Abstract This paper explains that, with all the different models and their variations, it is important for a company to select one or a combination of models best suited to the organizational business plan. The author points out that the brokerage model, which brings buyers and sellers together, includes online auctions, such as eBay.com, and search agents that search the Internet for requested pricing or products, such as Indeed.com. The paper relates that the merchant model is used by Lands' End and Apple iTunes music store. The author explains that the affiliate model offers various purchase opportunities wherever people may be surfing by offering financial incentives to the site owner. The paper explains that the online shopping mall Amazon.com, which uses a combination e-marketing model, provides buyers with a "one stop shopping" experience, by handling the entire transaction from selection, payment to fulfillment and shipping for its virtual merchants such as Target and Weight Watchers.
Table of Contents:
Introduction
Brokerage Model
Merchant Model
Affiliate Model
Amazon.com
4 P's of Marketing
Conclusion
References
From the Paper "Amazon.com is constantly looking at the different means for reaching new and existing customers, whether it is a specific email campaign that is written to the 4 P's of email marketing: Permission, Privacy, Profiling and Personalization. They only email potential customers who have given their permission to receive emails. They respect the privacy of their customer's information. Amazon.com is well known for gathering information on their customer's spending habit which allows them to personalize their emails to their customers. By understanding their customer's buying habits and interests, they are in affect creating individualized marketing campaigns.".
Abstract This paper discusses party affiliation and how it influences how the government in the United States operates. It also discusses other important influences that exist. The paper then discusses the reasons for the difficulty that exists for a new party to gain power in government because of the two party system that currently exists.
Table of Contents:
Party Affiliation Difficulty in Adding a New Party
From the Paper "There are also some institutional factors, which limit the influence of party affiliation by members of Congress. The President and other party leaders may assist Congressmen in their election, but ultimately members are responsible to their constituents first. They may follow an ideological group or a bi-partisan coalition on an issue if it is what their voters want.
"In recent years there has been a growth in earmarks, the funding of specific projects often targeted to a specific Congressman's district. If distributed by the party these can increase discipline and be used as a way of rewarding loyalty. Also a popular president or former president might campaign on behalf of party loyalists, helping out at re-election time."
Abstract The paper examines the actual impact of church membership and religious affiliation upon partisanship of those church members and religious adherents. The paper looks at research on religion in the Latino community and amongst African-American women and refers to two Pew Research Center reports. The paper concludes that religious affiliation has historically and traditionally affected the resultant voting choices of individuals in the United States, but there has been a growing trend to judge candidates more individually than from just the party view of that candidate when it comes to a choice in the voting process.
Outline:
Statement of Thesis
Introduction
Churches and Political Engagement Examined
Relevance of Large Social Networking Involvement
Examination of Voting of African-American Women
Pew Research Center Report
Pew Research Center Report (2003)
Summary and Conclusion
From the Paper "The work of Kelly and Kelly (2005) entitled: "Religion and Latino Partisanship in the United States" reports a research study in the Latino community, which has until now been little studies in relation to religious affiliation and the effect of that affiliation on the partisanship of the community. This study utilized data from the 1990-2000 National Election Studies in examining both the religious affiliation and the level of religious commitment among Latinos and focused on the effects of these statistics on the political affiliation of the Latino group. Findings in this study include that the classification of Latinos into two groupings of either being Catholic or non-Catholic is a faulty classification and additionally findings are stated that religious significantly influences Latino partisanship."
Abstract Case study analysis of the industrial characteristics and performance of affiliates of MNE? s in India. India's main strategic advantages over other developing countries are the availability of a large pool of highly skilled and technically qualified manpower at a low cost, a highly diversified and relatively well-developed industrial base, which also adds to the availability of experienced engineering and managerial cadres. Large domestics market, and access to primary resources and raw materials such as iron ore, bauxite, jute and tea.
FDI and Comments on the Governments Policy Formulation
for Promotion of MNE? s
Imperative of Attracting Export-Oriented FDI through
MNE? s
A Professional Approach to Promotion
Evolution of Government Policy in Conjunction with
Promotion of MNE? s
Government Policy and Trends in Foreign Investments and
Collaboration
Concluding Remarks
Abstract According to both late and contemporary social theorists, Max Weber's greatest and best-articulated work falls within the realms of religious discourse. It is Weber's writing, ?The Protestant Ethic and Spirit of Capitalism,? that signifies Weber's most well-known and disputed work.
This paper looks at Weber's religious affiliation throughout the course of his life and identifies the roots of his religious curiosity. In addition, the paper explores some of Weber's theories pertaining to religion. This research also addresses the legitimacy of "The Protestant Ethic and The Spirit of Capitalism" from the angle of Weber's critics while addressing other aspects of Weber's religious ideas.
