Japan Case Studies Samples For Students

INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STRATEGY

International Business Strategy
- The recent research in the coffee industry indicates growing trends in the consumption of the premium coffee in the developed and developing countries. This aspect is highly valuable for Espressamente’s (an Illy brand) strategic decision of increasing its international presence, because Illy is recognized as the best coffee in Italy, destined for the premium consumers (Alon and Lohwasser, 2012). Another reason that sustains Espressamente’s intention of pursuing an international expansion resides in the fact that despite the high competition existent in the coffee industry, the developed and developing countries possess a high potential ...

- In most of these countries, does universal coverage provide the gold standard of care?

Universal coverage is provided by the state to its residents. In most of the countries, universal health coverage is funded through public and private funds. Also, private insurance and care are available for those who opt to pay. However, universal health care coverage in many countries does not provide the gold standard of care (Basch, 2006). In Canada, universal coverage is financed by both value added and income tax. Nonetheless, many residents have private insurance to allow them access fast and scarce services and pay costs not catered under universal coverage. Further, health care system in Canada experiences a shortness ...

There are several things that should have been done differently in order for the business deal to be sealed successfully. When conducting business meetings, Tim and fellow associates should have formalized and ritualized their greetings while in Japan, they need to show correct amount of respect and deference to individuals at Bonsai Company based upon their status and relative to that of the Canadians. Since they were foreigners in japan, they are expected to carry their business cards and while shaking hands, they should have a form of greeting where they bow. The level of which the Canadians will bow ...

Introduction

Starbucks Corporation is known to be the largest coffeehouse organization globally. The company is an American international coffeehouse chain and coffee company having more than 20,891 stores in approximately 62 countries. Its largest store chains are in United States with 13,279, second largest in Canada with 1,324. Moreover, it has 989, 851 and 806 stores chains in Japan, China and United Kingdom respectively.

Expansion of Starbucks without destroying its core business

The primary business of Starbucks is the coffee that is sold in morning hours which is the peak time when drinking coffee is most popular. For many years, Starbucks has struggled attract customers ...

Introduction

While on his way to Hiroshima, it was around 7:30 a.m. when Captain William Parsons inserted the detonator along with the explosive charge into the bomb. It was around 8:16 a.m. (Japanese time) when the bomb exploded in Hiroshima over Dr. Shima’s Clinic. The glowing fireball had a temperature of about 50,000 degrees. Soon after this attack, another major city of Japan was attacked. It was basically the idea of General Leslie Groves, General Farrel and Admiral Purnell to launch two atomic bombs on Japan; the first bomb would demonstrate power and the second would tell the Japanese ...

Individual Case Study Analysis

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Introduction

Coming from a traditional Japanese background, he views the JETs as subordinates and acts in a patriarchal manner towards them. He has tried to involve them in various office activities and conferences, as well as get them to learn about Japanese culture. From his background and the various points given in the case, it is clear that he has the typical Japanese ethos of working hard and in a disciplined manner.
Here, two key decisions of Mr. Higashi will be reviewed. The first decision to be reviewed is his treatment of the JETs as subordinates. The ...

Introduction

Question 1. how and why the incident happened (what conditions allowed the incident to happen)?
Hiroshima is located in the west of the largest Japanese island of Honshu. The town's name translates as "Wide Island". It is so named because the bayou Ota, flowing from the mountains to the plains Chugoku, where the Hiroshima formed at the confluence of the Inner Sea 6 islands protrude into Hiroshima Bay. They located the city. Hiroshima worth almost entirely in the valley, only slightly above sea level; to the north-west and north-east lie the hills, up to 700 feet (Rotter, ...

The Japanese Garden

Culture is a set of traditions, habits, values, and norms that a group of people share. That is as basic as definition goes. What it implies though is that culture is intricate, deeply-rooted in a person or nation's psyche, and is quite definitive of a people group's identity. Unfortunately for the outsider, like an entire language to be learned, a group of people's culture takes tremendous amount of time to learn - a lifetime would not be an exaggeration.
But for the person who marries as foreigner, or for a merchant wanting to expand overseas, a lifetime is a little too long for such an endeavor. How ...

Section 1: Provide a general description of the company.

