...Management Claire BODEL Professor Park, Young Ryeol 2016/05/09 Unilever returns to Cuba Summarize Unilever is one of the word’s leading suppliers of food, home and personal care products with sales in over 190 countries and reaching 2 billion consumers a day. It has 172 000 employees and generated sales of 48 billion euros in 2014. Intersuchel S.A. is a Cuban mechatil society with a long experience in the production and commercialization of personal care and cosmetic products and home care. This article from the Americain magazine « Forbes » caught my attention. It deals about the Anglo-Dutch multinational consumer goods company Unilever and Cuba’s economy. Indeed, Unilever has announced its return in Cuba through the creation of a joint venture « Unilever-Suchel S.A. » in the Mariel Special Development Zone. The Special Economic Development Zone of Mariel is a project directed to encourage the nation’s sustainable economic development by attracting foreign investment, technological innovation and industrial concentration while at the same time ensuring environmental protection. Cuba is opening up its economy to foreign investment with some economic reforms in the system. As a result, Unilever-suchel S.A. will build a new factory to enter the Cuban Market with international known brands such as Lux, Omo, Rexona, Sedal. The food and cosmetics giant Unilever will begin operations in Cuba in 2017 after communist officials authorized a joint venture with Suchel. In the...
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...Cuban Culture Religion: Religion in Cuba was not as influential in their culture as in other Latin America countries. Two of the main reasons for this are during the colonial period all of the priests were Spanish and therefore the Cubans did not take to it and there were no priests in the rural areas so it was not available to a lot of the people. Eventually a popular religion did present itself within the Cuban culture among the white and creole Cubans, a version of Catholicism with African influence. Another part of Cuba, mostly the eastern region believes in Santería, which is a religious system brought over by the Nigerian slaves. This religious system is based on the up keeping of relationships, between people and between them and their gods. Catholicism is on the rise ever since the relaxation of state censure in the 1990’s, but Evangelical Protestantism is growing even faster. This may be due to the fact that they are in a desperate material conditions and the people’s need for hope. Family Life: Cuba not only liberated women economically, but also women’s bodies and their sexually. They have free and safe abortions for all women who have reached their majority, sixteen years of age, and they offer contraceptives to everyone even young girls. This has caused young boys and girls to be experimenting very early on which has led to a huge increase in teen pregnancies. Young boys are able to enjoy more sexual access, but they are usually lacking in the ability...
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...Heritage Assessment: Jamaica, Bangladesh, and Cuba Jessyca E. Jackson Grand Canyon University: NRS-429V-O104 August 24, 2014 Heritage Assessment: Jamaica, Bangladesh, and Cuba The Heritage Assessment Tool produced by Prentice-Hall was used to interview three individuals. All the question listed on the tool were asked of these individuals and a discussion of health traditions followed. The following is a synopsis of these interviews and contains conclusions drawn from the interviews. Usefulness of Using a Heritage Assessment in Evaluating the Needs of the Whole Person The use of a heritage assessment tool is a good place to start when trying to understand the culture, beliefs, and values of your patient. Proper assessment is necessary in order to prevent stereotyping. It is easy to make assumptions about a patient based upon their exterior, but a nurse must learn what lies within, in order to provide effective care and teaching. According to Edelman & Kudzma, “the culture and beliefs of people can also influence health action.” (Edelman, 2014, 5) With this in mind, a nurse must have some understanding of the general beliefs and values a person may have, based on their cultural identity and then delve further into the individual to ascertain their level of identification to their cultural heritage. It is a mistake to think that a full understanding of the whole person can be gained through assumptions based upon generalized knowledge of their ethnic/cultural heritage...
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...Cuba & Kathy Engle WRITTEN ANALYSIS AND COMMUNICATION – I Assignment No. 1 A Report submitted to Instructor: Prof. Vijaya Sherry Academic Associate: Diti Rajesh Shah On 03-07-2010 By Arunkumar B, Section-E [pic] INDIAN INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT AHMEDABAD LETTER OF TRANSMITTAL To: Ms. Kathy Engle, Junior Executive Director, LEADER Richard Ivey School of Business University of Western Ontario London From: Arunkumar B, IIM-Ahmedabad Date: 3rd July 2010 Subject: Report on the analysis of expansion of LEADER to Cuba. Enclosed with the mail is the report on ‘Whether or not LEADER should expand to Cuba’. The report consists of the analysis of the present situation, options, measure of progress, recommendations and the action plans. Yours sincerely Arunkumar B EXECUTIVE SUMMARY LEADER is not expanding despite being in the society for 12 years. The reason is the lack of funding and it must choose among options for the expansion of LEADER. You may expand the LEADER to Cuba this year or in the coming years, or you may choose to increase the number of partner sites in Russia itself. The option should satisfy the LEADER’s objective, give experience to the volunteers and participants, and make a good relationship with the universities. It is recommended that LEADER should expand its project to Cuba by taking a few calculated risks and must provide real value to the participants from Cuba. Number of words: 109 TABLE OF CONTENTS: |CONTENT ...
