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- 2261: The History of Walmart
- ... Work smarter than others do. 10. Blaze your own path. Bibliography 1. Jon Heuy. Sam Walton: Made in America: My Story (New York: Doubleday, 1992) 2. Kenneth E. Stone, Competing With the Retail Giants, (Toronto: John Wiley & Sons Inc. 1995) 3. Vince, H. Trimble, Sam Walton: The Story Inside America's Richest Man (New York: Dutton, 1990) 4. www.SmartLeadership.com 5. Inc Magazine, Spies Like Us, Stemberg, Tom, with Gruner ... 48 6. Inc Magazine, The Mentors, Welles, Edward O. June, 1998, p48-50 7. www.walmart.com 1996, 1997, 1998 Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. 8. Stone, Kenneth E. Competing With the Retail Giants. (New York: John Wiley & Sons Inc., 1995) 9. Taylor, D., Archer ,J.S. Up Against the Wal-Marts. (New York: AMACOM, 1994) 10. Microsoft Encarta 98. Samuel Walton
- 2262: Bonds and The Bond Market
- ... Toronto, Ontario: Bantam Books, 1989. Different types of bonds were discussed in this book including the zero-coupon bond. This book dealt with both the upside and the downside to bonds as an investment. Downes, John. Dictionary of Finance and Investment Terms. Toronto, Ontario: Barron's, 1985. The information attained from this book was simply definitions of the many terms used in the bond world. Fridson, Martin S. Investment Illusions: a Savvy Wall Street Pro Explodes Popular Misconceptions About the Markets. Toronto, Ontario: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 1993. This book dealt with the different rating agencies and gave examples as to the discrepancies that can be found between the major rating agencies. This was quite helpful when trying to ...
- 2263: Current State of the U.S. Economy
- ... up steam again. In the fourth quarter of 1997 around 152 thousand people were laid off from major companies. Forty-one percent of major companies eliminated jobs in the twelve months proceeding June of 1997. John A. Challenger of Challenger, Gray & Christmas feels like layoffs are not as traumatizing because of the tight labor markets. Right now it is easier to find another well paying because of the widespread labor shortage ... Morning News. Robert Dodge, February 25, 1998 Business 2. Newsweek. Jane Bryant Quinn, February 16, 1998 3. New York Times. February 26, 1998. Business 4. Newsweek. Robert Samuelson, February 16, 1998 5. The Washington Post. John M. Berry, February 24, 1998 6. The Washington Post. Paul Bluisein, February 20, 1998 7. The Washington Post. James K. Glassman, February 24, 1998
- 2264: From Welfare to Workfare
- ... discussed in depth further into the essay, but much research and (case) study went into the prospects of workfare by the Tories. To better understand workfare, one must understand the basics and reasoning of welfare. John Romanyshyn wrote "Free men living in a community of free and equal men is the democratic ideal", (Armitage, 59) which describes the ideals of welfare. Welfare is a liberal and/or democratic program and policy ... Ontario. WORKS CITED Armitage, Andrew. (1988). Social Welfare in Canada. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart Inc. Canadian Council on Social Development. (1975). Social Services in Canada: An Introduction. Ottawa. The Canadian Council on Social Development press. Crane, John. (1994). Directions for Social Welfare in Canada. D.W. Frieson & Sons. Hansard. Ontario Legislative Assembly of Ontario. (1995-1996). Office of the hansard. (various dates specified in essay) C. McCormack (personal communication, Nov. 7, 1996 ...
- 2265: U.S Monetary Policy in 1995
- ... the criticism came in the early part of 1995 when the Fed raised rates again. In the article "Are We Losing Altitude Too Fast" from the May 1, 1995 issue of Time magazine written by John Greenwald, he explains that the economy might not be coming in for a "soft landing" like the fed predicts. Trying to sustain 2 to 3 percent growth might lead us into a recession. Mr. Greenwald ... We're doing our best to keep up the volume by discounting, working on our customers, but the Fed's rate hikes have dampened the ability of many Chevrolet customers to buy that new vehicle."' John Tuccillo, chief economist for the National Association of Realtors states that the market (for new housing) "fell apart as mortgage rates rose above 9% last fall (1994), and still have not yet recovered." (Greenwald, Time ...
