Tenure -- Literature Review Academic tenure is a system that many universities and colleges use to protect a senior academic's contractual right to a lifetime job unless terminated for just cause. It is typically reserved for academics who have made Continue Reading...
FASB Accounting Rules Did FASB 157 Cause the Financial Crisis? Since the financial crisis began in February 2007, there has been an ongoing debate in the financial community over the causes of the crisis. One target that has come under fire for its Continue Reading...
Worldcom financial disaster provided many substantial learning points while helping expose the importance of accuracy and integrity in accounting procedures and standards. Eight years ago, when the true nature of the rise and fall of this telecommuni Continue Reading...
Toshiba Networking Case Study Toshiba: How Personal Networking Can Be Used to Avoid High-Turnover Electronics giant Toshiba Corp.'s American business unit is facing a class-action lawsuit over how it pays and promotes women. (6), (7) Recently, the Continue Reading...
The creation of the state of Israel in Palestine lent Jews in America a degree of legitimacy. And Jewish-Americans were now on the cusp of a new reality. Unit IV: 1946-1976 In the 1950s the Anti-Defamation League sought to have the immigration law Continue Reading...
Six weeks later the Czech Republic became the 27th and final nation to sign the Treaty. On December 2, 2009 the Lisbon Treaty went into full effect one month prior to the date originally projected. Ratification Procedure The driving force behind t Continue Reading...
NYBudget The current fiscal crisis facing American states has led to some drastic changes in state budgets. Throughout the country various states have been struggling to balance budgets without cutting vital services to citizens. In many states this Continue Reading...
New companies have the advantage of taking more risks and investing more in the research and development process, being interested in addressing less developed industries. It is difficult for large cities like New York to attract such companies. Th Continue Reading...
The fact that industrial control systems may be vulnerable to infiltration by other citizens, or international parties puts laws pertaining to intersection of systems transmission at the forefront of priorities for us all. At present, telecommunica Continue Reading...
GM's market share is a source of strength because it provides the company with considerable muscle and brand recognition. That is leads the Chinese market and is a major player in the U.S. market provides it with opportunities for economies of scal Continue Reading...
An excellent company will also put marketing at the very center of its operations and direction; marketing will become a catalyst of overall market growth. With the rapid adoption of social networks, marketing is increasingly multi-channel and rela Continue Reading...
Question: Does Craigslist make it difficult to find a new job because of its navigation? Both R1 and R3 felt this was the case. "It's a mish-mash" of positions and makes it difficult to find exactly the job of interest is what R1 said. Both felt t Continue Reading...
During the 1980s, to help spotlight international concern regarding the unprecedented nuclear arms race, India joined the Six-Nation Five-Continent joint. Amidst India's resolve to maintain its commitment to nuclear disarmament, it consistently op Continue Reading...
Jet again this is one of the fundamental lessons of ethics, and that is when the balance of advantage leans too far to one side, unethical advantage occurs (Josephson, 2010). This was a tough lesson to learn for AIG as it was the catalyst of salary Continue Reading...
Control over information access in a society is like control anything else, whether it is opium or food safety. Google's use of directing Google.cn users through to Google.co.hk is "fundamentally politically subversive," as Mr. David M. Lampton says Continue Reading...
These and other concerns associated with wind energy development are discussed below, and are addressed in the Wind Energy Development Programmatic EIS. To get more information about these concerns and access current research, please visit the sugge Continue Reading...
The researchers contended that this could be due to a change in ability to tolerate certain behavior as well as a culmination of passed negative experiences which are brought to the forefront upon experiencing another negative one. Indeed, young peo Continue Reading...
Canadian forces in Afghanistan, and whatever location those forces are directed to by the Canadian Government to protect Canada at home and its interests around the world, should be supported with intelligence sources that are directly focused on Ca Continue Reading...
9%. In a less rebound-intensive environment, this would not be bad, but it still represents a PEG ratio of roughly 2.14, which is actually quite high compared to the S&P 500 at large and so reflects a substantial growth premium currently baked in Continue Reading...
In the first instance, the research undertaken on this topic has attempted to be as inclusive as possible. To this end databases such as Ebscohost and Quesia were consulted for up-to-date sources and data. However the research was also limited to th Continue Reading...
