Growth at Wal-Mart 
.... This approach enabled Wal-Mart to keep its
costs low by giving it even greater control over its product, and enhanced its ability to have the products that ....
(1872
7
)
Impact of Airline Deregulation on Southwest Airlines Until 1978 ...
.... entered new markets. Operating the same type of airplane (the Boeing 737) kept maintenance
costs low. Other airlines have watched ....
(2059
8
)
The Lynn Educational Alternative Program (LEAP)
.... This would ensure that the copies are in the appropriate format, and would also keep shipping and transportation
costs low. Fulfillment ....
(1763
7
)
Southwest Airlines
.... John Helyar in Fortune suggests that Southwest's unique ability to keep
costs low by paying
low wages but enjoying the benefits of a highly productive ....
(716
3
)
Productivity and Costs
.... higher utility and maintenance
costs. Thus,
low productivity results in higher
costs at this level, as well. Pricing a product can be ....
(1508
6
)
Supernormal Profits in the Fashion Industry
.... the world. This globalization works to keep
costs low on the manufacturing side, which increases the normal profit. At the same ....
(1531
6
)
Costs of Illegal Immigration
.... According to the Urban Institute, illegal immigration
costs Californians more than $2 billion annually and by all accounts this estimate is on the
low end (Don ....
(2357
9
)
Merck Case
.... prices that companies can charge for drugs would result in companies taking fewer risks in the development process in order to keep their
costs low and their ....
(2043
8
)
Health Care Models
.... Blue Cross offered individuals
low premiums and charged all insured the same price for premiums, receiving tax breaks from the government that kept
costs low. ....
(502
2
)
Benefits of Outsourcing US Jobs
.... 96). Advocates of outsourcing jobs overseas also maintain that doing so enables American companies to keep their
costs low. This ....
(1326
5
)
Minute Clinic Healthcare
Spritzler (2000) maintains, "HMOs and hospitals, whether 'for-profit' or not, are driven by market competition to keep their
costs low and sell their 'product ....
(508
2
)
Benetton
.... In short, Benetton is able to use its capabilities of operations as a weapon to keep
costs low and as a means of retaining competitive advantage. ....
(1132
5
)
Analysis: Internet Social Costs
.... Inequality in Internet access potentially limits the ability of
low-income individuals to find work, gain access to information, and reduces other potential ....
(1834
7
)
Program Evaluation
.... will be evaluated through a comparison of savings accruing from a reduction in federal
low income housing construction programs, and added
costs for welfare ....
(937
4
)
Garbage Collection Services Costs
.... productivity improvement, and which are also characterized by a
low price elasticity .... of services) of unbalanced growth, outlays other than labor
costs can be ....
(1579
6
)
In Touch Promotions (ITP)
.... the next, but new and promotional items are featured in a special section (four to 12 pages, depending on the catalog) which keeps production
costs low due to ....
(3834
15
)
Hub and Spoke System and Ocean Shipping
.... (2003). Southwest: A bird of a different feather; This airline flies in the face of convention by operating a point-to-point system and keeping its
costs low. ....
(4441
18
)
Healthy Kids Program
.... When children develop conditions such as cancer, where medical
costs are huge,
low-income parents can literally go bankrupt paying the medical
costs; therefore ....
(580
2
)
SWOT
.... By cutting
costs on materials and by cutting tariff
costs, Catorade managed to become the
low-cost industry leader while still providing consumers with value ....
(1015
4
)
Economic Development in Thailand
.... The jobs that young women are recruited for, however, tend to require few professional skills--hence the ability of employers to keep labor
costs low. ....
(6941
28
)
Reforms for Health Care Delivery
.... companies to make available
low cost basic health insurance to all persons would likely lead to a decrease in health care
costs covered by the
low cost basic ....
(2458
10
)
America's Health Care System
.... Studies indicate that Medicaid, which covers health care
costs for
low-income women and children, does not provide adequate access to routine, preventive care. ....
(2480
10
)
Tort Law
.... wasting valuable resources." Whether the law assigns rights or liabilities is considered economically unimportant in cases where transaction
costs are
low. ....
(1617
6
)
Teamsters Strike Against UPS
.... The success of the company derives in part from an aggressive growth strategy based on hiring many part timers to keep labor
costs low. ....
(2403
10
)
Smoking Infants
.... US" (Lightwood, et al., 1999, 1). However, many studies exist which show that smoking cessation eliminates the risks and
costs associated with
low birth weight ....
(2842
11
)
KFC Japan
.... manufacturers are likely to continue to seek out lower cost woods and woods which are not environmentally sensitive in order to keep their
costs low and remain ....
(2784
11
)
Escalating Health Care Costs & Rationing
.... of death, suffering, and disability; one should forgo the attempt to prevent these possibilities when the
costs are high and the likelihood of success is
low. ....
(1537
6
)
Jordan
.... term. Given the information provided in the CIA briefing on Jordan, it seems likely that labor
costs would be relatively
low. The ....
(2246
9
)
American Airlines Executive Summary American Air
.... Such fuel accounts for a large percentage of total operating
costs for the airline, so with the prices relatively
low, as now, the firm can keep the lid on ....
(2067
8
)
Globalization: Collective Bargaining
.... control of wages in regional labor markets through the payment of surwages that subvert unionization and help maintain
low regional labor
costs," with the ....
(1443
6
)
