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 17,101 - 17,130
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Winnebago Industries
Winnebago Industries Case Analysis CORPORATE BACKGROUND COMPANY OVERVIEW Winnebago Industries, Inc., based in Forest City, Iowa, is a United States manufacturer of recreation vehicles primarily used for the leisure travel and outdoor recreation activities. Their products lines include 78 products with most of their growth stemming from new innovations aimed to capture industry market share. The Company is currently the market leader in the $5.3 billion motor home market. Winnebago markets their recreation vehicles
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Winnebago Industries
Introduction Winnebago industries are financially stable. The firm owns its own land, building and equipment and has no long term debt. Winnebago has been producing motor homes since 1958. This has allowed establishing itself as a leader and innovator in the North American market and the field of motor homes. This made Winnebago a famous brand name and allowed it to be a fixture of American motor culture such as ford and Harley Davidson. In
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Winner
-What does he mean when he refers to technologies as “life forms”? (chapter 1) His ultimate and ever present question being asked throughout his book is, "How can we limit modern technology to match our best sense of who we are and the kind of world we would like to build?" (xi), since the "basic task for a philosophy of technology is to examine critically the nature and significance of artificial aids to human activity"
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Wirefab
Opportunity: For nearly 35 years Ozzie Zakarian had grown Wirefab to 70 employees while making a handsome profit along the way. He was now 65 and now realized that he had the opportunity to sell the company and secure his wealth for himself and his three nieces. At the same time he wanted to work for another five years while transferring the company to his management team. The biggest problem facing Zakarian is how to
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Wireless Communication
In today’s world of business, wireless communication has become an essential part of success and growth. Almost every single company in the business world today uses some sort of wireless communication in order to better suite the needs of the firm. To look back twenty years ago and realize that today, society as a whole is in an entire new entity of communication is absolutely mind boggling. What now needs to be focused on
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Wireless Industry
Over the past decade the wireless telecommunications industry has undergone a multitude of changes and experienced rapid growth. Developments in technology and consumer demand have fueled this growth and research shows that this growth will continue in the years to come. This paper will analyze the basis for these trends in consumption patterns, to include the utility derived from the products, changes in demand, market prices and the elasticity of demand of wireless services. Utility
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Wireless Industry Analysis
Wireless Industry Analysis Wireless Industry Analysis ________________ Wireless Industry Analysis State of the Industry The modern day cellphone has had much iteration throughout history, from AT&T's walkee talkie like transmission in the form of Mobile Telephone Service (MTS), that required an operator, to Improved MTS (IMTS) communication that allowed the user to dial, removing the operator altogether (corp.att.com). Radio Common Carriers (RCC) were developed to compete with MTS & IMTS and utilized VHF and UHF
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Wireless Local Area Networks
Scope and Objective Wireless local area networks (WLANs) have the potential to improve the flexibility, productivity, and the quality of work life of an enterprise (Sage Research Staff, 2001). Berean Institute is a typical two year college with about a staff of sixty eight employees and 250 students per semester. Berean teaches cosmetology, barbering and the latest software and hardware technology, which is located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Berean currently has two locations in the Philadelphia
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Wireless Network Proposal, Riordan Manufacturing
Wireless Network Proposal, Riordan Manufacturing University of Phoenix CIS 319 June 14, 2008 Riordan Enterprises has requested to look into the possibility of adding wireless capabilities to their existing network. The need for wireless is understandable. It enables employees to be productive from anywhere. If they need to travel to a potential customer in Montana, or are at a plastics conference in Hawaii the ability to connect to the Riordan’s intranet is vital. Not only
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Wireless Power Charger
Introduction “Like many of us, Soljacic (Marin Soljacic, an assistant professor in MIT's Department of Physics and Research Laboratory of Electronics) often forgets to recharge his cell phone, and when it is about to die, it emits an unpleasant noise. "Needless to say, this always happens in the middle of the night," he said. "So, one night, at 3 a.m., it occurred to me: Wouldn't it be great if this thing charged itself?" He began
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With Leadership, There Comes Power
With Leadership There Comes Power Robert Townsend once said “true leadership must be for the benefit of the followers, not the enrichment of the leaders.” In return, the way a follower benefits helps determine whether or not an organization will succeed or fail. The final outcome of an organization is not only determined by how well a leader leads, but also how well the followers follow (Bateman 396). Great followers help create great leaders. From