- 2266: Financial Instability
- ... January/February 1996. Charles P. Kindleberger, The World in Depression (London: Penguin 1973). Paul Krugman, “International Aspects of Financial Crises” in Martin Feldstein, ed., The Risk of Economic Crisis (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1991). John McCallum, “Managers and Unstable Financial Markets” Business Quarterly January 1, 1995. James Tobin, “A proposal for international monetary reform” Eastern Economic Journal 1978, volume 4. John Williamson, The Failure of World Monetary Reform 1971-1974) (NY:NYU Press, 1977) L.B. Yeager, International Monetary Relations: Theory, History, and Policy 1976. .
- 2267: Describe The Challenges That Human Resource Managers Will Face in the Next Five Years
- ... Executive Duane Ackerman $2.4 million in total compensation in 1997, a 43-percent jump from the year before, when he was the chief operating officer. Ackerman, 55, assumed the CEO post after his predecessor, John Clendenin, retired at the end of 1996. Ackerman earned $825.000 in base salary in 1997, up from $610,000 during the prior year, and received a $1.3 million bonus, which rose from $793 ... of Human Resources. They felt that they would face a crucial task of getting employees and other managers to recognize the importance of the Human Resource function. According to Diane Capstaff, executive vice president for John Hancock Financial Services, “Top executives now see HR and finance as strong pillars of organizational culture—the next step is getting the mid-level people to believe in it.” During the past decade Human Resource ...
- 2268: Price Policies Have Wider Range of Destructive Demerits
- ... cit. “Treaty of Rome (as amended) : Agriculture” (4)Gardner, Brian, European Agriculture : Policies, Production and Trade (Routledge, London, 1996) page 30 (5) Ibid., page 31 (6) Gardner, Brian, op cit., (1996) page 47 (7) Marsh, John S. & Swanney, Pamela J., Agriculture and the European Community (George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1980) page 31 (8) Ibid. (9) Gardner, Brian, op cit. (1996) page 49 (10) Grant, Wyn, The Common Agricultural Policy (Macmillan Press ... Ltd., 1997) Houck, James P., Elements of Agricultural Trade Policies (Macmillan Publishing Company, 1986) Josling, T.E. & Langworthy, Mark & Pearson, Scott, Options for Farm Policy in the European Community (Trade Policy Research Centre, 1981) Marsh, John S. & Swanney, Pamela J., Agriculture and the European Community (George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1980) Matthews, Alan, The Common Agricultural Policy and the Less Developed Countries (Gill & Macmillan Ltd., 1985) Moyer, Josling, Agricultural Policy Reform (Harvester ...
- 2269: Total Quality Management
- ... nothing wrong with change if it's in the right direction to improve is to change, so to be perfect is to have changed often”. Bibliography Jablonski, Joseph. Implementing TQM. United States: Pfeiffer, 1992. Bank, John. The Essence of Total Quality Management. UK: Prentice Hall Int., 1992. Oakland, John. Total Quality Management. United States: Nichols Publishing Co, 1989. Covey, Steven. The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People. US: Prentice Hall, 1995
- 2270: Farm Subsidies - A Necessary Evil?
- Farm Subsidies - A Necessary Evil? Subsidies are payments, economic concessions, or privileges given by the government to favor businesses or consumers. In the 1930s, subsidies were designed to favor agriculture. John Steinbeck expressed his dislike of the farm subsidy system of the United States in his book, The Grapes of Wrath. In that book, the government gave money to farms so that they would grow and ... on the decline. Subsidies are impractical in the economic and the social aspects.Despite perceived benefits, farm subsidies are an inefficient and dysfunctional part of our economic system. Their goal, nonetheless, is noble. Writers like John Steinbeck made people aware of the plight of the small farmer, and subsidies were the only solution he government could think of. If there is some way to prevent the decline of small farms that ...
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