Business
In the Business section, you can find material dedicated to all things business. This section collects data on the activities of the various companies operating in markets all over the world.
17,334 Essays on Business. Documents 3,361 - 3,390
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Controlling the Economy with Interest Rates Does It Accomplish the Task on the Consumer Side?
Interest rates have and will always be used by the Federal Government as an instrument to tighten or expand the U.S. economy. Interest rates, adjusted for inflation, rise and fall to balance the amount saved with the amount borrowed, which affects the allocation of scarce resources between present and future uses1. The Federal Government uses both fiscal and monetary policies to adjust the spending levels within the economy. Fiscal policy refers to the government increasing
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Controls
In order to monitor the progress of the marketing strategies we propose, we at The Hit Cafй have set up a series of indicators which will allow us to mark progress and let us know what is going well and what may need adjustment. It will allow our upper management to have greater information about what is going on and allow them to make educated, timely decisions that will benefit our profit intake. In
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Controls of a Bed and Breakfast
Controls There are a number of controls that will be implemented in order to insure operations are going smoothly and the Bed and Breakfast is performing to its optimal level while continuing to maximize profits. Quality Control Employee Training & Education Since we are in the service industry our employees our extremely important for our success. The innkeeper will be the only employee so his training will be extensive to provide the best quality. The
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Controversy Between Money and Love as Shown in “the Rocking-Horse Winner”
Controversy between Money and Love as shown in “The Rocking-Horse Winner” The Rocking-Horse Winner is couched in the symbols of the ancient myths. The mother is poor, unsatisfied fairy princess who yearns for happiness; Paul is the gallant knight on horse-back who rides to her rescue (Junkins 261). The mythical aspect of the story is evident in the style and symbols. In the opening lines, the first seven words have a fable-like quality reminiscent
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Conumer Confidence Weakens to an Almost Two-Year Nadir
Conumer Confidence Weakens To an Almost Two-Year Nadir THE WALL STREET JOURNAL, Wednesday Sept 28, Pg. A2 In September, consumer confidence has skid to a nearly two-year low as energy prices soared, and new-home sales fell more than expected in August in a sign the housing market might be slowing down. The reports point to potential troubles for consumers, who have been hurting from increasing gasoline prices and who depend more and more each day
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Convenient Travel: Organization Background
Convenient Travel: Organization Background In 1999 in the state of Utah, Convenient Travel was incorporated. Convenient Travel is an electronic commerce company that conducts business with its customers primarily on the Internet. Convenient Travel is an organization that focuses on specific travel markets in Mexico and the Caribbean. The organization has maintained constant financial growth since its foundation in 1999, except in 2001. Its current year growth has surpassed over the prior year and the
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Convergence and International Corporate Governance
Find and summarise (in no more than 1000 words) some of the work that has been done by Katherine Pistor and others on Convergence, Divergence and ‘Path Dependency’ of legal systems as it relates to International Corporate Governance. In recent years the issue of corporate governance has become a keenly debated topic in international finance. In developed countries, some of the biggest corporate collapses in history have brought about a change in focus. No longer
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Convergence of Accounting Standards
Convergence of Accounting Standards Convergence of Accounting Standards ________________ Convergence of Accounting Standards Introduction The idea of combining international accounting standards and generally accepted accounting principles has existed for some time. With the ever expanding global economy, the time has never been better than now to introduce a globalized accounting standard that will help the United States within the multinational market. That globalized accounting standard is the International Financial Reporting Standards. The Financial Accounting Standards
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Conversation with My 17 Year Old Brother in the Backyard
I had a conversation with my 17 year old brother in the backyard. I found it shockingly easy to be mindful of the things he had to say. Rarely do we ever have conversations like these, so I found myself opening up easily to what he had to share. I am used to seeing my brother as the jolly and always positive one. It isn’t usual to see him sit down and be so serious
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Convertible Debt
1. Convertible Debt Companies have to ways in raising money and financing their plans: issue debt or equity. Debt comes in the form of loans and equity in the form of shares. There is a wide range of methods for both ways, with different instruments and multiple options. In this study we will focus on debt and especially in convertible debt. A convertible debt is a loan that can convert to equity under certain circumstances,
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Cooper
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Cooper Case Study Summary
COOPER CASE STUDY SUMMARY Nicholson Early in 1972 Nicholson dad to fend off a take over attempt by H.K. Porter Company Inc., which controlled 30.5% of the company's stock. Porter made a cash tender offer to stockholders. However, Porter did not get enough stock to take over Nicholson. In trying to fight the takeover Nicholson made several merger overtures to other companies like VLN Corp. A few years back, it had rejected an offer from
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Cooper Industries
Target price: $60 a share Book Value 51.25 Low price: $53 walk-away As the merger takes place and even before the price of the stock will increase plus the price of value the stock after the merger will should increase in value so we are taking the synergy factor into or calculation. They stand to make a health amount of profits after the merger so we believe that the stock is worth more Strong point
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Cooper Industries, Inc.
