Lessons from Alibaba.com: government’s role in electronic contracting Qin Hu Xun Wu and Clement K. Wang The authors Qin Hu is a Lawyer, Legal Counsel of China Merchants Sekou Industrial Zone Company Limited, Shenzhen, China. Xun Wu is based at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. Clement K. Wang is Associate Director (Research), NUS Enterprise Centre, National University of Singapore, Singapore. Introduction Story of Alibaba.com The development of
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Chapter 5 Homework 1) How does environment analysis at the domestic level differ from global analysis? Although there are many parallels between domestic and global analysis, there also some difference between them. The important of these differences mainly depend on the complexity of analysis required. In terms of the remote environment, a global entity need stimulate the asset multiple, ever-changing political, economic, legal, social environments and so on. At the domestic level, firms
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Kenya Vision 2030 REPUBLIC OF KENYA July - August, 2007 This publication is a summary of Kenya’s new long-term national planning strategy, officially known as Kenya Vision 2030. The publication briefly states the main goals of the Economic, Social and Political pillars that underpin the Vision 2030. It also provides a run-down of major, (or flagship) projects to be embarked upon in the Medium Term period of the Vision, i.e from 2008-2012. The final version of Vision 2030 will be completed
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STAGE 2 BUSINESS AND ENTERPRISE Task description: Report: Business in Australia Core Topic: The Business Environment Assessment Type 1: Folio Due Date: 4pm on Wednesday 26 March 2014 ______________________________________________________________________________ Senario: John Smith plans to start a new business to provide ICT consultancy services to the organizations in different industries. He has $200,000 ready to be invested in the new business. His friends
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“What is Business Ethics?” Essay Posted on July 5, 2012 1 Introduction Dated back to Code of Hammurabi some 4,000 years ago, business ethics is a social science, whose main aim is to define and examine the responsibilities of businesses and their agents as a part of the general moral environment of a given society. The products of this field of research are sets of rules and codes of conducts, which serve as a means of protection from the possible infringements of moral codes as a result from
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Thaw Thaw Han | Daw Kyi Lai Han | Date issued | Completion date | Submitted on | 17.11.2014 | 2.1.2015 | 2.1.2015 | Qualification | Unit number and title | Edexcel BTEC Level 4 HNC Diploma in Business | Unit 3 – Business Environment (EDEXCEL Unit – 1) | A | | Assignment title | Business Environment (Assignment 1 of 1) | In this assessment you will have opportunities to provide evidence against the following criteria. a Indicate the page numbers where the evidence can be found. |
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You need to have your group ready by due date. Group submission form available for download on website. Marketing Environments Resources and Objectives of the Firm Competitive Environment Direct Market Environment Cultural and Social Environment Economic Environment Political and Legal Environment External Market Environment Technological Environment The Marketing Environment: Internal • It is about the company Company mission, structure and culture, financial situation, technology, production
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6Critical Sociology http://crs.sagepub.com Corporate Social Responsibility: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Subhabrata Bobby Banerjee Crit Sociol 2008; 34; 51 DOI: 10.1177/0896920507084623 The online version of this article can be found at: http://crs.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/34/1/51 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com Additional services and information for Critical Sociology can be found at: Email Alerts: http://crs.sagepub.com/cgi/alerts Subscriptions: http://crs.sagepub
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CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY Social Responsibility Definition and Motivation Corporate Social Responsibility (CRS) can still be a controversial topic. CRS is a commitment made by a corporation to develop and adhere to policies that are socially responsible in areas of work, community welfare, ecology, human rights, and family life. Today’s businesses realize an ingredient in being successful is through respect and confidence of their customers. A company can obtain respect and confidence
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Corporate Social Responsibility: Historical Development, Concepts and Practices Historical Development of CSR Carroll (2008, pp. 19-46) relates that despite the provision of schemes prior to the 1950’s to improve workers’ conditons, it is difficult to conclude that the development of social programs by organzations for their workforce was solely as a result of the altruistic nature of the company. The establishment of these social welfare schemes served the dual purpose of reducing social ills
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