Wealth Research Proposals Samples For Students

Chinese real estate market began to develop rapidly from late 1990s, when it became available to private investors. Significant problems in the Chinese real estate market relate to the lack of transparency of procedures’ offers of first-class land, variability administrative behavior, insufficient development of support services of functioning real estate market, the lack of support of the secondary market and overly speculative nature of the property. Obviously, many of these issues should be considered in the context of the reform process going on in China. The uncertainty of outcomes and policies, weak legal support, inadequate market mechanisms, unstructured management ...

Introduction

Singapore is a rich tourist and international travels destination. Most of the visitors travel for leisure, luxury, family, business, and religious or recreation purposes. The visitors mainly spend in hotels. This makes tourism the main source of income in the country. The travelers bring income to the country’s economy in terms of payment for services and goods. It is also the creator of job opportunities in the economy (Pitchford, 2008). The focus of the paper is to gain deeper understanding and appreciation of the value and means of customer satisfaction and return in luxury hotels in Singapore.Statistics of Singapore's ...

Real Estate Securities, Portfolio Construction and Down-side Risk Analysis

Securitized Real Estate Market In Malaysia:
The securitized real estate market in Malaysia is dominated by listed property companies and the REIT(Real Estate Investment Trusts). Since the real estate market is still emerging, the size of the securitized real estate market is small and most of the research findings on the securitized real estate market of Malaysia have indicated that the securitized real estate market is an ineffective investment and offers unfavorable return. Hence, considering the poor performance of the Malaysian securitized real estate market, Malaysian Government has taken several steps to improve the performance of the ...

This report relates to companies in Vietnam with internally appointed CEOs and those that do not embrace internal appoint of CEO. Companies that do not embrace internal appointment of CEOs view it as unethical practice since this might result to conflict of interest within the company. These companies discourage internal appointment of CEO since these CEO might manipulate the operations of the company to benefit themselves rather than the shareholders. However, most companies embrace internal appointment of CEOs due to the need to closely monitor the performance of CEOs that they are familiar with (Adler, 2013).
Internal appoint ...

Director of Emergency Management

Treasure Township Emergency Deployment Services
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Dear ____:
RE: Follow up on Proposal
Thank you for considering the grant proposal from Treasure Township Emergency Deployment Services to cover the costs associated with the purchase of and training associated with the enhanced 911 deployment system.
As described, with fewer people using landline phones to place 911 calls in times of emergency and instead becoming more reliant on the use of cell phones in these instances, it is ...

Corporate Insolvency

Australian Corporate Insolvency Law
Introduction
Thesis statement
Does the Australian corporate insolvency law provide too much advantage to secured creditors?
Aims and Objectives
This study aims to determine whether the Australian corporate insolvency law is providing more advantage towards secured creditors given that the law is supposed to insinuate equality, orderly procedure and equitable distribution of assets. The objective is to evaluate the law and identify the different aspects of the law that lead to the speculations of giving more advantage to secured creditors. Part of the objective is to consider the realities of ...

Summary

The paper is devoted to the analysis of financial ratios of Continental Tire AG and its two competitors in the world market – Michelin and Goodyear. Full ratio analyses include Liquidity, Leverage, Profitability, and Management Ratios analyses which will be represented in this research proposal. Companies’ balance sheets and income statements as of 2011 will be analyzed for the purposes of this paper.
Input data for analyses of the three companies is included in Appendix 1, full ratio analyses is in Appendix 2. The first group of the ratios belongs to the liquidity financial analysis. There were three ratios ( ...

Distribution of Wealth

Research Question
The distribution of wealth is an elemental component of the determination of the equality or inequality of wealth within a population. Wealth is equated with the net worth or the sum total of the assets less the liabilities. As such, the wealth is a significant indicator of the economic situation and the well-being in the US, which is the focus population for this research. For this reason, this research seeks to answer the question; what is the status of the wealth distribution in the United States?

Significance of the Study

The types of the assets, which the households hold can be different ...

