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Changes in the View and Practice of Profit Maximization in the Global Economy

the firm as a profit maximizing entity. The concept of the firm to maximize profits may appear to be the most likely role of ...

The Environmental Crisis and the Financial Crisis; Is there A Common Solution?

firm to find ways to save money, and decreasing energy use is also decreasing pollution and the carbon footprint, demonstrating th...

In Support of Additional Financing for International Development

9/11, democracy has been curtailed in order to increase security. Security concerns aside, there are questions surrounding the ef...

Why Mass Media is "not just any business"

a whole in different ways. It is the mass media which many organizations will use in order to market there good and try to influen...

An Argument Against Capitalism

However, when looking at the way that the model manifests, while having benefits many it may also be argued as causing harm and di...

GLOBAL RECESSION AND IMPACT ON NIGERIA

Nigerias imports (Africa News Service, 2008). But many of Nigerias largest trading partners are being impacted by the meltdown (Af...

The Credit Crunch; Influences and Outlook

Therefore, this may be argued as a very viable market for the majority of lenders as well a serving an important purpose allowing ...

Poland and Brazil as Potential Greenfield Sites

has a relatively low cost structure, and it is known opponent offers a potential for comparative advantage for the setting up new ...

MCCAIN HEALTH CARE PROPOSAL AND DOLLARS

(McCain-Palin, 2008). What would be the economic implications of a health care reform proposal such as the one John McCa...

Strategy, Leadership and Vision

own sake; vision provides a reason for undertaking time-consuming and often difficult change initiatives. Change Resistance...

Implementing Supply Chain Management

that companies that had implemented such a process "had an order-cycle and an inventory days of supply that were 50 percent lower ...

CANCER, ITS IMPORTANCE, AND SOCIETAL IMPACT

But what is the deal when these cells multiply, and why is this bad? Normal cells are needed to keep the body healthy - when they ...

CARTELS AS EFFECTIVE MARKET STRUCTURES

This 4-page paper suggests that cartels, far from being economic boogeys, are actually efficient when it comes to market pricing a...

Gay Marriage

do not want marriage legalized for homosexuals. Bolte (1998) explains: " Many of those in the gay and lesbian rights movement who ...

The Neo-Liberal State, Developing Nations and Globalization

favor private ownership of private property rights, the rule of law and free trade policies (Harvey, 2005). These policies should ...

The History of the Financial Markets

slowly and the next major developments moving towards the modern financial markets was the increased use of the corporate status,...

Wary in Singapore

The government of Singapore maintains excellent information in a wealth of categories. Some Asian governments are less then forth...

The US Economy; 2008

annual decline rate of 0.3% (BEA, 2008). There was a contraction expected as a result of lower personal consumption expenditure, ...

THE ECONOMICS OF ENERGY: FLUCTUATING GAS PRICES

increases in crude oil, rather than the law of supply and demand (Andrews, 2007). Economists point out that gasoline deman...

Sky Lee’s Disappearing Moon Café/Chinese-Canadians

and her parents. She says that her mother "never attempted to Canadianize her thinking," as she dried fish on the front lawn and v...

External Influences on Different Types of Organizations

as a luxury when it is undertaken to leisure purposes. If there is an economic downturn within an economy, such as one which is oc...

The Contribution Of Motivation Theories To Understanding Work Place Behavior

the idea that man was motivated economically. The increased efficiency meant that Ford could produce in one day what had previousl...

Questions on North American Petroleum Dependency

sixty percent of the current U.S. oil demands (Roberts, 2008). With the price of oil moving upward of $130 US dollars...

The Impact of NAFTA on Mexico

the impact it has had on the economy. When looking at the business statistics it appears that between 1994 when NAFTA came into ...

Tax Structure Evaluation Criteria

area increase. Administrative Ease or Efficiency "Revenue sources vary in the amount of skill, integrity and determination ...

Houses Prices in the UK 2003 - 2008

This 7 page paper looks at the pattern in the average house price in the UK from 2003 to 2008. The paper discusses the movement in...

ISSUES IN TRADE, INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND PRODUCT ROLLOUT

is because the U.S. is becoming a service-oriented economy -- while the country is certainly a net importer of goods, its exportin...

AN ESSAY ON PLANNED CHAOS

of "Planned Chaos." Van Mises - A History Born in 1881 in Lemberg, Austria-Hungary, Mises enrolled in the University of Vi...

REGIONAL INTEGRATION, BRAZIL AND THE UAE

Target is the goal to contribute to alleviation of poverty (ECCHM, 2005). Basically, therefore, the REIs allow nations in ...

Major Issues in Obesity

at least 30 kg/m2" (Allison et al, 1999, p. 1530). It was found that approximately 22% of adult Americans, about 40.5 million pers...