Matsushita is one Japanese companies activating in the consumer electronics industry. Launched in 1920, the Japanese giant has revolutionized the world along time through its products, which have traveled globally, because the company has established a global presence. In its incipient decades, Matsushita applied a traditional managerial style, specific to Japanese business, based on the paternalistic, Confucian philosophy, which praised the employees’ loyalty towards their superiors and towards the company, in exchange of consistent benefits that settled a positive working environment within the company. This business philosophy, based on employee loyalty conferred the proper context for an effective and progressive growth for ...

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Geographically, Japan and China are separated by East China Sea. Although these two counties have close business and trade ties, their relationship is strained by the Japanese country failure of acknowledging the effect past wars between these countries. Japanese leadership has been making unpopular utterances on the impact of the past conflict on Chinese economic progress. In United Nation Security Council, China government has blocked the Japanese bid of having permanent seat thus alleviating the animosity between the two countries. There is also disagreement between the statuses of Taiwan between the two countries (Itoh, 2012). Japan views the status ...

You have been appointed to the planning commission for your country. Your nation has embarked on an intensive building program for economic development. Steel is very important for the building program’s successful implementation. You begin by analyzing the international market for steel. This will provide you with information about the future cost of the steel needed for construction.Please shift the S & D curves appropriately if necessary and locate the final equilibrium price and quantity. Make sure that you identify if the market for steel is a contracting or expanding market.
1. The international price of energy has recently ...

Introduction

Managerial ethics requires that a proper management system should always aim at reducing the cost of production to maximize on their profits. This is the most possible way of enlarging on the profit margin, even though other companies would use other methods to increase on their profits. Linear programming model is a tool used in operation management to be able to maximize on production subject to certain constrains. In the case study; Nissan battery electric vehicle, we target to use these managerial models to determine on the achievable managerial targets by the company.

Discussion and calculation

Taking into consideration the production capacity for the ...

Facts

Japan, in the implementation of the Japanese Liquor Taxes Law, sought to impose higher taxes on the foreign manufactured spirits and alcoholic products as opposed to the lower taxes on the locally produced shochu. The complainants who included the European Union, Canada and the United States of America sought an interpretation of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) and in particular four provisions on the issues of taxation of products.

Procedural History

The case was first heard by the Disputes Settlement Body of the World Trade Organization and appealed against at the Appellate Body of the same institution.

Issues

The ...

The United States has through its history faced threats to its peaceful existence, even before the declaration of independence was signed. Acts of terrorism within the United States present a threat to the peaceful existence of the citizens of the United States even in the present day. The worst terrorist attack on United States soil occurred in September 2001 when coordinated attacks destroyed the twin world trade centre in New York, an attempted attack on the Pentagon and another failed attack, all carried out by the Al Qaeda terrorist group by hijacking commercial airplanes. Previously, terrorist attacks were recorded during ...

The article talks of a businessman called Takashi Shiraishi who opened a Garment Business in Japan but later outsourced to China. His main aim was to increase his profit margins. He started his business after discovering a business niche in the Japanese market in cloth and fashion. He observed that Japanese were willing to append a lot on fashionable and stylish clothing than living in modest apartments. He ventured into business and prioritized customer taste, preference and lifestyle. This personal attention to customers made him successful.
His customer-oriented strategies combined with supplier relationship management were a bonus to his business. In 1990, Japan ...

Continuous development and expansion are extremely important for an organization to increase their financial belongings. There are number of organizations in the world, which are expanding their networks in different parts of the world merely to increase their financial belongings in total. When it comes to organizational productivity, then the act of expansion and development could be extremely positive and effective at the same time (McLean, p. 65).
As per the management officials of a company, being global is the important and dominating activity of an organization to increase its financial and economical belongings in total. Every big company ...

Introduction and background

The following case study addresses human resources-related issues in Honda Motorcycles and Skooters India Ltd, which required significant efforts from the management to cope with. Uniqueness of the case study lies in seriousness of the issues under study and their significant implications on the activities of the enterprise.
Question1. Key factors that led to the breakdown of the industrial relations at Honda.Quite a wide range of preconditions underlay workers’ desire to form a union, despite all existing HR initiatives. At the first sight it seems to be strange that workers decided to unionize, considering existence of such HR initiatives as ...