Introduction

In the entire field of finance, there are certain aspects, theories and topics are interlinked with each other that will be used for all other purposes over the world. The financial management and aspect and functions are profound for the corporation for a core and long term effectiveness and determination. Among numerous things and aspects that will be used in the function of the finance and investment, there is a name of Mergers and Acquisition (M&A) is one of them (Mendenhall, 2013).
M&A has now has significance for the management and for the organizations particularly because it is one of ...

Should operational leases be involved in the accounting statements or should they be excluded; case study of an airline industry.

Introduction to research topic and main research question
Significant restructuring of airline industries (such as Air China and Emirates) has brought along desirable increase in acquisition of aircrafts and other assets through leasing. The challenge at hand is whether the lease ought to be treated as an operating lease, a finance lease or should be excluded in the accounting all together. Throughout the airline industry internationally, the airlines comprehensively use operating leases for engines, aircraft, fly facilities and airport facilities.
Operating leases is a form of off-balance sheet financing because traditionally the accounting standards did not require entities to ...

Introduction

The Bank as a commercial organization aims to make a profit, which ensures the stability and reliability of operation and can be used to expand its activities. However, the focus on the profitability of operation is always associated with various types of risks, which in the absence of limitation may result in losses. Therefore, any bank in determining the strategy of its activities creates a system of measures, which on the one hand, aims at making a profit, and on the other hand, takes into account the maximum possible prevention of losses in banking activities (Madura, 2012).
The banking ...

Information Technology On International Banking Performance

THE IMPACT OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY ON INTERATIONAL BANKING PERFORMANCE: COMPARATIVE CASE STUDY ANALYSIS OF NIGERIA, UNITED KINGDOM AND BRAZIL BANKING INDUSTRY

INTRODUCTION

In recent times the banking industry of different countries has become a very significant one because it plays a major role and it is a major contributor in ensuring increase GDP. Information technology has brought about the possibility of digital financial transactions and possible electronic trades accord boarders and nations. Although information technology has contributed positively to the banking industry and enhancing globalization it also has its defaults which has brought about several losses to banking sectors of economies.
Levitt ( ...

Introduction

Background of the Study
The world economy is currently facing numerous challenges, ones that imped growth and continuous economic development. In reality, there is no such thing as a straight line when it comes to economic development, accounting, and asset management. If history is to serve as a basis, economic development, both on a national and international scale, has been and so can be characterized by a cycle of boom and bust . Based on the metrics that both accountants and economics experts look into when analyzing a for-profit organization, a bank, or a macro economy, the risk of being ...

Introduction

Many people have no idea of what they expect to achieve after retirement when asked about their retirement plans. The government’s policies about retirement do not cater for the well-being of retirees creating a lot of worry for the life after employment. The increasing number of employees demanding cover by government pension programs and the current decline in the retirement income levels contributes to the change of the American pension landscape (Heiland and Li, 2012). The United States of America developed labor laws during the time when the country’s economy was independent and self-contained. The main aim of ...

The US Subprime mortgage crisis was a banking and financial emergency situation that led to a recession not only in the US but spread to many parts of the world. The disastrous effects of a crisis in the domestic subprime market on the rest of the world beg questions about the interconnectability and interdependence of the international economy as well as the financial institutions. The international financial crisis also revealed how vulnerable the global financial system was. Not only did the subprime crisis have a direct effect on global markets and countries that held a huge number of US mortgage backed securities and were ...

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POSTGRADUATE DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS ENTERPRISE

Southern Institute of Technology
2016

List of Tables 3

Section 1. Introduction 4
1.1 Purpose of the proposal 4
1.2 Research Aim 4
1.3 Research Questions and Objectives 4
1.4 Research hypothesis 5
1.5 Background and overview of business 5

Section 2. Literature Review 6

2.1 Introduction 6
2.2 Micro and Macro-Economic Indicators and Business Confidence 6
2.3 Recent Trends, Strategies and the Market Potential 7
2.4 Consumer Preferences 8
2.5 Conclusion 9

Section 3: Methodology 9

3.1 Introduction 9
3.2 Secondary Research Method – Literature Review 9
3.3 Case Study 10
3.3.1. Research Design 10
3.2.2. The Sample 11
3.2.3. The Process 11
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Introduction

