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Imports vs Exports: An Impending Food Crisis in the US?

sell their products locally. Sometimes the results are quite impressive. Consider, for example, the small family-owned farm. Th...

Free Markets and Sustainability

individuals can and do own companies and have the freedom to buy and sell (Hunter, 2003). The goal of these individuals is to ope...

ECONOMICS AND ETHICAL ISSUES

In a standard economic scenario, when a new product is first introduced to market, depending if its the "first" product, manufactu...

Post-World War II Developments in Art

world around them. One might legitimately ask why todays artists see nothing but ugliness and degradation when there are still so ...

Cocoa's Sustainability

was prohibitively expensive because of high import tariffs on cocoa beans, and only the truly wealthy could afford to buy it. Joh...

Fair Trade

that it requires local people to adjust to its way of doing things - such as operating with a high degree of mechanization - and i...

S-D Logic - A New Paradigm for Value Creation

The writer reviews an article entitled "On value and value co-creation: A service systems and service logic perspective", which ad...

Synthetic Treatment of Dichotomy in Isabella Southern's Sonnets

In a paper of three pages, the writer looks at "Of Pruning and Production" by Isabella Southern. The poem's themes are gradually s...

Wine Production and Bioprocesses

In a paper of six pages, the writer looks at bioprocesses. The production of wine in particular is examined in the context of its ...

Characterization and Production Values: Classical Hollywood

This research paper pertains to methods and features of characterization and its associated production values used during the age ...

What is the Difference between the Wines from Bordeaux and Burgundy?

Burgundy and Bordeaux are both areas well known for their wine production. The writer looks at the influences on wine in the two ...

Ensuring Continued Supply of Medical Radioisotopes

The writer looks at the importance of radioisotopes in medicine, focusing on the challenges posed by the current supply chain arr...

Summary and Analysis, Research Article

This paper discusses an article by Siegford, Power and Grimes-Casey (2008), which pertains to the problems of developing productio...

Analysis of Scenes from Thelma & Louise

This essay pertains to two scenes from "Thelma & Louse," offering a description of the subtext, differences between script and the...

The Andromeda Strain, Mise-en-Scene

This essay pertains to the art production and mise-en-scene that characterizes "The Andromeda Strain," a 1971 film directed by Rob...

Using Statistics - Nyke and the One Size Shoe Plan

The writer uses statistics in a case designed to show how statistical analysis can help with the decision making process. Nyke, a ...

Wicked, A Review

This paper offers a review of "Wicked." The reviewer considers the current production of "Wicked" to have retained its appeal. Thr...

Establishing a Greenfield Production Facility

The trade policies of Germany are governed by the EU policies, however, each member country does have autonomy in terms of the fre...

Toyota Motor Manufacturing Case Study

up again. There are costs associated stopping the line, a number of employees and cars in production will be waiting around, which...

PEAK OIL THEORY AND OIL PRODUCTION

that "prices will rise unless demand declines commensurately" (Campbell and Laherrere, 1998; p. 61). Whats interesting is that Cam...

Generic Strategies

retailer that engages in the low cost generic strategy. It is well documented that Wal-Mart engages in discounting of prices in or...

The Concept of Economies of Scale

a company expands, the production units increase and this provides the firm with an opportunity to decrease its costs ("What are E...

My Year of Meats/Ruth L. Ozeki

pregnant (Ozeki 20). Jane is also affected by beef. When her mother was pregnant with Jane, she was prescribed growth hormones tha...

Outsourcing - The Negative Impacts

"outsourcing". The situation has become so dire that there are virtually no manufacturing jobs remaining in the United States. T...

Practical Demonstration of Activity Based Costing

that the products will be sold in. These are all input materials and are needed for the first stage of the ABC process. Now we c...

Should a Firm Open a New Facility Abroad?

The writer considers the benefits and the challenges associated with expanding production facilities internationally. Issues such ...

Questions on Macroeconomics

currency, and in line with supply and demand equations, will help to reduce the price; where the supply for any commodity increase...

Rich Pictures and a Business Tool

manufacturing companies may be a lack of efficiency within the firm as a whole and falling productivity or sales levels1. In this ...

Baz Luhrmann's Romeo + Juliet = Production Effectiveness

decision to transform a personal tale of forbidden love into a social commentary on increasing teen violence and decreasing morali...

Classic and Modern Production Factors

In five pages this paper examines managerial process in terms of classic and contemporary production types and characteristics. T...