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Considering a Call Center at L.L. Bean
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An 11 page paper discussing the advantages to information management of the computer-telephone integrated call center, including the implications brought by Internet protocol (IP) telephony. The customer-focused, automated call center provides a broad solution to many business dilemmas. It provides enhanced customer service that is automated and managed yet appears highly personal to the customer, and it can increase the company's competitive advantage with its customers. Information is tailored to the needs of the business, summarized for analysis and centralized for access. Per-seat call center costs have decreased so that its advantages are available to many more companies now than in the past. With L.L. Bean's commitment to superlative customer service and treating "customers like human beings," the call center provides solution for many of the issues facing L.L. Bean in the current climate of intense retail competition and the need for current and reliable information management. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
Filename: KSLLBean.doc

Considering Activity-Based Costing
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A 3 page paper discussing the differences that allocating costs in proportion with the processes that create them can cause in the quality of cost and profit information. Part 1 provides results with allocated and unallocated costs; Part 2 evaluates the results of the deli and fresh prepared foods departments of a large grocery store. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: KSacctABCaafes.rtf

Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (COBRA)
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A 12 page paper. The Consolidated Omnibus Budget Resolution Act (COBRA) was passed by Congress in 1985. The continuation of health provisions for certain individuals are contained in Title X of COBRA, which was signed into law as Public Law 99-272 on April 7, 1986. It was the first time the federal government had become involved with private sector health benefits. This paper reports the events that qualify workers to continue group health plans and for the duration of the continued coverage. The writer also discusses financial and political aspects of the law. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: PGcobra.wps

Consolidation in the HVAC Industry
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A 20 page paper discussing reasons for so much consolidation occurring now, its benefits and consequences. One of the hallmarks of the "new" economy is that intense consolidation is taking place in most industries. Fragmentation results from myriad companies working in the same industry developing their own forms of operation and approach to their businesses. When those companies come to believe it advisable that they combine forces, the melding of their respective corporate cultures is an aspect of their merger that must be met with as much analysis and consideration as that given to financial reports and current business results. This is true in any industry, including heating, ventilation and air conditioning. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: KS-HVAC.doc

Constraints and Opportunities Facing WalMart
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This 6 page paper considers the micro economic factors which influence organisations. To demonstrate this the well known company WalMart has been used as an example. The paper argues that micro factors are just as important as the more widely recognised macro economic factors. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
Filename: TEwalmat.wps

Constructing a LAN (Computer Networking)
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An advanced-level 9 page research paper on techniques, procedures, and standards for the successful establishment of a Layered Approach Network (L.A.N.) in business settings. The ISO's definition of seven layers of network structure are explained as are recommended tools, cable, and so on. Issues concerning the construction of the LAN are then described layer by layer. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: Network.doc

Constructing a Research Interview
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This 4 page paper discusses some of the factors that have to be addressed in order to construct a research interview for a company seeking to do business in a foreign country; the example used is Japan. Bibliography lists 1 source.
Filename: HVConRes.rtf

Construction Cost Factors
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A 3 page paper reviewing economic factors affecting the construction industry in Southern California during the first quarter of 2006 and for the short-term future beyond. Current price pressures originate with Katrina-related rebuilding and spiraling fuel costs that are leading to increased inflation. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: KSeconConst06.rtf

Construction Industry in China
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This 15 page paper examines the construction industry in China and assesses the potential for a foreign company to enter the housing construction market. The paper includes industry growth trends performance and profit levels, market structure and barriers to entry. The paper then outlines how entry to the market though a joint venture would take place. The bibliography cites 12 sources.
Filename: TEconstructchina.rtf

Construction Law and Individual States
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This 10 page report discusses the bidding process and how it relates to state governments’ building and construction processes. Comparisons are made between the states of Washington and Oregon -- states with a common border and similar climates, although the population of Washington is significantly larger than that of Oregon. As a point for a third comparison, the report also considers the state of Virginia -- a different coast, a much larger population, and a much smaller geographic region. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: BWconlaw.rtf