...Switzerland Market Plan MBA 525: Applied Marketing June 10, 2014 City University of Seattle Abstract This article is a market plan for the beverage company Jack-up to launch products in Switzerland. The paper will first briefly introduce Jack-up’s plan on brand name, packing, market position and risks of launch products in the new market. Then, it will provide a Swiss environment analysis and Swiss market analysis. After that, this research will offer the SWOT analysis and sales forecast of Jack-up Switzerland Company. Finally, the article will discuss the advertising and promotion strategies that Jack-up will utilize. Introduction Jack-up is a leading beverage company in the United States. The company owns over 10 plants in the U.S. engaged in the production of soft drinks such as bottled water, carbonates, concentrates, vegetable juice, fruit juice, coffee, and Tea. In order to expand its business in European market, the company plan to launch products in Switzerland. Totally, Jack-up will launch 5 categories of soft beverages which include bottled water, concentrates, vegetable/ fruit juice, coffee, and Tea. The company will launch carbonated drinks because of lacking ability to compete with the strong competitor Coca-Cola at the beginning of stepping into Swiss market. Since Jack-up has a good reputation in USA, the company will keep using “Jack up” as the brand name and company name in the new market. For packaging, Jack-up will use PET bottles because...
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...literature in Harvard, is a strange and surreal book that dances in genres like magical realism, deals with elements of gore- the macabre and the grotesque and bubbles with questions of philosophy and embraces wholly the realm of well, sheer unbelievable events. It starts out simply enough. A cat with a bent tail that was named after the protagonist’s brother in law has disappeared from the house. A bird that visits their tree and sounds like the winding of a toy, for them the arrival of spring, creaks regularly. Our protagonist, Mr. Toru Okada- a normal man of a seemingly normal world is cooking and listening to opera. Unknown to him, the disappearance of the cat was going to shower down in this world of his with a chain of events and meetings that lead him to a path of self-discovery, of acceptance and rebellion of/ with urban alienation that all of us suffer from, maybe just a little. The cat was the tip of the ice berg. It was adopted into the home immediately after their marriage and it’s disappearance signified a deeper problem, a distance that had sprung up between Kumiko and Toru okada (wife and husband, the latter that simply left it’s resolution to the passage of time) over the years. You wouldn’t know that though. You will unassumingly, with him, travel along the neighborhood, searching for the feline and discover the alley with closed ends. You will see him meet up with strange women, past and present- psychic sisters and corporals and a 16yr old girl obsessed...
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...LEADERSHIP Six Ways to Sink a Growth Initiative by Donald L. Laurie and J. Bruce Harreld FROM THE JULY–AUGUST 2013 ISSUE T he CEO is confronted with a dilemma: The revenue and profits of his company’s existing businesses are rising slowly, and the businesses have already slashed their costs as much as they dare. Because their markets are mature, he knows that the company must grow if the share price is to increase, but acquisitions are expensive and risky. So he launches a slew of initiatives in areas with high growth potential and appoints some promising young managers to lead them. To ensure that the new ventures aren’t stifled, he has their managers report to a special growth committee headed by a trusted staff executive and locates them a safe distance from the established businesses. Sound familiar? It should, because that story has played out at hundreds if not thousands of large and midsize companies over the past 20 to 30 years. But after working for, advising, and studying scores of companies, we have learned that this conventional wisdom about how best to pursue growth is a recipe for failure—which explains why most new businesses launched by established companies die, and why only a tiny fraction of companies around today, including major corporations, will be here in 25 years. All too often CEOs and their senior teams see managing today’s earnings as their main job and don’t spend enough time on the pursuit of growth and building the...
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...many interviews he has done to Apple employees and they help you discover how they feel working there. Overall, this book will please anyone interested in International Business, and personally, it pleased me. I had no preference to any chapter, as they all conform the history of the company and how it woks, but I did pay more attention to Chapter 4 “Stay Start-Up Hungry” because it explains how Steve Jobs reentered his own company and did all the necessary changes to make it the best company in the market. After analyzing the chapter, I figured out Steve Jobs changed the company’s culture and make employees work at what they were best and nothing else. Apple created an atmosphere where employees where supposed to think big and mediocrity was not allowed in that place. In this chapter Lashinsky reminds us that in Apple, you can rapidly know who is responsible for what and that is the reason why there are no committees within the enterprise: because there are no division of responsibilities. My attention was caught by a very innovative key term on page 67: DTI “Directly responsible Individual” that helped the employees know with clarity who the direct responsible is. For example, the only responsible about the company finances was the...
