...However, this essay will claim that Rhodes as a businessman was not the main element in his imperial notoriety, prioritising NM Rothschild & Sons finance and subsequent corporate decisions over those made specifically by Rhodes. I will argue that Rhodes’ significance was mainly to the detriment of the British Empire, as his political blunders and capitalistic short-sightedness greatly tarnished public opinion towards Empire - nationally and internationally - and facilitated Britains losing independence in the Boer war of 1899. Rhodes’ methods were questionable to say the least, and his ability to strengthen Britain, whilst at the same time tarnish her long standing reputation as justified sovereign of her colonies was, impressive, to say the most. It has been said that Rhodes’ impeccable success as an imperialist can be greatly accredited to his success as a businessman. For it was his speculation in diamond and gold mining proper which facilitated his amass of wealth. Needless to say, the role of international financiers have been historically undermined, allowing Rhodes’ business acumen to be wholly exaggerated. John A. Hobson, writing in 1902 on the processes of imperialism, claimed that imperial enterprise was not carried on the shoulders of individual imperialists such as Rhodes, but rather international financiers such as the House of Rothschild. Hobson states: Does anyone seriously suppose that...
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...Meaghan Kilmartin Professor Robertson INTB 1203 M,R November 17, 2013 Case Analysis: Marketing Chateaux Margaux Chateaux Margaux is a famous first growth winery born in the 15th century and taken over in by the Mentzelopoulos family in 1977. At first when the vineyard changed ownership, the French people of the Bordeaux community were skeptical of a Greek family taking over, but Andre Mentzelopoulos ended up completely transforming Chateaux Margaux for the better by changing the mechanics of the vineyard and even introducing a second wine. After Andre Mentzelopoulos died in 1980 his daughter who was already a manager in the family grocery store business, was fully prepared to inherit the estate and all the responsibilities that came along with managing an esteemed vineyard. Although many people were skeptical of a woman manager at the time, Corinne Mentzelopoulos along with young general manager Paul Pontallier “transformed Chateaux Margaux from the worst to one of the best first growths. The Mentzelopoulos period may be considered on of the biggest achievements in Bordeaux history.” Over the years the Mentzelopoulos and Pontallier strove to keep improving the quality of the Chateaux Margaux and they did so by refining their selection of grapes. Of course the quality was also improved with some help from many other factors such as more favorable weather conditions, better technical processes to protect the crops from disease and the ability to financially afford better...
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...15 of the World’s Most Expensive Dishes IMAGE CREDIT: 1, 2 & 3. The Most Expensive Burgers Where You Can Find It: Serendipity 3, New York Price: $295 What Makes It So Expensive: Le Burger Extravagant is made with white truffle butter-infused Japanese Wagyu beef, topped with James Montgomery cheddar cheese, black truffles and a fried quail egg. It’s served on a gold-dusted roll spread with white truffle butter and topped with a blini, crème fraiche and caviar. If that weren’t enough to excuse the price, it also comes with a solid-gold, diamond-encrusted toothpick. There’s Competition Though: While they may not be recognized by Guinness, New York food truck 666 Burger offers the $666 Douche Burger that features a Kobe beef patty stuffed with foie gras and gold-leaf, covered in caviar, lobster, truffles, Gruyere cheese melted with champagne steam and BBQ sauce made with Kopi Luwak coffee. While the burger was a satire of La Burger Extravagant, it is actually available for sale, but as of yet, only one person has actually ordered it. There’s also the FleurBurger 5000, from Vegas restaurant Fleur that features a Wagyu beef and foie gras patty with truffle sauce and shaved black truffles. Your order for this $5,000 burger also includes a bottle of $2,500 wine, Chateau Petrus, so really, you’re not just paying for the burger -- but still, the $2,500 burger might be the world’s most expensive, even if it’s not official yet. 4. The Most Expensive Dessert Where You Can...
