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1. Richard Bell describes four stages that business strategies use today to grow larger and faster, as well as attracting and keeping customers. List these four stages, and discuss in detail how an International retailer would apply these today?2. The purchaser purveyor matrix shows five major strategic classifications of loyalty card schemes: Pure, Push, Pull, Purchase, and purge. Explain each one in detail, and give an example of a retailer currently using these strategic classifications. (Do not use examples in the book)3. “The global commerce initiative and how it increases the dominance of the global retailers, and suppliers at the expense of smaller players.” Explain this initiative in detail and discuss how smaller player are affected?4. What are the seven structural components that are relevant to accessing the importance of supply chain collaboration? List a retailer that utilizes each of these seven structural components? Explain in detail.5. Most countries around the world face three major conflicts about the accommodation of modern retail development, whether large stores or shopping centers. What are these three major conflicts? Explain them in detail? Choose a country and discuss in detail how they are addressing these three major conflicts?

Compare and contrast Plato’s theory of Forms as found in the Phaedo and the Republic with Aristotle’s theory of substance as found in the Categories. Of the two, which metaphysical theory do you find more convincing and why?Please prepare a 1300-1600 word paper with MLA references.

This Web page provides a detailed description of climate change science. After you have examined the contents of the Web link write a short 1–2-page essay in a Microsoft Word document in response to the following questions: Is the climate a social issue?  Some say that the climate is warming, that man is causing it, that the science on the matter is settled, and that the results will be catastrophic if we don’t make radical global interventions.  Do you think the science is settled? Why or why not? 

On August 1, 2016, the accountant for Western Imports downloaded the company\’s July 31, 2016, bank statement from the bank\’s Website. The balance shown on the bank statement was $28,760. The July 31, 2016, balance in the Cash account in the general ledger was $14,242.

Kirkpatrick\’s Training Model Donald Kirkpatrick\’s Four level Evaluation Model, devised in the 1970s and a standard tool in training circles Evaluate the value and limitations of the model in practice. Find an article or webpage that offers updated information on Kirkpatrick’s model. Discuss the changes in the model since 1970. Are the improvements significant? Why or Why not? How would application of such a model improve training in your organization (Walgreens Pharmacy)? What ways could you evaluate results if you were devising a training program? (Please remember that this question should be related to the company you are writing your Capstone project about.) Present your views in 200 words or more in your discussion post. Use at least one scholarly source in your reply in addition to the article in addition to the Kirkpatrick article. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts. Remember to properly cite your sources.

Development Methods Using table 7.1 on pages 253 and 254 of your textbook, discuss the development methods that would add value to your Capstone organization. Which methods does your organization (Walgreens Pharmacy) currently utilize? How could these methods be improved? Which methods should your organization use and why? Present your views in 200 words or more in your discussion post. Use at least one scholarly source to support your ideas. Respond to at least two of your classmates’ posts. Remember to properly cite your sources.Hunt, S. T. (2014). Common Sense Talent Management: Using Strategic Human Resources to Improve Company Performance. Hoboken, NJ: Wiley

Since ratification of the U.S. Constitution many groups of people have struggle to achieve equality under the law. Even after the ratification of the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights many people received little to no rights. In particular, women could not vote, Native Americans had limited protections, and almost all African Americans suffered the yoke of slavery.It took sixty years after the passage of the U.S. Constitution for this country to address the societal notion of equality. As per the Fourteenth Amendment, ratified in 1868, “No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” The Fourteenth, Nineteenth, and Twenty sixth Constitutional Amendments, coupled with legislation passed during the 1960s Civil Rights era greatly enhanced minority rights. In addition, Supreme Court cases such as , , , , , and  have narrowed or expanded equality. 0 responsesTopic 1: Civil RightsDirections: Select a group of people that you believe to have struggled or are still struggling for full legal equality under the law.

Assignment for the Panera Bread 2014Assignment: 1. What are the primary components of Panera Bread’s value chain? 2. What is Panera Bread’s strategy? Which of the five generic strategies discussed in chapter 5 most closely fit the competitive approach of Panera? What type of competitive advantage is Panera trying to achieve? 3. Based on the information in case Exhibit 3, which fast-casual and full-service restaurant chains appear to be Panera’s closest rivals?

Type your name and the dateat the top of this page. Type or paste your draft into this document. Be sure that your draft is double-spaced and in 12 point, Times New Roman font. Save the file BWL_S2_03.06_Critical_Skills_Practice_FirstInitial_LastName.doc. BWL_S2_03.06_Critical_Skills_Practice_M_Smith.docTotal score: ____ of 50pointsRead the prompt below. Consider your position on the issue. Then respond to the prompt with a well-developed multiparagraph essay. You have 30 minutes to complete this assignment. Your assignment will be graded based on the Persuasive Prompt Grading Rubric. The rubric can be found in your Unit Resources.For many Americans, going to a summer sleep-away camp as a child is an experience to be treasured well into adulthood. Present and former campers often speak of the experiences and the friendships that resulted from their time at sleep-away camp as some of the most important and meaningful ones of their lives. Critics, however, often view summer sleep-away camps in a very different way, insisting that they are elitist and that the children who are sent there miss out on valuable bonding time with their parents and the friends who live in their hometowns.On the whole, is going to a summer sleep-away camp as a child a positive experience or a negative one? Why? Plan and write a response in which you state your position and persuade readers to agree with you. Support your opinions with reasons and examples drawn from your personal experiences, if you have attended such camps, or your knowledge of the experience of friends and siblings. Type your draft here.

Read the article above, The Pursuit of Happiness, and write a 100  word minimum answer for each question in standard Written English answering the following questions:    2.   In the study done by Lieberman and Morelli, what were the physiological and psychological processes involved in their study of empathy?     3.  In the quote by Morelli, “Being distracted reduces our empathy for others and blunts responses in the brain”, what are the implications of this quote for civic engagement?