FISHER–GENERAL MOTORS AND THE NATURE OF THE FIRM* BENJAMIN KLEIN University of California‚ Los Angeles Abstract After working well for more than 5 years‚ the Fisher Body–General Motors (GM) contract for the supply of automobile bodies broke down when GM’s demand for Fisher’s bodies unexpectedly increased dramatically. This pushed the imperfect contractual arrangement between the parties outside the self-enforcing range and led Fisher to take advantage of the fact that GM was contractually obligated
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CheckPoint : Arrays and Versus Pointers Define the following and provide an example of each: * Pointer * Arrays Answer the following questions and provide an example of each: What is the difference between a one-dimensional and a two dimensional arrays? Arrays store items that have the same type of data type like a group of employees’ names and social security numbers for a team of 2000 personal. Pointer is a variable that greatly extends the power and flexibility of a program‚ each
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Impaired Nurses Working After a Treatment Program Kayla Johns Santa Teresa Community College Mary Shrine‚ MA.RN.CNE RNSG 2035 Management of Client Care April 19‚ 2010 Outline Thesis: The dilemma is if impaired nurses should keep practicing after completing a treatment program; this issue is controversial due to nurses being responsible for the lives of others‚ there are pros and cons that must be understood before making any judgments. I. Introduction-Definition of impairment
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Elements of the Argument: "What is Poverty?" Steve Ross Expository Writing Dr. Nancy Nester Final 10/25/96 What do you consider poverty to be? Do you have a definitive explanation of it or do you consider it an abstract circumstance? In the article "What is Poverty?"‚ Jo Goodwin Parker gives her ideas on what poverty is. First given as a speech‚ this article is written as an attack on human emotion. Her use of connotative language creates many harsh images of her experiences in a life of poverty
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What Makes a True Friend In my life‚ there have been so many friends that have touched me‚ changed me and supported me. But once in a while someone comes along and stands out above the rest because of their unfailing loyalty‚ much-needed humor and true kindness. Her name is Vicki and she entered my life only a few years ago. In that time‚ I have come to know her and have found that she is just that kind of friend. Vicki has always proven herself to be very loyal. A few years
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Array Structure PRG 211 January 11‚ 2012 University of Phoenix Array Structure The purpose of the parallel array structure is to hold 2 different elements of information on budget numbers for each month. I created two parallel arrays one to hold the budget scheduled amount and another array to hold the budgeted amount that was achieved. Each array will hold information for each month. If I created this by using inputs without arrays‚ I would have had to create 24 different input statements
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out as the winner. Many years ago‚ The Baltimore Sun came up with a competition for the best definition of a “True Gentleman.” After his submission‚ Mr. John Walter Wayland was nonetheless selected as the winner‚ with his definition of the “True Gentleman” being printed in the Baltimore newspaper as well as in many other publications thereafter. For many years‚ the author of the “True Gentleman” was thought to be anonymous‚ until the 1970’s when the editor of the Sigma Alpha Epsilon pledge manual
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Axia College Material Appendix G Sequential and Selection Process Control Structure In the following example‚ the second line of the table specifies that tax due on a salary of $2000.00 is $225.00 plus 16% of excess salary over $1500.00 (that is‚ 16% of $500.00). Therefore‚ the total tax is $225.00 + $80.00‚ or $305.00. | |Salary Range in Dollars |Base Tax in Dollars |Percentage of Excess | |1 |0.00-1‚499.99
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University of Phoenix Material Six Dimensions of Health Worksheet Part 1 For each of the following six dimensions of health‚ list at least one characteristic‚ activity‚ belief‚ or attitude that reflects that dimension in your life. Provide a brief explanation with each example. Refer to Ch. 1 in the text for explanations of these dimensions. Physical health: Exercising is a good activity to incorporate in my weekly plans to live a more healthy life. I will increase more exercise in my
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"For the first time since the plantation days artists began to touch new material‚ to understand new tools and to accept eagerly the challenge of Black poetry‚ Black song and Black scholarship."1 By 1934 the economic destruction wreaked by the Great Depression had put between eleven and fifteen million people out of work. Ten thousand of these jobless citizens were artists. A year earlier‚ Franklin D. Roosevelt‚ the newly elected president‚ had signed into legislation the Federal Emergency Relief
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