1990s College Essays Samples For Students

In spite of the fact that the progressive projects/developments brought about noteworthy hardships — on the rustic populace (the Great Leap Forward, 1958-61) or the savvy people (the Cultural Revolution, 1966-76) — they both delivered solid accomplishments in the wide open that prompted amazing increases in horticultural generation and in individuals' lives. Conversely, the post-Mao time "changes" have come about so far in an enormous development of disparity in China, with the country populace enduring significantly by the destroying of open backing for wellbeing and training. What's more, neighborhood and territorial authorities have sold farmland for improvement purposes, more often than ...

History and 4Ps

Founded in 1931 by Ferdinand Porsche as a design and engineering services provides for the automobile industry, Porsche Automobile Holdings SE (Porsche) is one of the largest and most successful global automobile manufacturer, famed for its innovative and stylish designs as well as leading automotive technology/engineering. The company launched Porsche 356, a branded sport car in 1948, after the success of VW Beetle, which it had designed in 1934. With access to Volkswagenwerk’s distribution and organizational infrastructure, Porsche quickly established itself in both Germany and Austria, before finally moving its production activities to its own facilities in Stuttgart. ...

Introduction There is plentiful evidence that America needs stronger and more comprehensive gun control laws. There have been hundreds of thousands of shooting deaths in the United States since the 1990s, when the gun control laws were supposedly strengthened. Mass shootings have been going on for years, at schools, churches, shopping malls, theatres, and other public places. These mass shootings are usually caused by high caliber firearms that pose an overt threat to public safety. There has been a documented increase in the number of women in domestic violence situations who have been shot to death in the last ...

Introduction

Despite the fact that Apple Inc. and the Geek Squad are both engaged in the business of technology, they distinctly provide and offer different services to the market. Simply put, Apple Inc. basically provides the hardware while the Geek Squad provides the technical support to the end-users in order to operate such hardware. Regardless of their operational differences, it can be observed in the two case studies that both organizations have become successful in their endeavors through an understanding of the five environmental forces which impact their respective companies. These include social, economic, technological, competitive, and regulatory forces which ...

Introduction

It is true that there is a significant disparity between the American in terms of classes in the United States today. The gap between the upper class and the lower class has been increasing, whereas the middle starts to fade away. Dating back to early 1990s, almost half of the national income growth of the nation was owned only the top 1 percent of the richest families. The escalating gap between the two groups is attributed to the ever increasing income to the wealthiest 1 percent and stagnant income for the middle American households. Therefore, the middle and the ...

Exit Partner Analysis: Schneider Company

Brief Summary and History of Schneider Company
Schneider Company is one of the largest trucking firms in America. The company was started in 1935 after Al Schneider sold his car to buy the first truck. The company provides a range of services that include intermodal, truckload and logistics. Schneider deals with different solutions that include expedited, bulk, dedicated, long haul, supply chain management, cross dock logistics, regional, intermodal and port logistics (Muller, 2012).
The company was privately owned by members of Schneider and was a small player until 1980s when the industry of trucking was deregulated. During this time, ...

The animation cinema is one of the popular cinemas among children and adult audiences as well and Arabs have always inspired the world by their unique and amazing fairytales and stories that include the Aladdin, Sinbad and much more. The animation is being used in many fields like multimedia, TV ads, web design, etc. But there is a true lack of the representation of the Arab culture and various stories as well. The view of animation in the Middle East is quite different from the other countries all across the world.
The first animated scene was created around 5, ...

Introduction

The period between 1980s and 1990s remains one of the significant periods in the political arena of China. During this period, the Tiananmen Square protests were witnessed Chinese Communist Party General Secretary Hu Yaobang passed away. Students who demanded democracy and greater transparency in the government led the protests. During these protests, Cui Jian, a Chinese rock artist was one of the main individuals that inspired these students as they advocated for a democratic country. Cui started singing in 1981 and went on to form a band in 1984. He became famous in 1985 when he performed his hit ...