Introduction

The case study of Carlos Ghosn in relation to his management of the partnership between Nissan and Renault illustrates the wealth that could be derived from cultural diversity if buoyed with proper and positive management. Indeed, as the study notes, both companies were faced with unique and different problems but needed the synergy and diversity present in either of them for survival and growth. However, the leadership and managerial practise stands out as the most critical in such cases. It should be noted that Nissan had indelible and traditional Japanese set up being a Japanese company while Renault having been ...

Q.1 Why did the contraction of the US and Japanese economies and the rise in the value of the Yen hurt Sony’s exports from Japan?
In the early years of operation, Sony had the luxury of operating in a currency that was not only weak against the dollar, but also highly controlled by the government. Japanese foreign exchange policies favored companies and industries that the government wanted to succeed, especially in export markets. The strong Yen was due primarily to a strong Japanese economy, large trade surpluses and the largest-foreign exchange reserves in the world. Japan also had low unemployment, low ...

Benihana: Products and Services

Benihana is a Japanese restaurant chain operating in Japan. A few years ago, the management has decided to expand their products and services in the United States. The opening, although challenging, later on turned out to be a huge success, thanks to the features and qualities that made Benihana restaurants stand out among other restaurants and fast-food chains in a rather volatile and highly competitive food and food services market. Benihana has been known for its Japanese-style steaks, which after a few years of operation in the west, turned out to be very much liked by Americans and Europeans, despite their different taste ...

The competitive advantage of the Toy R Us is that it was self service, supermarket-style format. The self service style gave the customers the chance to view different toys and pick between a different range of products, this is because they had a bigger and better selection than any single toy store. Viewing of the range of the products, gave Toy R Us a competitive advantage over the other retail shops selling toys. This will help Japan because for them, a typical toy store was small and did not sell a wide range of products and their display areas were customarily cramped. They also ...

Equilibrium Price and Quantity

The earthquake in Japan has affected the supply chain in the world including those of cars. As a result, there would be fewer supplies until Japan recovers from the earthquake. (Miyoung and Jim)
Figures 1 and 2 show the demand and supply curves of Japanese cars would have been affected by the earthquake. Figure 1 shows the demand curve of Japanese car demand. It is the typical demand for Japanese cars.
Figure 2 shows the shift of the supply costs of Japanese car. The situation is not a simple case of low inventory. So, it is not just a question ...

The world over, countries look forward and tirelessly work toward improving their economies. A growth in the economy signifies an improvement in the standards of living improved gross domestic product (GDP). In the last three decades, the Middle East has generally experienced tremendous growth in their GDP and with specific emphasis to Japan and China which have grown to be global economic powerhouses (Otsuka, 2011). However, a down spiral has been experienced as regards to the rate of economic growth in the past two decades as a result of economic stagnation experienced by Japan since the burst of the asset price ...

New Tax Havens for US Multinationals

The US tax code encourages multinational corporations to move their productive operations out of the country. Findings from the video indicate that the reason to shift operations to international destinations is in part due to the need to find favorable tax rates and as well, due to the desire to satisfy the aspirations of shareholders. Despite the attempts by the Obama Administration to clamp down international tax evasion, many a multinational corporation is unwilling to submit taxes earned on foreign profits. The international tax rates are competitive enough to lure US multinationals to shift their operational activities to low-tax countries. ...

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Abstract
Expanding business internationally can be trouble some, if the person does not have understood, culture of his new business place thoroughly. Apart from financial and labor issues, cultural issues play their part in great ways and once that is solved many of the problems can be solved.

Introduction:

John, who was already facing labor shortage in the small manufacturing firm in US, has been approached by a Major automobile giant from Japan for a joint venture where he has to begin a operation in Japan and majority ownership will be with John only. It was a lucrative opportunity; hence John signed the ...

American free market capitalism has been around for a while now and it is intrinsically part of the world’s economic system with several Western economies based on the same principles. However the recent economic crisis has show us that occasionally, this type of capitalism can prove to have disastrous results especially when investment bankers are allowed to take unprecedented risks and put the whole economy into jeopardy as happened in 2008. The principle of profit at all costs with no risk aversions and/or protection creates situations which are anamolous as when the great lending crisis crashed the property market ...

