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Westjet and Corporate Espionage, 2006.
A discussion regarding the case of Westjet Airlines and it's unethical practices.
1,800 words (approx. 7.2 pages), 7 sources, $ 71.95
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This paper reviews the incident of May 29, 2006 when Westjet Airlines ended a two year legal battle with its primary rival Air Canada by conceding that it had committed unethical business practices. The paper discusses how while Westjet's admission and apology together with its paying Air Canada's court costs of CAN $5.5 million and a donation of CAN $10 million to children's charities ended what in the view of the business community was an unprecedented bitterly public quarrel between the two companies, this dispute was widely regarded as a significant case in terms of Canadian business management ethics.
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America?s Space Espionage, 2005.
A report on the book by Philip Taubman "Eisenhower, the CIA, Hidden Story of America?s Space Espionage".
2,500 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 0 sources, APA, $ 75.95
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This paper presents a report on Philip Taubman's book, "Eisenhower, the CIA, Hidden Story of America's Space Espionage" which gives a view into the leaders', policy makers' and engineers perspectives' of the American space espionage in its infancy.
Paper Outline:
Introduction
Eisenhower's Perspective
The CIA's Perspective
Space Age Spying's First Controversy
The Scientist's, Engineer's and Analyst's Perspective
The Terrorism Angle
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"This book demands a greater respect for the Central Intelligence Agency. Even in today's intelligence community, many professionals (at least those in military intelligence) are unaware that the CIA was responsible for developing the high-altitude aircraft and satellite imaging systems that they use in their jobs every day. Mr. Taubman's book helps the reader to understand President Eisenhower's participation and endorsement for the development of these reconnaissance craft, and how he overcame various obstructs due to competition between the military services, Congressional budget bickering, and the easily impressionable perspectives of the American people."
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Soviet Espionage, 2002.
Examining how the history of Soviet espionage has created an extremely paranoid society, very fearful of conspiracy.
2,496 words (approx. 10.0 pages), 3 sources, MLA, $ 75.95
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This paper deals with the essentially paranoid nature of Soviet espionage. It shows how the mentality of the Soviet state was paranoid and conspiratorial even before its inception. Therefore, the Soviet security and intelligence agency was necessarily paranoid and conspiratorial as well. The paranoia that consumed the Soviet leadership undoubtedly paved the way for the creation of the most successful intelligence gathering agency in modern history. This paper shows how the same paranoid mentality inevitably doomed the Soviet security and intelligence agency as an effective intelligence apparatus capable of providing accurate information about foreign operations.
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"From Lenin and Stalin, to those who came afterwards, the domestic and foreign policy of the Soviet Union was based on a steady diet of unsubstantiated conspiracy theories and fanatical paranoia. Thus, it was these two qualities which became the bread and butter of Soviet espionage from its very inception. Throughout the paranoid existence of the Soviet Union, the Soviet security and intelligence agency was used to perform clandestine activities against real and imagined opposition, on a size and scale previously unprecedented in the world of espionage. The agency?s efforts were largely successful in recruiting spies and gathering valuable intelligence information, especially against the Western imperialist powers. However, the Soviet leadership was often so consumed by paranoia that they were unable correctly analyze much of the intelligence information; causing the security and intelligence agency to be largely ineffective, and eventually almost crippling the Soviet espionage apparatus altogether."
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Westjet, 2004.
A strategic analysis of marketing management in the airline industry.
1,854 words (approx. 7.4 pages), 15 sources, MLA, $ 59.95
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This paper examines how, while many previously successful airlines are challenged with labour issues, unsustainable cost structures and complex pricing structures, WestJet succeeds by filling the gaps that the industry has left open through operational and strategic deficiencies. WestJet is perceived as an ?engine of the significant evolution in the airline industry.? It looks at how in 2003, WestJet was named Canada?s second most respected company, ranking first in high quality product and customer service and second in HR management and top of mind categories. It also examines how standardized flights, low prices, humorous promotions and web-based ticketing are the most visible components of WestJet?s marketing strategy and how the underlying key success factor stems from the organization?s low-cost strategic thrust and the eight unique business strategy components that support it. This paper details an analysis of the airline industry, the components that form WestJet's competitive advantage, the future of WestJet and the strategic recommendations to sustain the organization's growth. Included is Porter's Five Forces Model, a competitive analysis of the airline industry and relevant article studies.
