...OUR PEOPLE OUR PERFORMANCE We performed extremely well on workplace safety and achieved our 2011 target on video conferencing and our 2011 milestone on Lamplighter. We made steady progress on the others. • 1 achieved • 7 on-plan • 0 off-plan • 0 missed target OUR APPROACH Our employees are essential to our business success and to achieving the Unilever Sustainable Living Plan targets. It is in our interest to ensure that all 171,000 of them are healthy, motivated and committed. Complementing our targets are three important areas which we keep under regular review - diversity, human and labour rights and training. DIVERSITY Unilever is an extremely diverse organisation in terms of its ethnic and cultural make-up. The Unilever Leadership Executive (ULE) comprises managers from five countries and the top 100 executives come from over 20. However, our gender mix is not what we want it to be. Although we have three female Non-Executive Directors on the Board, there is only one woman on the ULE. We are tackling the issue through a diversity board chaired by the CEO and by a requirement that the shortlist for each senior job should contain a woman. Since 2007, the proportion of women in senior positions has risen from 23% to 28%. More than 50% of our graduate recruits are women. In principle, the pipeline is being filled, but our task is to ensure many more reach the top levels. HUMAN AND LABOUR RIGHTS Unilever’s approach to human and labour rights is set out...
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...Doing Business in Ireland Team Arrow [Year] Doing Business in Ireland Team Arrow [Year] Course: INB 372 Section: 10 Semester: Fall 2015 NAME | ID | Fuad Bin Saif | 141 1722 630 | Md. Sadman Sakib | 141 1428 030 | Monis Ahmed | 141 0637 030 | Ashrafl Alam Galib | 141 0734 030 | Omar Farhan Khan | 141 1689 630 | Prepared For Krishna Biswas (GpB) Lecturer Dept. Of Marketing & International Business NORTH SOUTH UNIVERSITY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT The most pleasant part of submitting the report is to get the opportunity of completing and learning from it. We would like to thank those who have contributed to it a lot. Unfortunately, the list of expression of thanks- no matter how extensive is always incomplete and inadequate. These acknowledgements are no exception. Our first thank goes to the almighty Allah for bestowing us the patience and courage to finish this huge task within its deadline. Thanks must go to the team members, whose unflagging patience and astounding capacity for creative work, and long hours made the project both possible and successful – under the pressure of the knocking deadline. At last, we sincerely acknowledge our debt to Krishna Biswas, our honorable faculty, for...
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...Cross Cultural Training The success of our newly established international efforts depends on effective programs that train our managers for adjustment to some of the cultural differences that will affect their work. What is considered to be right in one culture may be wrong in another (Adler, 2008). All countries vary in many different aspects like etiquette, cultural, communication and so on. Therefore cross-cultural training is essential to the victory of the planned expansion into Latin America and East Asia. Communication In business, successful communication is the key to achievements and being able to relate to one another is important. Even in the same language, communication miscues can happen (Stoller, 2007). The way us Americans communicate is different in other countries. It is crucial in cultural communication to gain knowledge about ways to communicate so that it will be easier to interpret what others mean (Adler, 2008). The way people in East Asia and Latin America communicate is not the same as our country. Some people in their country are “collective,” the need for group affiliation (Ader, 2008). This is one of the six dimensions of culture in Adler. According to Adler (2008), each culture assumed things differently. In our culture we feel that we should worry about ourselves rather than the group (Adler, 2008). If we feel that something is wrong, we challenge it (Khols, 1984). Now, in East Asia and Latin American culture they are more focused...
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...Introduction Citi has approximately 200 million client accounts, 279,000 employees and does business in more than 140 countries. We support the protection and preservation of human rights around the world and are guided by fundamental principles of human rights, such as those in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Labour Organization (ILO) Core Conventions. Our support for these principles is reflected in our policies and actions towards our employees, suppliers, clients and the countries where we do business. Citi treats its employees with respect and dignity, and we ensure that our policies and actions respect the laws and regulations of the countries in which we operate. We strive to conduct our business in a manner that supports universal human rights, acknowledging that our clients and suppliers face their own decisions on these matters but working to promote respect for human rights through our policies and standards. We respect the sovereignty of governments around the world and believe it is the responsibility of each nation to protect the human rights of its citizens. We realize that the laws of some countries where we do business differ from some of the global standards of human rights noted above. In such circumstances, we comply with local law and at the same time strive to adhere to our own internal standards, as reflected in our corporate policies, while assessing the most appropriate course of action to promote respect...
