...Selected Thesis Topics for BScBA students Bachelor´s Thesis 2013-2014 Please use this list of the fields of International Business for thesis work and potential thesis topics when choosing and informing us the field of your thesis + the thesis topic in the form Indication of Interest Area for Thesis 2013-2014. Part 1. Thesis topics for companies and other organizations We have first listed the thesis projects that are available to do for companies and organizations. If you are interested in these projects, please mark the topic to the Indication of Interest Area form the same way than any other topic. It should be noted that the students selected to do the thesis from these topics must be motivated and committed for the work. Please do not contact these organizations yourself before the selection process has been completed for all students. More information on topics can be asked from Mari Syväoja or Tomi Heimonen. Organization: Thesis Biofenno projects for (www.biofenno.fi) companies and organizations Selected Thesis Topics for companies and organizations Internationalization plan Plan how to take and promote product Tuovi Tuotevirtakirjanpito to EU markets. Tuovi Tuotevirtakirjanpito is a stock and feed recording program for organic farmers. It produces necessary stock and feed reports for annual inspection. Also stock balance reporting benefits farm managements. Because Tuovi Tuotevirtakirjanpito complies with all the regulations EU has set for organic farmers, it has...
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...health care world, the Joint Commission seems like a viable choice to understand why this organization is important to the health care community. To understand why it is important to have the Joint Commission in the health care system is as simple as reading rules in a classroom on the first day. By understanding its history, the services it offers, and they serve can bring a brief glimpse into what The Joint Commission is about. The Joint Commission: Brief History The history starts with the American College of Surgeons (ACS), founded in 1913 and had developed the Minimum Standard for Hospitals manual and improved standard care within 30 years. With the help of the American College of Physicians (ACP), the American Hospital Association (AHA), the American Medical Association (AMA), and the Canadian Medical Association (CMA), they joined ACS as corporate members to form the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Hospitals (JCAH) in 1951 (Joint Commission History, 2012) . Its sole purpose is to provide voluntary accreditation. The Joint Commission is administered by a 32-member Board of Commissioners that includes physicians, nurses, educators, employers, administrators, and others to bring an assorted array of experience in public policies, health care, and business whom the corporate members appoint. By 1987, JCAH changed the name to Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organization (JCAHO) to show their expansion of activities. Twenty years later, JCAHO shortened its...
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...the course very well. Without his guidance the report would have not been possible. I would also like to thanks Mr. Hassan Ameen, the owner of Cherry International in co-coordinating with us. Introduction [pic] Cherry International was established in 1978 in Karachi to produce yarn, all for export to Japan, Europe and United States of America. Yarn was exported to the Far East. In 1981, Cherry International began to produce poly cottons and poly viscose for the local market. From 1983-1991, it catered to the domestic market only, because of heavy import duties on fiber. In 1994, synthetic and blended fabrics were exported. Cherry International believes that business relationships are built on the basis of trust and partnership. This is the maxim for their creative dialogues with clients, business friends and employees. Satisfied clients are our top priority. It is their objective to develop and apply new technologies in order that their clients have a competitive edge. Their client support services and product quality are a result of this strategy. Cherry International, provides following services to their valuable Clients, • Spinning • Knitting • Dyeing & Printing of Woven and Knitted Fabrics • Designing • Stitching Company’s Code of Ethics Cherry International believes that honesty, integrity and fairness are all aspects of business and expects the same from all those with whom they do business....
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...product are factored in the plan for the launch. Channel Strategies Most manufacturers do not sell their goods directly to the final consumer. Between the final consumer and the manufacturer stands a group of intermediaries who perform various functions. The intermediaries are referred to as marketing channels, groups of interdependent organizations involved in the process to help make a product or service available for consumption or use, marketing channels (Kotler, & Keller, 2007). Every manufacturer needs a marketing strategy in order to promote their product and make it readily available to the public. So choosing the correct strategy is a critical decision facing management. Apples launch of the new mini iPad will need two channel strategies, one for their domestic market (U.S.A), and one for their international market (Japan). Since the product is new choosing the correct market is crucial for the success of the mini iPad. Apples reputation in their domestic market is one of high brand loyalty. Apple has many brand loyal customers that demand Apple products and choose to purchase Apple products before they go to the store. For this reason a pull strategy is the best route to take concerning the launch of the mini iPad in the domestic market. The pull strategy involves manufacturers promoting their product in a way that consumers start asking intermediaries for the product and in response inducing intermediaries to order the product. Apple may be in high...
