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Political Science - Examination of South Africa
Introduction. The geography of the country known as South Africa is varied and rich. Most of the country is a “veld” which is a grassy plateau high above sea level; in some places as high as 3,900 feet above the sandy coasts along the oceans. On the northwest are the Namib and Kalahari Deserts. Forests are found on the northeast side.
South Africa is also rich in natural resources. There is the beauty of the land which is priceless; tourists from all over the world visit. The farm region has the ...

World economics has become more complicated and difficult given developments in the past decade. For one, there has been a lot of developments in technology especially with regard to the internet and the new and social media. Another, times have been tough because of the worldwide economic crisis. Microeconomists have been at the forefront at maximizing the use of new technology and media in business management that have important macroeconomic and worldwide impact. Among the microeconomists who have made a mark in the world are: Preston McAfee, a former California Institute of Technology professor and now at Yahoo!; Steve Tadelis, from University ...

Vertical and Horizontal Integration

Technology Sector and Structural Changes

Technology, by any measure, is the most competitive and fast moving industry, and businesses have to develop new structural strategies to maintain their competitive sustainability. The survival of business in the industry is dependent, in part, to innovation and new product development, and as well, structural reinvention and strategies. Actions and strategic decisions of top management executives are essential in the determination of the future of many organizations and in enabling these organizations to avoid becoming obsolete. Traditionally, business organizations in the IT industry have used integration to enhance their developmental and operational activities. ...

Business Report for Inditex

Since 1975 when it was first launched in Spain, La Coruna, with Zara, by its founder Amancio Ortega Gaona, Inditex has known a permanent growth and profitability throughout the markets that it reached ever since. Activating now in European and international market (with 5527 stores at the end of 2011 (Inditext Annual Report 2011, p. 14)), the company is not about to stop there, but it is pursuing new territories, aiming to make its brands “a hip”, being determined to position them (Zara, mostly), as top brands, for high end consumers.
This report will mostly focus upon Zara’s operations, ...

Issues

The Corporation is an investigative report about the wrongdoings of corporations. The issue is about all the evil that corporations do. Corporations are responsible for many problems in the world including poverty and the exploitation of people, toxic chemicals and wastes, genetic manipulated organisms, warped consumer mentality, among other things. Some of the products they produce do not serve society any good but mainly to earn corporations huge profits. Corporations—large, multinational corporations in particular—exist to earn profits for themselves.

Portrayal of Corporations

The documentary portrays corporations mainly as evil. Although the documentary is truthful and the evidences it presents can ...

Background of the Issue

With increasingly difficult organizational structures and continuously evolving markets, modern companies face more severe competition. This competitive market environment is no longer determined by the high level supply and demand curve and product features, as it used to be somewhat forty and even thirty years ago. Contemporary businesses have to learn to compete on price and upstream effectiveness to be able to develop sustainable competitive advantage in their respective markets. Past decades put in focus an emerging trend of production and manufacturing outsourcing, where large corporation found a great cost advantage in offshoring their operations in lower labor cost countries, ...

Business Study Skills Individual Report

Abstract
The study investigates the economy performed in Japan over the last decade. The studies have shown that there has been an increasing based on an unmanageable model of unbalanced economic growth. The study finds that there was a surprise fall in GDP from 2.1% to 1.6% in Japan due to debt brought by household consumption and increase in sale tax. This has made Japan’s economy to shrink. The government expenditure has developed by 29%, which outdo the rest of the economy growth. There is actual prove that there was a fall in GDP of business investments from 11.7% ...

1.0 Introduction
The recent financial and banking crisis in UK can be traced to five years back (2007/2008). However, the root causes of the problem could be traced to the 1970s and the 1980 when the US and UK governments when UK and US deregulated their financial markets. The relaxation of the existing financial regulations enabled financial institutions to raise money from different areas of the world. This enabled the rapid growth of financial service businesses to levels that had not been witnessed before. However, the net effect of liberalizing the credit market was the massive expansion of ...

Executive Summary 3

Introduction 4
Theoretical Background 4
Brand Love Scales 4
Definition of Love 5
Personality of Brand 5
Image of the Brand 5
Brand Love’s Elements 6
Brand Romance 7
Brand Attitude 7
Brand Loyalty 7
Fashion Brands Love 8
Brand Love in Cell Phone Industry 8
Brand Love Creation by the Companies 8
Apple/Samsung/Huawei 8
PepsiCo 9
Benetton 9
Conclusion 9

BIBLIOGRAPHY 10

Executive Summary
Brand love is a relatively new phenomenon actively discussed by the scholars and marketing professionals. Brand love is necessary for the modern companies to successfully attract and retain their customers. Moreover, it helps to convince ...