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...Product & Country Choice We decided to open a resort in India specifically in Munnar which is located in Kerala “a state in the south-west region of India on the Malabar coast” , the number of tourists into Kerala had been increasing because of its beautiful landscapes which enjoyed by many people specially people from Middle East who don’t have these kinds of landscapes in their countries. We choose to called the resort “Kalyana’ as a result of making a business in India and it is an Indian word which means “comfort, blessed and beautiful” Reason for choosing this service is that city of Munnar is located in a beautiful mountain area where thousands of tourists come there every year to spend their holidays. There are not much resorts in that area and only one five star resort which is not enough to meet the guests need and don’t have all facilities to satisfy them and from my partner Halima’s personal experience. She saw that resorts over there have small dirty rooms and contain old stuff which is not comfortable for guests and cause them to look for other resorts in the down city to stay. So our resort will offer a various kind of services to serve our guests with fully functional facilities that they could not find in any other resorts. Political & Legal When a company starts its business internationally it should take into consideration the political and the legal situation of the country it will operate in, such as government political of that country, labor law...
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...REPORT A Business Plan Franchise Business With Quiznos-Sub Company Submitted To: Mr. Md. Badiruzzaman Lecturer, B.B.A Dhaka City College Group Name Spark Section B B.B.A 10th Batch Dhaka City College Group Name: Spark Group members: ID NO Name: 77 Tanvir Ahmed Siddique 123 Fatema Rahmin 13o A.S.M Hasan Al Alim 131 MD Ferdous Alam 135 Mhammad Nazimuddin 138 Fahmida Huq Putul Letter Of Transmittal Date: June 15, 2011 Mr. Md. Badiruzzaman Lecturer, B.B.A Dhaka City College Subject: Solicitation for acceptance of the report Sir We are glad to be able to submit the report on the basis of our Business plan. This report is all about a company name “Quiznos Sub” which is new in our country. We tried our best to include information, which we collected from both primary & secondary sources. We eagerly believe that you will find the report according to your specification & will enjoy it as much as we’ve finished while preparing it for you. Thanking you Yours truly, All group members of Spark General Description Of The Venture Quizzes Sub is a fast food sandwich-franchise...
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...International Business (MAGT 306) Semester: - Fall 2013 The Topic: - International Business Activities In Ooredoo Submission Date: - Monday 23/12/2013 Instructor Name: - Dr. Yasir Yasin *Group Members 1. Khalifa Elbeltagi 200911802 2. Abdulrahman Al Fayhani 200809233 3. Ahmed Shafi 200902883 4. Abdulla Al yahri 200903162 5. Beshr Al-Hallack 200702653 About the Organization Introduction History Qatar telecommunication started providing its services in 1949, but it was officially announced in 1987 under the Qatari law number 13. The type of services that was offered and provided to the customers that time was the land line telephones with a capacity of fifty lines, but in the year of 1953 the telephone lines get extended to one hundred and fifty lines which showed an interest towards telephone landlines at the time. In 1970, the development of the national telephone services began and it became under Qatar National Telephone services by cable and wireless as well. Qatar telecommunication was the monopoly at those days until on November 2006 the monopolization stopped and the Emir issued the law number 34 of 2006 to restructure the administration, whereby ICT Qatar has announced a new telecom in the country Qatar by the name of Qtel. Moreover, Qtel became the only representative of the telecommunication sector in Qatar...