Yao Ming

National Basketball Association is a very elite closed society for the best of the best only. NBA is all about the high jumps, three-pointers, dribbling, rebounding, two teams and one winner. However, one pattern distinguishes it from most American professional sports – racial dominance. According to the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports, the NBA in 2015 consisted of 74,4 % black players, 23, 3% white players, 1,8 % Latinos and only 0,2 % of Asians (Lapchik, Guiao).
Yao Ming, a boy born in Chinese family of two basketball players. In Shanghai, the biggest city in China he could ...

Value-at-Risk

Introduction
Risk assessment is essential in portfolio management. A portfolio manager has the duty of maximising returns of the portfolio of the assets for each level of risk. Alternatively, a portfolio manager should minimise the risk of the portfolio at any level of return of the portfolio. Several models are used in assessing the risk involved in a portfolio of investments. Value-at-risk is widely applied in determining portfolio risk. We explore the concept of value-at-risk and its usage in portfolio management.

It is a model that measures how much the value of a portfolio could fall over a specified ...

In an article about hip hop music and its intersection with jazz, Jared Pauley writes that both genres have often flirted with each other. Over the years, hip hop artists have utilized the flavor of jazz music through sampling. In the 1980s to the mid-1990s, hip hop acts "took jazz samples to the top of the charts while others worked directly with respected jazz musicians. With the new millennium, this trend continued" (1). One artist that has continued the trend is Kendrick Lamar. Kendrick Lamar is an emcee that has been on the scene for a number of years, ...

The fundamental reason for the prolonged Japanese great recession

There are many contributing factors to the cause of the prolonged Japanese recession. These are the labour input, government expenditure, capital investment and productivity change. An analysis was carried out measuring the changes in the mentioned factors against the changes in GPB over the period of 1985 to 1990s. The analysis showed all the four factors contributed to the depression but at different levels. The government expenditure on the economy during this time actually stimulated the economy rather than depressed it. During this time the government tried several spending projects in a bid to revive the economy. In the years ...

Volatile Prices of Primary Goods Preventing Economic Development in LDCs

Background
The primary goods refer to the products that are obtained directly from agricultural activities and are not subjected to the process of manufacturing. The most important primary products in an economy include those that are obtained from the sector, such as the fishing, agricultural, forestry, and mining industries. In terms of the least developed nations, which are mainly located in Africa, Asia, and the Latin America, the trade characteristics of their economies include the dependence on the developed, industrialized nations, and, significantly, the reliance on primary products. Accordingly, in international trade, the least developed nations’ exports are primary ...

In perhaps the most bizarre outcome of the Second World War, the removal of the German-led Axis Powers as a common enemy paved the way for the emergence of the capitalist and the communist ideologies that created the Western and Eastern bloc respectively. The unity witnessed between the Soviet Union and the United States as part of the Allied Powers ended with World War II as the former claimed a lead in advocating communism while the latter supported capitalism in the name of democracy (Foner, 2014, p.709). The different stands plunged the two nations and their allies into the ...

According to the Juvenile Crime Statistics Report of 2008, there has been an overall decrease in juvenile arrests. There are four crimes i.e. non-negligent manslaughter, forced rape, robbery, and assault which are present on the Violent Crime Index. The rate of juvenile arrests in 2008 was lowest since the 1990s and only about 3% higher than those between 2001 and 2007. The arrests for rape were lowest since the 1980s, and the juvenile arrests for assault were also lowest since the year 1988 (OJJDP, 2008). The arrests for murder had first increased from 2005 till 2007 and then experienced ...

The Environmental Systems Research Institute (ESRI) is one of the leaders in the high-tech market with its GIS software, ArcInfo launched in 1980s. The company managed to succeed without involving extra venture capital or going public. ESRI’s success was based on the classic smart business practices and providing their customers with what they really needed (Mohr, Sengupta, & Slater, 2010, p. 495). Novartis is as well one of the leaders in the innovation market, but of the other industry. The company is named to be the third largest pharmaceutical company by sales and continues to grow (Mumenthaler, 2009, p.4). ...

