Finance Term Papers Samples That Help You Write Better, Faster & with Gusto

Healthy cash flow is one of the objectives of all companies. Proper evaluation of the capital investments to come up with the sound capital expenditures will help an enterprise achieve that goal. Capital investments should be considered as long term contributors of the companies’ income. As such it is very important to determine which of the planned capital investments will yield a large amount of income to improve financial performance. This paper will analyse the capital investments of Johnson Controls Inc based on its 2012 Financial report and determine how it can reduce risk in its expansion plans.
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Financial Consultant

Before starting the consulting business, it is imperative to discuss the actual nature of the job. A financial consultant is the one who is known in the given field with different names like financial advisor, financial planner and sometimes, personal financial consultant. The business and its very nature are related to sales of financial products. A financial consultant or advisor usually helps people to choose among different profitable investment opportunities, insurance and other numerous products of the financial industry. Apart from offering consulting services, financial planners help their client to fund their college education, plan their retirement and make Continue reading...

Company Description

The Coca-Cola Company is the world largest beverage company. It owns licenses and markets more than 500 beverage brands including sparkling and still beverages such as water, energy drinks, juice drinks, ready-to-drink teas, and coffees. The company markets and also owns four of the world’s top nonalcoholic sparkling beverage brands including Coca-Cola, Fanta, Sprite and Diet Coke. The beverage products are made available to consumers throughout the world using a network of controlled bottling and distribution operations that include independent bottling partners, wholesalers, distributors, and retailers. The success of the company depends on the ability to connect with Continue reading...

Accounting

Enron: What led to the collapse?
Enron was the largest company for energy and natural gas made possible through the merging of Houston Natural Gas and InterNorth based in Omaha. The merger made Enron the largest energy trader in the country and the seventh largest in the world. The company advanced into new fields of business by launching a broadband service unit and Enron online, where people can go to trade commodities. Enron rose quickly to become one of America’s most valuable companies. It had a peak of $100 billion in revenue and it was taking the market Continue reading...

Thailand

Thailand is a developing country and is struggling in order to achieve a remarkable growth. The recent growth experience of Thailand can be analyzed from the standpoints of the growth models such as Lucas Growth Model and Solow growth Model. The economic growth of the country can be considered from various microeconomic variables such as GDP, GNP, and GNI, ect. If we analyze the data of the country from the year 2007-2009 then it can be seen from the indicators that the country is not making significant progress. The indicators such as gross capital formation, GDP Per capita growth Continue reading...

Intel, ConAgra & Walt Disney Sustainability Ranking in 2013

Overview
Voluntary corporate sustainability reporting by Disney, Intel and ConAgra reveals great awareness to the social and environmental performance, coupled with a concomitant desire to report their respective efforts to the public. This is part due to the increasingly stringent ethical and regulatory frameworks, but perhaps most importantly, because of the public’s expectation of companies to conduct business ethically. Corporate citizens is critical to improving investor relations, reducing and streamlining operating costs, better environmental visibility, possible sustainable competitive advantages stemming from a resource-based view of the firms and perhaps most importantly, the seeming fear by companies to lose Continue reading...

Are the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer still today?

Introduction
At the onset of globalization, free trade, multiculturalism, and liberal market fundamentals, one cannot help but assume that each and every economy is doing better than before. It leads us to believe that with the growing mobility, aided by advanced skills and technology transfer, and other empowering instruments of a global village, people should be richer or well off. However, this is not often the case. Poor people like the Africans still need foreign aid up until now. Developing countries remain developing. In the micro economic level, one may say that the rich people still become richer while Continue reading...

Part A:

About the company: Walmart Inc.
Founded in the year 1962, Walmart Stores Inc. is an American multinational company that runs discount retail stores around the world. It is the world’s largest company in terms of revenue generation and also the biggest employer of the world with the employee strength of 2.2 Million. By the end of April, 2014, the company had 11000 stores in 27 countries of the world.
The company is one of the constituent of S&P 500 index and also Dow Jones Industrial Average Index with the total market capitalization of $269101.44 million.

About the company: Target Inc.

Founded in the Continue reading...

Introduction

Every country across the globe is determined to realize economic growth. In efforts to establish grounds for economic growth, different countries have chosen to use different approaches. Among these approaches is the communism. Communism is an economic plan which is mostly found in Asian countries. The other approach is capitalism. Capitalism is the most modern economic approach at the moment. Many countries across the world have resorted to capitalism in order to experience economic growth. Capitalism has its roots in western countries. This economic model is associated with prosperity and freedom experienced in western countries such as England, Germany, Continue reading...

