Essays on Commerce

Introduction

Business organizations or firms, which seek to use the technique of analysis in order to understand complex mathematical together with other statistical measurements in research, uses quantitative analysis method. They do this by assigning numerical values or variables as the analysts try in quantitatively replicating the mathematics into reality. It is performed for many reasons like to know the performance, evaluate, and value in terms of financial instruments the correct values that can be used in the objective function. In the market structure, this technique is used to reflect or show changes according to price and the nature of ...

Advanced countries have been on the fore front in advocating for Kyoto Protocol of 1997. In the USA, the Chicago Climate Exchange has been on the frontline as an operator of the emission trading scheme. The Chicago Climate Exchange (CCX) is legal binding actually a first voluntary GHG reduction and also a trading system that aims to emit and offset projects in the Brazil and the North America. Such a scheme helps achieve reduction goals through a cost effective means and via trading emission allowances between the available participants. The Chicago Climate Exchange has proclaimed and described itself as the rules based ...

How could a large company like Starwood address the issue of exploiting customer data while at the same time safeguarding and respecting customer privacy?

Starwood can address the issue by only collecting the relevant data, offering protective mechanisms, as well as respecting customer rights and privileges. The information collected include both personal and non-personal identity information. The firm should consider situations under which it may disclose customer information such as customers’ consent. Large companies should limit the information they provide and require customer to use third parties to protect their personal information. Customers may safeguard their privacy by clicking ...

- Why research is important in identifying international markets

Research in identifying international markets is important as it enables the organization not only to design the right product, but also to employ the most effective marketing strategy for maximum returns.

- Research techniques and tools that can be used in international market research

- Use of a team from multicultural environment and sites is important in ensuring that the research object is understood in the different geographical regions

- Qualitative research techniques

- Videotaping of consumers who are in the process of purchase or consumption ...

Public policy is the act or principle that guides the government or the administrative bodies to ensure that they do not commit any acts that go against the interest of the public. Outsourcing came about due to the increased demand on the salary increase for the employees in the United States. Therefore, many companies and corporations sought to find other means to produce their goods, which was cheaper (Reinicke 98). However, this goes against public policy because there have been an increased number of unemployed people in the States. For that reason, the companies and corporations should find cheaper ...

Teamwork is essential not just in the business world but also in almost all areas of human endeavor, from education, to work, family and romance. Because human beings are autonomies entities with individual’s wants and goals, in order to play on the team of humanity, compromise is necessary. As far back as Aristotle thinkers recognized that humans were social animals with the need to compromise to best achieve their end goals. His ideas and his succinct ordering of them have incalculable influences in today’s world. He had rigid ideas regarding human relationships, happiness, virtues, deliberation, justice and ...

IMF Throws Ukraine $27-billion Lifeline as Third Recession in 6 Years Looms

The article that was published in financial post portrays the money crisis Ukraine is going through, where the country is caught up in international debts. Ukraine government owns Washington lenders a loan of US$14 billion, 1.6 billion Euros to European Union and US$3 billion to the Russian government. These debts have weakened international business with a majority of countries as they claim the country is on the verge of bankruptcy and thus they could not involve themselves in business links unless the debts are paid. The situation has attracted the attention of the International Monetary Fund to intervene and ...

In the context of real property, a quitclaim deed transfers or disposes only the interest that the grantor/owner has in the property (Hinkel, 2011). This means that whatever title the grantor has at the time of transfer, they pass it to the grantee. In such regard, in the event that at the time of transfer the grantor does not have title to the land, should the grantor later get the title to the property the grantee cannot claim the property. Additionally, a quitclaim deed does not have warranties of title and is transferred free of encumbrances.

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Winston Financial Group is a factoring firm that provides financing for small and medium-sized companies by purchasing their commercial accounts receivable. Financing provided by Winston Financial Group helps the businesses accelerate the cash flow, thus boosting sales and production of the companies.

Factoring is a financial tool used by the companies, mostly retailers, to turn the accounts receivable into operating cash within a day. Such receivables can be for any services performed or any products delivered by the companies. Factoring is used by the companies to receive instant cash for the customers' invoices in case those invoices can be factored. ...

