...Africa’s changing image 8 III. Barriers to investment 11 IV. The new investment case for Africa 15 V. Investor perceptions versus market reality in key markets 18 Conclusion 20 Appendix: survey results 21 1 © Economist Intelligence Unit Limited 2012 Into Africa Institutional investor intentions to 2016 Foreword Africa is no longer a leap of faith Even well informed observers have written off Africa as riven by war, corruption and poverty, but since the emergence of China and India as economic growth engines, many are now asking whether this continent of one billion people can also achieve its own “economic miracle” . These are still early days but there is no doubting the promising signs, politically and economically. At a time of huge change, societies are showing that they can adapt, on the whole, peacefully. In the last year, Nigeria, Tunisia, Zambia and Rwanda have held elections hailed as free and fair by international observers, while a referendum created the new nation of South Sudan. Along with greater political stability, has come policy continuity and improved governance -- prerequisites for attracting the long-term investment to generate sustainable economic development. As this report shows, many global institutional investors are now seriously intending to take a significant step into Africa. This is obviously good news, as it shows that large pools of capital are available to sustain the current...
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...Managing Change Part III Team A Stephanie Myers, Allison McLaughlin, Kimetha Hereford, Luann Nowell, Maritena Jackson, Paul Riddle, Tommy Huynh MGT/426 March 23, 2015 Dr. Sharla Walker Boeing and Kotter's Change Model Whenever incorporating a change, whether it’s a big change or a small change, you have to have a model to use as a guide in order to make the change successfully. There are many types of models to choose from. There are some with many steps to go through, as well as some with only a few steps. Whatever model that is chosen to incorporate the change, depends on the change to be made and the size of the organization that is involved in the change. While wanting to make big changes in the Boeing Corporation, Team A has decided to utilize Kotter’s Eight Step Change Management Model. Kotter’s model is one of the best known change management models and has been around since the mid 1990’s. It was first published in the Harvard Business Review and has since been included in two books, “Leading Change” and “The Heart of Change” (Palmer, Dunford & Akin, 2005). There are eight steps and each step has its own set of actions to follow. Step One: Establish the need for urgency The purpose of the change The elimination of outsourcing the engineering duties to different countries around the world will increase the internal communication within the department. The lag from time differences in the various locations caused inefficiencies in design initiatives...
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...In this assignment for business course 599, we are to analyze Federal Express’ value creation frontier, and determine which of the four building blocks of competitive advantage the company needs in order to continue to maintain above-average profitability. We are to determine the main aspect of product differentiation and capacity control that Federal Express could use in order to maintain an edge over its rivals. We are to assess the efficiency of Federal Express’s current business model, and recommend one new business-level strategy that gives the company a competitive advantage over its rivals. We are also asked to examine the manner in which overall global competition may impact the new business strategy. And, finally, we are asked to suggest one significant way that Federal Express may confront its global competition. Senior management at FedEx must appreciate the need for adding new value to their organization if they intend for FedEx to remain viable. Senior management needs to be committed to the creation of new internal capabilities for FedEx growth. And management must be ready for strategy innovation and the exploration of FedEx’s strategic frontier. Innovative new business opportunities found on the strategic frontier can provide forward-thinking leadership with the entrepreneurial growth ideas FedEx needs. FedEx does not need decades of R&D expenditures to develop new business ideas and opportunities. All FedEx really needs is an understanding of its customer’s...
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...reviews the development of marketing communication planning and moves into the current and future multimedia marketplace. The New Marketing Frontier Sundeep Kumar Mohanty PGDM 13-15 IBA, Bangalore The New Marketing Frontier Over the last 20 years, there have been advances in marketing media outlets and strategies. One of the more recent forms is referred to as Social Media Marketing. This method can be defined in a number of ways, but one of the best descriptions came from a marketing professor at The University of Cincinnati, Ric Sweeny, “Social media marketing is the ability to use nontraditional communication and connection to build a brand.” Social media is one of today’s biggest forms of communication and it has not only changed the way people interact everyday but also the way companies communicate. Today's marketers have adapted the various forms of social media to perform a business purpose. As a result the adaptation of social media has taken been a focus of innovation and ideas for the marketing world. Contemporary forms of social media are found in two very popular websites, Facebook and Twitter. Together, these sites are defining the platform for social media in the digital world, and continue to adapt and evolve with advances in technology and consumer preferences. The big debate over social media marketing is, can it be relied on as the new marketing standard compared to traditional marketing approaches. Others challenge that this outlet is just a complement to...
