9. The rise and fall of China’s corporate dragon: Kelon and its old and new owners Guy S. Liu and Pei Sun INTRODUCTION The collapse of corporate empires in contemporary capitalist economies tends to be no less dramatic than the vicissitudes of political empires in history. While the political ones often slipped into a less than envious position through a gradual process, in which the decline could be discerned widely by both outside political observers and ordinary people, the sudden collapse
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The Globalization of International Financial Markets: What Can History Teach Us?* Michael D. Bordo Rutgers University and NBER Paper prepared for the conference “International Financial Markets: The Challenge of Globalization.” March 31, 2000. Texas A and M University, College Station Texas. * For valuable research assistance, I thank Antu Murshid. 1. Introduction Globalization has become the buzz word of the new millennium. It is viewed as the cause of many of the world’s problems as well
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Determinants of FDI THE POWER OF FDI IN REGARDS TO GLOBALIZATION: Globalization is an inevitable and irreversible process, and dealing with the imperatives of globalization capitalizing on its positive aspects and mitigating the negative ones is perhaps the most important challenge for today. Globalization has enhanced the opportunities for success, but it has also posed new risks to developing countries. Globalization has many faces; however, globalization is first and foremost comprehended
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Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system, as defined by the ISACA, “is an integrated software application that covers literally all functions of an enterprise, including sales and marketing, distribution and logistics, procurement, manufacturing, finance, and accounts, personnel and management reporting” (Sayana, 2004). It is currently the highest level of computer management and aids businesses with the integration of its processes. Rather than the typical management information systems (MIS) with
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management are concepts for optimizing the provision of goods to customers. Information sharing and information estimation are key tools used to implement these two concepts. The reduction of delivery times and stock levels can be seen as the main managerial objectives of an integrative supply chain and customer relationship management. To achieve this objective, business processes need to be integrated along the entire supply chain including the end consumer. Information systems form the backbone
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MEDWAY SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING Programme: Msc. Information Technology Management for Business Course: Knowledge Management and Exploitation Course Tutor: Dr. A.A.F. Al-Shawabkeh Topic Using Data Mining and Knowledge Management to Improve Business Performance By Nurudeen Babatunde Lawal 000620744 Table of Contents Content Page No. Table of Contents 2 List of Figures 3 Abstract 4 Chapter One 5 1.1
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Can the concept of ‘early’ and ‘late’ industrialization explain the key institutional and organizational characteristics of national business systems, and do they have any bearing on long-term national competitiveness? Introduction The concept of industrialization has been used among different nations and regions, while many countries have carried out their own industrialization progress during the past several decades, which stimulates the development of organizations and better corporate performance
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1. Do theories of late industrialization explain national differences in the institutional and organizational characteristics of contemporary business? How do these ideas help to explain variations in economic performance? The level of economic development of the country effects development of institutions and characteristics of the business, which in return affect performance. In first part of the essay we will discuss early industrialisation and different theories of late development. After
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Chapter 1: The business systems of Asia Variety in the regional and general features Civilizational traditions • Confucianism • Taoism • Buddhism • Islam • Catholicism Historical external influences • Colonies • India establishing trading connections, mostly in South East Asia • Chinese who left China and settled as business people in the countries around the rim of the South China sea Periods: 1. 1945-1975 After the retreat of colonial powers, countries needed to reestablish their
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Internship Report ZARAI TARAQIATI BANK LIMITED Bahawalpur Branch Submitted by Jawwad Hassan Jaskani Roll No 12 MBA (M1) 3.5 Years Session 2011-2015 Department of Management Sciences i Topic Branch Operations ACKNOWLEDGEMENT I have great sense of gratitude for the most Beneficent andMerciful Allah who has always helped me in all matters of life .Itried but He rewarded me more than the tried.I have deep feelings for whole of my family, in general, and formy Father
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