...Business Research By: Jennifer Heinrich 10/7/12 I opened J.Lynn Photography in 2010. I did many things to keep myself on the leading photography line for my friends, family, and clients. I would check prices for other top, award winning photographers in the area, and make sure my prices were comparable to theirs and I could offer similar choices in packages, and designs. I listened to feedback from my clients as to what they were looking for and would always make sure the customer was happy and satisfied. I would make sure that the pictures that I delivered to clients were top shape, no lines, and did not have any imperfections in the printing. One of the leading photography companies in my area was Portrait Innovations. They had special packages that you would only pay under ten bucks for and get one pose with several different sizes then all your extra images, and a disk would cost extra money. People that I know that used them would pay a hundred bucks or more for printed pictures and a disk with images on it. They also would have their pictures that day. I offered packages based on size of pictures, and you could pick your pose and mix up your package. It would be one flat rate for a certain amount of pictures, then your extras would cost extra. I would make sure to have your pictures delivered to you within 3 business days. That included editing, saving, printing, and putting all your hard...
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...Believe it or not, the United States military has been at war for almost 12 years straight. After a long and exhausting battle in Iraq we have unfortunately entered into conflict with rebels in Afghanistan. All of this fighting and time spent in theater has taught military members many lessons. Maybe the biggest lesson learned is that we need more cultural awareness among all branches of the military. In this paper we will analyze this cultural issue and how it affects the United States military along with the people of that country. We will also identify ethical perspectives in the organization and compare these ethical perspectives across cultures involved in military operations. The purpose of this essay is to identify the cultural issue and try to understand how cultural awareness can help the military as an organization. According to the United States Army, culture is a system of shared beliefs, values, customs and behaviors that members of a society use to contend with their world and with one another. It is believed by many military leaders that cultural awareness is the key to faster and more accurate decision making. On the belief that future wars will be similar to the last two we must spend more resources on getting to know the culture and the people that soldiers are interacting with everyday. For example, how would you react if you were walking down the street and someone sticks their middle finger up at you? Well for anyone used to American culture this would be...
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...Business research is performed either to start a business or to assist managers in making business decisions. The purpose of conducting business research is to identify problems and opportunities. It can also be conducted to improve processes, strategies and tactics. Conducting business research is essential to make sound business decisions. For example, in local government, conducting research on finances assists with budgeting and planning. Since I work in local government, I searched for articles on research studies within local government agencies and their financial performance measures. The research study I found is called, “Local Government Measurement and Use of Performance Accounting and Financial Reporting Data in Planning and Budgeting Decision Support” (2009). The study used a multi case study approach. The study was done to identify debt obligation performance in financial reports to assess the measurement of debt performance. The researcher selected three county government agencies to perform the study. The selection of the county agencies was based on history and similarity of the use of performance measures and the use of debt performance data in their budget decision making. The counties also share similar characteristics in city age, population, general fund revenues and geographic region. The counties selected for the study are Solano County in California, Prince William County in Virginia and Kent County in Michigan. The study used the Comprehensive...
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...Business Research Ethics RES/351 Business Research Business Research Ethics Lawsuits were filed against CVS Caremark pharmacies for disclosing patient information in the interest of financial gain. The first lawsuit was filed on March 7, 2011, for “unauthorized disclosure of protected health information constituted an unfair trade practice (Hunton & Williams LLP, 2011, p. 1 p. 1).” The second lawsuit charged CVS Caremark pharmacy with “racketeering under the federal RICO law, trade secret misappropriation and violations of the HIPAA privacy Act (Goedert, 2010, p. 14 p. 3).” The following information will explain what unethical research behavior was involved, who the injured parties were, how the unethical behavior affected CVS Caremark pharmacy, and how the unethical behavior could have been avoided or resolved. The results of the information will demonstrate that moral judgment is skewed when combining ethical decisions with financial gain. CVS Caremark extracts personal patient and pharmacy data to isolate patient demographic information, drug history, medical providers, health behavior, health plan benefits and the patient preference of communication without obtaining patient permission (Goedert, 2010). This data provides CVS Caremark marketing department the ability to contact patients and physicians in effort to change their prescription habits to financially benefit CVS Caremark’s bottom-line. CVS Caremark sent letters to the patient’s physicians to encourage...
