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FREEZING OUT BEN & JERRY: CORPORATE LAW AND THE SALE OF A SOCIAL ENTERPRISE ICON Antony Page* & Robert A. Katz**† INTRODUCTION The perfect duo. Ice cream and chunks. Business and social change. Ben and Jerry.1 Nobody wants to end up like Ben and Jerry’s, where soon after a multinational acquired it, key facets of its social mission were cut from the company.2 Ben & Jerry’s Homemade, Inc. was once the darling of proponents of social enterprise and social entrepreneurship.3 It was a for-profit
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World Cities The global pattern of urbanisation: millionaire cities, mega cities and world cities • At a global scale, rapid urbanisation has occurred over the last 50 years. • Almost 50% of the world’s population lives in towns and cities. 19% of the world’s population lives in cities of more than 1 million people. • The most urbanised continents are Europe, North and South America and Oceania and the least urbanised continents are Asia and Africa. • The number of
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CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION OF INTERNSHIP 1.1. Introduction: We are the students of the University of Rajshahi, Department of Finance and Banking. According to the rules of Rajshahi University (in BBA) we were sent in some organizations to acquire some practical knowledge that is called internship. As a student of Finance and Banking we are to complete our internship program mainly on Financial organization; Banking sector are given preference here. This time for internship we were divided
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Globalization is the process of international integration arising from the interchange of world views, products, ideas, and other aspects of culture. Advances in transportation and telecommunications infrastructure, including the rise of the telegraph and its posterity the Internet, are major factors in globalization, generating further interdependence of economic and cultural activities. Though several scholars place the origins of globalization in modern times, others trace its history long before
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World Cities The global pattern of urbanisation: millionaire cities, mega cities and world cities • At a global scale, rapid urbanisation has occurred over the last 50 years. • Almost 50% of the world’s population lives in towns and cities. 19% of the world’s population lives in cities of more than 1 million people. • The most urbanised continents are Europe, North and South America and Oceania and the least urbanised continents are Asia and Africa. • The number of
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JIANGYONG LU HUNG-GAY FUNG WANG’S FORTUNE TEA FROM CHINA: COMPETING FOR A NEW ARENA OF THE BEVERAGE MARKET (A) “I remember liangcha [herbal tea] being described as a sunset industry in the 1980s, when people rushed to taste foreign soft drinks and food like CocaCola and McDonald’s. I was once interviewed by the media to comment on it; I said that view was wrong. This is because the ingredients of liangcha really work to protect against climatic influences and relieve ailments caused by the stressful
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2012 Annual Report Our “bottom line” ultimately depends on our ability to satisfy all of our stakeholders. Our goal is to balance the needs and desires of our customers, team members, shareholders, suppliers, communities and the environment while creating value for all. By growing the collective pie, we create larger slices for all of our stakeholders. Our core values reflect this sense of collective fate and are the soul of our company. Selling the HIGHEST QUALITY natural and organic products
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Table of Contents Chapter 1 1.1 introduction 3 1.2 Background of the study 4 1.3 objectives of the study 4 1.4 Scope of the study 4 1.5 Methodology of the study 5 1.6 Limitation 5 Chapter 2 2.1 An Overview of the Specialized Banks of Bangladesh 6 2.2 Significance of Specialized Banks 28 Chapter 3 3.1 Performance Evaluation of Specialized Banks in Bangladesh 29 3.2 Recommendation 32 Chapter
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