Introduction

It is essential for management to consider the environmental forces that have affect business performance. The management has the role to identify the legal, political, socio-cultural, economic and technological factors that influence business in a particular market. These helps the management to make decisions on marketing strategies used in a given market, trace the economic trends to understand the economic condition in a given market, adapt the products to the market and comply with the legal requirements in that particular market. The management makes decisions that best suits the business in the context of the various environmental factors. A successful business in ...

Central Issue:

How can John Higgins prove to more effective for Weaver Pharmaceutical, the U.S. Parent drug company in the Weaver-Yamazaki joint venture amid his unusual attachment to the Japanese culture and people?

Recommended Course of Action:

Weaver Pharmaceutical should respect John Higgins’ qualifications and experience and request him to accept an appropriate alternative designation. The company should have discussions with him about his future aspirations and goals and then make this decision. Higgins is very likely to accept staying in Japan for the rest of his life than being expatriated to different geographies or back to U.S. and a suitable designation can be given ...

Problem Facing the Firm

The Global Management Company, the Japanese Equities Fund’s investment manager, was facing a problem of the rise in the hot money rapid movement out of and in the Fund. As reported in the case, the Japanese Equities Fund had faced considerable cash outflows and inflows from the investors. David Smith, the Japanese Equities Fund’s portfolio manager, alleged that the stockholders were trying to raise their profits through timing the stock exchange market. In other words, these shareholders were trying to take the advantage of the difference between the New York and Tokyo Stock Exchanges’ closing times. Sofia ...

Currently Apple Inc. is near its 40th birthday and is one of the largest and most well-known corporations of the world. The Apple brand is one of the most valuable brands of the world and the total worth of Apple amounts to over 750 Billion USD. Apple is a provider of equipment for mobile communication and media devices. Its products include hardware for communication, computing, entertainment equipment as well as media peripherals. Additionally Apple is also a purveyor of software support for the hardware including operating systems for mobile phones, computers, multimedia platforms and application software. From the diverse range of ...

The corporate governance in United States, Japan and South Korea is experiencing some drastic changes in how they handle their stakeholders such as suppliers, customers and shareholders. The paper compares how the three models of corporate governance make their strategic decisions based on the shareholder values. However, there is a big difference in how these companies are implemented based on the countries (Larcker & Tayan, 2).
There are some new improvements in the models of USA and the global corporate governance over time. For instance, the OECD Principles of Corporate Governance of 2004 were revised in 2014. The new, updated ...

How far has Haier come since its creation in 1984?

Haier has since 1984 expanded into the global market making sure to create global products. It first expanded internationally, and later went into the global market. Its expansion coupled with its effective leadership has seen it become one of the leading manufacturing companies in the world.

What is special about Haier's current management system?

Haier's management system is a combination of Western management concepts and Chinese philosophies regarding management. This combination provides a balance between the two cultures. Moreover, the management system has adopted a ZZJYT concept which contradicts the traditional management theories. In this system, the customers are given priority and their needs put into consideration.

What role has CEO Zhang played in Haier's development? How would you describe him as a leader?

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CHAPTER 8: TARIFFS VERSUS QUOTAS

INTRODUCTION
The main concern of this study is to determine the better option between quotas and tariff for US for importing goods from Japan. The impacts of both quota and tariff on the US economy along with the impact of all foreign imports on the domestic production in terms of industry competition is central idea of the study.
Tariff: The amount of tax or duty that is to be paid to the government on the particular class of imports and exports.

As discussed in this case the quota if imposed on the imports of television from Japan ...

Abstract

Founded in 1964 by Hiroaki Aoki, Benihana of Tokyo is a global restaurant franchise that specializes in Japanese Cuisine. Benihana targets diverse clientele across the globe who are interested in Japanese cuisine since that is the restaurant’s main menu. The key proposition is that the firm offers the best of Japanese cuisine experience. The restaurant’s main strength is that it offers exceptional steaks usually prepared in front of the customer. The main weakness is that the planned ambitious global expansion may lead to too high a number of hotels that may lead to brand dilution and hence ...