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With Mastering Your Communication Skills Will Come Great Success
With Mastering Your Communication Skills Will Come Great success. Even though every human being has the ability to communicate, but still many fail to understand the real meaning behind the use and proper application of communication. A successful communication means, when the receiver understands exact the same information as the sender was planning to bring over. Most people don’t communicate correctly and this could lead to failure in life, love and careers. To be successful
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With Reference to an Existing Case, or Cases, Critically Appraises the View That Monopolies Are Always Detrimental to Consumer and Social Welfare
COURSE WORK ASSIGNMENT ЎҐWith reference to an existing case, or cases, critically appraises the view that monopolies are always detrimental to consumer and social welfare.Ў¦ MNGT 504: Economics for Managers Introduction Ў§MonopolyЎЁ is defined by its market power. Monopolies are always known to possess an exclusive control over its particular market and that gives them the sovereign authority to control the prices for its goods or services (Dictionary.com Unabridged (v1.1), 2006). Hence, they represent
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With Reference to Economic Indicators Describe the Economic Conditions Prevailing in the Australian Economy over the Past Five Years
With reference to economic indicators describe the economic conditions prevailing in the Australian economy over the past five years. Over the past five years the Australian economy has gone through many changes experiencing both the peaks and troughs associated with business cycle. Five years ago, in the middle of 1997 Australia’s economic growth had begun to upturn after a period of recession during the ’96 year. This was unmistakably shown through the composite indicators of
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Without Beginning or End
Running Head: Without Beginning or End Without Beginning or End James A. Simpson National American University Without Beginning or End Functions of management are without beginning or end and do not only apply to management. The four main management functions are used by thousands of people everyday without knowing what those functions are or that there is an orderly manner to the use of those functions. I submit that the functions of management are learned
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Wollongong City State Emergency Service
WOLLONGONG CITY STATE EMERGENCY SERVICE STRATEGIC PLAN 2007-2010 Table of Contents 1. Introduction............................................................................................................................2 2. SWOT Analysis......................................................................................................................4 3. Plan Objectives.......................................................................................................................7 4. Strategies................................................................................................................................8 5. Goals....................................................................................................................................11 6. Training................................................................................................................................13 1 1. Introduction Introduction This, our second strategic plan, aims to guide the development and direction that the Wollongong City SES Unit plans to take over the next four years. The State Emergency Service, as an organization, has undergone a number of significant changes recently, and our Unit too has
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Women and Leadership
Most high potentials are selected on the basis of their technical talent and the extent to which their behaviors exemplify and promote their organizations' operating cultures—the norms and expectations that represent how things actually get done—which often are quite different than their organizations' highly touted visions and values. As a result, organizations have become very good at promoting high potential individuals for doing more of the same. This article highlights what talent managers need to
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Women Entrepreneurs: A Growing and Promising Phenomenon
Women entrepreneurs have become increasingly common in the business world. This IVCJ article examines women's relative advantages as well as some of the obstacles that persist in today’s business environment. The topic of women entrepreneurs is of increasing interest to educators, businesspeople and government officials. Research findings have shown a high positive correlation between the level of national women’s entrepreneurial activity and growth in GDP, suggesting that countries that are successful in promoting entrepreneurship among
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Women in Engineering - Challenges in Women Engineering
Women in Engineering Challenges in Women Engineering Challenges What are the most significant issues, challenges, and opportunities facing women scientists and engineers today as they plan their careers? As a man I could only imagine what women today go through. I can only gather such information and write down what I have learned. Some of the problems I have gathered in my research of the subject matter are segregation, family, and the unwillingness for many
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Women in Leadership Roles
