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Marketing Management Insights: Products
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Marketing Concepts Every Manager Needs to Know. Most companies define themselves by a product. We are a “car manufacturer,” a “soft drink manufacturer,” and so on. Theodore Levitt, former Harvard Business School faculty member, pointed out years ago the danger of focusing on the product and missing the underlying need. He accused the railroads of “marketing myopia” by failing to define themselves as being in the transportation business and over-looking the threat of trucks and airplanes. And help the buy...
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Marketing Management Insights: Sponsorship
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Marketing Concepts Every Manager Needs to Know. Companies are constantly invited by various groups to sponsor events, activities, and worthwhile causes. Companies also actively seek venues where they can get their names before the public. For example, Coca-Cola has been a long-term participating sponsor of Olympic Games, World Cups, Super Bowls, and Academy Awards. By shelling out large sums of money. Coca-Cola hopes to gain favorable public attention and also treat its associates to big-time events.
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The Contemporary History: Al-Aqsa Intifada
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The History of Contemporary World. The al-Aqsa Intifada (uprising) of Palestinians broke out in September 2000 following a provocative visit by Ariel Sharon and 400 Israeli soldiers to the Haram al-Sharif in Jerusalem. The Haram al-Sharif complex includes the al-Aqsa Mosque, which is viewed by Muslims as the third-most-sacred site in Islam. Owing to these conflicting religious and historic claims, the site has been a flash point for confrontations between Palestinians and Israelis. Under dual governance,...
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The Contemporary History: ANZUS Treaty
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The History of Contemporary World. The ANZUS Security Treaty binds together Australia, New Zealand, and the United States. ANZUS was signed in San Francisco on September 1, 1951, and took effect on April 28, 1952. It remains in force, although it has increasingly come under attack by both Australia and New Zealand since the 1980s and New Zealand has essentially withdrawn from the alliance. As the cold war began to wind down in the 1980s, the threat from outside sources lessened. Citizens of the two n...
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The Contemporary History: Korean War (1950 - 1953)
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The History of Contemporary World. Korean War (1950 - 1953). Korean War (1950 - 1953). The first major conflict of the cold war began in June 1950 and ended in an inconclusive armistice on July 27, 1953. Long considered a “forgotten war” in which almost 4 million people, including 136,000 U.S. citizens, were killed or wounded, the Korean conflict attracted increased academic and popular attention in the early 21st century. Taking advantage of a temporary Soviet boycott of the United Nations. UN) Security...
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The Contemporary History: Dissolution of the Soviet Union
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The History of Contemporary World. Dissolution of the Soviet Union. In 1989 eastern European countries of the Warsaw Pact. Which had been beholden to the Soviet Union since the end of World War II. Had their communist governments replaced with noncommunist governments. For the first time in over 30 years the borders between eastern and western Europe were opened. Tried to find a way to salvage the Soviet Union. The failed coup brought the Communist Party down, and none of the republics was interested in ...
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The Contemporary History: Republic of Angola
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The History of Contemporary World. The Republic of Angola is situated in south-central Africa. The country is bounded by the Democratic Republic of the Congo. To the northeast, Zambia to the east, Namibia to the south, and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. It has an area of 1,246,700 square kilometers and its capital city is Luanda. It is divided into 18 provinces, but one of them, Cabinda, is an enclave, separated from the rest of the country by the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Angola’s socioec...
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Marketing Management Insights: Sales Promotion
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Marketing Concepts Every Manager Needs to Know. Sales promotion describes incentives and rewards to get customers to buy now rather than later. Whereas advertising is a long-run tool for shaping the market’s attitude toward a brand, sales promotion is a short-term tool to trigger buyer action. No wonder brand managers increasingly rely on sales promotion, especially when falling behind in achieving sales quotas. Sales promotions work! Because of the variety of sales promotion tools, marketers need experi...
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All About Cats: Playing with their food
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All You Always Wanted To Know About Cats. Playing with their food. It’s been observed for centuries: cats play with their prey before finally killing it. A cat pounces on a mouse but instead of chowing down at once, he swats at it, tosses it into the air and otherwise prolongs the death. Many humans find this rather sadistic, but words like sadistic hardly apply to an animal that, by nature, catches and kills other animals. One thing that surprises some people. Label: How They Behave and Why. High as a cat.
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Fish Identification: Mountain Whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni)
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Plenty of fish identification. Mountain Whitefish (Prosopium williamsoni). A member of the Salmonidae family, the mountain whitefish provides an important winter. fishery in certain areas, especially where steelhead. The mountain whitefish can grow to 22.5 inches and 5 pounds. The all-tackle world record is a 1988 5.5-pound fish from Saskatchewan. The mountain whitefish can live for 18 years. Spawning takes place from October through December in shallow, gravelly streams or occasionally in lakes at water tem...
