modes of production (from labor intensive‚ to automated)‚ and brought rise to a new type of firm whose goods are intangible or idea based. This paper addresses the validity of Marx’s theory of ‘why organizations exist’ in the modern context. In doing so‚ it was found that while it is impressive that some Marxian assumptions hold‚ a few have become outdated. Marx argues that firms exist to generate surplus value through physical cooperation. We see that as ‘production’ becomes increasingly intangible
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Industry Analysis: Capital Goods Industry Executive Summary Capital goods is a mature industry with a unique opportunity for expansion and growth in the developing markets. While large‚ diversified conglomerates - the major industry players - have saturated developed markets‚ population and city growth in developing markets have increased demand for food‚ natural resources‚ and infrastructure‚ thereby growing the demand for capital goods‚ with over 8.1% growth per year projected over the next 5
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Bibliography: Das‚ Mahua. "Capital Punishment: Time to Abandon It?" 10-12-06 p58-63. Online. Internet. 1-22-2007. http://sks.sirs.com. "Juvenile Death Penalty" 1-21-2005. P.1-5. Online. Internet. 1-23-2007 http:// www.2facts.com. Kuttner‚ Robert. "Life After Death American Prospect"
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Aleksander Małecki nr 110560 Ways to protect intellectual property on the Internet The Internet is a serious attempt to traditional protection of intellectual property such as copyrights and patents. Some forms of information‚ when made accessible on the Internet‚ are easily copied. Because the costs of copying are low and because copying is often anonymous‚ publishers have often responded with more aggressive enforcement of existing intellectual property rights and with calls for extensions of
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Leadership in Public Policy Leadership in Public Policy Successful public policies often hinge upon the ability of talented leaders to develop‚ promote‚ and execute those public policies. In a two-page paper‚ discuss which leadership traits you feel are the most important in the creation of sound public policies. The leadership traits that I feel are important in the creation of sound public policies are vision‚ charisma‚ passion and character. Having vision is an essential leadership trait
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1.0 INTROUCTION This report will discuss a case study that mainly comprises intellectual property issues. The report will focus to answer the questions in the case study‚ Mcdonald Muckraker. Areas generally examine are the problems that they face currently and problems in the foreseeable future and lastly solutions for the potential problems. 2.0 QUESTION 1 PART: I What are the problems currently? What have they done wrong? Identify the problems. Lack of market and product research Many entrepreneurs
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decision(s) about which capital projects will be undertaken by a firm. Nominal cash flows determine its degree of profitability. However‚ in making the capital budgeting decision both real and nominal concepts must be considered. The purpose of this paper is to continue the discussion of the role of inflation in capital budgeting‚ and to focus on the individual components of the process to draw specific conclusions with respect to the interaction between the cost of capital‚ inflation‚ and the cash
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happiness and joy. So it is their first consideration in all celebrations‚ including weddings. Even the bride`s home is decorated in red on the wedding day. In addition‚ the greater part of people prefers traveling during holidays. Sometimes between people of different nations during their communication emerge various misunderstandings about their conduct. If you don’t know some traditions of the country‚ it can lead to offences; it can even sow seeds of discord between nations. So before going somewhere
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important skills for business and life. Problem-solving often involves decision-making‚ and decision-making is especially important for management and leadership. There are processes and techniques to improve decision-making and the quality of decisions. Decision-making is more natural to certain personalities‚ so these people should focus more on improving the quality of their decisions. People that are less natural decision-makers are often able to make quality assessments‚ but then need to be more
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Graduate School of Business Administration University Version 2.0 of Virginia UVA-F-1353 Version 2.0 Nike‚ Inc.: Cost of Capital On July 5‚ 2001‚ Kimi Ford‚ a portfolio manager at NorthPoint Group‚ a mutual fund management firm‚ pored over analyst write-ups of Nike‚ Inc.‚ the athletic shoe manufacturer. Nike’s share price had declined significantly from the start of the year. Kimi was considering buying some shares for the fund she managed‚ the NorthPoint Large-Cap Fund‚ which invested mostly in
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