Seaport Privatization
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10 pages. This paper is a compilation of research on the privatization of seaports. Focus is on the economic aspects but other aspects are discussed as well. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: JAseaprt.rtf

Selling Jets to China
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This 5 page paper looks at recent political events and the aviation industry in the west and in China as well. Whether or not the U.S. should sell planes to China is discussed along with China's growing economy. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: SA144jet.rtf

Sensation and Perception in Aviation/Aerospace Human-Computer Interface: A View of Cockpit Design Factors
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This 19 page paper considers the change that have occured in the aviation industry through the introduction of artificial intelligence. This paper considers the nature of the human/computer interface. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
Filename: MHAviaH2.rtf

Ship Registry and Certification
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A 5 page paper reviewing the history and purpose of classification societies and the manner in which a ship comes to be certified by one of those societies. Ships can be registered in any country for which the ship's classification society has flag authorization, but they are much more limited in the classification society with which they are associated. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: KSshipMgmt.rtf

SHIPPING ALLIANCES AND IMPACTS
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This paper examines the impact of mergers on shipping companies and how it will effect areas such as freight costs and competition. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: MTshiall.rtf

Shipwrecks -- Hardly A Threat Anymore...
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A 5 page paper on the phenomenon of shipwrecks and how,-- through the use of modern technologies, -- they are both less likely to occur and more likely to be understood. Research is also examined concerning some of the reasons that shipwrecks used to occur so often and the precautions that are taken today. Specific examples are provided to illustrate points made. Bibliography lists 8 sources. FREE outline of essay also included.
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Shopping From Home
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25 pages in length. A thorough discussion of the home shopping network, QVC and others. The writer looks at their history, growing popularity and the future of at-home & on-line shopping. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
Filename: Homeshop.wps

Should Commercial Aircrews Be Subject To Routine Airport Security Screening?
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10 pages in length. No less suspicious than anyone else who boards an airplane, commercial aircrews should be subject to routine airport security screening. That disputable evidence has found members of Al Quaida infiltrating the United States by way of obtaining American pilot's licenses speaks to the need for each and every person, no matter their status or tenure with a particular airline, to go through the same security procedures as the passengers do. Moreover, there is no way to be sure someone has not breached all other security efforts and penetrated America's safety zone, a point that is made quite clear when one considers the events of September 11th, 2001. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: TLCAirCr.rtf

Should Emirates Airlines Add a Dedicated Premium Economy Class?
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A 10 page paper assessing the state of business class air travel in 2004. After dramatic decline during the early years of the new century, business travel appears to be recovering. Most airlines focused on the higher-profit business customer prior to 2000, but certainly not in the manner they are courting him in today’s market. Several airlines, including Emirates Airlines, have made changes specifically targeting the business traveler, but airlines such as SAS and KLM have eliminated the business classes they offered in the past. The purpose here is to assess the changes that have occurred in several of the world’s airlines to explore the viability of Emirates Airlines adding a distinctly separate “premium economy” class. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: KSairBizClas.rtf

Should Emirates Airlines Add a Dedicated Premium Economy Class?
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A 14 page paper assessing the state of business class air travel in 2004, essentially a 4-page extension of another paper by the same name. This paper includes a discussion of price elasticity and notes that yield pricing may be approaching its demise. After dramatic decline during the early years of the new century, business travel appears to be recovering. Most airlines focused on the higher-profit business customer prior to 2000, but certainly not in the manner they are courting him in today’s market. Several airlines, including Emirates Airlines, have made changes specifically targeting the business traveler, but airlines such as SAS and KLM have eliminated the business classes they offered in the past. The purpose here is to assess the changes that have occurred in several of the world’s airlines to explore the viability of Emirates Airlines adding a distinctly separate “premium economy” class. Bibliography lists 14 sources.
Filename: KSairBizClas2.rtf