The management of Cooper Industries, Inc., is considering whether to acquire the Nicholson File Company, a leading manufacturer of hand tools. The Nicholson family and other members of the management group own about 20% of the Nicholson stock; the remainder is publicly held. From the standpoint of Cooper, an affirmative decision may involve Cooper in a bidding contest with two other companies, which have already purchased part of the outstanding Nicholson stock and made tender
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Cooper Pharmaceuticals
CPI Case Bob Marsh a pharmacy manager takes a job with Cooper Pharmaceuticals and has an illustrious 12 year career with them. Throughout his career and especially towards the end Bob was conflicted with doing what was best for his customers and satisfying management. Every year management would do performance evaluations measuring how the salesman’s sales volume was and how his/her relationship improved with the physicians they try to sell to. Bob was always hitting
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Cooper Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities, and Other Characteristics of Detailers: The detailers for Cooper Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (CPI) are the A Positions of the company as they have a significant impact on the company’s success. The business strategy is to field a sales force of over 500 detailers to call on medical personnel to describe the product line and persuade them to use and subscribe CPI drugs (pg 1). Successful detailers need many KSAOCs to generate sales. CPI
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Cooperative Strategy
This essay draws on the findings of the vast amounts of research and studies done on cooperative strategy; it attempts to illustrate that a cooperative approach between foreign and local firms is feasible and can provide a host of advantages (including decreased level of competition and costs of doing business) but it may not be the best approach. The first part of this essay deals with the cooperative approach – what kinds there are, its
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Copenhagen Agreement
The Copenhagen accord is an agreemend that the worlds greenhouse gas emissions should be reduced by the year 2050. It builds upon earlier agreements made in the Kyoto Protocol however covers a longer time period than the Kyoto protocol as green house gas emissions build up over time and therefore a longer term doslution to the problem must be ound (text 1). The accord states that "to achieve the conventions of goal of preventing dangerous
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Coping with Corruption in Trading with China
Case Coping with Corruption in Trading with China 1. List all the different types of bribes, payments, or favors represented in this case under FCPA, Criminal Law of PRC, and Law against Unfair Competition of the PRC. Why is each either legal or illegal? Under the FCPA there is a distinction between bribery and extortion depending on the activity resulted from voluntary or demanded payment. Bribery can be classified as one company offering money to
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Coporate Social Responsibility
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) has become a very familiar term in the modern business world in the last twenty years. Asongu (2007) asserts "While some authors do believe that CSR is a relatively new concept, CSR is perhaps as old as business itself and in some societies one cannot do without being socially responsible". CSR is a concept that has grown in importance, as well as interpretation, and can be referred to by several different
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Copperfield Books Inc.
I. INTERNAL ANALYSIS a. Present Situation: i. Current Strategies include expand Copperfield’s Books Inc. from 8 million to 15million in four years. To grow in size so they can develop a level of efficiency quickly to avoid unwanted administration costs. They plan to become a favorite in the community based around their new slogan “Creating community, connecting with you” ii. Current Strengths are not what Copperfield Books Inc. would like them to be at but
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Coral Divers
SW of three options and Problem The first option that Greywell has would be to move Coral Divers Resort to New Providence Island in the Bahamas. The island has a large population, and Nassau the capital has the most developed tourist attractions in the Bahamas. One of the strengths of moving to New Providence would be the large tourist population that gathers there. The island also offers underwater movie sets from popular Bond movies which
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Coral Divers Resort Case Study
Weakness – 1. No Capital 2. Loss of Profit 3. Competition Core Problem Coral Divers Resort is facing increasing competition, a shift in what vacationers desire, and decreasing revenues. Jonathon Greywell needs to examine his business and decide what course of action to take. ... He could make the resort more family-oriented. ... This strategy, while plausible in the overall business sense, will not benefit Coral Divers Resort. ... A second alternative is to make
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Cordillera Coffee
IX. External Analysis A. Industry Definition The Philippine coffee industry including foreign and local establishments, offer different varieties of coffee, tea, and other kinds of hot and cold beverages, and a selection of food ranging from cakes, pastries, pasta, sandwiches, salads, soups, and rice meals. Some cafй’s also offer products such as coffee mugs, tumblers, and packed roasted or ground coffee. Establishments in this industry are engaged in one or more of the following: (1)
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Cordless Tech
cordless tech By: E-mail: joe@hotmail.com A Cordless Future Wireless technology, from cell phones to business networks is revolutionizing the world we live in. Now we can access the Internet while in our cars, on the beach, and even at dinner. This wave of technology will soon be felt in full force as we begin to travel with the assistance of a computer, run businesses with high quality networks, and check last nights game on our
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Core Competencies
Core Competencies Introduction Core competencies are those capabilities that are critical to a business achieving competitive advantage. The starting point for analysing core competencies is recognising that competition between businesses is as much a race for competence mastery as it is for market position and market power. Senior management cannot focus on all activities of a business and the competencies required to undertake them. So the goal is for management to focus attention on competencies
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Core Competencies
Tool Presentation Core Competencies Good afternoon, everyone. My topic is “ How the management of core competencies become the real sources of advantage for an organization?’’ I have chosen core competencies as a management tool for my presentation. According to Prehalad & Hamel’s definition, a core competence can be seen as an organization’s collective learning which allows a firm to form the basis for firm-specific and in-imitative competitive advantage. It is also a configuration of
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Core Values
Question: The Core Values or Foundations of Trust are integrity, fairness, social responsibility, and enthusiasm. What do these words mean to you? Are they concepts that still have substance in today's fast paced lifestyles? How do you apply them when it comes to your School? Core Values: As a franchisee I feel that the core values of should also be my own core values, In embracing these values I should get to a level where
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Corner Point Property: An Optimal Solution Must Lie (consists Of) at one or More Corner Points
Corner Point Property: An optimal solution must lie (consists of) at one or more corner points. Fixed Order Qty Model: An order of a fixed quantity Q is placed every time the inventory falls below a reorder point R. (Use EOQ) Fixed Time Period Model: An order quantity q that usually depends on the current inventory on hand is ordered. Orders can only be placed at certain times. If order size is small every time
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Corning
Company Organization As seen with the development of the contact sensor project, development teams have to ability to create strong bonds between different parts of the organization. This model of organizational coordination needs to be imitated throughout the rest of the companies product development teams. Having strong bonds between the development team and other parts of the organization is what enabled the CS project to become so successful. By taking advantage of this form of
Rating:Essay Length: 649 Words / 3 PagesSubmitted: January 1, 2010