...is the most expensive? The U.S. Where does the US Healthcare system rate? 37th in the World England Compare and Contrast the English healthcare system with the US system The citizens won’t see a single medical bill, the hospitals and their employees are owned by the government. Hospitals go against each other to get funding. It’s similar in the fact their is a “family doctor.” What are the advantages of this system over the US system? No medical bills, no medical bankrupcy. Patience can choose what hospital they want to go to. Excellent preventitive medicine. What are the disadvantages of this system? They pay much higher taxes. Takes a while to get hip or heart surgery (waiting list). Japan Compare and Contrast the Japanese healthcare system with the US system Cover everyone and spend half the amount the U.S. does. 80% of hospitals are private buisnesses. There are set prices for everything in hospitals all across Japan. What are the advantages of this system over the US system? Everyone is covered and it is very cheap. There is no gate keeper, no appointment is neccessary so they can go see any specialist they want. Insurance takes care of the bill. What are the disadvantages of this system? The doctors can’t charge what they want which limits the amount of money they can make. 50% of hospitals in financial trouble. Spend too little on medicine which cause this financial trouble. Germany Compare and Contrast the German healthcare system...
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...The underlying causes of the depression are: 1) more goods were produced than consumers wanted or could afford. 2) high risk investments and buying stocks on a margin. 3) high tax for imports from foreign countries caused an decrease in trade between America and foreign countries. 2. Compare and contrast the beliefs and actions of President Hoover and President Roosevelt in regard to the desperate times of the depression. Why is FDR ranked among our greatest Presidents and Hoover remains near the bottom? Elaborate. Hoover believed that all individuals can succeed on their own and that government help for people should be minimal. If people got in economic trouble, private charity was the best way to help them. The government should not...
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...The Effects of Quality Management on Domestic and Global Competition Paper Andre Griffin MGT/449 April 9, 2011 Frank La Frazia Introduction To begin in this paper the author will compare and contrast quality management at two organizations in same industry. However one organization must compete in the domestic market and one in the global market. The organization that the author will use is Southwest Airlines and Lufthansa to compare and contrast. The author will also describe or diagram a process or procedure that is similar between the organizations, and explain the process from beginning to end. The author will also explain why the process or procedure produces a competitive product or service in the domestic and global markets. In conclusion the author will explain how quality management affects the position of the companies in the domestic and global market. Effects of Quality Management The two organizations that are being compare and contrast are similar to each other are Southwest Airlines and Lufthansa. Southwest Airlines competes in the domestic market which is the U.S nation leading low fare carrier which continues to stand above other airlines offering reliable product and services with exemplary customer service. Southwest Airlines is the most productive airline in sky and offers customers a comfortable traveling experience with premium leather seats and plenty of leg...
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...Kendrick M. Benton Mr. Clark Writing 1 Compare and Contrast Essay Autobahn vs. U.S. highways When it comes to the U.S. we love the American open road, there is nothing like it. We have all the necessary traffic laws, cameras, and speed limits. But who needs that when you have the autobahn in Germany! Like every other place in the world the U.S. highways have long stretches of open road. The down side to the autobahn is because there are no speed limits, there are more deaths. There is a news report I read that 4 people were found in the trenches which is never a good thing. U.S. highways are safe for the most part people still have accidents but a large percent of them are usually ok. In the U.S. are traffic laws are pretty self explanatory. If you speed and get caught the police will pull you over and politely (yeah right) give you a ticket. If you feel like they are wrong you can go to court and fight it. In Germany, there is no speed limit so it gives the cop less work to do. In Texas, the most common speed limit is 60 mph. people who drive a ninety thousand dollar sports car in Texas are wasting money mainly because you can not max out the power potential that you might want to achieve. In Germany it is the opposite. There is no speed limits on the Autobahn there are some laws but most of them are towards the truck drivers and farmers. There is nothing wrong per say with the American way of doing things I just believe that I need to drive fast. The autobahn...
