...that Dyer has been targeting. Dyer wants to grow his business enough to reach his strategic goal of building a sports complex for his business to occupy. Dyer needs to double his business in order to support this goal. In using S.W.O.T. analysis to evaluate NOCO’s current situation it is clear that NOCO has a number of things working for it already; customer retention is very high, awareness of NOCO in its’ current market is close to 100 percent and Dyer has access to enough trainer resources to continue his company’s growth. Some of the obstacles NOCO faces in working toward expansion are loss of customer base to high school sports programs after they reach 14 years old, a narrow selection of programs for current customers, lack of diversification and limited awareness of the company’s programs and philosophy in adjacent towns. Dyer could employ many operational strategies help reach his ultimate goal of a new sports complex. There are several opportunities available for NOCO to take advantage of with minimal threat or competition to worry about. Dyer has noticed that as the kids in his programs begin high school and start to participate in school sports, they tend to lose interest in the soccer programs he offers. Dyer might try product development by offering camps and training programs for the older students outside of their school and school sport schedules. Summer camps geared toward a general sport theme as opposed to just soccer might appeal to the older kids that are...
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...The way to fruitful long haul contributing is the conservation of capital. Warren Buffett, ostensibly the world's most excellent mogul, has one standard when contributing - never lose cash. This doesn't mean you ought to offer your venture property the minute they enter losing region, yet you ought to remain definitely mindful of your portfolio and the losses you're ready to persevere in an exertion to expand your riches. While it is difficult to stay away from danger completely when putting resources into the business sectors, these five strategies can help protect your portfolio. One of the foundations of Modern Portfolio Theory (MPT) is diversification. In a business downturn, MPT pupils accept a generally expanded portfolio will beat a thought one. Speculators make deeper and all the more extensively broadened portfolios by owning countless in more than one asset class, along these lines decreasing unsystematic danger. This is the hazard that accompanies putting resources into a specific organization instead of deliberate danger, which is the danger connected with putting resources into the businesses by and large. As per some money related specialists, stock portfolios that incorporate 12, 18 or even 30 stocks can take out most, if not all, unsystematic danger. Shockingly, methodical danger is constantly present and can't be differentiated away. On the other hand, by including non-associating asset classes, for example, securities, items, monetary standards...
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...d) How much will Eastbridge receive (in US$) if the share price of Cambridge is £7.50 and the spot rate is US$1.60 in one month time? e) What will happen if in one month time, share price of Cambridge drop to £5.00 and Eastbridge decided to hold on to the shares and sell at a later date when the share price is more favourable? Assume that the spot rate in one month time is US$1.68. Question 2 What types of risk are present in a portfolio? Which type of risk remains after the portfolio has been diversified? Question 3 How, according to portfolio theory is the risk of the portfolio measured exactly? Question 4 Discuss about the integration of market worldwide and its impact on international portfolio diversification. Question 5 Giri Lyer is a European analyst and strategist for Tristar Funds, a New York-based mutual fund company. Giri is currently evaluating the recent performance of shares in Pacific Wietz, a publicly traded specialty chemical company in Germany listed on the...
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...AKRAB BERSAMA SANDI MATEMATIKA Oleh : Fithri Angelia Permana, S.Si (WI LPMP NAD) Apakah matematika ilmu yang 'sulit'? Secara umum, semakin kompleks suatu fenomena, semakin kompleks pula alat (dalam hal ini jenis matematika) yang melalui berbagai perumusan (model matematikanya) diharapkan mampu untuk mendapatkan atau sekedar mendekati solusi eksak seakurat-akuratnya.Jadi tingkat kesulitan suatu jenis atau cabang matematika bukan disebabkan oleh jenis atau cabang matematika itu sendiri, tetapi disebabkan oleh sulit dan kompleksnya fenomena yang solusinya diusahakan dicari atau didekati oleh perumusan (model matematikanya) dengan menggunakan jenis atau cabang matematika tersebut. Sebaliknya berbagai fenomena fisik yg mudah di amati, misalnya jumlah penduduk di seluruh Indonesia, tak memerlukan jenis atau cabang matematika yang canggih. Kemampuan aritmatika sudah cukup untuk mencari solusi (jumlah penduduk) dengan keakuratan yang cukup tinggi.Dalam matematika sering digunakan simbol-simbol yang umum dikenal oleh matematikawan. Sering kali pengertian simbol ini tidak dijelaskan, karena dianggap maknanya telah diketahui. Hal ini kadang menyulitkan bagi mereka yang awam. Daftar berikut ini berisi banyak simbol beserta artinya. Matematika sebagai bahasa Di manakah letak semua konsep-konsep matematika, misalnya letak bilangan 1? Banyak para pakar matematika, misalnya para pakar Teori Model (lihat model matematika) yg juga mendalami filosofi di balik konsep-konsep matematika bersepakat...