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...Part A Fundamental Analysis: Company Overview: Southern skylights Inc. starts its business plan with a new design of prefabricated skylight that could be mass produced and sold profitably at a significant lower cost than custom units. Chris Marcella, an architect and founder of Skylights is planning to construct the capital structure of the company with co-founders. Economy analysis: Investors must make judgments about the financial markets both in the current scenario as well as in the future scenario. Stock prices are one of the leading indicators that typically lead the economy. So we are trying to start by assessing the company’s optimal capital structure that would affect stock prices. In this case, we have seen three types of scenario (Pessimistic, Most likely, Optimistic) have been developed by the financial analyst. From the very beginning the company is concerned about the financing as well as production planning. According to the financial analyst of the company there are two types of production plans (Plan-A & Plan-B) available for the company. On the other hand for initial capital the company is planning for taking debt, issuing share to outside investors ($10 per share). The founders also agree for their initial investments ($0.10 per share). We will analyze how much equity and debt could maximize the firm’s value. We will also analyze what production plan could bring good earnings at tolerable level of risks. Industry analysis: The purpose of industry...
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...价值68元的《猴哥SAT词汇蓝宝书》出版，满分网免费赠送800册， 快去满分网登记申请，我们马上寄送给您。（www.manfen.net） 猴哥10000、猴哥8000、猴哥3500、猴哥2300的关系 1、 《猴哥SAT词汇蓝宝书》中收录了 猴哥10000、猴哥8000、猴哥2300、猴哥数学单词等； 2、猴哥8000是官方词库（真题+OG+OC）中的单词的词频，完全可以覆盖考试。对于还有2-5个月就要考试的考生，重点记忆猴哥8000，而且是从头开始过，因为是按照词频排序，前面的比较关键。 3、猴哥8000中的前3500个，就是猴哥3500，是指词频在3次及3次以上的。 4、猴哥2300是官方题库中填空备选项的单词的词频。背诵完后，填空错1-2个。 5、猴哥10000是在猴哥8000的基础上，补充了一些简单词和托福单词，另外，还加入一些猴哥预测的词。如果离考试还有6个月以上，可以考虑背诵。 猴哥SAT填空2300、猴哥10000、猴哥8000的来龙去脉 1、填空和阅读在一起，填空如果错的少，阅读可以适当的多错一些。比如如果填空错1个，阅读48题错24题对24题，阅读仍然可以得550分； 2、填空和阅读相比，很容易提高。因为填空考的是逻辑关系和词汇，但是逻辑关系，中国学生都没有问题。主要是备选项里面的词汇有很多不认识。 3、猴哥将官方题库（真题+OG+OC）全部填空题的备选项挑出来，按照词频排序，一个2300多个单词，形成了猴哥填空2300。 4、猴哥并没有统计2010年1月的考题，但是这2300完全覆盖了2010年1月的考题。 5、猴哥还不放心，从题库中任意抽出来一套，把剩下的统计，仍然是2300，仍然可以覆盖抽出来的一套。 6、猴哥判断，在未来的3年内，填空备选项将不会有太多新词出现。把2300背熟，错题在1-2个。 7、这个判断，是基于美国人所谓的公平。美国的sat考试成绩有效期是2年，2年一共有12次考试(美国本土14次)。也就是09年1月考的和10年10月考的，都可以用来申请11年秋季入学。为了公平，09年1月和10年10月的考题必须具有可比性，难度变化不能太大。否则对2个学生不公平。 8、为了保持这种公平，填空方面，只能保持备选项单词的稳定性。因为这些填空单词，美国的高中生如果不准备，也有很多不认识。 9、这2300个单词，可能有1500个你已经会了。只需按照猴哥excel背诵法或者答题卡式背诵法，很快可以掌握，填空模考也会从错8-10个变为1-2个，从而提高了60分。 10、用同样的方法，猴哥统计了猴哥8000，猴哥8000是阅读、填空、语法、数学、写作等所有词汇的官方题库（真题+OG+OC）大集合，去除初中、高中简单词。猴哥8000的覆盖率十分高，每次只有10多个生词，而且大部分不用记忆，比如2010年1月出现的“西班牙小猎犬”，并不影响做题。有些可以根据构词法猜出意思，比如aback，出现在2010年1月。 11、把猴哥8000加入托福词汇，加入一些更简单的词，加入猴哥猜测的未来会考的词汇，构成了猴哥10000。 如何使用猴哥excel背诵法 1. 用excel背诵法，20分钟过500单词，每个词看1秒，如果不能立刻想出一个意思，则标注“1”，然后下一个。 2. 选中A列，利用“数据”里面的“筛选”功能，把标注“1”的筛选出来。 3. 其中假设500个单词，有200个单词不熟悉或者不认识，被标注了“1”，则可以把这个200个单词拷贝出来，单独打印在5张A4的纸上。 ...