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“Government waste is the opinion that the government does not spend money in an acceptable manner” (“Government Waste”). Not all collected taxes are used to fund important for people programs, critical infrastructure like roads, schools, bridges etc. Sometimes the objects of government financing are not chosen wisely. Here is the list of the most outrageous spending projects:
$856,000 to train three mountain lions to run on a treadmill in order to measure the energy consumption of the cats’ hunting techniques. (Nitti)
 $473,000 to house 100 chimpanzees in a room with 100 typewriters for the entire year Continue reading...

Abstract

This paper is aimed at answering five major questions as provided by the instructor. The questions are related to the Federal Reserve and its role in affecting the economy of the country. The first question is related to evaluating the role as well as the effectiveness of the Federal Reserve in stabilizing the current economy. The second question pertains to determining the economic indicators the Federal Reserve should analyze in order to better stabilize this particular economy. The third question is about describing which monetary policies the Federal Reserve might use to influence the money supply. In the answer Continue reading...

Proposal for Organizational Learning Issues

Introduction
Organizational learning is the accumulative commodity outcome of learning in small groups. Organizational learning entails collective learning so as to enhance the performance of the organization and attain established objectives. Especially in a non-profit firm, employees have to work on diverse strata and organizational learning is especially relevant so that core aspects of learning may be shared amongst all employees.

The project will strive to undertake certain plans and implement specific processes that will help the non-profit organization to gradually move towards a learning organization by implementing certain ethical checks and controls processes to prevent unethical activities. The Continue reading...

The goals of innovative policy are in explanation of the priorities and directions of innovative development; organization of innovative processes to ensure effective coordination of all subjects of innovation; assessment of the innovative capacity of the company; innovative activities; the selection and implementation of innovative projects that enhance the efficiency and competitiveness of the company; development of scenarios of companies’ innovative activity; concentration of resources in priority areas of development; and other activities to facilitate the implementation of effective innovation (Hisrich, 2010).

Introduction

Now everyone is talking about how they are going to change the world and make a lot Continue reading...

The Effects of the Economic Crises and Recessions on Russia’s GDP Growth Rate since the Past 25 Years

Introduction on Macroeconomic Indicators
There are many factors that an economist, analyst, or even business strategists can use to describe the relative health or status of a country’s economy. Some of the most commonly used economic indicators in assessing the current economic situation in a country include but may not be limited to the annual GDP growth rate (i.e. real, nominal, or on a per capita basis), the unemployment rate, the volatility indexes in the financial and commodities market, the debt to GDP ratio, and the outstanding monetary and fiscal policies in the national and international markets.
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Introduction

Porsche is a famous name within the automobile industry and many people associate Porsche with luxury, speed, elegance, and quality. Throughout the history, the company had to overcome some difficulties and to set a firm foundation for successful performance. Porsche is operating in the market for more than 80 years already, and through the years of functioning the company’s team has proved their skills and strive for excellence.
Ferdinand Porsche set the very first engineering office of Porsche in Stuttgart in 1931, and that office employed only 12 people, who managed to cover the whole process of automotive Continue reading...

Introduction

The recession that plunged the economy of Canada into depression ended in the middle of 2009. The economic indicators signify growth of the economy. However, the recovery of the economy is not noticeable to the majority of the population since the rate of unemployment is still high. The rate of unemployment would be higher had many people not opted out of employment due to the unsustainable wages. There is concern that the economic growth and expansion experienced all over the world does not bring with it any reduction in the number of the unemployed. The recovery of many countries Continue reading...

Introduction

Unemployment is a social and economic phenomenon in which part of the working population has no use to his own labor, not getting a job, the reason for this is the excess of the number of job-seekers over the number of available jobs.
Before proceeding to the consideration of the nature, causes, types and consequences of unemployment, consider what is meant by the word "unemployed" in different countries.
"Unemployed", as defined by international organizations (ILO and the Society for Economic Cooperation and Development), are people who are unemployed, who are available for work and looking for work in the Continue reading...

