The pros and cons of an online business With the advent of the internet‚ businesses have taken to new found markets according to a Jupiter study more than $107 billion was spent over the internet. This has opened new doors to entrepreneurs to start a business using the internet. Not to be confused with the dot.com business that busted in early 2000‚ but a legitimate businesses. Starting an online business like everything else in life has its positive and negatives aspects. These are some
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NAFTA is a trilateral free trade agreement among the United States‚ Mexico and Canada; which came into force in January 1994. In 1992‚ and on the eve of the deal‚ John Martin‚ CEO of a USA-based textile company‚ has to come to a really tough decision: move production to Mexico or wait for an imminent bankruptcy. Martin‚ as the vast majority of the US population did not understand how this agreement could beneficiate the country at all. Opponents of NAFTA would argue that the treaty should not be
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Free speech‚ more than any other of America’s values‚ has been the touchstone of American democracy dating back to the Bill of Rights. The First Amendment‚ created in 1791‚ is so important because “without our basic and essential rights established by that first amendment‚ the others amendments would have little to no meaning and hardly any force.” It shows the creativity and innovativeness of American democracy. The Amendment states‚ “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion
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Ever since the 1960s‚ there has been an influx of high-income populations moving into urban areas from the suburbs. This phenomenon was coined ‘gentrification’ by sociologist Ruth Glass in 1964 to describe “the movement of upscale (mostly white) setters into rundown (mostly minority) neighborhoods” (Hampson). Proposition 555 has stated that in order to increase government funding and provide citizens a better life with a cleaner environment and safer community‚ the process of gentrification would
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What are the pros and cons of outsourcing? Outsourcing is often undertaken to provide enterprises a competitive advantage by delegating business process to external agencies and realizing the benefits of low labor‚ better quality and improved innovation. While this provides a good picture of the fair side of the coin‚ most managers however need to grope with the possible shortcoming of the process and the corresponding impact on the company’s core processes. To best analyze the opportunities presented
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Gentrification‚ when wealthy individuals buy and renovate houses in poor neighborhoods‚ a word often associated with the displacement of poor residents of run-down urban neighborhoods. Gentrification has its pro’s and con’s‚ so naturally the supporters list the positives‚ while non-supporters do the opposite. In “Go Forth and Gentrify?” by Dashka Slater‚ the author explores the positives of gentrification for the community‚ newcomers‚ and longtime residents. Dashka Slater‚ a journalist who often
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There are many commercials and magazine spreads dedicated to the promotion of doctor prescribed medications. Known as direct-to-consumer pharmaceutical advertising (DTCPA)‚ new information is showing these could be more harmful than beneficial. Marketing of these drugs‚ unbeknownst to consumers‚ often takes place before information of long-term safety is known. Furthermore‚ patient’s views of doctoral qualifications can be undermined if the practitioner fails to prescribe the requested medication
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Groundwater” Para. 1). Which brings up the question of why can’t they use less toxic chemicals in the fracking process? Tracy Carluccio‚ the Deputy Director of the Delaware Riverkeeper Network‚ continues by stating‚ “even if companies were to switch to ‘green’‚ ‘non-toxic’ fracking fluids‚ drilling and fracking in these deep formations will always deliver potentially deadly chemical hazards‚ even in a perfectly regulated world” (Carluccio “Destroying Our Groundwater” Para. 1). The cement and steel casings
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beginning after WWII‚ is its impact on trade. With an increase in free trade‚ the prosperity and wealth of nations as well as their interdependence on one another has increased. Also globalization has helped companies reduce cost by “standardizing marketing activities”‚ as well as explore various new markets as their own become small or saturated‚ and take advantage of their seasonal products. For example providing snowboarding equipment in Vermont from December through March while providing Scandanavia
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In most cases‚ when Refugees arrive into a new country‚ they often find themselves in a quandary‚ since it is hard for them to assimilate into their new home. Scholars such as Sarah Feldman claim that for refugees to feel part of the society‚ it is crucial for them to become integrated into host communities‚ since they have been warehoused in refugee camps for long periods of time and may feel estranged. Feldman mentions that one of the biggest issues is the misconception that refugee camps are temporary
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