Of the three types of uncertainty that characterize high-tech markets, which type is ESRI experiencing most acutely? Elaborate and provide strategic implications for ESRI.
Market uncertainty, technological uncertainty, and competitive volatility are those features that characterize modern high-tech market. Basically, the intersection of these three uncertainties determines further development of the innovation industry (Mohr, Sengupta, & Slater, 2010, p.34). In 1990s, ESRI faced both: technological uncertainty and competitive volatility. Market was demanding new technologies with customer friendly interfaces. Besides individual consumers, large corporations and governments were also interested in the GIS technology. New companies entered this market rapidly, which, unfortunately, ...

Issue: The current shooting incidents at the hands of police officers are on the rise, with no hint of slowing down. From the shooting of Rodney King in the early 1990s by Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) officers to shooting of Amadou Diallo in late 1990s at the hands of New York City Police Department (NYPD) officers there have not been as many incidents of what many see as either police brutality or police misconduct in over 20 years. There was a long period of drought where police incidents were sparse. This dry spell broke in 2014, when Officer ...

The journey towards the European Union (EU) integration has experienced several turnings. This section of the essay will detail some of the core turning points in the EU integration. Establishment of a Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) was a major turning point in EU integration. The Treaty of Rome defined the specific objectives of the CAP. The CAP was introduced in 1962 (Folmern.p). The establishment of the CAP was enshrined to the state of food shortages after World War II. The aim of the CAP was to build a common European Community market and to cut off tariffs on agricultural ...

It is easy as a student of history to ignore major development with Native American tribes after the end of the nineteenth century and the so-called “closing of the frontier.” This is seen by many as the end of an era and a time where the federal government had finally settled its policy regarding the status and treatment of this country’s many Native American tribes. Charles Wilkinson in Blood Struggle paints a completely different picture of how the relationship between the tribes and the US government developed through the course of the second half of the twentieth century. ...

The neoclassical growth model also known as the Solow-Swan model was put forward to explain long-term economic growth and development by examining economic variables such as accumulation of capital, growth of labor and advancement of technological processes. This model can be used to provide theoretical framework which will aid in explaining and comparing the economic growth of China and India. The model stresses out on the manner in which examine and interpret data. For example, China’s high level of investment should not be directly interpreted as steady economic growth (Huisken 238). This is because economic growth in the ...

Marriott Hotels: Strategic Analysis

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Executive Summary
Marriott International Inc. is a leader in the global lodging industry. Marriot has more than 4,400 properties spread across 87 countries. The company has also done well over the last 90 years and has transformed itself from a root beer stand in Washington D.C to a hotel behemoth. According to the 2015 survey conducted by American Customer Survey Index (ACSI) on hotel brands, Marriot is the most liked hotel brand in the world along with Hilton with a score of 81 (ACSI, 2015). Hotel industry was hit hard by the sub-prime recession in the ...

One of the oldest sports is considered a fistfight. Even in ancient history in the era of the ancient Greeks during the Olympics athletes competed in the pankration, which is how they called their fist fighting competitions. Fist fights in a modern understanding are mixed martial arts or MMA (Mix Martial Arts), and not boxing, as the two are often confused.

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Since the antique times MMA lost its glory and popularity. Is place was taken by what e now perceive a traditional boxing, kick-boxing, judo, taekwondo, and other types of martial arts. For a long time MMA was in ...

Is Wal-Mart Good for America?

1-How has Wal-Mart changed the power relationship between retailers and manufacturers? Give examples from the documentary.
Wal-Mart has had an enormous impact on American producers. In the film Is Wal-Mart Good for America, narrator talks about “the revolution” in the relationship between retailers and manufacturers that took place in the USA when Wal-Mart decided to cooperate with foreign suppliers. In the past manufacturers determined what to produce and at what price to sell their products. However, Wal-Mart that heavily relies on the economies of scale was able to overcome the old “push-production” system and now successfully dictates suppliers and ...