Executive summary

Over the years, the business environment experienced various major financial scandals as a result of poor corporate governance. Consequently, this has raised concerns about the importance of IT governance to counter the bottleneck facing the business world. The IT management is important because of several reasons. (1) IT governance has a significant role to play in enhancing corporate governance in a business environment. (2) The business world is lacking accountability and is unable to reflect the responsibilities for the IT services. (3) There is a potential widening gap between what business think about the IT and how the IT Continue reading...

Overview and Research question.

The past few decades have had a growing interest among practitioners and scholars and about the relationship existing between macroeconomic variables and mainly stocks, house prices, and asset prices. In an expanding economy, stocks prices of are expected to increase owing to an expectation of future large cash flows and profits for businesses and various players within an economy. On the same note, a downward spiraling or bad economy is marked by expectations of future low cash flows as well as profits decrease and consequently a dercre4ase in socks prices. Stock markets are representative of a country’s economy Continue reading...

Introduction

Death penalty is certainly one of the most controversial and debated topics. However, until today, no consensus has been reached on whether death penalty is ethically correct or not. Public opinion is divided on the issue. Abolitionists, for example, argue that that death penalty is morally incorrect while proponents argue that death penalty is necessary to promote justice. While the abolitionists have been quite vocal about their arguments, public opinion contradicts as revealed by surveys that shows the general public’s support for death penalty. Evidently, there is a moral and ethical dilemma regarding the issue of whether or Continue reading...

Introduction

An expatriate is a person who is temporarily moved to reside in another country for work purposes without having their citizenship. The skilled professionals of an organization working in another country are clearly defined as expatriates. The changing business dynamics and the rising trend of globalization are changing the way how organizations are dealing with their human capital. Multinationals have to manage their cross-cultural teams as well as their experienced and skilled professionals to work in their international organization (Experian White Paper, 2012).

Benefits and Challenges of Expatriates

The main need to develop global workforce and leadership has prompted an immense rise in global Continue reading...

1.Company Selection: An Argument

Question 1

Answer: Apple remained a leading innovating force in the technological industry when Steve Jobs was alive and professionally engaged as well. He was significantly committed towards the well-being of his commercial child, but his demise had catastrophic consequences for the company because it became rudderless in innovational terms. The replacement of Jobs could not continue the winning streak that his predecessor established in the previous years and even decades. The best leader who the industry has known so far was an orphan, and therefore, he had developed a craze of proving his professional capabilities on Continue reading...

Introduction

Business operations are based on effective policies and operational statements that focus towards ensuring profitable outcomes within an organization. Kraft food company exudes a highly performance centric organization whose market leadership has been as a result of effective strategy formulation and implementation. Through the evident vision, goals and mission statement, the organization has maintained a dominant role within its industry of operation. The company exudes the need for effective policy formulation and inculcation towards dominance within the industry. Thus, this paper focuses on the analysis of Kraft Food Company and the operational statements as per the case study.

Company’s mission statement and analysis

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Cost of Accidents

Abstract
Road transportation is the backbone of trade, access to markets, education and health care. The worldwide number of road deaths is an unacceptable 1.24 million per year. Comprehensive road safety laws cover only 7% of the world’s population. Casualties from road accidents are invariably those who are in the lower classes of society. 518 Billion Dollars is the estimated cost of accidents worldwide.
Cost of accidents can be worked out in many ways. The ‘Gross Output’ or ‘human capital method’ entails costs to be divided into those that cause a diversion of current resources and those that Continue reading...

Skylar Deleon

There are different factors that contribute to human conduct. Human behavior especially those related to criminal behavior can be explained theoretically. Many theories have been advanced to explain an individual’s propensity to commit crime. Classical theory, positivist theory, multifactor theory, neoclassical theory and the sociological theory attempt explain the reason for the delinquency in some individuals and not in others. This paper will focus on Skylar Deleon, the crime he committed and the theoretical explanations that can be advanced to explain his criminal behavior. This paper will analyze the possible causes of the crime committed by skylar Deleon.
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The modern world cannot be imagined without oil products: rocket fuel, road pavements and medicines, children toys. Russian oil industry is a strategic outpost of the country, the basis of economic stability and development of a modern economy. Giants of oil industry solve dozens of important tasks by developing systems of affiliated companies and organizations. Naturally, their business cannot run without the involvement of smaller oil companies that specialize in service delivery, drilling rigs construction and ancillary facilities, repair wells, pipelines and other specialized functions. With all the pursuance of versatility, natural monopolies have certain characteristics, given by the Continue reading...

