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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.
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The Toshiba Corporation Accounting Scandal
Running head: TOSHIBA CORPORATION SCANDAL The Toshiba Corporation Accounting Scandal Jajuan P. Wiggins GB 450 Business Decisions Miles College Instructor: Miss Williams April 9, 2017 Executive Summary In this paper, I will talk discuss about the history, the scandal, and the business decisions that cause Toshiba Corporation to commit the scandal and what lead them out of the scandal. Toshiba corporation is a Japanese multinational business corporation headquartered located in Tokyo, Japan. It was founded
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The Tows Matrix: A Modern Tool for Analysis of the Situation
The TOWS Matrix: A Modern Tool for Analysis of the Situation Today strategy designers are aided by a number of matrices that show the relationships of critical variables, such as the Boston Consulting Group’s business portfolio matrix, which will be discussed later. For many years, the SWOT analysis has been used to identify a company’s strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. However, this kind of analysis is static and seldom leads t the development of distinct
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The Toyota Production System
Abstract The current research paper was meant to give an in depth look at the Toyota Production System and its effects on the automotive industry. The automotive industry in America has gone through drastic changes over the last few decades and Toyota has set the standard for the rest of the auto industry to follow. Toyota has accomplished its goals of profitability and quality by implementing the various components of the TPS. Some of the
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The Transfer Process of a Florida Alcoholic Beverage License
The Transfer Process of a Florida Alcoholic Beverage License 1. The transfer process can take up to 90 days which is the time mandated by statute for the beverage department to approve or disapprove an alcoholic beverage license application. 2. A temporary license can be issued to the applicant while the inspection process is conducted by the beverage department. 3. Several steps must be taken prior to the issuance of a temporary beverage license in
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The Transition to Industry Maturity
The transition to maturity in industries is always a critical period, as fundamental changes take place in the companies’ competitive environment. This change require companies to take difficult strategic responses in order retain market share competitiveness. As Slowing demand generates head-to-head competition for market share, buyers are more sophisticated, driving harder bargain on repeat purchases. The companies put greater emphasis on cost & service due to the fact that in this transition to industry maturity,
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The Traveler
On the first day that I walked into the Church Nursing Home, I was unsure of what to expect. A jumble of questions ran through my mind simultaneously: Is this the right job for me? Will I be capable of aiding the elderly residents? Will I enjoy what I do? A couple of hours later, these questions were largely forgotten as I slowly cut chicken pieces and fed them to Frau Meyer. Soon afterwards, I
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The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: An Economist Examines the Markets, the Power, and Politics of World Trade
Erasmus Student Olivier Manzardo Seminar: Die Handelspolitik der Vereinigten Staaten Dozent: Tobias Leeg The Travels of a T-Shirt in the Global Economy: an Economist examines the Markets, the Power, and Politics of World Trade (Wiley 2015 Second Edition) Pietra Rivoli, Georgetown University’s McDonough School of Business Synopsis and Analysis The book is about textiles, which are kind of symbolic of everything that's good and bad about globalization and contains a whole range of anecdotes, insights
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The True Effects of Underage Drinking
Emily Russo Essay 2 Final March 7, 2014 The True Effects of Underage Drinking In the article “How Bingeing Became the New College Sport” Garrett Seaman expresses the amount of deaths per year from alcohol poisoning in college students and the way they would react to drinking if the age was lowered down to eighteen. He uses statistics of deaths from alcohol poisoning per year but never brings up any other causes of death that
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The Truth About Censorship in America
“Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” The Truth about Censorship in America So what is the truth about censorship in America? Liberals argue that if something offends you- just change the channel (don't want or
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The Uk National Health Service
Knowledge management is not another idea. Information is considered as a vital device to settle on quality choices on the premise of accessible data and information. Information management is a term connected to any activity including individuals, techniques and innovation that influences the learning inside an organisation to accomplish its goals. Presenting and extending the information base inside an organisation is not as simple as it is with the data base as learning is an
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The Ukrainian Way of Doing Business
The Ukrainian Way of Doing Business: “Pogylayko” Story Alexander was unemployed for several months, when a call came from his mother-in-law Oksana, who offered him a place in her company – “Pogylayko.” Alexander knew all about the company: how it got started and was operated. Now, it was up to him to make a tough decision, resolving the dilemma that came from his knowledge. The history of “Pogylayko” began 5 years ago. Alexander’s parents-in-law used
