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Microsoft Financial Performance

However, revenues do not necessarily lead to profits. Unless a firm is making profits it is unlikely to survive in the long term. ...

OIL AND THE INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS CONNECTION

Before we take on an explanation of oil and petroleum on a global scale, we first need to understand how the "liquid gold," as...

URBAN OUTFITTERS - PRICING, SALES AND CULTURE ANALYSIS

to customers that Alexandra Biesada (2008) dubs as "metropolitan hipsters." In other words, younger people, typically unmarried, h...

GAAP Pension Accounting

Turner (2005) states that a current proposal for reform "is that pension accounting should be based on market-value accounting (ma...

THE ECONOMICS OF ENERGY: FLUCTUATING GAS PRICES

increases in crude oil, rather than the law of supply and demand (Andrews, 2007). Economists point out that gasoline deman...

What the American Government can do to Lower Gas Prices

Thus far, there have been attempts to deal with this problem such as recommendations to get rid of gas taxes temporarily in an eff...

Marketing the Corvette

which the Corvette is far from being "politically correct," however. It gets 16 mpg in the city, 26 on the highway; at 4200 rpm i...

The Use of Leading Indicators to Project Demand in the Housing Market

in 2008 of 1.2%, the recovery is expected to continue into 2009 when the GDP is expected to grow by 1.7% (Office of Economic Analy...

Will High Oil Prices Lead to Recession?

of a U.S. recession in 2008; this was up from his predication of a 33% chance the previous month and the reason for the pessimism ...

Congestion Pricing for Lower Manhattan

is: ...the practice of charging motorists more to use a roadway, bridge or tunnel during periods of the heaviest use. Its purpose ...

First Solar Inc.

commercial solar power projects and the company is undertaking international expansion as well as domestic expansion, two producti...

A Case Study in Social Responsibility and Environmentalism

with donations and membership falling, the organisation needed to gain publicity. The claim made against Shell was that they had ...

Tylenol Marketing Mix - 4Ps

8-hour, gel caps, sinus, allergy, Tylenol PM and numerous other specific Tylenol products for different conditions. The company ha...

CONSUMER PRICE INDEX AND PERSONAL IMPACT

those things that people need, but its not something that is a constant "must buy" scenario. But theres been an increase in the ap...

Launching a New Product

the face of competition, if it is a niche market product it may be difficult to reach those who will be interested in marketing an...

Pricing Parking - Case Study

decks have led to a $100,000 deficit. Even in the most crowded months in the year, the new parking decks are only about half-full....

Zauner Ornaments Costing Case Study

in terms of over heads that are not reflected in whatever proportional system is used. No approach will ever be 100% accur...

Online Tax Payment Systems

This 25 page paper looks at the setting up of online tax filing and tax payment systems. The paper starts by outlines the way that...

The Relationship between Motivation and Rewards

order for a firm to be able to maximize all of its resources, including labour and human capital as well as financial and physical...

Devaluation and Inflation in Zimbabwe

A) While the government may try and outlaw inflation there are market pressures in any economy. Hoping down inflation and refusing...

Twenty First Century Outlook for the Personal Computer Industry

In a paper consisting of seven pages computer pricing and its industry implications are discussed with the end of 100 percent grow...

Saving Felix: How Much Is Too Much?

the neck but are now more often given in the leg, so that it can be amputated if a cancer occurs, thus savings the cats life (Lync...

The Use of an Information System to Support Business Processes

order to create value within the supply chain. The use of the system started out as a dialing in network which facilitated...

The View from the Bottom

that level, however, as job losses continue. Ten percent is a more reasonable estimate at present. The Consumer Price Inde...

Kurt Eichenwald/The Informant

than one hundred participants," and involved examination of thousands of documents (Eichenwald 569). However, in other ways, it i...

STARBUCKS AND COST ELEMENT OF PRICING DECISION

there is any outstanding debt, the interest on that would also be a fixed expense. The variable costs, on the other hand,...

IMPACT OF OIL PRICES ON THE AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY

One of the culprits of all of this change involved spiking oil prices, which led to an increase in gas prices at the pump. This, i...

Competition Policy

competition, but also restrict and control it so that free competition remains. Article 82 at first looks to be a strange ...

Kingsford Charcoal

all the Ps of the marketing mix. If the product is of poor quality or does not perform to promised levels, then all the other Ps ...

Strategic Thinking Examples

to stock their products. They also expanded internationally with their salespeople targeting large international accounts in other...