An Analysis of Merger & Acquisition Strategy

Introduction
There has been a major fall in the oil prices in past two years from 2014-2016. The decline in oil prices has led to a major impact on the energy sector making it difficult for energy producer companies to survive. However, despite the falling oil prices and damp prospects, there has been a major announcement of merger and acquisition that touched the $300 billion dollar mark in 2016, while the deal announcements in 2015 were in the tune of $3.2 trillion across the globe. Most of the surge in the energy sector is attributed to some of the ...

Executive Pay and Inequality

As the number of rich people in the United States becomes smaller; the amount of money they control keeps getting larger. Some people think that is a good sign. It shows that democracy in America is thriving: if you want to be very rich, the USA is the place to reach your dream. That is the opinion of free market advocates. On the other hand there are some people who are outraged and would tell you that the riches needed to be divided equally between each man, woman and child; only then would it be true that American democracy is ...

Report for McDonalds

Italy and Russia

Figure 1: GDP per Capita at Constant Prices
Figure 2: GDP Growth (Annual %)
Figure 3: Inflation Rate CPI
Figure 4: Unemployment Rates
Figure 5: Policy Interest Rate (%)
Figure 6: Russia Interest Rate (%)
Figure 7: Current Account Balance in Italy (% of GDP)
Figure 8: Current Account Balance in Russia (% of GDP)
Figure 9: Russia Interest Rate

List of Tables

BUSINESS OVERVIEW
McDonald’s Corporation is the world's largest chain of hamburger fast food restaurants, serving around 68 million customers daily in 119 countries across 36,538 outlets. Founded in 1955 by Ray Kroc in Des Plaines, Illinois, 80% of the ...

McDonalds has come to create a network in both Italy and Russia. Italy seems to have better balance of payment and government balance indices, interest rate, trade policy instruments and not needing to lose over currency rates while dealing with Eurozone importers, and even unemployment and GDP growth rates. However, unemployment and the lack of growth indicating poor economic performance and social welfare situation may advantage the brand in Russia through better low-cost labor availability and consumer reorientation on less expensive restaurant offerings. Overall, neither of the country is the ideal market for the brand, yet both have their ...

Executive Summary

This paper is a market entry analysis report about Arla Foods, a global dairy giant that seeks to enter the newly opened markets of Cuba. It commences by analysing the internal systems and processes of Arla Foods. The analysis identifies that Arla Foods has a strong financial position and it is owned by dairy farmers who have a strong focus on innovative products. The products are in three classes –basic, enhanced and organic. The basic is extremely cheap and might be ideal for poorer countries around the world due to the fact that it is cheap and can be ...

Executive Summary

This paper is a market entry analysis report about Arla Foods, a global dairy giant that seeks to enter the newly opened markets of Cuba. It commences by analysing the internal systems and processes of Arla Foods. The analysis identifies that Arla Foods has a strong financial position and it is owned by dairy farmers who have a strong focus on innovative products. The products are in three classes – basic, enhanced and organic. The basic is extremely cheap and might be ideal for poorer countries around the world due to the fact that it is cheap and can be ...

Business Proposal for Victoria’s Secret Stores LLC

12102 Cheroywoods Ct.

Ashland VA, 23005

Lori Greeley - Chief Executive Officer
Victoria’s Secret Stores, LLC
P.O. BOX 16586

Columbus OH, 43216 6586

Dear Ms. Greely,
Victoria’s Secret is one of the most alluring lingerie that exists. You also have an impressive set of people who would love to live their fantasy using your products. There is a slight point of concern on mind that I wish to bring to your attention that the size of the average American’s size has increased in the last few decades. Their dress sizes have increased by 3 sizes which must be a point of concern. ...

Introduction

The introduction of banks replaced the traditional method of storing money. During the Stone Age period, human beings stored their possessions in caves and caverns. An ancient Chinese legend talked of a dragon which was the kept by villagers to guard their treasure. The banking industry replaced the need for hiring animals and soldiers to guard their possessions. The advent of banking replaced the barter trade and signaled the demise of the traditional method of keeping money. The conventional banking system was first developed in England. Banks kept equal an equivalent amount of gold or platinum with the amount of ...

Business Organizations in Global Context

Introduction
Globalization presents both opportunities and challenges for businesses in their operations in a global context as a result of the varied factors that are market as well as sector and industry specific. In that respect, businesses find themselves facing a complex situation that requires devising of suitable strategies in their local and foreign ventures due to market integration and international trade. In this consideration, this analysis seeks to demonstrate business organization activities and factors in a global context. To achieve this, the analysis considers a UK based Oil and gas organization; BP with a potential venture into the Chinese market and begins by ...

