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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...

Business Plan for Krista's Clothing

video rental stores. Conventional wisdom says that in starting a new business, it is necessary to find something new that has at ...

Functional, Business, and Global Strategies of Dubai Inc.

is the general overall strategy, not concerned with the details of implementation, but still requiring that the strategy is realis...

Earthquake Planning and Decision Support Systems

A decision support system (DSS) is software that is capable of using complex analytical models that can help support the decision ...

China and eBay

Japan, the company had entered the Chinese internet auction market at a much earlier stage of development and as such may avoid th...

Environmental Analysis of Costco Wholesale Corporation

and electricity (economic) (Plunkett Research, 2006). This has always been a competitive industry and it is more so today. Every ...

Evaluating Harrah's Entertainment

children who are wandering around on their own. They also warn their customers that they will prosecute any minor using false iden...

Health Care and Free Market

insurance cost, 2004). The rising costs are bringing hardships to insured and uninsured alike; the single biggest cause for person...

Stewart Enterprises, Inc.

customers to see itemized price lists and to provide price information to the consumer over the telephone (Stone, 2000). Federal ...

Case Study of Overland Human Resource Management

groups of people an important element of the way in which HRM strategy can be spread. Originally Hofstede identified four ...

Gaming and Hilton Hotels

so much 1991 to 1994. This should not be surprising at all, however, as increased occupancy can be expected to follow a recession...

Palace Hotel of Guam and Activity Based Costing Explored

diverse industries during recent years. Despite "this trend in manufacturing, ABC systems have made few inroads in the services a...

Case Study of GE in Hungary

operations, products, functions and corporate culture. Such a move could also lead to reduced costs with suppliers. Furthermore, w...

PhysicianOffice Software Business Plan

health care industry continues to writhe through its evolution away from the structure in which it has operated for more than a ha...

The Impact on the Environment of BP Global

BP Global states plainly that its operations "result in the emission of various air pollutants" some of which can "have a damaging...

Doctor's Office and Scheduling Streamlining

all further appointments (Chase, Jacobs and Aquilano, 2004). The doctor always apologizes to the patients who have had to resched...

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...

Corporate Strategy and Information Technology

are the earliest know treaties on the subject (Goldenberg, 1997). His influence in business is strongest in Asian countries and th...

TGI Friday's and the Food and Beverage Industry

beverage operations, seen with firms such as McDonalds, Burger King and other restaurant chains and hotel chains (Mintzberg et al,...

The Benefit of Formalized Processes in an Organization

finance management, human resource management and IT processes. The value and advantages of formalizing and documenting those proc...

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...

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...

CALTEX, SOUTH AFRICA AND APARTHEID

ask here is whether the Texaco/Standard Oil joint ventures presence is more beneficial to the local population, and what might hap...

Motivations for Multinational Companies to Pursue Forogen Direct Investment

labor thats may be more readily available, or available at a lower cost than in the companys home country. In many instances the p...

AMERICAN CONNECTOR AND DJC

his vision, and this could spell dire trouble for American Connector. One case in point is the companys design and implemen...

Organizational Issues for a Financial Services Firm

limited to car, property, life2 and commercial insurance policies. The firm acts as an intermediary, with packaged insurance pro...