Gree International Inc encounters several challenges in its attempt to expand the market share. The competitive nature of the global firms, especially due the technological advancement has affected the company’s success strategies. Most international markets have diverse operational and marketing tactics, which hinders Gree from acquiring an extensive market share. Most modern companies have embarked on creating competitive advantages to enable them succeed in the competitive markets. The emerging challenges in the gaming industry affected the market venturing strategies set by the Gree Inc‘s management team. The firm had to compete with globally established entities, which had a ...

The business organization under analysis in this case is Mueller-Lemhmkuhl that is involved in production and sale of apparel fasteners and it is located in Germany, Europe. The company has operations on the international front though it is faced with multiple challenges that inhibit is profitability and market dominance. The cost accounting model used has flaws and impinges on pricing of fasteners leading to reduced earnings due to intense competition from rivals. The President of the company, Dr. Richard Welkers attested that HI, a Japanese firm poses a great challenge to Mueller- Lemhmkuhl due to their price wars, as they price ...

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- General Environment
Globally, it seems that Brazil is in a recession, its economy has contracted in the last 6 months. Eurozone is very close to a recession and the outlook looks very pessimistic. However, there are also certain positive indicators that could help stay recession for a while. They include indicators like trade surplus, lower Euro, lower levels of unemployment, easier lending standards and banks eager to lend. Faltering growth worldwide, increasing geopolitical risks, are pushing the US growth rates southwards. As the dollar inched way up north the commodity prices have ...

Introduction

Background
Established in 1941 as a small family-owned business, Coach morphed into a fashion brand over time, providing superior quality fashion goods of modern and classic style. It started operating its own exclusive retail stores in 1980 (Coach Inc., 2014). The Coach brand was sold to Sarah Lee in 1985, and since then, the company has undergone a rapid expansion. The product portfolio of Coach included luggage, briefcases and other fashion accessories, apart from its original men’s and women’s leather bags. Until 2000, Coach mainly operated its stores in the USA before starting to expand into international markets like ...

Introduction

There are key factors in business growth and sustainability. These factors are: reliability of the service offered, high product quality and management of the business operations. Undertaking the analysis of Starbucks reinforces the three concepts of control and quality management, providing reliable service and having efficient operations. Starbucks is a global American coffee company headquartered in Seattle, Washington and was founded in 1971. Starbucks one of the largest coffeehouse company, with approximately 23,305 stores spread in more than 63 countries around the world. The stores offer hot and cold beverages, whole-bean coffee, snacks, pastries, teas and ground instant coffee. ...

Introduction

A lot of people have taken the presence of a Starbucks store, conveniently placed in a street corner, as part of everyday urban living. It is after all, just a cup of coffee. A lot however, can be said about a cup of coffee that the company Starbucks offers. For one thing, Starbucks has taken drinking coffee from a mere morning ritual into a lucrative business that is driven by a perception of upward economic mobility. And why not enjoy the image behind drinking a great cup of coffee? Drinking Starbucks coffee has become an enjoyable experience, anytime of the day. At the center of the new ...

The Vietnamese had suffered so much in the hands of the Japanese and the French. In 1941, they formed a military and political movement called Viet Minh, meaning League for Independence of Vietnam. This movement did its best to challenge the Japanese and defeat the French. The struggles eventually led to the freedom of the Vietnam nation; it was led by Ho Chi Minh. Minh was a source of inspiration to the people of Vietnam since he led them to their freedom; he was seen as a national hero. Despite the controversy over whether he was a communist or ...

Biography:

Creating a visual language with simple yet stunning white and black pictures seems to flow easy in the works of Hiroshi Sugimoto. Born in 1948 (Tokyo, Japan) he has proved to be a multi-faceted artist who is equally good in painting, installation and architecture apart from photography. His photography tries to capture the time and preserve it for the viewer. He has also explored several other themes such as empiricism, and metaphysics. In his works he tries to bridge the gap between what exists to a layman and how it can be transformed with a picture when laid in ...

Analysis of Situation

As a company, Harley-Davidson is one of the most recognizable motorcycle brands in the United States today. The motorcycles produced by the company are the primary things that the company is known for, but it also produces transportation vehicles—including recreational and commercial vehicles, and participates in some defense contracting. The case study discusses the state of Harley-Davidson in the 1990s, when the company was experiencing serious financial trouble as a result of the environment, industry, organization, and marketing strategy of the organization as a whole. Understanding each of these facets is important to understanding an analysis of the ...

