...between injuries, and which game you’re most likely to get injured C.) Lastly, I’ll break down the game by giving you some statistics on how much actual game time action you observe on average during a single game Benefits: 1.) Rugby is a year round sport 2.) The only equipment needed to play rugby are cleats and a mouth guard 3.) Rugby is played on every continent, and in almost every country Solutions: 1.) Use the internet to watch videos and learn more about the rules 2.) Search for nearby teams and look on the schedule for a nearby game 3.) Rent a movie that contains rugby ( ie., Invictus, Forever Strong) Conclusion Action: Rugby will be part of the 2016 Summer Olympics. There is still enough time to learn enough about the game to be able to follow the newest sport in the Olympics (which the US will be a contender in) Zinger: Don’t keep contributing to the ignorance of American sports fans, by not noticing one of the worlds’ largest sports and soon to be a dominating US...
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...Top Careers & You™ Economy/Business Wipro Tied up with Kana Software to Service Global Insurers General Knowledge GK Notes - September 1 Wipro Ltd. signed agreement with the US-based Kana Software to provide customer service solutions to its global insurers through a joint development centre. The agreement provides Kana with systems integration scalability, as Wipro has presence across 57 countries worldwide. Kana Software has its headquarters in California. It provides customer service solutions using cloud computing network to about 900 enterprises and mid-market organisations, which includes 250 government agencies all over the world. RBI Issued Norms for Currency Swap Window The Reserve Bank of India issued norms for currency swap window from Mumbai. The Reserve Bank also cleared that the facility of currency swap would be made available to scheduled commercial banks (excluding regional rural banks) for fresh Foreign Currency Non-Resident Bank (FCNRB) deposits, which would be mobilised for a minimum tenure of three years. The Reserve Bank also mentioned that the deposits can be made in any permitted currency, but the swaps would be made available only in dollars. The Swap Window would remain functional and under operations on all working days at Mumbai on daily basis but a particular bank can access the facility of currency swap only once in a week. The Swap Window would remain operation from 10 September to 30 November 2013. th th Currency Swap A foreign...
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...Samsung Company Analysis Samsung, one of the leading brands around the world. It sells wide range of electronic appliances and technology such as television, personal computer and mobile phone. It accounted for more than 220,000 employees across the globe with it headquartered in Seoul, South Korea (Datamonitor360). Byung-Chull Lee started his business from selling dried Korean fish with 30,000 won in 1938 under the name Samsung. According to the company record (2012), Samsung has assets value of more than 430,000 billion won recorded and net income over 20,000 billion won. With fierce competitors such as Apple, Sony and Nokia, Samsung must perform it best to secure its future. Further in this essay will be focusing on Samsung keys development to its success and SWOT analysis of this company. There are a number of key factors that drive Samsung to this stage. Firstly, In 1969 Samsung-Sanyo Electronics was established and Samsung’s first black and white TV was manufactured. This was a significant change to the company as TV was new to the market and its future profit was uncertain. Later in 1972, Samsung try domestic production of black and white TV and it reached its 4 millionth TV in 1978. Second factor is the diversification of its product throughout 1980s. Samsung manufacture many new appliances such as air-conditions and microwaves. In the 1990s, Samsung claim to be ‘copycat’ in electronic market (Kotler and Armstrong, 2012). Even with that claim, Samsung still manufacture...
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...JAPAN’S ECONOMIC MALAISE: DISCUSSIONS The banking sector of Japan played in Japans’ stagnant economy. The banking sector engaged in risky lending’s especially during the asset price boom. When the asset price boom collapsed the banking sector was left with a lot of bed debt and to make matter worse the sector went further and contracted the lending. The poor supervision by Japan’s government in terms of fiscal policy also played a pivotal role in the risks taken by the banking sector. The stock market prices also started falling and people saw their net worth shrunk. This also led to the population of Japan reducing their spending which in turn led to the deflation in the country. If the people are reluctant to spend then business doesn’t make money and people lose their jobs. Unemployment also will rise and the government of Japan started spending a lot of money on government grants to ease the burden of the population. In all developed nations, Japan has the highest aging population. This becomes a liability for the country in terms of production, especially for a country like Japan that is one of the leading exporters. All of these factors contribute to the stagnant economy of Japan. What Japan can do to get its economy back on track is firs by having better relations with it Asian counterparts. Japan can benefit from the economic boom that is taking place in Asia in terms of free trade. Secondly, Japan can turn around the liability that is posed by the aging population...
