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South African History/The Gold Industry

"poor sanitation and hygiene," the homes of Africans, who had been confined to slums by segregationist law, were perceived as a "...

BED, BATH AND BEYOND: AN INDUSTRY ANALYSIS

account for most of the retail chains growth, and the company is planning to expand into Canada and to enter Mexico (through a joi...

HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN CAR

the 1960s, the "Big Three" had most of the automobile market share. Other factors helped the automobile. One of these was ...

COMPETITIVE PRESSURES, DISCOUNTERS AND COSTCO

Costco followed at 3.5% of the market (U.S. Discount Retailing, 2008). In the current downturn, Costco should be in decen...

SPECTRUM BRANDS CASE STUDY

matrix is used to portray both industry attractiveness and competitive strength (Thompson et al, 2009). While industry attractiven...

ANALYSIS - AIRLINE INDUSTRY

flying longer than they rightfully should have (Mutzabaugh, 2004). In a free market scenario, the critics contend, government bail...

Barbados' Eyewear Business Establishment

of eyewear that will enhance their wardrobe (Parr, 1998). Laser surgery and the advances in contact lenses should have resulted...

Personal Computer Industry of the United States

is "no longer a technology business. You dont need a team of engineers to build a PC today" Jerre L. Stead of the largest distrib...

Disney Corporation Financial Analysis

In ten pages this paper utilizes a variety of ratios to financially evaluate Disney including a DuPont analysis with a company des...

Structure and Composition of the Fitness Industry

In sixteen pages this paper examines the fitness industry in an overview of composition, structure, how advertising increases dema...

Fedex and its Transportation Competition

In seven pages this paper discusses the transportation industry in an overview of Federal Express and its competition. Three sour...

Overview of Portland, Oregon

In eleven pages this paper presents a Portland, Oregon overview that features various subject headings that consider history, geog...

Fast Food Industry's Chicken Market

that will continue until 2005 (PG). One of KFCs competitors, Boston Market, came on the scene originally as Boston Chicke...

Strategic Analysis of the GAP, Inc.

well-handled. The company has managed to break apart its operations into a number of directly targeted brands, each one utilizing ...

AIRLINE INDUSTRY AND INNOVATION PROCESS

are, for the most part, out of these companies control). As such, it makes sense to examine consumer behavior as it pertains to pu...

ORGANIZATIONAL ANALYSIS: SOUTHWEST AIRLINES

The company furthermore is "no-frills" (meaning no meals or snacks on board) and a no-assigned seats policy, which helps the carri...

State of the Discount Retail Industry

advantage, though smaller discounters such as Dollar General have benefitted too. Though Kmart recently filed for bankruptc...

Oil Industry of Syria

first need to consider the oil industry and its development. The time before the well known cartel of OPEC, the development of thi...

The Computer Giant Apple

John Scully, who was CEO of Apple at the time, made a devastating mistake (Dohrman, 1997). In 1985, Scully confronted Bill Gates, ...

Case Study on the Chocolate Industry of the United Kingdom

In ten pages this paper discusses the UK chocolate industry in an overview of its present status with a fictitious manufacturer ca...

Comparing U.S. and Japanese Politics

governed by a Prime Minister who is elected by the members of the Diet. The Prime Minister then chooses members of his cabinet, mu...

US Banking Industry and Technology

view of the financial services sector has been related to changes in the economy since the end of World War II. But in recent yea...

Women's Professional Football Team Business Proposal

the 2001 season (Bickelhaupt, 2000). It is difficult to keep up with the number of teams because more seem to be added each month...

An Examination of the Auto Salvage Business

In a paper consisting of thirteen pages an auto salvage industry overview is presented in terms of the types of services it offers...

The Use of a Cost-Benefit Analysis in the Health Care Industry

defined as the indicator of positive or negative cost effectiveness (Russell et al, 1996). The problems that stem from this proc...

Questions and Answers on Health Care Finance

volume is impacted by the effects of cost and revenues. . Hunt (1996) provides information in regards to cost accounting for a n...

Airline Industry - Profitability And Risk Management

industry. There are five general risk categories: safety risks, strategic risks, hazard risks, financial risks and operational ris...

Past and Present Motion Picture Special Effects Technology

actual event with which the audience is familiar with an example being the Pearl Harbor catastrophe of December 1941 that was repr...

Women in Construction

industry (Riegel, 2006). In many areas, agency law dictates that women must be a part of the construction workforce. For example...

Total Quality Management

talking about a systemic approach to total transformation leading to continually improving quality. While we cannot outline the 1...