Essays on Hog

It is one of the ironies of history that the “old west” was actually the last area of the north American continent to be settled. By 1860, for example, San Francisco, California was a booming city of 56,802 persons making it the 15th largest city in the nation (San Francisco Population). Kansas City, meanwhile, had a population of 4,418 (U.S. Census Bureau). Denver, Colorado was already the “Queen City of the Plains” with a population of 4,749 (Population of Denver, CO). These three communities are important since Denver and Kansas City represent the western and eastern ...

PORK INDUSTRY IN THE U.S.A

Introduction

The pork industry in the U.S has taken a tremendous change in the recent past, especially with the introduction of large-scale fabrication of the produce by a few individuals in the country. However, the shift in the production to include a few players that engage in large scale production is a worry to many people in the country, an aspect that has led to heated debates. The widespread discrimination experienced by consumers is a major aspect that has contributed to the change in production trend. Consumers' taste has significantly changed in the recent past, ...

Executive Summary

Macau is a very attractive gaming destination in the Asia Pacific region, just across the border for Hong Kong. This city attracts a large number of tourists and international visitors. It has also seen a rapid growth in establishment of large gaming companies, ever since liberalization for gaming operators in 2002. This must have actually spurred economic growth, and boosted SMEs, which are the economic growth power engines. However, unfortunately this is not the case, primarily because of the intense pressure on manpower, which is contributing to labour turnover in Macau, so much that, almost 30% of the SMEs are facing closure ...

Executive Summary

China is a very attractive gaming destination in the Asia Pacific region. This city attracts a large number of tourists and international visitors. It has also seen a rapid growth in the establishment of large gaming companies, ever since liberalization for gaming operators in 2002. This must have actually spurred economic growth, and boosted SMEs, which are the economic growth power engines. This paper explores the role of SMEs in an emerging economies, the role of manpower in SMEs, as well as understanding the key success factors of the SMEs in China.

Introduction

SMEs are the growth engines for any economy in the ...

Forewords

Hong Kong, a British colony for around one hundred and fifty years, has been maintaining a distinct cultural identity even after its annexation to mainland China in 1997. Food has a pride of place in the culture of Hong Kong. One can have dim sum, hot pot, fast food, and rarest of delicacies there. Hong Kong cuisine has the influence of both the western and eastern countries having its unique style (Okumus, Okumus & McKercher, 2007). According to Okumus et al. (2007), “Hong Kong, makes extensive use of food as part of its core positioning statement” (p.253).Numerous types of meals are served ...

Integrated Social Sciences

Over the years, there have been many empirical studies on quality management in different organizations especially businesses. These studies have examined empirically and critically the achievements of both global and domestic businesses over the years. It is common knowledge that these organizations and businesses had different systems of management, organization and leadership. One among these forms of leadership is team-oriented leadership, organization or management. It has been a question of interest to figure out whether team-oriented organizations improve streamlined processes in institutions and business, and worker productivity or not ("Leadership Theories and Studies - organization, system, style, manager, definition, model, ...

Introduction

Pragmatically, the deviant behaviour of white-collar criminals provides students of sociology a different exploration of how human nature works in clandestine operations in plain view. Society, at least superficially does not suspect a so-called white-collar individual of criminal behaviour in general, as stereotypes tend to lead people’s thoughts in the direction one way or another. While, the dishevelled, unkempt, anti-social “looking” individual exists as suspect of deviant behaviour by his/her mere appearance including labelled as a criminal in some regards, the white collar individual stands in society appearance wise as an upstanding citizen (Goode 2008).

Historically, the concept of white collar is not so new:

Edwin Sutherland created the concept of ...

Executive Summary

China is a very attractive gaming destination in the Asia Pacific region. This city attracts a large number of tourists and international visitors. It has also seen a rapid growth in the establishment of large gaming companies, ever since liberalization for gaming operators in 2002. This must have actually spurred economic growth, and boosted SMEs, which are the economic growth power engines. This paper explores the role of SMEs in an emerging economies, the role of manpower in SMEs, as well as understanding the key success factors of the SMEs in China.

Introduction

SMEs are the growth engines for any economy in the ...

(Student’s Full Name)

The name of the case is Hog Trough v. Slop Shack.

STATEMENT OF FACTS

Darla Meen is suing Nosy Pooch, a former employee of her restaurant, Hog Trough for using her recipes in his newly opened restaurant, Slop Shack. Ms. Meen, the respondent, claims that the recipes are hers because she ‘paid’ for them while Mr. Pooch was employed at her restaurant. She is also suing Mr. Pooch for trademark infringement. The respondent claims that the petitioner used a uniform in his new restaurant which is similar to hers. Ms. Meen claims further that Mr. Pooch used a billboard advertisement which ...