Summerlin is a 22,500-acre master-planned community on the west side of Las Vegas and next to Red Rock canyon National Park (Summerlin, 2016). This property is under development by The Howard Hughes Corporation in multiple phases. Summerlin North lies within the city limit of Las Vegas but Summerlin South lies in the unincorporated Clark County. Summerlin’s population has almost doubled in last 15 years. Close to 120,000 people currently leaves in Summerlin currently. Summerlin was named as “Best Places to Live in America” by Money in 2014 (Summerlin, 2016).
Figure: Summerlin: Near Read Rock Canyon and ...

Tourism

2016-04-13

Introduction

This paper is devoted to the issue about the hospitality industry in the United Kingdom and the impact of the customers (especially, women). Nowadays, the hotel business is one of the most promising and, at the same time, growing industries, which bring considerable profits worldwide. The hotel industry as an economic activity includes the provision of hotel services and the organization of paid short-term accommodation in hotels, campgrounds, motels.
The hospitality as a component of the tourism industry differs by high potential for the UK market. It is able to generate a steady income to the budget of ...

Theoretical Background

The theoretical foundation for this study will be provided by Value Based Management and Control Theory as mentioned by Ashworth & James (2001). Value based management is a process which attempts to link management strategy, measurement, and day-to-day practices with the objective to create shareholder value (Arsakularatne, 2011). Control theory postulates that performance of any company depends on the mode of CEO appointment. Companies with internally appointed CEOs are known to be more profitable than companies with externally appointed CEOs. Researchers relate this to the accountability and competence of internally appointed CEOs compared with externally appointed CEOs who are mostly appointed ...

Factors that Determine Stock Market of Corporations

Abstract
In this paper, I look into capital markets in general describing them as markets in which financial securities are traded. The capital market instruments differ from money markets in that they take longer to mature, a year or more, as opposed to money markets (Martin, 2013). They are also a source of income for the investors who earn when the stocks rise in values. I will also look into services offered by capital (krani, 2010).
Most importantly however will be a cross-sectional study on financial market trends in the stock markets and the capital market of corporate companies. Under ...

A research based on the business analysis of the Tullow oil as compared to BHP Billiton working in the oil industry.

INTRODUCTION OF THE RESEARCH TOPIC

The main aim of the research is to analyse the profitability of Tullow oil, a UK based firm, and BHP Billiton, Australian Oil Company, in order to comment on the recent overall performance of both companies in the oil industry. This in turn will allow studying the impact of the varying economic factors and the shift in the cultural environment in which the businesses function. The analysis is based on the study of the challenges which the companies with ...

Introduction

Internalization is the process, as it relates to international strategic management, which requires transaction to occur within the confines of the corporate assets, rather than externalizing and interacting more heavily with the open market. This form of business interaction has certain advantages, abut can also pose serious disadvantages as the business works to move into new global markets.
The following paper will work to determine to what extent internalization creates an atmosphere of global risks for companies in the middle of globalization. Currently, there is a shortage of research as it relates to the impact of internalization on business ...

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Abstract
Libratone intends to expand into Brazil introducing its two unique Zipp Speakers that use new technology. Because market entry is not an easy thing, it becomes necessary to investigate economic conditions that favor and challenge entry decision. Further, once economic conditions are determined, a marketing approach to facilitate entry and penetration is required. In this study, market conditions in relations to economic environment of Brazil are investigated. The study establishes that Brazil presents favorable macro-economic factors such as high growth economy and stubborn inflation that guarantee sustainability and profitability of the company. ...

Introduction

This paper responds to relationship between finance and governance by evaluating how financial decisions are connected to corporate governance. In the rise of limited exceptions to corporate governance and finance seem to have natural tension, if there is no direct opposition. The polarity between finance and governance are two research areas that have been studied separately. It is essential to understand why these two areas function individually and separately. Certainly, the connection between financial decisions and governance are largely unmapped. The most relevant area relates to capital structure decision and their implications in creating a company’s value. Capital ...

