... introducing healthier products while still maintaining traditional menu items. By keeping traditional menu items, McDonald's is still able to keep loyal customers satisfied who are not concerned with a healthy diet, while simultaneously attracting new customers who prefer salads to burgers. As stated before, we hypothesize that in order to increase profits, McDonald's must be able to adapt its menu ... this two-step approach, McDonald's has both attracted new health-conscious consumers, while at the same time preserving its traditional loyal consumer base who are not concerned with a hea...

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... devote their resources to whatever it is that they are relatively good at and buy in everything else. Imagine a person deciding whether to spend an hour growing rice to feed their family or to spend an hour working in a textile factory. If the person earns more working in the factory, they can spend some of their wages on buying the rice that ... ...

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... , to their most productive uses. It channels resources to those entrepreneurial or investment projects with the highest expected rates of return rather than to the politically connected. A thorough and proper assessment of risk is therefore a key ingredient of a sound financial market. Business investment is also critical to productivity. Therefore economies require sophisticated financial markets that can make capital available for private ... ...

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... was debated in 1993, were the large but narrowing budget deficit, high but slowing spending, and stable tax receipts restrictive, fiscally neutral, or simulative? How do we evaluate the 1993 assessment of fiscal thrust in light of the upward estimate of potential growth? These uncertainties form an unreliable foundation for conducting macroeconomics stabilization policy or attempting to achieve proper monetary/fiscal ... ...

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... be accomplished, thereby increasing the wealth of the community and enhancing the quality of life. Whilst this definition of economic development emerges as being straightforward enough at first glance, an assessment of each of its component parts demonstrates the complexity and subtleties economic development actually encompasses (Allen and Thomas: p51). Besides, reference to the economic, social and political environments underlines the ... ...

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... , little civil liberties, and poor working conditions, its economy cannot be perceived as other national economies. It is obvious that China's ability to pay some workers roughly fifty cents an hour under terrible conditions has made its economy expand much faster than any other national economy. As a result of China's rapid economic development, means for economic development, and conflicts arising from ... ...

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... recognition of past experiences and learning, emphasis should also be laid on program flexibility, effective group discussions, and relevance of the context to facilitate effective learning. The need of the hour is to strengthen the training culture and link it to other key drivers of growth, most importantly innovation. A highly trained workforce supports and drives innovation. Equally, a country with an industry ... ...

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... enhance the capacity of firms to survive "dull times" and reduce the pain associated with downturns, and he suggested that if widespread they could help stabilize whole industrial regions (1903, 24, 188; see also Taylor 1912, 29, 278). As with many other aspects of his thought, Taylor's ideas relating to stabilization evolved over time. Initially, he paid only scant attention to ... ...

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