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...Marianela Somoza Latin Cuisine Class Research paper 2 CUBA I am going to do my research paper on Cuba because I find the culture fascinating and the food is amazingly good. The republic of Cuba it is one big island that it is about 100 miles of south Florida. Cuba is the largest island in the Coast area. Christopher Columbus discovered Cuba in 1492. As the island developed the Spanish began mistreating the people who lived there before. They started getting black slaves from Africa to operate mines and plantations. Since the African people worked in Cuba both formed the culture and the Cuban cuisine was born. The Spanish people brought several fruits and grains with them like lemons and oranges and rice as well and vegetables to. In Cuba the major crop is the Sugar cane. With the big influence of the African culture in Cuba they introduced a lot of popular dishes like rice and beans also known as Moors and Christians accompanied with a side of tostones its pieces of fried plantain it is very delicious. The Cuban cuisine took a drastic turn after the Cuban Revolution in 1959 when Fidel Castro overthrew the government. The Cubans in that time began to leave the island because of lack of food supply. The conditions worsten because of political problems that they could not trade out internationally and the food supply became very poor quality. We know that Spain and...
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...ACADEMY OF ECONOMIC STUDIES FACULTY OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION SUBJECT: INTERNATIONAL MARKETING STUDENTS: ICHIMOAEI VICTOR-DRAGOS MIHAI MINODORA-ELENA GROUP 133, SERIES A PROJECT THEME: CUBA TABLE OF CONTENT: 1. HISTORY 2. GOVERNMENT 3. PHYSICAL ENVIRONMENT 3.1. LOCATION 3.2. CLIMATE 3.3. RESOURCES 4. RELIGION AND LAW 5. PERSONAL COMMUNICATION 6. CULTURE 6.1. MUSIC 6.2. SPORTS 7. ECONOMY AND MARKETING ENVIRONMENT 8. CURRENCY 9. BIBLIOGRAPHY 1. HISTORY Cuba was discovered in the 15th century by Christopher Columbus and his conquistadors on the journey to discover a new route to East Asia through the west. He coasted in Santiago de Cuba and the city became the capital of the colony and remained such till the capital was relocated to Havana. On 2 December 1956 a party of 82 people on the yacht Granma landed in Cuba. They landed a week later, off course and under attack from Batista's forces, who had been anticipating their arrival. Fewer than 20 of the men on the ship survived. Batista's men claimed to have killed Castro yet could not produce a body. Months later New York Times reporter Herbert Matthews would publish the first in a series of articles that proved Castro was very much alive and made him a legend: "Fidel Castro, the rebel leader of Cuba's youth, is alive and fighting hard and successfully in the rugged, almost impenetrable fastness of the Sierra...
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...have a profound influence on us. For me, Cuba has always seemed like a very interesting and mysterious place. We are always told that the government of Cuba treats its people badly and that this poverty stricken nation is the enemy. While we can say that the governments of the United States and Cuba don’t agree on much, the people of both nations have certain basic needs and desires that all human beings share. The love of music and the influence it can have on people is something that transcends national borders and ethnicities. After watching the video by Wim Wenders “Buena Vista Social Club” I was able to see how the music of Son influenced the people of Cuba and how that music was used to help establish a national identity for many Cubans. This film is a documentary about American Guitarist Ry Cooder assembling a group of famous Cuban musicians to reassemble and play again for a couple of shows. It showed many scenes of these famous musicians walking around the streets of Havana and going about their daily lives in their neighborhoods. They also expressed how the music influenced them during their younger days and many interesting stories about the evolution of this musical genre. However this documentary and the sound of Son as a whole represent something more important than just music. This also represented the people of Cuba and the definition of what it meant to be “Cuban” and how white people and black people of Cuba had different points of views about this. The...