Executive Summary

The probability function is also in the favor of the company, and found that the chance of earning high is effective and powerful as far as the effectiveness of the company are concerned. The company should go forward with the same aspect in order to grow its market substantially and effectively in different regions.

Introduction

Decision making is an important activity for an organization, and it is equally beneficial for the long term sustainability of an entity in a particular industry (Allayannis and Brown, 2005). The value of decision making can be analyzed with the fact that the whole effectiveness of ...

Question 1

The secret behind the magic on how search engines work could possibly amaze many individuals when they come to realize. In order to understand how search engines work, it is important to view the four steps the data entered into the machine takes before the suggested results are displayed on the monitor for view or interpretation. The four simple but complicated steps includes, the crawling of the “spiders” to transport the alphabetical data entered into the computer, then followed by indexing of the data, and then the relevance of the data is assessed before the results of the search ...

Toyota Motors is a Japan based automobile manufacturer. The company was founded in 1937 by Kiichiro Toyoda. The company has her headquarters in Aichi, Japan and is arguably the largest automobiles manufacturer globally according to production and sales. The company has in her employ about 320,808 people worldwide and is present in about 170 countries worldwide.

With these in mind, this paper seeks to analyze Toyota's strengths and weaknesses with a view to discovering if the weaknesses and identified strengths work for or against the company in taking advantage of the numerous opportunities that abound for her in the market ...

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Efficiency Improvements and Trade-off’s

Ghosn’s first act of efficiency was to minimize the time uncovering the problems hounding Nissan. He did this by creating 9 functional teams who would be looking for all possible faults. The Japanese avoid public finger-pointing and value face saving. This approach could have offended and demoralized many managers.
Production capacity was reduced to match current demand levels. Factories were closed (Belson, 2002) causing a 14% reduction of the workforce. This was highly effective but it was more painful for the Japanese who trusted in life-time employment. That bond of trust was surely damaged.
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#1 Opening Case – Burberry
Burberry’s target customer base are the “well-heeled, younger, hipper, fashion-conscious set”. One thinks that Burberry’s target market is quite extensive as it can range from the young adults ranging from 20 to 30 to a more mature market with age ranging from those above 30 to 65 years. It is observed that Burberry is also trying to target the fashion-conscious millennials as the company is moving towards digital marketing. Ahrendts’ strategy to control the design of their offerings in some of their partner countries would be viewed by Theodore Levitt as a company ...

International Markets

The industry for Australian Soybean is small, but from an economic viewpoint it is very valuable, since it plays a significant role in the farming system across Australia. The last decade has seen an exponential growth in export markets and consumption of edible beans domestically (Marketing Soybeans).
The demand for Australian edible soybeans in Asian markets is immense, with Japan the major importer of the Soybeans as it imports half a million tonnes of tofu grade soybeans each year from US and Canada, with the primary reason being the quality and positioning of the Australian product in the soybeans ...

Delhi-Mumbai Dedicated Freight Corridor

Summary
The study is based on the basis that large infrastructure projects, like the proposed Dedicated Freight Corridor (DFC), are essential drivers of the state economy and have significant implications for attaining low-carbon expansion goals. The intention of the study is based on whether the DFC project would concurrently support sustainable development, reduce freight traffic, and decrease carbon releases. For that reason, it would be a worthy project supporting development policies and climate change strategies at the end. Also, other massive infrastructure of this kind could formulate a strategy background for attaining the aims of low-carbon transportation and sustainable ...

Introduction

Throughout their business operations, Philips (Netherlands) and Matsushita Electric (Japan) had implemented two different business strategies and operated with different organizational structure and competencies. Philips became successful with the development of international portfolio of national organizations whereas Matsushita Electric focused on centralized and highly efficient operations in Japan. In 21st century, both the companies have faced severe challenges to their competitive and established position in the market. Hence, in order to implement the strategic initiatives and to restructure the organization, the top management of both the companies took their organizations in different directions. It is imperative to analyze how ...