Should the ICAO Charter Articles 39 and 39 be Revised?
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This 16 page paper argues that Article 38 and 39 of the International Civil Aviation Authority is outdated. Article 39 states that were there are differences in national standards and the ICAO’s Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs), the country concerned should make a notification. The paper argues that were the national standard is superior that the resulting endorsement that takes place after a notification is unfair and unnecessary. The paper looks at the background and the application of the article’s using examples, before making recommendations in the way the articles could be changed. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEICAOchart.rtf

Siegfried Giedion's "Mechanization Takes Command"
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4 pages in length. Giedion's thesis points to how humanity has 1) all but handed over the operation of daily processes to technological advancements that allow for complete mechanization and 2) become a mechanized drone himself by constantly increasing productivity. His main argument revolves around the fact that man has convinced himself these mechanized approaches either improve productivity or save him so much time that he can engage in a greater amount of leisure, however, the truth is that leisure has become a foreign concept to an overworked nation and what may have originally been intended as such has merely become a permit to engage in even more work. The significance of Giedion's book is his ability to illustrate that while technology may be a necessary component of an ever-progressing species, it also has the tendency to multiply problems it seeks to resolve. No additional sources cited.
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Signaling System 7
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An 18 page paper discussing the technical attributes of Signaling System 7 and its facilitation of modern telephone network requirements. Includes information on its architecture, how it controls switching and routing of calls, and a discussion of network signaling prior to SS7. Bibliography lists twelve sources.
Filename: Ss7.wps

Simulation Models in the Airline Industry
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This 16 page paper considers the role of simulation models as a business tool in the aviation industry. The paper considers the development and formation of simulation programmes from their origins at MIT in the 1960's as well as their application to the commercial airline. The section of the paper concentrates on a case study of the use of simulation in American Airlines as an example of the practical use of this tool. The bibliography cites 10 sources.
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Situational Awareness and Human Behavior
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This 10 page paper examines a variety of literature on this phenomenon that plagues pilots. How problems with situational awareness can be remedied is discussed. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: SA524sit.rtf

Small Airports and Small Commuter Airlines
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A 25 page research paper that gives an overview of the small airport and commuter airline industry. The author considers the safety, service, financial success and barriers to success as this industry relates to the more common large carrier airline industry. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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Smart Cards
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This 16 page paper provides a comprehensive discussion of Smart Cards. About the same size as credit cards, smart cards contain a small CPU chip that allows them to hold and store information and data. Smart cards have numerous uses, such as paying for purchases or authenticating the identification of an individual. This essay explains what smart cards are, their components and how they work. The leaders in the industry of smart cards are identified as are some of the joint projects being carried on by different corporations. The writer reports some of the many uses and the advantages of smart cards and also discusses the issue of security and the latest developments in this area. The essay concludes with innovations on the horizon for the cards and describes just a few of the dozens or pilot projects being conducted by various agencies within the U.S. government. Bibliography lists 9 sources.
Filename: PGsmrcrd.rtf

Social Networking and its Future Implications for a Non Profit Making Organization
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This 22 page paper considers the potential impact that social networking may have on a non profit organization. After an introduction the paper considers three different methodologies before choosing one, and then looks at what is meant by social networking and the way it is undertaken and influencing society already. The paper then moves on to a consequence analysis, discuses the way it will impact in planning by looking at soft systems methodology and finally considering ethical implications. The bibliography cites 17 sources.
Filename: TEsocnet.rtf

Societal Impacts of Telecommunications Technology: Moral Dilemmas and Psychological Effects
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A 20 page overview of the societal impacts of telecommunication technology. In our modern world we often look to technology as a salve to cure our many ills. In some respects, however, technology could be contended to contribute as much to the malaise of society as to its betterment. Telecommunications is one aspect of this technology about which we should have particular concern. Bibliography lists 17 sources.
Filename: PPtelMrl.rtf

Society's Addiction to Technology
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An 8 page discussion of the benefits and potential pitfalls of technology. Technology is indeed a catalyst for societal changes. It makes life better but it also comes replete with societal, psychological and environmental costs. Despite these costs, our addiction to technology seems to only take a stronger and stronger hold on us as time progresses.
Filename: PPtechAd.rtf