Biography for Janet Yellen

Janet Yellen was born on August 14, 1946, in Brooklyn, New York. Her mother was a teacher and the father a doctor. She attended Fort Hamilton High school. She excelled in many subjects and became the editor of the institution's newspaper and graduated as a valedictorian in 1963. She then attended Brown University and obtained a bachelor’s degree in economics in 1967. She proceeded to Yale University and received a Ph.D. in 1971. She married George Akerlof, a professor at the University of California at Berkeley and an economic noble prize winner in 1978. Yellen has one adult ...

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Theories were developed over the years, as researchers and sociologists tried to explain the reasons why there is crime within the communities. These theories include the social bonds theory, the self-control theory, the power control theory, the control balance theory, the differential coercion theory, and the social support theory. Based on the theories, there are five realities behind the causation of crime: (1) that crime is caused by weakening bonds to the society; (2) that crime is the effect of having low self-control; (3) that crime is caused by occupational patriarchy; (4) that it is caused by the roles ...

Introduction

Climate change is an issue that has been the talk of people and specialists around the globe for many years now. Debates are being held so as to critic and know the real cause of it and ways on how to stop it if not totally eradicated in nature. Climate change us defined to be the rise of the Earth’s temperature. Researches have shown that there is a trend of the warming of the earth as time progresses; hence it is also known as global warming. The warming or the world is greatly associated with the human activities ...

Being dominant in terms of economy, political affairs and military power requires a country to have a certain geographic location and a size that would allow achieving ambitious political and economic goals. Undoubtedly, for a small country with insufficient natural resources, little population, and large neighbors nearby it is very difficult to become powerful. In the meantime, even small countries may act as very authoritative international actors if they have several reliable and strong allies and the surrounding countries cannot harm them. In this paper, the importance of geography in making a country an economic, political and military power ...

The concept of full employment, or the natural, frictional, and rate of unemployment plays a central role in macroeconomics and its policy. Let's start with natural employment. The determinants of the natural rate of unemployment are duration and frequency of unemployment. The duration of unemployment depends on cyclical factors in addition to the structural characteristics of the labor market. The organization of the labour market including the presence or absence of employment agencies , youth employment services. The demographic makeup of the labour force. The ability and the desire of the unemployed to keep looking for a better job which ...

Introduction

Climate change is fast becoming one of the most important issues facing humanity in the near future. Many countries have begun to establish frameworks that will allow them to avoid dangerous climate change within their borders; one of these pieces of legislation is known as the Climate Change Act of 2008. This piece of legislation, passed into law in the United Kingdom in 2008, establishes a number of foundational legal minimums that the United Kingdom needs to meet before the year 2050. Essentially, this is a legal structure that forces individuals and companies in the United Kingdom to work ...

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A balanced scorecard refers to the management system and strategic planning tool used broadly in industry, government and nonprofit organizations across the globe. Its application seeks to better align operations to the specific strategy and vision of an organization, to improve both external and internal communications and to monitor an organization’s performance alongside those strategic objectives. The scorecard was first was introduced back in the early 1990s by Norton and Kaplan of Harvard School. More than half of the key companies in the US, Asia and Europe currently employ the scorecard approach, with its use on the rise ...

There are two types of growth which are the linear growth and the exponential growth. The linear growth is an increase in quantity with a constant rate. The exponential growth refers to the rate of increase which is proportional to the current value or quantity. According to Thomas Malthus, natural resources have a linear growth while the population has an exponential growth. He also argues that the population growth will exceed the rate of increase of resources which could lead to catastrophic effects in the future. He also argued that population control is necessary in order to avoid catastrophic ...

Introduction

According to the International Labor Organization, unemployment is a phenomenon, which happens when the people, who currently don’t have a work are seeking for it (1982). The main indicator of unemployment situation in the country is unemployment rate, which shows the percentage of unemployed people in the total number of labor force (the number of all people of working age). It is calculated by dividing the number of the individuals, who don’t have work at the certain moment of time by all individuals able to work at the same moment of time (The Saylor Foundation).
The unemployment ...

