Minister of Finance. Some newspapers considered Ghani as a possible successor to Kofi Annan as the UN Secretary General. India funded the entire building of Afghan parliament in the center of Kabul. India’s Prime Minister Modi officially inaugurated the building, believed to be one of the best parliament buildings globally, in 2015. Describing the building as India’s gift of democracy to Afghanistan, Modi revealed that the building’s dome was biggest in Asia. The president’s official residence (Presidential Citadel) is the Arg located in Wazir Akbar Khan in Kabul. The British Raj built this residence in 1880 on an 83-acre site. Afghanistan has had democratic elections since the twentieth century, however, very few have been peaceful handovers as ethnic supremacists struggled for the control of the country...
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...film production – Exploring some benefits of constraints on creativity and aesthetic value creation Thomas Frandsen, Ivar Friis, and Allan Hansen*) Solbjerg Plads 3 2000 Frederiksberg Copenhagen Business School Denmark *) Corresponding author: ah.om@cbs.dk Early work – Please do not quote without the permission from the authors Paper to be presented at the workshop on Creativity and Control Sponsored by Accounting Organizations and Society 4–5 April 2011, Barcelona, Spain Abstract: This paper explores the role of budgeting in the Danish film industry and seeks to illustrate the positive effects a line-budget might have on the creativity and innovativeness in film production. In our analysis we provide illustrative examples of the enabling and facilitating role of budget constraints on film production from the Danish film industry in general as well as from a case study of the process of making the Danish film “The Island of Lost Souls” in particular. We draw on Elster (2000)’s constraint theory and suggest that the constraints imposed on agents by line-item budgeting under some circumstances lead to situations where ‘less is more’ as line-item budgeting might be used to focus creative behavior as well as pre-commit the agent against passion and time inconsistency. 1 I. Introduction The dysfunctional consequences of constraints imposed by budgets on agents dealing with uncertain, complex or dynamic organizational settings have been discussed...
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...Economic Systems: GREENLAND vs. IRAN An economic system is a system of production, consumption, and distribution of goods and services. An economic system of a country is defined by its society, government, and who decides who gets what. A major factor in an economic system of a country is its type of government. Greenland, having a parliamentary democracy under a constitutional monarchy, highly depends on imports and human capital from the Kingdom of Denmark. In a theocratic system of government, such that of Iran, the government defers not to civil development of law, but to an interpretation of the will of God as set out in religious scripture and authorities. Other factors include: Natural Resources, Land Use, Life Expectancy & Fertility Rates, Literacy Rates, GDP Per Capita, and the Economic Problems that the country is facing. Greenland’s economy remains critically dependent on exports of shrimp and fish, income from resource exploration and extraction, and on a substantial subsidy from the Danish Government. The public sector, including publicly owned enterprises and the municipalities, plays the dominant role in Greenland's economy. Greenland is rich in minerals such as gold, diamonds, and platinum, and energy resources such as oil and gas. The relative ease with which Greenland has weathered the economic crisis is due to increased hydrocarbon and mineral exploration and extraction activities. Although the government has pursued conservative fiscal and money...
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...A case study is an intensive analysis of an individual, group, person or event. This research method is common to science; this research strategy is an empirical enquiry that investigates a phenomenon within its real life context. Case studies began from the period of Maliknoski, Raddclife Brown, rather than using samples and following a rigid protocol to examine limited number of variables, case studies involve an in depth, longitudinal (over a long period of time) examination of a single instance or event, they provide a systematic way of looking at events, collecting data, analyzing information and reports, as a result the researcher may gain sharpened understanding of why the instance happened, why it did and hence which is more important to look at extensively. An extended case study is a series of cases which treats each case as a stage in an ongoing process of social relations between specific persons and groups in a social system and culture. This technique requires taking a series of specific incidents through a period of time and showing how these incidents or cases are related to the development and changes of social relations among these persons and groups acting within the framework of their social system. In addition the ethnographer not only presents the reader abstractions as inference from his field material but also provides some of the material itself. This puts the reader in a better position to evaluate the ethnographer’s analysis, not only on the basis of...
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...nancing opera ations,” which provided liq h quidity to the Eurozone, ju days befor Lars Løkke took e ust re e office. Denmark was a member of the Europ w r pean Union but had retain its own cu ned urrency, the k krone. Likew wise, plans for rmulated a year ago to ex xpand the Dan nish workforc by looseni labor rule and ce ing es reduc cing welfare benefits had b b become unpop pular as unem mployment in ncreased. An nders Fogh Rasmussen had left a mixed legacy. Denm d d mark benefite from a balanced govern ed nment budge little publi debt, and lo unemploy et, ic ow yment. But its internationa reputation had suffered from s al d contro oversies over immigration. As the lo r ongest ruling Liberal Part (Venstre) prime minist in g ty ter mode Danish hi ern istory, Ander Fogh had led a centerrs -right coalitio governme that developed on ent strict immigration policies. The policies m ese made it...
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