Introduction

North Carolina State, with its distinctive mix of industries, from biotech, banking, and information technology to the traditional sectors of tobacco, furniture, hog farming, as well as, textiles and apparel is among the wealthiest states in United States of America. The overall gross state product (GSP) for North Carolina in 2010 was 424.9 billion U.S dollars, making the state the ninth richest state in terms of GDP. In the year 2011, the North Carolina’s labor force was about 4.5 million. The working populace in North Carolina is essentially employed across all the industries. North Carolina is a key producer ...

Abstract

This paper is on Harley Davidson’s strategic management of its mission, vision and stakeholders and the degree to which Harley Davidson is proceeding towards it. Also this paper will identify relevant stakeholders and discussion over Harley Davidson’s alignment towards it strategic direction. Finally, some recommendation will be offered to Harley Davidson’s executives on the basis of findings and analysis of data and history.

Introduction

Harley Davidson’s Mission is "We ride with our customers and apply this deep connection in every market we serve to create superior value for all of our stakeholders" (“corporate-ir”). In retail, ...

African-American Crops in America: An Overview

The wide range of food crops was directly brought from Africa throughout the transatlantic slave trade. These staple foods were eaten by enslaved African-American. The foods were blended with meat and fish, or with the palm oil. The meals used by the African-Americans comprised of black-eyed peas, okra, callaloo, seasoned with pepper and salt. Other food crops from the African continent included peanuts, sorghum, melon, watermelon, yams, and sesame. These harvests were incorporated into the mainstream American foodways and were a well-known major ingredient found in the original cookbooks written by local Southern Americans. All through the period, though, ...

Internal Analysis

Introduction Harley Davidson Inc. has managed to successfully establish itself as the premiere heavy bike brand in the world, through a corporate strategy that has relied heavily on careful brand positioning, continuous innovation and adaptation as well as an intensive focus on its core product. With a history that involves operations in three different centuries, HD has succeeded in overcoming several obstacles and navigating past difficult periods encountered throughout its existence, by reinforcing its key strengths and nullifying weaknesses. Harley Davidson’s position in a highly competitive and continuously evolving industry has been firmly entrenched through centuries of hard work and ...

A Maple Leaf Food Inc is a Canadian company whose business is deals in bakery, meat and meals. This company serves the Canadian people and the North Americans in wholesale and retail. The company has presence in Canada, across the north Americas and the whole world especially Europe, Asian countries like Japan, china in franchises and through the exports in their products. The company’s operations have segments in three main groupings which are in meat, bakery and the agribusiness. The meat products group deals in valued added fresh meats, the chilled and the ready to cook and eat ...

The American food system as often regarded as unhealthy, several issues are being associated to the way Americans produce their foods such as animal cruelty and too much commercialization by large corporations. However, it appears that the multinational corporations are the ones that control most of the food production in North America. Creating the film documentary is quite a challenge. The filmmakers were denied of access to many of the factories and farms. “It was nearly impossible to gain access to industrial farms and into large food corporations”. First, they would not let any of the crew and it felt ...

The period of history that spans between the arrivals of Patrick Henry and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., contains some of the most significant instances of paradox within a political system. The United States was formed, in large part, because of the rallying cry “Give me liberty, or give me death!” When the American Revolution ended, of course, a portion of the founding Constitution of the nation declared that blacks who were slaves counted as three-fifths of a person, in terms of taxation and representation. In some of the states, blacks were free; in others, they could be bought and sold as ...

Writing Styles within Non Fiction

“Hogs Wild” by Ian Frazier and “Tentacles of Rage” by Lewis Lapham are both informative articles on their respective subject matters. However, their writing styles and choice of language differs greatly. While both are interesting, in essence, Frazier adopts a more comfortable, welcoming tone, which is likely to attract more readers. In “Hogs Wild,” Frazier discusses the rise in numbers of wild hogs in the U.S. The article is written in a conversational and accessible manner. From the first sentence, readers are provided with a decent introduction to the subject and are made to feel comfortable: “Of all the domesticated animals, ...

Summary of the Jeff Tietz’s Article The Boss Hog

In his article The Boss Hog published on December 14, 2006 in the Rolling Stone journalist Jeff Tietz analyzes the current state of the Smithfield Foods, the biggest US pork processor. The amount of the annually killed animals is incredible and equals to 27 million hogs. Furthermore, the author points out on another problem: pigs’ excrements and wastes. The substance is toxic because pigs are fed with lots of antibiotics and pills, which preserve their immune system and let them alive before they are killed at the slaughterhouses. Excrements can be pulled into rivers due to the fact that ...