… like those that they might see on movies such as Goodfellas, The Godfather, or Donnie Brascoe. In all actuality the Mafia represents much more than that, it is an entity within itself. The original Sicilian Mafia was just a group of families…

… EVA is NOPAT minus a charge for all capital invested in the business (Byrne 1). A more intuitive way to think of EVA is as the difference between a firms NOPAT and its total cost of capital (Kramer & Pushner 40). Stern Staurt's numerical definition…

… to be demanding about their salary in the baby sitting field, because the amount of babysitters today are scarce. The babysitting population, teenagers, find themselves busy with school, part time jobs, and extracirricular activity. Teenagers…

… drinks were banned from the markets in Belgium and later also in Luxemburg and France. Two failures in the bottling system were the cause for the nausea that the people suffered. According to the article it would have been better if they would have…

… use in production, land, labour, capitol and enterprise. These resources are scarce due to the fact that wants are unlimited. Since all wants cannot be satisfied, we have to make choices in what to buy. A production possibility curve can be used to…

… let alone any other fast food chain, did not cost five dollars or more? When was the last time premium gas was under a dollar a gallon? It's hard to remember, isn't it? Wouldn't it be great if everything cost a nickel, like back in the good ol' days?…

… Prosperity. Prosperity is the high point of the business cycle. The Gross Domestic Product is 796 billion dollars. Russia is partners with Germany in exporting and importing. The number of imports is 33 billion and the number of exports are…

… products or services has become much more complex through the Internet. As Hugh Patission mentioned, “The E-Corporation - Competition today is not between products, it's between business models”. This explains the complexity of the whole marketing…

… 4 and a half million people regularly take some kind of illegal pill. One of these pills that have lately increased in popularity is known as ecstasy. Ecstasy, or also known as MDMA, was first developed as an appetite suppresser. Eventually it…

… smoking. It really diturbs me because none of these kids should be smoking, there all under age. There are a lot of bad things about smoking, you could get lung cancer, mouth cancer, and you could get arrested if you are under age. When you…