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...Business Communication Report —Cuba intercultural difference Author：Liu XiaoLu Written for：Elisa Szabo Purpose：Diploma of enterprise Business communications intergraded assignment Request：01/03/2012 Due date: 30/03/2012 Letter of Transmittal: Miss Liu Sichuan University 32 Ke Hua Bei Lu Chengdu Sichuan China 610065 Miss Szabo – Director Costless Clothes Company Sichuan University 14 March 2012 Dear Miss Szabo. Thank you for spending time on reading this report. Please find attached our detailed report which deals with cultural differences between administration staff and Cuban customers. Thank you for giving administration department some feedback to improve business with Cuban customers in the future. Yours Sincerely Liu XiaoLu Table of Content: Letter of Transmittal: 2 Table of Content: 3 Synopsis: 3 Introduction: 4 Background: 4 Scope: 4 Business Language 5 Social Customs 6 Clothing and Food Etiquette 8 Religious beliefs 9 Ethics 9 Economic climate 10 Political climate 10 Law 11 General import regulations and requirements 11 Import customs tariff 11 Samples, Low Value and Non-Commercial Importations 11 General import license/permit requirements 12 Prohibited or highly restricted imports 12 Commercial invoice 12 Packing list 13 Certificate of Origin (general) 14 Standards 14 Culture value 15 Development business communication 16 Reference 17 Synopsis: This report investigated...
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...REVIEW MATERIALS: Conceptual considerations: Discuss paradoxes and four orientations with which John Chasteen characterizes the changing foci of U.S. thinking on Latin America from the early 20th century to the present. •Racial/Cultural and Environmental Determinism: An image by Americans which suggested that Latin Americans are “Hot-Blooded Latins” with too much “non-white” blood, and do not have the self discipline needed in order to make a more democratic, stable society. There were Catholics, lacking a protestant work ethic. Americans also pictured Latin Americans to be lazy individuals. •Modernization Theory: Once the previous idea was settled, it came to the reality that the Latin American countries had to go through modernization, such as the United States, and their feeble network on which their society rested upon was that being criticized. •Dependency Theory: Students were sure that these two previous explanations were merely methods to blame the victims of abuse. They believed that Latin American economies stood in a dependent position relative to the world’s industrial powers. Therefore other nations took their overpowering stand, and forestalled Latin America’s industrialization. “Economic dependency” is why the nation did not follow the path it was supposed to follow. •Social Constructionism: The way race, gender, class, and national identities are “constructed” in people’s minds. Discuss Michel Rolph Trouillot’s theory of historical narratives ...
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...Sports and Leisure Comparison Spain and Cuba have many sports and leisure activities available. The sports include several water activities and even the games of baseball and football. The leisure activities may include time unwinding with the help of listening to music, dancing, eating, and drinking. Each activity, regardless of the country, has cultural importance as well as entertainment value. Sports and Leisure Activities in Spain There are a large variety of sports and leisure activities enjoyed in Spain. Many water sports are enjoyed from Spring into Fall due to the agreeable weather. Boating, water skiing, sailing, and sunbathing are the most enjoyed activities due to the many beaches of Spain during these months. Other sports such as golfing and cycling are extremely popular. In the winter, natives actually enjoy skiing. There are many resorts to ski, with the Pyrenees being the most popular. Two of the most enjoyed past times include bullfighting and tapas hopping. Spain is well known for their music, dance, food and drink. A constant activity that the natives enjoy is known as tapas hopping or tapeo—the tapas-bar crawl that has Spaniards walking, chatting, drinking, and eating every weekend. After a good tapa crawl what could be better than a bullfight? Bullfighting season is from April through September months and many bullfighting festivals than can last or up to two weeks at a time (AngloINFO Limited, 2014). Football is the most important sports in Spain compared...
