.... found that people dressed in suits versus people dressed in casual or working-class clothes actually affects a subject's likelihood of answering a question correctly. In this study, a person dressed in a suit had a 77% percent chance of getting money returned to them, while those dressed casually or in working outfits had a 38% chance (Bickman, 1971). This study suggests that a person's status affects how well they are received by the person they are trying to influence, and thus their likelihood of being able to influence them into buying an idea or product. Seating arrangements can affect ones ability to influence others. Seating arrangements that are closer to one ....

.... the local businesses, but instead the casino. Robert Goodman, Urban Planning professor states: “Newly opened casinos suck money out of the local economy, away from existing movie theaters, car dealerships, clothing shops and sports arenas” (Popkin). Casinos take money away from existing businesses. In Atlantic City, where casinos were supposed to save their failing economy, over 900 of their 2,100 small businesses have closed and the number of restaurants was reduced from 243 to 146. By providing everything a person needs, the casinos are designed to keep people inside. The truth is casinos drain money out of an area into a far away bank account, most often n ....

.... Automotive Operations into a single organization, Ford Automotive Operations. Instead of being organized by geographic regions, the Company is now realigned by product line, with five Vehicle Centers, each responsible for one group of products worldwide. At the same time, Ford is reducing the time taken to develop a new vehicle from 48 to 24 months and reducing engines, transmissions, and basic vehicle platforms by 30% worldwide. Ford hopes that by pooling global skills and resources will result in more variations on each vehicle platform, increasing the number of vehicles introduced over the next five years by 50%. One of the key strategies behind the realignment has been g ....

.... (GDS) to GDP increased to 26.1% in 1996-97 from 25.3 in 1995-96. Prior to this, the savings had stagnated at 22-23% during the entire period of 1989-95. Gross Fiscal Deficit of the Government of India, as a percentage of GDP, has diminished from 6.1% in 1994-95 to 4.9% in 1996-97 and was targeted down further to 4.5% for 1997-98, according to the 1997-98 budgetary estimates. But due to the Central Government’s turnover and runaway Government non-plan expenditure, it is estimated to have ballooned to 6.1% of the GDP. The rate of inflation, measured by the Whole Sale Price Index, decreased from 10.4% in 1994-95 to 5.0% in 1995-96 and has been hovering around this figure ti ....

.... with a recommendation they read in an investment magazine or off of a web site. Another common choice is to ask their broker, a broker who gets most of their investment opinions from their firms analyst. Not that analysts are bad but they usually change their opinion on a company the day after a company releases good or bad earnings, in other words their recommendations come about one day late. A more informed or confident stock trader may call the company and ask them to send a quarterly report so they can look over the company's financial figures, and find out who holds most of the stock. If a large portion of the company is held institutionally, bad news can hurt the sto ....

.... father of modern chemistry, and when he came to America he brought some of the new ideas about the manufacturing of consistently reliable gun powder. His product ignited when it was supposed to, in a manner consistent with expectations. This was greatly appreciated by the citizens of the growing nation, including Thomas Jefferson, who wrote thanking du Pont for the quality of his powder, which was being used to clear the land at Monticello. Many other heroes of early America owed their success, and their lives, to the dependable quality of DuPont's first product. This represents a good, strong start for a company. DuPont, which is moving through the last decade of the t ....

.... and didn't allow itself to enforce tax- collecting programs. It established a tax quota, and asked the states to add to the money pot on a voluntary basis. This form of revenue raising only raised about one-fourth of what it asked for in one year. Realizing that this type of government would not work for the union, and facing many rebellions because of taxes and depreciating paper note value, the U.S. began on a task that would remain a difficult one for the next 40 years. They set out on a task to create a Constitution which would provide the nation with wealth, and the ability to protect it's people. The public debt was very high, and Alexander Hamilton set out to rid ....

.... the management will tell the union what it can pay the workers and still be earning a reasonable profit. They bargain and it usually works out. Most businesses and corporations have eight-hour work days, with optional extra hours. This is not usually a topic in negotiations, but could be. Working conditions could be discussed. If workers in the factory have no heat, no lunch breaks or they are not allowed to speak, (which was the case in many sweatshops for immigrants and children in the 1920's through 1940's), then the labor unions will obviously want something done. These differences are usually settled fairly quickly, and a new contract featuring these agreements w ....