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...Comedy is a magical thing. Whether it be a book, film, or even a picture on the internet, comedy is something that has a positive impact of the person’s perception on things and it also makes them happy (Lockyer, “The Impact of Comedy). Some people are fortunate enough to have been gifted with comedy, to have the ability to make people laugh through their words and actions. Here in the Philippines, there are a lot of comedic actors and actresses who have been able to make people smile throughout the years through their talent and wit. One of the most notable comedic actresses in the industry today is Eugene Domingo. Her style of acting with the way she delivers her lines justifies her being one of the most critically acclaimed actresses in the Philippines, as shown in her movies, Kimmy Dora and Ang Babae sa Septic Tank. According to Pinoystop.com, Eugene Domingo was born on July 23, 1971. Fond of copying people during her childhood days, she became interested in acting and took up Theatre Arts in the University of the Philippines, apprenticing as an actress and stage manager in UP’s theatre company, Dulaang UP. Her first movie role was Emma Salazar Case in 1991, followed by Maricris Sioson in 1993 and Sa Ngalan ng Pag-ibig in 1995. Her breakthrough role, however, was when she was cast as Rowena in Ang Tanging Ina in 2003. Since then, she became known as the sidekick of the Philippines’ Queen of Comedy, Ai-Ai Delas Alas, starring with her once again in Volta in 2004. She has...
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...ESSAY #1 – Politics of Affect Affect theory has recently become a burgeoning field of study. In the most basic of definitions, affect is the visceral force that is around the body, something that is not consciously known, yet it can influence our movements, thoughts, and the way one relates to other people and objects. Many theorist from a wide variety of academic disciplines have contributed to the field of affect studies. This essay will look at selected works of Nigel Thrift, Deborah Gould, and Ruth Leys to show how they have contributed to the development of affect studies. The essay will also aim to show how they might differ or agree on certain concepts within affect theory amongst other prominent affect theorist. Nigel Thrift is a leading academic in the field of human geography and has made significant contributions to the field of affect. His article, Intensities of Feelings: Towards a Spatial Politics of Affect, attempts to show that the politics of affect are central to the life of cities, given that cities are inhuman or trans-human entities and that politics is understood as a process of community without unity (Thrift, 2004, p. 57). For Thrift, affect is an object or subject of manipulation, and it is closely tied to power and how it operates, affective life and emotional life is the setting for operation of power. He states “…it is so crucial to address affect now: in at least one guise the discovery of new means of practising affect is also the discovery...
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...Learning Unit 1: Introduction to Entrepreneurship Define and compare entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship. Entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurship is the process of conceptualising, organising, launching and — through innovation — nurturing a business opportunity into a potentially high growth venture in a complex, unstable environment. Entrepreneur: Entrepreneurs are those individuals who discover market needs and launch new firms to meet those needs. They are risk takers who provide an impetus for change, innovation and progress in economic life. Intrapreneurship: Intrapreneurship is the form of entrepreneurship which takes place in existing businesses around new products, services or markets. Intrapreneur: Intrapreneurs are innovative employees who either rejuvenate existing organisations or create new ventures within a corporate structure. Intrapreneurs are also referred to as internal or corporate entrepreneurs. Discuss the entrepreneurial motivation. Push Factors: Poor remuneration Lack of Job advancement Restrictive employers Potential restructuring and / or retrenchment Inability to secure a job Lack of innovation in the current workplace Pull Factors The motivation of profit The need for a challenge and self actualisation The desire for independence The desire to improve one’s community Describe the profile of an entrepreneur. Prominent among the character traits of successful entrepreneurs have the following traits: * * The ability...
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...EXPANDED RESEARCH PROPOSAL SUBMITTED BY TEAM D MICROSOFT A COMPUTING GIANT. A CHANGE IN EFFORT THE ORGANIZATION. WHAT WENT WELL? WHAT WENT WRONG? WHAT SHOULD THEY HAVE DONE? A CASE STUDY OF MICROSOFT COMPANY LEADERRSHIP AND ORGANIZATIONAL BEHAVIOR (MANAGEMENT 591) PROFESSOR: ANITA SPECTOR TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. INTRODUCTION TO THE COMPANY…………………………………………………………………………………..2 1.0. MICROSOFT: A COMPUTING GIANT 1. O.1. WHO IS MICROSOFT 1.0.2. WHO STARTED MICROSOFT 1.0.3. BILL GATES: HARVARD DROP-OUT 1.0.4. THE BIRTH OF MICROSOFT 1.0.5. THE ORIGIN OF THE NAME MICROSOFT 2. MICROSOFT'S OPERATING SYSTEM…………………………………………………………………………………..4 2.0. AN OPERATING SYSTEM 2.1. MICROSOFT MOUSE 2.2. WINDOWS 2.3. MICROSOFT OFFICE 2.4. INTERNET EXPLORER 2.5. XBOX 3. PRELIMINARY PROBLEM STATEMENT………………………………………………………………………………6 3.0 CHANGE IN TECHNOLOGY 3.0.1. FINANCIAL HIGHLIGHTS 3.1. CHANGE OF PRODUCTS 3.1.1. BRAND LOYALTY 3.1.2. BRAND REPUTATION 3.1.3. EASY TO USE SOFTWARE 3.1.4. STRONG DISTRIBUTION CHANNELS 3.1.5. ROBUST FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE 3.1.6. ACQUISITION OF SKYPE 3.1.6-1. POOR ACQUISITIONS AND INVESTMENTS 3.1.6-2. DEPENDENCE ON HARDWARE MANUFACTURERS 3.1.6-3. CRITICISMS OVER SECURITY FLAWS 3.1.6-4. MATURE PC MARKETS 3.1.6-5. SLOW TO INNOVATE 4. TIME PRICE AND SERVICE CHANGES……………………………………………….10 4.0. WHO IS AFFECTED 4.1. WINDOWS 10 5. Conclusion……………………………………………………………………………12 ...