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...Business Friendly Environment 7 Disadvantages 7 a) Sovereign Debt Crisis 7 b) The Use of a Single Currency 7 c) Germany Dominance 8 d) Alternative Option 8 Advantages of Acquiring a Foreign Business 8 a) High Growth of GDP 8 b) Available Large Markets 9 c) Favorable Government Policies 9 Disadvantages of Acquiring a Foreign Business 9 i. Different Business Environment 9 ii. Ineffective Regulatory Environment 9 iii. Unbalanced Economies 10 Reasons to Invest In a Foreign Market 10 i. Economic conditions 10 ii. Expectations on Exchange Rate 10 iii. International Diversification 10 Reasons to Provide Credit in Foreign Markets 10 i. High Interest Rates 11 ii. Expectations on Interest Rates 11 iii. International Diversification 11 Conclusion 11 References 12 Introduction The acquisition of business enterprise in a foreign country is part of global diversification. For instance, A US firm can seek to acquire another firm in Europe in which the business environment surrounding the foreign firm corresponds to the environment in the local US firm. The European market in the 28 different countries is diversified and incorporated with opportunities, regulations and transparent policies. In addition, an established American firm can acquire a firm in a new market. This offers a healthier expansion and growing opportunity in new and unsaturated markets. However, this kind of investment comes with its own disadvantages as well as advantages...
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...a formation of regional trading agreements, this lowers the trade barriers of only the regional group and excludes the rest of the world. Why has the so-called common agricultural policy been a controversial issue for the European Union? The Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is a system of European Union agricultural subsidies and programs. It represented 46.7% of the EU's budget, €49.8 billion in 2006.The CAP combines a direct subsidy payment for crops and land which may be cultivated with price support mechanisms, including guaranteed minimum prices, import tariffs and quotas on certain goods from outside the EU. Criticism of the CAP has united some supporters of neoliberal globalization with the alter-globalization movement in that it is argued that these subsidies, like those of the USA and other Western states, add to the problem of what is sometimes called Fortress Europe; the West spends high amounts on agricultural subsidies every year, which amounts to unfair competition. To perpetuate the viability of European agriculture in its current state, the CAP-mandated demand for certain farm products is set at a high level compared with demand in the free market (see CAP as a form of State intervention). This leads to the European Union purchasing millions of tons of surplus output every year at the stated guaranteed market price, and...
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...& Income Statements that reflect errors in judgement from the management. Most notable reasons are: 1. Lack of Product Diversification Compared to its competitors, Chiquita had close to 60% of sales linked to bananas as compared to other companies with exposures closer to 40%. The chart below illustrates this: While trying to save its banana business, it should have hedged its risks and diversified in different businesses. Despite a company strategy devised in the 1980’s to convert some banana fields to other crops, Chiquita did not adhere to that policy and invested in more banana fields in 1991. Instead it should also have bolstered its presence in European markets by acquiring controlling stake in European suppliers and gaining control of traditional suppliers in EU or by partnerships with ACP region producers. 2. Lack of Market Diversification As mentioned, EU accounted for close to 40% of Chiquita’s sales. This meant that it exposed a significant chunk (25%) of Chiquita’s sales to vagaries in just one region. Chiquita did not put any effort to develop other markets. The US & EU were Chiquita’s main markets. Unfortunately, the regulated EU market pushed a lot of the unused banana supply to the US market rendering it unattractive. Even though Asia was an attractive market, Chiquita’s presence there was negligible. Other markets in Soviet Union and Eastern Europe were significantly under developed. Even Chiquita’s banana production was significantly concentrated...
