Essays Tagged: "American Express"

The social effects of credit cards

Charge ItWhen American Express and the Diners club first launched their idea for a credit card they had no idea ho ... re for a card holder so that the cardholder can pay the credit card company back later. Today, most Americans have at least one credit card, and most credit card holders have at least two or three. Th ... tely still hurt one's chances at gaining all the things that require good credit. There are so many Americans that will go wild with a credit card without thinking of the consequences. They buy items ...

(3 pages) 159 2 4.5 Apr/2003

Subjects: Social Science Essays

Organization behavior Issues for a particular organization.

ustry Context1Organization's Overview4Organization's Hierarchy Structure5Leadership Hierarchy Chart6American Express's current strategy in historical context7External Environment Assessment8Internal E ... ip styles and different communication styles. The lengthy lateral hierarchy leadership structure of American Express makes it even more complicated for the employees to get proper communication and fe ...

(17 pages) 1152 0 3.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Airline Passengers: Classification Essay

rning the same day on flight number 516 at two-twenty, a full-size Budget rental car, charge to his American Express on file, and fax the itinerary to his office. He does not ask about the rate; he do ...

(4 pages) 112 0 3.5 Feb/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Internet Growth and Competitive Differentiation: On-line Travel Agencies

on Technology, "there are more than 33,000 travel agencies, ranging from one-person shops to giant American Express, and 270 of them are online" (p. 2). A study by Bear Stearns suggests that only 200 ...

(6 pages) 361 0 5.0 Apr/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Dream Job Letter

d my attention on personnel, business organization, finance and management. I have been working for American Express for the past eleven years as a Team Leader and have been working diligently to purs ... an overall mark of 90%. As well as making several effective presentations in my current position at American Express. During this time I have also been encouraged to discuss specific topics during bus ...

(2 pages) 55 0 2.3 Nov/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Measuring Customer Satisfaction

Measuring Customer Satisfaction at American ExpressAmerican Express is a world wide travel related service company. American Express wo ... have many products and services that are used throughout the world by consumers and businesses. As American Express moves towards the future, like most credit card companies, they want to be competit ... most credit card companies, they want to be competitive and responsive to the needs of the consumer.American Express sends out customer service surveys to the card members that call in to the telephon ...

(5 pages) 334 0 3.0 Dec/2004

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers

Australian Credit Card Industry

ally an attractive market for credit card companies. Big companies like VISA, MasterCard, Bankcard, American Express, and Dinners Club are the major companies in this industry, or just almost the same ... h around 90% market share in the industry are already owned by 4 major companies (VISA, MasterCard, American Express, and Dinners Club) and the fact that the first two companies already had more than ...

(18 pages) 101 0 4.0 Jan/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Marketing

Amex case study

stimated to have grown by 89 percent, to $1.9 trillion, almost one-third of all consumers spending. American consumers still use cash or checks to pay for 59 percent ($4.8 trillion) of the $8.2 trilli ... s: A) High-spender segment. According to the 2000 Census Bureau, data shows that about 7.48 million American households have an income level of $125,000 or more. They are prime individual consumers, s ...

(12 pages) 110 0 3.0 Aug/2005

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Legal age of the American Drinker.

nsiderably lower then that of America. After careful examination of the effects that alcohol has on American, as apposed to the people that come from countries with a lower drinking age. I have notice ... in the countries with lower drinking ages. In this, I have concluded that the lack of maturity that American express when they are first introduced to alcohol is due to having such a high legal drinki ...

(2 pages) 24 0 3.0 Sep/2005

Subjects: Law & Government Essays > Law > Issues

Money and banking the effect on the poor

me of the United States larger corporations Ford, ITT Corp, Fleet financial services, Citicorp, And American Express have been the benefactors of aggressive lending practices through their subsidiary ... sehold appliances for her children knowing that in a few weeks' she would lose the merchandise, the American dream.In conclusion, the next time you see road signs or get junk mail with the following s ...

(2 pages) 40 0 1.0 May/2006

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Economics

MTV Case Study

c Television Channel was launched by the Media Company Warner Communication and credit card company American Express. The purpose of the company is to help the superstars of musicians to be different. ... ed with the cyberspace in the year 1993 which was discussed in the MTV bulletin board hosted by the American Online. The former culture of their online was not really the representative of MTV's viewe ...

(18 pages) 130 0 3.0 May/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

IDS Financial Services Case Study

IDS Financial Services operate in the consumer financial service industry. After the acquisition by American Express in 1984 the company went through tremendous growth for three consecutive years in t ...

(11 pages) 128 0 5.0 Oct/2006

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Barclay card report

the competitors by investing in advertising its product (up to 12 m compared with Natwest 1.5 m and American Express 3 m). It also capitalized in its strong customer base (IBCM) by relationship market ...

(11 pages) 86 0 5.0 Mar/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Case Studies

Outsourcing How Does It Affect you?

ies is where the companies are outsourcing jobs to be handled in foreign countries. This leaves the Americans who worked those jobs here unemployed. Many who are laid off have to accept jobs that pay ... enses. Some of the companies who have outsourced include Sprint, General Electric, Bank of America, American Express, IBM and Citigroup. 3"Bank of America for example cut nearly 5,000 us jobs while ou ...

(6 pages) 89 0 3.0 Oct/2007

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Strategic Human Resources Research Paper

ve to be within the same industry. The companies Team B chose are Home Depot, Pacific Corp, Boeing, American Express, Univera, Atlas Castings and Technology, Safeway, WalMart, Toyota, and BP Amoco. In ... ncluded training and development, recruitment, and selection.Concept and Company AnalysisBoeing and American ExpressInterClean is not the first company (nor will it be the last) to make changes to the ...

(6 pages) 556 0 3.0 Jan/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management > Human Resource Management

Organizational Behavior in Business

of the organization. Looking back on the history can delineate our thinking about that organization.American Express, where I am employed, is a good example of this. Their story started over 155 years ... lt, millions of customers are loyal to what they call "The Brand". While the competition is strong, American Express has stood the test of time by remaining steadfast in their vision to put the custom ...

(3 pages) 161 0 4.2 Feb/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

Tera Tech Benchmarking

for TeraTech from each company researched.Response to Topic A: Team Member Eve:Successful Company - American ExpressAmerican Express is a worldwide travel related service company. American Express wor ... have many products and services that are used throughout the world by consumers and businesses. As American Express moves towards the future, like most credit card companies, they want to be competit ...

(6 pages) 225 0 1.9 Apr/2008

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers > Management

How the new economy has changed advertising and brand strategy Examine using an contemporary television advertisement.

e a call to action. The notion of branding in the new economy will be explored by deconstructing an American Express television commercial using the tools of communication by means of semiotic analysi ... usiness practices in order to adapt to these new economic conditions.Since its founding in 1850, American Express has tailored their products, especially their credit cards to the upper end of the ...

(6 pages) 60 0 4.5 May/2008

Subjects: Social Science Essays > Alternative

Implementing a Computer Integrated Learning system @ Ogilvy Worldwide

en in operation since 1972, and have built up a superb client base, including names and big as IBM, American Express and Yahoo!The Ogilvy Worldwide community includes over 150 offices in 30 countries ...

(14 pages) 4 0 0.0 May/2012

Subjects: Businesss Research Papers