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...written in response to an assignment that has been given by the International Compliance Training for the International Diploma in Governance, Risk and Compliance. It looks at the factors surrounding financial services compliance along the industries lines of legislative, economic, industry driven, political, environmental and possible scandals relating to all of these areas. The information has been gathered from the British Virgin Islands jurisdiction from sources such as Financial Services Commission, British Virgin Islands Government and internationally, from the International Monetary Fund, the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development and the text, International Compliance Training Ltd. The research is basically theoretically driven to ascertain if the industry would be better off with regulation or left for participants to operate freely. Introduction: Scandals (such as Enron, WorldCom), the September 11 attack and financial crisis of 2007 and 2008 brought attention to loopholes of legislation that market participants have been taking advantage of for years. It was never the intention of regulation to cause market abuse, insider dealings or loss of investments or tangible properties. This paper details the shortcoming of legislation but also highlights how an effective regulatory environment can be achieved. What is Regulation? Regulation is defined according to the International Compliance Training Ltd as a set of binding rules by a public...
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...Communications Plan Learning Team A, MKT/571 October 15, 2010 Communication Plan Developing an integrated marketing system is important to the organization. Because there are different ways consumers can experience an organization advertisement, it is important that the communication be clear and reliable. Developing appropriate lines of communication, especially with a new product is vital to an organization. In this discuss, Team A will expand on the effective marketing and communication, the advertising and promotion program, helpful technology trend, and the marketing communication strategies for domestic and international markets. Evaluating Marketing factors Today’s concept of marketing varies from this, Marketing like many other business functions, involves dealing with customers. Building relationships with customers based on perceived value and customer satisfaction are core elements or the modern definition of marketing. The goal of marketing is to attract new customers by promising better value through a better-quality product and to retain customers while gaining new ones is a familiar concept, keeping and generating new customers through customer satisfaction is different from traditional theory. In today’s competitive business arena, companies need to utilize all potential avenues to maximize profitability and growth. Organizational decision makers need information in order to decide what products and services to introduce...
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...International Trade and Stimulation Univerisity of Phoenix Angela Rogers September 2, 2012 The simulation has provide reasons for international trade and helped me to determine which countries that we should trade with, what type of products we should import or export. I will also be able to determine when we should impose trade regulations such as tariffs and quotas. If our country should buy or sell any type of goods or services this is considered trading. International trading is considered really controversial while domestic trading does not have as many problems as international trading seem to have. If you should purchase items that are foreign made products the prices are lower and the quality of the product is better than an item that made in the United States. The practice of internationally trading has caused some companies within the United States to go out of business. This means that the employees that work at the companies will lose their jobs because of businesses closing in the United States. If you should ask most Americans they are in favor of keeping jobs in the United States instead of the jobs going overseas. This means that Americans are in favor of reducing international trading and buying American made products. The change in government policy, inexpensive communication and shipping has increased due to the results of international trading. Governments have changed policies that effect international trading by lowering...
