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- 431: Media Effect
- ... one of the magazine's regularly covered businesses. A Jan. 4, 1930, headline tells the story of the potential for the still-fledgling industry: "Radio Seen As One Of The Biggest Branches Of The Show Business." That article reported on radio's growing influence as an entertainment medium. "Against its wishes, in some respects, the amusement industry is being forced, more and more, to recognize the radio field as one of its most important and powerful branches," Billboard reported. "Five years ago a hybrid form of entertainment and frowned on by show business in general, the radio infant has grown within record time to the point where today it is second only to motion pictures as a gigantic industry in the entertainment business. And it is growing bigger all the time." Not only was radio initially disapproved of, the vaudeville community actually ordered its acts to stay off the air under penalty of contract cancellation. Musical, concert, ...
- 432: Indonesia Crisis As An Example
- ... basis for military loyalty to the regime, which in turn needed the army as guarantor. But in China, as in Indonesia, the military is no longer making money, and China has banned its officers from business. Now Beijing is creating international tension to soak up the military s energy and resentment. But in the end, the guarantor of the regime can bring its death, leaving warlords poised to take power. ANALYSIS ... senior officers in both countries became businessmen, both as individuals and as organizational leaders. From the village level to the largest deals, the military participated. Military officers became the linchpins not only of small-scale business but of multi-billion dollar projects involving huge foreign investment. In both countries, the armies became intimately bound to the ruling families, the banking system and the system of facilitation and corruption that distributed wealth ... tough, and the military was asking, "What s in it for me?" The Chinese responded by ordering the military out of businesses. This was both politically and structurally absurd. The PLA was so deeply into business that disengagement would inevitably increase the pressure on the economy, not to mention destabilize the political situation. Nevertheless, the regime clearly understood where the economy was headed, and therefore knew that it had to ...
- 433: Market Research
- Many businesses are Product Orientated. This means that they design and make a product, and then try and convince consumers to buy it. Business can also be “Market Orientated”. This is where they try to find out what consumers want before making the final product. Finding out about what consumers want and need, and what makes them buy, is ... products which have a chance of success in the market place. When the product is launched, a carefully researched product stands less chance of failing. Market research attempts to find the answers to questions a business might have about its market. A market researcher must then decide what information might help answer the question brought forward. The market researcher then decider how best to collect this information. There are two ways of doing this, desk research and field research. The information is then collected and analysed. Finally, the business has to make a decision about what to do in the light of the information formed. Desk research involves the use of secondary Data. This is information which is already available, both within and ...
- 434: MS Vs DOJ
- ... because they are constantly developing the software market into a more competitive and challenging industry. Microsoft’s success as a company is partly due to its commitment to making the best product possible and strategic business practices. The first reason Microsoft is not a monopoly is because of the standardized quality of its OS. Second is the intelligent business practices Microsoft has engaged in through many of its business partners. The legal issues of the alleged antitrust accusations from the department of justice are just totally overrated. The standardized quality of MS Windows98 has really made the PC market as a whole take ...
- 435: Death Of A Salesman Log
- ... agrarian dream, but does not allow the Lomans to attain it. Miller seems to hold ambiguous feelings toward this dream. At first one believes that Miller is telling us that we should abandon the common business ethic, and run away to the west, however, the only successful people in the play are those who have followed it to the letter. In the end the play does not make a final judgment ... a great character. What makes Miller brilliant, is that he can makes us pity, a born loser, and show us how our own system is flawed through his failures. With Linda, Miller moves from the business aspect of the American Dream, to that of the family. Linda is the near perfect American housewife. She is the nucleus of the family, the point at which love is given, and received, the woman ... knowledge but Willy refuses to take in this precious liquid. Bernard, like his father, is extremely successful. He is not well liked at school, and Willy states that he will never be successful in the business world. Bernard, however, uses his intelligence to become a prominent lawyer, and pleas a case before the Supreme Court. That Mr. Miller chose to contrast Willy's and Biff's failures with an obvious ...