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...global crisis has made an important shift. By then not the private banking sector, from where the financial crisis originally emerged from, but sovereign states face the risk of default. In order to analyse the multifaceted character of the European sovereign debt crisis, this essay focuses on its systemic causes. Contrary to the argument of popular Northern European politicians and journalists that blame the inability of Southern European states to manage deficit spending, the Eurozone crisis is firstly determined by imbalances in the European Monetary Union, and secondly by imbalances in the global political economy. This paper argues that the vast amount of sovereign debt is therefore not the result of weak Southern European nations, but of inherent structural illnesses that ultimately led to the current crisis. This essay is divided into two sections. The first section examines the problems of the design of the European Monetary Union. In regard to the theory of an ‘Optimum Currency Area’ by Robert Mundell, it analyses the extent to which the EMU has failed to meet the criteria of optimised efficiency. In the absence of an adjustment mechanism for unequal development in Euro member states, the dominance of Germany as leading export nation created severe inequalities. The second section then focuses on the role of the global political economy and imbalances that were created in the ‘era of financialisation’ following the demise of Bretton Woods. The shift to neoliberalism and consequently...
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...Whirlpool's Quest for Global Leadership Table of Contents Introduction Strategic Profile and Case Analysis Situational Analysis General Environment Analysis Industry Analysis Competitive Environment Analysis Internal Analysis Identification of Environmental Opportunities and Threats and Firm Strengths and Weaknesses (SWOT Analysis) Strategy Formulation Strategic Alternatives and Evaluation Alternative Choice Strategic Alternative Implementation Action Items Action Plans Epilogue Conclusion Works Cited Charts and Graphs Appliance Industry Market Share Whirlpool's Financial Analysis Business Unit Revenues and Operating Profit Global Home Appliance Industry: Saturation Level by Region Demand and Market Growth Introduction Whirlpool Corporation is a global leader in home appliances. Whirlpool began as a family company in Michigan making wringer washers. In the past fifty years, Whirlpool has expanded from a domestic company with operations in the United States to a global company with operations in Asia, Europe, Latin America and North America. Whirlpool's great success can largely be attributed to its strategic actions. These strategic actions are a result of Whirlpool's vision, value creating objectives, shared values, and worldwide excellence system. Whirlpool Corporation has gradually built itself up through international expansion to be the...
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...[pic] INDEPENDENT UNIVERSITY BANGLADESH CHITTAGONG CAMPUS ASSIGNMENT ON: Challenges of garments industry in Bangladesh COURSE TITLE: International business-mba-514 SUBMITTED TO: dr. tahlil azim COURSE INSTRUCTOR Mba-514 SUBMITTED BY: irfan riaz ahmed ID: 0531045 SEC: 01 Mba-514 DATE OF SUBMISSION: 20-09-2010 TABLE OF CONTENT |SL. NO. |PARTICULARS |PAGE NO. | |1. |ABSTRACT |3 | |2. |INTRODUCTION |4 | |3. |BACKGROUND OF THE INDUSTRY |5-7 | |4. |PRESENT COMPETITIVE SITUATIONS OF THE INDUSTRY IN THE WORLD MARKET |7-13 | |5. |PROBLEMS OF THE INDUSTRY |13-15 | |6. |PROSPECT OF THE INDUSTRY |15-18 | |7. |CONCLUSION & RECOMMENDATION |19 | |8...
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...GRADING SHEET TEMPLATE GROUP PRESENTATIONS INTL 1101 Prof. Brodsky Small elements: * Is the presentation 20-25 minutes (roughly)? * Do we notice full group involvement - do all members present? Do all members appear engaged? * Clear presentation style – powerpoint, pictures, etc. [Power point not required] * Are we clear on the direction of the presentation throughout? * Is this 1 presentation? Or 4 mini-presentations strung together? Large elements: * Does the group hone in on a policy-relevant issue related to the lecture subject? (i.e. is the presentation too broad?) * Is this issue well researched? * Does the group evaluate the issue? Does the group make an argument? * Does the group offer a counter argument for context? * Does the group offer policy relevant recommendations or critiques? * Does the group link their presentation to the readings for this lecture? * And/or to the course themes in general? * Does the group raise discussion questions for the class that spark debate? What is the problem? The Ukraine crisis appears to be a potential turning point in Euro-Atlantic security. Having come as a surprise to many, some senior Western officials and politicians have talked of a changed European security landscape, and that the crisis both creates new security realities for the twenty first century and demands a significant response from NATO. At the same time, however, the crisis is the...
