Essays on Mahdi

Impact of underlying assumptions in the analysis process

Indisputably, people often make assumptions when carrying out any analysis, particularly the analysis of information that can aid major decision making. These assumptions are important because the help to ease the analysis. However, they can have serious effects on the performance of an organization if the analysts are not careful. Sometimes the decision makers tend to be selective on the type of information they use to make their decisions. They assume that some factors do not have significant effects on the organization and ignore them. Assumptions can lead to making wrong conclusions about a certain phenomenon. Additionally, making some ...

Nowadays globalization is developing rapidly; more and more companies establish their subsidiaries in the foreign countries. Many organizations have presence all around the world. This process has either advantages or disadvantages; however, companies receive mostly positive outcomes of globalization, such as access to the new markets and outstanding talent, outsourcing of production and R&D, learning the experience of the foreign colleagues, and etc. This reported is devoted to identification of the ways of international business strategy’s improvement for Adidas Company.

Globalization

Globalization has made significant changes of the world economy. It foresees the following aspects: Nations differences: the competitive ...

Section one: Nike, Products and Competitive Information

History of Adidas Nike, Inc. was founded as Blue Ribbon in 1964 by Bill Bowermnan and Phil Knight and has over the years made significant progress in both local and international markets since it took the name ‘Nike’ in 1978 (Peters, 2009, p. 1). The company has its headquarters in Washington County, Oregon and deals in footwear and apparel, sports equipment and other recreational products. The fact that Nike’s products have been endorsed by prominent personalities such as Michael Jordan has made it famous in global arena (Ros, 2011, p. 2). Nike engages in products designs, developing, manufacturing ...

Introduction and Thesis

A reflection on various countries all around the world depicts the persistent emergence of revolts against the ruling government (s). In the year 2011, the world woke up to the news that a major revolution was developing in Egypt. Often connoted as the “Arab Spring,” the revolution was characterized by the polarization of the Egyptians who had developed a negative notion against the government. The Egyptians perceived their government as corrupt, tyrannical, and oppressive. As a result, a significant portion of the Egyptians occupied the Tahrir Square in Cairo protesting against the ruling regime. In the beginning, only thousands ...

Since its independence in 1969, up to 1991 Somalia was ruled by one President, Dictator Mohammed Siad Barre (Fitzgerald, 2002). In 1991, Mohammed Siad Barre was forced out of power when rival clan militia captured Mogadishu the capital city. There emerged power struggle between two clan lords, Ali Mahdi Mohamed and Mohamed Farah Aideed, which led to mass killing of Somalia civilians. One of the two lords, Ali Mahdi Mohamed, declared himself a president. Over 300,000 Somalis died of hunger, diseases or the civil war. In 1992, the United Nations Security Council approved a military mission which was ...