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The U.S. Steel Industry: A History of Government Intervention and the Initial Impacts of the Section 201 Tariffs from March 2002 to October 2002
(2003)The U.S. Steel Industry has been challenged with a variety of problems throughout its existence, including import dumping, decreasing domestic prices, producer bankruptcies, unpaid pensions, and increasing unemployment. ... -
U.S.-Canadian Business under the Free Trade Agreement: A Study in Contrasts
(1990)The United States-Canada Free Trade Agreement (FTA), which went into effect on the first day of 1989, has already greatly reduced tariffs between the two countries and will continue to do so over the following ten years. ... -
Undemocratic Marketing : How to Stop Electoral Campaigns from Advocating for Voter Suppression
(2021-09-01)This SIP focused on voter suppression, an issue that threatens fair and free political elections in American democracy today. The goals of this SIP were twofold: the first objective was to research what experts have already ... -
Understanding NHL Attendance : A Case Study of Fan Adoption in the NHL
(2017)The National Hockey League, or NHL, has a long history of great scorers, enforcers, and goaltenders and has seen an evolution in how the game is played and followed. Going from a league of six to a league of 31, the NHL ... -
Understanding NHL Attendance: A Case Study of Fan Adoption in the NHL
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2018)The purpose of this study is to understand what factors influence attendance at National Hockey League games. The factors that were the focus of this study include team points, fights, goals scored, average age, and average ... -
The Understanding of Commodity Trading at The Chicago Board of Trade
(1998)This Senior Individualized project is an analysis of the position I held and the knowledge I obtained about futures markets during my summer internship at the Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). Within this SIP there is also ... -
Unemployment -- The Price of Progress?
(1968)Two harsh lessons came out of the 1930's; the consumer was to be penalized, through the employer, for unemployment created in the process of producing what he would buy. Secondly, the private market could not be relied ... -
The United States Brewing Industry and Miller Brewing Company Trends at National, State, and Local Levels 1972 to 1990
(1991)This paper is a study of different aspects and trends of the patterns of sale of the brewing industry in the United States from 1972 to 1990. The data in this study was arranged in such a way so that trends in various areas ... -
United States Trade War With China and the Effect on the Soybean Market in The United States
(2022-01-01)The purpose of this study was to examine the buildup of a trade war between China and the United States. Specifically, looking at the soybean industry in the United States. The study will break down the economies of the ... -
The United States' Strategy for Hemispheric Free Trade
(1991)Nations trade to obtain the rewards of specialization and advancement. Every country is not suited to produce all the goods it demands because each country does not possess the same resources. All nations benefit if they ... -
University Outfitters : A Profile of the Start-Up and Co-Management of a Small Business
(1998)The author and his partner created a direct mail college school and dormitory supply retail store. The SIP documents the initial planning stages, the formal business plan, registering their business with the government, ... -
University Outfitters: The Organization and Management of a Small-Business Partnership
(1998)"The transition to college is difficult... Let University Outfitters help make it easy." The motto of University Outfitters is its mission; the details and goals of the company have been established. Located within the ... -
University Recruiting at Freudenberg-NOK: The Effects of the Labor Market on College Recruiting
(2007)This document describes my experiences working in the Human Resources department at Freudenberg-NOK in Plymouth, Michigan. I spent the summer researching and documenting the company's current college recruitment activity ... -
Untested : Exploring SARS-Cov-2 Diagnostic Test Allocation and Uptake
(2021-03-01)The scarcity of SARS-Cov-2 diagnostic tests during the pandemic resulted in an urgent need to efficiently allocate these tests. When making these allocation decisions one should rely on values such as maximizing benefits ... -
Upjobn Mexico: In Response to Changing Macroeconomic and Managerial Environments
(1990)Expanding business operations to a foreign market requires much more than merely "setting up shop" in a host nation. A firm must first come to grips with the social, cultural, and economic policy environment which ... -
The Ups and Downs of the Xerox Corporation
(1991)The purpose of this project was to find out why Xerox corporation has survived and prospered. It has been at the forefront of the document processing industry since its first commercial copier hit the market in 1960. ... -
The Use of Options in Investing from the Perspective of Financial Consultants and Individual Private Investors
(2000)The author interned with the financial services firm, Merrill Lynch, working for a financial consultant who managed high net worth client portfolios. The author’s responsibilities included administrative duties that assisted ... -
Use of Sentiment Analysis in Marketing : The Factors Enabling or Preventing Adoption by Organizations
(2020)The purpose of this study is to identify the factors that most directly influence a firm's decision of whether to include the practice of sentiment analysis in their practices. Sentiment analysis, a relatively new data ... -
The Use of Wood in Ecological Architecture: Impacts on Environment and Economy
(2007)In our search to end global warming, the forests of earth remain an important resource to understand. If we are to exploit them at an optimum level then we will need to cut them down at the same rate we grow them back. ... -
Using Consumer Utility Maximization and Cost Minimization for Profit Maximization in the Hospitality Industry
(1999)Through very basic microeconomic principles nightclubs can enjoy a great deal of financial success. These basic microeconomic principles are consumer utility maximization and cost minimization. Through maximizing consumers ...