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 4,471 - 4,500
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Doll’s House: What Is the Dramatic Function of Mrs. Linde?
Doll’s House: What is the dramatic function of Mrs. Linde? In the play, “A Doll’s House”, the character of Mrs. Linde is a childhood friend of Nora’s that comes back into Nora’s life near the beginning of the play. She has several dramatic functions in the play, the most prominent of these being that she is a foil to Nora. The author juxtaposes Mrs. Lindes worldly outlook on life with Nora’s childish manner in order
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Domestic Airline
CHAPTER 1 BACKGROUND AND HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE INDUSTRY Nowadays everyone wants to go to places faster safer and cheaper. This is our mentality when it comes to transportation. We want these qualities for us to be satisfied. For example when a person wants to go to the provide they will ride varieties of transportation like bus, boats and trains while in fact they can go to the airports and ride an airplane to go
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Dominant Women in Society
In the story Hunger as Ideology by Susan Bordo women are portrayed as passive and inferior to men. Bordo looks into advertisements to prove her point about how visible it is that women are how they are suppose to be dainty and quaint. In the movie “The Thomas Crown Affair” it is totally opposite; the woman in this story is independent, strong, and self-reliant. She is able to outsmart him and prove to him that
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Dominion Motors & Controls Ltd Case Study
Problem: Dominion Motors & Controls Ltd. has had a relatively stable and significant holding in the market for Oil Pumping in Northern Canada through the early 1980s. However, recent field tests have yielded results regarding the favored features of a popular pump that would place Dominion in third overall within the competing market providing such pumps. In effect, Dominion must act quickly if they plan on preventing the loss of their current hold on the
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Dominion Motors & Controls, Ltd. Case
Dominion Motors & Controls, Ltd. 1) The problem: DMC’s potential loss of significant market share in the near and long term, of oil well pumping motors if DMC doesn’t respond quickly and effectively to the expected change in motor specs for the industry. 2) Causes of the problem: Hearsay concerning a study by the trend setting buyer in the market, which, if true, will promote the motors of DMC competitors and relegate DMC to third
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Dominion Motors Case Analysis
Dominion Motors Case Analysis What, precisely, is the problem here? The problem is that DMC’s largest consumer of oil well pumping motors has ranked them the #3 supplier, and not only could this impact purchasing from this customer (Hamilton), other smaller companies follow this large company for their purchasing decisions, so that they get the benefit of copying their R&D decisions. What are the causes of the problem? Power companies implemented a graduated monthly base
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Domino's Pizza - Market Segmentation and Creative Evaluation
Introduction Marketing is a very important factor that helps the companies to find ways to better reach their customers. They study the market and the consumer to determine the most efficient means to promote and distribute their unique product(s). Marketing can be very complex as is the market, and analysis of its intricacies can be equally complicated. The objective of this paper is to analyze and compare the marketing strategies of two companies and determine
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Dominos Case Study
Domino’s Pizza Case Study Domino’s Pizza 11/18/2016 ________________ ________________ Executive Summary Domino’s is a brand we have all come to know and love. From the early inception of a cartoon character, to the heat wave bag, to catchy commercials we know them to be a brand of value and consistency. In the next few pages we are going to discuss how Domino’s has used their supply chain to remain competitive, increased their brand transparency, used
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Donald Trump
Donald Trump Donald Trump is not only one of the world’s richest men, but one of its most recognizable. Despite a privileged upbringing, he did not inherit anything, and went on to fame and fortune thanks to his business accomplishments and natural instincts. Donald Trump, born in June, 14 1946, in Queens, New York, is the fourth of five children of Frederick C. and Mary Macleod Trump (Mortiz, 1987, p.23). His father was a builder
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Donald Trump
Donald Trump is founder and CEO of Trump Organization, the head company of Donald J. Trump, American real estate investor. Trump Organization was the company that his father had started, and later Donald took it over. The company oversees all the business development of Donald Trump including real estate, casino, hotels, golf clubs, and any other business developments or projects that Donald Trump is involved with. Matthew F. Calamari is the EVP (Executive Vice
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Donald Trump: Natural Born Leader
Donald Trump: Natural Born Leader What does a leader look like? Well that’s simple they are tall, handsome, intelligent, Caucasian, and rich. They have beautiful wives and spend most of their time in the Bahamas on an enormous yacht. Now look again, minus the stereotypes. What does a leader really look like? Leaders come in all shapes, sizes, races, genders, and ages. Leaders can be found anywhere doing anything no matter how important or how
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Donner Company
Introduction A company’s ability to prosper in any competitive field is highly dependent upon its ability to distinguish itself from its competitors. In the United States restaurant industry, approximately twenty-six percent of all new businesses fail within the first twelve months of operation. Furthermore, the cumulative failure rate in the first thirty-six months of operation rises to approximately sixty-one percent [1]. With this in mind, the significance of a company’s competitive advantage becomes drastically apparent.