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...Almiyahou, Ngala Pro: Bryson 04/11/16 1. Bibliographical citation: Gosnell, Jonathan. "Franco-American Cultures In A New World Perspective." French Politics, Culture & Society 30.3 (2012): 96-118. America: History and Life with Full Text. Web. 23 Mar. 2016. 2. Bibliographical citation: Slatta, Richard W. "Making And Unmaking Myths Of The American Frontier." European Journal Of American Culture 29.2 (2010): 81-92. America: History and Life with Full Text. Web. 23 Mar. 2016. This article is very intriguing “plain a key difference in the myth-making of the two North American countries. ‘If a creation story explains, often in mythic terms, how a people came to a place and claimed it as their own, then Turner’s frontier thesis became the creation story of the U.S.´ this quotes also sum itself on what Slatta is saying this article about myths in the American history and present. Looking this myths and comparing to what I think of another city full myth like Paris, a person start to understand why Paris back in the 20s and 60s have a very different meaning to foreigners to Paris. Paris in a way represent France because of its size, population, Capitol city and by far the most vibrant city in Europe today and back in 20s and 60s. Within the country it’s self they are many myths that separate people most noticeable as the author stated was during the civil war. The south view black people as their property and they wanted to hold on to while the north wanted to liberate...
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...Contents I. Introduction 2 II. Macro environment 3 II.1 The world macroeconomic: 3 II.2 Vietnam macroeconomic 6 III. Industrial sectors analysis 10 III.1 Tire Industry 10 III.2 Steel industry 12 IV. Company analysis 14 IV.1 Danang rubber JSC (DRC) 14 IV.2 Hoa Phat group (HPG) 19 V. Calculation 24 V.1. Rates of return measurement 24 V.2. Risk measurement 24 VI. Efficient frontier 25 VII. Application 27 VIII. Conclusion 32 Group members 33 I. Introduction Since Vietnam carried out economic innovation in 1986, after 26 years, Vietnam economy had a lot of significant changes. Our country had overcome the poor period and start to join the global development in all aspects. Along with economic development, there are more and more investment opportunities available for potential investors. Vietnam market offers so many channel of investment such as gold market, real estate, bank account, especially stock market.11/07/1998 Vietnam stock market appeared. This establishment created a remarkable point for internal investors. In the global economic situation of recession, Vietnam as well as most of countries in the world have to face many difficulties in improving economic growth. The negative points in economic indicators and economic events as well as the rising of political issues inside and among countries, regions and parties are causing the scrupulosity to investors. Actually, it is a challenge to making investment decisions in the current...
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...add value to a traditional portfolio of stocks, bonds and cash. Next, we determine the optimal weights of all asset classes in the optimal portfolio. This study adds to the literature by distinguishing ten different investment categories simultaneously in a mean-variance analysis as well as a market portfolio approach. We also demonstrate how to combine these two methods. Our results suggest that real estate, commodities and high yield add most value to the traditional asset mix. A study with such a broad coverage of asset classes has not been conducted before, not in the context of determining capital market expectations and performing a mean-variance analysis, neither in assessing the global market portfolio. JEL classification: G11, G12 Key words: strategic asset allocation, capital market expectations, mean-variance analysis, optimal portfolio, global market portfolio. This study has benefited from the support and practical comments provided by Jeroen Beimer, Léon Cornelissen, Lex Hoogduin, Menno Meekel, Léon Muller, Laurens Swinkels and Pim van Vliet. Special thanks go to Jeroen Blokland and Rolf Hermans for many extensive and valuable discussions. We thank Peter Hobbs for providing the detailed segmentation of the global real estate market that supplemented his research paper. Last, but not least, we thank Frank de Jong for his constructive comments and useful suggestions during this study. * Corresponding author, email: r.doeswijk@robeco.com, telephone: +31 10 2242855. ...
