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Leadership styles of Jeffrey Smisek and Gary Kelly

Jeffery A. Smisek, CEO of Continental Airlines and Gary Kelly, CEO of Southwest Airlines. Both of these men head what many consider minor airlines, and yet they are some of the most successful airlines in the country.

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Developing hospice bereavement programs for deaf patients and families

For many people, being deaf or hard of hearing is a foreign concept. But for many others, being deaf means being a part of a close-knit community with a lifestyle, culture, and language all its own.

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Enron's political influence and regulatory oversight failures

The Enron Corporation's behavior was both unethical and illegal. In some instances, the company had members of Congress as well as members of its own board of directors helping to politically influence the U.S. regulatory laws and landscape in order to create an Enron-run commodities market.

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Creating effective employee training programs in response to globalization

Over the last several years, a shift has been taking place in the job market. What has been happening is a variety of jobs, have begun to face increasing amounts of competition.

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World Vision's global structure and community development programs

The organization for whom I volunteered in the most recent service learning component was World Vision. World Vision was founded in 1950 as a Christian humanitarian organization and is now one of the largest charities around the world.

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Kawasaki Ninja 1000 product launch marketing strategy and positioning

In early 2011, Kawasaki launched their latest high performance street motorcycle, the Ninja 1000. The Ninja 1000 is designed specifically to optimize on-road performance while having the suspension and handling characteristics of a motorcycle built for track racing.

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Merck's Vioxx litigation and product liability challenges

Merck case study -- Merck & Co., known as Merck Sharp and Dohme outside North America, is a U.S. based pharmaceutical company originally the subsidiary of a Germany company confiscated after World War I and set up as an independent company.

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Impact of financial derivatives on the subprime mortgage crisis

Over the last several years, the world has been struggling with a financial crisis, unlike anything that has occurred since the Great Depression. At the heart of issue, are various financial related derivates tied to what is known as subprime loans in real estate.

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Legalizing prostitution in California: economic and public health benefits

This research attempts to examine three hypotheses related to the decriminalization or legalization of prostitution in the state of California: it is wasteful to attempt to fight prostitution as a crime; legalization would reduce the spread of sexually-transmitted diseases, violence, and drug use;…

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Computer crime's expansion through the internet and cyberspace

Cyberspace has now become a thrilling new avenue for criminologists. The conventional methodology of criminology has been confronted by the virtual reality & computer-based communications, infusing new kinds of divergence, crime & social regulations.

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