Sociological Ramifications of Cyberculture
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This 10 page paper discusses the Internet and how technology has changed society and vice versa. Many aspects are addressed including postmodernism, Interent addiction, globalism, the hacker mentality and cyberculture. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Software Piracy
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6 pages in length. The business of software piracy has reached epidemic proportions. Indeed, the loss of economic support, along with the interruption in the development of additional software, has placed a considerable dent into its industry. If people are given the opportunity to purchase a perfectly good title from someone who offers it to them at a significantly reduced rate, as opposed to buying it full-priced from a licensed dealer, far too many individuals jump at such a chance. That is precisely why the software industry is suffering from economic and developmental difficulties. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: TLCSoftP.rtf

Solar Heat Panels
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A 5 page overview of the advantages and disadvantages of solar heat. Describes the design and function of several different types of systems ranging from the complex to a simplistic home-built unit. Emphasizes that the one real disadvantage of these systems, their costs, is quickly outweighed by operational savings. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Some Barriers to Effective Implementation of a Safety Management System within an Airline Environment
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There are many pressures for constant change and implementation of new safety procedures in the airline industry. This 8 page paper looks at some of the barriers, including barriers at national level and the ICAO and the internal organizational barriers to change. The bibliography cites 5 sources.
Filename: TEaisafech.rtf

Southwest Airlines -- Ingredients Of Success
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A 12 page case study of Southwest Airlines -- one of the top companies in its industry. The writer analyzes SW's market niche, pricing strategy, human resource maintenance, financial structure, emphasis on low cost, and more. Equipment, technology, and plans for the future are included as well. Several charts provided in Appendix. Bibliography lists 15 sources.
Filename: Swairlin.wps

Southwest Airlines / Selection Of Pilots
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A 15 page paper discussing the selection of pilots at Southwest Airlines. Finding a job is never an easy task for a commercial pilot. Not only does Southwest not make the process any easier, they also have the added requirements of a sense of humor and the proper attitude in order to be considered for selection for their company. Southwest has the highest percentage of female pilots of any airline in the country, but still have only a few in comparison to the total number of pilots they employ. The corporate culture of have fun and work hard applies to all areas of the company, including the pilot faction, and those prospective pilots unwilling to serve as substitute baggage handler on occasion most likely will not even make the first cut. Bibliography lists more than a dozen sources.
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Southwest Airlines in 2008
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A 6 page paper providing a SWOT analysis and strategy implementation and evaluation plan for Southwest Airlines after experiencing its first losing quarter in 17 years. The paper recommends that the airline increase its airfreight business and develop new business relationships with new-breed travel agents. Strengthening weaker areas while maintaining the Southwest climate and culture is the challenge, but one Southwest has risen to in the past. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
Filename: KSairSWA08.rtf

Southwest Airlines' "Place" Component
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A 3 page paper discussing the "place" component of Southwest's marketing mix. Currently, Southwest retains its competitive advantage in "place," but it is experiencing increasing difficulty as it competes against the legacy carriers that with bankruptcy protection have made deep cost cuts and have secured impressive concessions from labor unions. The result for Southwest is that its costs are much higher than its competitors. Though it still leads its industry in all respects, those competitors are closing the gap. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Southwest Airlines' Future
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An 8 page paper discussing some of the pressures facing Southwest Airlines in 2005 and steps it could reasonably take to mitigate its business risks. Southwest still can claim no layoffs and no unprofitable quarters for all of its history, but most of the legacy carriers it competes with are operating under bankruptcy protection and at much lower costs. The paper recommends that Southwest preserve its all-important culture at all costs; increase fares; and expand into easily accessible markets as it waits for competitors to emerge from Chapter 11 protection and again come into the sights of the labor unions currently giving many deep concessions. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: KSairSWAprom.rtf

