2,826 words

Mental discipline and cognitive development in law enforcement careers

The use and control of one's own mental faculties is of the utmost importance when involved in the serious and important business of government work. The word "government" itself literally translates to "controlling the mind" in Latin.

~15 min read

View paper →

1,065 words

Jay Leno's quote on artificial scarcity and capitalist market manipulation

Leno's quote about creating an artificial shortage of fish draws in some lessons about the business world to the old adage.

~6 min read

View paper →

1,268 words

Strategic implementation plan for Alpacas by the Sea

Alpacas by the Sea is aware of the key components of implementing a business strategy, hence it will make sure employees carry out all activities required. Potential strategies tend to fail because their implementation neglects some vital components.

~7 min read

View paper →

1,260 words

Costco's cost leadership strategy and employee retention model

The case notes that Costco's mission is "bringing the highest quality goods at the lowest possible prices while providing excellent customer service and adhering to a strict code of ethics…" and then the mission outlines the code of ethics.

~7 min read

View paper →

958 words

Formulating coaching philosophy: self-awareness, esteem, and disclosure

Every coach would like to be a successful coach and that is the main target of each coach as they go about their coaching business each day.

~5 min read

View paper →

1,288 words

Auditor failures and gatekeeper roles in Enron and Parmalat

The objective of this study is to answer the questions of: (1) In what ways did the failures by the auditors and other gatekeepers contribute to the failures of Parmalat and Enron? (2) In what manner could it be ascribed to the corporate vulture and lack of ethics from a global perspective?

~7 min read

View paper →

660 words

Leave No Trace principles and de-marketing in sustainable ecotourism

Leave No Trace includes seven principles for sustainable behavior in the outdoors, related to the ethics of stewardship for the environment.

~4 min read

View paper →

3,118 words

Five traits for attracting venture capitalists to new businesses

In no particular order, they are scrutinizing your business with a critical eye, beefing up of management, keeping up a high profile, targeting of the search, keeping a lookout and the investigation of possible venture partners.

~16 min read

View paper →

1,276 words

Risk mitigation strategies for World-Wide Concepts' international operations

Because World-Wide Concepts, Inc. is an internationally-based company with operations in a wide variety of sectors spanning across the developing as well as the developed world, it must proceed with caution when entering into business agreements.

~7 min read

View paper →

628 words

Hollywood blacklisting as corporate public relations strategy

As Paddy Chayefsky writes in Network, "the world is a business." (Andrew Dominik echoes the sentiment in Killing Them Softly: "America's not a country, it's just a business. Now fucking pay me.").

~4 min read

View paper →