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...Contents page Executive summary 1. Introduction............................................................................. 2. Single European Market........................................................... 2.1 Single European Act 1986................................................... 2.2 Benefits and costs............................................................... 3. EU Policies................................................................................... 3.1 The free trade policy............................................................. 3.2 Global Market........................................................................ 3.2.1 NAFTA & MERCOSAR................................................. 3.2.2 APEC........................................................................... 3.2.3 EU Vs Global Markets................................................. 4. Corporate Social Responsibility....................................................... 4.1 CSR and BP- Olympics in London; 2012..................................... 4.2 BP vs. the Consumer.................................................................. 4.3 Russian takeover with sex parties............................................. 5. Environmental policies.................................................................... 5.1 Kyoto protocol and the EU........................................................ 5.2 The EU and the environment.......................................
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... Morgan Stanley Case Study 2 Abstract Morgan Stanley was established by J.P. Morgan Jr in 1935 in New York. Before 1935, Morgan Stanley was only an investment department in J.P. Morgan group. Since its inception in 1935, Morgan Stanley has been a leader in investment management. The company provides a wide range of financial services for individuals and institutional investors. Morgan Stanley investment advisors educate clients at all stages of life in the benefits and risks of investing in mutual funds, stock, and bonds. Working with clients, they help to determine investment strategies based on goals and objectives, the time horizon for investing, and risk tolerance. The company relies primarily on sales force skilled in the investment areas that hold specific licenses to sell securities. In the first year the company operated with a 24% market share in public offerings and private placements. The main areas of business for the firm today are Global Wealth Management, Institutional Securities and Investment...
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...The Trouble with Wilderness; or, Getting Back to the Wrong Nature William Cronon This will seem a heretical claim to many environmentalists, since the idea of wilderness has for decades been a fundamental tenet-indeed, a passionof the environmental movement, especially in the United States. For many Americans wilderness stands as the last remaining place where civilization, that all too human disease, has not fully infected the earth. It is an island in the polluted sea of urban-industrial modernity, the one place we can turn for escape from our own too-muchness. Seen in this way, wilderness presents itself as the best antidote to our human selves, a refuge we must somehow recover if we hope to save the planet. As Henry David Thoreau once famously declared, “In Wildness is the preservation of the World.“’ But is it? The more one knows of its peculiar history, the more one realizes that wilderness is not quite what it seems. Far from being the one place on earth that stands apart from humanity, it is quite profoundly a human creation-indeed, the creation of very particular human cultures at very particular moments in human history. It is not a pristine sanctuary where the last remnant of an untouched, endangered, but still transcendent nature can for at least a little while longer be encountered without the contaminating taint of civilization. Instead, it is a product of that civilization, and could hardly be contaminated by the very stuff of which it is made...
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... Table of contents 1. Business strategy 1.1. Mission 1.2. Shared values 1.3. Vision 1.4. Goal 1.5. Strategy 1.5.1. SWOT Analysis 1.5.2. PEST Checklist 1.5.3. Dimensions of competency 2. ICT Strategy 2.1 Mission 2.2 Vision 2.3 Goals 2.4 Strategy 2.4.1. Higher level of standardization & more commonality in business processes and systems 2.4.2. Lower IT operating costs 2.4.3. Higher value for new initiatives 2.4.4. Improve cultural characteristics, enabling the decrease of resistance to changes. 2.4.5. Increased level of sharing for systems and services 2.4.6. Generic strategies 3. Business & ICT Alignment 3.1 Technology transformation 3.2 Innovative: making use of opportunities 3.3 Strategic Alignment Model Enhanced 4. Enterprise Architecture 2 1. Business strategy 1.1. Mission Improving people’s lives through meaningful innovation. For the past 120 years meaningful innovations have improved the quality of life for millions, creating a strong and trusted Philips brand with market access all over the world. In light of key global trends and challenges – e.g. the demand for affordable healthcare, the energy efficiency imperative, and people’s desire for personal wellbeing – phillips is confident in their chosen strategic direction. 1.2. Shared values The values of Philips reflect the ambition that have been laid down in our strategy. The values are like a compass guiding Philips behaviour ...