Globalization entails the internal integration that arises due to exchange of ideas, products, worldviews, and other aspects of culture in a nation. The United States government has shown tremendous strengths, aiming at increasing the output and the productivity of the nation. The concern of the U.S government is on improving the free-trade environment between the United States and other countries (Bertho et al 76). Improving the free-trade environment will enhance the draining of jobs from the economy of the U.S, to other countries in which the workers command low remuneration. Globalization includes the flow of economic activity in two directions. ...

Introduction

Sony Corporation was founded in 1946 in Tokyo by Akio Morata and Masuru Ibaka. Initially known as Tokyo Telecommunications Engineering Company, the company was involved in research and development of telecommunications and measuring equipment. Today, however, the company is involved with the creation, design, manufacture and dealing of electronic equipment and devices including game consoles and software (Berrak, Ferzly, Nguyen, Roach, and Ward 3; Gershon, and Kanayama 105). In addition, the company also engages in the production, marketing and distribution of motion pictures, home entertainment, television products as well as recorded music. Further, the company engages in ...

Identity Politics in the Visible World: Race, Anonymity, and Human Rights

The name Noam Galai is more than just a buzzword in all debates and topics related to privacy, secrecy, digital data and social media in the contemporary world. Rachel Kadish, who is a cousin to Noam Galai, tells the heartbreaking story of how his supposedly shy cousin becomes a victim of the greatest vice in the world internet today – theft of digital property. In her article "Who Is This Man and Why He is screaming?” Kadish narrates how the now international picture of her cousin robbed him of his privacy and the right to consent. Galai, who posted his controversial picture on ...

According to the article, the term globalization is referred to as the increase of global integration, global interlinked environmental and social developments, and global forms of governance. In this case, the author interprets globalization as the increased integration of nation-states and markets and the extension of technology advancement. In addition, globalization is determined by declining geographical boundaries on cultural and social arrangements; the improved dissemination of technologies and ideas; or the transformation of political, cultural, and economic fundamentals of society (Martens and Mohsin 280-281). The article points out that during the transition of globalization, several loopholes are anticipated These ...

In the book: The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, Max Weber presents a study of the relations between ascetic Protestantism ethics and the advent of the modern spirit of capitalism. The religious thoughts of assemblies played a significant role in the emergence of the spirit of capitalism. Weber (2013) begins by observing the relationship between being engaged in business and being a Protestant, and declares his intention of exploring religion as a probable cause of the present economic conditions. He contends that the modern capitalistic spirit recognizes “profit as an end in ...

Callable preferred stock is a kind of preferred stock in which the issuer has the right to redeem or call in the stock at a price which is preset after a specific date. All terms involved in a callable preferred stock issue, which include; call price, the call premium, and the specific date after in which the stock can be called are all well defined in the prospectus provided at the time of issue and can, therefore, not be altered afterwards. Companies and corporations have various reasons for issuing preferred stock which differs from one company or corporation to another.

Why do Corporations Issue Such Stocks?

One of the ...

Transfer pricing is a process where prices or rates used when selling products or services between parent companies, divisions, departments, or subsidiary (SMULLEN, 2001). It exists when two related companies (the parent company and a subsidiary) trade amongst each other. For example, a US based subsidiary of Coca-cola trading with an African subsidiary of Coca-cola. When such subsidiaries engage in price establishments for a transaction the results are transfer pricing.

WITTENDORFF (2010) provides that in transfer pricing the prices set for the exchange may be the original prices set for the products or the original purchase price or a rate reduced to cater ...

Industrial Revolution and its Impact on the development of Nations

The Industrial Revolution was one of the major phases of historic globalization wherein there was an exponential widening, deepening, and speeding up of global inter-connectedness . The impact of the revolution was not merely economic in nature but conversed changes in culture, education, knowledge, the environment, and the balance of political power. Further, the impact of the Industrial Revolution was extremely long lasting, with several of these visible even today when the world is undergoing another phase of globalization.

Before the onset of the Industrial Revolution, the world was segregated on the basis of major trade routes that were ...

