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 13,921 - 13,950
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Spiritual Practice in Workplace
After more than 35 years of exposure to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) laws, employers in the United States are struggling to understand and effectively deal with the challenges of employee rights and needs in the workplace. The workplace of the early 21st century is a much more diverse and dynamic environment than that visualized by legislative crafters of EEO laws. Though religion was addressed in the original laws, the primary focus was accommodation for religious
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Spoetzl Brewery
BACKGROUND: The Spoetzl Brewery is the smallest, second-oldest and last independent brewery in Texas. In 1915, it bought the Shiner Brewing Co. and began brewing a heavy lager beer. Later, Spoetzl embarked on a five-year expansion program in 1970 that brought in cans, increased annual capacity from 24,000 to 44,000 barrels, and changed the formula of the beer from a heavy European lager, by gradually lightening the formula to attract younger drinkers without alienating their
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Spokane Casino Business Problem
Running head: SPOKANE CASINO BUSINESS PROBLEM Spokane Casino Business Problem Bryan University of Phoenix MBA/510: Managerial Decision Making March 8, 2007 Spokane Casino Business Problem Over the past decade the gaming and casino industry has enjoyed consistent annual revenue growth. In addition to being an increasingly popular form of entertainment and leisure, casinos have proven to be an undeniable catalyst for economic growth and a driver of commerce. No longer are casinos limited only to
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Sport Obermeyer
Executive Summary Sport Obermeyer, Ltd. was founded by Klaus Obermeyer to provide U.S. skiers with the same protective and stylish clothing and equipment available in Germany. Over the years, Sport Obermeyer developed into a preeminent competitor in the U.S. skiwear market: estimated sales in 1992 were $32.8 million. The company held a commanding 45% share of the children’s skiwear market and 11% share of the adult skiwear market. Obermeyer offers a broad line of fashion
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Sport Obermeyer
Situation Sport Obermeyer is a family-owned business in the fashion ski apparel industry. They specialize in ski apparel for the mid to high-end market, which consists of fully coordinated outfits with parkas as the centerpiece. They break their product market into 5 genders: men, women, boys, girls and preschoolers. Within each gender they further categorize according to customer preferences. The company’s product strategy rests on offering fully-matching collections, and delivering to retailers early in the
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Sport Obermeyer
Sport Obermeyer currently has a problem with matching supply with demand. Right as you begin to read the case-study, you notice how far in advance they must predict what styles are going to be popular and how much to produce. The difficult part is, they must do this almost two years in advance and hope their forecasting is close enough to what the actual demand ends up being. To make matters even more complicated, as
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Sport Pilot School Shares Experiences
Al and Tim Adelman, father and son owners of Chesapeake Sport Pilot, decided to give up careers as attorneys to work in a field fueled by their passion for aviation. Their Stevensville, MD flight school opened its doors in February of 2007 with one light sport aircraft. Al and Tim shared their experiences in building the flight school this week at AirVenture. Tim Adelman first flew at the age of 16, and while completing his
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Sport Tourism
Sport Tourism ________________ Title Page Title: Sport Tourism Name: Marc Drijver Relation number: 434124 Tutor: Hans Dekker Date: 02-11-2015 ________________ Table of contents Introduction to the assignment 1. Sport Tourism 1.1 What is sport tourism? 1.2 Types of sport tourism 1.2.1 Sport event tourism 1.2.2 Active sport Tourism 1.2.3 Nostalgia sport tourism 2. Key players in sport tourism 2.1 Public sector 2.1.1 Olympic committee 2.1.2 FIFA 2.1.3 International association of athletics federation 2.2 Private sector
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Sports Agency Business
Introduction It all started forty years ago between one of the greatest golfers of all time and a successful international entrepreneur (1). Mark Hume McCormick and golf great Arnold Palmer sealed a deal with a gentleman’s agreement, a handshake, and never looked back. Mark McCormick has single handedly developed the sports management industry into the industry we know today. His company, IMG, is now one of the leaders in the sports management industry and controls
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Sports and the Business World
Sports Management October 07, 2004 Sports and the Business World In the wide world of sports, teams will try and find a way to better market themselves in the nation to make more revenue. There are many ways to market your team but in the newer generation teams have been taking a different approach. Most teams will advertise there big sports star in trying to have people buy there gear, buy tickets, or simply support
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Sports Drink Sponsorship
Sports Drink Sponsorship Promotion plan To: whom it may concern; Kick A** Sports drink Co. From: Taylor LaRocque, V.P. Ad and Promotional Affairs; Xtreme Advertising Co. It has came to my conclusion that your company was in search of a fairly new and emerging sport to sponsor for your new sports drink line. I have decided to help you to choose a sport and develop a promotional plan. A sport that is on the rise,