From the Paper "As Weber's work continued, he began to write of persons known as pariah. Weber became interested in this group because of the route they took to achieve capitalistic success. Unlike the Protestants, which will be discussed later in this paper, the pariah people were individuals thatwere a member of a persecuted group due to their religious affiliation. The Jews are the example, or ideal type, that Weber often discusses. Jewish persons have attained great economic success in the United States, and Weber attributes this to their struggle against persecution. Although this route towards achieving economic success differs greatly from that of the Protestants, Weber adds legitimization to their plight. Weber's work on Pariah people holds true today in the current U.S. society. Jewish Americans are among the most economically successful religious groups of today. There is little dispute over the validity of the theory of the Pariah people by modern social theorists. It appears to be a well-accepted doctrine."
Abstract This paper explains that the unique site instantwheel.com will sell via the internet automobiles wheels to be used primarily by customers who have bought these automobiles at a low price and desire to beautify them. The author analyzes the business of its competitor VCT wheels who has both a brick and mortar and internet business. The paper stresses that, when joining affiliate programs, these sites must have a large number of visitors of their own because instantwheel.com is not likely to generate much traffic initially.
Table of Contents
Introduction
Industry Analysis
Competitive Analysis
Unique Selling Position
WIFM
Acquisition Plan
Grassroots
Contests or Sweepstakes
Advertising
SEM
Advertisement Headline
Retention Plan
Collection of E-Mail Addresses
E-mail Marketing Plan
Newsletter
Monetization Plan
From the Paper "This will take quite some time in doing, though it will take much less time, than conducting market research. The costs also will be much less than the tens of thousands of dollars that would have been required for market research if done directly, with questionnaires and going from house to house. However, the requirement for starting on this is the development of Unique Selling Proposition, and then conducting the research on the market is possible. These also make it possible for the entire set up to be set up in a manner where the person thinking of it originally is a venture partner."
Abstract This paper explores the perceptions that those who ascribe to political affiliations can be successfully labeled and thereafter categorized according to specific preferences and goals associated with the label in question. The paper argues that despite the fact that these events occur with depressing frequency, the process of attaching a label to a certain individual or organization does not result in any actual outcomes.
From the Paper "Political Science: Exploring Labels of Political Alignment "Liberal, conservative, neoliberal, neoconservative, not to mention paleoconservative; new left and old left, socialist and democratic socialist- these terms are difficult to pin down with a hard and fast definition even if one thinks only right now. Worse yet, if one tries to define these terms over decades, not to mention a couple of centuries, it is impossible. It is almost as if this array of ill-defined terms serves to confuse the average citizen, to distract her [or his] attention from the fact that the wealthy and powerful have been getting wealthier and more powerful over the past couple of decades with tax cuts favoring the more wealthy, with the American government taking the lead in the world in pushing for globalization even as a decreasing percentage of American workers have health insurance or secure retirement benefits." [
Abstract The paper discusses the factors that an aerospace company should consider when seeking to expand its operations. Specifically referring to Affiliated Aerospace Enterprises (AAE), the paper suggests that
a comparison be made with France and the United States as potential locations for AAE's new production facility and discusses the advantages and disadvantages of each. The paper follows with an analysis of the impact of a decline in the exchange rate and appropriate responses for AAE.
Outline:
Executive Summary
Factors to Consider in Entering New Foreign Markets
Comparison of France and the United States for Expansion Purposes
Impact of a Decline of the Sterling Exchange Rate and Appropriate Responses
Multiplier Effects of Investments in Research and Development
From the Paper "Companies seeking to expand their operations into foreign markets have much to consider because there is a lot at stake. According to Stanat and West (1999), "Entry into the global marketplace is a form of diversification and needs to be treated just as carefully as consideration of a new product or a new market sector. The biggest limitation to globalization is the lack of will to engage in and drive a global marketing program" (p. 35). Two of the biggest challenges involved in such foreign market expansion efforts are acquiring the resources needed for such initiatives and developing a keen understanding of the differences represented by the target country. In this regard, one authority advises, "Regardless of whether the new venture always intended international expansion or whether it pursues expansion after it becomes established, the firm faces many difficulties (e.g., acquiring needed resources, understanding target market differences, etc.) in its international expansion efforts."
Abstract The paper outlines ten suggestions to improve the Argot company through information technology. The paper discusses the benefits of
a company wide email system, instant messaging services, the use of VoIP, developing a corporate web site, having an e-commerce web site, providing a corporate online newsletter, using affiliate marketing programs, accepting credit cards online, using XML for the e-commerce web site and finally, developing a database. The paper therefore shows how Argot International has technologically oriented solutions available for a low cost.
Outline:
Introduction
The Solutions
Conclusion
From the Paper "Argot International has been suffering lately in the business field, facing financial difficulties as a result of strong competition from Germany and Japan. The company, which manufactures special machines for farms and food processing plants, while selling to wholesalers and clients, has been considering making upgrades to their information technology sector, but worries about costs associated with technological solutions. The following is a list of ten suggestions to improve the company through information technology, but while still allowing the company relatively little impact upon their budget."
Tags: messaging, services, email, VoIP, website, database, affiliate, marketing, XML
Abstract The primary research question that investigated through the conduct of this research paper was: Are there specific characteristics of the lives of adolescents that are linked to violent behaviors in school environments, and, if so, what are these characteristics? Three hypotheses were formulated and tested in this study. Firstly, adolescents from dysfunctional and functional families are characterized by a higher frequency of violent offending in school than persons from stable families; secondly, adolescents who use illegal drugs are characterized by a higher frequency of violent offending in school than students who do not use such drugs; and, thirdly, adolescents who are affiliated with street gangs are characterized by a higher frequency of violent offending in school than students with no such affiliations.
