...Dominican Magic Assumptions are always being made on a day to day basis. With that being said, if I were to have a brief knowledge on the rhetorical triangles of writing, the Dominican Republic history, and the cultural dimensions of Hofstede, then I would make an informed assumption that the Dominican culture is in tune to their appearance as well as their status class, Dominicans are very open people, and they relate to several cultural dimensions. In respect to the audience of the rhetorical writing triangle, the hair product advertisement targets the Dominican people, and specifically the Dominican women. This is done so by demonstrating the phenomenal effects of their hair product, Dominican Magic. The message of this advertisement is...
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...“Women were victims of Trujillo since the beginning of his reign. He rose to power and believed that he could have any women he wanted to.” (Ramirez) In the Time of The Butterflies, the culture in the Dominican Republic under the Trujillo regime is revealed as Alvarez tells the story of the sisters from each one's points of view. The book follows the Mirabal sisters as they work to take down Trujillo, or El Jefe. They each contribute to the cause using their individual skills. MInerva is the smart and rebellious child, and the first sister to become involved with the rebels. Maria Teresa is the sweet, romantic one who quickly grows up in prison and becomes strong enough to withstand torture. Patria is religious and a doting mother, she is old...
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...Not So Wondrous: The effects of a brutal dictatorial regime illustrated by Junot Diaz The brutality of the Trujillo Regime lasted for thirty years. Rafael Leonidas Trujillo Molina was named the ruler of the Dominican Republic in 1930, and continued his tyranny until his assassination in 1961. El Jefe, as he was often referred to, (meaning “the boss”) was originally an army general, and took power as a dictator following the rule and overthrow of Horacio Vasquez. Under Trujillo’s rule, the intense violence in the country became overwhelming. Though he officially stepped down as president almost ten years before his assassination, he continued his command as an unelected military dictator (“History of the Dominican Republic”). Trujillo, in true dictator form, preformed horrible acts of violence. In the 1930’s, he developed a term of racial discrimination against dark-skinned Haitians called “Antihaitianismo,” and in 1937, he was responsible for the slaughter of thousands of Haitian cane-workers. He also abused his position by taking unfair advantage over Dominican citizens. “El Jefe” had the right to any woman of his choice, regardless of their age or marital status. These women were taken without consent, abused, and raped. In order to keep his people under control, Trujillo had a way of taking care of anyone who opposed these horrible acts. Torture and murder of all who opposed was very common, and always kept quiet. One of the only truly publicized cases...
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...By, T. J. (1964, Aug 30). PELHAM BAY TRIES TO CURB ADDICTION. New York Times (1923-Current File). Retrieved from http://ez.lib.jjay.cuny.edu/docview/115580869?accountid=11724 The main point of this article was to introduce a foundation called Synanon which is a program that expanded in three different regions which was funded to keep teenagers away from the use of narcotics and of course its significant because it was put together in areas such as my neighborhood known as Pelham Bay Park and other areas because these areas specifically have vase amount of teenage narcotic users. This is related to my neighborhood because Pelham Bay is part of my neighborhood and I always knew there was teenagers having use of some drug but not specifically narcotics never had an idea it was that serious. This is important to my paper because from this I could find out the statistics as to how many teenagers are immune to these drugs in the certain amount of time of my residence here. This information didn’t really create an transformation because I had already some kind of idea about drugs being used in my area by teenagers. DERAILMENT TIES UP PELHAM BAY SUBWAY. (1947, Sep 04). New York Times (1923-Current File). Retrieved from http://ez.lib.jjay.cuny.edu/docview/108091371?accountid=11724 The main point of this article is to show how responsibility is a big deal from the MTA employees and its very dependable amongst them to serve the public as we please because everyday there’s work...
