Collusion

Retailing involves a set of business activities that adds value to the products and services sold to the final consumers for their personal, family or household use. My personal definition or explanation of retailing is the selling of something to earn a profit. Changes in retailing influenced my buying behavior is saving as much money as I can on certain items. Consumer decisions are influenced not only by a retailer’s actual price but also by consumer perceptions of the retailer’s price image…

The biotechnology company Monsanto encapsulates all of the virtues and vices of the transnational corporation. Their connection to the cultivation and development of GMOs and pesticides has led to fervent criticism by many consumer advocates who question the biological effects that such chemicals have on the health of consumers. This criticism has led to many investigations on the inner workings and practices of Monsanto, and such investigations have brought to light corporate impropriety and…

Roberta Kalechofsky writes “Napoleon descends into the psychopathic suspicion that is said to have characterized Stalin’s last years. Investigations are made into the loyalty of some of the animals, and there are many who come forward and confess to collusion with Snowball.”(Kalechofsky 106) Orwell was connecting real people’s actions as a basis for his characters. Joseph Stalin’s actions in the real world mirror some of the actions made by the characters in Animal farm. The farmer’s actions…

cognitive impairment, or even death. As of the Researchers at the National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury, experts found that players who suffered with three or more concussions are more likely to have mild cognitive impairment. Helmet-to-helmet collusions are the reason why some players are left with life time head trauma or even die. Will Benson is a perfect example, a high school quarterback in Austin, Texas…

equilibrium market quantity supplied. The Cournot-Nash equilibrium is not a Pareto-efficient outcome, as both of the players can improve their situation without worsening situation of the second player. For example, the firms could undertake the collusion behavior; the level of the output in a situation both the firms perfectly cooperate, is depicted below. The levels of output are lower than in the case of the absence of cooperation, thus providing both the firms with greater…

After many tragic natural disasters in Haiti, the country was left weakened and vulnerable. With the help of other outside governments, Haiti received well deserved help, but not enough to fully mend it. For years, governments worldwide have interfered in other governments in need of assistance. Countries have helped strengthen and rebuild governments, which creates a sense of peace between them. Government intervention is controversial because some say that it should be strictly limited as it…

The Alexandria Business Association (ABA) is classified as a non-profit foundation that develops initiatives and utilises innovative approaches to supply small and micro-enterprises (SMEs) with a line of credit to support growth and development. ABA aims to develop and promote existing small and micro enterprises to raise funds and income of SMEs, to help the transformation of SMEs from the informal sector to the formal sector, and ultimately contributing to solving and reducing the radical and…

Over the past few centuries of mistreatment and oppression on African-Americans, labor such as the treatment of Black slaves and laws pertaining slaves have evolved and have significantly impacted the social organization of Black communities. Social organization regards to the composition of a community- politically, socially and economically in regard to the greater scope of society. Labor impacts the social organization of Black communities by oppressing African-Americans, dehumanizing slaves…

Landlords, in collusion with corrupt government officials, used acts of arson as a tactic to clear the blighted areas of the Bronx which also housed the new immigrants. Social activist, Tang would like to know, for instance, why no other place was chosen to settle the refugees…

Homer once stated “what he greatly thought, he nobly dared”. These words eloquently written in Homer’s epic poem, The Odyssey, capture how Odysseus’ personality traits and attributes positively affect the hero status he has earned. His courage, wisdom, and intelligence drive his quest to return home to be reunited with his wife Penelope, and son Telemachus. Over the span of twenty years, Odysseus, pushed to the limits physically through battle, uses his will and perseverance to come out a hero.…