Standardization

his intent, to rule the warring states as one unified empire. The process was one of an uphill battle, but Huangdi did it. Though Qin Shi Huangdi had many, his greatest accomplishment was his use of standardization to unify the warring states. Huangdi unified the warring states through the standardization throughout…

In 1921, the Rorschach test was first introduced as a monograph entitled “Psychodiagnostic” by Hermann Rorschach. Originally produced to serve as a diagnostic tool for Schizophrenia, its purposes faced much controversy and it was soon designated to be projective measure of personality rather than to diagnose. Its strengths and weaknesses caused numerous studies on its reliability and validity, doubts about its purpose, and new techniques to be developed including other inkblot tests. However,…

The dictionary was the defining moment that brought conformity and structure to our language, and it wouldn’t have been the same without Shakespeare’s influence. “Shakespeare’s works contributed significantly to the standardization of grammar, spelling, and vocabulary”(“Shakespeare and the English” ). The english language was much different in his time period, and his writing style really affected the push towards a more cohesive and structured…

The Affordable Care Act legislation has been the catalyst for changing how health care is delivered in the United States. A plausible next step is to evaluate how health care is being paid and by whom. The government and larger private insurers are very powerful and have a palpable influence on health care options. Moving to a government operated one payer healthcare system is intriguing and has been accomplished in Canada and other countries. The potential upside to moving to a one payer…

by considering the environmental context of the firm offer a more effective approach in understanding the determinants of export success (Walters & Samiee 1990). The study by Theodosiou and Katsikeas (2001) suggest four factors influencing the standardization of pricing strategies. These are - customer characteristics and behavior, economic condition, legal conditions, and stage of PLC. Further, since the pricing decision varies across different countries, country specific conditions should be…

Introduction of International Netherlands Group The International Netherlands Group was a global financial services company of Dutch Origin. It was one of the largest financial institutes in the world and ranked as one of the top ten companies just within Europe (Schotter, 2006). With more than 120,000 employees, the International Netherlands Group provided banking, insurance and asset management service in more than 50 countries. ING was the first European enterprise to enter the market of life…

and evolved from the skilled artisans of the agrarian age. The middle class consisted of skilled professionals. The commodities which were newly accessible to professionals were available because of standardization and the modern assembly line. The creation of the modern assembly line and standardization helped to make it easier for the middle class to live and grow. The access to standardized commodities caused more consumerism during the industrial age. More consumerism further grew the United…

strategies of entering the emerging markets. On-line news articles from established journals & newspapers also extensively studied to shape the case study. Key words and subject code Brand, consumer behaviour, competition, emerging market, standardization,…

those ways of many amateur researchers in the same time period. At the same time, his standardization greatly promoted the professionalization of this field and related field. The books he private published— Color standards and Color Nomenclature is most widely known because he systematically introduced and studied colors of birds in his book by using accurate color descriptions. Classification, meant standardization, is crucial measurement of the nature by placing creatures into the right…

The present thesis, is aimed to analyze the social behavior of transnational corporations during the economic crisis of late 2000s. While the growth of world´s GDP was negative in 2009 (-2.1%) and many corporations experienced cuts in employment, limited access to credit, and reductions in capital and technological spending (Campello et al., 2010: 1), the social investment of many firms followed a counter-intuitive move by increasing their social contributions in more than 228%. Between 2004…