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The Ultimate Marketing Machine
The ultimate marketing machine Jul 6th 2006 | SAN FRANCISCO From The Economist print edition Thanks to the power of the internet, advertising is becoming less wasteful and its value more measurable IN TERMS of efficiency, if not size, the advertising industry is only now starting to grow out of its century-long infancy, which might be called “the Wanamaker era”. It was John Wanamaker, a devoutly Christian merchant from Philadelphia, who in the 1870s not
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The Unemployment Rate
The unemployment rate An unemployed person is one who is able and willing to work yet is unable to find a job. The unemployment rate is the number of unemployed workers divided by the total civilian labor force, which includes both the unemployed and those with jobs. Measuring the number of unemployed workers actually seeking work is very difficult, but there exists several different methods to do so. Each method has its own biases and
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The Use of Brand Name as a Strategy for Gaining Competitive Advantage
These days, it has not only become a necessity but a need for all the competitive companies to build around a brand image. Branding in fact is something that companies have to strive if they need to capture a certain share of the market place. “Branding is basically the process of creating a strong identity for an organization and it applies to both product manufacturers and companies that provide a service” (Khan, 1). We see
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The Use of Capital Punishment
The Use of Capital Punishment Death penalty has been used to punish criminals for different types of offenses since prehistoric times. In Medieval England capital punishment was imposed for more than 300 of different crimes. Nowadays there is no common attitude toward death penalty, which is considered to be inhuman survival of the past, and a lot of countries have abolished its usage (e.g. European Union and members of European Council). According to Justin Healey,
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The Use of Emotional Intelligence
Working within a group becomes a valuable learning experience, it allows for the cohesion of ideas and the detailed analysis of a topic of interest. The poster presentation became an effective way to conclude the terrorism studies, by looking closely at a specific genre of terrorism and how that genre is adopted by a specific country. It has been concluded that "counter terrorism is a challenge not just for the united states, but for most
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The Use of Hosted Enterprise Applications by Smes: A Dual Market and User Perspective
The Use of Hosted Enterprise Applications by SMEs: A Dual Market and User Perspective This deliberately dual perspective paper seeks to deepen our understanding of the engagement of SMEs in hosted enterprise applications in the UK. The emergence and development of the ASP sector has attracted much interest and highly optimistic forecasts for revenues. The paper starts by considering ICT adoption by SMEs in general before reviewing the provision of hosted enterprise applications in the
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The Use of Technology to Cheat
The Use of Technology to Cheat “What’s the answer to question number 19” asked the boy sitting next to Laura? Adjusting a seat or tilting a head to be able to look at a class mate paper is as prehistoric as are dinosaurs. Cheating has occurred since the erection of the first schoolhouse. However, it has since been taken to a new level over the last decade or so. That can be accredited in part
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The Use of the Sap System in the Aviation Industry: A Case Study of Mtu Aero Engines Poland
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS It has taken a long time to finish this project research. It has been a challenging journey. Through the research and the writing process, I have learnt a lot of things from all of the modules of Logistics at University of Huddersfield have been also very helpful to this research. First of all, this Project Report was created not only based on the author's input but also because of the commitment and support of
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The Valuation and Financing of Lady M Confections
CASE STUDY: The Valuation and Financing of Lady M Confections Questions for Break-Even Analysis 1. How many cakes would Lady M need to sell in a year in order to break-even? Does this number seem feasible? Breaking even means that Lady M Confections is neither benefitting or incurring any sort of loss - they are simply making the same amount that they are putting into their business. In order to find the number of cakes
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The Value Chain Analysis
The Value Chain To better understand the activities through which a firm develops a competitive advantage and creates shareholder value, it is useful to separate the business system into a series of value-generating activities referred to as the value chain. In his 1985 book Competitive Advantage, Michael Porter introduced a generic value chain model that comprises a sequence of activities found to be common to a wide range of firms. Porter identified primary and support
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The Value of Conflict
The Value of Conflict The word conflict stirs up thoughts of anger, friction, mistrust, frustration, and hostility. Rarely does anyone think of conflict as a tool for deeper thinking, better results, and communication that is more dynamic. When unmanaged, team conflict can destroy cohesiveness, but teams that use conflict resolution strategies can turn their conflict into an asset. Managed conflict can promote an exchange of ideas to generate well-thought-out results, encourage team members to think
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The Value of My Mba "what's Next?