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...Published by Blackwell Publishing, 9600 Garsington Road, Oxford OX4 2DQ, UK and 350 Main St., Malden, MA 02148, USA. Bulletin of Economic Research 64:4, 2012, 0307-3378 DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8586.2010.00364.x CULTURE AND GROWTH: SOME EMPIRICAL EVIDENCE Dustin Chambers and Susan Hamer Department of Economics and Finance, Salisbury University, Salisbury, USA ABSTRACT Using Hofstede’s cultural data set, this paper examines the impact of cultural characteristics on a nation’s economic performance. Using a two-step estimation procedure, we first estimate a panel growth regression and obtain estimates of each nation’s fixed effects, which reflect idiosyncratic differences in growth performance. In the second step, we regress the fixed effects on invariant cultural and institutional variables. Our estimation results suggest that individuality and tolerance for uncertainty are the most important cultural factors in explaining nation-specific growth performance. Furthermore, our findings suggest that political and property rights play a major role in determining idiosyncratic growth. Keywords: culture, economic growth, freedom, property rights JEL classification numbers: C23, O1 I. INTRODUCTION Using several measures of culture, we seek to determine the effect of culture on a nation’s economic performance. Among the cultural characteristics that we examine, individuality and uncertainty avoidance are found to be the most important in predicting economic growth that is not otherwise...
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...University of Phoenix Material Multicultural Matrix and Analysis Worksheet Instructions: Part I: Select and identify six groups in the left-hand column. Complete the matrix. Part II: Write a summary. Part III: Format references consistent with APA guidelines. |Part I: Matrix |What is the group’s history in the United |What is the group’s population in the |What are some attitudes and customs people|What is something you admire about | | |States? |United States? |of this group may practice? |this group’s people, lifestyle, or | | | | | |society? | | |Native Americans, as the name suggests, they |1500- 10 million |Dance plays a very important role in |Their patience and spirituality are to| | |were the first people who lived in North |1800- 600,000 |Native American tribes. American Indians |be admired. One of the traits shared | | |America, Alaska, and Hawaii. After the |1900- 250,000 |dance for different occasions and |by many tribes is their society being | | ...
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...people. In Japanese culture is expected that employees have lifetime commitment to their employers. The Japanese people recognize responsibility and work as extremely important characteristics of their culture. The responsibilities are divided into very small details and are incorporated into a family-style working environment. Business leaders and management participate in all activities. The employees in Japan are motivated by private recognition, the corporate missions of the company, stability, and most importantly being part of a winning team. Formal meetings are considered times for employee to share ideas and visions. In Japanese culture employees can contribute regardless of status. Furthermore informal meetings are seen as occasions to build personal relationships and should contain no direct business discussions. Since Japan has one of the most indirect languages, and many messages are metaphorical it is important to refrain from saying terms such as “No” and “You”; these terms can be seen as rude and should be placed with appropriate terms. Instead of saying “You”, refer to contact by their last name and title (i.e. “sir” or “madam”). Lastly an important tool that can be used to analyze the intercultural differences between Canada and Japan is Hofstede‘s 5D Model. This analytical tool breaks each culture into five parts, Power Distance (PDI), Individualism (IDV), Masculinity (MAS) Uncertainty Avoidance (UAI) and Long-term Orientation (LTO). Culture is a something...
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...Table of Content Table of Content………………………………………………………………………1 1. ZANE…………………………………………………………………………..2 1.1. Name meaning…………………………………………………………..2 1.2. Corporate culture………………………………………………………..2 1.3. Values……………………………………………………………………2 1.4. Vision and Mission……………………………………………………...2 1.5. Slogan…………………………………………………………………....2 1.6. Product Range…………………………………………………………...2 1.7. Target Market……………………………………………………………3 2. H&M………………………………………………………………………...…4 2.1. History…………………………………………………………………..4 2.2. Shared Values…………………………………………………………...4 2.3. Values……………………………………………………………………5 2.4. Company Culture………………………………………………………..5 2.5. Product Range…………………………………………………………...7 2.6. Stores around the world…………………………………………………9 2.7. Geere Hofstede’s Analysis in Sweden…………………………………14 2.8. Globe and Trompenaars analysis………………………………………15 2. FOREVER 21………………………………………………………………..20 3.9. History……………………………………………………………….…20 3.10. Company culture……………………………………………………….20 3.11. Product Range………………………………………………………….21 3.12. Stores Around the world……………………………………………….21 3.13. Geere Hofstede’s Analysis in US………………………………………22 3. OPENING OUR STORE……………………………………………………..25 4.14. Why New Zealand……………………………………………………..25 4.15. New Zealand Geere Hofstede’s Analysis……………………………...25 4.16. Globe and Trompenaars analysis………………………………………27 ...