Introduction

Sharp Park and Golf Course is located on the sea front in San-Francisco. The park has a beach front view with holes 3 and 4 located right at the beach and a coastal trail passing adjacent to these two holes. The golf course in Pacifica is under the ownership of the government of San-Francisco. This prime piece of property generates a modest amount of revenue for the state. There has been a recent debate on whether the golf course should remain in operation with rising sea levels and erosion of the beachfront property threatens to engulf the whole course. ...

Introduction

In the recent years, forensic accounting has acquired a great deal of attention from scholars belonging to several countries. Forensic accounting is a specialty in the field of accounting, which involves professional accounting skills for resolving potential civil or criminal litigation, such as lost profit and loss accounts, income statements, assessment of internal controls, assets, fraud and other finance-related transactions (Ozkul & Pamukcu, 2012, p. 23). The word ‘forensic’ refers to any information meant for use in the courts as evidence. Forensic accounting has become a limelight due to an increase in white-collar crimes as law enforcement institutions have failed ...

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Research Question
Has the introduction in Australia of a continuous statutory-backed disclosure policy and subsequent amendments led to an increase in reporting of economic events experienced by firms? This is to verify that the legislation has relevance for firms.

Relationship of Proposed Study to Prior Research

The implementation of Australia's statutory-backed continuous disclosure policy is meant to make corporate behavior more transparent to stockholders. Under the disclosure regime, an Australian Stock Exchange-listed issuer is required to release material information about the company as soon as it becomes aware of it. The Australian Stock Exchange takes firsthand responsibility for regulating and monitoring itself. Statutory sanctions provide a regime ...

Introduction

In the United States, employers have only limited rights insofar as conducting searches of their employees are concerned (Definitions.uslegal.com, 2015). There are very specific rules that govern the rights of the employer as well as the rights of the employee; as with criminal searches and seizures, employers have only very specific rights where their employees are concerned. Although not all work environments are governed by the same rules, this particular case study focuses on the ACME Corporation, which is not a government-affiliated corporation—this means that there are no issues with security clearances or other special cases in which employees ...

Background of the company/environment of the company

Bank of America was established in 1904 with the aim of serving Italians living in America. During its establishment, the bank used to serve low-income earners but later grew as a force that revolutionized the United States (U.S.). The bank grew rapidly and gained assets worth 605 U.S. million dollars in the year 1910. By the year 1920, assets totalled 157 U.S. million dollars and from that point the bank continued showing tremendous growth in its assets. The company aims at building an extensive, profound and long-lasting relationship with its customers through offering a variety of services. The main services offered ...

1.0 Introduction and Background information
Leaders, either in small or large organizations, naturally want their organization’s business strategy to be understood and accepted by their employees (Galunic and Hermreck, 2012). For most people, this is essential as it ensures that daily decisions made by workers, as well as their behaviours supports the competitive intension of the company. What many business leaders have come to term as “embeddedness” is essential especially when employees cannot simply be told what to, a concept that has increasingly grown in the modern business environment (Galunic and Hermreck, 2012).
The impact of employee ...

The author has quite effectively described the topic in the relation to the patterns. This is through the context of elaborating the social issues that affect the society in the overview of isolated arenas of life. Poverty has claimed to be a vital element in the social setups of the many societies in the world. The concept regarding the social stigma as a quagmire in backbone of the many societies around the world has made its effects in the felt in the society as a whole. On the focus of the poverty in Africa we do visualize the concern in the general ...

Managerial Accounting Analyses of Continental Tire AG

The purpose of the current paper is to identify the level of financial performance of Continental AG and compare it to its competitors – Michelin and Goodyear companies. The research question is whether Continental AG financial performance better than competitors’ performance. Based on the financial ratios analyses the current research directed to analyze whether Continental AG and its competitors run the same risks. An analysis of the sets of the following financial ratios was used: liquidity, leverage, profitability, management ratios. Also, the paper contains recommendations on improvement of Continental AG financial performance based on the analyses of financial risks the ...