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...Robert Mondavi Corp. Analysis I. Summary Company founded in 1966 by Robert Mondavi in Napa Valley, California Company vision to make California a recognized wine producing region alongside great winemaking regions of Europe Major focus on technology and wine growing techniques Production of premium to super ultra premium wines Mondavi focuses on personal sales, wine competitions, and lavish parties to promote the wines rather than conventional advertising Mondavi has a portfolio of premium to super ultra premium wines to fill various price points and niches in domestic wine market 1981 Opus One joint venture with Baron Philippe de Rothschild Through 1980's and 1990's, Mondavi acquires many wineries and vineyards throughout California Mondavi develops national following Phylloxera (vine killing insects) begin to infiltrate California vineyards 1993, Mondavi, in need of capital due to extensive acquisition expenditures in previous decade plus the replanting costs, issues public shares In the mid-1990's, Mondavi begins 3 joint ventures with a Chilean, an Italian, and French firms Wine production in California accounts for more than 70% of wine consumed in America Wines in America are sold through a three-tier distribution 100's of wineries emerge in California, 90% of Mondavi's revenues generated domestically II. Case Profile Problem/Issues in Case Managing multiple brands in the global markets Maintaining domestic...
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...Supply, Demand, and Pricing Supply, demand, and pricing have lasting effects on all products and services globally. If a product is in high demand (sometimes due to trends, prestige, or even necessity) the producer is able to jack prices for higher profit because consumers are willing to buy. However, if consumers are unwilling to purchase items for a higher price and are instead able to substitute with other products or services, than producers may again adjust prices so as not suffer from lack of sales. The wine industry, an ancient industry, has seen significant changes simply in the last 50 years. The ability to create wine has been honed internationally and is used as a steady exportation product for many countries. For example, every state in the U.S. produces wine. This independence in wine manufacturing and the few limitations placed on its trade, have created an overproduction of wines globally. Winemakers and governments have attempted to restrict production in an effort to raise prices but with little success. This overabundance of available wines has affected the wine industry in two ways: booms in premium wine demand and mainstream wine supply. With newly wealthy individuals of newly wealthy countries demanding only premium products, there has been a steady increase in the demand for first-class wines. As expected, winemakers have raised prices on ‘top shelf’ products knowing that consumers with the ability to pay top prices will do so. Like most basic supply...
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...Quanah Dorothy Rothschild Parker was the last leader of the Quahada Comanche Indian. In approximately 1845, he was born to Peta Nocona and Cynthia Ann Parker in Elk Stream, south of the Wichita Mountains, currently known as Oklahoma. However, there has been many disputes in regards of his birthday and place. Quanah Parker was a man of two universes. He was a significant figure and he lead his band during hard predicaments like the Comanche resistance to white colonization on the southern plains and in the tribe’s adaption to reservation life. He was a dedicated member of the Peyote Cult and later became a prosperous negotiator with Indian agents, cattle-ranchers, government representatives, and an advocate of education for Native children....
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...study entitled, “A Controlled Trial of Smart Infusion Pumps to Improve Medication Safety in Critically Ill Patients” was completed (Rothschild et al., 2005). The authors’ purpose was to “assess the impact of smart pumps with integrated decision support software on the incidence and nature of medication errors and adverse drug events” (Rothschild et al., 2005). The study was conducted in 2002 at a large tertiary care medical center in Boston, Massachusetts. More specifically, the study focused on patients who had been admitted to two cardiac intensive care units and two cardiac step-down units. Many medical centers are transitioning to use of smart pumps, in hopes of reducing medication errors and adverse drug events. Summary The goal...
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...is relaxed, concentrating with a finger on his temple and the other hand hanging off his crossed legs. He rests upon a white, marble throne adorned with red cushions on the arms and seat. It sits on a massive pool of sparkling, clear water covering the entire floor. Behind his throne is a marvelous waterfall made of black marble boulders. The domed room is huge, ceiling to floor windows covering the walls, showing the grand landscape of New York City. His flawless feet dangle over the water, gently grazing it with his big toe. He stares into the pool, filled with millions of assorted wedding rings. INT. DEBATE HALL – DAY An assembly of tuxedos and fitted dresses applaud two men on stage behind individual podiums. On the left is ARTHUR ROTHSCHILD, early thirties, brown-eyed white...
