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The Wilding of America by Charles Derber

and this becomes a motivation that people pursue over and above everything else. Derber asserts that we distance ourselves from s...

N2K and CDNow Merger

customer wish list that the customer may want to keep updated and a gift registry (Anonymous PG). CDNow has worked out an agreem...

Analysis and Strategy Recommendation for the American Red Cross

both small and large disasters. The organization has 35,000 employees and half a million volunteers organized throughout 700 chapt...

The Steel Industry

There is not a scarcity of resources used to make steel, so there are not the same barriers of entry to the industry, nor are the ...

Competitive Strategies: Wal-Mart

albeit, they do not produce the goods but they do employ cost leadership strategies. The stores began by offering products at pric...

Foreign Income Tax Exclusion and Fair Competition For Overseas US Workers

this paper, well examine what, exactly, the Foreign Income Tax Exclusion entails, how it works and how it benefits U.S. workers wh...

Should Canada be More Competitive?

of competition, it is by no means a communist nation. Canada does have an economy that includes competitive forces. It is also con...

The Possible International Expansion of Albertson's

over as Chairman of the Board and CEO (Albertsons, History, 2005). McCain expanded Albertsons even more (Albertsons, History, 2005...

Harley Davidson Strategy

to take a stake in the success of the company, for it was able to gain all of the advantages of quality initiatives and lower cost...

Discussing International Arbitration

up most of the 1990s, involved Netherlands-based Benetton and its problems with Hong Kong-based Eco-Swiss. The other case, Mitsubi...

Coca Cola's Capital Structure

short-term loan. The most recent long-term financing decision was in 2003, when the company issued debt in the form of "lon...

Business Studies' Project Reflective Learning Document

In twenty four pages this business studies' project's reflective learning document includes learning theories such as those by Lew...

Global Business and Teamwork

"highly successful organizations optimize their potential by capitalizing on the synergies of effective work groups" (2001). Par...

The Carnival Cruise Line

not have a vision statement, however, according to their annual report they do have the aim of being the best known brand for crui...

Travel Agency Strategy

more direct access to the holiday providers and flight companies though the internet. The main sector of the travel agents busines...

Three Articles on Competitive Analysis and the American Economy

et al, 2004). Basically, notes Osterman and his colleagues, "we lack a generally accepted intellectual and policy framework for th...

Japan and Germany's Human Resource Management Policies

right to reward tenacity over productivity and performance. Right or not, pay based on seniority was the standard in each of the ...

5 'Golden Threads' and Their Implications

and Shared Minds Implications for business are clear. All of these threads weave together in the effective organization to...

Political Competition Edges and Corporations

corporations to one degree or another have favorable relationships with government and this, to an extent, secures them future opp...

Cellular Telephone Services and Optimal Pricing Plans

(i.e., Europe and Japan), competitors are likely to have interest in alliances and be operating with an eye toward globalization. ...

The California Family Rights Act and Economic Issues

places a greater burden on businesses in todays environment than it did in years past before the great downsizing waves that swept...

Position and Strategy of Harley Davidson

the values that the brand stands for and create a higher demand for the bikes. The diversification the home market has included el...

Examination of BAE Systems

the British Aircraft Corporation had been created from the merger of "Bristol, English Electric, Hunting and Vickers" (2003). How...

Young Golfer Training and Sports Psychology

well-aware of the fact that physical talent is never enough on its own. However, talent with hard work, ambition, and a winning at...

Starbucks' Strategic Pricing and Competitive Response

hand, could be considered the brand geared toward young, upwardly mobile individuals who expect good taste in all things, even the...

Competitive Markets and Health Care

criticized for cutting costs when it comes to health care delivery. For another thing, consumers generally make a choice o...

Keystone Species, Bimodal Distribution, and Competitive Displacement

occur even if resources were not limited. However, other regulatory factors such as temperature, humidity, food quality and so on ...

Impact of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act on U.S. Businesses

that giving of gifts is one way in which a U.S.-based company could likely gain a competitive advantage over a foreign entity. In ...

Case Study of Alliance Brewery Group and ASIMCO

In twelve pages this student submitted case study involves the fit of Alliance's operational and competitive strategies, how Allia...

Case Study of a Global Science Applications Company

macro environment. If the economy slows down there may be less disposable income to spend on new systems, cost cutting will be t...