Discuss and evaluate the role that Human Resource Management plays in modern organizations

Introduction
Organization is a dynamic concept which changes with time and according to needs. Traditional organizations were simple structures based on hierarchy. They were mostly bureaucratic organizations which were formal in nature and bounded with too many rules and regulations. The main focus of traditional organizations was on land and capital. And labour was also considered a factor of production. But with changing complexities, organizations structures too changed like from bureaucratic organizations to flat structures, by giving human resources their due importance. Today’s organization has flexible structures, less formalisation and more freedom. Now organizations take labour not just Continue reading...

Abstract

The United States of America has one of the most dismal criminal rate statistics. Many thousands formerly convicted persons are released annually. For the vast majority of them, especially for those who served long terms, successful re-integration to the society is often positioned as a task of considerable complexity (Alexander, 2011).
This paper examines the problems commonly faced by the ex-offenders in the housing, employment, electoral rights and possibility of military service contexts. They consider that after their release from the penitentiary institutions they “are rejected by the society, “unjustifiably stigmatized” and “all opportunities for a decent, well-paid employment Continue reading...

Term paper 2: Dunkins Brand Group

Term paper 2: Dunkins Brand Group

Dunkin Brands Group's current strategy seems to have been working very well despite the little challenges that come with its implementation. The company has franchised its restaurant business under the Dunkin's Donuts and Baskin-Robbins brands (Burke, 2012). Through this new model, the company has managed to franchise 100% of its business something has offered various financial and strategic solutions (Burke, 2012). This model has enabled the company initiate modern and more competitive marketing strategies, which seems to be more competitive than the traditional strategic approaches. The strategy also involves active menu innovation; franchise Continue reading...

Trafficking Juveniles for sex

One of the serious concerns that have been steadily growing in the United States is trading children for purposes of sexual exploitation. The sale for “child sex,” as well as other forms of illegal sexual profiteering of children is stable, and the profits of sex traders is rising. Though police elements, policy crafters, social welfare elements, and the general public have long acknowledged the prevalence of this “practice,” these stakeholders have wrestled on how to accurately measure the breadth of “child sex trafficking” and develop policies to effectively combat the problem from a holistic point of view.
Within the Continue reading...

Activity-Based Costing

Accurate cost estimation has a positive impact in a business. A manager or decision maker can a have a basis on whether he will pursue a certain product or services given the potential profit the business can gain from specific product and services categories. One can also arrive to a correct pricing which is also a component in a successful marketing. This paper will analyze the Activity-Based Costing of a company in a hospitality sector, one of the categories in the services industry.
Suzanne Byrne, Erle Stower, and Paula Torry of the University of Southern Queensland, School of Accounting, Continue reading...

What’s driving a Porsche

Most Porsche cars are luxury vehicles that some people drive just for the attention one gets from it. The experience is amazing since a Porsche is known for producing the best-built vehicles in the world. To get the driving experience especially for those who cannot afford this vehicle, one can visit the Porsche world roadshow (DeMuro, 2014).

History of Porsche AG- Funding Universe

In 1948 in Gmund, Austria, the first Porsche car was manufactured. Dr. Ferdinand Porsche was the founder of this company. By 1930, he had established an engineering and design firm which got a reputation for innovative car designs. Ferdinand was once requested Continue reading...

This paper is about analyzing Sprint’s HR strategy in the wake of massive organizational restructuring, reorganizing and network overhauling program. The researcher will start this paper with a brief introduction to Sprint followed by an assessment of industry situation, trends, competition, business strategy, and core issue as explained in the chosen article. The researcher will elucidate on the strategy that HR needs to embrace to support corporate strategy in stiffly competitive market environment. The paper also demonstrates the HR strategy implementation steps and alternate solutions that would have been undertaken by Sprint Corporation.

Analysis of business issue

Sprint Corp is the third Continue reading...

Sommeiller and Price states that “due to great recession, all levels of income growth get dropped and uneven, however recovery took stand in the year 2009” Moreover, the statistics of year 2012 indicates that there were large gaps embracing on inequality in New York and Connecticut (3).
United States is facing significant inequality in the last few decades, and there is no statistics to reverse it back. There was a vast tendency of uneven income disparity in the year of 1979 to 2007. According to the study of economists, out of total income, 95 percent of the income was Continue reading...