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...struggle underway in Cuba between social equality and the free market? Why did Cuba permit free markets? Who in the video wants Cuba to remain socialist? Why? Who in the video prefers free markets and capitalism? Why? What is the role of incentives in this struggle? In your view, which force will win? Why? There is a struggle underway in Cuba between social equality and the free market. A conflicting of opinions of how the economy futuristically should be structured and/or organized is causing the uproar between parties. Deep veins of Russian support facilitated Cuba’s government controlled socialism economy. Then the Russian economy collapsed leaving Cuba to fend for itself. As a result without many options, Cuba permitted free markets. This meant more freedom and independent choices resulting into economic upswings (McConnell, et al, 2012). The clear individual who favors free markets and capitalism is the Cuban exile, Antonio Morales-Pita. The speaker in the video stated, “Cuba decided to sell its culture, its climate, and its beaches to foreigners”. Therefore, on the surface Cuba claims to operate under socialism however, “joint ventures with the Japanese and Koreans have brought in household gear you might see at any American shopping mall. And supermarkets offer on almost all Cuban clientele, everything from Brazilian diet gelo to Jack Daniels and Jonny Walker red.” I can understand why the fiasco over Cuba’s identity still remains today. Cuba is clearly going...
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...Jones William Conway University of Phoenix Ethnic Diversity/125 June 23, 2012 “Hispanic Americans”, many may ask who am I speaking of? This ethnic group does not have one population or philosophy though Hispanics are as much of a diversity group as any other. This historical culture has an ancestral background of Spanish and Latin American. What so great about this cultural is because they can be descendants of Europeans, Indians, and Africans, or a mixture of the three. Hispanic Americans or Latinos have ethnic relations to Mexico, the Caribbean, Central and South America, and of course Spain. When culture comes to mind people take in what they see visually and interact within the environment and region or a group of people who are distinctly different from the rest of the people in the world. “Prophetically, over a hundred years ago, the great American poet, Walt Whitman, said, "I have an idea that there is much of importance about the Latin contributions to American nationality that will never be put with sympathetic understanding and tact on the record." Whitman was correct.” Hispanics have many distinctive characteristics that separate their culture from any other. Their culture can have a complexity, but its nature can be expressed beautifully. Hispanic Americans contribute to the commonwealth of the United States; they have mutual citizenship, legal tender and security within the United States of America. Their population is a total of 3.8 million with 2 million...
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...blindfolds. I did not appreciate how being held hostage by the beauty of the surface—the beaches and cities—blinded me to the absence of Puerto Rican natives on the streets of San Juan; I did not understand how the prevalence and familiarity of English conspired to veil the beauty of the Spanish language beneath volumes of English translations. I learned more about these truths in my sophomore year of high school, when I was among a group of students selected to visit Cuba. My grandmother was born in Cuba, yet I had never thought to research my own heritage. I have remained the naïve American who saw Castro as some distant enemy of my country, accepting this as fact because this seemed to be the accepted wisdom. I soon became intrigued, however, with this supposed plague to my freedom, my culture, and everything good and decent. I began to think, just what is communism anyway? What’s so bad about Castro and Cuba—and I hear they have good coffee. I believed that what was missing was a lack of understanding between our two cultures, and that acceptance of our differences would come only with knowledge. My first...
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...BACKGROUND PAPER ON CUBA 1. The following briefing discusses Cuba’s history, its economical and social climate, and how they influence the United States and its interests. 2. The island of Cuba was originally inhabited by various indigenous cultures prior to its discovery by Spanish explorer, Christopher Columbus on 24 October 1942.1 After Columbus' arrival and the subsequent invasion of Spaniards, the indigenous cultures were soon eliminated by force or of diseases the Spaniards had.1 Under Spanish rule for three centuries and after various failed rebellions during the 19th century.1 The Spanish finally withdrew from the island after their defeat during the Spanish–American War in 1898. Cuba; however, did not gain formal independence until May 20, 1902.1 3....
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...I did not appreciate how being held hostage by the beauty of the surface—the beaches and cities—blinded me to the absence of Puerto Rican natives on the streets of San Juan; I did not understand how the prevalence and familiarity of English conspired to veil the beauty of the Spanish language beneath volumes of English translations. I learned more about these truths in my sophomore year of high school, when I was among a group of students selected to visit Cuba. My grandmother was born in Cuba, yet I had never thought to research my own heritage. I have remained the naïve American who saw Castro as some distant enemy of my country, accepting this as fact because this seemed to be the accepted wisdom. I soon became intrigued, however, with this supposed plague to my freedom, my culture, and everything good and decent. I began to think, just what is communism anyway? What’s so bad about Castro and Cuba—and I hear they have good coffee. I believed that what was missing was a lack of understanding between our two cultures, and that acceptance of our differences would come only with knowledge. My first impression...
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