.... War was basically a form of the capitalist work ethic. It meant that if 1) you were free yourself; 2) your country was "free"; and, 3) there was no slave labor to take your livelihood, you could "make something of yourself," and become a capitalist or, at least, an independent producer, professional or artist. Americans in the North at that time were influenced by this capitalist "work-ethic" to under-estimate the energy of the South. They thought (as the capitalist "work-ethic" would lead them to believe) that the poverty and economic decline of the South were probably due to laziness an .....

.... useful in understanding underdevelopment in other so called "third-world" countries and in determining what is necessary for these countries to make the transition to industrialization. Geography Zimbabwe is a landlocked country in the southern, sub-Saharan area of the African continent bordered by South Africa to the South, Botswana to the West, Mozambique to the East and Zambia to the North. With an area of 391,090 km2 Zimbabwe is only slightly larger than the state of Colorado. Harare is Zimbabwe's capital and largest city with a population of 1,100,000. Containing vast amounts of rare .....

.... oil field to become available in twenty years. Hug reserves of oil, approximately 250 billion barrels, were waiting to be taken from the earth. After the uprising in Russia, Chevron feared that the deal would be off. Fortunately, they were able to bargain with the new-found government and enter into a joint agreement to produce oil from the fields in Tenghiz. At this time, Chevron is planning to export the oil from Russia by pipeline to the Black Sea where it will be transported out by oil tanker. The cost of this entire deal will be somewhere in the area of $10 billion dollars. In 1991 .....

.... learn Hindi as their second language, with English being used primary in higher education. Education has become the most recognizable forms of advancing one's country, India has exploded in schools and enrollment in these schools. As we can see by page 2, both chart's, the difference in a little more then 10 years is considerable. Both school enrollment and the number of educational institutions have increased by an average of 63%, however do not get fooled by these numbers. The Indian's school system are extremely overcrowded and many children drop out to get a job to help support their f .....

.... much are not too happy. They do not have that the nice new car that their neighbor has. They always want something that someone else has because they think it'll make them better. Now, those who have money are unhappy a lot. They can never get enough. Everything that they have needs to be updated and when they get the item it's already old so they end up replacing it. The rich never get to sit back and enjoy what they have. They are to busy buying. Soon the individuals who make hardly anything somehow find a way to make more. Their focus becomes a way to keep the money coming. The foc .....

.... turning it into gasoline. Although these two powerful men used two different methods of management their businesses were still very successful (Conlin, 425-426). Tycoons like Andrew Carnegie, "the steel king," and John D. Rockefeller, "the oil baron," exercised their genius in devising ways to circument competition. Although, Carnegie inclined to be tough-fisted in business, he was not a monopolist and disliked monopolistic trusts. John D. Rockefeller came to dominate the oil industry. With one upward stride after another he organized the Standard Oil Company, which was the nucleus of the .....

.... or trusts that could control an entire industry. For most of the 20th century, opposing forms of economic systems arose as a response to capitalism. These systems included Marxist-based Communism and the Nazi system in Germany, also known as National Socialism. Nevertheless, in the search for an economic solution, capitalist systems demonstrated a remarkable ability to survive. Capitalism is an economic system in which the means of production and distribution are privately owned and operated for profit (Webster's pp.92). Though the term capitalism was not introduced until the mid-19t .....

.... It is wise to search the market. Some key to remember may be How large is industry your thinking of going into? Where is the market for the company and the size? What are the size and distrubution of income within the population? Is the sales volume for this kind of business growing, maintaining stable or falling? What are the number and size for competitors? What is the success rate and the technical aspects of the industry? You have more options than just starting up a business from scratch. You can also own an existing business or buy a franchise. In buying an existing business .....

.... is encouraged to remain and offers long term contracts to its key employees, rarely dismissing the other employees. L.G.I. provides many services to its acquired companies including offering training to new employees on its management information systems and covering costs for any renovations which are needed on the acquired locations. Each funeral home and cemetery is operated as a distinct profit centre, with monthly and annual financial performance monitored by regional and corporate management in accordance with budgeted projections. This report includes a study of The Canadi .....

.... Ontarioan in one way or another. When the election was close, Mike Harris often called workfare his "hand up" on the other candidates, (Legislative Assembly of Ontario, Nov. 17, 1995, 846), arguing that the current welfare system is just "hand outs". The decision on behalf of the conservative party to introduce Ontario Works in Ontario is an interesting one, with respect to traditional, and modern day Conservative party beliefs. This issue will be discussed in depth further into the essay, but much research and (case) study went into the prospects of workfare by the Tories. To better und .....