and many Western countries. In emerging economies, retailing reflects the rapid changes taking place as local and international retailers compete for market share. Retail management theory takes a strategic approach to the entire retailing cycle, embracing retailer branding and innovation as its platform. Contemporary retailers face many challenges from the turbulent political, business and social environments within which they are situated. New forms of retailing continue to emerge either to lead
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Chapter 13 Managing Human Resources in an International Business Chapter Outline The Internationalization of Business How Intercountry Differences Affect HRM Learning Outcomes After studying this chapter, you should be able to: Explain how to improve international assignments through employee selection. Answer the question, “What sort of special training do overseas candidates need?” Discuss the major considerations in formulating a compensation plan for overseas employees
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OUTLINE OF MBA 520 Fall Semester 2008 Business Finance Instructor: Grant McQueen Teaching Assistants: Mark Cherrington & Office: 636 TNRB Christian Hsieh Phone: 422-3017 Office: 324 TNRB Office Hours: MW 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Phone: 422-6835 e-mail: Office hours: forthcoming Home page: Course Description and Objectives This course introduces basic financial concepts all business managers should understand regardless of functional specialization. Topics include financial
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HO CHI MINH CITY INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING BA003IU 1. COURSE STAFF Lecturer: Nguyen Thi Hong An, MBA Room: A205 E-mail: nthan@hcmiu.edu.vn Consultation Hours: Anytime with an appointment All students are advised to make appointment in advance. 2. COURSE INFORMATION 2.1 Teaching times and Locations Lecture: Venue: 2.2 Units of Credit This course is worth 3 credits. 8am-11am Saturday L102 3. COURSE DESCRIPTION: Principles of Marketing is a course
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KATZ GRADUATE SCHOOL OF BUSINESS UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH Syllabus STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT (BSPP 2409) Instructor: Dr. John C. Camillus Donald R. Beall Professor of Strategic Management 338 Mervis Hall Phone: 412/648-1599 Fax: 412/383-7226 E-mail: camillus@katz.pitt.edu Administrative Assistant: Ms. Janice M. Trygar 341 Mervis Hall Phone: 412/648-1529 Fax: 412/648-1693 E-mail: jmtrygar@katz.pitt.edu Office Hours: 1) Mondays 11:00 am to 12:00 noon 2) Wednesdays 2:00 pm
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TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE - INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND 1.2 OBJECTIVES 2 2 3 4 4 5 5 5 6 7 11 12 CHAPTER TWO - THEORETICAL ASPECTS 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 INTERNATIONAL TRADE – EXPORT & IMPORT LICENSING FRANCHISING JOINT VENTURES ACQUISITIONS FOREIGN SUBSIDIARIES FDI IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS CHAPTER THREE – BANGLADESH PERSEPECTIVE 3.1 INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MODES USED IN BANGLADESH CHAPTER FOUR - CONCLUDING REMARKS 4.1 CONCLUDING REMARKS REFERENCES © Ferdous Mahmud Shaon
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Course outline for MBA (PT) Course name: Statistics Analysis for Business Decisions | Course Code: | Term: Trimester I (Operations Management & Decision Science) | Course Objective:To familiarize the participants on the following: (a) Descriptive Statistics - Concepts / Applications(b) Inferential Statistics – Concepts / Applications(c) Scope and Limitation of Use | Evaluation Criteria: Mid Term Test: 30 marks Test 2 / Quiz: 10 marks Test 3 / Quiz:
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Eva Diaz Chapter 1 Questions and applications #1,2,3,5,6,7,10,15,16 1. a. Some of the agency problems encountered with the MNC come with the conflict of goals between a firm’s managers and shareholders when making decisions. Agency costs are larger for an MNC than for a purely domestic firm because managers of foreign subsidiaries may be tempted to focus on making decisions to serve their subsidiaries rather than the overall MNC. b. MNC’s with subsidiaries scattered
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• Be able to discuss the range of policy instruments that governments use to influence FDI. • Articulate the implications for management practice of theory and government policies associated with FDI. The focus of this chapter is foreign direct investment (FDI). The growth of foreign direct investment in the last 25 years has been phenomenal. FDI can take the form of a foreign firm buying a firm in a different country, or deciding to invest in a different country by building
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communications between the instructors and the students. Students can access the course site at https://blackboard.jhu.edu. Support for Blackboard is available at 1-866-669-6138. Course Evaluation As a research and learning community, the Carey Business School is committed to continuous improvement. The faculty strongly encourages students to provide complete and honest feedback for this course. Please take this activity seriously because we depend on your feedback to help us improve so you and
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