When I rated the value of my degree, I took into account three different kinds of benefits of the degree: the instrumental benefits, the personal benefits, and the intellectual benefits. Instrumental Benefits: In career perspective, a MBA degree provides me with quite a lot of career opportunities in various fields. It is especially beneficial to get jobs in high level positions such as managerial and executive level jobs. In the salary perspective, the typical MBA
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The Value of Organizational Values
The Value of Organizational Values What's the value in values? Organizational values define the acceptable standards which govern the behaviour of individuals within the organization. Without such values, individuals will pursue behaviours that are in line with their own individual value systems, which may lead to behaviours that the organization doesn't wish to encourage. In a smaller, co-located organization, the behaviour of individuals is much more visible than in larger, disparate ones. In these smaller
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The Value of Resource, Learning Teams, and Problem Based Learning
Running head: The Value of rEsource, Learning Teams, and Problem Based Learning The Value of rEsource, Learning Teams, and Problem Based Learning Kamesha Harris University of Phoenix The Value of rEsource, Learning Teams, and Problem Based Leaning In order to succeed in doing work that will benefit both you and the people that help you, the resources that you are provided with become valuable. At the University of Phoenix, the students are provided with rEsource
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The Value of Thank You
THE VALUE OF THANK YOU According to this article, there are multiple reasons (benefits) to make a point and thank your employees. To start off with, it can increase the pride and self esteem that your employees feel about themselves and their work. Employees experience personal appreciation and recognition knowing that his/her performance has been taken notice of. It also strengthens relationships between employees and supervisors. And at times when raises, bonuses, and promotions aren’t
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The Values of Accounting
The Values of Accounting When it comes to choosing a major in college, it is important that you pick a major that you will enjoy working in for the some part of your life. How does one make that decision? There are several different factors that play a role in choosing a major; or there was for me at least. When I looked into business for my intended major the first thing that came to
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The Vanguard Group
The Vanguard Group Four C Analysis Company: The Vanguard Group, headquartered in Valley Forge, PA, is the nation’s second-largest mutual fund and a leading provider of company-sponsored retirement plan services. Vanguard serves come 18 million shareholders accounts and manages approximately $850 billion in US mutual fund asssets, including more than $260 billion in employer-sponsored retirement plans. Vanguard offers 130 funds to US investors and 40 additional funds in foreign markets. Vanguard’s corporate structure creates two
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The Vermont Teddy Bear
Strategic Audit Report Prepared by Sergei Dmitriev The Vermont Teddy Bear Co., Inc. Introduction The Vermont Teddy Bear Co., Inc.: Challenges Facing a New CEOIntroductionVermont Teddy Bear Company was founded in 1981 by John Sorinto selling handsewn bears out of a pushcart in the streets of Burlington, Vermont. Since this time, the company[s focus has been to design, manufacture, and direct market the best teddy bears made in America using quality American materials and labor.Until
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