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In the Business section, you can find material dedicated to all things business. This section collects data on the activities of the various companies operating in markets all over the world.
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Is It Truly Possible for a Firm to Have a Strategy in the Absence of Intention?
TEAM #1 9/13/16 TEAM REPORT #1 1. Is it truly possible for a firm to have a strategy in the absence of intention? In today’s world strategy plays a dynamic role in the growth and development of new and existing firms. Strategy is used in many ways to compete in the markets and set a company apart from another in how they intend to conduct their business. These intended business strategies are molded upon the
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Is Managing Diversity Unethical
Abstract Imagine that you are a highly qualified former Hispanic executive who was recently laid off from a fortune 500 hundred company. With in that company you held several key roles in which you were crucial to the success of the organization. In the prior roles you may have never really understood the need or the process of managing diversity. You hold several advanced degrees in key business fields despite all of your experience education
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Is Marketing a Result or Not
Is marketing a result or not? positioning,segmentation, targeting marketing mix The human contact is very powerful tool. Information people hear from others is always more powerful. Of course, this power is very important for all brands. Adidas use this in a very good way. Word of Mouth Marketing has several categories, which are buzz, blog, viral, grassroots, brand advocates, cause influencers and social media marketing, as well as ambassador programs, work with consumer-generated media
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Is Money a Motivator
Some people argue that money is a main motivator through business and job opportunity, but is not always completely true as there are others factors to considers such as working conditions, environment and the peoples we work with. This essay discuss the arguments that are both for and against money being the key motivator in Singapore. In most organisation, money is often seen as a prime motivator for employee in the government and corporate sectors.
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Is Price War a Dominant Strategy for Oligopoly?
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/48/IIM_Kozhikode_Logo.svg/1010px-IIM_Kozhikode_Logo.svg.png Managerial Economics - Group(Y) Project Is Price War A Dominant Strategy for Oligopoly? Image result for pepsi vs coke price Submitted by: Rohit Gupta(EPGP-09-151) Sachin Mittal(EPGP-09-154) Reuben Rajan(EPGP-09-150) Raghavi Dhamodharan(EPGP-09-139) Acknowledgement We the students of EPGP 09 batch would like to extend our sincere thanks to the institute IIMK and Professor Shubhasis Dey for providing us the opportunity to study and understand the oligopoly and various strategies being used by them. Abstract This project
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Is Starbucks More Delicious?
Is StarbucksЎ¦ coffee more delicious? As hitting the double-digit mark of 10% growth for the last five weeks, Starbucks get another peak of their development. Everybody wants to know the secret of the success of the Starbucks. Somebody who is not responsible just explains that its success is just because of peopleЎ¦s taste. Is it true? Is it StarbucksЎ¦ coffee more delicious? 1. Economic boom benefit Starbucks. Mr. Coles, a Briton now based at StarbucksЎ¦
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Is Studying Culture Important
If you see in any given situation only what everybody else can see, you can be said to be so much a representative of your culture than you are a victim of it. (S. I. Hayakawa) From the highest parts of Canada to the lowest plains in Australia cultures vary from country to country, city to city, and region to region. The world with its advancements in technology has become smaller and smaller. We are
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Is Subliminal Advertising Effective?
Is Subliminal Advertising Effective? The average American views an average of 1500 ads every single day! Did you know that some of these ads have hidden pictures, words, or even sound inside of them? These hidden things are called subliminal messages. When used correctly, these hidden messages have been proven to persuade us to do certain things. What are Subliminal Messages? Subliminal messages are things that are stored inside of our subconscious. They are known
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Is the Chinese Textile Industry a Threat for Europe?
Is Chinese Textile Industry a threat for Europe? Introduction “Napoleon said of China “Let China sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world.” This assumption turned out to be true, particularly these two last decades. As a matter of fact, China has undergone two restructuring processes: the industrialization and the transition from a centrally planned to a market economy since the early 1980’s. Thus, Chinese government has been implementing an economic reform to
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Is the European Monetary Union a Disaster? – Discuss
Abstract This essay evaluates the development of the EMU; a system that only came into effect three years ago. Through the lack of recent literature most of the evidence are derived from articles of various sources. The essay takes into consideration that the EMU is embedded in a generally declining world economy. It illustrates why the EMU did not reach their targeted goals immediately and points out shortcomings in the architecture of the EMU in
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Is the Metal Containers Industry Attractive?
