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    Fast Food Chains

    Topic Fast food chains 1) Identify the product, industry, and two firms in the selected industry. 2) With the help of industry reports and related articles, collect information about the: Types of products that can be produced in the industry. The prevalent demand and supply structure in the industry. The market

    Relationship Among the Four Levels of Evaluation

    What is the relationship among the four levels of evaluation? Would you argue for examining all four levels if your boss suggested you should look only at the last one (results) and that if it improved, you would know that training had some effect? Explain your answer fully (training and development). Thanks.

    Phase 2 Discussion Board

    I need help to get start with 1250 - 1500 words paper. Details: Now that you have studied economic indicators, it's time to turn your attention to competition and considering the future via forecasting. Prepare a report detailing the following * Review the web sites of the following companies participating in the power

    Action Research

    Because you have done a lot of work on action research, could you summarize how your understanding of Action Research has changed as a result of all these assignment?

    Review collaboration services and products: WebEx and E-room

    Please make a visit to two of the four sites listed below to review their product offerings and include your analysis response. What do you think of the following collaboration services and products? Would your business be inclined to use this type of service? Why or why not? eRoom: http://www.documentum.com/solutio

    Hierarchical database

    Demonstrate your understanding of a hierarchical database, network database, relational database, and object-oriented database

    Experienced IRS tax auditor utilizing knowledge, training and skills

    If you were a Tax Auditor with the Internal Revenue Service for eight years and you have a BS in Accounting and a MBA, using specific examples, state how your experience, training, and/or education has equipped you with the knowledge, skills and abilities in using computers to research, gather, input, analyze or summarize inform

    Strategic Management: GM and the auto industry bailout

    General Motors is on the verge of bankruptcy, and its' executives are currently in the center of the current bailout controversy. In an examination of why GM finds itself in this predicament, consider assumptions that GM may have been making about their business environment that failed. In what ways were these assumptions load

    Choosing a form of business ownership

    Please indicate the form of ownership that would be best for each business and give specific reasons: 1. Swimming pool repair 2. Internet-based speciality store 3. Law firm 4. Underwear manufacture

    Operations management observations

    Problem 1: The following information represents time study observations for an assembly process. Find the labor standard, assume 70 minutes of each 8 hour day are used for breaks, breakdowns, and other allowances. .Element1---1.5, 1.6, 1.4, 1.5, 1.5 Performance rating 115% Element 2---2.3, 2.5, 2.1, 2.2, 2.4 Performance r

    Investing

    I have to decide whether to invest $10000 in the stock market or in a CD at the rate of 9%. If the market is good, I believe I can make a 14% return. If the market is fair , I can make an 8 % return and if the market is bad I would make no return. I estimate that the probability of a good market is .4, the probability of a fa

    Client/server database environment

    The client/server environment involves a main computer, called a server, and one or more PCs that are networked to the server. The database resides on the server, a separate entity from each PC. Because each PC is a separate computer system, an application is developed and installed on the PC through which the user can access

    Employee discrimination for height

    An employer (has more than 15 employees)thinks that tall people are better looking than the regular people. Accordingly, he only hires job applicants to wait tables in the Executive Heights Restaurant if they are over 6 feet tall. If a protected class of job applicants under 6 feet sues the employer, will it likely get c

    Optimal Size and Numbers of Kanban

    Weekly Usage of a product is 8 units. The plant operates 50 weeks per year, this lead to an annual usage of 400 units. The setup cost is $40 and annualized carrying cost is $80. Weekly production of this product is 12 units. Lead time is 4 weeks and Safety Stock is 1 week's production. What is the optimal Kanban size?

    Academic plagiarism avoidance

    I am looking for suggestions to bring in another perspective on the effects of plagiarism in college writing. Can you please offer angles on approaching this?

    Goals of a Firm: profit maximization and what other goals?

    Understanding Various Goals of a Firm Introduction: Some economists are of the opinion that making a profit must not be the sole purpose of a firm's operations. There are other goals that can be considered equally important. Task: Explain the above statement in light of the various theories of a firm as developed by econom

    A transportation problem

    2. A transportation problem involves the following costs, supply, and demand: To (cost) From 1 2 3 4 Supply 1 $500 $750 $300 $450 12 2 650 800 400 600 17 3 400 700 500 550 11 Demand 10 10 10 10 Solve this problem by using the computer.

    Action Research Applicability

    Please help to start preparing a PowerPoint presentation on how Action research can be Applicable for a Dissertation Research. You can addressed key issues to educate about the value, expectations, and requirements to initiate an Action Research dissertation.

    What are the characteristics of a problem?

    What are the characteristics of a problem? How do you know when a problem exists? What is a problem statement? How can a problem statement be formulated so that it is considerate of stakeholders' perspectives?

    Effects of Internet, intranet, and extranets

    How have Internet, intranets, extranets, and the World Wide Web affected the types and uses of data resources available to end users? (Databases, not Networking. This is not a question of definitions.)