Introduction

Dunkin Brands is one of the most successful business entities in the United States. The company engages in its operations in the hospitality industry. Specifically, the company operates fast-food entities namely Dunkin Donus and the Baskin Robbins. Although founded in America, the company has grown in service and currently operates in 36 countries. This paper wants to explore Dunkin Brand by assessing its current and long term strategies. The paper will also conduct both an internal and external environmental analysis and ascertain if the company is operating according to their strategic goals.

Current Strategies

Dunkin Brands Group operations are centered in Continue reading...

Business Strategy and Optimizing Performance

Introduction
Adequate healthcare to a country’s citizens is an integral corporate citizenship bestowed on the government to invest necessary technological resources and human power. Health care management in the society is the foundation of economically energetic citizens, positive attitude and an enabling transformational culture that endeavor to develop practical approaches to life. However, sustaining a healthy society is an uphill task for most government with United States health care programs accounting for approximately 17% of the country’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

With the increasing attention on United States health care system through Obama care, John Hopkins Hospital Continue reading...

Introduction

The recession that plunged the economy of Canada into depression ended in the middle of 2009. The economic indicators signify growth of the economy. However, the recovery of the economy is not apparent since the rate of unemployment is still high. The rate of unemployment would be higher had many people not opted out of employment due to the unsustainable wages. There is concern that the economic growth and expansion experienced all over the world does not bring with it any reduction in the number of the unemployed. The recovery of many countries from the 2007 depression is without Continue reading...

Many business entities operate with the sole goal of maximizing revenue and hence realizing profits. However, firms also exist to serve people in the society. In the recent years, there has a growing emphasis for firms to engage in sustainable business practices that empower people in the society (American Marketing Association, 2013). Specifically, firms have started adopting practices that preserve the environment and promote their business ventures. Firms have realized that engaging in sustainable practices helps they realize many advantages such reducing production costs, and boosting the company’s brand. This paper wants to explore sustainable-led marketing for Burgerville. Continue reading...

Relations between Africa and China

China is seriously interested in developing relations with African states. More than 50 countries of the African continent are involved in this partnership. The African direction is considered as a priority vector of China's foreign policy. Each party has great expectations connected with another. Meanwhile, with the expansion of cooperation new problems arise.
Experts estimate that China provides at least a half of the economic growth of the African continent. This long relationship among China and Africa is based on the economic benefits. Africa offers China energy resources and political support, and China pays capital, technology and expertise in Continue reading...

Environmental Analysis

Such was the case when the business phenomena that triggered the great depression and the more recent great financial crisis exploded and wreaked havoc on businesses, entire industries, and even on the world economy. In this case, the focus is on Chipotle Mexican Grill’s environment and the industry it is operating in. Chipotle is an international business that operates in the food and food services industry. Specifically, it specializes in selling burritos, tacos, and other Mexican foods and delicacies. For what it is worth, the company’s name is derived from the Aztec term for dried and smoked Continue reading...

My Strategic Plan Paper- Human Resource Manager

Personal SWOT
Strengths
Strong GPA- I have an excellent GPA, which is evidence of my academic brilliance. I feel that this is a strength because my good grades put me in a strong position to pursue a Masters degree and also to negotiate with potential employers
Empathy.-I am a very empathetic person who is keen to lend an ear and a helping hand to other people who may be in problems. This is a strength since in Human Resources, I will be dealing with people on a day-to-day basis hence I can be able to help them.
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Religious studies

Reformation - a broad religious and socio-political movement in Western and Central Europe in XVI - early XVII centuries, aimed at reforming the Catholic Christianity according to the Bible. Its beginning is considered to be the performance of the doctor of theology Martin Luther at Wittenberg University: in October 31, 1517 he nailed to the door of the Wittenberg Castle Church his "95 Theses", which opposed the existing abuses of the Catholic Church, in particular the sale of indulgences. The end of the Reformation is considered by historians signing the Peace of Westphalia in 1648 by results of which Continue reading...

Abstract

The argumentative discussion involves the justification of America’s need to take an aggressive action towards supporting scientific and technological achievement particularly in the field of biomedical engineering. Being the center of the world superpower, the United States has always been an example of a progressive nation that leads the field of innovation. However, the developments particularly in biomedical engineering is in a slow pace, which is a result of the lack of initiative to leverage on knowledge-based workers and industries in order to secure long-term economic sustainability.

America needs to take Aggressive Action Towards Supporting Scientific and Technological Achievement (Biomedical Engineering)

Introduction
Science and technological breakthroughs have changed the world over and Continue reading...