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...Bachelor of Commerce Best Business Research Papers | September 2008 | Volume 1 Faculty of Business University of Victoria, BSS Office, Room 283 PO Box 1700 STN CSC Victoria BC V8W 2Y2 Canada Phone (250) 472-4728 Fax (250) 721-7066 | www.business.uvic.ca Seeing new horizons. September 2008 | Volume 1 Bachelor of Commerce Best Business Research Papers Bachelor of Commerce Best Business Research Papers Volume 1, September 2008 Table of Contents NOTE FROM THE EDITOR Anthony Goerzen 1 THE DUTCH BUSINESS SYSTEM IN TRANSITION: AN APPLICATION OF WHITLEY’S BUSINESS SYSTEMS APPROACH FOR THE USE OF EXECUTIVES, MANAGERS, AND POLICY MAKERS Eric Brewis 2 SWENSEN’S MUST ENGAGE IN MARKET PENETRATION AND DIVERSIFICATION TO RETAIN ITS LEADING POSITION IN THE THAILAND MARKET Kailee Douglas 13 DISNEYLAND PARIS: EUROPEANIZING A RESORT Amanda Louie 22 IKEA: A STRATEGY FOR SUCCESS Garret Luu 31 COMPULSORY LICENSING IN THAILAND Simran Mann 38 CHANGING POVERTY AND INEQUITY THROUGH BUSINESS Matthew R. Tanner 47 SWEDEN IS A NESTING GROUND FOR YOUNG START-UP ENTREPRENEURS James Whyte 56 Note from the Editor In business today, “globalization” is a key concept with the firms across nations intertwined as never before. With overseas customers, suppliers, operations, and competitors, today’s managers need an international outlook. Therefore, the mission of the University of Victoria’s Bachelor of Commerce program is to...
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...Business Research Ethics Paper Wayne Bell University of Phoenix RES/351 Business Research Robert Caldwell July 24, 2015 The Goldman Sachs Case When we think of the word ethics, we think of rules and regulations to keep us honest or to know the difference between right and wrong. Another way of defining ‘ethics’ focuses on the disciplines that study standards of conduct, such as philosophy, theology, law, psychology, or sociology” (Resnik, 2011). Considered by many economists to be the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression, the financial crisis of 2007 was primarily due to the collapse of the housing industries subprime mortgage market. Residential mortgage-backed securities are commonly issued bonds that are backed by thousands of residential real estate mortgages. The Goldman Sachs case was comprised of subprime mortgages. Most business organization possess a mission statement, a code of ethics or rules to follow to be able to limit the ethical issues that may arise within the Institution, Goldman Sachs did not have any of these. In exploring ethical behavior in the banking and financial institutions whose sole existent is to increase profits through the sale of consumer loans. In 2005, the banking industry started issuing subprime mortgage loans to consumers regardless of their income qualification. “The collapse in prices precipitated the collapse in banking profits, prompting a call...
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...affirmative action affects diversity today. II. Benefits of a diverse workforce A. How a diverse workplace is a more productive workplace. B. How creating a diverse workplace can improve the bottom line. III. Implementing diversity training A. The positive aspects of implementing diversity and sensitivity training. B. The negative aspects of not implementing diversity training. IV. Diversity during the recession A. How the recession has impacted diversity programs. B. How the recession has impacted minorities. In the years following the Civil Rights movement human resources personnel has had to alter from the old ways of recruitment and selection. This paper will show how government legislation and the evolving mindset in America have opened the doors to racial and ethnic diversity in the workplace and what impact it has had on the success of employees and companies and the strategies companies can use to promote and increase diversity. Before the Civil Rights movement, the majority of employed people in the United States were Caucasian and minority groups had a very difficult time obtaining lucrative employment because of racial...
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...Abstract This research looks into the reasons that lead us to believe that international trade positively and negatively affects our economy. It gives examples of how global businesses use international trade to help them provide better services. It also provides the reader with an understanding of how international trade can increase capita per household. The paper also defines the argument that people not in favor of international trade frequently have. INTERNATIONAL TRADE’S POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE EFFECTS ON THE UNITED STATES ECONOMY Many have questioned over the years if international trade was truly helping the United States domestic economy or destroying it. Trade certainly has its way of bringing countries together and in the process it also provides an easier mean for companies to get the supplies that they need. However, it also tends to outsource jobs to other countries which take away from our country’s economy in a way. I am going to discuss the positive effects of international trade that help develop our country, and the negative effects of trade that give our country a disadvantage, the arguments between both sides, and then I am going to decide in my opinion whether international trade is advantageous for our economy or disadvantageous. Before discussing the effects on International trade is important to visit the background of why countries need to trade in the first place. Domestically countries cannot produce every item that they may need all by themselves...