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...AQA AS Business Studies Unit1 (BUSS1) Course Companion AQA AS Business Studies Unit 1 (BUSS1) Course Companion Publishers Information AQA AS Business Studies Unit 1 Course Companion 1st Edition August 2008 Author: Jim Riley © Tutor2u Limited All Rights Reserved No part of this material may be reproduced in whole or in part without the express written permission of Tutor2u Limited. This publication is not endorsed or approved by AQA. Tutor2u Limited Boston House 214 High Street Boston Spa LS23 6AD Please contact jimriley@tutor2u.net with details of any errors, omissions or suggestions for future editions. © Tutor2u Limited All Rights Reserved www.tutor2u.net AQA AS Business Studies Unit 1 (BUSS1) Course Companion Contents Introduction to AQA AS Business Unit 1 .....................................................................6 Section 1: Starting a Business ......................................................................................7 Enterprise and Entrepreneurs .......................................................................................8 Introduction ......................................................................................................................................... 8 Entrepreneurs ..................................................................................................................................... 9 Motives for starting a business ................................................................
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...The End of the Party by Graham Greene (1904-1991) Word Count: 3549 Peter Morton woke with a start to face the first light. Rain tapped against the glass. It was January the fifth. He looked across a table on which a night-light had guttered into a pool of water, at the other bed. Francis Morton was still asleep, and Peter lay down again with his eyes on his brother. It amused him to imagine it was himself whom he watched, the same hair, the same eyes, the same lips and line of cheek. But the thought palled, and the mind went back to the fact which lent the day importance. It was the fifth of January. He could hardly believe a year had passed since Mrs Henne-Falcon had given her last children's party. Francis turned suddenly upon his back and threw an arm across his face, blocking his mouth. Peter's heart began to beat fast, not with pleasure now but with uneasiness. He sat up and called across the table, "Wake up." Francis's shoulders shook and he waved a clenched fist in the air, but his eyes remained closed. To Peter Morton the whole room seemed to darken, and he had the impression of a great bird swooping. He cried again, "Wake up," and once more there was silver light and the touch of rain on the windows. Francis rubbed his eyes. "Did you call out?"' he asked. "You are having a bad dream," Peter said. Already experience had taught him how far their minds reflected each other. But he was the elder, by a matter of minutes, and that brief extra interval of...
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...the full text ------------------------------------------------- The End of the Party – By Graham Greene Peter Morton woke with a start to face the first light. Rain tapped against the glass. It was January the fifth. He looked across a table on which a night-light had guttered into a pool of water, at the other bed. Francis Morton was still asleep, and Peter lay down again with his eyes on his brother. It amused him to imagine it was himself whom he watched, the same hair, the same eyes, the same lips and line of cheek. But the thought palled, and the mind went back to the fact which lent the day importance. It was the fifth of January. He could hardly believe a year had passed since Mrs Henne-Falcon had given her last children’s party. Francis turned suddenly upon his back and threw an arm across his face, blocking his mouth. Peter’s heart began to beat fast, not with pleasure now but with uneasiness. He sat up and called across the table, “Wake up.” Francis’s shoulders shook and he waved a clenched fist in the air, but his eyes remained closed. To Peter Morton the whole room seemed to darken, and he had the impression of a great bird swooping. He cried again, “Wake up,” and once more there was silver light and the touch of rain on the windows. Francis rubbed his eyes. “Did you call out?”‘ he asked. “You are having a bad dream,” Peter said. Already experience had taught him how far their minds reflected each other. But he was the elder, by a matter of minutes, and that...