- 436: Indonesia Crisis As An Example
- ... basis for military loyalty to the regime, which in turn needed the army as guarantor. But in China, as in Indonesia, the military is no longer making money, and China has banned its officers from business. Now Beijing is creating international tension to soak up the military’s energy and resentment. But in the end, the guarantor of the regime can bring its death, leaving warlords poised to take power. ANALYSIS ... senior officers in both countries became businessmen, both as individuals and as organizational leaders. From the village level to the largest deals, the military participated. Military officers became the linchpins not only of small-scale business but of multi-billion dollar projects involving huge foreign investment. In both countries, the armies became intimately bound to the ruling families, the banking system and the system of facilitation and corruption that distributed wealth ... tough, and the military was asking, "What’s in it for me?" The Chinese responded by ordering the military out of businesses. This was both politically and structurally absurd. The PLA was so deeply into business that disengagement would inevitably increase the pressure on the economy, not to mention destabilize the political situation. Nevertheless, the regime clearly understood where the economy was headed, and therefore knew that it had to ...
- 437: Corporate Strategy
- ... and also drawing on other examples from the Critical Issues course, what are the key theoretical and methodological issues in drawing general lessons from case studies of success? History is subject to interpretation; so are business successes and failures. However ex-post justifications of the latter have proved more profitable. This essay explores the theoretical and methodological issues in drawing general lessons from case studies of success, with particular reference to ... based on past success presumes that the future perfectly emulates the past. Common sense will tell us that this may not necessarily be true. Rhetoric will also infer the same. In a dynamic and competitive business environment, factors that affect an organisation will not be static. Consumers tastes change. In the Post-Industrial era, consumers were more affluent. Hence, they demanded more than a standardised product produced by mass-production. Firms ... are formulated, to a certain extent, to keep management consultants employed. There is a need to question the validity of such theories and the methodology employed to apply them. BCG's Report - Planning BCG's business portfolio analysis makes what is widely known as the 'experience curve' assumption. This states that the costs of production should go down with cumulative physical output. Thus, the report reasons that because Honda has ...
- 438: Dunny Takes The Fifth
- Dunny Takes The Fifth The roles which, being neither those of Hero nor Heroine, Confidante nor Villian, but which were none-theless essential to bring about the Recognition or the denoument...Fifth Business, as defined in the book. The book Fifth Business is testimony of events in the life of the main character Dunstable (later renamed Dunstan) Ramsay. Dunstan feels that his whole life has been spent as the "fifth business" in the lives of others. There is a lot of truth and relevence to this. Dunstan was the "fifth business" in the lives Paul and Mary Dempster, and Boy Staunton because he altered their ...
- 439: Floating Exchange Rates: The Only Viable Solution
- ... deflation rare.) As one author put it, the attractiveness of fixed rates depends partially on the answer to the question, "How stupid is your labour force?" ("Currency Reform" 18) And how stupid are all the business people? Is not the fluctuation in the nominal and real values of the currency under a floating system similar to the fluctuation in the real value of fixed currency? The changes in floating exchange rates ... trend which threatens the autonomy of nations (Hornblower 41). Governments would, as in the other two systems, give up a great deal of control over their domestic economies, and the problems of individual country's business cycles would be ignored and unregulated. Even if monetary unification were wanted--and it would remove the problems currency volatility poses for international trade--its institution would be virtually impossible in the current political climate ... involved. The only realistic and economically sound solution, problematic though it may be, is to have exchange rates float freely and without restriction. Bibliography Becker, Gary S. "Forget Monetary Union--Let Europe's Currencies Compete." Business Week 13 November 1995: 34. Brooks, David. "A First Class Eurocrat." The American Spectator March 1992: 46- 47. "Currency Reform: A Brief History of Funny Money." The Economist 6 January 1990: 21-24. Dowd, ...
- 440: American Language
- ... is this: “We can speak any language we want at the dinner table, but English is the language of public discourses.” Senator Richard C. Shelby, a republican from Alabama, sponsors a bill requiring that government business and public documents are carried out and published only in English. The exceptions to his bill are in the areas of public health and safety services and judicial proceedings. If English were to be made ... U.S. English” 1). Only one case has been reported where the “English Only “ law of a state was overruled. On March 25, 1996, the Supreme Court ruled against Arizona’s law that required government business to be conducted only in English (King 3). Some may say that declaring an official language violates a person’s right to freedom of speech, or that it means forcing them to give up their heritage, but that is not the case. Declaring English the official language in which government and business operations are conducted does not limit a person’s freedom of speech. We are not saying you will be punished for speaking any language other than English, nor are we taking away the cultural ...
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