Sublime

the journey ahead would not be easy for the newly formed nation. At its helm would be a monarch who had refused the title ‘German Kaiser’ and only reluctantly accepted the more neutral ‘Kaiser Wilhelm’. He would forever remain a Prussian king first, second and third. Otto von Bismarck, the architect of the fledgling state and its first chancellor,

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The goals of  financial statement analysis are twofold. The first is to translate financial statements into free cash flow. The  second goal of financial statement analysis is to make a link between a company’s strategy and how  it creates value. One simple way to do this is to compare, line by line, two companies that are in the sam... See more

Basically, we engineered a way for the whole world to need dollars (most major oil producers would only sell oil in dollars), and as a result, the forces of supply and demand hold open our trade deficit to provide the rest of the world with dollars.

Export-driven countries like Germany and Japan were able to rise to the occasion on the other side of

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On oppose souvent deux approches canoniques des systèmes de retraite. Selon le modèle bismarckien – du nom du chancelier allemand ayant mis en place les assurances sociales en 1889 – les pensions sont contributives, dépendantes des salaires passés et financées par des cotisations aussi assises sur les salaires. Le modèle est celui de l’assurance so

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As a result of Austria’s defeat combined with Woodrow Wilson’s doctrine of national self-determination and democratic ideology, a plethora of states weak in structure and inadequate in resources now faced Germany in Eastern and Central Europe. Any future resurgence of German military capacity would have to be defeated by a French offensive into the

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Five Strategic Approaches

BCG suggests there are five strategic approaches to consider, and each is “optimal in different situations” whilst "each requires entirely different capabilities, processes, and tools.” They are:

1. The Classical Approach which is appropriate when operating in “environments with low unpredictability and low malleability”

2. T... See more

This underscores the wisdom of the traditional liberal education, which aimed to encourage students to develop their critical faculties and thinking skills. Success in business, as in most areas of life, depends upon being able to solve problems. If you can teach yourself how to solve problems, you have a bright career ahead of yourself. No matter

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