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1.0 Industry Analysis: General Overview
2.0 Competitive Environment: Facing Industry Challenges
3.0 WestJet?s Marketing Strategy: Achieving a Unique Position
4.0 Low-Cost: WestJet?s Strategic Thrust
4.1 ?No Frills? Product/Service
4.2 Single Aircraft Type
4.3 High Aircraft Utilization
4.4 Simplified Route Structure
4.5 Ticket-less Distribution
4.6 Intelligent Technological Systems
4.7 Humorous Promotional Tactics
4.8 Company Culture: Tying it all Together
5.0 The Future of WestJet: More Destinations, More Growth
6.0 Strategic Recommendations: Customers, Competitors and Growth
6.1 Customers
6.2 Competitors
6.3 Growth
Exhibit 1 - Porter?s Five Forces Model ? Airline Industry
Exhibit 2 - Competitor Analysis
Exhibit 3 - Strategy ComponentsExhibit 4: Relevant Article Studies
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"In 1987 the government deregulated the Canadian airline industry, allowing airlines to establish fares and conditions without any intervention and dramatically changing the industry dynamics. It is with this change that the ?low-cost? business model fully came to life. Though the subsequent merger of Air Canada (AC) with Canadian Airlines dominated the market for a short time (with AC gaining 80% control over the market), the airlines control over the Canadian skies has not lasted long. With the costs of running a traditional airline escalating, a new strategic thrust has been adopted by both current and new carriers in the market who are now taking advantage of the increased demand for a low-cost no-frills product. Though WestJet is currently dominating the no-frills Canadian market, with a 55% market share for scheduled domestic flights, they have inspired others to adopt the ?low-cost? business model."
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Case Study: WestJet, 2004.
This paper is a case study of about the process of strategic positioning for WestJet Airlines.
675 words (approx. 2.7 pages), 0 sources, APA, $ 23.95
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This paper explains that WestJet needs to position itself to remain successful in the turbulent skies of Canada. The author points out the use of strategic planning in business management. The paper recommends planning tools and techniques in addition to a SWOT analysis, which the company will need to make this decision.
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"WestJet's management team has asked for a recommendation about what planning tools and techniques including but not limited to a SWOT analysis, which can be used to decide how WestJet needs to position itself to remain successful in the turbulent skies. Strategic Planning is a method for positioning an organization to take advantage of its future by capitalizing on opportunities, addressing proactively rather ignoring challenges, providing the kind of leadership that motivates employees toward superior performance, manage change rather than be managed by change, create ..."
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Air Canada vs. WestJet, 2004.
A strategic analysis and comparison between Air Canada and WestJet.
2,554 words (approx. 10.2 pages), 12 sources, MLA, $ 77.95
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Two airlines, Air Canada and WestJet, are in a fierce battle for domestic market share. By analyzing their strategies, this paper seeks to answer the question of whether middle positioning is really a hindrance to growth within the industry. To this end, an overview of each company is presented. In addition, SWOT, PESTEL, and Porter's Five Forces analyses are provided for each company to help determine their strategic advantages and the choices they have made.
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"Air Canada is known as the national airline of Canada. It is the dominant carrier in the country, serving approximately 150 destinations, primarily in Canada and the United States. Air Canada has a fleet of nearly 350 planes, which includes 130 regional aircraft ("Overview - ACE", 2005). The airline's expansion has come due to several strategies. Most importantly was its purchase of domestic rival, Canadian Airlines. In addition, it combined it numerous regional airlines: Air Nova, Air Ontario, AirBC, and Canadian Regional Airlines, to form one large regional carrier, Air Canada Jazz. In addition, Air Canada added two of its budget startups, Tango and ZIP, into its main operations. Lastly, in 2004, Air Canada emerged from bankruptcy protection, and created the new holding company structure, under ACE Aviation Holdings, Inc. ("Overview - ACE", 2005). Air Canada's direct competitors include: WestJet, AMR Corporation, British Airways, Air France, Alaska Air, Cathay Pacific, Continental Airlines, Delta Air, Japan Airlines, KLM, Korean Air, Northwest Airlines, SkyWest, and US Airways ("Competitors - ACE", 2005)."
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Russian Intelligence Structure and Operations, 2002.
Examines how the Russian government pursues its foreign intelligence operations and espionage, specifically in the U.S.
