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There are more BMW's and Porches being driven than Maserati. Position as a unique and superb driving machine, and extension of personality. Never call it a car.
Brand leadership -- Emphasize hand crafted and unmatched quality. Brand has been known Continue Reading...
Since 1970, the economic growth in U.S. had increased in real terms at a rate of 3.16% per annum, up to 2001, when the American economy registered a slow down period and the economic growth amounted 1.7%. Since 2003, the growth rate averaged 4.62% p Continue Reading...
Herbert Hoover
When Herbert Hoover became president in 1929, the foundations of economic stability were already beginning to crumble. The demand for mass produced items had peaked, and new areas of spending that would recover the downturn were level Continue Reading...
Financial Performance: Caterpillar
Caterpillar, the preeminent leader in the manufacture and supplier of earth moving equipment is the quintessential growth success story in the rapid economic globalization of the past three decades. Caterpillar's g Continue Reading...
Corporate Governance at Samsung Group
'Corporate governance' refers to a corporation's control, supervision methods and processes, and management accountability. Corporate Governance, worldwide, doesn't merely cover legal controls set by local compa Continue Reading...
Network Implementation for Davis Networks Inc.
In the proposal, effort is made to develop an affordable local LAN for Davis Networks Inc. The effort involves provision of wireless Internet connection to all individuals for their desktops and laptops Continue Reading...
deviations from purchasing power parity for countries' competitive positions in the world markets?
Per a Wisconsin University study, there are two major effects. The first is a "real barriers" effect and the other is a sticky-consumer-price issue. Continue Reading...
Enager Industries
As companies gobble each other up in our increasingly interconnected economic world, Enager Industries demonstrates some of the accounting and management complexities of companies that have moved far beyond their original brief. Th Continue Reading...
Financial Officer
For most parts of history, government financial executives have been taken as scorekeepers, and made responsible for collecting, processing and reporting the financial information that used by elected officials and senior managers Continue Reading...
Dell Inc.
The head office of Dell is at Austin, Texas at the same place where the company was based. Dell Americas is also located in Texas, which is the regional business unit for the United States, Canada and Latin America. The regional headquarte Continue Reading...
Knowledge Integration Project
1A) Business owners must take a number of different factors into account when determining the form of business. They have to consider the sources and types of risk that the business takes, if there will be employees, an Continue Reading...
Online Learning
Since the advent of the Internet, online learning has increased exponentially. Online learning is utilized by K-12 schools, by public universities and colleges, and there has been an explosion in for-profit online schools as well. T Continue Reading...
Corporate Social Responsibility and Environmental Ethics
Abstract/Introduction -- No one can argue that the international business community is becoming more and more complex as a result of globalism. In turn, this complexity is driven by an increas Continue Reading...
Microsoft Vista
Physical vs. Digital Products -- Physical products are those that can be touched, felt, have physical presence, must be produced, warehoused, packaged, shipped and purchased. However, physical products are most certainly not limited Continue Reading...
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While the above refers to some essential aspects of company growth, there are many other areas that could be improved. The following is a summary of some of the areas that could be enhanced and adjusted to increase viability and consumer per Continue Reading...
While the U.S. enjoys the largest insurance market, U.S. companies no longer own the majority of the insurance market share in the country. Foreign companies do with 74% (Vaughan & Vaughan, 2013). This goes to show the extent to which foreign compani Continue Reading...
2. SWOT Analysis
2.1. Strengths and Weaknesses
The most important strong point of Earth's Best is its wide range of products. The company's extremely diversified products satisfy all types of customers. Earth's Best has lines of products for each Continue Reading...
marketing strategies of Coca-Cola and Pepsi in Thailand and UK
Coca-Cola and Pepsi, rated among the top companies in the world share a common fact - for several years, both these companies have been successfully selling a simple product made of wat Continue Reading...
Community Paramedicine
When it comes to healthcare in the United States, there are a number of challenges and issues that challenge everyday Americans all of the time. The common refrains are access to providers, costs and so forth. However, the dev Continue Reading...
India and U.S.: Poverty and Millennium Development Goals in relation to Globalization
India is selected as the welfare state under study in this paper, with a focus on poverty, one of the key Millennium Development Goals (MDG), and highlights the qu Continue Reading...
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$0.0
Net income available to common stockholders
$17,758.5
$16,468.7
Common dividends
$5,400.0
$5,048.0
Addition to retained earnings
$12,358.5
$11,420.7
Calculated Data: Operating Performance and Cash Flows
2012
2011
Net operating wo Continue Reading...
As an investor, discuss which company you would choose to invest in and provide a rationale for your decision. Support your conclusions, why or why not?I would choose to invest in CVS. First, the company is trading a lower multiple to earnings than W Continue Reading...
Google Inc. is one of the top companies in the world. They have excelled in how they manage their digital and non-digital supply chain.
This week Google, now re-named Alphabet, became the most valuable company on earth besting Apple for at a least on Continue Reading...
entrepreneurship ? How badly owner business? Why? Why ? Why time?
Is entrepreneurship for me? How badly do you want to be an owner of your own business?
Why? Why not? Why not at this time?
An entrepreneur gets to create his or her own enterprise Continue Reading...
health cultures select a culture
The United States vs. France
American culture is extremely individualistic. The ideal of 'pulling yourself up by your own bootstraps' that is so popular in America is also manifested in the American attitude toward Continue Reading...
Technology is helping in the globalization of world economy in more ways than one with the effect that consumers almost everywhere want global products regardless of whether they live in Los Angeles or remote Africa. The forces driving globalization Continue Reading...
Trojan Wars and Culture
The three epic stories namely, The Iliad, the Trojan Women, Pericle's Funeral Oration are powerfully written master pieces of work, that illustrate the element of horridness of war beautifully.
The Iliad
The story of Homer' Continue Reading...
Environmental Themes in Grapes of Wrath
This essay reviews environmental themes from the following five books: Dust Bowl by Donald Worster, The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck, Everglades: River of Grass by Marjory Stoneman Douglas, Killing Mr. Wa Continue Reading...
The researchers found that the student's minimum performance rate correlated more closely with their IQ scores than any other single variable. High and low IQ scores were predicted on the basis of the worst performance (minimum recall) and the best Continue Reading...
Fixed network stations (i.e. desktop computers) connect through a USB port adapter, while laptops generally employ a wireless PCMCIA card at a nominal cost. In the last few years, these pieces of equipment have been replaced by many laptop manufactu Continue Reading...
6 billion cu m in 2005; natural gas export - 0 cu m in 2004; natural gas imports - 21.73 billion cu m in 2004; natural gas proved reserves - 8.495 billion cu m in 2005; current account balance - -$25.99 billion in 2006; exports - $85.21 billion f.o.b Continue Reading...
Pedagogic Model for Teaching of Technology to Special Education Students
Almost thirty years ago, the American federal government passed an act mandating the availability of a free and appropriate public education for all handicapped children. In 19 Continue Reading...
Oldest and Largest Federal Aid Program to Schools
Department of Education Web site, the headline above Title 1 reads: "Improving the Academic Achievement of the Disadvantaged." Further into the government's description of Title 1 - the largest and o Continue Reading...
Computer Technology Best Used in the Design Process?
The Design Process of a Forty-Five Foot Sailing Boat'
Computers are now being used in a growing number of applications. Computers have become a part of almost every academic discipline and area Continue Reading...
Eating for Good Health - Safe Weight Loss vs. Fad Dieting
This paper explores the need for safe weight loss and healthy eating, as opposed to the fad diets often featured on television, in newspapers and in magazines. For the purposes of this paper, Continue Reading...