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Sports Marketing
The business of sports is one of the fastest growing industries in the world. All over the globe, many people participate as players and spectators in a variety of sporting activities, creating opportunities for the marketing of a company’s goods and services. An important part of the business of sports is sports marketing, which revolves around understanding consumer behaviour and motivating target markets to purchase goods and services. Sports marketing is simply any sales or
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Sports Tourism
How many times have you been in a Subway restaurant in Minot or a local gas station and you see a group of kids in the same sports uniform? How many times have you asked yourself, “What are these kids doing in town?”? Well, if you’re anything like me, then this has happened to you several times. Did you ever think that there may be more questions to ask yourself than just “What are
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Sportswear
Chris Kenney writing in Mergers & Acquisitions: The Dealermaker'sJournal suggests that studies suggest that when it comes to acquisitions,acquirers generally lose. Equally important, she needs to determine herlevel of sensitivity to risk and reward. Ideally, Richards willbe willing and able to provide this financial data for the last five yearsso that Olivera can examine trends in the company's financial performance.Olivera needs to have a certain amount of skepticism about Richards' claimthat the decision to try
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Sportswear Case Study
Sportswear Case Study Memorandum From: ABC To: XYZ Ltd Subject: Sportswear Case Study Date: October 21, 2007 Introduction The Apparel industry had the high growth in the 1980’s and later in nineties there were many players in the industry which increased the competition. Sportswear Company performs the assembly operations and supplies to the apparel manufacturers. Profits and sales revenue of the company are very high even after facing the recession in the economy. Later it
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Spotting Lies - Hr Magazine by Pamela Babcock
Executive Summary 4 “Spotting Lies” HR Magazine by Pamela Babcock According to some staffing experts 30 percent of all job applicants make material misrepresentation on resumes. According to this statistic it is safe to assume that one in every three job applicants an employer is looking to hire is lying about one thing or another on their application or resume. Weeding through this is difficult for employers. They need to know what steps they can
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Sprint and External Environment
It is very critical for organization to understand the importance of external environment, which includes remote, operating and industrial environments before developing its future objective. Each environment bases on different factors, therefore the analysis of external environment will help the company seeks for new opportunity in many areas as well as discovering challenges that might have direct impact to the organization in the future. The remote environment consists of the study of the economic trend
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Sprint Stock Pick
Stock Pick: Sprint (S) Why? 1. Cheap buy. Down to 8.70 from 52-week high of $23.42. 2. Intrinsic valuation range from 16-22. 3. Comcast wants to own a large wireless company. (What Wall Street missed) Comcast wants to own a large wireless company - Lacks cellular offering while AT&T and Verizon are coming after cable case - Upgrade infrastructure to increase broadband speeds - As wireless connection speeds get faster through WiMax and 4G networks,
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Sprirt of Public Administration
James Jones POLS 546 Dr. Connelly May 5, 2006 Do public officials and the public at large have obligations to future generations? Should the moral and ethical responsibility of public officials extend to future generations? These are central questions posed by Frederickson in chapter six of The Spirit of Public Administration. Frederickson begins chapter six with typical Frederickson utopianism as he quotes the Athenian Citizen’s Oath. This normative idea of man does not take into
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Sr Project
This assignment will be to create and oral report on a project failure. You will deliver a 8-10 minute oral report to class with at least 3 outside sources are required. You will team up with a partner, so you are BOTH expected to speak roughly 50%. You and your partner are a project managers reviewing a problem project; you will give a short overview of a project failure that you research and prepare an
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St Michael
St Michael was a brand, that was owned and used by Marks & Spencer from 1928 until 2000. The brand was introduced by Simon Marks in 1928, after his father and co-founder of Marks & Spencer, Michael Marks. By 1950, virtually all goods were sold under the St Michael brand. M&S lingerie, women's clothing and girls' uniform were branded under the St Margaret brand, until the whole range of general merchandise became St Michael. In
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St Valentines Day Massacre
Bugs" Moran came to the top of the North-Side gang by virtue of the deaths of bosses before him. Drucci and Weiss preceded Moran, and before them, O'Banion. Moran's gang was not armed with same clout as Capone when it came to corruption of the authorities. Moran in comparison to Capone was a nuisance competitor, a powerful thug, without the intricate organisation of the Capone machine. Jack McGurn featured prominently within the Capone syndicate. Of
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St. Jude Medical Inc.
