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*Views over private prisons can range anywhere from constitutional private industry to illegal, draconian atrocities. The controversy over private prisons in the United States has been raging since 1983, when Corrections Corporation of America [CCA] received its first contract from the U.S. Department of Justice (“CCA - Our History,” 2013). Supporters of private prisons believe they save taxpayers money, but opposers claim that private prisons consistently have worse conditions than their public…

for the company. The potential agency cost in association with the separation of ownership and management induce a conflict-mitigation role for dividend payments. Meckling and Jensen (1976), and Jensen (1986) find that paying dividends reduces the free cash flow under the discretion of management and dividend payouts play the role of signaling the agency costs reduction rather than profitability in the future. Rozeff (1982) and Easterbrook (1984) argue that dividend payouts force companies to…

discussion of New Oriental School’s challenges and opportunities of the global environment that it is facing, the following session will adopt SWOT analysis of which a brief internal analysis including the company’s strength and weakness and external analysis including the company’s opportunities and threats are being considered. 4.1. SWOT analysis 4.1.1. Strength One competitive advantage of New Oriental School is its strong brand name in the local China market. Being the first listed…

announced the $42 billion merger “General Electric 2000 Merger Sub, Inc.” with Honeywell (HON), a rival industrial conglomerate. GE is an American multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Fairfield, Connecticut. It is the only company listed in the Dow Jones Industrial Index today that was also included in the original index in 1896. In 2000, General Electric employed 223,000 people in over one hundred countries, counting 85,000 in Europe only , and reported net earnings of…

http://worldwide.erau.edu/degrees-programs/programs/bachelors/index.html was used for part of the logical reasons to invest. Short Conclusion In summary, ERAU trains all of the employees that Southwest Airlines would need to remain a functional company, and the projected stock outlook for LUV appears to continue to increase. Interpreting the collected data, SWA appears to be not only a good investment, but also a profitable one. Based on the research and the data collected, it is recommend that…

background of China Unicom will be introduced, and their relevant training system will be shown. E-training as for the new training approach, some interview results of it will be concluded. It will conclude through the timeline of the case study identifying and implementing; moreover, it will show the fact without any comments; the discussion will be in the following chapters. 4.2 Company Background and Basic Information China United Network Communications Group Co., Ltd ("China Unicom") was…

Another new program which was started the Phoenix Ground Support Equipment shop is Electrification Program. Which plans to take on the efforts to eliminate waste, reduce costs, save on emissions, and reduce their impact to the local community. In 2015, Southwest…

LASA 2—Company Analysis Report Strategic Overview: Coach, Inc. (COH) started out in 1941 as a family-owned business manufacturing handbags in a Manhattan workshop. In 1985, Coach was bought out by Sara Lee. In 2000, 19.5% of Coach’s outstanding shares were sold to investors and the company was listed on the New York Stock Exchange. In 2001, Sara Lee then sold the remaining Coach shares to existing shareholders via an exchange offer. Sara Lee has since split into two companies, one of which now…

principles and applications in his company, Berkshire Hathaway. Then we consider best practices about leadership succession and compare them with the approach at Berkshire Hathaway. Business succession of Mr. Buffett being an important issue to which a clear path has not been presented publically and has not been confirmed to exist internally, within the company. Introduction In the early 60's, Mr. Buffett bought a textile business and transformed it in a holding company of which he became…

currency), is unreliable in banks and can cause delays while trying to exchange in business transactions and because of Ethiopia’s absence in the World Trade Organization (WTO), there is no way to regulate the coin, the value, and its exchanging mechanisms. In 2012, the US FDI in Ethiopian stock was $11M, and this reflected a 22.2% increase from 2011. Despite these promising figures, there are some investment barriers listed by the United States Trade Representative (USTR). As far as…