Essays and Research Papers on Miscellaneous Issues in Business

This 4 page paper looks at the influences in California during the post World war Two years and during the cold war era. The paper considers how this factors, including technical expertise and Hollywood combined with external influences such as the situation in Japan, so that internationalisation was accelerated. The bibliography cites 3 sources.

A 25 page paper discussing issues of trade, science and technology, environmental concerns and welfare in terms of financial risks inherent in participating in the globalization of business. There is risk in any business venture, and that element of risk can be greatly magnified by going into a foreign country as a site of operation. ...

This 5-page paper discusses various business set-ups and liability issues, as well as employment laws. Bibliography lists 1 source.

This 16 page paper explores the Dyson Appliance company located in the United Kingdom. James Dyson has been inventing things since 1970. This paper reports his early inventions and then focuses on his innovative cyclone, bagless vacuum cleaner, which he first launched in Japan in 1983. It would take years for him to obtain the ...

An 18 page paper. Women represent almost half of the entire workforce in the United States but less than 3 percent of American CEOs are women. The percentage is expectedly even less in Japan. The executive level is male-dominated with barriers that few women are able to break through. This paper discusses those barriers. ...

A 17 page paper. It is generally accepted that global competitiveness is dependent upon the skills and knowledge of the workforce. Rapid changes in technology and in the marketplace means that companies need to have a workforce that is well skilled in order to keep up with these changes, thus, some countries have adopted a ...

A 6 page paper. The first part of this essay reports an article from the WSJ about the supply and demand of oil and corn, explaining how the demand impacts the supply and the affiliated cost issues. The second part of the paper discusses the law of diminished returns and provides three specific examples. ...

In March 1998, the DTI launched a long-term fundamental review of core company law. As part of their inquiry the Review carried out a major analysis of the role and function of directors. The Government believes that the statutory statement of directors' general duties is of fundamental importance as it codifies the principal duties of ...

This 4 page paper reports some of the facts of Marvel's lawsuit and Sony's countersuit and the outcome of those lawsuits. The writer comments about the motivation of each company and whether either or both were justified in their claims. The writer also comments on what might have been done to avoid the lawsuits. Bibliography ...

This 4 page paper explains and discusses the Law of Supply and Demand, choice, decisions, elasticity and inelasticity and provides examples. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

This 5 page paper examines labor laws as well as environmental regulations in the United States. Treaties are also discussed and globalization is viewed as a problem in both areas. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

E-Business: A Consideration Of the Impacts of A 6 page discussion of how society keeps e-business inline with societal expections. China's entry into e-business, the infamous Napster case, and AOL's brief foray into the enablement of its users to find and download copyrighted materials are used as examples. Bibliography lists 4 sources. ...

This 20 page law paper, based on English law, is written in three parts, answering three separate questions on contract law, agency and insolvency law. The first question looks at liability and the extent of liability under contract law where a product supplied causes damage to a customers property. The damage is the result of ...

A 13 page paper discussing the laws and regulations that govern insurance sales in these three states. Each of the states requires 24 credit hours for permission to take the initial licensing examination, and each requires 8 annual credit hours of continuing education to maintain licensing on an ongoing basis. Delaware's initial license ...

This 3 page paper provides a list of some of the many engineering defects in Ford motor vehicles that have resulted in the lawsuits. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

A 4 page paper that discusses different issues regarding pre-employment testing. The writer identifies the most common types of tests used and their purposes. The writer also comments on the laws and ethics of testing. E-testing is also discussed. Bibliography lists 6 sources.

A 8 page paper that addresses different topics beginning with the fraudulent accounting tactics of Enron and WorldCom. The writer also comments on United Airline's bankruptcy and how United has used this to their advantage. The writer also comments on: would it be better for United Airlines to liquidate, whether bankruptcy laws favor companies or ...

A 12 page paper. The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Resolution Act (COBRA) was passed by Congress in 1985. The continuation of health provisions for certain individuals are contained in Title X of COBRA, which was signed into law as Public Law 99-272 on April 7, 1986. It was the first time the federal government had ...

12 pages. This is a detailed research paper detailing the aspects of doing business via a joint venture when the partners are in different countries. Some of the topics considered are the risks that are involved, the different laws that affect the businesses, the currency concerns, taxes and freight information. Bibliography lists 10 sources.

This 4 page paper responds to five questions: Can a code of conduct be an ethics code if it only restates legal requirements? Provide an example of an ethics code that goes beyond the law. What are some of the best practices for promoting an ethics code? Identify five employee behaviors that are less justifiable ...

This is a 4 page paper which examines the power of shareholders to removel directors of boards with or without cause primarily under Delaware Corporate Law. The bibliography has 6 source.

The consumer protection act 1987(CPA) was introduced to implement EC directive 85/374/EEC in the expectation that it would make it easier for injured persons to bring claims against manufactures of defective products. This 14 page paper critically evaluates the effectiveness of the CPA in light of recent cases law in the area of product liability. ...

This 3 page paper examines several examples of how firms and its owners can be charged with murder if an unfortunate fatal event occurs either on premises or involving employees. Business law is explored. Several cases are discussed. Bibliography lists 4 sources.

A 5 page research paper that addresses factors affecting forested land valuation from an ecological and land-use perspective. Forest-use valuation is rapidly becoming more complicated, as is the world economy in general (Beuter and Alig, 2004). This is because the processes involved in valuation concern conflicts arising from "land-use zoning, environmental law, forest practices regulation, ...

This 10 page paper considers the role and operation of the UK ombudsmen and examines the hypothesis that they are biased in favour of the industries they are there to regulate. The paper looks at the arguments and considers the powers and limitations of the ombudsmen, and cites examples using OFWAT and the Banking Ombudsman ...