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  • Busy Athletes

    Busy Athletes

    Nathan Swanek Teacher? English 100 October ?,2000 Assiduous Athletes Not many people know the onus of being a student athlete in college. This burden set on them has caused the graduation rate of scholarship players to average at about fifty percent from 1995 to 1998. In order to be eligible to play, the athletes must be full-time students , which means taking at least twelve units a semester. Because these athletes are taking so many

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    Essay Length: 913 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 12, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Mba 502 - Managing the Business Enterprise Week 6

    Mba 502 - Managing the Business Enterprise Week 6

    Running Head: STRATEGY ASSIGNMENT MBA 502- Managing the Business Enterprise Kudler Fine Foods is a gourmet food store that operates in three locations and has plans for further expansion. Kathy Kudler, who opened the first location in 1998, realized the need for a gourmet food store and combined convenience and excellent service, with that combination Kudler Fine Foods was born. Kudler Fine Foods offers fresh quality breads, meat, seafood, and produce, cheese, dairy and wine.

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    Essay Length: 1,395 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: January 12, 2010 By: Andrew
  • Fiction and the Business Lesson

    Fiction and the Business Lesson

    Fiction and the Business Lesson University of Phoenix Business Literature September 25, 2007 Fiction and the Business Lesson With the ever-changing landscape of business and technology, it can be hard to maintain one's sanity and sense of self. It can be especially difficult if you do not agree with the culture or atmosphere of the company you are working for. This may force employees to maintain a work personality that may be completely different from

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    Essay Length: 830 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 12, 2010 By: Stenly
  • Evaluate the Costs and Benefits to Modern Business from Engaging in Foreign Direct Investment.

    Evaluate the Costs and Benefits to Modern Business from Engaging in Foreign Direct Investment.

    Along with the constant deepening of modern international trade globalization, various economic elements of modern commerce such as: labor, goods, service and capital etc. have begun to span the geological border of each country and been widely circulated in the world under the promotion of the globalization. Especially the capital internationalization whose main form is international direct investment is the most frequent. The capital internationalization includes two dimensional contents: on one hand, it’s an international

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    Essay Length: 1,925 Words / 8 Pages
    Submitted: January 12, 2010 By: Max
  • Super Max Ltd. Business Test

    Super Max Ltd. Business Test

    SUPER MAX LTD. The case study is based on two companies Electrical Solutions plc and its subsidiary, Super Max Ltd.. Company profile In 1985, Derek Gorman opened Electrical Solutions, a small retail outlet selling electrical equipment. As an ambitious entrepreneur Derek set himself the target to be a millionaire before he reached the age of 35. He was constantly looking for new business and market opportunities. There was an increasing international trend for electrical equipment,

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    Essay Length: 1,229 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: January 12, 2010 By: David
  • Business Regulation Simulation

    Business Regulation Simulation

    Business Regulation Simulation, alumina University of Phoenix MBA560 February 2008 Introduction Alumina is a four billion dollar automaker with divisions in eight countries, 70 % of the divisions are in the United States. Alumina was charged five years ago with non-compliance due to a discharge of Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH). Alumina is faced with a potential lawsuit by a local citizen who believes the discharge of PAH into the water up to the time of

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    Essay Length: 891 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 13, 2010 By: Yan
  • Selecting Critical Business Processes: A Case Study

    Selecting Critical Business Processes: A Case Study

    HEADNOTE Organizations often struggle with assessing the impact their critical business processes makes on their overall competitiveness. Often, critical processes that perform at acceptable levels can be enhanced to improve the competitive advantage. We present a methodology to assist managers in determining not only a critical business process through comprehensive selection criteria, but also its impact on the vision of the firm. The methodology has been tested in several organizations. One firm's results are presented

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    Essay Length: 537 Words / 3 Pages
    Submitted: January 13, 2010 By: Monika
  • Economic Indicators

    Economic Indicators

    Economic Indicators Housing Starts The economic indicator of housing starts is the gross number of new residential building construction projects that have begun in a certain month. The Federal Government gathers information by two surveys: the Building Permits Survey and the Survey of Construction. The Building Permits survey estimates the number of building permits issued for new housing permits on a monthly basis. The data is gathered in a by mail survey of local permit

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    Essay Length: 449 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 13, 2010 By: regina
  • Information Technology and Business Alignment at the World Bank