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...the various brands that comprise the Watch Segment of the Swatch Group1: Prestige and Luxury Range Breguet Blancpain Glashutte Original Jacquet Droz Tiffany and Co. Leon Hatot Omega High-Price Range Longines Rado Union Glashutte Middle-Price Range Tissot Balmain Certina Hamilton ck Watch and Jewellery Basic Range Swatch Flik Flak 1 Info as in the Annual Report 2011 published by Swatch Group Page | 3 SWATCH GROUP SWATCH: WORLD MARKET Swatch Group in the world2 – Europe – Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Luxemburg, The Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Russia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and Ireland Americas – Brazil, Canada, Mexico, Panama, USA Oceania – Australia Far East – China, Hong Kong, India, Japan,...
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...21510 Global Context of Management Online Travel Agency – UK Table of Contents Introduction 3 Global View 4 PESTEL Analysis 5 Porters Five Forces 6 Appendix 1: PESTEL Analysis 7 Political & Legal 7 Economic 8 Social/Cultural 9 Technological 10 Environmental 11 Appendix 2: Tables & Graphs 12 Appendix A 12 Appendix B 12 Appendix C 13 Appendix D 13 Appendix E 14 Appendix F 14 Appendix G 15 Appendix H 15 Appendix I 16 References 17 Introduction This report aims to analyse the online travel agency industry in the United Kingdom (UK). It does so using a variety of techniques: 1. Offering a global view of the industry across four chosen countries – China, India, United States and the UK 2. PESTEL analysis – a summary is included in this executive summary, with the full analysis as an appendix at the back. 3. Porter’s 5 Forces analysis The online travel industry in the UK has been established for some years now and is reaching maturity. As it reaches maturity, the rapid growth it saw leading up to this point will cease to continue. This will increase competition and make it increasingly difficult to operate an agency. This economic climate will cause further difficulties for online travel agents as consumers look to find value for their money, and spend time seeking the lowest price. In saying that there are enormous opportunities on the technological front with m-commerce beginning to come...
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...Marketing Research Paper August 27, 2014 McDonald's Corporation The very first McDonald's was opened up in 1940. The name of the first McDonald’s, which was located in San Bernardino, CA, was McDonald's Bar-B-Que (Farfan). It was a typical 1940’s drive-in with roller-skating car hops (Mcdonalds.com). Richard "Dick" McDonald and Maurice "Mac" McDonald were the original owners (wm2@doney.net). The menu included 25 items, but simplified it to hamburgers and potato chips in 1948. Their McDonald’s was shut for three months, and in December, 1948 they reopened it as a drive-through restaurant (Mcdonalds.com). In 1949, milkshakes were added to the menu, and French fries replaced the potato chips (Farfan). In 1953, Stanley Meston designed the Golden Arches (Mcdonalds.com). Ray Kroc learned about the first McDonald's in 1954 when he tried to get them to buy a milkshake machine. He became a franchise manager in 1955. He also helped McDonald's open a franchise restaurant for the first time in Des Plaines, Illinois (Farfan). Ray Kroc purchased the interests and right of the McDonald’s name for the price of $2.7 million in 1965 (About McDonalds). McDonald’s has their own school to train employees called Hamburger University (H.U.). The Hamburger University was opened in 1961, located in the Elk Grove Village’s basement in Illinois (Mcdonalds.com). When employees graduate from Hamburger University they receive a Bachelor of Hamburgerology degree (About McDonalds). Their training statement:...
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...worth an estimated $74 billion : more than Budweiser, Pepsi, Starbucks and Redbull combined. If every drop of Coke ever produced were put in 8-ounce bottles and laid end-to-end, they would reach the moon and back over 2000 times. DO YOU KNOW The red & white Coca-cola logo is recognized by 94% of the World's population. There are 33 non-alcoholic brands that generate over $1 billion in revenue. Coca-cola owns a whopping 15 of them. Around the world, the average person consumes a Coke product every four days. Coca-cola spends more money on advertising than Microsoft and Apple combined. 1. DO YOU KNOW? 2. HISTORY OF COCA-COLA 3. ASPECTS OF US CULTURE AND INDIAN CULTURE THAT HAVE BEEN CAUSES OF COKE'S DIFFICULTIES IN INDIA 4. COKE'S RESPONSE TO NEGATIVE PERCEPTIONS AMONG INDIANS OF COKE AND OTHER MNCS 5. WAYS TO OBTAIN MORE OF INDIA'S SOFT DRINK...
