Pier 1 Imports: Utilization of E-Commerce Capabilities Introduction Pier 1 Imports has excelled by recognizing that in-person store visualization and interaction with their products make them stand out. The company gets credit for having a clear perspective on how they want their customers to experience their products; e-…
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A Business Proposition for Creating SupplementTruth.com Website, a Free Online Supplement Database
The health supplement industry is an ambiguous, deceitful world in which no one seems to know all the facts about what they’re using. You need to know exactly what you’re looking for in order to find the right products, information and research; and even then you still don’t know exactly what it is you’re putting into your…
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A Discussion on the Relationship Between Personality Traits and Workplace Absenteeism
The relationship between personality traits and workplace absenteeism had been studied and documented in several research studies. Although previous studies had established that previous absences was predictive of subsequent absences (Keller, 1983), it was found in recent years that personality factors also play…
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The Insufficiency of the Minimum Wage to Fulfill the Basic Living Needs of Workers
The debate over minimum wage never ends. Minimum Wage is defined as “the lowest wage permitted by law or by a special agreement (such as one with a labor union).” (Oxford) It started in 1938 from 25 cents per hour and has increased to 7.25 per hour. People are arguing about whether minimum wage is enough and have it fulfill…
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A researcher wants to draw a random sample from Easton to investigate how different people manage work/family scheduling conflicts. However, the city does not have a comprehensive residential listing from which the researcher can draw a random sample. Instead, the city manages its residential list according to a hierarchica…
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A Company Overview of Flybe Airline
Contents page: Introduction 3 2.0 Flybe overview 3 2.1 Regional airline 3 3.0 Operational characteristics 3 3.1 Airline traffic 5 3.2 Available seat kilometres (ASK) 6 3.3 Number of passengers 8 3.4 Revenue passenger kilometres (RPK) 9 4.0 Financial performance 10…
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The Importance of Leadership in the Field of Accounting
Leadership is important in every aspect of life. Leadership is practiced at school, at work, and at home, and its exercise often goes unnoticed. Through my coursework and experiences as a student of The Honors College, I have acquired many leadership skills and have gained knowledge on the attributes that make an individual…
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The Principle of Casting and Star Collecting Through the Warner Brothers Company and MGM
Casting and star collecting was a means of investing in the future of the production company at the benefit of the public for Hollywood in the 1930’s. Talented and well liked actors and actresses created a sense of stability within the industry of the Big Eight. This principle can be clearly seen through two of the most ren…
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An Analysis of the Ad for Gucci Apparel and Accessories
This ad features Gucci apparel and accessories across a two page spread. Within this ad, a man and woman are presented adorning Gucci brand attire. The male and female figures are surrounded by a flat, yellow, sandy area and large dark gray boulders appear in the background underneath a clear blue sky much like a desert or…
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The Virtue of Industry as Being Hardworking
When I first got this assignment I really didn’t know what it meant or what word to pick. I mean there are so many virtues to choose and what one virtue means to me it would mean something totally different to another person. I will do my best to explain what the word “industry” means to me in my life. I…
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Dealing with Externality in a Business Organization
An externality is either a benefit or cost incurred from production or consumption that occurs outside of the market. “Nonbuyers” and “nonsellers” (parties not directly involved in the transaction) are still affected indirectly. Externalities are caused because consumers demand to maximize their own utility, or producers su…
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The Idea of the Barriers Faced by Military Families on the Ads by Zillow Real Estate
Home is where the heart is; for some, home may be in an apartment or a house – but for others, home may be in a tent in Afghanistan or a military base in Korea. Zillow Real Estate, a company devoted to helping house shoppers find homes, created an advertisement called “Long Distance.” This commercial features a military fam…
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The Horrible Conditions of Sweatshops in China, Cambodia, and Thailand
