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- 301: Ben & Jerrys 2
- ... have always been a Haagen-Dazs nut but, after reading up on all the favorable things that Ben & Jerry's have done and are doing for the society, I am thinking about giving them my business. The article that really caught my attention was "Ben & Jerry's sweetens its success by helping others". Starting with the quote "Should a business exist for the exploitation of society, or should it exist for the benefit of society?" Ben Cohen who is trying to redefine business ideals also said "We think business should be an entity to provide service to the community." Unfortunately most business is only interested in making money and can careless about social issues, unless it in ...
- 302: Computer Software Piracy and it's Impact on the International Economy
- ... Piracy and it's Impact on the International Economy The PC industry is over twenty years old. In those twenty years, evolving software technology brings us faster, more sophisticated, versatile and easy-to-use products. Business software allows companies to save time, effort and money. Educational computer programs teach basic skills and complicated subjects. Home software now includes a wide variety of programs that enhance the users productivity and creativity. The ... unauthorized duplication, over time, many have simply accepted the so-called "fact" that such duplication is unavoidable. This has created an atmosphere in which software piracy is commonly accepted as "just another cost of doing business" ("With the Growth..." Internet). In a brochure published by the SPA it is stated that a major problem arises from the fact that most people do not even know they are breaking the law. "Because ... area are China and Russia. Named "one copy countries" two years in a row (1995 and 1996) by the SPA, studies show that ninety-five to ninety-eight percent, virtually every copy, of U.S. business software is illegally pirated, which costs U.S. software companies an estimated five-hundred million dollars a year ("SPA names..." Internet and "U.S., China..." D1 - 2). In Russia the latest statistics from the ...
- 303: John D. Rockefeller
- ... creation and development of the Standard Oil Company, which grew to dominate the oil industry and became one of the first big trusts in the United States, thus engendering much controversy and opposition regarding its business practices and form of organization. Rockefeller also was one of the first major philanthropists in the U.S., establishing several important foundations and donating a total of $540 million to charitable purposes. Rockefeller was born ... Baptist Church, this later became the Euclid Avenue Baptist Church. Active in its affairs, he became a trustee of the church at the age of 21. He left high school in 1855 to take a business course at Folsom Mercantile College. He completed the six-month course in three months and, after looking for a job for six weeks, was employed as assistant bookkeeper by Hewitt & Tuttle, a small firm of ... a month. A few months later he became the cashier and bookkeeper. In 1859, with $1,000 he had saved and another $1,000 borrowed from his father. Rockefeller formed a partnership in the commission business with another young man, Maurice B. Clark. In that same year the first oil well was drilled at Titusville in western Pennsylvania, giving rise to the petroleum industry. Cleveland soon became a major refining ...
- 304: Describe The Challenges That Human Resource Managers Will Face in the Next Five Years
- ... a symposium in Florida. At this meeting, all the senior human resource officers were challenged to discuss what they felt were the challenges facing human resource managers in the decade ahead. David Ulrich, professor of business administration at the University of Michigan's School of Business facilitated the discussion. Within this paper, I will discuss what these senior human resource managers felt were the challenges facing human resource managers and what I feel are the challenges and why. During this symposium ... or in Cornell University in New York looking at the latest reports issued by any number of different commission or viewing the The Quality Wave home page which contains information about TQM, education programs and business theories. I have just touch the tip of the iceberg concerning the technology revolution but I think you can see how this is going to be biggest challeng e for the Human Resource adviser ...
- 305: Bill Gates
- ... person is no grad student. He is William H. Gates III chief executive and co-founder of Microsoft. Mr. Gates has changed the way we live through his first computing experience, the roots of his business career, and the birth of Microsoft. Early on in life, it was apparent that Bill Gates inherited the ambition, intelligence, and competitive spirit that had helped him rise to the top in his chosen profession ... to be in the computer room and worst of all, they had used up all of the schools computer time in just a few weeks. In the fall of 1968, Computer Center Corporation opened for business in Seattle. It was offering computing time at good rates, and one of the chief programmers working for the corporation had a child attending Lakeside. A deal was struck between Lakeside Prep School and the ... way to apply their computer skills in the real world. The first opportunity to do this was a direct result of their mischievous activity with the school's computer time. The Computer Center Corporation's business was beginning to suffer due to the systems weak security and the frequency that it crashed. Impressed with Gates and the other Lakeside computer addicts' previous assaults on their computer, the Computer Center Corporation ...