UniversityCanadian Immigration Impact on Economy

OUTLINE

Abstract

Introduction
Immigration Policy Change Overtime
Impact on the Labor market
Positive Effect on Immigration
Negative Effect on Immigration
Conclusion
ABSTRACT
Canada is a rich multinational and multicultural country, mostly proud of its immigrants and immigration policy. Its history starts with Europeans, seeking for a better life, the slaves from the United States, the Chinese workers, refugees, and others. A peaceful and fully multicultural, Canada accepts different immigrants, who still add to its diversity and, at the same time, create the strong and unique identity. Regarded as the highest immigrant country per capita, it annually hosts 25000 new immigrants, Continue reading...

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Problem Definition:

Resource distribution ought to be fair enough, so that everyone could afford what they wanted and would not have to beg or plead for to anyone. But sadly, the world is not a playground but a viscous planet where every town is “dog eat dog” and “every man for himself” is the constitution.
Some people have excess resources that are enough for them to live their lives several times without having to work for a minute and just eat. While some, in fact, the bigger portion barely has enough to fulfill their hunger.
And then there is Continue reading...

Abstract

This paper is generally about human resource management. It discusses the human resource practices in an international organization. The paper uses the vision, mission, goals and the working procedures of the organization that are related to management of human resources. Human resource refers to the human factor input of production. It is that aspect of production or company activities that is a contribution of labor. This labor may be skilled, semi-skilled or unskilled. Management of human resources is a core and fundamental aspect of any organization. It directly affects productivity and determines whether the company achieves its desired targets, Continue reading...

Introduction

In this era of globalization, tough competition and rapidly changing consumer preferences, every organization has to ensure that it invests in unique business strategies in order to achieve long term profitability and sustainable competitive advantage (Johnson and Scholes, 2002). Similarly, is the case of retail industry which totally revolves around the consumer’s. It’s the customers in this industry that can either break or make a firm. Considering the nature of increased competition in the retail sector, this particular report attempts to explore the case of one of the highly renowned retail brand i.e. Sainsbury’s and explore Continue reading...

Quality Assurance

The human resource assets in an organization determine the failure or success of a business. Managing human resources effectively is one of the vital components of project management as managing people are a challenging and demanding task.
In this case, there is the requirement to hire instructors for a project management course. Some of the qualities used in making this hiring process include:
Observant and conversant: Instructors need to be observant and conversant with their teams. This is a requirement to determine how teams are performing task and how they feel about work or training. In the training sessions, Continue reading...

Organizational structure

The Coca-Cola international organizational structure is currently divided into operating six segments: Eurasia and Africa; Europe; Latin America; North America; Asia Pacific, and Bottling Investments (The Coca-Cola, 2014b). Under its 2020 Vision, global bottling partners align toward common goals and priorities, which is to double sales in the next 10 years. It involves a system that ensures global reach while keeping a local focus.
The CCI, charged to accelerate decision-making, execute, and scale across market divisions, initially manages three groups: Europe, Asia Pacific, and Eurasia & Africa (Journey, 2013) (Journey, 2013). However, the Latin America Group [Group resident: Brian Smith] Continue reading...

What is corrosion?

Corrosion is the degradation of materials properties because of the interactions with their environments. The corrosion of most metals and many other materials for that matter is inevitable. While corrosion is associated primarily with metallic materials, all types of materials are susceptible to degradation. Like taxes and death, corrosion is something we anticipate to avoid; however, it is something that we should learn to deal with. The driving force or the fundamental cause for all corrosion is lowering Gibbs energy of the system. The production of all metals and the engineering components made of metals involves addition of energy Continue reading...

InfoSec Risks, Benefits, and Contingencies: Network and Data Security (Outline)

InfoSec Risks, Benefits, and Contingencies: Network and Data Security (Outline)

INTRODUCTION:

There are numerous dynamic security situations that have been observed to face businesses in the recent past. For instance, business banking information may be infiltrated leading to the theft of business finances. In addition, companies may lose their competitive advantage after the leak of vital information on the business plans. The study will examine the risks that are involved in weak implementation of corporate information security, and suggests on the various methods to mitigate these risks. The case study selected for the study is the information security breach at Continue reading...

