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- 4891: From Welfare to Workfare
- ... do you hide a welfare recipient's cheque, where he'll never find it? Under his work boots. When Mike Harris was campaigning for the Progressive conservative party in 1994 he promised a "common sense revolution". This mixed with the huge unpopularity of Bob Ray's policies, made him a favourite for the upcoming election. With this new "common sense revolution", came Ontario Works, or workfare. (a program designed to help recipients find their cheques) The workfare topic was a huge issue to voters, and will effect not only the thousands of Ontario welfare recipients but ...
- 4892: Deregulation of the Airline Industry
- ... Until 1978, air transport rates were approved by the government, which meant that price was not a primary competitive factor. Instead, airlines would compete on service and image. The airline industry was dominated by giants (American, United, TWA) which offered nationwide and some international service, and by regional carriers, such as Southwest, which offered short trips between airports not served by the nationals. Deregulation of the airline industry brought about in ... meals. It has a liberal work rule arrangement with its unions, so productivity is high, and overall costs are low. For example, Southwest gets 672 hours per year on average from pilots versus 371 for American Airlines pilots, and 60 percent more passenger miles per flight attendant (Levinson, 1993, p. 34). These figures enable the company to realize profits during years in which the industry as a whole was suffering. The ...
- 4893: Why Are Gasoline Prices Going Up So High?
- Why Are Gasoline Prices Going Up So High? If everyone else in the world is paying a lot more for gas, why shouldn't Americans? Take your average spoiled American who blames the Arabs for raising the gas prices unfairly in order to make a bigger profit. It's true, gas prices have gone up by a lot in the last few months, but is ... run reasons for the increasing prices. On the short run, we can thank an extra long winter for using up a lot of our gasoline reserves. For the long run, we can thank car loving American drivers, who like to go really fast and really far in their fancy sport cars that get terrible gas mileage. Another reason for an increase in price, is that U.S. crude oil production is ...
- 4894: General Motors - Financial Ratio Analysis
- ... 1996 the United Auto Workers struck at 2 GM plants in Ohio over the company's increasing its outsourcing of brake parts. The strike lasted 17 days, idling 24 of the automaker's 29 North American plants (reflecting the vulnerability of just-in-time supply chains), and ended with neither side satisfied. GM sued Volkswagen in 1996, alleging the German automaker encouraged former GM executive Ignacio Lopez to defect to Volkswagen ... Chevrolet, Geo, GMC, Oldsmobile, Opel/Vauxhall, Pontiac and Saturn. Other Operations Delphi Automotive Systems (vehicle components) General Motors Acceptance Corporation (financing and insurance) Hughes Electronics Corporation (electronic systems) International Operations (autos for foreign markets) North American Operations (autos for North America) III. Statistics & Financial Summary Products/Services 1995 Sales $ mil. % of total Manufactured products 143,666 85 Financial services 11,664 7 Computer systems services 8,531 5 Other 4,968 ...
- 4895: Frederick Winslow Taylor: Business Management
- ... would study in his spare time in Philadelphia and go to the school in New Jersey to take his exams. In June of 1883, Taylor graduated with a Mechanical Engineering degree. He subsequently joined the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME). Midvale Steel Company The Midvale Steel Company was part of the post Civil War expansion of industrialized Philadelphia. They made steel railroad tires. Due to poor management, Midvale failed in ... Sudhir. Frederick Taylor: A Study in Personality and Innovation. MIT: Cambridge,1970. Nelson, Daniel. Frederick W. Taylor and The Rise of Scientific Management. U Wisconsin P: Madison,1980. Person, H.S.,ed. Scientific Management in American Industry. Hive P: Easton,1972. Taylor, Frederick W. Scientific Management. Greenwood Press: Westport, 1947. Thompson, Clarence Bertrand. Scientific Management: A Collection of the More Significant Articles Describing the Taylor System of Management. Hue P: Easton ...
- 4896: Ford Motor Company
- ... 1995, in the United States, five of the ten top- selling vehicles were Ford, including the best-selling car (Ford Taurus) and best-selling truck (F-series). On January 1, 1995, Ford merged its North American Automotive Operations and its European Automotive Operations into a single organization, Ford Automotive Operations. Instead of being organized by geographic regions, the Company is now realigned by product line, with five Vehicle Centers, each responsible ... and money in improving quality within their operations as well as their products. They recognized the foreign car makers were perceived to be much more technologically advanced and had achieved a level of quality that American car makers had not. Ford also realized they were unable to keep up with the quickly changing technologies and unable to meet the demand for new and innovative car designs. By focusing on Quality, Ford ...
- 4897: Soft Drink Industry Case Study
- ... entry. Brand Identity This is a very strong force within the industry. It takes a long time to develop a brand that has recognition and customer loyalty. "Brand loyalty is indeed the HOLY GRAIL to American consumer product companies." (Industry Surveys, 1995) A well recognized brand will foster customer loyalty and creates the opportunity for real market share growth, price flexibility, and above average profitability (Industry Surveys, 1995). Therefore this is ... sales are from plastic bottles (Prince, 1996). All this makes the concentration for glass and plastic suppliers moderate. The aluminum can industry is even older and more established than the plastic industry. Reynolds Metal Products, American National Can Company and Metal Container Corp. are the main suppliers of aluminum cans. 50.6% of total soft drink sales are packaged in aluminum cans (Prince, 1996). Since the aluminum industry is older and ...
- 4898: Capitalism
- ... big had to be broken up to make smaller companies in order to create a competitive economy. The large corporations fought back by saying that they were no less competitive than smaller businesses. An Austrian-American economist named Joseph Schumpeter who argued in defense of large corporations said, "the prime mover in capitalist progress is not the small businessperson but the entrepreneur who introduces new technologies and develops them." He also ... nearly doubled during the 80's from 550 billion to 991 billion. To go even further I would like to see a flat tax implemented. A 15- 18 percent flat tax rate would stimulate the American economy greatly. This would happen by giving huge incentive to everybody to make more money. Of course, some liberal might confuse you by saying that making money is greedy. Sure the rich will get richer ...
- 4899: Crime and the Black Market in Modern Day China
- ... imports. These tariffs were going to be imposed if the Chinese government didn't immediately comply with a US-Chinese piracy agreement. However, at press time, China stated that they would retaliate with duties on American agricultural and automotive products. China insisted that they were trying to rectify the situation, and the punitive tariffs never went through. The United States currently has a 34 billion dollar balance-of-trade deficit with ... restrictions in place that only encourage it. For example, China permits only 10 new foreign movies to be distributed within its borders each year. Although China says this is to protect its domestic film industry, American film makers estimate that they lose $150 million a year due to piracy of films that would be otherwise unavailable to the Chinese public. China may be the worst piracy offender, but it is not ...
- 4900: Coca-Cola and its Evolution
- ... five year old vice president of an insurance company said, "It's too sweet. It tastes like Pepsi." She also stated, "Real Coke had punch. This taste almost like it's flat"(Demott 60). Many American consumers of Coca-Cola asked if they would have the final say. When Pepsi heard that the Coca-Cola company was changing its secret formula they said that it was a decision that Pepsi tastes ... development in the company's history"(Demott et. al 54). The change back to the old Coke was known as the Second Coming. Roberto Goizueta said, "Today, we have two messages to deliver to the American consumer, first, to those of you who are drinking Coca-Cola with its great new taste, our thanks...But there is a second group of consumers to whom we want to speak to today and ...
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