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SUMMARY Originally founded in 1983 as LDDS Communications, today, MCI, Inc. is known as the American telecommunications company that was originally formed as a result of the merger of WorldCom. Currently, MCI, Inc. is headquartered in Ashburn, Virginia but originally WorldCom was headquartered in Clinton, Mississippi (Reardon, 2006). WorldCom’s growing success through acquisitions of other telecommunications firms led it to become the second largest long distance telecommunications company in…

The Shoe That Changed America “AAAAA!” The crowd went crazy when Michael Jordan took “the shot”, this was a series winning, buzzer beater shot made by perhaps one of the best basketball players in history, Michael Jordan. An upcoming star at the University Of North Carolina led his team all the way to a NCAA national title in 1982. This legend went to the Los Angeles olympics for USA’s men's basketball two years later and came back with a gold medal. The same year, Jordan signed an…

The movie Food Inc., released in 2008 criticizes the current methods of food cultivation and processing, especially in the American food industry, for being insensitive to the safety of consumers. The documentary, directed by Robert Kenner Oscar also touches on how other factors such as the income of consumers affect what they eat and the inverse relationship between the profit of food producers and food safety. Kenner starts his movie by tracing the changes in the structure of the food…

Steve Jobs is considered as a famous American Information Technology entrepreneur. He was a great inventor as well as a leader also. He was the co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of the famous information technology organization known as Apple Inc. He described himself as an innovative entrepreneur who believes only in perfection. His innovative ideas and managing style make him different from the other entrepreneurs. His creativity came in front of the people when he designed his own…

Adams, Inc. is engaged in family business and has total of six owners, who own shares in the corporation in equal proportion; however, amongst these six owners only one of them is not related to the Adams family; this is Fred Murray. According to the information, Fred Murray is one of the shareholders and wants to sell his stock back to the corporation. His shares have a FMV of $200,000 dollars and a tax basis of $50,000; the redemption is planned for December 31st, which is the end of the year.…

Brief Overview of Consumer Behavior Schiffman et al. (2014, p. 4) define consumer behavior as the behavior displayed by consumers in searching for, buying, using, evaluating and the disposing of the products and services that they expect will placate their needs. The significance of understanding consumer buying behavior and its processes is of fundamental importance to any business. Lamb, Hair & McDaniel (2008, p. 140) assert that consumer product and service preferences are subject to…

A Case Study of Apple Inc. Using the SWOT and PESTEL Analysis SWOT Analysis The acronym SWOT stands for strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. The SWOT Analysis is used to evaluate a company’s “current situation and future prospects by simultaneously considering internal and external factors” (Rothaermel, pg. 130). Companies use the SWOT analysis because it allows them to company to utilize its internal strengths to take advantage of its external opportunities, while lessoning…

Monsters, Inc. takes place in a fictional, monster world where electricity is created by collecting the screams of human children. Mike and Sulley, two monster friends who work for a large power company, meet a human child (later named “Boo”) and spend the remainder of the film trying to get her out of their monster world and back to her human one. Although this film aims to entertain children, it also comments on the use of scare tactics in parenting, as seen in Sulley and Boo’s parent-child…

Competition is definitely a driving force for success, especially within the free enterprise system of the United States. Steve Jobs, for example, is the a co-founder of Apple, one of the most successful companies in the world. Free enterprise has a significant influence on this company's global dominance. Free enterprise is defined as a system that provides individuals the opportunity to make their own economic decision without restrictions from the government. Steve Jobs is an excellent…

Morningstar, Inc. makes investing easy by simplifying the process for those that are skilled in investing as well as those that possess little knowledge in the area. Proper financial preparation can have a significant impact on one’s future. Mansueto examined the market and created a solution to a problem that existed for those looking to invest. There were no resources for an ordinary person to gain investing information. Mansueto has combined information regarding investing from various…