798-7729 Daniel.Diez@interbrand.com Porter Novelli for Interbrand: Alan Marcus: (212) 601-8443 Alan.Marcus@porternovelli.com INTERBRAND RELEASES 13TH ANNUAL BEST GLOBAL BRANDS REPORT Coca-Cola retains the #1 spot — Apple jumps to #2; Facebook enters Top 100 as Google overtakes Microsoft NEW YORK, New York, October 2, 2012 – Coca-Cola, Apple and IBM lead Interbrand’s 13th annual Best Global Brands report. While Coca-Cola retained its #1 position, Apple jumped to #2 with stellar sales in both developed
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years, Wal-Mart has relentlessly wrung tens of billions of dollars in cost efficiencies out of the retail supply chain, passing the larger part of the savings along to the shoppers as bargain prices. A total annual savings approaching an astounding $100 billion. Wal-Mart’s marketplace clout is hard to overstate. In household staples such as toothpaste, shampoo, and paper towels, the company commands about 30% of the U.S. market, and analysts predict that its share of many such goods could hit 50%
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2010. Apple Presents iPhone 4. [press release] 7 June 2010. Available at: http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2010/06/07Apple-Presents-iPhone-4.html [Accessed 15 September 2013]. 8. Apple, 2011. Apple Launches iPhone 4S, iOS 5 & iCloud. [press release] 4 October 2011. Available at: http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2011/10/04Apple-Launches-iPhone-4S-iOS-5-iCloud.html [Accessed 15 September 2013]. 9. Apple, 2012. Apple Introduces iPhone 5. [press release] 12 September 2012. Available at:
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ADMINISTRATION ALLIED BUSINESS DEPARTMENT In Partial Fulfilment of Requirements in ECON201a- MICROECONOMICS CONCENTRATION RATIOS OF INDUSTRIES IN THE PHILIPPINES Submitted to: Mr. Romano Angelico Ebron Date submitted: October 19, 2011 Subitted by: Chan, Jessica Clarisse R. Reyes, Diane Eunice M. BSA31 AIRLINE INDUSTRY Concentration ratio based on market share of the airline industry 2008 Market Share 1. Cebu Pacific 49.1% 2. Philippine Airline 41
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economic system. It is said that world’s highest millionaire households are in Singapore. It is regarded as one of the best investment destinations across Asia for foreign firms. According to the Business Environment Risk Intelligence (BERI) report (2011)
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under the United States Copyright Act of 1976, no part of this publication may be reproduced or distributed in any form or by any means, or stored in a data base or retrieval system, without the prior written permission of the author. In February 2011, to avoid bankruptcy, the board of directors of Adapconn Technologies agreed to sell the company to a major competitor for $1 and the assumption of Adapconn’s liabilities. Paul Wesland, Adapconn’s CFO, could not understand what had gone wrong: “Our
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specific business decisions and appropriate adjustments will maintain the company’s longstanding dominance. Leadership Practices of Working Across Cultures Not only is Coca-Cola is one of the most valuable brands in the world (“Rankings”, n.d.) but it is also in the top 20 most beloved brands in the world (Heine, 2013, para. 5). Being a US based multinational company, Coca-Cola has established a business structure that leverages the clout of its
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competitive with our products and in the way we attract and retain talent. For me, the most important factor is competition for talent, because I know our success comes from the people who work here” (Foley). Listed at number 76 on Fortune Magazine’s 2012 “100 Best Companies to Work For”, the survey lists the average annual pay for salaried position as $132,023, and for hourly as $61,245 (Fortune). The most common salary job is Software Development Engineer, and the most common hourly job is Business Support
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H&M HENNES & MAURITZ AB IN APPAREL (WORLD) May 2012 SCOPE OF THE REPORT Scope All values expressed in this report are in US dollar terms, using a fixed exchange rate (2011). All forecast data are expressed in constant terms; inflationary effects are discounted. Conversely, all historical data are expressed in current terms; inflationary effects are taken into account. Disclaimer Much of the information in this briefing is of a statistical nature and, while every attempt has been made
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