In light of such structural changes on the demand-side of the market, the supply side, namely education, is also changing.

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Changes on the demand side are also having an effect.

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Western diplomats are now facing certain difficulties in establishing working relations with the states of the CIS. This is not surprising, since radical changes on the geopolitical map demand new conceptions and, most importantly, an unequivocal rejection of stereotypes.

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The essentials of the model, that system dynamics, in reacting to small changes in demand, have a huge detrimental impact on capacity levels, were introduced by Jay Forrester at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the 1960s.

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Harvests are dependent on the weather, and short-term changes in demand are out of kilter with the long-term investments needed to boost supplies of metals and oil.

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Demographic changes, including an ageing population, are putting more demand on the system.

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They can demand re-writes on scripts, environment changes, even game mechanics, all of which may make sense for a film, but make for terrible gameplay.

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They demand changes in both mind-set and lifestyle, but the reward is more time on Earth.

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And they are cooperating more than before as the global marketplace changes the demand dynamics for entire industries, The Boston Consulting Group noted in their report, released on Tuesday.

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