The income statement refers to a system that operates the activities and operations of a company or organization and seeks to give a detailed report and evaluation on its performance during a certain year. The statement provides the details of the expenditure and income of the company for the financial year. Where the sales revenue exceeds the costs, there is production of a profit; where there is the occurrence of the reverse, losses results. As such, the statement acts as a profit and loss account. Elemental components of the income statement include the profit considerations, presentation formats, the details, depreciation and profits, ...

Summary and Outline

McWane Corporation was founded in 1921 . J.R McWane was the founder of the corporation that has been on the lead in the production and sale of sewer and water pipes. The firm also produces other heavy manufacturing components. It has approximately 5000 human resources and controls 12 plants both in Canada and United States. The annual turnover of the giant corporation is more than $2 billion. The company is privately held as it’s controlled by a family. Over the past three decades, the corporation has been specializing on acquisitions of firms that have previously been operating on losses and ...

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In the recent decades the global power center has shifted from West to East and China has witnessed a tremendous rise, accelerating integration in East Asia region. Currently there are at least two significant integration processes there, among which regionalism remains the most visible and powerful (Szczudlik-Tatar, 2013).

Asian regionalism focuses mainly on economic cooperation between ASEAN members, which differ politically and economically. However, deep regional integration in East Asia may result in the establishment of a single market.

This writing analyzes the nature of Asia’s emerging regionalism, the relationship between Asian Regionalism and ...

Q1. The numbers of suppliers that are involved in the manufacturing of the machine are dependent on the quality of the goods and services that they are offering. In the 100 potential suppliers, the adequate amount of suppliers in the earliest stages of production is 30. The reason that the number is so high is to determine who the best fit is for the company in the long run. To determine the suppliers that the company should work with, the sections of the company that should be involved include; the acquisitions, engineering section, manufacturing, and the quality assessment ...

Income Statement:

Balance Sheet: Cash Flow Statement: Statement of owner’s equity: Risk and Return Scenario:

As of the year 2014, the company is expected to be in good profit numbers. The company is one of the biggest chemical manufacturers in the world and operates on string business models and strategies. Over the years, the company has shown significant growth in profit figures and the same is reflected in its stock price appreciation and dividend payouts. Some of the favorable return strategies of the company include:

- Driving innovations in its products so as to address ...

Summary

The text primarily talks about the concept of public culture service. The main theme is the issue of motivation of the personnel in the public service. The scholars and the author attempt to suggest that the concept of motivation could be productive in the long run for the public service. A comparison is run on the concept of motivation in the public service and in the private sector. Consensus exists that for the private sector, motivation could be easy probably because the sector is profit oriented. However, in the public service the lack of profit hinders motivation. The text ...

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Dear editor, I would like to address a problem with a case involving domestic abuse. This can be concerning when the party was married to a police officer who is directly responsible for the abuse and harassment. In specific there is a law in Cullman County here in Alabama that requires at least one of the parties involved in a domestic violence call to be detained and this means they will be arrested. This leaves the victim defenseless even in their own home, and with nobody to call for help for fear of retaliation from the police who are partners with the ex-spouse. ...

The potential data that can describe the joint venture advantage are through the researcher-made questionnaire. The items or descriptions embedded in the researcher-made questionnaires are well-crafted as these questions were reviewed its relevance of the study. Considering the target customers, this research utilized the responses from the employees, authorities, and customers because they received a direct contact from MHM Company and because they are the recipient of the firefighting products and services. The employees, customers, and authorities were the best participating subjects from the total universe because they are particular with the business like Unisafe and MHM and because they ...

Introduction

TransCanada Corporation is a company that operates in the energy industry within the geographical boundaries of North and South America, specifically, the United States, Canada, and a small portion of Mexico in the South. Its main trade is the storage and transmission of power generated from various sources. Its main source of power generation—that it stores and eventually transmits to its clients, is natural gas, although other major energy sources such as coal, nuclear, wind and hydrogen sources are also included in its portfolio.

This company currently holds a small, but still significant portion of the entire market for energy. One ...