I: Introduction

The research topic is: “Examine the impact of diversity management on organizational performance and innovation capabilities”.
This article examines the following research questions:
How diversity affects the organizational productivity?
In what ways, diverse workforce impacts innovation?
Modern businesses are focused on international supply chains. Globalization facilitates international mobility of individuals, reshaping employment relationships. Moreover, diversity provides an important case for equal employment opportunity in the workplace (Harvey and Allard 2015). Recent literature goes beyond the discussion of the legislative framework, outlining the "business case" for diversity, drawing it as the critical competitive asset to generic strategy (Knights and Omanovic ...

Background

Globalization and internationalization of the businesses have had the tremendous effect on the activities of the modern corporations (Sadler, 2003). According to The Guardian (2015). 2015 Gates Annual Letter predicts that the next 15 years will be driven by innovation in technology or innovation focused on giving access to the technology to a larger population and obtaining higher data collection and transformation speed along with the development of technologies and innovative solutions, aimed at vertical and horizontal business integration. That said, Accenture Technology Vision 2016 report outlines the major business technology trends for the near future: intelligent automation, liquid ...

Selected Scenario:

You are a newly hired junior account specialist in a highly respected public relations agency.
Research Question:
How will a new accounting system affect the reputation, organization, and operations of a public relations company?
Single Source
Louis , H., Sun, A. X., & Urcan, O. (2012). The value of cash holdings and accounting conservatism. Contemporary Accounting Research, 29(4), 1250-1271.
The three authors have an extensive background in accounting. For one, they have a PhD in the same. Additionally, they have extensive experience in teaching accounting with each individual holding a position in their respective schools. Thus, the authors are qualified ...

WHAT ARE THE MAJOR CHALLENGES THAT PANALPINA WILL HAVE TO OVERCOME AND THE CAPABILITIES THAT WILL HAVE TO DEVELOP TO MAINTAIN ITS LEADING POSITION AND THE RAPID PACE OF GROWTH

Background

Globalization and the unprecedented pace of internationalization of the businesses have had the tremendous effect on the activities of the modern corporations. Some of the major challenges which the companies face in the contemporary business environment include innovation and technology advancements.
This document focuses on the analysis of the specific company, Panalpina, one of the biggest logistics companies, which proud itself in excellent supply chain solutions for the global ...

The main objective of this design document paper is to give a clear cloud technology and visualization implementation process for the company. First, cloud technology is a style of computing whereby non-static scalable and most visualized company resources are provide in service form over the internet. Therefore, it is compulsory for such companies to have expertise knowledge so as to run effectively the technology in the cloud that properly supports them. The general concept of cloud technology and visualization integrates technologies that depend absolutely on the on the internet as the common theme for meeting the companies' computing needs ...

Research Methods Sp2016

Abstract
The dominance of commercial technological innovation in the context of modern society has resulted in a form of technological dependence for some individuals, causing them to pay less regard to aspects of the physical world. Technological innovation has assumed a noteworthy role in the flow of our daily lives, such as through the methods we employ to maintain interpersonal connections. Numerous individuals are included in a matrix of connections facilitated by technological innovation and an increasingly digitalized culture; however, the vast amount of these affiliations can leave individuals the global community feeling subjectively void. The effects of technological ...

The report is a research proposal to my friend, Abdul, who wants to have a one-month vacation. I offer Abdul to spend these thirty days in Vancouver. This paper describes the main decisions to be taken (accommodation, for instance), give supporting arguments to convince Abdul that Vancouver is a good tourists’ destination, and introduce the chief features such as costs and timing.
Vancouver is one of the most developed cities in Canada, which is also a popular travelers’ destination point. This city contains the features of a serene location for a calm revitalizing vacation as well as opportunities to ...

Introduction

Africa has been and remains the subject of debate and controversy of large countries. Over the years, the composition of the global players and their methods change, but the price of “African cake” only increases. The last 15 years for many African countries have been marked by the strengthening of trade relations with China, which has today become a major investor. Unlike European countries, which, guided by a complex of guilt for a colonial past of the continent, has long been focused on humanitarian aid and the reduction of African debt, China immediately made an emphasis on trade and ...