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...Introduction : Rise of India and China India and China are the two most populated countries in the world, each with a little over 1 billion people. Both countries have long and ancient history. Both are unique in having an unbroken stream of ancient culture and civilization for centuries before the dawn of the Christian era. Populations of both countries consist of very highly educated and technically skilled work force. In both countries, there is very large middle class, progressively becoming very hungry for vast quantities of consumer goods. However until the 1980s, their economies were among the poorest in the world. India has been the largest democracy since 1947 but heart-rending sights of extreme poverty can be seen even in the flourishing business capitals. There are no subways, very few highways which results in nightmarish tangle of traffic all the time. China has been under the communist rule since the revolution led by Mao Tse Tung in 1966 and still continues to be under the centralized communist rule. Both the countries operated under centralized planning and kept their economies closed to global markets. However, in the past two decades, the world is witnessing a strange miracle taking place in both the countries. In the early 1980s, first China and later, India, started opening their economies to foreign direct investment and began participating more and more in global trade. The world had never witnessed this rare phenomenon of two relatively poor countries...
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...came runner up, followed by another local cyclist Mohammad Adil Teli. While in the under-19 category of the competition for Boys, Mohit Kumar won the first prize. Wahid Ahmad Ganie was placed second, while Amir Sadiq Gojriin finished third. In the girls under-19 category, Komal Deshmuk from Maharashtra, beat local girl Bushra Ali to the first position. State Minister for Public Works Altaf Bukhari gave away the prizes to the winners. • Ace Indian shooter Gurpreet Singh has secured India a fifth quota place in shooting for the 2016 Rio Olympics. He achieved this feat by finishing fourth in the Men’s 10 metre Air Pistol final at the International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) Shooting World Cup held in Munich, Germany. Earlier, in same world cup Abhinav Bindra, India’s only individual Olympic gold-medallist, had won a quota place with a sixth place finish in the Men’s 10 metre Air Rifle final. Previously, Gagan Narang, Jitu Rai and Apurvi Chandela have secured an Olympic quota place for 2016 Rio Olympics. • President Pranab Mukherjee has given his assent to re-promulgation of land ordinance for third time as per provisions of Article 123 of Indian Constitution. Currently, The Right to Fair Compensation and...
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...Disclaimer Much of the information in this briefing is of a statistical nature and, while every attempt has been made to ensure accuracy and reliability, Euromonitor International cannot be held responsible for omissions or errors. Figures in tables and analyses are calculated from unrounded data and may not sum. Analyses found in the briefings may not totally reflect the companies’ opinions, reader discretion is advised. The PAs will add the report abstract here © Euromonitor International 1 THE SPORTSWEAR REVOLUTION: GLOBAL MARKET TRENDS AND FUTURE GROWTH OUTLOOK MAGDALENA KONDEJ – HEAD OF APPAREL RESEARCH 24TH JULY 2013 STATE OF THE INDUSTRY: THE HIGHLIGHTS DYNAMICS OF MAJOR SPORTSWEAR MARKETS EXPLORING HOT CATEGORIES AND INDUSTRY TRENDS EMERGENCE OF OMNI-CHANNEL – WHAT DOES IT MEAN FOR SPORTSWEAR BRANDS? THE SPORTSWEAR REVOLUTION: GLOBAL MARKET TRENDS AND FUTURE GROWTH OUTLOOK Setting the scene - sportswear vs other consumer goods industries $1728bn $2200bn $433bn $770bn $245bn Forecast % CAGR 2.7% 4.1% Sportswear 2.3% 3.0% Beauty and Personal Care 2.1% Consumer 4 Electronics © Euromonitor International Apparel and Footwear Packaged Food THE SPORTSWEAR REVOLUTION: GLOBAL MARKET TRENDS AND FUTURE GROWTH OUTLOOK Three-speed recovery of the global apparel and footwear market Apparel and Footwear Market Value Growth 2012 5.8% Global growth in 2012 US 2.2% © Euromonitor International EUROZONE...