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...Healthcare in Germany vs. U.S.A Western Governors University Organizational Systems and Quality Leadership Germany’s and the United States’ healthcare systems compare and contrast in many ways. Germany has the third richest economy in the world and many categorize their healthcare system as socialized. Germany provides medical care to all of the citizens—young, poor, old, sick, and injured. Otto von Bismarck the Prussian chancellor in the 1880s in Germany invented the concept of healthcare systems, the notion that a government has to provide mechanisms so all its people can get medical care when they need it. In 1883, the Sickness Insurance Act was passed, representing the first social insurance program. Over the past 130 years the system has grown to the point where virtually all of the population is provided access to medical care. The Germans have what they call “Sickness Funds”, which are paid for by premiums based on income to one of 240 private insurers. A worker earning 60,000 would split a $750 family premium with their employer. It is more expensive than the U.K. but cheaper than the U.S. by about two thirds. It is a system where the rich pay for the poor and the ill are covered by the healthy (Saul, 2014). The United States healthcare system until recently has been mostly controlled by private industries and insurance companies, although we do have Medicare and Medicaid for the old and poor. Recently the Affordable Healthcare Act has been passed which requires...
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...Nike and Adidas Compare and contrast essay Both Nike and Adidas are sportswear companies whose products throughout many parts of the world are very popular and have been the top two leading sport companies in the sport industry. The purpose of this essay is to compare and contrast Nike and Adidas companies in terms of headquarters, market focus, sponsorships, marketing and advertising, price and product. Nike is an international U.S.-American sportswear manufacturers. It was founded by Bill Bowerman in the year 1972 and the slogan is “Just Do It”. On the other hand, Adidas is a worldwide sportwears manufacturer based in Germany and founded by Adolf Dassler on 18 August 1949. The slogan is “Impossible is nothing”. These two companies sell and offer a wide range of products for the customers and their products offered is mainly on sports wear for men and women. These companies also provide the customers varieties of footwear such as sports shoes, casual shoes, boots, sandals and stockings. While they are selling similar products, Nike products are more expensive than Adidas because all Nike brand has high and advance technology. Nike and Adidas have also been the top sponsors in the sport industry. Nike promotes its products by sponsorship agreements with celebrity athletes, professional teams and college athletic teams. In contrast, Adidas sponsors professional soccer, tennis, general athletics with mainly clothing. In terms of market focus, Retail is a key...
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...Review the health policies of each of the following countries. Then, choose a country from the following list to compare and contrast with the current U.S. healthcare system: China England Germany Australia Canada Japan Once you have thoroughly analyzed the health policy information for your chosen country, answer the following questions: What is the main focus of the policy standard in this (chosen) country? What are the similarities to the U.S. healthcare system? Governance Workforce Leadership Quality How does the U.S. healthcare system differ in terms of policy? Where do you foresee the U.S. healthcare system in the future (long-/short- term)? ( Review from one of the the following perspectives: the provider, the patient, or other stakeholders) Summarize the meaning of universality in U.S. health policy versus your chosen country. (Include your research on the future of the U.S. healthcare system) The paper: Must be 4 to 6 double-spaced pages in length (not including title and reference pages) and formatted according to APA style as outlined in the Ashford Writing Center. Must include a separate title page with the following: Title of paper Student’s name Course name and number Instructor’s name Date submitted Must use at least four (4) scholarly sources in addition to the course text. Must document all sources...
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...1. Compare and contrast Wal-Mart’s efforts in Germany and South Korea with its operation in China? After more than a decade, Wal-Mart left Germany failing to become the popular “Everyday Low Prices” all in one shopping spot as it is in the U.S. Walmart has also failed abroad in other countries such as South Korea. There were only 16 stores in South Korea and was eventually sold out to a Korean discount chain, Shinsegae, for $882 million dollars. Reasons why Wal-Mart fails in these countries occur from the lack of strategic plan, other than the duplication of the U.S. strategy. The strategy of low prices, keen inventory control, and a huge selection of goods was not a success in German and Korean markets. The culture was also a factor that Wal-Mart needed to consider and alter their strategy before entering Germany and South Korea. For example, in Germany the company had American managers that like in the U.S. offer to bag groceries while Germans like to bag their own groceries. Also, the customer service was translated into being overly friendly with customers where smiling and greeting is not a norm in Germany. In addition, Wal-Mart never established relations with labor unions. In Korea, the racks were taller than that of competitors which raised a problem for people having to use ladders to reach items and the infrastructure also turned customers off with ceilings that showed pipes while their competitor E-Mart had decorated ceilings. Having failed to the tastes of South Korean...