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Donner Company
Central Issues When looking at the Donner Company in 1987, there are some initial concerns. The company as a whole does not have a true sense of how long it takes them to do what they do, and their process flow table is made up of “guesstimates”, as throughput time at individual processes have not been formally taken. The company appears to be operating below capacity based on their need to rework their products often,
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Donuts
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Don’t Let the Future Pass You By
Tucker—“Don’t Let the Future Pass You By” Preston Tucker was man with a dream. His entrepreneurial leadership style thrust that dream into immediate action. He built the “car of tomorrow, today.” There were shortcomings, however, with Tucker’s Entrepreneurial Visionary Strategy. If Tucker had balanced his approach with key aspects of the Shared Vision Strategy, he may have succeeded in sustaining his name as a revolutionary automaker. Tucker was a risk-taker whose visionary freedom went
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Don’t No
Time Line We believe that Wal-Mart will be successful with this strategy over a two-year period. Wal-Mart's current market positions in each of their territories should be increased to the highest level after the market penetration strategy has been applied for the two-year period.At that point in time, Wal-Mart will begin experiencing diminishing returns for every adverting dollar spent on the market penetration strategy in their targeted areas. Following the use of this strategy Wal-Mart
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Doritos
Doritos is a brand of flavored tortilla chips produced since 1966 by the American food company called Frito-Lay, Inc. that is started in Mexico, after buying Sabritas. Charless Elmer Doolin, manager of the Higland Park Confectionery in San Antonio, purchased a corn chip recipe and 19 retail accounts from a corn chip manufacturer in 1932 and introduced the Frito-Lay company. Frito-Lay North America (FLNA) is headquartered in Plano, Texas, a suburb of Dallas. The company's
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Dot Con
1. Who are “venture capitalists”? What role do they play in helping start-up companies? They investors who help start a company. The money is provided by professions who help with the growing company. Venture capitalists are an important source of equity for growing companies. Venture capitalist help finance new companies with purchasing equity securities as well as help in the development of new products and services. 2. Name at least 4 large investment banking companies.