    Information Technology and Business Alignment at the World Bank

    II. Baets, W.J. (1996). Some Empirical Evidence on IS Strategy. Alignment in banking, Information & Management, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 155–177. III. Bergeron, F., Raymond, L. and Rivard, S. (2004). Ideal Patterns of Strategic Alignment and Business Performance, Information & Management 41(8): 1003–1020. IV. Chan, Y.E. and Huff, S.L. (1993). Investigating Information Systems Strategic Alignment, Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on Information Systems, Orlando, FL. 345–363. V. Chan, Yolande E. and Reich, Blaize

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    Essay Length: 260 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 13, 2010 By: Max
  • The Impact of Economic Globalisation on Cofco

    The Impact of Economic Globalisation on Cofco

    1. Introduction In November 2001, China became a formal member of the World Trade Organization (WTO), which symbolised ChinaЎЇs involvement in economic globalisation. Great opportunities and challenges would bring a big change in China. As a state agriculture enterprise, Chinese Oils and Foodstuffs Corporation (COFCO) is undoubtedly confronted with the impact of economic globalisation. The purpose of the report is to discuss the opportunities and challenges of China national cereals and COFCO under the impact

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    Essay Length: 2,696 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: January 13, 2010 By: Wendy
  • Business Law

    Business Law

    Research Based Task Question 1 - What is the distinction between statutes and statutory instruments on the one hand and the common law on the other? State which is more important and justify this. In the U.K the most important source of law is that enacted by the Parliament. This is done largely through legislation. Legislation may be referred to as a statute law or Acts of Parliament. Proposals from the government appear in a

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    Essay Length: 374 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 13, 2010 By: regina
  • Legal Issues - Business Law

    Legal Issues - Business Law

    Legal Issue A paper submitted in the course of Business Law BUS/415 University of Phoenix March 16, 2008 Introduction Agency Law in a Business Environment A principal is the party who employs another person to act on his or her behalf; an agent is a party who agrees to act on behalf of another. In order for the agent to successfully fulfill their tasks for their principal’s they have duties that they are expected to

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    Essay Length: 1,207 Words / 5 Pages
    Submitted: January 13, 2010 By: Mikki
  • Economics Buying Mutual Funds

    Economics Buying Mutual Funds

    Abstract: This project was performed to get a better understanding of how mutual funds work. The assignment was to select a mutual fund from three different firms. Find out information about the fund, their policies, and how much they cost. The funds’ values were tracked and graphed from Monday, September 19, 2005, through Friday, November 11, 2005. The before tax rate of return must be determined for each of the funds including the costs of

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    Essay Length: 917 Words / 4 Pages
    Submitted: January 13, 2010 By: Monika
  • Making the E-Business Transformation Book Review

    Making the E-Business Transformation Book Review

    Making the E-Business Transformation is a book created by Peter Gloor who is a partner with Deloitte Consulting in Zurich, Switzerland. There at Deloitte’s he is the leading e-business initiative for Europe. He is also the vice president in the IT department of Union Bank of Switzerland as well as an adjunct faculty at Dartmouth College. (Gloor 2000). Gloor’s accomplishments are well respected and I feel is what helps enable him to write such a

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    Essay Length: 2,513 Words / 11 Pages
    Submitted: January 14, 2010 By: Top
  • Business Ethics

    Business Ethics

    Business ethics is a form of the art of applied ethics that examines ethical rules and principles within a commercial context, the various moral or ethical problems that can arise in a business setting, and any special duties or obligations that apply to persons who are engaged in commerce. Business ethics can be both a normative and a descriptive discipline. As a corporate practice and a career specialization, the field is primarily normative. In academia

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    Submitted: January 14, 2010 By: Jack
  • Bed Bath and Beyond’s Business Risk

    Bed Bath and Beyond’s Business Risk

    Bed Bath and Beyond’s Business Risk Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. is a nationwide chain of 5 retail stores selling domestics merchandise (bed linens, bath items, and kitchen textiles) and home furnishings (kitchen and tabletop items, small appliances, and basic house wares). In 2003 Bed Bath and Beyond reported annual revenues (gross profit) of approximately $1.8 billion, net income of $339 million and net sales of $4.5 billion, representing 22% growth in revenue and 32%

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    Essay Length: 332 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 14, 2010 By: Mike
  • Economic Justice Between Classes