Economist Approach to Alcohol Abuse

Introduction
Alcohol is a psychoactive beverage and an integral part of human way of life. Its consumption at appropriate levels can result to euphoria and body relaxation, thereby consumed in a wide spectrum. Various reports show that its addiction and abuse is associated with significant negative effects to an individual and the entire economy. This includes the premature deaths, increased health complications, lost productivity and general damage to properties. These results require interventions and implementation of appropriate policies.
Economist’s perspective on consumer goods is likely to provide an insight regarding the consumption level. The approaches includes, the excise ...

My internship at GE

Conceptual framework
Working at GE Energy has always been my dream. The fact that I am doing my internship in the company is a dream come true. However, while working with the company, I came to realize of many problems that the company faced. Even though to the outside world the company is doing well, it faces daily internal problems that are always handled on a daily basis. The company could be no company if such matters could have been ignored. Just to pinpoint but a few, some the problems faced by the company emerge from the Generators. Problems ...

Abstract

Boots UK Limited was formerly known as Boots the Chemists Limited. During those times it was trading as Boots. Boots was a pharmacy chain which had its roots in Ireland and the United Kingdom. Boots UK, has decided to motivate and coach reps by the use of results-driven metrics. This methods includes motivating and coaching their sales team straight within the Salesforce. The business functions efficiently as a whole as a result of improvement in the operations through enhancing a sequential flow in the products and services of the company and minimizing the extent to which activities are delayed ...

This paper is about the significant trends that are Macy’s strategy to stay competitive in the retailing industry. The technology advancement gave way to one of its marketing strategy which is omnichannel selling. It describes the state of the company and the challenges it is facing with its strong competitors. It also talks about the job cuttings and store closing and how it affects their creditors and the competition to the other retailing industries.
The start of the year 2016 is not looking so good for Macy’s. There are series of announcement of store closures and job ...

Question 1

Environmental sustainability entails making informed decisions and taking steps that are intended to protect the natural world. The objective of such strategies is to preserve environmental capability in order to promote human life. On the other hand, environmental sustainability may involve making conscientious decisions aimed at minimizing the impacts of firms on the environment (Hill & Gale, 2009).

Question 2

The tragedy of commons describes how citizens in a particular country are entitled to share planet’s resources in a free manner such as the air, as well as the oceans. However, while the resources are meant to be shared by everyone, ...

1. Introduction
Libya is counted amongst the driest nations throughout the world, where only their narrow coastal area gets precipitation above 100 mm annually. As a country, Libya has faced several historical challenges in terms of managing the increasing water demand as they suffer from water scarcity. Apart from the deficiencies in water supply, there have been instances reported for pollution in the water supply. It is apparent that water scarcity is apparent in Libya, especially in the coastal areas which are highly populated areas that causes major pressure on environmental, economic and social levels. Within Libya, concentrated of ...

Business

Global Strategies
The Nike Company operates on a global front. It has competitions and operations in the global sector. That is; numerous aspects link the Nike Company to the global sector. Nike has various business strategies including global strategies that have enabled it to prosper in the global arena. With the increasing market share and the emergence of new markets, the Nike Company has different measures that link it to the establishment of global strategies to suit in the changing fortunes of time in the business environment.
The global strategies of the company address its needs to expand ...

INTRODUCTION:

Walmart is one of the largest retailers of groceries, pharmaceuticals, medicines, and home entertainment products such as movies, and children action figures. Walmart works on the principle of always providing “lowest possible costs” to the customers. The slogan used by the company since its inception is “Low Costs – Always”. Walmart has been able to live up to its name and has always provided goods at cheaper rate than its competitors and other retailers in the country. Currently, Walmart is present in many countries around the world. Some of the prominent countries where it is present are the USA, the ...

Individual report

Introduction
The task of the following individual report is to discuss critically two questions using economic models and objectives. The first question is “The recent price wars in the supermarket and mobile phone industries have been beneficial to both consumers and their respective industries. The discussion of that topic is about the recent price wars between the UK supermarkets – the monopolists Tesco, Morrison, Sainsbury and Asda and the German supermarkets Aldi and Lidl. German supermarket gain the half of the British market by low prices for their goods and it lay the beginning of the price war. The ...

Business, Society, and Policy

The Name of the School (University)
The City and State Where it is Located
Business, Society, and Policy

Introduction

Child labour is one of the biggest problems being faced by the industrial world in the current business environment. Despite the best efforts from governments around the world, it was very difficult to curb the menace effectively. The problem of child labour is severe in the developing countries like India, China, and many African countries. The practice of employing children has an adverse impact not only on the future lives of children but also on the society they live ...