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...Business Development Proposal BREADON RT FURNITURE MANUFACTURER PLAN Writer: Abby Tran Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements of the Masters’ degree to the University of Gloucestershire, for the degree of Master in Business Administration (MBA) Supervisor: .... 2012 Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 4 Description of products 4 Business strategy 4 Competition 4 Risk analysis 5 Company Ownership 5 Start-up Summary 6 Chapter 1: Introduction 7 1.1. Rationale of Business 7 1.2. Business Opportunity Definition 7 1.3. Scenario Selected 8 1.4. Business objectives 9 Chapter 2: The Business Concept 10 2.1. Brief Discussion of the Business Idea: 10 2.2. Business Objectives 10 2.3. Mission 11 2.4. Keys to Success 11 2.5. Product Description 11 Chapter 3: Feasibility 14 3.1. Primary and secondary market research 14 3.1.1. The UK market 14 3.1.2. The UK Domestic Production 16 3.1.3. Third Party Importing Activities: 17 3.2. Feasibility 17 3.2.1. Products Positioning 17 3.2.2. Industry/Market: 18 3.2.3. Organizational 19 3.2.3. Financial Feasibility 19 3.3. Resource requirement evaluation 21 Chapter 4: Strategic Analysis and Business Model 23 4.1 Strategic Analysis of the business idea 23 4.2 SWOT analysis 24 4.3 Sources of competitive advantage and sustainability 26 4.4 Selection of strategies for success 26 4.5 Development of appropriate Business...
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...16 16 18 18 20 21 21 22 Nutrition, health and wellness Nestlé. Good Food, Good Life Research & Development Nutrition: the core of the Nestlé business Priority on nutrition, health and wellness Nestlé Nutrition – a specialist nutrition business The Nestlé Nutrition Council and the Nestlé Nutrition Institute Looking to the future Nestlé: almost 150 years pioneering nutrition and health 26 27 28 30 32 32 33 People, products, brands Putting the consumer first Food is local Nestlé – a company built on brands Contributing to nutrition, health and wellness Ensuring quality and food safety Wherever, whenever, however The changing consumer 36 37 38 40 41 42 43 45 46 47 48 48 50 How Nestlé runs its business Principles, not rules A multi-cultural business Looking after the environment Sourcing raw materials A network of local companies Benefi ting local economies Nestlé in the community: reaching out beyond our business Consistent, sustainable growth People are Nestlé’s greatest asset Wide variety of career opportunities How our business is organised Other Nestlé Group companies The world of Nestlé 52 Nestlé website and Nestlé publications Website and publications 1 2 Welcome to Nestlé The aim of this booklet is to introduce ourselves to you, and to share with you some special insights into the many facets of our Company. Nestlé is the largest food and beverage company in the world. It is also well on its way to becoming world leader in nutrition, health...
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...health and wellness Nestlé. Good Food, Good Life Research & Development Nutrition: the core of the Nestlé business Priority on nutrition, health and wellness Nestlé Nutrition – a specialist nutrition business The Nestlé Nutrition Council and the Nestlé Nutrition Institute Looking to the future Nestlé: almost 150 years pioneering nutrition and health 26 27 28 30 32 32 33 People, products, brands Putting the consumer first Food is local Nestlé – a company built on brands Contributing to nutrition, health and wellness Ensuring quality and food safety Wherever, whenever, however The changing consumer 16 16 18 18 20 21 45 46 47 48 48 50 How Nestlé runs its business Principles, not rules A multi-cultural business Looking after the environment Sourcing raw materials A network of local companies Benefi ting local economies Nestlé in the community: reaching out beyond our business Consistent, sustainable growth People are Nestlé’s greatest asset Wide variety of career opportunities How our business is organised Other Nestlé Group companies The world of Nestlé 52 Nestlé website and Nestlé publications Website and publications 36 37 38 40 41 42 43 1 2 Welcome to Nestlé The aim of this booklet is to introduce ourselves to you, and to share with you some special insights into the many facets of our Company. Nestlé is the largest food and beverage company in the world. It is also well on its way to becoming...
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...Business plan for: Jenny’s Global Confections Jennifer Wickline Dr. Tekle Sebhatu Essentials of Exporting and Importing 06/12/2011 Table of Contents Executive Summary Section I: Company Overview/Background Analysis * Legal structure of Jenny’s Global Confections * Product/service offering and description * Management and personnel * Resources of our company * Competition and product demand Section II: The Marketing Component * Identification, evaluation, and selection of target market * Product selection, pricing, distribution and promotion method * SWOTT analysis (Strength, Weakness, Opportunity, Threat and Trend) * Market entry strategy and target countries Section III: Financials · Projected Income statement for 3 years · Cash flow statement for one year. Section IV: An Implementation Schedule * Periodic operational/management review * Contingency planning and exit strategy Addenda: Background Data on Target Countries and Market · Basic market statistics: historical and projected · Background facts · Competitive environment Bibliography * Resources used to create this Import/Export Business plan. Executive Summary Jenny’s Global Confections serves unique candies, chocolates and elaborate sweet dishes from around the world. Our employees are multinational and bring their unique styles and flavors from their countries to our confections...