Most developed economies, however, allow the market to set exchange rates, only influencing currency values through indirect means such as the increased or reduced sale of bonds to foreign entities and individuals, or through other means of internat Continue Reading...
These positions generally pay well. The outlook for financial analysts is good, as openings are expected to increase rapidly over the coming years. However, there is strong competition for the position as well, meaning that candidates will need to h Continue Reading...
What is it that PETA wants the company to do to raise its ethical standards over their chicken suppliers? They have several key arguments with the reasons for them. First, they want suppliers to comply with "Animal Care Standards" in use throughout Continue Reading...
Efrati implies that affirmative action does more harm than good to minorities as well as whites: but one online commentator pointed out that students going to the top law schools with high LSATs and grades usually have enough money to have substant Continue Reading...
Another major competitor in the Hong Kong market is COFCO (China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs), which competes in the canned ready meal market and holds a 51% share there. All ready meals can be considered competitors for Tassal. COFCO is a Continue Reading...
'All you need is love,' sang The Beatles. But they sang against a backdrop of militant demonstrations, the hazing of soldiers, environmental 'monkey-wrenching,' self-destructive drug trips, and a knifing death at the Altamont Rock Festival in 1969. Continue Reading...
S., as they now have the guarantee that the U.S. market is ready to receive and purchase their products. This is especially important for developing economies that grow at a fast pace, but which also need the necessary markets on which to develop an Continue Reading...
Aspiring Intern Current PAC-10 Consulting Management REF.: The AIG Rescue As the global financial crisis began to unveil, all of the financial institutions with positions on the market that exposed them to the crash began to feel under pressure. A Continue Reading...
Yahoo! Vs. China. Specifically it will discuss Yahoo's decision about whether to disclose a subscriber's personal information to the Chinese government. In 2004, the Chinese government requested the name of a Yahoo! subscriber in China. The ethics o Continue Reading...
b) It is required that the "summary prospectus appear at the front of a fund's prospectus." (Security Exchange Commission (b)) c) Amendments have been made so that the Internet can be used to give important 'information' inclusive of "description Continue Reading...
The company owns one of the world's most recognizable luxury car brands. Without catering to the mass market, BMW holds a 2% market share in the U.S. (Wall Street Journal, 2009), which constitutes a much higher market share in the luxury segment. Th Continue Reading...
6. Business Model Evolution As the company's 2008 annual report points out, the company's business model is focused on ensuring the appropriate instruments that can help the consumers "capture, store, process, share, print and view" information. Continue Reading...
The second purpose of the $700 purchase of troubled assets is to create a market for the securitized versions of these assets. As a result of the crisis, the market for these assets became illiquid. The value of securitized debt obligations became Continue Reading...
The other important function of the plan was to shift responsibility for the pension obligations from the company to the United Auto Workers. While smaller creditors and contractual partners need not be satisfied with the reorganization, it is diff Continue Reading...
While people who work with these kinds of issues can present their best guesses, they cannot actually provide proof that the Obama Administration's health care plan is good or bad, or how much it will cost. The 'if only' propositions that are in muc Continue Reading...
The second key impact is that it protects unemployed homeowners in the event that their bank becomes insolvent. Without this additional protection, such homeowners could find their mortgage with a collection agency. By reducing the negative conseque Continue Reading...
Samsung Seeks Some iPhone Magic" by Evan Ramstad appeared this week in the "Wall Street Journal." It discusses Samsung's emerging business strategy to broaden their horizons from electronics manufacturing to content, software, and other applications Continue Reading...
Myrer also encourages the reader to identify with Sam by giving the book's protagonist almost supernatural insight into world conditions. Sam had a hunch that America will help the Allies fight World War I, just as he foresees the Great Depression. Continue Reading...
In many instances, the structure of the test can be said to have an alienating impact on respondents as well. To the point, research by Butcher & Hostetler (1990) denotes that "some past objection to the MMPI's length came in part from the frust Continue Reading...
The deregulation was forced through by legislators to whom Enron paid out massive contributions..." (Levy, 2005) The fraud was primarily comprised of "cooking the books to make it look as if the company's finances were consistently rosy, so that sh Continue Reading...