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...national pride/power of many European countries. | | I. War and Revolution | What is Nationalism, and | a. Nationalism was powerful in Serbia | How did it affect Europe? | b. Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia | | c. More destructive weapons were created in light of WWI | | II. Revolution | | a. By 1922, Soviet Union was created | | III. Peace and a “new Europe” | | a. League of Nations-world organization that would maintain peace | | b. Treaty of Versailles was created | | c. 59 nations became a league, while the U.S. refused to join | | | What economic event | 2. The Great Depression and the Rise of Totalitarianism | Marked the starting point of | The loss of life ushered in a new era | The Great Depression? | I. Economic Crisis | | a. The stock market crash marked the beginning of the depression | | b. The U.S. government became involved with reviving the economy | | II. Political Tensions | | a. Both economic and political tensions arose in Europe | | b. Hitler became der Fuhrer of the Third Reich | | c. Joseph Stalin ended the NEP and created the Five-Year Plan | | | | 3. Nationalist Movements Around the World | | Extreme changes occurred in Europe | How did the nationalists | I. Turkey, Persia, and Africa | Affect Turkey, Persia, and | a. Greek troops occupied Turkey | Africa? | b. Nationalists also took control of Persia | |...
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...The College of St. Scholastica Duluth, Minnesota School of Health Sciences GER/HSC 2203 U.S. Healthcare System Compare/contrast one other healthcare system of your choice with the US Healthcare System. Below are some Web sites that will help you with information about other countries. You are welcome to use other Web sites but please provide me the links. Also, if one of the below Web sites doesn’t work please let me know! You can choose one of these suggested countries or you can choose your own. This site can be used for most countries. http://www.justlanded.com/ This site can be used for Great Britain, Taiwan, Japan, Germany and Switzerland. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/sickaroundtheworld/countries/ This site can be used for Germany, France, U.K., Switzerland, and Netherlands. http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91972152 Great Britain: http://www.nhs.uk/aboutnhs/Pages/About.aspx Australia: http://www.health.gov.au/internet/main/publishing.nsf/Content/Home Germany: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=91972152 http://www.tatsachen-ueber-deutschland.de/en/society/main-content-08/medical-care-for-everyone.html Taiwan: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89651916 Japan: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=89626309 Switzerland: http://www.bag.admin.ch/index.html?lang=en http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=92106731 Student Name:...
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...To what extent does the term ‘American exceptionalism’ necessarily imply U.S. superiority? Red Reference Blue Title Purple reword to be better Come back to with evidence or etc ( real example) (also a scholar arguing for and one against with my opining in the end little conculsion) “American Execptionalism” is theoretically classified as America being qualitatively different () from other countries. Therefore in terms of America’s identity historically, politically, economically and socially, these should be understood differently because America was created differently. Hence why the idea of American exceptionalism’ stems from the principle of America being unique. Furthermore, In addition to this the idea that “American exceptionalism” implies superiority is a key concept to embrace and identify through out America history, contemporary politics, foreign policy and social culture. However, due to the essay title I will be analyzing and examining to what extent is “American exceptionalism’ identified as U.S superiority. Although due to the wide context of the theoretical term ‘American exceptionalism’’ and word limit. I will focus on the significant impacts that has led to the idea of ‘American exceptionalism’ to be implied as U.S superiority such as American history, foreign policy, economic and social culture. History Explaination The significant impact of America’s revolutionary history sparked an inspirational movement of independency to pervious...
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...CHAPTER 1—INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS TRUE/FALSE 1. Customs brokers are government inspection officials who regulate the shipment of goods in and out of the country. ANS: F PTS: 1 2. Global sourcing is the term commonly used to describe the process by which a firm attempts to locate and purchase goods or services on a worldwide basis. ANS: T PTS: 1 3. Nontariff barriers have a significant influence on how firms make their trade and investment decisions. ANS: T PTS: 1 4. The U.S.'s largest trading partner is Canada. ANS: T PTS: 1 5. Small and medium-size companies have little to contribute to the international marketplace. ANS: F PTS: 1 6. The U.S. has maintained a trade surplus in services. ANS: T PTS: 1 7. Because they tend to be more insidious, nontariff barriers are generally a greater barrier to trade than are tariff barriers. ANS: T PTS: 1 8. Intellectual property rights are valuable assets that can be licensed for use to others through a document collection international sales contract. ANS: F PTS: 1 9. Trade consists of the import and export of goods or services. ANS: T PTS: 1 10. Exporting is the shipment of goods or rendering of services to a foreign buyer located in a foreign country. ANS: T PTS: 1 11. The three forms of international business are exporting, importing, and licensing. ANS: F PTS: 1 12. Comparative advantage exists if the costs of production and price received...