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...Claremont Colleges Scholarship @ Claremont CMC Senior Theses CMC Student Scholarship 2011 The Effect of Culture on the Implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards Mitchell A. Skotarczyk Claremont McKenna College Recommended Citation Skotarczyk, Mitchell A., "The Effect of Culture on the Implementation of International Financial Reporting Standards" (2011). CMC Senior Theses. Paper 165. http://scholarship.claremont.edu/cmc_theses/165 This Open Access Senior Thesis is brought to you by Scholarship@Claremont. It has been accepted for inclusion in this collection by an authorized administrator. For more information, please contact scholarship@cuc.claremont.edu. CLAREMONT McKENNA COLLEGE THE EFFECT OF CULTURE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING STANDARDS SUBMITTED TO PROFESSOR MARC MASSOUD AND DEAN GREGORY HESS BY MITCHELL SKOTARCZYK FOR SENIOR THESIS SPRING 2011 2 Table of Contents I. Introduction…………………….……………………………………………………………….4 II. Literature Summary………………………………………...………………...….……………..5 III. IFRS……………………...……………………………………………………..……………11 IV. Carve-outs…………………………………………………………………………………....18 V. Culture and Accounting………………………………………………………………………25 VI. Conclusion………………………………………………………………...…………………30 Appendix………………………………………………………………………………………...32 Bibliography……………………………………………………………………………………..37 3 I. Introduction As globalization increases at a blistering pace, more...
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...Flow of foreign direct investment: The amount of foreign direct investment undertaken over a given time period (normally one year). An example of foreign direct investment would be an American company taking a majority stake in a company in China. Stock of foreign direct investment: The total accumulated value of foreign-owned assets at a given time. For example, French enterprises have been significant foreign investors for McDonald’s; some 1,100 French multinationals account for around 8 percent of the global stock of foreign direct investment Common law system is based on tradition, precedent, and custom. Tradition refers to a country’s legal history, precedent to cases that have come before the courts in the past, and custom to the ways in which laws are applied in specific situations. It differs from a civil law system which is based on a detailed set of laws organized into codes. When law courts interpret civil law, they do so with regard to these codes. Factor endowments are the extent to which a country is endowed with such resources as land, labor, and capital. A simple example of a factor endowment with respect to land would be the presence of natural resources such as oil. Countries with abundant oil tend to export oil, focusing internal resources toward producing the factor they have in quantity. Angola is an extreme example of such specialization: oil accounts for 98% of its exports or for instance, as China's labor force has grown more skilled, wages have risen...
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...Sunday, December 16th 2012 Faculté des sciences de l'administration Université Laval Sunday, December 16th 2012 Faculté des sciences de l'administration Université Laval How CEMEX Builds the Future How CEMEX Builds the Future Eullide BAH 111.043.894 Yacine JABRI 111.053.706 François MARTINEAU 905.189.147 Lore OLAERTS 111.051.409 Charlotte PELLICANO 907.182.173 Presented to M. Gahima Égide Karuranga Eullide BAH 111.043.894 Yacine JABRI 111.053.706 François MARTINEAU 905.189.147 Lore OLAERTS 111.051.409 Charlotte PELLICANO 907.182.173 Presented to M. Gahima Égide Karuranga Outline Introduction 1 Globalization process - triple bottom line approach 2 Cultural differences and business practices 2 Laws, regulations and public opinion 3 Economic, Financial and Technical considerations 4 The Retention Challenge 6 Employee retention challenge regarding a transnational/multidomestic strategy 6 Compensation and benefits 7 Training and development plans 8 Health and safety policies 8 Employee engagement 9 The Cultural Differences Challenge 11 A quick reminder about CEMEX’s HR Challenge. 11 CEMEX first solution: its internationalization method 12 The special asset: SHIFT 12 Conclusion 13 APPENDIX 1 i APPENDIX 2 ii APPENDIX 3 iii Bibliography iv Introduction CEMEX is a multinational specialized in the cement industry. It produces and distributes cement, ready-mix concrete, and aggregates and related building materials...