Introduction

Human Immunodeficiency Virus or more commonly known as HIV is a type of virus that weakens immune system by destroying necessary cells and reproducing inside the body of the host (human). Unlike the other viruses that the body can get rid of, HIV stays until the person dies. It takes a long period of time before symptoms show and during this time, HIV has already destroyed the T-cells and B-cells that are necessary parts of the immune system (AIDS.gov, n.d.).
AIDS or Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome on the other hand is the final stage of HIV infection. However, this does Continue reading...

One morning Mr. Albert woke up and went on his daily job as usual. During lunch time he remembered that he was to withdrawal his money from his Skrill which is an online payment system. To his surprise, he found that $2000 had been stolen. The balance led zero. He was very bothered and reported the matter to the administrators of the company. It is then the administrators of Skrill Limited informed Mr. Albert to report the matter to the nearest police station as they continued carrying out their investigation. The administrators of the Skrill Company were able to Continue reading...

Introduction

Contemporary organizations have recognized the crucial role that social media marketing generates towards the achievement of goals. Current statistics revealed that “83% of marketers indicate that social media is important for their business” (HubSpot, Inc.: Social Media Stats, 2015, p. 1). One of the companies which acknowledged the relevance of applying social media marketing is Bass Pro Shops. A brief overview of its origin traced the establishment of Bass Pro Shops with Johnny Morris’ efforts to locate fishing tackle in 1971. Now, 44 years later, Bass Pro Shops have evolved to include outdoor equipment, as well as other accessories Continue reading...

Introduction

Healthcare systems are some of the most imperative social systems that support the well-being of a nation or a society (Swayne et al, 13). The concept of a national healthcare system basically involves infrastructures, efforts, policies, facilities as well as knowledge and skills applied to provide healthcare services to a specific population. In most cases, healthcare systems are governed and managed by three main bodies i.e. governments, private organizations as well as non-governmental organizations (Swayne et al, 14). Over the years, healthcare systems have undergone major transformations, especially those facilitated by the occurrence of technological advancements as well as Continue reading...

Many communities in the world treat men and women differently, and in most cases men are the ones who are valued more than women, this is what has been referred to as gender inequality. It happens mainly as a result of gender stereotypes of the roles of men and women in various communities, societies and countries (Galvankova, 2013). This inequality in women and men has been established to be a barrier to development. For many years that have passed, many cultures believed that women are only expected to perform domestic roles such as cooking, fetching water and taking care Continue reading...

Intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) are terms used to describe technologies which enable armed forces to deploy information gathering devices and managing the data collected. Intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance information is gathered in the battlefield through physical observations by soldiers, spies, or electronic sensors. The information is then analyzed by intelligence officers and handed to army commanders and other senior decision makers for battle plans formulation. Intelligence is relevant information that enhances the understanding of an enemy’s intents, disposition, and battlefield arrangement (Ramirez, 2014). Surveillance is the act watching and listening to an enemy in a bid to Continue reading...

Mexico: Crisis and Competitiveness

After being acquainted with the enclosed review, based on general information about Mexico as well as researches connected with causality of global economic crisis in Mexico of 2009, some issues attracting attention shall be emphasized, for providing solutions.
Therefore, in 2009 Mexico experienced the global economic crisis that affected all its branches. The best indicator for that was GDP, declined about 7% after several years of annual growth. There were many reasons for that: direct dependence on the United States; China’s competitive advantages; as well as more internal ones like sharp drop in oil production; national monopolizing of Continue reading...

Define the concept de-growth in one paragraph.

Sustainable de-growth is downscaling the perpetual pursuit of growth of economies concerning global warming and the gradual ecosystem degeneration in order to enhance ecological conditions, assuage the climate of the earth and prevent further harm. It deals with economic decline issues. However, sustainable de-growth should not be confused with economic de-growth, which is economic decline. Mostly people think that growth is very important for economic prosperity, but this is not true. De-growth in relation to prosperity does not signify a flourishing consumer lifestyle while misusing the earth resources. Current society views growth as a solution to societal problems while Continue reading...

In the twenty-first century, grandparenthood is at the heart of the contemporary family, as well as the changes in the society. The profound changes experienced in the past 50 years have modified the manner in which several families organize to rear their children. Traditionally, grandparents served as short-term caregivers to their grandchildren, socializing agents and support sources. Nevertheless, half-century grandparents have increasingly drifted from their traditional roles as grandparents in the past and are now assuming the roles that are supposed to be taken up by the parents of the children. This new development of grandparenthood is attributed to Continue reading...