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...Ethics in International Marketing Table of Content I. Introduction…………………………………………………………………………...3 | II. Meaning of Ethics in International Marketing………………………………………...3 | III. How is Ethics and Consumer Marketing related?.........................................................4 | IV. Expectations in terms of Ethical responsibilities from the Marketing Institutions…...5 | V. Types of Ethical Approaches……………………………………………………….....6 | VI. Ethical Issues in International Marketing……………………………………………..7 | VII. Conclusion………………………………………………………………………….....9 | VIII. Bibliography…………………………………………………………………………..11 | I. Introduction Over the years, importance of ethics in the business world has increased and the world has seen a remarkable increase in the ethical norms and concerns. With the modern day consumers having the luxury to have more than one company to offer similar products, companies are trying to be extremely careful in terms of how their company is portrayed on the ethical standards. New trends and issues arise on a daily basis which may create an important burden to organizations and end consumers. Lawsuits are being filled on companies with respect to unethical behavior. As companies enter global markets, the cultural diversity becomes a very important aspect because each company has to make sure the expansion should not undermine the cultural and ethical values of that country or region of expansion. If this is taken care, than...
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...the image they create for an organization, and their actions act as a point of entry for consumers. Marketers are responsible for finding and considering opportunities and potential markets for an organization. Doing so would not only allow marketers to identify their audience and target, but also identify their expectations, wants, and needs. (Gok and Hacioglu 2010) Researching prices competitors charge for like-products will allow marketers to compare and strategize. They need to ensure that pricing is fair in comparison to what the consumer is receiving, as well as appealing. To improve the organization, it is extremely important and essential that marketers seek feedback -both positive and critical - as well as taking into consideration any ideas consumers provide. Marketers must also strategically decide how they will advertise, to whom, the location and time. After all, the ideal result of market research is to ensure the satisfaction of consumers. (Dickinson, Herbst and O’Shaughnessy 1986) Marketing strategies are developed in a process in which results in an organization successfully putting their product/service on the market to be available to consumers. The marketing mix is composed of four factors; product/service, place, price and promotions. (Reid 1980) The ‘product/service’ factor involves identifying the product/service you want to sell or provide. When evaluating this factor, a marketer would consider what a consumer wants to satisfy their needs. ...
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...International Marketing Course Title Course Provider Dr Didier Soopramanien Teaching Language English Level of Students Undergraduates- Course Duration 16weeks x 2.5 hours Credits 3 Category Objective & Overview of the Course This course explores the challenges that organizations face internally (within their own organizations) and externally (outside of their control) as they consider the market space outside of their home or more familiar market. A core concept of this course concerns helping organizations deal with the unfamiliarity of new markets. For many organizations, production takes place in one location but design and management/business decisions (such as how much to produce where to sell first or whether to add new features to an existing product) are taken in another location. Apple’s business model illustrates this. Apple is an American company but its products are currently not produced in the USA but are sold in many International markets. For some other companies they have no choice but to “produce and deliver” in the home market. This is the case of hotels such as Hilton hotels. They have to deliver what consumers expect from that brand but, of course, there are some local factors that can influence (positively or negatively) the delivery of the expected service. More interestingly, for us studying this topic in China, we have to consider how Chinese companies are entering international markets...
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...and Fitch: International expansion external and internal analysis Name Here Business Mgmt Name Here Date Here Executive Summary This case study was identified to examine why international sales volume of Abercrombie and Fitch have increased over the past three years and to recommend further international expansion to increase sales volume. The research draws attention to the fact that in 2009, the US stores generated 81.2% of Abercrombie and Fitch’s net sales. The shares of international stores and direct-to-consumer net sales were very small in comparison. Over the next two years the US stores decreased net sales percentages while net sales increased. Further investigation reveal that the US market shrinkage in terms of overall company net sales percentage coincided with the increase in international sales and direct-to-consumer sales and the overall company net sales percentage over the same time period. Since the economic downturn in the US economy in 2008 the disposable income for Abercrombie and Fitch clients appeared to decrease. Additionally individuals were utilizing disposable income for other items such as technology, cell phones and other gadgets. These two items appeared to be the major causes of the decreased company percentage in net sales of Abercrombie and Fitch in the US. During the same two year period the international stores and direct-to-consumer net sales increased dramatically. This was an increase of 342% for international stores and...