St. Jude Medical LLC. ________________ 1. General Company Overview St. Jude Medical was incorporated in Minnesota in 1976. The Company's ticker symbol is STJ. References to “St. Jude Medical, Inc.,” “St. Jude,” “the Company,” “they,” “us” and “their” are to St. Jude Medical, Inc. and its subsidiaries. St. Jude Medical, Inc., together with its subsidiaries is focused on the development, manufacture, and distribution of cardiovascular medical devices for the global cardiac rhythm management, cardiovascular and
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Stadium Naming Rights
In the past century, professional sports have gone from pastime to big-time business. The uses of stadium naming rights have allowed companies to increase brand awareness and create a positive brand identity, key attributes for profitable companies. With thousands of people attending stadium events and millions more watching on television each year, the value of stadium naming deals is unquestionable. By bidding for the right to change the Oakland Arena to the Hansen Arena, Hansen
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Staff Requirement and Level of Pay
Staff requirement and level of pay Superior's pizza are plan to have four pizza chef (who in charge of everything related to kitchen, responsible for planning and directing pizza preparation, including menu planning), four pizza cook (who responsible for preparing and cooking variety of food and recipes, follow direction by chef, ensure that food properly portion controlled), four waitress (who responsible serve customer, handle cashier part, and keep dining area clean), ten delivery riders (who
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Staffing and Selection
Bank of America is a corporation that employs over 175,000 associates that provide financial products, services, ideas, and solutions to customers in the United States. The Global Corporate and Investment Banking group (GCIB) has offices in 35 countries serving clients in more then 150 countries, with associates in all of the Americas, Europe, and Asia (Anonymous, 2004). Choosing the most qualified individual may seem like a daunting task. Bank of America’s policies and procedures
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Staffing Plan
The human resources department of an organization holds much significance and human beings are considered the most important asset of an organization. A company has different functions in an organization such as marketing, accounting, human resources, manufacturing, operations, and each function needs to be proficient and have the right employees to ensure that the business processes and operations become highly effective (Messmer, 1999). This requires the framing of an appropriate staffing plan and even working
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Staffing Plan for Raymond James
This paper outlines a staffing plan for Raymond James, including how to determine number people to hire and a recruitment strategy to ensure appropriate candidates are hired. Staffing Plan Recruiting in all industries is a game of numbers as well as a game of networking and relationships. It is a dynamic and on-going process that must constantly be monitored and evaluated for its strengths and weaknesses (Cowan, 1992). Industry standards estimate that one needs to
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Staffing Plan Paper
Staffing Plan Paper My boss, K. H, stated, "People are your most important asset is wrong. People are not your most important asset: the right people are." (personal communication, May 26, 2007). I agree on that statement he made. Additionally, he informed me that hiring employees for this business may sound like a simple process, but the hiring process can easily become complex and confusing. After understanding the recruitment process taught by G. H. (personal
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Stagdill’s Handbook of Leadership
Before I started writing this paper I put a lot of thought into the phrase “leadership development” and what it really meant to me. After all, I took this college level leadership class for professional development. I felt that the premise of this course was that leaders could be developed. If so, what are the factors that influence the development of leaders? Is there a single influence which dominate this development process? Do I
Rating:Essay Length: 2,616 Words / 11 PagesSubmitted: December 7, 2009