The Great Depression: Causes, Crash, and Recovery Policies
The Great Depression
US Roots of the Crisis
Problems in the Agrarian Sector
The agrarian sector faced significant challenges, transitioning from cereals to cotton production. Key issues included:
- Decreased foreign demand and falling prices (due to the recovery of Europe).
- Internal changes (shifting consumption patterns).
- High indebtedness in rural areas (mortgages taken out to expand and mechanize crop areas), leading to banking problems and demands for protectionism.
Problems in the Manufacturing Sector
- Productivity
Key Trends and Disruptive Technologies in Information Systems
Future Trends in Information Systems
The landscape of information systems is rapidly evolving, driven by several key global trends:
- Global: The use of the internet is growing worldwide, increasing the reliance on digital infrastructure.
- Social: Social media growth continues to be a major trend influencing communication and data flow.
- Personal: Users expect to be able to modify their information system experiences to meet their personal needs.
- Mobile: The growth of mobile technology has been trending
EU Competition Policy Enforcement: Commission’s Evolving Role and Constraints
The Expanding Role of DG Competition in EU Policy
The European Commission’s Competition Directorate-General (DG Competition) is vital to the running of EU competition policy. Over the years, its powers have grown, and it has become increasingly bold in trying to ensure that the market is as open and competitive as possible. There have been three main aspects to this assertiveness:
- Increased Malpractice Examination: DG Competition has become more active in examining cases of apparent malpractice. Using
Mastering Agile Principles and Scrum Implementation
The 12 Core Agile Principles
- Our highest priority is to satisfy the customer through early and continuous delivery of valuable product.
- Welcome changing requirements, even late in development. Agile processes harness change for the customer’s competitive advantage.
- Deliver working software frequently, from a couple of weeks to a couple of months, with a preference for the shorter timescale.
- Business people and developers must work together daily throughout the project.
- Build projects around motivated
Strategic Analysis of Business and Industry Life Cycles
Business Life Cycle Strategies
Diversification Strategy
A diversification strategy involves penetrating several different markets simultaneously. This approach allows a company to diversify its risk by not depending on a single market, managing resources and investments across various categories, and typically achieving a large scale in terms of revenue. For example, Unilever operates in markets as different as deodorants (Rexona), chocolates (Milka), ice creams (Frigo), and shower gels (Dove).
However,
Read MoreOptimizing Task Grouping in Bottom-Up Organizational Design
Defining Single Tasks: Grouping Operations (LCU)
In the context of bottom-up design (organizational design from the ground up), the phase of grouping elementary operations into human tasks (LCU – “man-task”) is critical. The selection of operations to be combined into an individual task must follow technical, organizational, and human-centered criteria. Operations are generally grouped when they meet the following conditions:
Form a Complete Functional or Logical Unit
Operations that together produce