Introduction to the topic

Parental support is an exteremely important factor of human development. Graham-Clay believes, that «strong communication is fundamental to this partnership and to building a sense of community between home and school. In these changing times, teachers must continue to develop and expand their skills in order to maximize e ective communication with parents» (Graham-Clay, 2005). Among the socialization factors, the most important and influential is a parent and a family as the basic unit of society, the influence that the child experiences when he is most receptive. Family conditions, including social conditions, occupation, financial level, education of parents, largely ...

CAN WEAK SELECTION PROCESSES BE SOLVED THROUGH TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT?

Introduction

Employee performance is a crucial aspect of all organizations in both developed and developing nations. For entities to become sustainable, workers have significant roles to play to ensure that they achieve a competitive advantage over others around the world. In this regard, selection processes have a critical place in the performance of organizations. There is the need to recruit committed and productive workers so that they are in a position to attain the targets set by organizations (Armstrong & Taylor 2014). Companies are now concentrating on getting appropriate human capital since employees are ...

Introduction

The racial and cultural or ethnic composition of the American people is in fluctuation. The rise in the number of immigrants from Latin America and Asia have increased a large portion of cultural and phenotypic assortment to the American populace in recent decades similar to the immigration wave from south and east Europe over a hundred years ago. In addition, the precincts between racial and ethnic groups are becoming extinct through the rise of intermarriage as well as the upsurge of the number of persons with diverse ancestry. The issues and concerns of ethnicity date back centuries in America. Social analysts ...

Cloud security

Background information
The term cloud computing is talked about a lot nowadays since it holds a great future in information infrastructure and has gained so much attention of both academics and enterprises as well. With cloud computing implementation, network’s prominent area, including data, applications and systems is under the control of third party service providers. This means that security responsibilities will be shared between the cloud service provider and the customer. Therefore, it is very crucial that the customer very well understands security offered by the cloud service provider and the security that should be maintained by them. The ...

Mystery of the Maya civilization

Maya civilization is considered as a mysterious civilization that existed in ancient time. However, the mystery of the Maya is still not undiscovered as no one is sure about the Mayans, their method of living and the the exact reason of the rapid collapse of the Maya civilization. It is believed that the Maya civilization started on 12th August, 3113 B.C., but the archeologists believed that the Maya civilization came into being in 3000 B.C. The Maya civilization, however, disappeared mysteriously in 800 A.D. – 925 A.D. The Mayans lived majorly in the areas, which are now known as Northern Yucatan ...

Knowledge from the time of infancy to the time of death is acquired through the methods of learning, education, observation and through the use of reason. I want to shed light on the importance of knowledge to an individual’s life and how wealth in knowledge helps improve one’s lifestyle. It’s a fact of today’s life that wealth in education translates to success in careers; however knowledge gained in the process of educating oneself is important. Through experience and observation one is more aware of his/her surrounding and is equipped to influence such factors or situations to ...

Ideally, sleep out isn’t about participants the idea of what it feels like to be homeless or to paint the idea of homelessness to the participants although the situation leaves some little feel of how the situation could be and the challenges involved in the entire situation. We have to admit that there is no particular way that the attempt of single night, despite the situation of how cold or wet the night could be, can replace the helpless despondence and the harsh personal pain of being a true homeless person in any part of this globe.
Therefore, ...

Feathers Fashion

Part I. Environmental Assessment
Introduction
Economy of the United Arab Emirates, a key player in the international market and responsible supplier of energy resources, is built in such a way as to act effectively on the regional economic arena, meeting the basic needs of citizens to help them achieve a decent standard of living. Despite the fact that the federation has existed for just over 40 years, the basis of the current socio-economic stability is laid deep in the centuries and is the result of historical traditions and customs of the state of trade. The basis of credibility, which features ...

Gale (2010) reported that today people around the globe are more connected to each other than ever before. Information and money flow more quickly than ever. Companies can now sell standardized products efficiently and effectively all over the world and this has widened the global marketplace at a faster rate. This is in essence that goods and services produced in one part of the world are increasingly available in all parts of the world as nations converge more every year. While the affinity for global trade has increased in the recent past, researchers have often questioned whether companies switch to ...