Southwest Airlines' Marketing Strategy
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A 10 page case research paper with Southwest Airlines as its focus. Southwest is one of America's largest airlines in terms of passenger boardings, and yet it serves airports in a relatively small number of 24 states. Overall, the company's marketing strategy is to provide the best-possible no-frills service with the newest equipment available, then tell the flying public about the top-notch safety record In a report filed with the SEC mid-way through 1996, Southwest included a list of 'what ifs' of things that might happen, things that prevented them from forecasting performance for the very next quarter. They just keep flying—often, right past the competition. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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Southwest Airlines' Product and Support Services
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A 5 page paper discussing Southwest's product and the challenges it faces in the future. Still able to claim only profitable quarters for all of its existence, post-hurricane fuel prices are proving to be problematic. And as other airlines gain dramatic concessions from labor unions through bankruptcy court, Southwest currently pays its pilots as much as 30 percent more than any other pilots in the industry. The company's competitive advantage always has been and continues to be its strong corporate culture, and the company will need to ensure it preserves that culture as it plans for the future. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: KSairSWAprod.rtf

Southwest Airlines; The Way Forward
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This 5 page paper considers the budget airline SWA and discusses a potential strategy for the future to develop a competitive advantage whilst retrenching. The bibliography cites 4 sources.
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SOUTHWEST VS. UNITED
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This 3-page paper compares financial information between Southwest Airlines and United Airlines (and its shuttle). Also discussed are the different models by which these two carriers operate. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: MTswunit.rtf

Southwest vs. ValuJet / Successful Airline vs. Unsuccessful Airline
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In this 10 page report, the writer compares Southwest with Value Jet Airlines. It is reasoned that the reputation-wrecked ValuJet airlines has only trotted along a bumpy road to industry success. Its future is much less certain than the ever-growing Southwest Airlines. Marketability, cost issues, human relations, and more-- are examined with respect to each of these two companies to support such a thesis. Bibliography lists 10 sources.
Filename: Valusout.doc

Space Commercialization / SPACEHAB, Inc.
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A 15 page research paper that first explores commercialization of space and the space industry then focuses on SPACEHAB, Inc., the sole producer and provider habitable space modules. A brief history of SPACEHAB, acquisitions, contracts and financial data is provided. For clarity and comparison, 5 tables are presented reflecting the financial health of the company. The paper concludes with a financial analysis. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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Space Exploration: History and Promises for the Future
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An 8 page overview of the timeless attraction of space and how that attraction has translated into space exploration programs. This paper traces the history of space exploration and contend that this exploration has the potential to result in more than just satisfying academic curiosity. Space exploration, in fact, directly benefits mankind in a number of ways. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
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Space Exploration: Pros and Cons
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This is an 11 page paper which discusses the pros and cons of space exploration and provides some avenues to answer the question as to whether or not space exploration is the best use of the nation's financial resources. The bibliography has 8 sources.
Filename: JHSpac.rtf

SPARK PLUGS AND THEIR PERFORMANCES
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This 4-page paper provides an overview of spark plugs and their performances. The paper includes information on how a spark plug handles heat, and alloys used. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
Filename: MTspaplu.rtf

Spatial Analysis/Insurgency
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A 10 page research paper that investigates the topic of spatial analysis specifically in regards to the uses of this technology in determining spatial patterns of insurgent threat incidents. The research suggests that spatial analysis has the ability to predict change in insurgent activity over time and that this technology can be used as a tool for facilitating military intelligence in regards to insurgent activity. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: khspaana.rtf

Starting a Flight School: A Prospective Business Analysis
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An 11 page overview of the aviation industry's need for pilots and the resulting opportunity for flight schools. Summarizes the factors leading to an increased demand for pilots and presents the opportunities which are available for flight schools in meeting these demands. Identifies operational and government guidelines for such schools and outlines safety considerations. Concludes with a one-page SWOT (Strengths, Weaknesses, Opportunities, and Threats) analysis of the industry. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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