INTRODUCTION

- Attention Diplomatic ties between nations are of great importance as the saying goes no nation is an island in matters concerning trade, It is unimaginable to have oil as the key economic resource but lack market for this important good?. - Need It is of importance to maintain the long existed trade the between China and Saudi Arabia traceable to 1980s and which formed deep inter-relations in 1990s necessitating diplomatic interventions to make trading between the countries formal (Amineh, 2010 P. 12). Mutual benefits and comparative advantage in production and marketing of goods and services, ...

Research indicates that approximately 57% of American citizens drink coffee daily, which ranging between three to four cups on average. An article titled ‘the real cost of drinking”, highlights the cost of making coffee Americans. Most individuals enjoy their coffee at home in the morning and as such, they incur several costs. The first cost is the cost of a coffeemaker. It costs approximately between $25 -$200 for a good coffee maker and about $200 for an espresso machine. Milk, cream and sugar are additional costs that go into the preparation of homemade coffee. It costs around $4 for a gallon ...

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1.1 Background developments

Traditionally, accounting standards have been developed by different countries on the basis of local legal, economical and cultural institutions frameworks (Elliott and Elliott, 2009, p. 158). As a result, the standard setting was very country specific. With the globalization process at work for the last 3-4 decades and increasing mobility of capital internationally accepted accounting standards have become necessary to facilitate cross border transactions and make financial reporting comparable between countries and companies thereby leading to a greater transparency for investors (Nobes, 2004). IASB has been set up as a private international standard setter with a mandate to create high quality accounting standards ...

Injustice in any form or circumstance is the denial of the basic fundamental right, the right to justice. As a human being we are entitled to live our lives with the right to liberty and dignity. But the privilege of this right is enjoyed by only a select portion of the society. On the other hand some are forced to lead a life of denial, disgrace and deprivation. This is the case with the Dalit clan of Tamil Nadu. The injustices done to them are a mark of shame on the face of humanity. They have been denied the right to property, to ...

Langmead and Soroosh article on “Accounting for Financial Instruments: More Turmoil Ahead”, is based on the issue of global financial crisis that has given attention to financial instruments used globally including United States. Financial instrument transactions determine the standards of accounting features where some are regarded as counterproductive while others are regarded as counterintuitive based on asset derivations and securitizations. The article examines criticism on the quality of fair vale accounting as it relates to financial instruments. The author has done this successfully through a clear focus on financial instruments crisis, SEC report and financial crisis report, recent development in ...

Introduction

Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation PLC (ENRC) is diversified group of companies that operates in the following major portfolios; integrated mining activities, processing, power generation, logistics and finally marketing. ENRC’s mission is “to achieve growth as a leading natural resources business, unlocking resources for our customers and unlocking value for our shareholders.” As such most of the company’s managerial as well as operational strategies are directed towards meeting the aforementioned mission statement. In addition to this, it must be mentioned that given the diversified nature of the firm’s portfolio, it is clearly beyond reasonable doubt that the ENRC ...

The article why are textbooks so expensive discusses issues concerned with marketing of textbooks to students. It also focuses on the market, supply, and demand for both new and used textbooks. The market for new and used books differ greatly that is, new books receive low sales as compared to used books. This is because many students prefer buying used books since they are cheaper as compared to the new books. Although the demand for these books is very high, the sales for these books are very low. This because many students prefer borrowing books from their tutors and ...

Fellow citizens’ of the world, country men and our honorable women I salute you. Today I’m about to make my voice echo across the dark dungeons of lands devastated by constant tension and instability caused by act of terrorism.

Ladies and gentlemen, terrorism by definition refers to the use of violence and threat to intimidate others for selfish gain, retaliation. It poses state of fear and submission to the innocent citizens. Ladies and gentlemen Terrorism dates back to 1878 within the Russian Empire and has since grown up like a web to include groups like Al Qaeda, Lashkar-e-taiba, ...

1. Describe the pros and cons of government legislation on issues of employment and give some specific examples of employment law.