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...that is common amongst these thriving companies of the Silicon Valley however, and that is excellence in their management of information technology at the respective companies. We are going to explore the finer details and glimpses inside these companies’ business models, structures, and strategies beginning with Plantronics. Seagate is a leader in storage devices. Proving this is their company data that shows them having shipped more than 51 million drives since the first quarter of 2012. And with that, they have generated a revenue of $2.8 billion and counting. This company provides all the solutions for storage that this rapidly growing tech industry throws out there from enterprises to desktops to mobile computing to whatever consumer electronics you can name. Specifically though, Seagate has been building hard disks, solid-state hybrids, and solid-state drives. With that said, they have managed to take over 29% of the entire market share in which they are competing in. This is astounding for any company to capture more than a fifth of the market in whatever field that they are in. This means that one in every five consumers in the storage industry now own a Seagate storage product. If the earlier stated data does not convince you that this is a rapidly growing frontier company in storage solutions, then let the very number of employees they have employed deliver the punch line. 53,775 employees and counting. That’s about half of many cities in the...
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...through to the delivery of final goods or services to the end-consumer. These include material sourcing and handling, product design, production planning, order processing, inventory management, transportation, warehousing and customer service. It also includes the management of information flow that facilitates communication among all these functions. For a company to be competitive, its supply chain must be flexible, agile, cost-effective and responsive. Nowadays it is more common for companies to collaborate in a global context where each of them focuses on its core competency and outsource the rest. As a consequence their successes becomes increasingly dependent on how well they can orchestrate the different aspects and manage the external parties involved along the supply chain. Equally important are companies' abilities to satisfy their customers' needs, shorten production lead time and lower cost. ‘Li & Fung’ has evolved from a sourcing agent to a global supply chain manager by being an innovator in the development of supply chain management. Through our practice and research in this area, we have derived the following seven principles which constitute the pillar of ‘Li & Fung's supply chain management: 1) Customer-centric and market demand are driving force of the ‘Li & Fung’. 2) Focus on one's core competency and outsource non-core activities, in order to develop a positioning in the supply chain. 3)...
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...Introduction to Management | Internet Business Models – A Case Study. | Nicole Fearon | user 5/3/2012 | Contents Question 3 Approach 3 The Case (Taken from TTFI.net Article) 4 Case Analysis 5 Business, Industry and Government Reviews 7 SWOT Analysis 7 Analysis Summary 8 Porters Five Forces Model 9 Porter’s Diamond Model 11 Demand Conditions 12 Related and Supporting Industries (collaborative industries) 12 Firm Strategy, Structure and Rivalry 12 Role of Government 13 Interconnectedness, Complexity and Business Models 15 Challenges and Strategies 15 External 16 Internal Strategies 17 Summary 19 Reference 20 Question Select one of the themes listed at the end of this table and undertake further research to prepare a paper outlining the key developments in the area. Your paper should contain references from a minimum of 15 sources, which should be clearly identified in a table of references or bibliography. You should also indicate the implications of your study for organizations in the Caribbean and provide recommendations for the adoption of strategies to address the challenges. Themes • Evolution of Management in the Caribbean • Managing in an Interconnected World • Managing the 21st Century Workforce • Use of ICT in Small and Medium Sized Business • Ethical Issues for Managerial Decision Making Approach Information and Communications Technology is a wide topic that can follow many paths. The focus for this...
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...today’s media: global warming. We know much of Gore’s bid for presidency in 1999, in which he ran – unsuccessfully - on a platform of responsible energy consumption. Fourteen years later, Gore is still arguing the same points, but with increased vigor. Its no surprise that after fourteen years of heavy campaigning, many Americans are well aware of the issue; in fact, many have changed their buying habits to reflect this growing concern – one the private sector has not failed to capitalize on. In this essay, I will attempt to first define global warming, touch on the “going green” movement and how it’s affecting consumer buying habits, explain how the car industry is being affected and the describe some of the motivations a company may have to “go green.” What is global warming? As with any business discussion, we must first understand the topic being discussed. Global warming debate has becoming increasingly prevalent in news media, T.V. shows and popular culture in the past few decades. Defined as an increase in the overall temperature of the earth, global warming is a topic that has been debated furiously from both sides. The EPA estimates that the earth’s temperature has risen by 1.4 degrees Fahrenheit over the past century. While this may not seem like much (and opponents to the global warming theory are quick to point this out), large bodies of information show that small changes in average temperature lead to significant changes in global climate. Global warming impedes...
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