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...______________________PROJECT COLA_____________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ [pic] Cassandra Chew Mbere Monjok Kristina Nguyen, Mohammad Punjwani Normandie Scanlon William Stripling __________________________________________________________________________ ___________________________________________________________________________ TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 COMPANY OVERVIEw 2 PRODUCTION 2 MARKETING 2 OPERATIONS 3 Organizational Structure 3 Regional Structure 3 Foreign Operations 4 Expansion in China 4 Rising Costs in the US 5 VISION 2020 6 PROBLEMS 6 LOSS OF LOCAL BUSINESS 6 WATER WARS 7 RECOMMENDATIONS 8 CONCLUSION 9 BIBLIOGRAPHY 10 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Purpose: The purpose of this document is to summarize the following report on the structure and functionality of Coca-Cola. This report details some of the problems that the company is currently facing and recommends possible solutions. Company Overview: Coca-Cola is a multinational retailer of beverages and syrups to businesses around the globe. The marketing strategies, which Coca-Cola employs, must be tailored to the many cultures and languages present in the regions of sale. Employing over 94,000 people in more than 200 countries requires that Coca-Cola rely on a regional approach to marketing...
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...The Coca-Cola Company; and specifically the advertising and promotion of the Coke brand. Table of Contents Overview & Background…………………………………………………………...3 Product Information ………………………………………………...….…………...4 Competitive Review ………………………………………….……………...……...5 Audience Analysis…………………………………………………………………5 Promotional and Media Vehicles Used……………………………………………6 Conclusion ………………………………………………………………….…..…. 7 References…………………………………………………………………………8 Appendix …………………………………………………….………..…………….9 The Coca-Cola Company® originated as a soda fountain beverage in 1886 selling for five cents a glass. Early growth was impressive, but it was only when a strong bottling system developed that Coca-Cola became the world-famous brand it is today. Founded over 125 years ago, the company has evolved from one product, Coca-Cola to more than 500 brands in 2011. They’ve grown from selling a modest 9 drinks a day in 1886 to 1.8 billion a day. The most recognizable world-wide brand has expanded from one city in one country to availability in more than 200 countries around the world. Coca-Cola is one of the world famous and largest brands in beverages industry. Coke is a multinational company and it has its market around the entire world. The company was established Doctor John Pemberton who was a pharmacist in 1886 in Atlanta, Georgia USA. The brand has since become household drink in over 200 countries across the globe. Carbonate drinks are the single largest component...
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...Why is the USA in energy crisis? 1) Consumption In 2007 USA consumed 23.8% of the world’s oil 2) Reliance on imports Between 1960 and 2003 USA’s reliance on imported gas and oil increased by 18% to 58% 9/11 terrorist attack highlight concerns on dependence on imports from the Middle East 3) Price In 2006 the price of oil had risen from $20 to $60 per barrel . In 2008 the oil was $140 4) Reserves of fossil fuels are being to run out reserves should last for between 40-65 years 5) Global sources of energy are unevenly distributed most are concentrated in politically unstable parts of the world 6) Demand for energy is increasing the growth of economies in China and India has meant more competition for resources So why is California suffering an energy crisis? Due to the fact that the US energy market is privatised the market is driven by the desire to make most profit. Between June 2000 and May 2001 California experienced a series of blackouts due to various factors: a. The weather: 2000 was the 3rd years of drought so less surplus energy due to lack of hydro-electricity from surrounding states Summer was very hot so increased demand for air-conditioning Winter was unusually cold so increased need for heating b. Insufficient generating capacity strong anti-pollution laws in the 1970s meant energy companies were unwilling to build new power stations that were expensive c. Limited capacity of power lines to important more electricity d. Eron...
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... Total Fertility Rate: TFR | 1.5 | 2.5 | Crude Death Rate: CDR (Deaths per 1,000 population) | 7 | 8 | Percent of Population (15-49) with HIV/AIDS | <0.1 | 0.8 | Infant Mortality Rate: IMR (deaths <1 year of age per 1,000 live births) | 16 | 14 | Life Expectancy at Birth (Both sexes, in years) | 75 | 70 | Youth Dependency Ratio: YDR | 21.3 | 39.4 | Elderly Dependency Ratio: EDR | 12 | 12.1 | Percent Urban | 53 | 52 | As the picture shows to us the most highlight part of this table needs to be focused is that at this time Chinese population is about 19.6% in the whole world’s population. But when it comes to the Projected Population mid – 2050 (line 2), we can see that the percent will reach to 13.5%. At that time, India will become the world most population country, which is up to 1,652 million people. (From the 2013 World Population Data Sheet) So, we can see that Chinese population will keep a balance growth in the next 46 years and it’ll save tons of resources. We should notice that...
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