There are various employment laws in place in USA such as at-will employment, minimum wage for employees and title VII. At-will employment policy gives the employer the right to hire and fire employees at will without any legal liability at any time without any reason or for a petty reason, excluding an illegal one (NSCL). This policy also gives employees the privilege to quit the job at any time without notice or within a short notice of 7-15 days depending on the agreement between employers and employees. Employees can also bargain for a raise if they get a better offer. This policy allows ...

Marketing Strategy

A marketing strategy implies the line of approach that an organization pursues to maximize opportunities with the aim or goal of increasing sales and to attain competitive advantage. It (marketing strategy) includes all short, medium and long-term activities that aim at achieving the desired goals of competitive advantage and increased sales (Peter, Olson & Grunert, 1999, p.333). Pricing, on the other hand, is the most direct approach that a firm/company uses to communicate with the clients or customers. Pricing strategy is the most difficult pillar of marketing to implement. This is so because it integrates vertical and horizontal decision making in ...

Fixed asset expenditure is usually categorized into two classes namely: capital expenditure, and revenue expenditure. This classification is crucial because only capital expenditure is encompassed within the cost of fixed asset. Besides, classifying expenses is necessary in order to observe the matching principle, to enhance the true and fair reflection of financial statements, and to display accurate financial results (Lerner & Cashin, 2009). Capital expenditure is described as the amount of money that is used on either purchasing or improving long-term assets such as buildings, machineries, or equipment. It can also refer to an expenditure that is intended to ...

Introduction to Globalization

Globalization has resulted in a global economy where resources and competition are on an international scale. Consequently, this has created jobs through outsourcing. This results in an increase in job opportunities. For instance, big companies such as Sony and Ford have established business in different parts of the world, which has provided job opportunities for exporters and importers.

Several approaches can be applied to enter the global market. A market entry strategy that can be used is global sourcing. The investment opportunities that can be exploited with these market entry strategies include joint ventures and foreign subsidiaries. Global sourcing ...

The carriers plying the Trans –Atlantic route formed immunized joint venture alliances; Sky Team (Delta, Air France and Alitalia), One World (British Airways, Iberia and American Airlines) and Star alliance, in a bid to reduce operating costs heightened by the global rise in jet fuel prices and deal with the challenge of the reducing demand for their services all while maximizing profits. (Russell, 31)

The hallmark of these joint ventures has been the capacity cuts by various airlines like Delta at 7%, and American at 9.6%, these airlines anticipate further cuts in capacity in the future occasioned by harsh ...

Cash flows

The statement of cash flows is used by the company as a measure of a company’s financial health. This financial statement equals the cash receipts less the cash payments over a period of time, alternatively, it is the net profit summed with the amounts charged off depletion, depreciation, and amortization.

The statement of cash flows organizes and reports the cash generated as is used in;

Cash from operating activities; this converts the items that are reported on the income statement from the accrual basis of accounting into cash basis. This is the generated cash earnings before interest and taxes summed up with the depreciation less the taxes.

The company Andrews has its round one cash ...

How Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge can promote Hong Kong – PRD West integration?

The construction of Hong Kong-Zhuhai-Macao Bridge (HZMB) was initiated in December 2009 and is expected to be complete by 2016. The bridge consists of three parts which includes the main bridge, boundary crossing and boundary crossing facilities of Hong Kong, Zhuhai and Macao, and link roads of these three places. The bridge, once constructed will be the world’s largest longest sea crossing bridge tunnel, which goes to the length of 36.5 Kms.

Hong Kong has always played an important role in the integration process while it has been an Investor and a Trading Hub of producer services and a ...

Introduction

In the last few decades, Starbucks Corporation has been the most prosperous coffee chain. The corporation has been using its aggressive expansion tactics to reduce much of its competition. This corporation has concentrated on creating a network of stores throughout America, while at the same time opening new locations throughout the world. By being the frontrunner in the retail coffee market, this corporation is in a position to sell its product for a premium price, and hence increase its profitability. Despite Starbuck’s success, it faces some threats including the threat of substitute products, consumers’ willingness to switch, and relative price and ...