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...1.0 Background of the product As we know, sate or satay is a dish of seasoned, skewered and grilled meat that served with a sauce or call as kuah kacang. Satay may consist of diced or sliced chicken, goat, beef, and as extra. The more versions use skewers from the coconut palm frond, although the bamboo skewers are often used. These are grilled or barbecued over a wood or charcoal fire, then served with various spicy seasonings. Satay originated in Java, Indonesia which is almost available at anywhere and it becomes popular among the Asian countries including Malaysia, Singapore, Brunei, Thailand, Philippines and as extra. We are choosing satay as our main product because we try to differentiate it by adding seven types of flavor on that satay which is including black pepper, white pepper, honey, curry powder, kurma, chili pepper, and paprika powder. We try to offer something different from the other competitors product because as we know consumer are like to taste and try a new product, so we offer a different taste of satay. That satay will be mixed together with those flavors that make that product taste is very special from the original satay. 2.0 Objectives 2.1 To satisfy the customer need and wants First objectives that we want to achieve are by satisfied and meeting the customer need and wants. We want offer something that make customer feel they are choosing the right food to eat and they feel that they are consuming on the right thing without...
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...to choose the United States as an export country are the growth of the population, the high GDP per capita and the location of our target group. But the biggest opportunity is the increasing popularity of Asian food and the growth of the amount of Asian restaurant that comes with it. On the other hand there are some threats when exporting to the U.S. The exchange rate of the U.S. dollar, cultural differences and the required visa you need for visiting the U.S. Table of contents List of figures (if used) List of tables (if used) List of abbreviations (if used) Chapter 1 Introduction We have chosen to import Asian Gastronomy Interior from China and Thailand, and export these Interior to the United States and Australia. We selected China, Thailand and India as importing countries, because of the low production costs in these countries, and there are no better countries to produce Asian Gastronomy Interior than Asian countries themselves. We want to export to the United States and Australia, because both of them are countries within many different cultures can be found, no language barriers will occur, and finally, Asian style is very/ becomes more and more popular in the catering industry. We have deliberately not chosen for food and clothing, because food is very perishable and in the clothing industry, there is too much competition. The report firstly includes the research set-up, in which we formulate our company’s problem, the objective, central...
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...successfully competed in the United States sports industry, representing 40% of the NBA players in America. We have transformed from an unknown commodity, to a household name in the sports industry, and in the lives of our athletes families. Although we are very successful at our craft, why stop here? The world is bigger than the United States, and we believe Roundtable has the proper personnel, outside resources, and overall promising potential to begin representing international athletes in other basketball leagues outside of the NBA. As it stands now, Roundtable management does not represent any foreign players. If we want to be known as the greatest management firm in the industry, it is ideal that we begin the necessary steps to broadening our brand. NBA.com reports our league has the highest number of foreign players in the league, at 101 players1. The top countries with the most international players are Canada with twelve, which is followed by France’s ten, and lastly, Australia with eight1. These three countries are paving the way for young athletes to reach their athletic stardom. It is important to note that although a select few are chosen to play in the NBA, the talent pool surpasses more than these individuals. To make the proper transition, we must expand a country at a...
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...produce, that is then shipped out across the country to all sorts of different other businesses and they all play an important role in the economy. In the United States, our economic system is capitalism, also known as a “private enterprise system” or a “free market system” and is based on private ownership, economic freedom, and fair competition. (Kelly and McGowen, 2012) We are free to start a business and keep our profits and have fair competition. This helps the economy grow by putting money back into people’s pockets which results in saving money and spending more money on products and services and this makes the economy. Businesses have to be fair and competitive in pricing and with the products they sell. You can buy milk from any grocery store but the store with the best price on their milk is going to be more attractive. Nonprofits and for-profit organizations both play an important role in the economy, both in similar and different ways. Both organizations contribute to the community and they often do that by working together. Nonprofits are business-like establishments, but their primary goals do not include profits. (Kelly and McGowen, 2012) Nonprofits are not in business to make money, but they do provide goods and services like any for-profit business. Both businesses and nonprofits rely on factors of production to achieve their objectives. (Kelly & McGowen 2012) They both make and need money to stay in business and to...
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