Is the metal containers industry attractive? In general, firms in the industrial materials sector produce commodity products with very little pricing power, and margins are slim. Firms in this industry are usually vulnerable to economic cyclicality. Capital requirements are large and lead to high fixed costs associated with manufacturing equipment. During strong demand cycles, capacity can be utilized to produce large volumes. Given the high operating leverage of most firms in the sector, incremental production
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Is the Purpose of Advertising to Create Cognitive Dissonance
Advertising deals with people's feelings and emotions. It includes understanding of the psychology of the buyer, his motives, attitudes, as well as the influences on him such as his family and reference groups, social class and culture. In order to increase the advertisements persuasiveness, advertisers use many types of extensions of behavioural sciences to marketing and buying behaviour. One such extension is the theory of cognitive dissonance. The purpose of advertising can be to create
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Is the Risk of Bankruptcy a Systematic Risk?
Is the Risk of Bankruptcy a Systematic Risk? ILIA D. DICHEV* ABSTRACT Several studies suggest that a firm distress risk factor could be behind the size and the book-to-market effects. A natural proxy for firm distress is bankruptcy risk. If bankruptcy risk is systematic, one would expect a positive association between bankruptcy risk and subsequent realized returns. However, results demonstrate that bankruptcy risk is not rewarded by higher returns. Thus, a distress factor is unlikely
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Is the Strike No Longer Necessary?
Is the strike no longer necessary? Throughout the years conflict has occurred between managers and workers resulting in industrial action taken either individually or as a collective form. The most favoured form of industrial action is the strike where employees demonstrate the importance of the issue concerned by stopping work and leaving the workplace. Strikes occur for a number of reasons one being pay. Strike patterns have changed over the years showing a decline
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Is the Task of Managing People Essentially the Same in All Countries?
Managing people is an important task in one company. However, different culture would lead to different models of management. Furthermore, more and more multinational corporations have been established in all countries, “international HRM becomes one of the most challenging corporate tasks in multinational organization.” Therefore, culture difference should be understood by supervisor in the firms that is beneficial to do management (Schneider, 2003). The essay will give some examples and analyze different ways of management
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Is the Ttip a Friend or Foe for Europe?
“IS THE TTIP A FRIEND OR FOE FOR EUROPE?” António Guimarães nº12873 Submitted to Professor Miguel Teles Ferreira of tutorial class TAB31, on 24/04/2015 This essay approaches the possible outcomes of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP), how this agreement may affect positively or not the European Union and other countries involved, and what is needed to be done for the partnership to go smoothly and create a beneficial situation for everyone. All of
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Is There a ReTurn On the Investment of Management Training?
Is There a Return on the Investment of Management Training? Customer satisfaction is no doubt dependent on a great number of variables. While it may be difficult to measure the actual benefits of training in terms of customer satisfaction, it appears essential to provide some type of training for employees to improve job performance. According to Smith (2001), staffs who have received formal training have been found to be up to 230 percent more productive
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Is There Any Role for Protectionist Trade Policies?
Is There Any Role For Protectionist Trade Policies? - Economics Essay Paul Krugman (1987) once declared that “if there was an Economist's Creed, it would surely contain the affirmations, "I believe in the Principle of Comparative Advantage," and "I believe in free trade." In theory, free trade is seen as a positive sum game that maximises world output and consumers’ choices, fosters peace and harmony among nations, and spurs domestic efficiency (Friedman, 1988). As its
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Is Tqs More Important Today That It Was Then Years Ago? Why or Why Not?
Is TQS more important today that it was then years ago? Why or why not? Total quality service is more important today than it was ten years ago. Quality is a key factor in customer satisfaction and service is expected. In the past quality service may have been an afterthought to some companies, now it is essential to remain a competitive and successful business. Satisfied customers are the driving force that keeps a company
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Is Trust Assumed When Working in Teams or Does Trust Have to Be Earned Among the Team Members
Is Trust Assumed When Working in Teams or Does Trust Have to be Earned Among the Team Members Management June 18, 2008 Is Trust Assumed When Working in Teams or Does Trust Have to be Earned Among the Team Members Is Trust Assumed When Working in Teams or Does Trust Have to be Earned Among the Team Members Research shows trust between team members is dynamic. “Trust grows as the relationship between you and your
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Is Wal-Mart Bad for America?