Executive Summary

Hanna Wash Australia Limited is the leading distributors of vehicle washing equipments in Australia and New Zealand. The unique selling proposition for Hanna Wash Australia is their unparallel reliability, superior quality, and ease of operations for both the end users and the car wash business owner. Hanna Car Wash serves the businesses that are already in the business or willing to be in the business of Self-Service Car Wash Business. Another business segment that Hanna Car Wash serves is the car manufacturers. It serves the businesses that are located in the geographical boundary of Australia and New Zealand. As ...

Introduction

Restaurants are common places where waste generation is frequent. The type of surface present forms an important part in the establishment of restaurants. Customers can evaluate the quality of a restraint based on the level of cleanliness and service. For cleanliness, surfaces need to be easily cleaned. The lotus effect seeks to explain why having artificially developed surfaces that mimic the lotus effect can be very beneficial in various human applications.

It is not common to find a plant in nature that offers significant benefits in terms of repelling water. The Lotus plant is one such plant that may offer ...

Starbucks is not satisfied to stay as they are. They would like to grow their business in order to service the same customers but in new ways. Right now, according to a New York Times Article on the subject, Starbucks has still three-quarters of its sales in coffee products (Strom, 1). The writer of the article explains how in order to get a bigger share of new markets; Starbucks is buying up companies that can expand their food and beverage markets. The strategy used is one to present current information, first on the website, and then to dive into the historical ...

Question 1

Academic integrity refers to a set of standards that every scholar is expected to adhere to. It means being honest and taking responsibility in academic work. The principle of honesty means that all scholarly work must be from ones hard work and efforts, and any other person’s work that an individual includes in his or her academic work must be acknowledged properly. Failure to adhere to this renders that academic work plagiarised. Intellectual property rights, on the other hand, cover copyrights, trademarks and patents. They are a set of laws that protect an individual’s intelligence and ...

Section A: The importance of international cooperation in the global economy

International cooperation has led to the creation of free trade zones among countries. This has been achieved through liberalization of economies by eliminating barriers to trade. It has opened doors for trading activities among countries freely promoting an orderly global economy (IMF, 2009). International cooperation has promoted tourism. This is because of the peaceful coexistence among nations .Tourists feel free to visit other nations. This has promoted the economic status of countries through the foreign earnings from tourism activities. It has promoted investment activities of countries. This ...

Introduction

Airbnb Company was founded by Brian Chesky and Joe Gebbia in 2008. The two started by renting out air mattresses and other household facilities to travellers. After its launch, the company initiated a project of selling cereal boxes to the Obama and McCain presidential teams. The sales earned the company significant revenue. The company has since then partnered with Dragoneer Investment Group and TPG.

The funding from the two investment groups amounts to 500 million dollars annually. Airbnb Company provides house owners with an opportunity to earn income by renting out their homes to travellers. The company has registered growth ...

E-commerce and business opportunities

Electronic commerce involves conducting business with computers and data communications. It focuses on the use of transaction Medias such as telecommunication, network and mostly depending on internet (Costa, 2001). Online marketing allows internet retailers to present their products, market to the willing and potential customers that may otherwise be difficult to acquire and meet. The examples of the leading company, on the services of the electronic commerce, are Amazon and eBay companies. They deliver to shoppers who bypass the search engines through advertising and provision of the marketplace.

In the electronic marketing, has taken over the marketing and ...

Introduction

The lotus plant has a number of uses. One of the commonly applied uses is for religious purposes. For instance, the seeds of the lotus plant normally are used to create strings of prayer beads. Each bead has its own spiritual meaning. This is very widespread in the Asian countries such as India, China and Japan. The plant offers extraordinary purity and significant beauty [2]. Other applications of the Lotus plant include aesthetics and temperature regulation where the leaves are used as hats.

Restaurants are common places where waste generation is frequent. The type of surface present forms an ...

Business

With the advancement in the technology the mobile tracking and mobile commerce using RFID and GPS is becoming increasingly popular among people. Major actors in the mobile commerce are the mobile companies, consumers, mobile industry, the service providers, and regulators and enablers. There are some recommendations for the corporate for ensuring optimal use of this technology.

