Essays on Business

Technological Innovation and the Rise of Online Shopping Technological innovation has changed the way many businesses market their products, as well as the way consumers access these items. Though machinery assists companies in increasing their productivity and meeting high demands, the Internet allows consumers to easily access goods on the market....

Cummings' poem, Everyone Lived in a Pretty How Town, raises concern about how people value relationships in urban areas. Cumming portrays contemporary relationships as fading, claiming that people no longer value others. Instead, they respect their own selves and only see their industries as essential, and they show no care...

A headline read, “It's a duck, it's a jet... no, it's a pair of Air Jordans.” The sporting world went nuts as Michael Jordan set off for a dunk from the free-throw line. He was no longer Jordan; he had changed his name to Jumpman. The slogan for the shoe...

Worth Jenifer discusses the first and second installments of Marjane Satrapi's novel Persepolis. The two novels are unconventional solo performances that can be read as an articulated solo performance that Satrapi would otherwise deny. Satrapis' Comic Relief and Social Change Satrapi provides comic light relief when juxtaposing the macabre imagery of revolt and...

In today's global economy, there are many business models. Perfect competition, imperfect competition, duopoly, oligopoly, and many others are examples. Many of these industry structures are influenced by different settings and modes of action. They are both affected by demand and resource rivalry. The optimal market competition and the imperfect...

Jacques Cartier's Passion for Discovery and Entrepreneurship Jacques Cartier's passion for discovery and entrepreneurship made him a great all-rounder, which paid off in many ways, including his discovery of quartz crystals and iron pyrites, and his love affair with India. This article explores his life and legacy in more detail. It...

Rapid advances in the area of information technology have played a significant role in the transformation of numerous national firms into Multinational Corporations over the years (MNCs). Furthermore, the developments have aided in the growth and operation of global information systems (IS). Nike is a prime example of a multinational...

Nike Advertisements: A Comparison of Appeal and Effectiveness Nike is a brand that has been well-known for its outstanding commercials over the course of its fifty-year existence. The corporation has created a variety of printed advertisements over the years, and this paper examines an ad from the 1980s as well as...

In terms of social interaction and ease of doing things, technology is one of man's greatest achievements. This has mostly occurred in the area of social media, where the advent of sites such as Facebook and Instagram has resulted in humans becoming more linked than ever before. Since major business...

Stephen Marche's article 'Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?' Stephen Marche's article 'Is Facebook Making Us Lonely?' focuses on the increasing levels of isolation and the connection of social networking sites, especially Facebook, with the same. In the beginning, the author used realistic scenarios such as the suicide of a former Playboy...

With a new surge in mass incarceration figures into the twenty-first century, it is clear that the American experiment has failed as a result of increased awareness, a state that has compelled stakeholders at both the federal and state levels to embrace strategies aimed at reducing the scale of imprisonment....

Dieselgate, as the controversy is known, was one of the world's worst corporate scandals in the car industry. Volkswagen was established in 1937 to let more people own cars at a time when the industry was dominated by high-end luxury vehicles. Since then, the company has been exporting cars all...