.... success in products that do work far exceeds poor investments. This may work well in a market with minimal competition, but Sony is not in such a market. Consumer electronics is becoming increasingly competitive and cost driven. Companies must have a balance of creating products for an existing market as well as creating markets for new product. Morita once said, “We don’t market products that have already been developed; rather, we develop markets for the products we make.” This mindset may be why Morita is no longer CEO of Sony Corporation. An example of failing to .....

.... demanded for the three other energy commodities increase. The market system today functions on price. Consumers make their decision on what to buy by the price of their desired good. Naturally, consumers will choose the lower price of a commodity they wish to purchase. This is why consumers, wanting to heat their homes, chose to heat them with natural-gas's substitutes (crude oil, heating oil, or gasoline) rather than the natural-gas, the higher priced commodity. The commodity, energy, is something that people can not go without during the winter months. If their is a .....

.... know. They tell us all the time on TV that sports events would be minimized, or even non-existing without commercials, but there is a limit to everything. And the limit to this has been reached. Every time tou want to have a good relaxing football match in front of the TV you see COCA-COLA and IBM and all other known brands all over the TV so that it is hard to see the atheletes because of all the billboards. I think it sucks!. Of course the advertizers should have the oppurtunity to show their colors at sports events, but if it was a little but more di .....

.... The future franchisee is required to have at least $100,000 in liquid assets, including the franchise fee. In order to even be considered for a Baskin-Robbins franchise opportunity, those interested must have a net worth of at least $300,000. Though very rare, the Corporation does offer limited financing for qualified candidates. Because of this if one wants to become a franchise owner, it is necessary to get loans and private investments that can be used with your own personal savings for this venture. Once the preliminary paperwork is completed, Baskin-Robbins offers a .....

.... he maintained control over the refining process turning it into gasoline. Although these two powerful men used two different methods of management their businesses were still very successful (Conlin, 425-426). Tycoons like Andrew Carnegie, "the steel king," and John D. Rockefeller, "the oil baron," exercised their genius in devising ways to circument competition. Although, Carnegie inclined to be tough-fisted in business, he was not a monopolist and disliked monopolistic trusts. John D. Rockefeller came to dominate the oil industry. With one upward stride after another he .....

.... ways to do their banking. An Ernst and Young study (Technology in Banking Report) concluded that "nothing changes in the banking world if customers cannot get financial services when and where they wish...this means anywhere, at any time." Statistics show that ATM's, telephone banking, and home banking account for over fifty percent of all banking transactions today, and total non-branch activity is growing at fifteen percent a year. In one survey (Web-Tech, Inc., May 17, 1995), eighty-two percent of 18- to 34-year olds polled preferred banks with 24-hour service. Customers a .....

.... the shift from a feudal/mercantile system to capitalism affected English society. The second, called the Resource Mobilization Theory (RMT) developed by Charles Tilly, will explain how the English organizations (the Crown and the Parliament) effectively obtained, amassed and managed resources. Samuel Huntington's, "Institutional Theory", will argue that the existing government at that time was unable to incorporate the demands and personnel that the socio-economic changes created. Marxism was formulated in the 19th .....

.... from the late 19th century. Finally, South Korea was able to double its real income per head in an amazing 11 years from 1966. It would seem that the later a country has industrialised, the faster it has been able to do so. Another important factor is the degree to which a country is behind the industrial leaders. In the case of the East Asian countries, South Korea and Taiwan, both started out with an extremely low income per head. This allowed much faster growth when copying the leaders. It is important to realize that these growth rates should slow as the countries .....