1. Provision of Product at Reasonable Price The organizations dealing with m-commerce are adopting aggressive policies in order to enable the things to move fast, while many e-commerce organizations are adopting a wait and see approach. However, as a consequence of this costly ...

Profitability index is a variation of the net present value method. While NPV provides the absolute total amount for a project, the PI is a relative measure in terms of the ratio ...

International finance is not simply corporate finance with an exchange rate. It is true that the exchange rate is an integral part of international finance in terms of foreign exchange. It is true that the foreign exchange markets that offer critical information and opportunities for international corporations as they undertake financing decisions and capital budgeting (Cohen & Yagil, 2007). However, international finance is about cross-border trade, and it is the dynamics of this trade that influence the exchange rate. According to Rhodes & Robinson (2008), international trade and the consequent international corporations are influenced by a number of factors which include cultural, ...

Why are two people who witnessed the same event last month likely to describe it differently today?

The minds of human beings are different in terms of retaining information and encoding it in future, which may be influenced by various factors that the individual or the people may undergo or experience within the period that he or she is supposed to retain given information. One month period, is an extremely long period and it may be the turning point for the mind of an individual and it needs to be undertaken with the extreme measure to ensure reliability of the given information as people have different mental abilities. Different environments within which human beings live may ...

Introduction

- Attention Getter: Amazingly all the women have moved and joined the Women Trade Union League, Civil Right Movement.

- Credibility Statement: Our clients in the organization have the endorsement on the development and better earnings witnessed from the services offered by the Women Trade Union League. It is revealed clearly that the Women Trade Union League has turned to a point where registration and joining of new clients in the union is increasingly with the clients and members benefit.

- Thesis Statement: Working environment of the workers from the company seemingly did not consider the factory machines ...

Many stakeholders are increasing pushing for more relaxation of intellectual property rights. The common argument among these stakeholders is that relaxing the intellectual property rights, as well as corporate knowledge on intellect and knowledge, will be in the society’s best interests. This argument has been dismissed by many of the current content intellectual owners who desire or want to maintain their ascendancy and resist sharing out the intellectual property which is in many cases their main power source. There is however some little bit of evidence that seems to suggest that the relaxation of property rights monopolies may ...

British American Tobacco (BAT) is a global tobacco company ranked second largest worldwide and operating in over 50 countries. Despite recording revenues of 15.4 billion pounds and 4.9 billion pounds before tax earnings and issuing a 47.5 pence dividend per ordinary share, risks abound and the company has identified several risk factors, which may upset its growth, key among them is the growth of illicit cigarette trade (Reuters.com, 2014). Notably most of the other risks identified contribute to increase in the illicit trade risk. Globally the volume of illicit trade in cigarettes currently stands at 12% of consumption, and it is ...

Introduction

They say that the only thing that is constant in this planet is change. This old phrase can indeed be true in a lot of ways. It can also be applied not only in life but also in the process of managing a business. To innovate is to embrace change and improvement.

Innovation refers to any process that may lead to better solutions to problems, higher efficiency and effectiveness in doing work, higher productivity, and in general, increased capability to meet and fulfill the market needs. Any business has the right and the ability to innovate. Innovation can be done ...

Being a committed and gifted international student, I am applying to the USC Marshall School of Business. My devotion to exact sciences, such as math and physics, including but not limited to other fields, are of my genuine interest. I am the progeny of an entrepreneurial family, with well-developed family business roots in my country of origin. This family business forms a precious legacy, which my founding great grandfather envisaged to continue for the next generations. Started as a merchant firm, it expanded into a mid-sized company with its subsidiaries abroad. As a young boy, I observed the peculiarities of conducting a ...

- P/E Ratio stands for Price-Earnings Ratio. The variables that affect P/E ratio are market price of a share. Market price of the share is what it is trading at the stock exchange. The second variable that affects the P/E ratio is the Earning Per Share. Earnings per share are calculated by dividing the Net Profit after Interest and Taxes divided by the number of shares outstanding. All of these calculations reveal how much the firm is valued in terms of stock valulation.

- Stock valuation uses the time value of money in the calculation. There are several concepts ...