    Economic Justice Between Classes

    Economic Justice Between Classes We live in a country today misrepresented by its own peoples' perception. The consensus that we live in the greatest nation in the world is not so much a feeling of nationalism as it is a forgone conclusion in the minds of millions of Americans. What a great many of these millions do not realize is that they are the victims of a government set up by our founding fathers to

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    Essay Length: 2,037 Words / 9 Pages
    Submitted: January 14, 2010 By: Mike
  • Business Ethics

    Business Ethics

    Business Ethics From a business perspective, working under government contracts can be a very good proposition. In general, a stream of orders keep coming in, revenue increases and the company grows quickly. The obvious downfalls when working in this manner are higher quality expected as well as the extensive research and documentation required for government contracts. If a part fails to perform correctly it can cause minor glitches as well as problems that can carry

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    Essay Length: 1,513 Words / 7 Pages
    Submitted: January 14, 2010 By: regina
  • Economics in Elizabethan Times

    Economics in Elizabethan Times

    Economics in Elizabethan Times London was Europe's most dynamic city at the end of the 16th century. It had grown from approximately 120,000 people in 1550 to 200,000 in 1600. (In comparison, Paris had only 70,000 people in 1600.) And London's growth had paralleled that of England, which had doubled in population between the 1520s and the 1640s. The English economy grew even more rapidly: agriculture prospered because of the significant increase in demand for

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    Essay Length: 1,304 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: January 15, 2010 By: Fonta
  • Economic System

    Economic System

    Economic System A country’s economic system consists of the structure and processes that it uses to allocate it’s resources and conduct it’s commercial activities. Types of Economic Systems - Centrally planned economy - Mixed economy - Market economy Centrally planned economy System in which a nation’s resources are owned by the government. Origins: the ideology that the welfare of the group is more important than individual well being. (Karl Marx). Decline: In the 80’s nations

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    Essay Length: 487 Words / 2 Pages
    Submitted: January 15, 2010 By: Fatih
  • English in Schools and Business

    English in Schools and Business

    ENGLISH IN SCHOOLS AND BUSINESS The article, “Why English should be the medium of instruction(2000)”, is about the defects of English education system and the advantages of English in the business life. The writer, Bernardo Villegas, in this article indicates the importance of English language both in schools and business. He thinks that the English language in secondary schools and universities attach more importance to reading and grammar rather than speaking; therefore, schools do not

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    Submitted: January 15, 2010 By: July
  • Economics

    Economics

    An amazing fact: "It was the night of April 15, 1987. Seven million American children suddenly disappeared." (25) It turns out that the requirement to fill in the social security number of each reported child when claiming a deduction on the parent's income tax form led to a reduction of seven million children. The corresponding increase in income tax revenue is estimated at $3 billion a year (a huge sum, enough to finance about ten

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    Submitted: January 15, 2010 By: Venidikt
  • E-Business Paper

    E-Business Paper

    Running head: E-BUSINESS PAPER E-Business Paper Danelle Martin University of Phoenix E-Business Paper When any organization makes the decision to enter into the world of electronic business, or e-business, they face a whole new set of challenges and a whole new set of regulations that must be adhered to. Smith Systems Consulting was no exception. Smith Systems Consulting Smith Systems Consulting began in the late Seventies in Houston, Texas, when founder, Bill Smith, was still

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    Submitted: January 15, 2010 By: Stenly
  • What Are Free Trade Zones/economic Processing Zones?

    What Are Free Trade Zones/economic Processing Zones?

    What are Free Trade Zones/Economic Processing Zones? A free trade zone (FTZ)Clothing Export Promotion Zone or Export processing zone (EPZ) is one or more areas of a country where tariffs and quotas are eliminated and bureaucratic requirements are lowered in order to attract companies by raising the incentives for doing business there. Free trade zones can be defined as labor intensive manufacturing centers that involve the import of raw materials or components and the export

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    Essay Length: 1,290 Words / 6 Pages
    Submitted: January 15, 2010 By: David
  • O Business

    O Business

    google Tagline: Between the worlds of the living and the dead there is a place you're not supposed to stay. Plot Outline: This movie focuses on the attempts of an Ivy League Professor to prevent one of his students from committing suicide. (view trailer) User Comments: Very enjoyable (more) User Rating: 6.6/10 (147 votes) Cast overview, first billed only: Ewan McGregor .... Sam Foster Ryan Gosling .... Henry Letham Kate Burton .... Mrs. Letham Naomi

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    Submitted: January 16, 2010 By: Janna