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...German & U.S. Healthcare Systems: A Comparison German & U.S. Healthcare Systems: A Comparison Mention European health care to an American, and it probably conjures up a negative stereotype — high taxes, long waiting lines, rationed care. It's not that way in Germany. Very little tax money goes into the system. The lion's share comes, as in America, from premiums paid by workers and employers to insurance companies. German health benefits are very generous. And there's usually little or no wait to get elective surgery or diagnostic tests, such as MRIs. It's one of the world's best health care systems, visible in little ways that most Germans take for granted (Knox, 2008, para. 1). The country's heath care system dates to 1883 — only a dozen years after Otto von Bismarck melded a disparate collection of kingdoms and duchies into the German Empire. The "Iron Chancellor," as Bismarck was known, persuaded the country's parliament to enact a national system of health insurance based on the guilds' sickness funds (Knox, 2008, para. 7). The 1883 health insurance law did not address the relationship between sickness funds and doctors. The funds had full authority to determine which doctors became participating doctors and to set the rules and conditions under which they did so. These rules and conditions were laid down in individual contracts. Doctors, who had grown increasingly dissatisfied with these contracts and their limited access to the practice of medicine with...
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...Furthermore, the bill imposes periodic testing procedures upon Guadorian citrus fruits from which American producers are exempt. Finally, the bill caps imports of Guadorian citrus fruits into the United States at $20 million in value annually. If enacted, would the bill violate American obligations pursuant to the GATT? Why or why not? Yes the bill would violate the American obligations pursuant to the GATT because GATT is that one nation will not take unilateral retaliatory action against another nation in a trade dispute.GATT obligates each country to accord nondiscriminative. No other countries with some exceptions receive better treatment or lower tariffs. Question 2 Compare and contrast the actions of foreign countries regarding cigarettes (as seen in the text) with recent attempts within the U.S. to regulate cigarettes. Bulgaria has banned all tobacco advertising outside of tobacco shops and threatened violators with a $50,000 fine per violation. British do not forbid tobacco advertising, they insist on self-imposed and highly subjective industry guidelines. Belgium permits cigarette ads, but only those that focus on the package or on part of its design. A directive by EU that would have effectively banned all advertising of tobacco products was annulled in 2000 by the European Court of Justice, however states within the EU have addressed the advertising of tobacco in their own form. Japan has instituted its own ban on advertising of tobacco products. Japan has...
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...Industry profile Automobile industry is the industry that selling and producing self-powered vehicles, motorcycles, trucks, commecial car, farm equipment, and passenger cars. The first industry build up from 1860, this industry are developed by Jean Joseph Etienne, he is the first practical internal-combustion engine. In 1890, U.S start introducing cars with interchangeable machine-produced parts. Henry Ford began to mass produce cars using assembly line to bulk production of cars in 1914 (Economywatch, 2010). The U.S industry was achived the global market sales which is 83%, it also reached 6.7 million and 9.3 million in 1965. The automobile industry was bring up ecomomy of U.S in forepart. The automobile industry start advanced to national from the U.S such as Japan and certain European nations after the end of second World War . Begining in the early 1980, the U.S automobile industry start collaborate with foreign company, especially Japan and Germany; especially the bigest car company of Japan and Germany which is Toyota and BMW this two company (Porter, M). Forces affecting competitive strategy In the economic world, every industry are facing the same forces model of environment threats. The threats of entry for automobile industry, technology and quality of the vehicles is the main problem when a new firm entry the market. The new entrants will bring new ideas and innovative products to the industry, it was make the existing companies facing high retaliation possible...
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