Livre, Hatchette. “Nazism of Adolf Hitler”. MEMO – Travel through history. N.p., n.d. Web. 22 June 2013.
Hachette’s article “Nazism of Adolf Hitler” provides a refreshing overview of Nazism thrive under Hitler in the 1920’s. It paints a clear picture of the factors that motivated Hitler to adopt the Nazi strategy in Germany. He states that Hitler’s main motivation was his dream for the establishment of an “Aryan” state which would be comprised exclusively of members from a ‘single special’ race. The other motivation was his dislike for minorities like the Jews. However, Hachette’s article does not discretely ...

Specific Aims and Hypotheses

Background and Significance
The main active chemical ingredient in Cannabis is tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), although it has over 60 other cannabinoids. Cannabinoids are chemicals that make up Cannabis. THC works with cannabinoid receptors of the brain that work in conjunction with thinking, memory, pleasure, and balance/coordination. Many health professionals support the legalization of drugs citing the fact that 70-80% of patient receiving medical marijuana report significant relief from pain. Research suggests that compared to opiate based pain medications, Cannabis is considered a safer alternative in some cases as there is no lethal dose. Statistics also indicate that marijuana “has lower ...

Executive summary

The Advocate Samaritan Hospital intends to roll out a marketing plan that if successful would see it improve its capital base effectively doubling from the current two billion dollars to four billion dollars. The plan capitalizes on the strengths and opportunities while limiting the weaknesses and threats to the best extent possible. In this marketing plan, the objective remains service delivery to the community but with the realistic objective of raising revenues that actually fund the services delivered by the hospital. In addition, it is the intention of the institution to tap from the consultancy and referral departments that have ...

The explorations of Christopher Columbus remain to be an integral part of history especially regarding the colonization of the Americas. One of the key things to realize is that Christopher Columbus though an explorer did not directly gain materially gains from his travel expeditions to the new continents in the Indies. Columbus was working for the Spanish Crown, and the gains that he obtained were to benefit the Spanish thrown. Columbus in his part did not find affection in his fame of exploration, but was more concerned about the spread of religion, in this case Catholicism, to the new ...

Introduction

While the knowledge economy gains momentum, knowledge management is coming up as an important corporate discipline for all businesses, regardless of the economic sector to which they belong. However, the adoption and implementation of knowledge management is not similar in all industries and vary depending on the industry (DeTienne and Jackson, 2001). For instance, the organizations in the pharmaceutical industry are fighting with many challenges that are of their own kind in the field they are specialized in. In a similar manner, the advantages knowledge management can bring in the organizations operating in the pharmaceutical industry vary to a level ...

Introduction

The country of Bangladesh has historically served as a virtual bulls-eye for cyclonic activity in its corner of the Indian Ocean. Not only is the bay that leads onto shore extremely flat (and shallow), the shoreline is shaped like a horseshoe, which draws the storm activity inward. Also, the Bangladeshi lowlands along the ocean are also flat, and they do not drain well at all. This is good when you want to grow rice, but it is not so good when you want to avoid tragedy when a cyclone blows ashore and brings flooding with it. In the centuries before such ...

Issue: For the economic development and well being of the Americans, should tax reform that focuses on tax cut be introduced by the Obama administration?
Thesis Assertation: Understanding tax reforms in the USA is of great benefit as it helps re-organize the country’s economic reform policy. This can however only be achieved via the accomplishment of sound tax reforms. Comprehensive understanding of a country’s tax reform strategies determines the prosperity of country’s economy. The USA government should thus undertake rigorous tax reform as it is essential for tax policy making and the general economic development.

Tax ...

To Investigate Knowledge Management as a Source Competitive Advantage in Pharmaceutical Companies

Introduction

While the knowledge economy gains momentum, knowledge management is coming up as an important corporate discipline for all businesses, regardless of the economic sector to which they belong. However, the adoption and implementation of knowledge management is not similar in all industries and vary depending on the industry (DeTienne and Jackson, 2001). For instance, the organizations in the pharmaceutical industry are fighting with many challenges that are of their own kind in the field they are specialized in. In a similar manner, the advantages knowledge management can bring in ...