Essays Tagged: "american corporations"

Corporate Downsizing in America

t was eliminated in the United States (Greenberg/Baron 582). In the 1990's, one million managers of American corporations with salaries over $40,000 also lost their jobs (Greenberg/Baron 582). In tota ...

(6 pages) 268 0 5.0 Dec/1996

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Corporate downsizing in america

t was eliminated in the United States (Greenberg/Baron 582). In the 1990's, one million managers of American corporations with salaries over $40,000 also lost their jobs (Greenberg/Baron 582). In tota ...

(6 pages) 121 0 3.0 Feb/1997

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Downsizing In America.

t was eliminated in the United States (Greenberg/Baron 582). In the 1990's, one million managers of American corporations with salaries over $40,000 also lost their jobs (Greenberg/Baron 582). In tota ...

(6 pages) 102 0 4.6 Nov/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Society and community

"Toward a New Europe and the Twenty-first century" Study Notes

war, the US government, through the Marshall Plan, rebuilt the Western European economies. The term Americanization, which has appeared in European publications, refers in part to this economic and mi ... n part to this economic and military influence, but it also refers to concerns about cultural loss. American banks and other financial institutions as well as law firms often have European branches. L ...

(5 pages) 90 1 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: History Term Papers > European History

Maquiladoras

t in some other form, we may never become acquainted with issues that do not directly involve us as Americans. Such is the situation in the area of Mexico known as the Maquiladoras.The Maquiladora is ... .The unemployment rate was high in Mexico in the 1960's. To fix this issue, the plan was to draw in American corporations that would build their companies in Mexico. In order to ascertain new business ...

(8 pages) 197 3 4.6 Jun/2004

Subjects: Area & Country Studies Essays > Travel Descriptions

Is Imperailism Easy? - A review on the article by John Dewey on Imperailism in America.

Is Imperialism Easy? In the article "Imperialism Is Easy," John Dewey seems to be against American imperialism rather than for it. He thinks that American imperialism is hindering American b ... it. He thinks that American imperialism is hindering American business and causing tensions between Americans and foreign countries. The dominance Americans have had over Mexico is especially a concer ...

(1 pages) 22 0 0.0 Dec/2004

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Government

Dishonest Corporate Executives, Managers and Owners

attention has been given to the dishonest acts of corporate executives working for some very large American corporations such as Enron Corp. and WorldCom Inc., to name a couple. This has certainly ov ... of that day have had a lingering effect on our economy and I know President Bush wants to build the American economy back to the strength it's so well known for. He must find a way to restore the Amer ...

(3 pages) 53 0 4.0 Feb/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

John D Rockefeller as a captain of Industry

ame a billionaire. Despite the robber barren ways he got to the top, he got there and set a way for American corporations of the future.His father started him on the road to business, when John D Rock ... a captain of industry and he deserves the title. He was an ingenious man who set up the way for big American cooperations of the future. Standard Oil was used all over the world from India to Africa. ...

(3 pages) 43 0 5.0 Aug/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Are Global Sweatshops Ethical?

costs. Several organizations and communities in America protest the actuality of sweatshops and the American corporations which fuel them. Although they are viewed as beneficial to the overseas famili ...

(4 pages) 420 0 5.0 Nov/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Field trip report

essional business valuator, Harj successfully raisedmillions of dollars for various different North American corporations.According to Mr. Grewal, the function that an investment advisor plays at RBC ...

(3 pages) 42 0 2.3 Apr/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Joseph Armand Bombardier

Bombardier was a man with a big dream. He turned down repeated offers to sell his company to large American corporations. He wasn't going to let his company be taken away from him. In 1942, Mr. Bomba ...

(2 pages) 18 0 0.0 Oct/2006

Subjects: Science Essays > Technology

An essay analyzing the use of a variety of film techniques in the documentary, "Life And Debt" by Stephanie Black to convey her arguments to the viewer.

y neglect the noble plight of the Jamaicans who work inhumane hours for inconsiderate, manipulative American corporations just to survive. Among these techniques, she uses Contrasting Image Juxtaposit ... nd unequal conditions that Jamaica and its inhabitants are subjected to. For example, in one scene, American tourists are shown dancing and doing other recreational physical activities while the nativ ...

(3 pages) 41 0 0.0 Nov/2006

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies > Film Review and Analysis

A Case Study of the H.B. Fuller Case on Honduras: Street Children and Substance Abuse

reat degree of first-hand knowledge and can honestly say that when it comes to business ethics, few American corporations have a better image than the H.B. Fuller Company of St. Paul, Minnesota. We ar ... d our reputation. Specifically, there was illegal abuse of its shoemaker's glue by homeless Central American children who became addicted to the product's intoxicating and dangerous fumes (Henriques, ...

(15 pages) 99 1 5.0 Apr/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

America during 1865-1945

routes of transportation. Basically, people were spending money and investors were buying in to the American corporations and state bonds. During 1835-1837, nearly 40 million acres of land were bought ... land was sold on credit at greatly advanced prices.Though this was a bad time for the economy, the American industry brought in something better. Most of these factors led to America having a tremend ...

(6 pages) 83 0 3.0 Nov/2007

Subjects: History Term Papers > North American History

Foreign Corrupt Practices Act

The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act was intended to prohibit bribery of foreign officials by American corporations. This report discusses the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act of 1977, the 1988 ame ... ge Commission to maintain a responsible internal accounting system; and 3. It prohibited bribery by American corporations of foreign officials. The Act was amended in 1988 in response to criticism and ...

(7 pages) 87 0 5.0 Jul/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002

pse of Enron and WorldCom. Corporate reforms were demanded by the government, the investors and the American public to prevent similar future occurrences. Viewed to be largely a result of failed or po ... resentative Michael Oxley of Ohio. It was passed by congress in an attempt to restore confidence in American corporations after the multi-billion dollar scandals at Enron and WorldCom as mention above ...

(19 pages) 199 0 0.0 Feb/2009

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Globalization and Culture

imperialism is often understood as the apex of a wider phenomenon - globalization - that sees North American corporations wiping out the state system and obliterating the cultures of the world.If that ... investment. Post-state-socialist labor movements are advised on "appropriate" forms of life by the American Federation of Labor-Council of Industrial Organizations, in keeping with the latter's stron ...

(35 pages) 268 0 4.3 Oct/2009

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics > Foreign & International Economics

Internal Finance and Globalization - Microsoft Corporation.

te business has focused on global markets for at least the last 10 years. Whether a European, South American, or Asian company has invested in U.S. technology, energy, and Industrial firms, or U.S. fi ... s stocks on the NASQAD stock exchange.Recent Trends in International FinanceSome European and South American corporations have invested heavily in U.S. domestic companies since the 1980s. They have, i ...

(5 pages) 63 0 4.0 Mar/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Management Planning & Decision Making

McBride Governance Evaluation

to the scandals in the early 21st century. Also the influence of the governance rating industry on American corporations, Governance rating schemes and methodologies and Corporate America's reaction ... tially resulting in a hostile takeover or merger.The influence of the governance rating industry on American corporationsThe corporate governance industry influences "and affects the governance polici ...

(9 pages) 223 0 0.0 Sep/2010

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Human Resource Management