2,466 words (approx. 9.9 pages), 6 sources, APA, $ 75.95
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This paper discusses the workings of the SVR (Russian Foreign Intelligence Service), GRU (Main Intelligence Directorate of General Staff) and FAPSI (Federal Agency for Government Communications and Information). It examines how the changing of the KGB into FSB affected the role of Russian intelligence. The paper explores how the Russians operate their espionage systems all over the world and specifically inside the U.S. Finally, the paper looks at how Cuba and its facilities are helping Russia perform espionage operations in the White House and the Pentagon.
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"The Russian Federation has a significant intelligence capability that it inherited from former Soviet Union. Much of this intelligence collection infrastructure continues to focus on collecting information concerning the United States. Russia has the ability to use IMINT, SIGINT, HUMINT, MASINT and open source analysis to develop all source intelligence products for Russian political leaders, military planners, and industrial concerns. According to FBI, Russian intelligence operations against the United States have increased in sophistication, scope, and number and are likely to remain at a high level for the foreseeable future."
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Historical Importance of the Rosenberg Trial, 2006.
Describes an article on the sentencing of the Rosenbergs for espionage.
920 words (approx. 3.7 pages), 2 sources, MLA, $ 31.95
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This paper examines an article on sentencing of the Rosenbergs for espionage. It places the trial in the context of the political climate of the 1950s in US and Soviet Union. An article from 1951 attached to the report.
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"William R Conklin reported in The New York Times that Judge Irving R Kaufman imposed death sentences on Julius and Ethel Rosenberg after their conviction for stealing the secrets of the atomic bomb for Soviet Russia a third...."
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Robert Hanssen, 2002.
A biography of the life and arrest of FBI agent, Robert Hanssen, for espionage.
2,319 words (approx. 9.3 pages), 11 sources, APA, $ 71.95
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This paper details the life of Robert Hanssen, the FBI agent who was arrested for spying for Russian Intelligence on February 18, 2001. It examines his career and personal life and how, for over a decade, Hanssen obtained and relocated a considerable amount of classified information, unobserved by the FBI.
Outline
Introduction
Early Years
Service to Russia
Initiating the Suspicion
Hanssen?s Personal Life
Arrest and Verdict
FBI?s Pursuit of Robert Hanssen
Clues Leading to Investigation
Under Observation
Comparison with Ames? Case
Allegations against Robert Hanssen
The Robert Hanssen Case and the FBI
Conclusion
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"The FBI watched Hanssen comprehensively and finally made an arrest at the conclusion of a time frame in which, they used some of the most strong surveillance techniques so as to build a case against him. According to the authorities, the FBI operation was made trickier since quite a few number of Hanssen's colleagues were engaged in the investigation. Also, Hanssen had a habit of checking FBI records in an ongoing attempt to see if his activities and communications were being watched by means of computer forensic analysis, substantial covert surveillance, court-authorized searches and other sensitive techniques (7). "
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Rosenberg Case, 2001.
Examines espionage accusation, trial, sentencing & execution of Julius & Ethel Rosenberg as a Cold War event. Purpose of trial, evidence, history of accused, political motivations, protests, conflicts, aftermath.
2,025 words (approx. 8.1 pages), 4 sources, $ 71.95
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"In the book The Haunted Wood, co-authors Allen Weinstein and Alexander Vassiliev give a panoramic view of one particular epoch in American History, the Cold War. Essentially, this book claims to reveal much that is stunning and revealing about the overt and covert conflicts that divided the United States and the Soviet Union in a game of global domination, that, on the surface pitted two great economic theories Communism and Capitalism. Whether the book actually achieves its purpose is not within the scope of this paper.
What is within the scope is to focus on one event from the era of the Cold War and see just how that impacted the United States. That event is the espionage accusation, trial, sentencing ..."
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"Native Speaker" ( Chang-rae Lee ) & "The Manchurian Candidate" ( John Frankenheimer ), 1997.
Examines the novel's & film's exploration of questions of human identity in the realm of political espionage & intrigue.
