9-700-047 REV: SEPTEMBER 6, 2002 DEBORA L. SPAR Hitting the Wall: Nike and International Labor Practices Moore: Twelve year olds working in [Indonesian] factories? That’s O.K. with you? Knight: They’re not 12-year-olds working in factories... the minimum age is 14. Moore: How about 14 then? Does that bother you? Knight: No. — Phil Knight, Nike CEO, talking to Director Michael Moore in a scene from documentary film The Big One, 1997. Nike is raising the minimum age of footwear factory workers
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fulfills the main criteria of a “weak economy”. Economic and fiscal measures undertaken by the Socialist government under the guidance of the IMF will fail to succeed unless they are followed by clear, transparent development initiatives, which is not the case until now. The purpose of this paper is to approve that the current Greek crisis is the consequence of inappropriate domestic policy. This paper has the following tasks: • to depict the timeline of the Greek debt crisis • to its causes: internal
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Lincoln High School IB History Internal Assessment Student Handbook Table of Contents What is the History IA? Planning Your Historical Investigation Examples of Types of Investigations Examples of Research Questions Choice of Topic 20th Century History of the Americas Alternative The Written Account & Assessment Criteria A. Plan of the Investigation B. Summary of Evidence C. Evaluation of Sources D. Analysis E. Conclusion
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1. Chapter 3: Differences in Culture 2. Have you ever visited another country? If you have, think for a minute about some of the differences you may have seen. Perhaps people dressed differently or ate different types of foods. How did people get around? By car, by train, by motor bike? Was there a particular religion that influenced how society worked? What language was spoken? Did you notice any forms of unspoken language? Your answers to these questions will give you some insight to
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S w 9B12M003 SHER-WOOD HOCKEY STICKS: GLOBAL SOURCING Megan (Min) Zhang wrote this case under the supervision of Professor Paul W. Beamish solely to provide material for class discussion. The authors do not intend to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of a managerial situation. The authors may have disguised certain names and other identifying information to protect confidentiality. Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation prohibits any form of reproduction, storage
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B2B Brand Management Philip Kotler ´ Waldemar Pfoertsch B2B Brand Management With the Cooperation of Ines Michi With 76 Figures and 7 Tables 12 Philip Kotler S. C. Johnson & Son Distinguished Professor of International Marketing Kellogg School of Business Northwestern University 2001 Sheridan Rd. Evanston, IL 60208, USA p-kotler@kellogg.northwestern.edu Waldemar Pfoertsch Professor International Business Pforzheim University Tiefenbronnerstrasse 65 75175 Pforzheim, Germany waldemar
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where profit margins have been squeezed to the bone and the only way of making a decent profit may well be through claims against other team members, or against the client. —Clive Thomas Cain, Profitable Partnering for Lean Construction The 2004 U.S. Olympic men’s basketball team should have won the gold medal. They were the best players on the planet. They all wanted to win gold; they had strong incentives and the pride of representing their country. Yet the team failed. In 2008, the U.S. team—great
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Masarykova univerzita Ekonomicko-správní fakulta Katedra podnikového hospodářství [pic] Analýza marketingové strategie zahraniční kosmetické firmy působící na českém trhu Exploring Marketing Strategy of the Cosmetic Company Operating in the Czech Market Bakalářská práce Autor: Barbora Vincenecová Brno, listopad 2006 Jméno a příjmení autora: Barbora Vincenecová Název bakalářské práce: Analýza marketingové strategie zahraniční kosmetické firmy působící na českém
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PART II INSTRUCTOR’S NOTES ON TEXT CASES CASE GUIDE CHAPTER CASE | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 1–1 Starbucks – Going Global Fast | X | X | | X | X | | | | | | X | X | | | | | | | | 1–2 Nestlé – The Infant Formula Incident | | X | X | X | X | | | X | | | X | X | | | | | | | | 1–3 Coke and Pepsi Learn to Compete in India | | | | X | X | X | | |
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THE ACCIDENTAL INVESTMENT BANKER This page intentionally left blank THE ACCIDENTAL INVESTMENT BANKER · Inside the Decade That Transformed Wall Street · JONATHAN A. KNEE 1 2006 1 Oxford University Press, Inc., publishes works that further Oxford University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education. Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto
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