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...Dlakdfj;alkfaaaaaaaadfla;kjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjjadfkamncv;adlfapoqef[asop[a’adjfa Rothschild Gourmet Foods is a small, privately owned company based in the American Midwest. It manufactures gourmet food products such as jams, olive oil and sauces, and has been in operation for 13 years. As a result of a company-wide change initiative, Rothschild managed to boost sales, slash controllable costs, increase product quality, and raise employees’ performance-appraisal ratings. How did they do it? The company changed the ingredients in its total rewards system (Heneman, DeSimone, Dooley & Jones, 2002). In addition to offering flexible work schedules and other nonmonetary rewards, Rothschild skillfully implemented an organization-wide incentive plan based on corporate performance. Rothschild isn’t the only company that has discovered firsthand the power of a well-designed and well-executed rewards program. Indeed, as far back as 1996, an article in USA Today (Neuborne, 1996) proclaimed a revolution in the rewards that organizations were offering employees. Instead of awarding employees pay increases and other incentives simply for seniority, the so-called “New Pay” linked rewards to achievement of the organization’s strategic objectives. HR professionals and other managers began experimenting with innovative types of rewards in the workplace, including skillbased pay and goal sharing. And they discovered that the right total rewards system—a...
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...Bloodlines of Illuminati by: Fritz Springmeier, 1995 Introduction: I am pleased & honored to present this book to those in the world who love the truth. This is a book for lovers of the Truth. This is a book for those who are already familiar with my past writings. An Illuminati Grand Master once said that the world is a stage and we are all actors. Of course this was not an original thought, but it certainly is a way of describing the Illuminati view of how the world works. The people of the world are an audience to which the Illuminati entertain with propaganda. Just one of the thousands of recent examples of this type of acting done for the public was President Bill Clinton’s 1995 State of the Union address. The speech was designed to push all of the warm fuzzy buttons of his listening audience that he could. All the green lights for acceptance were systematically pushed by the President’s speech with the help of a controlled congressional audience. The truth on the other hand doesn’t always tickle the ear and warm the ego of its listeners. The light of truth in this book will be too bright for some people who will want to return to the safe comfort of their darkness. I am not a conspiracy theorist. I deal with real facts, not theory. Some of the people I write about, I have met. Some of the people I expose are alive and very dangerous. The darkness has never liked the light. Yet, many of the secrets of the Illuminati are locked up tightly simply because secrecy is a way...
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...discuss the article by (Prasad and Prasad 2000), (Clegg, Kornberger and Pitsis 2008) and (Knights and Roberts 1982) to demonstrate this point. I also argue that conflict stems from attempts by employees to counteract the domination of basic human qualities such as feelings and emotions as they act in an attempt to restore dignity within their lives. I will do this with reference to texts by (Cohen and Taylor 1992), (Prasad and Prasad 2000), (Knights and Collinson 1987) and (Roberts 1984). As organisations are clearly places of domination I argue the importance of conflict within society to inhibit organisations exploiting and manipulating its employees and society at large. For this argument I will use texts by (Morgan 2006), (Baken 2004), (Rothschild and Miethe 1994) and (Blau 1963). Through the use of (Milgrams 1974) text I will argue the detrimental effects of obedience, with reference to the Nazi occupation of Europe, and thus the need for conflict within organisations to stop such atrocities occurring again. Due to the unrealistic expectations that organisations impose on employees including required dedication and complete submission to the organisation, I argue that conflict stems from this expectation by organisations that employees will completely surrender oneself to the demands of managers. To demonstrate this point I...
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...Như chúng ta đã biết, hiện nay, Bill Gate – ông chủ tập đoàn Microsoft đang được giới truyền thông liệt vào danh sách một trong những người giàu có nhất thế giới. Thế nhưng, có những thế lực vô hình ít khi xuất hiện trong top những người giàu nhất. Mặc dù trên thực tế, họ mới chính là những người giàu nhất hành tinh, trên cả Bill Gate. Song do giới truyền thông đã bị các ông trùm này “khóa miệng” nên không ai có thể biết được tài sản của họ là bao nhiêu. Một trong những thế lực này là Gia tộc Rothschild. Mỗi khi nói đến Gia tộc này người ta sẽ suy nghĩ ngay đến quyền lực và tiền bạc. Gia đình Rothschild đã xây dựng nên một hệ thống ngân hàng tư nhân và chi phối phần lớn thị trường tiền tệ, tín dụng Châu Âu trong một thời kì dài. Sự phối hợp nhịp nhàng và hết sức bí mật giữa những ông trùm trong hệ thống ngân hàng với gia tộc Rothschild của Châu Âu cuối cùng cũng đã lập nên một phiên bản của Ngân hàng Anh quốc tại Mỹ, có tên gọi là FED. Vậy FED là gì? FED được thành lập ra sao? FED có ảnh hưởng như thế nào đối với nền kinh tế Mỹ nói riêng và kinh tế thế giới nói chung? Bài tiểu luận này sẽ trình bày cụ thể về những vấn đề trên để chúng ta có cái nhìn đúng đắn hơn về tổ chức...
