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Miami Beach and the Russian Mob

Fontainebleau Hotel (Owen, 2003). In early centuries, Florida was home to smugglers and pirates, so it shouldnt come as a surprise...

Comparing 3 Logistics Companies

developed into a value chain and the expansion of this to the virtual value chain. The first of these systems was the COSMOS syste...

Paradise Lost - General Dynamics on Kava Island

The writer considers the kinds of strategic decisions, implementations and ethical considerations General Dynamics must make befor...

Marketing Approaches and the Utilization of the Mass Media

is approached may be undertaken with a marketing originated approached; this has the potential to add value in the way that the pr...

Implementing High Involvement Work Practices

Using two example case studies the writer looks at the way in which high involvement workplace practices may be implemented in ord...

Toyota and Johnson & Johnson - Doing It Wrong, Doing it Right

way. Instead, they put consumers ahead of profits (Rehak, 2002). First, they stepped up and took responsibility, then they pulled...

Toyota Supply Chain Management

is why Toyota adopted just-in-time (JIT) supply chain management many, many years ago. JIT is about having the right raw materials...

Primary Care Surgical Clinic/Indigent Population

these surgeries can proceed more efficiently and effectively, and that case management results in cost savings, as well as improve...

Knorr Packet Soup in Ireland

and maintain the number one position they need to understand the market, the position within that market and the influences that a...

Leading Plastics Injection Molding Company

Sarbanes-Oxley and have achieved ISO 9000 quality standards (Butod, 2009). These quality standards make the operations of the comp...

Innocent Drinks Value Creation

of the company along with the way they compete can be considered in order to the way in which they are able to create value. 2. ...

Case Study of Processes at Mario’s

wait too long for their type of table to become available. It is notable that the restaurant appears to have insufficient capacity...

How is "Good" Art Determined?

by art historians and critics. However, it is also true that a works intrinsic economic value, that is, how much it will sell for...

Hutchison Whampoa Limited; Operations, Potential Expansion and Marketing Challenges

include any ship of the UKs largest port; the Port of Felixstowe, as well as Harwich International, Thamesport and a major interes...

The Guillermo Furniture Store; Flexible Budget

unlikely to be with the same use of skills. With many firms consolidating there may not be alternate job opportunities and this mo...

SOUTHWEST AIRLINES AND AMERICAN AIRLINES: A COMPARISON

to a destination (though there may be two or three changes in the meantime) rather than to a major city "hub," which then branches...

IT at Zara

their store, and determining order levels. Other employees were also empowered with intellectual capitals used; different groups o...

U.S. Foreign Policy, Just War Theory, and the Persian Gulf War

late Sen. J. William Fulbright advocated neither morality nor realism. Instead, he advocated "humanism" as a primary American for...

Fluor's Dedication to Integrity

there are other outside influences. In ethics of choice, Kantian philosophy dictates that intention or consequences can aff...

Organizational Culture And Cultural Diversity: The Meaning Of Culture

Being able to actualize, even if just in ones mind, the corporations ultimate goal when faced with adversity is instrumental in fo...

The Nature Of Strategy In An International Context; The Case of Nissan

is also highly reflective of the Japanese culture. The automotive industry in Japan rose up after the Second World War. It reflec...

Improving Quality at Pal's Sudden Service

percent annually; Pals closest competitor topped 300 percent in 2001. Pals was able to reduce its turnover rate to 127 percent, s...

Inbound Logistics

chain management. Ultimately, the performance of operations is dependent upon having the right materials there at the right time (...

Are the World Bank and the IMF Political?

the IMF which would consider issues such as the provision of short term finances, and help including the balancing of budgets and ...

Strategy for Panera

There are myriad social forces affecting the industry, not all of which are directly related to putting product into customers han...

Amazon.com and Internet Jurisdiction

have been forced to cease operations. Today Amazon maintains sites in Austria, Canada, China, France, Germany, Japan, the United ...

Financial Services in a Global Context

billion passed through the hands of currency traders in New York, London and Tokyo every day. By 1995 daily turnover had reached a...

Evaluating The Transformation Process: Italiano Pizza Company

sold in any given week, which can lead to either underestimating or overestimating the need for perishable supplies. The associat...

PBS/Corp. Partnerships & Strategic Alliances

this trend, Austin points out that the "era of ever-bigger national government is coming to an end" (Austin, 2000, p. 7). In previ...

Afghanistan and Iraq: Military and Culture

different culture and a different military entity. An important element to note in the nature or culture of the Afghanista...