Statement of the Problem (1 page)

Mueller-Lehmkuhl GmbH (MLG) is a German producer of apparel fasteners. In 1982, it formed a joint venture with the German subsidiary of the Atlas group, an American multinational for the purpose of benefiting from MLG’s technological superiority and access to other markets through the Atlas subsidiary. However, the effect of the joint venture essentially was the limiting of MLG’s markets to Europe and Africa.
MLG is one of the major competitors in the very mature European market for apparel fasteners. Its market share is currently 17% (although three other firms have about the same market share), taking a slightly ...

Vision of a Model Research Center

Rachel’s style of leadership in ICCR is definitely a transformational one given that the research center was her idea and all other employees seem to be following her vision. One of the assumptions of this kind of leadership is that it believes that people tend to follow those who inspire them. This is evidenced in Rachel’s leadership as she even has women in her organization looking up to her as a role model. Rachel is also a transformational leader as can be seen by the fact that she believes in injecting energy and enthusiasm into ICCR; this is why she ...

Question One

Apart from being punctual and efficient in response to the customers’ needs, a convenient store can be more responsive by offering additional services to the customers. The additional services may include the transportation of the commodities to the customers’ place of preference, or the provision of discounts on various amounts of purchases made by their customers. Moreover, the store can be more responsive by adding more value to their products, for example, giving additional items after the customer purchases certain items from the store.

Question Two

The challenges associated with the micro matching of supply and demand as is evident in ...

Situation

- Kim needs to arrange medical help for the female staff worker who had fallen from the chair and enquire if she could work. If she is not in working condition anymore, it is important that she is replaced by someone temporarily from Public area.
- Talking to the afternoon shift supervisor and informing about the added activities and need to allocate staff for housekeeping for achieving their targets timely.
- Ensuring the Level 5 rooms are ready for the group of Japanese Tourists before they arrive back from their bus tour.
- Checking the performance of staff working ...

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The assessment of financial performance of the division managers in each subsidiary can be obtained by taking a difference between budgeted profits and actual profits in US dollars. It can be understood from the table provided below.
The table provided above summarizes the information regarding the actual and budget performance of each subsidiary in 2004 . All amounts are expressed in US dollars that are helpful in comparison among them. It can be seen from Table 1 that the subsidiary of Japan has performed below budgeted profits that in dollars but it might have increased its profits as compared ...

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Introduction

This paper is devoted to the company Nissan Motor Company Ltd. and its management system. The great attention is paid to the operations management, supply chain, inventory management and other aspects, which can significantly impact on the company’s effectiveness.
Nissan is currently demonstrating a steady growth in terms of volume of production and sales, as well as developing its technologies in different fields. Nowadays, the company Nissan produces cars in twenty countries around, which include Japan, USA, England, Spain, India, Brazil, Mexico, Russia and others. Sales are conducted in more than one hundred and sixty countries.
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Key Strategies Employed by Coach, Inc.

The first strategy employed by Coach is that of expanding in emerging markets. It is strengthening its sales in China, and has begun to expand as well in India, which it considers to be an emerging market and a potential source of growth in terms of sales. It also would like to increase its presence in Europe, South America and the rest of Asia. It also desires to increase its presence in the United States and in the rest of North America. It plans to do this by increasing both the number of full price stores and factory outlets. ...

During the first year of its operations, EuroDisney saw very poor performance which was due to the fact that the management assumed that they would get similar kind of positive response from European market as they were getting from Japanese market. However, the reality was quite in contrast to this assumption. The Europeans did not find the whole theme of EuroDisney appealing and they were not willing to spend the forecasted amount on entertainment. Less number of people were visiting EuroDisney as they were not satisfied with the park management’s pricing policies, construction design and the high overnight ...

Sources of currency values

These currency values have been obtained from several sources. The first source is Bloomberg. This site offered the values of these currencies for comparison purposes. There was a need for computation and conversion in order to obtain accurate values. Bloomberg offers currency values for international financial markets (Watson, 2013). The other source for these currency values is yahoo finance. This platform provides currency values on a historical trend basis. It provides charts and trends depiction for a clear and illustrative comparison. Yahoo Finance has been a key source for financial values; aiding financial analysts in their analysis (Elliott, 2012). The final source for ...