Answer 1)

a)History of Quantitative Easing:
Quantitative Easing, also known as Open market Operations is one of the conventional method of Credit Control which is followed by central/federal banks to stimulate economic growth and to circumvent the banking system. The history of this method credit control has two phases i.e pre 2007 and post 2007 period. (Parkin, 2011)
i)Pre-2007 Period:
The very first use of Quantitative technique of Credit Control is attributed to Bank of Japan on March 19th , 2001. The Bank authorities before accepting this method, rejected the efficiency of QE method and rejected its use for ...

Report on Traditional and Online Shopping

I. Introduction
I have experienced and examined shopping the conventional and online way. I have imagined myself deciding to purchase a smartphone in Singapore. First, I shopped for the smartphone in the traditional manner and described how I did so. The way in which I gathered the necessary information that I needed to choose a smartphone was by an actual visit to a number of wireless centers. I read their posters, catalogue, leaflets, flyers, brochures, displays, etc. I have compared the features or specifications of one item over the others. It took me more than four hours to do conventional shopping ...

Introduction

The report will be based on the purchase technological hardware that will benefit the company. The purchase process will require the respective departments to do research on the costs, functions and accessibility of the system. This will go a long way in ensuring the best machinery has been concluded upon. In any transaction there is need to have in depth research on the best in the market while still exhausting and checking the competitor products. This report will give recommendations and a conclusion on the product selected for purchase by management. the two companies in focus are Hewlett Packard and Apple.

Purpose of the purchase

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Report on the relationship between assets and sales

Executive summary
A company’s investment in foreign assets has a bearing on the amount of foreign sales it makes. The regression analysis indicates a positive association between the ratio of foreign sales to total sales and the ratio of foreign assets to total assets. This implies that transnational companies should invest more in foreign assets to improve their foreign sales. They should also consider other factors affecting foreign sales such as international marketing strategies including advertising expenditure, among others. Investment in foreign assets is not the only contributor to foreign sales as indicated by the model’s coefficient ...

1.0 Executive Summary
Enhancing brand loyalty has become a major concern to many business organizations. Developing brand love by improving customer satisfaction is one of the strategies that most companies use to enhance brand loyalty. Consumers tend to develop intimacy, commitment, and passion for various brands of products, which forms the basis for brand love (Sternberg, 1986, p. 126). Brand loyalty has significant impacts on the marketability of a product. The determination of consumers’ attitude towards a particular brand helps in the formulation of strategies intended to stimulate improvements. High level of customer satisfaction often results in strong relationship ...

Environment as a Source of Opportunities and Threats

There is no doubt that “understanding the environment that surrounds an organization is important to the executives in charge of the organizations” (Edwards, Try, Ketchen, & Short, 2014, p. 63). One of the fundamental concepts discussed in chapter 3 is the effect of the general environment on the organization and its performance. The first concept is that the general environment is a source of potential opportunities and alternatives as well as a source of risks and threats for a company. According to business report published by Bloomberg, “Volkswagen AG’s namesake brand reported a decline in U.S. sales for the ...

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Introduction

Company A (our company) is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia and is operating since 1970. The company grew from a small 20 people firm in the software business, to a global firm with 120 locations around the world and 60,000 employees. Revenues of the company for the last financial year were $52 billion. The company was built by the farsighted vision of its founders and it still places a lot of value in the development and care of its ...

Business cycles are the fluctuations that occur in the economy due to various economic activities. There are various phases of the business cycle which moves from the lowest to the peak and vice versa. A business cycle describes the various conditions which reflect in the economy. Government has a substantial role to play in the market indicators affecting the economy. Study of business cycles makes it necessary to understand when the recession strikes in and when the road to recovery begins.

In Canada, the major industries are construction contracts and exports. Both have a substantial effect on the Canadian economy. Both ...

Post-secondary education is definitely an investment into ones future, it’s taken as an investment since the most educated have an added advantage when in t comes to securing goods jobs. However, many of the post secondary education don’t have enough means to meet the huge tuition costs in our financial institution. This has lead to thousands of these students applying for students loans; this becomes the good and bad part if viewed from the beneficial and harmful hands respectively.

Credit cards are classified as plastic money by financial institutions and in the wide financial markets. They are ...

Management- Business Decision Making

Transport is one of the most important and fastest growing sectors of the world. It has evolved as an industry and today there are many players whom all provide some manner of specialized service to their customers. As the market has grown the technology has also advanced and today you find that not just heavy commodities like wood, timber and steel are getting transported but also perishable items like seafood and vegetables get transported for long distances due to the availability of long distance refrigerated vehicles. In the light of this, the transport industry has been made the focus ...