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...Business Case Research Paper IST 7020: Analysis, Modeling and Design Archana Avvaru Wilmington University Introduction A business plan helps the thoroughly consider their methods furthermore assists in adjusting their excitement with actualities and perceive their constraints. Business plan serves to dodge potential sad mistakes like undercapitalizing, making adverse income, employing the wrong individuals, selecting the wrong area, belittling your rival and seeking after the wrong market. "A business manager, who fails to plan, plans to fail" this basic rule holds true. The bottom line is there is no magic equation for success.(Covello & Hazelgren, 1994, 8. xx) A business case should be thorough, yet straightforward. It ought to depict the venture unmistakably, give the defense to continue, and appraisal the venture's budgetary effect or at the end of the day it can be clarified as: A business caseis a contention, typically recorded, that is planned to persuade a chief to support an activity. The report clarifies how a business choice will enhance a business, item, and so on and how it will influence expenses and bend alluring speculations. ("What is business case? - Definition from WhatIs.com," 1.d.) Assessment of Business case and Business plan The business case encompasses an all-inclusive project assessment to determine its practicality as stand-alone proposal. The business plan is the blue print for the proposed new section operation. The previous is much...
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...Business Leader research paper Grantham University Danny Wilcox In the twenty first century, leaders are required to build a greater impression in which people believe in strategy, trust in management decisions, and trust in their work. Once people believe in management choice, there will be enthusiasm inside an organization. Such an environment helps the organization growing or flourish. A doing well leaders create a surroundings in cooperation inside and outside the organization. The world hopeful in political leaders but unfortunately, a few of live up to the leadership main beliefs and values. In fact, a lot of political leaders seem to severely be deficient in numerous of the majority necessary leadership qualities. This assay will be analyzing on one of African president ever recognized as dedicated leader; who dedicated his entire life fighting for freedom of his nation. Mandela was born in Transkei in a small rural community in the easterner cape of South Africa. On 18 July 1918 and named Nelson by one of his teachers, Mandela led the struggle to reinstate the apartheid rule of South Africa against racial discrimination. As well-known as a democratic leader he was incarcerated for 27 years. Has been awarded the Nobel peace prize in 1993 and 1994 Nelson Mandela been voted as South Africa first black president. The assay will seem at his behavior, characteristics as leader, and the style of his leadership at last relate his leadership with particular...
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...Business Plans: Implementing and Designing Professor Laura Alderson MGMT 3510-001 University of Memphis By Keara Collins 1 April 2014 Business Plans: Implementing and Designing Each and every day Americans are striving to become more independent in the business world. Being a business owner is very exciting, but it requires knowledge, work, skills and maintenance. One of the best ways to design and implement a business plan is to write the vision and do the research. There are procedures on how to keep a business effective (Covey 1989). Research and knowledge helps to ensure the companies stability and longevity. Behind the Scenes Work The creation of a successful business will always take time, research, and work. There are many available resources to potential business owners. One of the most important aspects to starting a business is putting in the work to start the business, and keep the business. Successful businesses are not given to those who lay idle but to those who change their perception and work for end results (Covey et al.,1989). People must be willing invest the time and money into the business. Research past business successes and failures of similar businesses and take notes. The greatest leaders were once followers (Maxwell 10/02/2012). Skill is required when starting a business, skills are essential because it shows an area of specialty that the business owner has and a great amount of knowledge in that area. Sacrifices have to be made...
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...Unethical Business Research Conduct There are several reasons a company can be found guilty of an unethical/illegal crime. Whether they were asking inappropriate questions; skewing research results; failing to maintain participants’ confidential information; using participant information for unintended purposes such as selling goods or services. The list could continue through a long dissertation. On Monday, July 2, 2012 an unprecedented conviction for Health Care Fraud Settlement was reached. GlaxoSmithKline LLC pleaded guilty and had to pay $3 billion dollars in criminal and civil liability suits. GlaxoSmithKline LLC was guilty of a few of these unethical and illegal practices. They not only skewed research results but they also used unethical business practices to sell their goods/prescription medications. They illegally promoted prescription drugs and failed to report certain safety data. They were found to be civically liable for false reporting practices. They also pleaded guilty to three counts of criminal information. Two counts of introducing misbranded drugs and one count of failing to report the safety data they were found civically liable for to the Food and Drug Administration. Misbranding is when the FDA approves a drug for one purpose and a manufacturer promotes it for other uses. GlaxoSmithKline LLC participated in preparing and distributing a misleading medical journal article that stated that Paxil was effective in the treatment of depression on patients...
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