INTRODUCTION More and more women are rising to the leadership challenge, even in some of the most male-dominated industries. The increase in the number of women attending college, the increasing number of women in the workplace or starting their own business has demonstrated to men who own businesses that women can be both managers and mothers, thus showing their male counterpart that women can in fact "do it all". In this paper the history of
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Women in Management
The situation that London Life is confronted with regarding the percentage of women among the members of the managerial team may be considered potentially problematic. Since the difference between the number of male managers and women managers is tremendous, the latter ones are being found in only a few positions. The existing circumstances are rather complex and it is not easy to say if the present situation represents a problem or not. It may become
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Women Need Not Apply
International Management: women need not apply Statement of Purpose As Managing Director of Whirlway we have decided to employ the best candidate for the job, regardless of gender as the research we have carried out suggests the trends and patterns are reaching for equality. After all any member we put forward will have able to overcome the culture and relationship differences within Japanese management. We therefore will offer Megan the role. This is based on
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Women Surcharge
University of Nottingham Ningbo China [School] Academic Year 2017/18 - Autumn Semester Microeconomics for Business A Dr. Paolo Bianchi, Paolo Di Giannatale [Women Surcharge] [Jen Chun LO] Student ID: [6522493] [Words count:1138] One of the hidden issue in modern market (in consumer’s perspective) that often neglected by costumers is the “pink tax”. The topic gets this name by the products that directly marketed to female including women and girls and mainly focus on the price
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Women'feeling
More than a quarter of British women believe fitting into an old pair of jeans again would feel better than sex, according to research. More than a third (35 per cent) of those surveyed admitted owning a pair of "trophy" jeans they used to fit into and kept in the hope they would slim down enough to wear. Asked how managing to put them back on would feel, 29.1 per cent said it would be
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Women's Status in Workplace and Employees Turnover
Introduction This literature review will be described about the women’s status in workplace and how this issue will have impact on employees’ turnover. Employees’ turnover is the ratio of the number of employees that had to be replaced in a given time period to the average number of employees. This can be happened when employees or workers exit the workforce or exit to move to another job. Quitting the workforce is usually larger for females
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Women's Undergarment Factory # 8
“Women’s undergarment factory # 8” Objectives Corporate objectives a) Increase income and profitability Marketing objectives a) Gain competitive advantage over competitors Problem Statement a) WUF#8 has to choose future target market b) WUF#8 has to establish marketing and sales, R&D departments, and develop strong strategies in this area. c) Space utilization, and equipment purchase External analysis Market size a) Whole former Soviet Union was the primary market for WUM#8 b) WUF#8 produced about 4 million
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Women’s Organizations
Several women’s organizations exist today that help train, coach, and consult women in assisting them with professional development and career progression. These organizations empower people to produce unprecedented results rapidly, with much of their focus on women’s leadership and the development thereof. Most of the organizations were formulated from the underlying belief that increasing the number of quality women in the work place exponentially improves an organization’s ability to innovate, collaborate, improve, and perform (www.womensleadership.com).
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Women’s Participation in Labor Force
The labor market is ever changing. It is dependent upon many different decisions made by individuals and firms. Other things can affect the market, like natural disasters, recessions, and cultural changes. The labor participation has been affected in many ways by how the actual culture has changed, mainly because of labor force participation by women. Women have been increasingly joining the labor force every decade. From 1970 to 1999 the percentage of women whom have
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Wood V. National Basketball Association
CITE: Wood v. National Basketball Association, 809 F.2d. 954 (2d. Cir. 1987) FACTS: Leon Wood was drafted by the Philadelphia 76ers in the NBA annual college draft on 1984 NBA draft. After being unsuccessful during contract negotiations, Wood was offered a one year contract at $75,000. Patrick Williams, Vice President and General Manager of Philadelphia the contract was offered to Wood not because of the limitations of the 1983 memorandum agreement, but to preserve Philadelphia's
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Woodking24 (india): Furniture
ABOUT US This is An BS EN ISO-9001:2000(UK) Indian Export Company and the mainly Operation Activity is Manufacturing of Treated Teak-Wooden Furniture,Handicrafts,Traditional Furniture and Modern Furniture. Since established on 1958. This Company regards the quality first, the customer first and the excelsior spirit and attitude as its highest Principles. With efforts of all Members of this Company. We experienced severe marke Competition and Economic environment changes. Due to decreasing material and increasing Labour Charge. We
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