.... many workers to survive, people had to find other means of work. This allowed for the availability of cheap labour. Another source of labour was women. Many would spin or weave part-time in addition to their farm or housework. Even with the development of new technology most of the jobs in the linen industry did not need much knowledge and skill. The jobs were highly labour-intensive. The rapid growth of the industry after 1740 was fuelled by the rising supplies of cheap labour in the central manufacturing districts in lowland Scotland and also in the north and south. The .....

.... a direct seller, retail salesperson, wholesale salesperson, manufacturer's sales representative, order- takers, and order-getters. The sales personnel career path was also covered. The steps are sales trainee, salesperson, key account salesperson, district sales manager, regional sales manager, divisional sales manager, national sales manager, vice president of marketing, and president. Marketing, as defined by the American Marketing Association, is the process of planning and executing the conception, pricing, promotion, and distribution of goods, services, and i .....

.... fundamental features of post Keynesian economics. The first feature is that the primary goal of post Keynesian economics is to understand the nature of the capitalist system and to develop a practical understanding of how to deal with economic problems in the present-day world. The second is that the future is uncertain and the past is immutable. From Chapter 12 of Keynes's General Theory, situations of uncertainty cannot be adequately modeled in terms of probability distributions and because of this a difference needs to be made between uncertainty and risk where unc .....

.... In Atlantic City, where casinos were supposed to save their failing economy, over 900 of their 2,100 small businesses have closed and the number of restaurants was reduced from 243 to 146. By providing everything a person needs, the casinos are designed to keep people inside. The truth is casinos drain money out of an area into a far away bank account, most often never going back into the community. Casino revenues may look good on paper to the average person, and to politicians who are constantly being pushed to gain more revenue. In reality they are almost a nig .....

.... characteristics: I. Offers much more information than a television advertisement. II. Requires the conventional copywriting skills combined with those of the direct marketer to turn the browsing viewers into sales prospects. III. The emphasis, simply due the nature of the medium, is more likely to be on sales promotion type tools to entice the viewers to visit an ad and from then on constantly refreshing the content and creative treatment, to ensure that they revisit it (Steyn, 1996) The introduction of interactive marketing begins an era where customers will choose the adv .....

.... the Ad Valorem tax on energy, increasing the average residential bills by $50 a year would reduce the deficit by 25 billion, and shrink the economy by 4 billion. Making all entitlements subject to income tax would reduce the deficit by 74 billion and shrink the economy by 24.66 billion. Basing Medicare payments on cost of managed care plans would reduce the deficit by 70 billion, and shrink the economy by 23.33 billion. Converting Medicaid to a block grant in states would reduce the deficit by 54 billion, yet decrease the economy. These tax increases will reduce the d .....

.... straight month in October to 109.0 from a downwardly revised 108.7 in September." With the rise of material costs it is a clear indicator of inflation. Inflation is clearly measured by the price index such as those numbers stated above. Price Index clearly measures the general level of prices in any year relative to prices in a base period. There are different types of inflation one is Demand Pull Inflation; meaning "changes in the price level are attributed to an excess of total spending beyond the economy's capacity to produce. Because resources are fully employed, the .....

.... of advertising would be needed if you were to advertise to parents than to the children. For a lot of products their are a lot of age groups that you need to advertise for and these must be taken into consideration. We must analyse the different market segments that are applicable to Pakanawa and investigate how we can exploit these different market segments. An ad campaign is a very sensible idea because no-one will know about our products without the use of advertising. This means that we must concentrate on a good ad campaign so people will know about our products. App .....