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...Impact of Globalization on IR Impact of Globalization on IR IMPACT OF GLOBALIZATION ON INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS The globalization i.e. the changes in the world economy have substantial effects on the industrial relations thereby providing the opportunity to reiterate the significance of the area in understanding the effect of these changes on the people, organizations and the nature of work. The traditional methods of IR are disturbed in several ways through the increasing international economic interdependence. Initially the IR arrangements are confined to the situations created by the national markets but the globalization has expanded the boundaries of the market place. The amount of information flows with the help of the latest technology is constructing the interconnected enterprise networks around the world, thereby doing away with the current IR arrangements. The primary drivers of change are the MNC’s. They are associations that take part in FDI and own or control profitable resources in more than one nation. The MNC’s, as producers of the universal goods and services have an influence extending beyond the urban places in the countries in which they are located. The individualism is growing in the organizations as many local enterprises in addition to the MNC’s are using the information technology to focus on the demands of the international and domestic markets. The globalization has also clearly shown the difference between the “capital” and the “labour”...
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..."All over the world, people are being torn asunder by racial, ethnic, and religious conflicts that fuel fanaticism and terrors," he declared. "We are the world's most diverse democracy. And the world looks to us to show that it is possible to live and advance together across those kinds of differences. America has always been a nation of immigrants....We started as an experiment in democracy fueled by Europeans. We have grown into an experiment in democratic diversity fueled by openness and promise...We must never believe that diversity is a weakness — it is our greatest strength." [State of the Union Address of February 9, 1997, President Bill Clinton] What some people fail to see is that immigrant has become a greater part of American culture. To signify this there have been movie portrayals of immigrants celebrating how they have changed America for example My Big Fat Greek Wedding and Coming to America. One thing that has not been addressed, is that how immigrants have changed America, how do they contribute to the U.S.A.? In the United States immigration has always been controversial issue. Americans in the past thought that immigrants would not be able to conform to the American lifestyle in a way that could contribute to America. In modern day America the same fears are raised about immigrants from all over the world. But like their counterparts from previous eras, their criticism of immigrants are just as wrong. Immigrants has given America diversity of ethnicity and...
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...NAMES :KIBE MAUREEN I.D NO: 632107 COURSE:IBA 4010 LECTURER:LUKA EPAINITO OBBANDA TASK : ASSIGNMENT 1 TITLE: TRADE BLOCS SEMESTER: FALL 2013 INTRODUCTION ECOWAS is an acronym to mean Economic Community of West African States whereas a trading bloc is a set of countries which engage in international trade together, and are usually related through a free trade agreement or other association.ECOWAS was established in May, 1975 as a regional institutional framework for the coordination and promotion of economic cooperation and sustainable development in West Africa. The challenges of economic develpoment in an underdeveloped and highly unstable environment such as west africa appear enormous and so leave one to ponder on the possibilty of success or otherwise in realizing such an idea. ESTABLISHMENT OF ECOWAS ECOWAS was established in 1975 to coordinate and promote trade,cooperation and sustainable development throughout West Africa.The signing of the ECOWAS treaty of Lagos was indeed a kind of radical response to the plague of poverty and underdevelopment bedeviling West Africa, and as a result, practically provided the much desired framework for the realization of rapid and sustainable socio-political and economic development throughout the sub-region, and has till date the following member states: Republic of Benin,Burkina Faso,Cape Verde,Cote d’Ivoire, Gambia,Ghana,Guinea,Guinea Bissau,Liberia,Mali,Niger,Nigeria,Senegal,Sierra Leone and the Republic of...
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...ESSAY ON SAARC by a2zcontentinfo @ 2013-05-04 – 06:33:44 The member countries of the South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) are called the Seven Sisters of South Asia, because of their geographical proximity and relations based on culture, ethnicity and economics. SAARC came into existence in December 1985, at Dhaka, Bangladesh.It has 8 countries as members, they are India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives and Afghanistan. Secretariat was located at Kathmandu. Main Objectives of SAARC Charter: To improve quality of life and promote welfare of the peoples of South Asia. - To accelerate economic growth, social and cultural development in the region. - To promote self-reliance among the countries of South Asian Region. - To generate mutual trust and understanding of each others problems. - To strengthen cooperation with other developing countries. - To cooperate on matters of common interest in international fora. - To strengthen cooperation with regional and global organisations. Population and Economic Potential: 1.4 billion people, one-fifth of the World’s population. Home to one-fifth of the World’s consumers with an average yearly income of $ 450. The SAARC region with a total market size of one and quarter billion people offers enormous potential for Intra-regional trade and cross-border investment. Intra-SAARC trade is less than 5 per cent. The SAARC region is among the poorest regions of the world. The region has...
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