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...about: 1. The challenge of crossing cultural boundaries 2. The meaning of culture: foundation concepts 3. Why culture matters in international business 4. National, professional, and corporate culture 5. Interpretations of culture 6. Key dimensions of culture 7. Language as a key dimension of culture 8. Culture and contemporary issues 9. Managerial guidelines for crosscultural success > American Football . . . in Europe? There are few things more representative of U.S. culture than American football. It is an extravaganza, complete with exciting halftime shows and peppy cheerleaders. The game exemplifies national pride. The national anthem is played, flags are unfurled, and uniformed players charge up and down the field like an army in the throes of often violent conflict. The teams’ huddles divide the game into small planning sessions for the next play. In the United States, the National Football League (NFL) oversees the sport and, like any successful business, wants to score in new markets. The NFL first tackled Europe in 1991, with plans to establish American football there. After years of failed attempts, NFL Europe emerged as six teams, five of which were based in Germany (such as the Berlin Thunder, the Cologne Centurions, and the Hamburg Sea Devils). Earlier teams established in Spain had failed. Why did American football triumph in Germany but fail in Spain? An excellent metaphor for Spanish culture is the bullfight, an ancient pursuit. In tradition-bound Spain, bullfights...
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...ABSTRACT Society has experienced a revolution in information and communication during the last fifty years. This revolution is likely to continue to impact not only on the administration of the Nigeria, but on the society at large. The argument proposed here asserts that equality of opportunity of women and men is more likely to be achieved if both genders embrace the changes now occurring in communication and information use with similar vigour. This term paper seeks to highlight on the concept of gender discrimination, even as sundry instances of the persistent issue is well sustained. The argument proposed here provides an anecdotal rather than theoretical overview of the way in which the use of information technology has come to dominate modern decision making in a variety of contexts. The dimension of women disparity and the need to correct such inequality is elaborated. Finally, the areas of applications of information technology in curbing gender differences and the probable outcome of such applications is well addressed. INTRODUCTION Women are key to the development challenge. Throughout the developing world, women are at a disadvantage at the household, community, and societal levels. Within the household, women have less access to and control over resources and limited influence over household decisions. Beyond the household, women have limited access to communal resources, are under-represented in public decision-making bodies; have limited bargaining power in...
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...PROSTITUTION IS NOT A CHOICE LEARN A BOUT TH E TRA FFI CKING OF WOMEN AND GIRLS WORLDWIDE, AND FIND OUT WHAT CAN BE DONE TO END THIS WID ESPR EAD PROBLEM … Soroptimist International of the Americas-1709 Spruce Street Philadelphia, PA 19103 - 215 893 9000 - www.soroptimist.org SOROPTIMIST WHITE PAPER Prostitution is Not a Choice I think so much about what has happened to me. Why these men did what they did to me. Old, disgusting men. It was horrible. They knew I did not want to be there, but they paid their money. They used me. I was their property for the night. They destroyed me. (14-year-old girl at Casa Hogar, a shelter in Costa Rica for children rescued from the country’s sex trade1) OVERVIEW Prostitution has been called the world’s oldest “profession.” In reality, it is the world’s oldest “oppression” and continues to be one of the most overlooked human rights abuses of women on the planet today. 2 Prostitution of women is a particularly lethal form of violence against women, and a violation of a woman’s most basic human rights. While society attempts to normalize prostitution on a variety of levels (discussed later in this paper), prostituted women are subjected to violence and abuse at the hands of paying “clients.” For the vast majority of prostituted women, “prostitution is the experience of being hunted, dominated, harassed, assaulted and battered.” 3 It is “sexual terrorism against women at the hands of men and little is being done to stop the carnage...
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...Transmittal Letter December 4, 2010 Tumi Luggage in Brazil: A Feasibility Study Tumi Luggage is a very popular , high end, luxurious product. With its success in the US, in some parts of Europe and Asia, it is with best interest to research the feasibility in expanding its operations i nto the beautiful and lucrative country of Brazil. Feasibility and Marketing Plan: Tumi Luggage in Brazil Dr. Judy Strauss Associate Professor of Marketing University of Nevada, Reno Reno, Nevada 89557 Dear Dr. Strauss: We are pleased to present you with Bulletproof’s Feasibility and Marketing Plan for Tumi Luggage in the beautiful and lucrative country of Brazil. This plan will assist you in gaining valuable insight into the opportunity available for Tumi Luggage in Brazil. This plan is the result of an extensive research utilizing both primary and secondary findings. The suggestions proposed are carefully correlated with the market opportunities that are currently present in Brazil. The plan has been constructed in three different sections: (1) analysis of the potential market in Brazil, (2) the technical, financial and organizational elements that should be considered when entering the Brazilian market and (3) a marketing plan, if implemented, could create an overall increase in brand recognition, Tumi’s profitability and overall global market share. It is with confidence that the recommendations contained in this plan will cultivate excellent opportunities for Tumi Luggage, and...
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