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Schlosser: "Fast Food Nation"

Perris, California or Paris, France. Buying fast food has become so routine that we no longer think about it. If we really did sto...

The Motion Picture Business and Its Impact on the Inventor Thomas Edison

Edison was more than an inventor. This paper explores the role the motion picture industry and the industry giant Eastman played ...

A Casual Dining Analysis

current economic slowdown (Silver, 2001). According to the NPD FoodWorld: Chain Restaurant Eating Share Trends data, sales rose in...

An Analysis of a Typical Regional Carrier

that are faster and more comfortable than the prop jets they are replacing (Brannigan, 2001). Trouble began however when C...

U.S. Government Involvement in Prescription Drugs

the "government should subsidize prescription drug spending for all 40 million Americans over the age of 65 - whether they need it...

Consumer Behavior and the Luxury Fashion Industry

is not possible to write a paper that is based on error. I will, therefore, make a case for ego needs and drop in the possibility ...

Banking Industry and Marketing

is being considered. Furthermore, many of the functions traditionally associated with banks may be fulfilled by other finical inst...

Organic Food Industry

1980 in Austin, Texas by two college dropouts. It grew quickly and by 2007, sales reached $6.6 billion with 276 stores across the ...

Creating Value With Supply Chain Integration

In 2002 the National Institute of Standards and Technology estimated that in the US alone more than $1 billion a year could be sa...

The Potential of ABC Systems in the Service Sector

This 5 page paper looks at the way that the concept of activity-based costing may be applied to the service industries. The genera...

Economic Forces and the Fast Food Industry

amount of money consumers spend on fast food soared at a rate of 6.8 per year. At the same time, the amount of growth in sales in ...

Northwest Airlines Company Profile

directly a result of political and global changes in addition to the usual industry factors of competition, customer satisfaction,...

Internet Strategy of British Airways

airline industry and including the development of technology and as time went by this was increasing apparent that it would have t...

Operation Mexicano Project and the Case of Carl Conway

PERT, which is used to determine time estimates. A key concept in project management is creating network diagrams using PERT/CPM (...

Issues in Fuel Cell Development

on hydrogen, something that is virtually inexhaustible and nonpolluting (2002). Essentially, the drawbacks of fossil fuels have to...

Customer Service Orientation in the Healthcare Industry

and ties are the rule. The rules were relaxed for a short time in the nineties but management believes they were lowering their st...

Automotive Industry of Europe

factors into consideration when analysing their position and possible future (DAveni, 1999). Porter does not see these external fa...

Banking Industry and Young Professionals as a Target Market

what risks would he be bringing to the bank? If he does go with risky clients, how might the risk be managed? To some extent, the ...

Cost Structure and the Airline Industry

In this way the more operating leverage an airline has, the greater its business risk will be. Despite the fact that many analyst...

Palm, Inc. Marketing Plan

Palm became the definitive name in hand-held devices, and until recently, has enjoyed being at the top of the heap of this particu...

Chemical Industry and the Effects of Information Technology

Dow Chemical officially takes the opposite view. As a matter of corporate policy, Dow Chemical conducts its business within the f...

Hotel Industry and the Value of Efficient Customer Service

a guest that is tired, wants to book in, the reception em,ployees are talking to each other and slow to respond and then when the ...

United Kingdom's Leisure Industry and Car Ownership's Impact

the US soon spread and cars became more affordable and used in a wide range of ways. Convenience was a major factor, and it was i...

Harvey Industries Inventory Management

warehouse - in other words, inventory that has been ordered but not used during the past year. There is also the difficult...

Kranz Industries' Consultant Report

In five pages this paper considers a consultant's reported recommendations to Kranz Industries' owner. There are no sources cited...

Product Development by Food Companies

In five pages this paper considers whether the development of products by food companies should be different than other industries...

Overview of Perfume

In six pages perfume is examined in an overview of its types, industry terms, how it is created, consumer and industry perceptions...

Construction Industry and ISO 9000 Use

customer satisfaction. To be ISO 9000 certified indicates that a company is readily willing to meet the highest standards of qual...

Overview of the Fast Food Industry

In fifteen pages the fast food industry is considered in an overview that includes history that commences with the 1916 opening of...

Pharmaceutical Industry and Employment

In five pages pharmaceutical industry employment is explored with such issues as industry structure, corporate culture, qualificat...