- 306: The Global Logic Of Strategic
- INTRODUCTION The topic under review is strategic alliances. This particular form of non-equity alliance between firms in the same industry (competitors) is becoming an increasingly popular way of conducting business in the global environment. Many different reasons of why such alliances are occurring have been recognised. These include: the increasing globalisation of the world's economy resulting in intensified global competition, the proliferation and dispersment ... are fixed costs, therefore, what matters is maximising marginal contribution from fixed costs and a logical way to do this through forming strategic alliances. The final issue Ohmae identifies is dangers of equity. Today's business environment is full of imperfect options and control of a company does not necessarily translate into success. This points to strategic alliances as being a fast, less risky and profitable way to enter the global ... 70 interviews with managers in 40 collaborations between Japanese and North American firms to show that learning through strategic alliances is a must for firms because of the difficulty to remain independent in the international business environment. The results of the research suggested that there are three impediments to alliance survival: situations where partner skills are too similar or too different; the mindset of North Americans to favour the 'home- ...
- 307: Review of Benjamin Franklin's Autobiography
- ... for the church. Franklin progressed quickly and was transferred to a school for writing and arithmetic. Due to his progress in writing but failure in arithmetic, Franklin was withdrawn and engaged in his father's business as a tallow chandler and soap boiler. Disliking the business and loving the nature of the sea, Franklin spent his leisure time in association with it, on the contrary to his father's wishes. His leadership among the boys on boats was a foretelling of ... was referred to a printer in Philadelphia and was juggled between two printing companies. By chance and no intention of his own, Franklin's work was discovered by the governor and he was offered a business that was presently out of his reach .He became acquainted with the governor of New York upon his return. His vocations with governors brought out interests of engaging in similar professions and foreshadowed his ...
- 308: Ben & Jerrys
- ... have always been a Haagen-Dazs nut but, after reading up on all the favorable things that Ben & Jerry's have done and are doing for the society, I am thinking about giving them my business. The article that really caught my attention was "Ben & Jerry's sweetens its success by helping others". Starting with the quote "Should a business exist for the exploitation of society, or should it exist for the benefit of society?" Ben Cohen who is trying to redefine business ideals also said "We think business should be an entity to provide service to the community." Unfortunately most business is only interested in making money and can careless about social issues, unless it in ...
- 309: The End Of Affluence
- ... of shortcuts in the area labor and labor saving devices. The introduction of these devices meant that a company could now save on salaries, but still increase productivity. The results of this new way of business were evident, the years between 1790 and 1807 showed American exports rising from 20 million to 108 million exported goods a year. The increase in exported goods was not only due to the new inventions ... record high. These production rates did not cease with the end of the war, but instead kept on climbing, due to the destruction of Europe and Japan, leaving the global market open for U.S. business. These happy times only lasted until the early 1970 s when the introduction of the Oil Embargo took effect, and the crippling of Americas productivity and economic rates began. The enactment of the embargo was ... rapidly. By the mid 1870 s, there was more than twice as much track laid in the United States as there had been in 1860, reaching coast to coast. Railroad companies were now the largest business concerns in the nation, importing both capital and labor from Europe, and creating enormous demand from capital goods, notably iron rails. In the 1880 s, about seventy five thousand miles of railroad tracks were ...
- 310: Double Entry
- ... information. In this essay I will describe the double entry method, identify the advantages and why this method has survived so long. The double entry accounting system provides a basic framework for the analysis of business activities. I am going to go further detail about the accounting procedures used to account for the operations of a business during a specific period. The transaction is analysed and processed in five steps. (See Appendix 1) These steps in the accounting cycle enable the accountant to combine and summarise the net results of many business activities into relatively concise financial reports. Step one, The transactions are analysed from source documents. Source documents are printed or written forms that generated when the firm engage in business transactions. Step two, Recording ...
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