1.0SECTION A 1.1PRODUCT INFORMATION Original Brand Name of Product: Billabong International Product Class: Surf Brand Description: Created by two avid surfers, Billabong is a brand designed by surfers, for surfers. In 1973, Billabong offered little more than a small range of surf wear: mainly surfboards and board shorts. But today, Billabong is a brand that encompasses the Australian surf culture by offering products that cater not only for the surfer inside many of us, but for fashion
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Marketing Principles [Writer Name] [Institute Name] Marketing Principles Part 1 – Understanding Principles of Marketing Task 1 – Definitions and Concept of Marketing According to Philip Kotler, Marketing is a social and managerial process by which certain groups or individuals get what they need or want through the exchange of goods or services (Pride & Ferrell, 2011). Johnson, Schools, & Whittington (2002) believe marketing is the implementation of activities that can help a company
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Statement.................................................................................... 2 New Mission and Vision Statement ........................................................................................ 3 III. SWOT and Environmental Analysis......................................................................................... 3 Columbia SWOT Analysis ...................................................................................................... 3 Columbia
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Journal of Macromarketing http://jmk.sagepub.com/ Market Responsiveness to Societal Interests Tracy L. Gonzalez-Padron and Robert W. Nason Journal of Macromarketing 2009 29: 392 DOI: 10.1177/0276146709344954 The online version of this article can be found at: http://jmk.sagepub.com/content/29/4/392 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com On behalf of: Macromarketing Society Additional services and information for Journal of Macromarketing can be found at: Email Alerts: http://jmk
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Globalization Learning objectives • Explain why it is important for managers today to have a global perspective. • Explain the three components of globalization • Describe its effects on markets and production • Explain how technology and innovation in transportation have speeded up globalization • Discuss pros and cons of globalization This chapter is dedicated to introducing the student to the emergence of a new and integrated world of
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Why do Teenagers that do not Regularly Participate in Sport Wear Sports Clothing? SPLDIM – Independent Study 25/05/2012 Contents 1 Abstract 3 2 Introduction 3 3 Literature Review 4 3.1 Sales of Sportswear 4 3.2 Reasons for Clothing Choices 5 3.3 Why Sportswear? 5 3.4 Perception of Sport in Schools 7 3.5 General Perception of Sport/Reasons for Participation 8 3.6 Barriers to Participation 8 3.7 Conclusion 9
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society Overview Companies play an important role in society, impacting on communities and regions as well as individual employees. The concept of corporate social responsibility recognizes that businesses often voluntarily integrate social and environmental concerns into their business models. Issues of corporate governance come into play particularly in cases of company restructuring. The Foundation monitors developments through its European Restructuring Monitor. A quarterly analysis of trends
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CSR 2014 www.educationpost.com.hk/csr2014 MBAs and social responsibility The green trend in business Lowdown on courses and events Hong Kong Brazil Singapore Miami Manchester Shanghai Dubai 25 Nobel Prize Winners 22 4 Top in Hong Kong * | World 34 # | 6th in UK * | 14th in Europe * years in Hong Kong 3 Accreditations + Registration No. 250144. It is a matter of discretion for individual employers to recognise any qualification to which
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The External Environment 4 The Environmental Domain Task Environment • General Environment • International Context Environmental Uncertainty Simple-Complex Dimension • Stable-Unstable Dimension • Framework Adapting to Environmental Uncertainty Positions and Departments • Buffering and Boundary Spanning • Differentiation and Integration • Organic Versus Mechanistic Management Processes • Planning and Forecasting Resource Dependence Controlling Environmental Resources Establishing Interorganizational
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Globalization Learning objectives • Explain why it is important for managers today to have a global perspective. • Explain the three components of globalization • Describe its effects on markets and production • Explain how technology and innovation in transportation have speeded up globalization • Discuss pros and cons of globalization This chapter is dedicated to introducing the student to the emergence of a new and integrated world
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