In 1962, Wal-Mart opened their first store in Rogers, Arkansas. In 1970, Wal-Mart’s first distribution center and home office in Bentonville, Ark. open and Wal-Mart went public on the New York Stock Exchange. Just nine years from that, Wal-Mart’s annual sales exceeded one billion dollars. In 1988, Wal-Mart super centers opened across the country. In a merely three years from that, Wal-Mart opened their own store in Mexico City, Mexico; making Wal-Mart an international corporation.
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Is Wal-Mart Good for the Economy?
After reading the article and seeing the two opposing points of view I would have to say that the more accurate one of the two comes from the Democratic Staff of the House Committee on Education and the Workforce. The Los Angeles County Economic Development Corporation asserts that the entry of Wal-mart stores into southern California would be beneficial to the local economy from the point of view that since Wal-mart offers such competitive,
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Is Whistle-Blowing Good for an Organization or Not?
Is Whistle-blowing Good for an Organization or Not? This paper will explore whistle-blowing by giving a definition, a brief history of a couple of famous whistle-blowers, and how whistle-blowers have a positive effect in today’s business. Origins of the Whistle-blower: “The term whistleblower derives from the practice of English Bobbies (police officers) who would blow their whistle when they noticed the commission of a crime. The blowing of the whistle would alert both law enforcement
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Is Zipcar a High Potential Venture
Based on Criteria’s of Evaluating Venture Opportunities there are several key indicators that shows that Zipcar is indeed a high potential venture. Below are the criteria in brief 1.0 Industry & Market Market: The revolutionary concept certainly provides an alternative to public transport. Furthermore the car sharing concept is really useful for the public in a overcrowded city with limited parking & expensive parking fees. This is clearly not an untouched segment because there are
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Isbm
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Islamic Banking
2. Company Background: BIMB In MIBS, the Islamic banks normally obtain more than 75 percent of their funds from deposit (Abdul Ghafar, 2010). The heavy reliance to deposits as source of funds for BIMB, as the focus of this study is shown in the comparison of 3 years (2008-2010) of its balance sheet below: Table 1: BIMB Balance Sheet, 2008-2010 (RM Billion) Financial Year 2008 2009 2010 Assets Cash/Bank Balance 9,947 8,492 2,762 Government Securities
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Islamic Banking and Profitabiltiy in Pakistan
1. Introduction In the last two decades, Islamic banks have grown in size and number around the world. Islamic banks operate in over 60 countries, but in Iran, Pakistan and Sudan, the entire system has been converted to Islamic banking. In other countries, banking systems are dominated by secular/conventional banking institutions operating parallel to Islamic banks, yet Islamic banking is the fastest growing segment of the credit market in Muslim countries (that have Islamic banks).
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Islamic Banking, Financials and Accounting
INTRODUCTION When one mentions banking or financial institutions, Islam banks don’t necessarily come readily to mind. There are a few reasons for this, one of which is that Islam banks, which are primarily religious in nature, tend to be vastly different from their Western counterparts, and could even be considered confusing to them.In this paper, we’ll examine the Islam economic system, discuss banks and other financial institutions in this system, and will discuss some of
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Islamic Finance
INTRODUCTION: Islam is founded upon the notion of Tawhid, a total commitment to the will of God. There are no concepts of “mosque” and “state” as specifically religious and political institutions. They are believed to be fused together (Mills, Presley). The Qu’ran explicitly deals with economic questions such as distribution of property on inheritance, hoarding, usury and the use of financial resources. The principles of the Islamic Financial system is based on a set of
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Islamic Micro Finance
Islamic Micro Finance Provision of Islamic microfinance services and products Common Elements between Islamic finance and microfinance: 1. There are many similarities in the nature of Islamic banking and microfinance as both forms of finance represent unconventional solutions to financial needs starting from egalitarian approaches being open to all customers without setting any apparent restriction to different categories of clientele. 2. Similarly both the systems advocate financial inclusion, entrepreneurship and risk-sharing through partnership finance. 3.
Rating:Essay Length: 341 Words / 2 PagesSubmitted: January 27, 2010