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Globalization: The World is Going Global, So Am I
(2001)The author describes his experience as corporate financial intern with Electrolux in India, and then discusses what globalized businesses in the consumer goods industry are doing to expand their operations into emerging ... -
Goal Setting for Managers
(2011)The goal of this study is to first present a detailed description of my experience as an Assistant Manager over the summer of 2011 with Cranbrook Swim Club and two, to connect my experiences to a thoroughly researched ... -
"Going Social" How to Positively Influence the College Choice Decision of Best-Fit Admitted High School Seniors : A Social Media Marketing Plan for Kalamazoo College Office of Admission
(2013)Due to increased competition among higher education institutions for best-fit students, college admission offices are turning to social media to differentiate their respective institutions' competitive offerings. Based on ... -
Going Wireless, a Strategic Marketing Plan for Implementing an iPad in the Operating Room
(2014)This paper details a marketing plan that introduces a large medical device company into the growing mobile/wireless healthcare market with an iPad containing an attached scanning device. As the medical device industry ... -
Government Contracting and Student Housing
(2008)The majority of this paper concerns the attractiveness of the student housing sector of Real Estate. Many firms in the current economy are forced to look in new directions and student housing may just be a 'niche' market ... -
Government Contracts and Small Business Set-Asides: A Cost-Benefit Analysis of Petoskey Plastics' Success in the Governmental Market
(2014)In 1949 President Harry Truman created the General Services Administration (GSA) that consolidated several administrative government agencies. Today the GSA is responsible for administering supplies, providing workplaces ... -
Government Financial Aid Programs and Their Impact on Society and Economy
(2011)Government subsidy programs have been operating in our nation for decades and have no doubt positively affected millions of individuals. There have been several changes made in an effort to continually improve government ... -
Government Regularion of Insurance Rates
(1993)This report has been an attempt to provide a brief discussion of the laws and regulation that affect insurance rates. I have also sought to discuss the effects of the Essential Insurance Act on rates set by insurance ... -
The Governor's Office and Prison Privatization
(2007)The placement for my Experiential Senior Individualized Project took place within the George Romney Building in downtown Lansing, working in the Executive Office of Governor Granholm. The program was an intensive, 40 ... -
The Grameen Bank and Its Replication Throughout the World
(1996)My SIP was done at the Kalamazoo Small Business Development Center. I was under the supervision of Carl Shook, the Director of the Kalamazoo SBDC. The Kalamazoo SBDC is one of thirteen regional offices in the state of ... -
The Grameen Social Business Model and Its Poverty Alleviation Methodology
(2014)Social business model can be used as a powerful tool to strengthen struggling economies in the developing nations. The theoretical and empirical studies on poverty alleviation tools are utilized in this case study that ... -
Great Britain and the Gold Standard: The Course of Economic Change and National Adjustment
(1967)The study was carried out without much formal training in economic development or international economics; probably any similar effort builds a deep appreciation of the need for economic theory as the basis for ... -
Green Mythololgy: A Personal Examination of Today's Environmental Movement
(1991)I spent my SIP quarter (January-March 1991) in Washington, D.C. as a research intern for the Environmental and Natural Resources Policy Divi8sion of the Congressional Research Service. The divisions of the Congressional ... -
The Greening of Michigan Brownfields: Creating Market Opportunities for Contaminated Land
(1997)This paper examines the legal and economic issues that form the backdrop against which the brownfield issue is played. Not only are there legal and economic activities that hinder site reuse, but there are also legislative ... -
Growing Up in a Family Business vs. a Liberal Arts Education
(2006)The author reflects on his experiences working for the family manufacturing business and what he has learned in college. -
Growth and Value Stocks : Differences, Trends and Historic Performance
(2006)The author interned at Arcadia Investment Management Corporation. Arcadia is small private investment firm, concentrating on long term Growth Stock portfolios. He was responsible for research on the company Heartland Payment ... -
Growth in the IT Industry as a Result of Collaboration Technology Investment
(2012)In 1951, Doug Engelbart envisioned collaboration technology; it was a simple idea about the capability of working together electronically regardless of location. When Information Technology (IT) organizations began to ... -
The Growth of Financial Intermediaries: Their Effect on Commercial Banks and Monetary Policy
(1968)The purpose of this paper is to acquaint its reader with the growth and present importance of financial intermediaries. The first section is a general overview of the growing importance of financial intermediaries and ... -
The Growth of Prisons and Economic Circumstances Surrounding Mass Incarceration in the United States
(Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College, 2018)1970: Nixon enacts Controlled Substance Act, establishing the “five schedules” that outlined drugs by their medical application and potential for abuse. Schedule 1 Drugs are punished the worst because lawmakers consider ... -
Gruppenarbeit: Revolutionizing the Automobile Industry? A Case Study of Ford Motor Company in Cologne, Germany
(1998)I have recently completed a three-month internship with Ford Motor Company in Cologne, Germany for my Work Experience Senior Individualized Project. I was placed in a personnel department responsible for 2800 hourly ...