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Price Discrimination in the Housing Market on Mexican Immigrants
(2014)The 2004-2006 lending boom that took place in the United States opened up the market for prospective Mexican immigrant homeowners. Through the use of predatory tactics, brokers targeted this minority group to provide them ... -
The Price of Financial Inclusion: A Case-Study of Innovations and Interest Rates of Micro-Loans in Senegal
(2014)This case study evaluates the online market created by Zidisha for micro-loans in Senegal since the foundation in 2009. To open, the paper gives specific insights into Senegalese culture that come into play with computer ... -
Prince Corporation: Teamwork and Leadership Supporting Global Growth into the Twenty-First Century
(1996)I began working at Prince Corporation in June of 1992. At that time, Prince was a privately owned $300 million company with 1,800 employees. All Prince facilities were located in Holland, Michigan and our customer base ... -
Principles of Insurance and Sales with New York Life Insurance Company
(2002)This paper describes my internship experience with New York Life Insurance Company. The Internship section of the paper gives an overview of the process in becoming an insurance agent. This was primarily an internship ... -
Principles of Valuation Theory : Coin Operated Laundromats
(2009)Valuation is the process of assigning a monetary amount to an asset, or group of assets, that provides future benefits to the owner. The purpose of this paper is to rigorously describe that process for laundromats. Assigning ... -
Print Versus Digital Media
(2012)By having the chance to learn print production first hand I was able to see the interworking of an advertising agency. The only problem occurred when I began wondering if print production would soon be ousted by digital ... -
Privatization in Czechoslovalia and Its Role in Economic Reform
(1991)For the past two years the Czech and Slovak Federal Republic has been a country faced with great challenges and changes. The objective is to erase all marks of communism within their society. In the political arena, ... -
Privatization: Challenge of the 1990s
(1991)The act of transferring state-owned enterprises to the private sector, commonly known as privatization, has become a popular but controversial topic in the wake of the current political and economic reform in Eastern ... -
Pro-growth Policies and Inflation in Vietnam in the Period of 2008-2011
(2011)In the last decade, Vietnamese economy has always been battling with inflation and recently hyperinflation. Among many causes, the growth in credit activities of commercial banks is what worsens the situation. In a caucus ... -
The Process of a Take-Over: A Study of Thomas Edicon Inns, Inc.
(1996)For my research project I chose to look at the process of the take-over of a company. Specifically, I placed my focus upon Thomas Edison Inns, Inc. And its assorted dealings with the Meritage Hospitality Group, Inc. The ... -
The Process of Corporate Reorganization After Failure
(2012)The purpose of this Senior Individualized Project is to understand and analyze the typical process undergone by a Financial Restructuring and Insolvency Advisor when providing services for a failing corporation. In the ... -
Professional Sports and Gambling : Can Entertainment Save Detroit?
(2003)No city in the world is like Detroit. Nowhere will one find so much racial segregation, poor neighborhoods, and suburban sprawl. Cities like Detroit need economic regeneration. Many cities in recent years have sought to ... -
The Profitability of Regional Hospitals, Uncompensated Care Cost, and the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act
(2015)The goal of the Patient Protection & Affordable Care Act (PPACA) is to reduce the rapid growth of health care spending by decreasing the uninsured population. This paper focuses on the financial effects PPACA has on regional ... -
ProfitGuard : The Launching of a New Product Experimental and Research Findings
(2001)The author describes ProfitGuard, a specialized credit reporting service designed for the scrap recycling industry by Global Commercial Credit, a credit insurance company. -
The Progression of Psychographic Research in Marketing Strategies over Time
(2004)This paper strives to identify the changes and continuations in psychographic research that have occurred over time by reviewing multiple studies. By comparing the studies to a past review on the subject (Wells, 1975), ... -
Progressive Organization in International Business
(1964)This paper could in a sense be called the biography of a firm. I have attempted to examine a condition of today, the position of American business in the international field, through the organization, activities and ... -
Project Management
(2012)The purpose of this paper is to review the main components of project management, and show how they apply to an increasingly complex economy. The technological irruption of the last thirty years has promoted innovation ... -
The Projected Impact of the Fisher Body Plant upon the Kalamazoo Labor Market
(1965)It is the intention here to project the impact of the new Fisher Body plant upon the Kalamazoo labor market. Since construction was begun in February of 1965, only a small labor force has been acquired, with complete ... -
The Pros and Cons of the Euro in Britain
(2002)The Euro~ the European national currency, came into effect on January 15, 2002. At present, there are fifteen member countries in the European Union, but only twelve that have chosen to adopt this national currency. The ...