1,350 words (approx. 5.4 pages), 2 sources, $ 47.95
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" Both the novel Native Speaker by Chang-Rae Lee and the film The Manchurian Candidate (1962), also based on a novel (by Richard Condon), are essentially spy novels, but underlying the plights faced by the leading characters in each are questions of identity. For the main character in Native Speaker, this issue is related to the immigrant experience. Henry Park is not himself an immigrant, having been born in New York, but he is a Korean-American and must face issues of identity related to his ethnic roots and the treatment accorded Koreans in this country. The main character in The Manchurian Candidate is an American as well, without a secondary ethnic identity, but he faces questions of his own identity in a very terrible way as his mind is made to obey the commands of a foreign conspiracy bent on using him to destroy the democratic structure of the United States. Identity.."
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The American Civil War., 2002.
This paper looks at espionage rings and networks of the American Civil War,
1,900 words (approx. 7.6 pages), 6 sources, $ 71.95
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This paper discusses key spies of that era and how they carried out their operations. The author stresses the major female spies for both side and how they influenced the major battles being fought.
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The Supreme Court vs. The First Amendment, 2001.
A look at the famous court case of Charles Schenck, a general secretary of the Socialist Party who published a pamphlet deemed as transgressing the Espionage Act during WWI.
1,200 words (approx. 4.8 pages), 8 sources, MLA, $ 41.95
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This paper examines the case of Charles Schenck, who opposed the war, printed and distributed 15,000 copies of a pamphlet urging citizens to oppose the draft which he likened to slavery. This paper looks at holes in the court ruling and his fight against the ruling calling it unconstitutional.
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"The case Schenck v United States questioned whether Schenck?s actions were protected by the free speech clause of the First Amendment. The Supreme Court ruled against Schenck saying that the Espionage Act did not violate the first amendment and that in times of war the government may place reasonable limitations on freedom of speech. Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes outlined the courts opinion by explaining that when a ?clear and present danger? existed, freedom of speech may be limited. The defendant was found guilty on all counts."
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Norman Mailer's "Harlot's Ghost", 1994.
This paper discusses Norman Mailer's "Harlot's Ghost": Plot, characters, themes of complex political novel exploring global espionage and intrigue, CIA, FBI, Castro and Kennedys.
2,700 words (approx. 10.8 pages), 1 source, $ 95.95
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"Two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Norman Mailer's bestseller, Harlot's Ghost, opens with the narrator, Harry Hubbard, describing his surroundings in Maine. Above the first chapter are the words Omega 1, which refer to a secret autobiographical manuscript that Harry had begun years before (9). When the book begins, Harry is living with his wife, Kittredge, at a place they call the Keep (5). The Keep once belonged to Harry's father, Cal Hubbard, who sold it to his second cousin, Rodman Knowles Gardiner (7). Ironically, Rodman Gardiner is Kittredge's father, and Kittredge gained possession of the Keep on her first marriage (7).
The novel begins innocently enough, with Harry describing his wife's eyes as having "the blue of the sea" and saying that her white skin becomes "luminous in any pale meadow" (5). ... "
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The Age of McCarthyism, 2008.
This paper analyzes the actual threat to American institutions and values posed by the Communist party during the age of McCarthyism.
2,810 words (approx. 11.2 pages), 4 sources, MLA, $ 83.95
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This paper explains that the era of McCarthyism, from the late 1940s to the late 1950s, was characterized by an anti-Communist fervor that was closely associated with investigations engineered by Senator Joseph McCarthy. The author points out that one of the primary claims of anti-Communists, such as Senator McCarthy, was that Communist agents had infiltrated many important American institutions in the service of the interests of the Soviet Union. The paper relates that, while historians dismiss McCarthy's allegations as wildly exaggerated and politically self-serving, it is generally acknowledged that Soviet espionage in the United States was a reality. The author underscores that it is clear that the majority of party members at the end of the 1930s were not interested in the destruction of the United States as a fifth column for foreign interests but instead were interested in furthering social justice in the United States.
Table of Contents:
The Need for Critical Analysis
The Threat of American Communist Espionage
The American Communist Party
The Question of Proportionality
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"This is an important document as it reveals a broader understanding of the Communist Party than the McCarthyism hysteria would suggest. Far from being a threat to "American institutions and values" it would appear, from Howard Johnson's words, that the Communist Party seemed to represented the ideal of American values. Note, in particular, how Johnson addresses the issue of subversion. As students of history, we must recognize that many Communist Party members joined as it offered an organized means of challenging aspects of American society - such as racial segregation - that were both legal and supported by powerful political interests, but nonetheless immoral and inhumane."
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