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Double Taxation
Introduction Double taxation arises when an individual or business acquiring income in a foreign country is required to pay taxes on that income in both the foreign country as well as the country of origin. For example, an American company operating in a developing country, in the absence of a tax treaty between the two countries may have to pay a withholding tax to the government of the developing country, as well as corporation tax
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Doubtful Trust in Baseball
Baseball has long been considered America’s favorite pastime. The qualities of this staple sport go far beyond the realm of simple entertainment; they represent a culture, one that is mired in decades of history, and complemented with the idealistic image of a close-knit family. When one thinks of the United States of America, cultural icons such as the American flag, apple pie, and baseball come to mind. Thus, it is important that when dealing with
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Dovers Diversity
Part One Dover Corporation manufactures industrial products and manufacturing equipment in the United States and Europe. It operates in six segments: diversified, electronics, industries, resources, systems, and technologies. Through these six segments, Dover Corporation manages more than 50 companies that make equipment ranging from garbage trucks to ink-jet printers. Dover Corporation focuses its acquisition process on finding larger, entrepreneurial companies with strong growth margins. By using the related link diversification strategy, Dover has established the
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Dow Chemical's Use of E-Commerce In
Executive Summary No organization could be further from the image of the “tree hugger” than the world’s largest chemical producer, Dow Chemical Company. Yet for all of industry’s superficial acknowledgement of the need for environmental responsibility, no other organization has so completely focused on balancing financial, social and environmental results. Dow has incorporated a highly successful e-commerce strategy, not only for the benefits it can yield in business results, but also as part of its
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Dow Corning
Dow Corning, when you hear the name what comes to mind? Silicon gaskets? Personal care products, like lipsticks and sunscreens? How about theme park animatronics? No, for most of us, only one thing comes to mind, breast implants! Dow Chemical was founded in 1943 through a joint partnership between Dow Chemical and Corning GlassWork to develop silicones for commercial applications. Through the mid-fifties, Dow Corning made over 600 products which included lubricants, sealants and resins
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Downfall of Major Corporations
Memorandum To: Professor CC: [Click here and type name] From: Date: 31/03/2006 Re: What led to the downfall of some of the hugest corporations in America and how is it coped with? CONFIDETIAL In this report I will be talking about how businesses choose the road to greed instead of choosing the ethical road. Some of the largest companies in the world fell to this type of thinking, naming some such as Worldcom and Enron.
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Downsizing
Facing the threat of job loss and seeing others lose their jobs can be a traumatic and bitter experience. This is one reason why many excellent companies do everything possible to avoid layoffs. However, even the most employee-friendly companies may deal with difficult economic conditions by reducing their workforce. Companies therefore have to ensure that they develop appropriate and well thought-out plans before implementing the downsizing and layoff process. Downsizing Layoffs, frequently called downsizing,
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Downsizing & Corporate Dysmorphia
Downsizing & Corporate Dysmorphia My area of interest for this article was in downsizing. I wanted to take an organizational behavior course, to learn more about how organizational cultures develop, particularly in an era of globalization. I work for a “brick & mortar” company (UPS), with a very robust, historical and ingrained culture that greatly influences how all functional departments operate daily. However, I work within an IT subculture, with a somewhat more contemporary and
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Downsizing and Organizational Culture
Downsizing And Organizational Culture Thomas A. Hickok -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract In this article Hickok argues that, ultimately, the most prominent effects of downsizing will be in relation to culture change, not in relation to saved costs or short-term productivity gains. In particular, the author notes three observations in relation to the impact of downsizing on organizational culture. First, it clearly appears that power has shifted away from rank-and-file employees in the direction of top management/ownership. Accompanying
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Downsizing Strategies and Its Effects
Introduction Companies that faced a decrease in sales, market share, or profits in the 1980s and early 1990s began to realize that their human resources were expensive and underutilized. To become more competitive, companies made strategic decision to gradually lower their payroll numbers. (Anthony, Kacmar & Perrewe al, 2002:434) Downsizing has become a critical issue around the world. Downsizing and mass lay-offs are happening not only on US companies but also organizations in the entire
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Dr Pepper Gives Away a Mini Cooper a Day
Dr Pepper is in the midst of giving away one Mini-Cooper convertible a day in an under-the-cap promo to boost summer sales and to encourage trial of its new Cherry Vanilla Dr Pepper. Dr Pepper revs up a Mini-Cooper giveaway Game codes can be found under yellow bottle caps on specially marked 20-ounce, 2-liter bottles and inside specially marked 12-pack wraps of Dr Pepper, Diet Dr Pepper, Cherry Vanilla Dr Pepper and Diet Cherry Vanilla
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Dr. Beckett's Dental office
1. Situation analysis 1.1 Analysis of the 7 Ps 1.1.1 Product Dr. Beckett's and her team's goal is it, to "provide superior dentistry in an efficient, profitable manner within the confines of a caring, quality environment" as they stated in their mission statement. According to the case study, they offer the complete range of dental care from simple teeth cleaning to complicated dental surgery and implants. 1.1.2 Price The practice is no member of one
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