The major conclusion drawn from the study findings was that violent behavior on the part of adolescents in school environments are linked directly to characteristics of the lives of adolescents. A second conclusion drawn was that the sociological theory of interaction is useful in explaining adolescent violent behavior. The paper includes tables.
From the Paper "Crime, especially violent criminal behavior, by teenagers is a major social and criminal justice problem in the contemporary United States (Brantly & DiRosa, 1994). In the face of numerous initiatives from all levels of government, however, criminal and violent behavior has continued to increase in frequency. A wide variety of explanations are offered for this phenomenon; however, few such explanations have proved valid over the long-term (Wilson, 1994). One explanation offered for the increase in juvenile criminal and violent behavior is desensitization."
Abstract A five-page paper on Yoko Ono's artistic work and career and her affiliation of with the sixties avant-garde art movement 'Fluxus' with affiliated and her impact on the Creative process of John Lennon as well as the other Beatles.
Abstract This paper explores the interrelationships between Frederick Douglass' life and the abolition movement. In particular, the paper focuses on Douglass' affiliation with William Lloyd Garrison and his followers and discusses the significance of this affiliation for the abolitionist movement.
From the Paper "William Lloyd Garrison was, like Douglass, a towering figure in the fight to abolish slavery. Just as Douglass' attendance at a speech of Garrison's changed his life, Garrison's attendance at a speech of Douglass' influenced the course of the abolitionist movement. At the time, Douglass was a travelling speaker for the Massachusetts Anti-Slavery Society (Foner 27). His job was to travel around Massachusetts giving speeches about his life as a slave in order to raise awareness of the evils of slavery. Garrison was astute in recognizing that Douglass' potential was great. Although Garrison himself was a renowned orator, he could not, as a white man, give a first hand account of the life of a slave. Rather, he most often talked of the immoral nature of slavery, and that it should be abolished on moral grounds. Douglass, however, was a riveting speaker whose accounts of his trials as a slave drew large crowds. He was thus an asset to the abolitionist cause."
Tags: institution, slave, abolished, freedom, basic, human, rights, anti-slavery, society
Abstract This paper provides a general overview of adolescent substance abuse, including a discussion of some of the more salient societal implications involved. A description of the statistics concerning adolescent substance abuse and its incidence among various groups is followed by a discussion of social identity theory, group affiliation and their respective influence on adolescent substance abuse patterns. An analysis of some of the more common types of substances typically abused by American adolescents today is also followed by a discussion of the various factors that have been shown to contribute to adolescent substance abuse behaviors and place these young people at higher risk of becoming substances abusers, as well as some behaviors that have been shown to mediate such risk.
Outline:
Introduction
General Overview
Societal Implications
Statistics/Incidence of Adolescent Substance Abuse
Social Identity Theory, Group Affiliation and Their Influence on Adolescent Substance Abuse
Types of Substances Typically Abused by Adolescents
Factors Contributing to Adolescent Substance Abuse Behaviors
Summary
From the Paper "Calculating the precise incidence of substance abuse among adolescence has been complicated by the fact that some minority groups appear to be specifically targeted for such testing when they present for emergency treatment at many American hospitals today. For example, the results of an analysis of data collected on adolescents (aged 12 through 17 years) from the National Trauma Data Bank to identify the incidence of alcohol and drug testing in adolescents admitted for traumatic injury by Marcin and his colleagues (2003) found significant differences in the likelihood of alcohol and drug testing being ordered by the treating clinicians for different racial, ethnic, and gender groups which demonstrated an increased likelihood of Hispanic males and African American females to receive alcohol testing, but did not identify any systematic attempt at racial bias; this study, though, did determine that females of all races were less likely than males to test positive for alcohol and drugs (Marcin et al., 2003). "
Abstract The paper discusses Chapter 17 of Weber's work "The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism" entitled "Religious Affiliation and Social Stratification" that contends that the Protestant religious beliefs have had an immense contribution to the development of capitalism. The paper then explores how Weber asserts that the real capitalism originated in Europe and is a Western phenomenon. Finally, the paper looks at Weber's treatment of bureaucracy and its characteristics.
Outline:
Religious Affiliation and Social Stratification
The Origins of Industrial Capitalism in Europe
Bureaucracy
From the Paper ""The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism", a study of Max Weber, a German economist and sociologist, written in 1904 highlights the idea that capitalism has appeared as a direct consequence of the fact that the Protestant ethic has determined large numbers of people to engage in work in the secular world, developing their own enterprises and starting activities related to trade in order to become wealthy. This conception, named also "the Weber thesis" has inspired many of the modern economic theories and has somehow made the connection between one's spiritual beliefs and his or her approaches in the professional arena ("The Protestant Ethic and the Spirit of Capitalism, Social Research, Vol. XI, 1944")."
Tags: West, social, class, bureaucracy, economic, theory