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...Homework – Study Trip San Francisco & Silicon Valley Mag. Roland Suttner ------------------------------------------------- December 2013 “I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.” – Thomas Alva Edison “Most great people have attained their greatest success just one step beyond their greatest failure” -Napoleon Hill Contents 1 Venture Capital 4 2 Mechanics of raising equity capital 5 2.1 Equity financing for private companies – Sources for funding 5 2.1.1 Angel Investors 5 2.1.2 Venture Capital Firms 6 2.1.3 Institutional Investors 6 2.1.4 Corporate Investors 6 2.2 Outside Investors 6 2.3 Exiting an Investment in a Private Company 7 3 The process of start-up funding 8 3.1 Idea and co-founder stage 8 3.2 Family and friends stage 8 3.3 Seed or angel round 8 3.4 Venture Capital Round 8 4 The Initial Public Offering 10 4.1 Advantages and Disadvantages of Going Public 10 5 Key Elements for successful Entrepreneurship 11 6 The importance of Silicon Valley in the U.S. venture capital system 13 6.1 Venture Capital Investment in the U.S. 13 6.1.1 Venture Capital Investment since 2006 13 6.1.2 Investment by industry 13 6.1.3 Investment by regions 15 6.2 Evolution of Silicon Valley 15 6.3 Silicon Valley – an advanced high tech entrepreneurial habitat 16 6.4 The Power of Clustering 16 6.5 Features of an advanced high tech entrepreneurial habitat 16 6.6 The high-tech habitat:...
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...ACORN Fraud Case Anish Tamrakar Regis University MBAA-619 March 02, 2013 Dr. Steve Green Association of Community Organization for Reform Now In the twenty-first century there are around more than 1.5 million non-for-profit organizations in the United States. We cannot even imagine how many there are in this entire world, but their main purpose is to serve the public by using their revenues profits rather than distributing it to their owners or investors. The nonprofit sector is a collection of entities that are organizations; private as opposed to governmental; non-profit distributing; self-governing; voluntary; and of public benefit(Salamon, 1999). There are still many good people in this world who come together when some disastrous event occurs or they want to do something good for the needy. However, some people take advantage of such events for their own betterment. This paper will discuss one of the biggest fraud and charity scams that occurred in this world by the Association of Community Organization for Reform Now (ACORN) one of the biggest not-for-profit organization. In addition, this paper will also include some the different fraud measures for the organizations this from happening in the near future. Background The Association of Community Organization for Reform Now (ACORN) was established in 1970 by Wade Rathke when he was sent to Little Rock, Arkansas as a member of National Welfare Rights Organization. The main objective of ACORN is to improve housing...
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...[pic] FACTORS AFFECTING PERFORMANCE CONTENT: FOCUS QUESTION 1- HOW DOES TRAINING AFFECT PERFORMANCE • Energy systems • Types of training and training methods • Principles of training • Physiological adaptations in response to training FOCUS QUESTION 2- HOW CAN PSYCHOLOGY AFFECT PERFORMANCE • Motivation • Anxiety and Arousal • Psychological strategies to enhance motivation and manage anxiety FOCUS QUESTION 3- HOW CAN NUTRITION AND RECOVERY STRATEGIES AFFECT PERFORMANCE • Nutritional considerations • Supplementation • Recovery strategies FOCUS QUESTION 4- HOW DOES THE ACQUISITION OF SKILL AFFECT PERFORMANCE • Stages of skill acquisition • Characteristics of a learner • The learning environment • Assessment of skill and performance FOCUS QUESTION 1- HOW DOES TRAINING AFFECT PERFORMANCE • Energy systems: All energy is provided in the muscles in the form of the molecule adenosine triphosphate (ATP). Chemical reactions in the body cause ATP to break down and release energy to the muscles for work. The chemical reactions are a result of a combination of oxygen we breathe and the breakdown of food, mainly carbohydrates and fats. The structure and breakdown of ATP: The ATP molecule has three phosphate molecules attached to it by high energy chemical bonds. One phosphate splits from the molecule and energy is released. The remaining compound is adenosine diphosphate...
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...Unit F912: Promoting Good Health Health & Social Care AS Contents Page A01 – Pages 3 - 13 A02 - A03 – A04 – Promoting good health This unit explores what is good health, the models, the range of lifestyle choices and societal factors which influence health and well-being. Health and well-being are not only affected by an individual’s lifestyle choices (e.g. smoking, eating unhealthy ‘fatty food), but also by societal and environmental issues (e.g. living near a motorway – high pollution levels) Government policies and legislation have an imperative part to play in the promotion of good health, as the introduction on screening programmes (e.g. cervical smear test, antenatal screening etc.); which prevent ill health, has been an incredible and useful tool. Health promoters also have a significant role to play in helping individual’s using services to make the right decision about their health. As their choice of presentation approach can make or damage a health promotion campaign. Further, health promoters need to take into account the presentation methods, and to ensure that they have been chosen well to confirm that the message is successfully put over to the individual to whom it is directed. What is ‘health’? The Worlds Health Organisation (WHO) defines health as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity. However, others may simply define health as the absence of illness...
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