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...9 -5 0 7 -0 3 3 REV: AUGUST 16, 2007 JOHN DEIGHTON VINCENT DESSAIN LEYLA N D PI TT D A N I E L A B E Y E R SD O RF E R ANDERS SJÖMAN Marketing Château Margaux Were a wine to be drunk in paradise, it would be Château Margaux. — William Styron, Sophie’s Choice Brad watched as wine poured from a precarious height into his glass, generating turbulence but no splash. “I must try that,” he thought. A young management consultant, Brad was no stranger to expensive meals, but here he felt separated from the proceedings by more than income. He was the junior member of a consulting team invited to join Corinne Mentzelopoulos and Paul Pontallier for lunch at Château Margaux, in the room where such luminaries as the president of China, Hu Jintao, had been hosted when he came to visit the source of one of the world’s great wines. The château’s white wine had accompanied Brad’s first course, next its Pavillon red, and now, with a selection of cheeses, came Château Margaux 1982, a wine that might have cost him $1,200 back in New York if he could have found a bottle. He raised it to his lips with trepidation. He rather hoped that what he was about to encounter would not be so transcendent that he would never again enjoy his neighborhood trattoria’s house red. His concern was unfounded. The sip was pleasant, smooth, and the finish was far longer than anything he had noticed before, but frankly, he thought, there was none of the explosion of flavors that he associated...
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...Using the aforementioned data, it is easy to conclude that the Chateau de Margaux brand is performing very well, yet there is always a question if a company can be doing even better than they already are. In 1997, the Mentzelopoulos family and Margaux brand had to ask themselves this question- should they extend into the mass market or maintain their exclusivity? In order to draw a conclusion one must investigate alternative ways of expanding, marketing and distributing their brand- which is exactly what we will consider when examining the Château de Margaux business model. New Idea for an Old Brand: As a way to freshen up the traditional brand and to gain more exposure, the granddaughter of the Margaux family wanted to begin mass marketing a new wine brand. The idea would be to use different grapes in order to be more accessible to the younger generation. The target price range would be €20-€25 per bottle (Dessain, 2011). There are a large number of young wine drinkers who cannot afford the high prices of the current Gran Vin brand and are therefore not being attracted to the Château de Margaux vineyards. If these consumers were introduced to an affordable brand of wine from the Margaux estate, then they may be more likely to recognize and trust the brand. That way, when they are looking for a more expensive wine, they will first go to their label of Grand Vin from the Château de Margaux collection. Some of the issues with this suggestion are: maintaining the exclusivity...
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...GLOBAL M&A MARKET REVIEW FINANCIAL RANKINGS 1H 2014 1H 2014 GLOBAL M&A FINANCIAL ADVISORY RANKINGS CONTENTS 1. Introduction 2. Global Market Commentary 8. Global M&A Activity by Region 9. Global M&A Activity by Industry 10. Global Announced Deals 11. Cross Border Announced Deals 12. Global Private Equity Announced Deals 13. North America Announced Deals 17. Latin America Announced Deals 19. EMEA Announced Deals 30. APAC Announced Deals 38. Disclaimer The Bloomberg M&A Advisory League Tables are the definitive publication of M&A advisory rankings. The tables represent the top financial and legal advisors across a broad array of deal types, regions, and industry sectors. The rankings data is comprised of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, spin-offs, debt-for-equityswaps, joint ventures, private placements of common equity and convertible securities, and the cash injection component of recapitalization according to Bloomberg standards. Bloomberg M&A delivers real-time coverage of the M&A market from nine countries around the world. We provide a global perspective and local insight into unique deal structures in various markets through a network of over 800 financial and legal advisory firms, ensuring an accurate reflection of key market trends. Our quarterly league table rankings are a leading benchmark for legal and financial advisory performance, and our Bloomberg Brief newsletter provides summary highlights of weekly M&A activity and top deal trends. Visit {NI LEAG...
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