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...Group A: Project 1 Lath Nathalie Akadje Christopher S. Allumbaugh Antion Anderson Joseph Carl Battistelli Niesha Joyce Bedney UMUC AMBA 610 Professor Paula O’Callaghan November 6, 2012 Corporate Level Strategy Organizations utilize corporate-level strategy to find a new domain to succeed in, while still maximizing the utilization of its core competencies. Moonglow Acre’s core competency has always been social responsibility and concern for the environment. They can use this capability to expand into new domains, whether they are related or unrelated. Not only can a change in domain or structure add value, but the culture an organization implements can also positively or negatively affect their value (Jones, 2010). One way that Moonglow could positively utilize a corporate-level strategy would be to take over its supplier or input domain, a display of backward vertical integration, and produce his or her own organic ingredients. By doing this they could decrease the costs incurred by companies that inflate their costs, especially since there are most likely a small number of organic ingredient suppliers. Moonglow already displays a situation where they have expanded into a new related domain by investing in environmental projects, such as reforestation. This strongly supports their organizational culture and is a display of related diversification (Jones, 2010). Another positive of implementing a corporate-level strategy would be utilizing unrelated diversification...
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... Criteria reference | To achieve the criteria the evidence must show that the student is able to: | Task no. | Evidence | 1.1 | Identify the purposes of different types of organization | 1 | | 1.2 | Describe the extent to which an organization meets the objectives of different stakeholders | 1 | | 1.3 | Explain the responsibilities of an organization and strategies employed to meet them. | 1 | | 2.1 | Explain how economic systems attempt to allocate resources effectively | 2 | | 2.2 | Assess the impact of fiscal and monetary policy on business organizations and their activities | 2 | | 2.3 | Evaluate the impact of competition policy and other regulatory mechanisms on the activities of a selected organization | 2 | | 3.1 | Explain how market structures determine the pricing and output decisions of businesses | 3 | | 3.2 | Illustrate the way in which market forces shape organizational responses using a range of examples | 3 | | 3.3 | Judge how the business and cultural environments shape the behavior of a selected organization | 3 | | 4.1 | Discuss the significance of international trade to UK business organizations | 4 | | 4.2 | Analyze the impact of global...
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...1. An International business strategy is a strategy that is based on planning that helps in guiding commercial transactions of various business entities that take place in different countries of the world. All this business entities are in need of reaching the international market to trade with other countries worldwide. The plans and strategies formulated are basically done by private companies and they refer it as plans and actions of private companies other than the country’s government. This actions and strategies are goals such as to increase profit, to increase output and even have a bigger market share. In initiating this strategies, there is need of collecting data from the international market that helps in making the strategy in either way. The information relating to the market, consumers, laws and policies and even competition is researched in detail. There are a number of ways in which the experiences on data collection methods may be similar or different in collecting data to set up a strategy. Ways in which data collection methods might be similar Often the data collection methods collect both the qualitative, quantitative and semi-quantitative data in the field of study. In general there are two basic types of primary research – quantitative data collection and qualitative data collection. Quantitative data collection means the use of numbers to get or access an information relating to a particular research. Companies such as Coca-Cola use numbers in analyzing...
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...company’s product and services. Some factors affecting social and culture forces are network information technology, globalization, deregulation, retail transformation, consumer buying power and consumer information. Network information technology Networking technology has created opportunities for exchange of information, production, communication and interaction. Networking for Tyto Care can develop connections that will exchange information about the product and services offered. It is important to communicate and share information effective along the supply chain. Globalization Globalization requires the understanding of international markets, microeconomics and macroeconomic models (Satterlee, 2014, p. 5). Its main purpose is to create growth and opportunities for products and services. Culture has a big role in globalization as international markets differs within organizations. The social responsibility in global business is to maintain the ethical standards when practicing business internationally. Deregulation Productivity grows when organizations ameliorate their performances due to competition which hence relies on deregulation of removing or reducing state regulations. It is almost impossible to be successful without the ability to market your product and services globally. Building international relations with other countries will help Tyto Care with its supply chain, enjoy better trade benefits and be able to depend on other countries in times of need. Retail...
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