Whether by force of stereotypical perception or the prevalence of such interpretation I the political discourse, people have always perceived racism through the prism of economic and legal mistreatment of black people. However, people can maltreat their own fellow countrymen with skin color other than white by disposing of hazardous toxic waste in immediate proximity to their area of residence. It is disturbing how Americans exploit their own endangering their physical wellbeing. Since coming to surface in the 1980s, the notion of environmental racism has not lost its relevance for what is now 3.5 decades. While some US locations ...

Question 1

Crisis in tourism can be considered a process, or various processes that are put in place for handling unforeseen situations that usually threaten an organization, cooperation or business as well as a group or a person. Crises often take place without any warning in prior for preparation, hence creating uncertain circumstances. In such situation, it is essential to put plans in place that can be swiftly be executed for either position actions to remedy the circumstance or decreasing potential impact of the crisis to settle the circumstance in a given appropriate period.
For example, not most nations have overall ...

At the turn of the 21st century, electronic communication and technology has been rapidly developing to a point that human beings and its environment is not at par. The world has been talking about the new models of smart phones and the new software that bridged people together despite distance and borders. The advancement of technology has created virtual communities. People are talking about the successes of these communication and other technologies but never did people talk about the environmental and health consequences of these rapid developments. Clara Piccirillo in an article entitled “Environmental Impact of Information and Communication ...

Dunning’s Eclectic Paradigm

Introduction
Dunning's eclectic paradigm is a model developed by John H. Dunning. The aim of the model is to explain the OLI-framework. The framework by Dunning serves as a guide for empirical examination of determinants of FDI. The framework offers a ground to research on factors affecting the development of multinational companies concerning expansion after engaging in foreign production and other expansion plans in the foreign countries. According to Dunning (2001), the assumption underlying the eclectic paradigm by Dunning is that three factors determine the FDI or specifically the return to FDI. The first factor is represented by ‘O'. ...

Crimes occur every day throughout the whole world, and sometimes it is hard to identify the motives and the reasons for committing this or that crime. There is a wide range of crimes starting from small robberies and non-substantial financial frauds and finishing with mass murders, terrorist attacks and huge fraudulent activities that lead to serious consequences. Different motives drive criminals to commit terrible things: whether a greed for money, a desire of revenge, a need to become famous no matter for what, pure anger, psychological problems, etc. It is often a challenge for the investigation team from special ...

Abstract

A balanced scorecard refers to the management system and strategic planning tool used broadly in industry and business, government, as well as nonprofit organizations across the globe. Its application seeks to align operations to strategy and vision of an organization, improve external and internal communications, as well as monitor an organization’s performance alongside the strategic objectives. The scorecard was first was introduced back in early 1990s by Norton and Kaplan of Harvard School. Currently, over, half of the key companies in US, Asia and Europe apply the scorecard approach, with its use increasing in those regions and in ...

Industrialism

The United States was the first country to industrialize outside Europe. Industrialism began in the late eighteenth century. It started with the construction of various industries such as shipbuilding, iron manufacturing, textile industry, and development of machines and machine tools. These innovations led to increase in production–farming methods improved and so were the outputs. Inventions in the transport and communication sectors such as the steam engine and railroad improved the transport of raw materials and finished goods. Improvements in transport also boosted the agricultural and mining industries. It also led to ease of the labor movement and more ...

Introduction:

This paper analyzes and explains how the social class play influences social inequality in Australia, as well as how the myth of egalitarianism was created and how it is maintained. It also shows how inequality has influenced transformations in political, familial and industrial relations and how it has to be taken into account when endeavoring to come to grip with all kinds of inequalities. Due to changes in the societies, the is need to recollect the ideas of different classes, ethnical backgrounds, gender inequalities, political class, and embed them in the self, body and politics.

There is a long history ...