Introduction:

The automotive industry has been one of the largest industries in Australia. Its production has been mainly on passenger Moto vehicle, light Moto vehicles, and heavy trucks. They also produce motor vehicle components. Recently the industry has faced a big challenge. Despite government support, the industries still show negative signs that could lead to an eventual collapse. Numerous reports and analysis by industry leaders such as former Ford boss Jac Nasser indicates that the industry is currently in disarray and may collapse.
The automotive industry is one of Australia’s leading industries .It has become played a major role as a ...

Introduction

The purpose of this paper is to explain the concepts of strategic planning, tactical planning, business policy, innovation and change management through an examination of a student’s response to an MBA-level assignment. The premise is that a student’s answer to strategic change and innovation by citing self-scanner checkout terminals in a British supermarket is a wrong example of the concepts under question. This paper seeks to provide the correct answer by defining these concepts and then providing the correct business framework for the question asked.

Strategic Planning and Tactical Planning are two concepts that are closely related because both refer to ...

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Sub: Business Environment in Mexico
I have researched thoroughly about the Mexican economy and its business environment; all the findings are mentioned in the document including the total SWOT analysis. I have also highlighted current FDI norms, labour and tax reforms of the economy. Crime is one of the concern in the economy, other than that Mexico provides good investment opportunity.

Please go through the report to have complete view about the business environment of the Mexican economy.

Regards,
Introduction
Proximity to US and strong commercial growth prospects has made Mexico as one of the most highlighted business destination compared to the other countries. This has made many companies to invest in the country. ...

Report: China – Communist or Capitalist?

Introduction
Many observers ask whether China’s burgeoning growth and prosperity in recent times demonstrates the success of a communist regime, or is it instead the result of China adopting capitalist principles as its privatized and competitive businesses flood the West with manufactured goods? If the latter is the case, can China still be considered as a truly Communist state, or is it becoming a Capitalist nation ruled by a Communist government? This report examines the current situation, to answer these questions.

The Research

A special report by Simon Cox (May 28, 2012) in the Economist, entitled “Pedalling prosperity” discusses features of China’s ...

Currency Risk Management Report

Background
Mulberry is a bag manufacturing company that is found in Britain the company deals with the manufacture of luxury bags that are not largely exported. However, the bags perform well in the local domestic market. The company manufactures luxury bags that are usually highly demanded by the girls and women. This company has evaluated South Africa and found out that the country is viable for a business venture. There is a large population of ladies in colleges and women and therefore the company is assured of demand for the fashionable bags tailored to this group of people.

Funds required

The investment in ...

As European trade grew, The Coal and Steel Community evolved into a customs union. The spread of democracy in Europe helped further unify the economic institutions. This unity spread and deepened as more nations entered the community. When the dictatorships in Greece, Spain and Portugal fell, those nations entered into the union, followed by Eastern European nations after the fall of Communism. All of this was possible because of the success of the European multinational corporations and the increased government revenues realized from the trade between nations. This process took decades as borders opened and freedom of travel became guaranteed. ...

For this assignment, I followed the international financial markets in the period December 19-30, 2011. After analyzing a large volume of information, I made a decision to go short the Australian dollar against the US dollar. Here I offer you my reasoning.

My decision revolves around four reasons, which, in order of significance, are:

the slowdown of the Chinese economy and its effect on commodity prices;
the European sovereign debt crisis and its effects on the global economy;
the possibility of a housing bubble popping in Australia;
the historically high level at which the AUD trades against the USD.
The first reason, which may very well be considered the most ...

Background

The famine crisis in the Horn of Africa has caused suffering to the population of that region especially the Somali people. The famine has been facilitated by two factors; the rising number of refugees and the 20-year-old civil war in Somalia. War is the major cause of famine because it prevents any farming or business activities from taking place. Because of war, agricultural production in Somalia is low and food supply is poor resulting in severe famine.

Policy Considerations

The United States government should put in place short term and long term measures to curb famine in Somalia. The short term ...

While analyzing the share price of KFC Holdings (Malaysia) Ltd, the movement of the share price can very well be evaluated. It can be seen that at the beginning of this year, that is around January 3, the share price for KFC Holdings (Malaysia) Ltd was somewhere between 3.8 RM. The month of January however proved to be quite low for the company and the share price plummeted below 3.5 RM. However, the month of February did saw an increase in the share price momentarily recovering back to 3.8 RM. Nevertheless, the recovery was short-lived and the share prices ...