I went into my closet and grabbed a pair of pants, a sweater, and running shorts. Combined, they were made in China, Cambodia, and Thailand. I found that mostly everything I pick up is made in China, not just my clothing. But when it comes down to the textiles and the working conditions they’re made in, it really makes me n…
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Understanding the Role and Influence of Impression Management
Impression Management refers to the means in which individuals manipulate the impression they project to other people so as to get other people to perceive them favorably. (Lesko, 2003). Goffman relates the way an individual stage and handle their identities to that of a “performance” on stage and pointed out like every per…
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An Analysis of JetBlue Airlines
JetBlue has many strong characteristics, which allows it to stand out among all other airlines. To begin, its position as a “colorful and fun” airline with its complimentary “value-added services” and highly recognized customer service, despite it being a low-cost carrier, is perhaps the airline’s biggest strength. To demon…
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Dear Mr. Harel: The Office of Technology Commercialization is known for allowing Rutgers faculty, staff and students a medium for creating change in the Rutgers community. Because the cost of textbooks is rising, Rutgers students have been facing difficulty in buying textbooks. This can lead to students doing poorly in c…
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The Issue of the Ethical Behavior of the CEO of Whole Foods in Social Media
“Cisco just offered me a job! Now I have to weigh the utility of a fatty paycheck against the daily commute to San Jose and hating the work.” This Twitter statement alone cost twenty-two year old Connor Riley the opportunity to work for a major corporation. With the advancement of the Internet’s technological capabilities,…
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The Food Industry in the United States
In this time period, industrial food is described as dishonest. Within the past fifty years, the way food is processed and consumed has changed more that it has within the last one thousand. On average, the modern American supermarket has a variety of 40,000 products to choose from. Though that number may sound like a lot,…
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An Analysis of Agribusiness Tricking the American People
How Agribusiness is tricking the American People A good majority of the American society beliefs that investing in agriculture in America will help to decrease the cost of food and how much we spend on food per year. This idea would not seem as ideal if the entire country knew what their tax dollars were really being inv…
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A Discussion on Risk Management in Supply Chains
Risk in supply chain is something that unfortunately cannot be avoided. However, supply chain faces more threat than any other areas of he company. In Professor Jones’ Intro to Supply Chain Management course, we’ve covered the concept of risk in the supply chain and how to manage it. Nonetheless, supply chain is very vulner…
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An Examination of the Transformation of Music Shop Market Due to Technology Advancements
Death to CD Stores Today’s technology is rapidly changing, we have nothing left to do but adapt to the improvements handed to us. For example, in the past decade, cd sales, record sales, and cassette sales have decreased dramatically due to new computer programs such as iTunes and other media streaming sites. This marks a…
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A Comparison of the Starbucks Brand in China and USA
Starbucks in China vs USA Introduction Every time Kai and Max have an early tennis match, their coach gets the entire team up a few minutes earlier so he has enough time to go to Starbucks. Even though the team doesn’t like to wake up earlier for coffee, it is important for their coach to have one in the morning because i…
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An Introduction to the Political History of Coca-Cola
The Political History of Coca-Cola Introduction Soft drinks can be found about everywhere in the world today, but nowhere are they as ubiquitous as in the United States. Over the last century, soft drink consumption has increased steadily with figures approaching 52 gallons per year per person in 2004 in the US. Another…
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Tips and Steps on How to Properly Manage Lay-Offs
Properly Managing Lay-offs Being laid off is a unique situation that’s awkward and upsetting.
Most people think that it’s only upsetting to the victim, which sure, the
person will suffer from emotion distress, anger, resentment, fear and
confusion. But the emotions aren’t just felt by the individual being laid
off, t…
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Companies’ Reliance on Middle-Income Earners: Risks and Solutions
Good help is hard to find. But where are the majority of workers found? The truth is that most businesses rely on the preponderance of the middle-income earners to be both the company’s employees and customers. This reliance on the middle-income earners is not always apparent due to the way that some company leaders choo…
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