like to thank all interviewees for their time and insights. November 2011 2 Multinational companies and China: What future? Executive summary ith leading economies of the world in dire shape, China now has become a crucial engine of global growth—sooner than anyone had imagined. While developed countries remain in a quagmire, China keeps roaring ahead. While consumers elsewhere worry about their jobs and financial future, many in China
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nation? Online auction site eBay is one of the world's best-known firms, boasting 157 million active buyers and reporting just shy of $18bn (£11.4bn) in revenues last year. Yet when it first tried to launch in China it failed. The difficulty of competing with local rivals meant that in 2006, a mere two years after entering China, it was forced to admit defeat and shut down its main website in the country. Instead it formed a joint venture with a local partner to help operate an online auction business
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business firms, the globalization of business, and the ethical problems and opportunities facing business firms. ■ We begin in Chapter 1, Understanding the Canadian Business System, by examining the role of business in the economy of Canada and other market economies. We also present a brief history of business in Canada. Then, in Chapter 2, Understanding the Environments of Business, we examine the external environments that influence business activity. These include the economic, technological, socio-cultural
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nine months since Odak had committed to resolving the conundrum of whether to introduce Ben & Jerry’s ice cream to the Japan market and, if so, how. The next morning would be their last chance to hammer out the details for a market entry through SevenEleven’s 7,000 stores in Japan or to give the go-ahead to Ken Yamada, a prospective licensee who would manage the Japan market for Ben & Jerry’s. Any delay in reaching a decision would mean missing the summer 1998 ice cream season, but with Japan’s
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ISBN-13: 978-0-618-74163-2 ISBN-10: 0-618-74163-1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9—CRK—11 10 09 08 07 BRIEF CONTENTS PREFACE xi PART ONE THE ENVIRONMENT OF MANAGING NOW 1 2 3 4 MANAGING AND THE EVOLUTION OF MANAGEMENT ETHICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES 29 MANAGING IN A GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT 59 MANAGING ENTREPRENEURSHIP AND INNOVATION 1 1 89 PART TWO INFORMATION AND DECISION MAKING NOW 5 INFORMATION AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT 6 DECISION MAKING NOW 144 116 116
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INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL MARKETING INTRODUCTION Managers around the globe are recognising the increasing necessity for their companies and organisations to develop the skills, aptitudes and knowledge to compete effectively in international markets. The emergence of a more open world economy, the globalisation of consumer tastes and the unabated expansion of Internet access globally all increase the interdependency and interconnections of nation economies across the globe. The need for managers
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The aim of this paper is also to present issues of importance for practitioners, including furthering our understanding of this issue in developing markets. As the growth of markets in developed countries has been slowing down, multi-national enterprises (MNEs) in developed countries are becoming more and more dependent on the growth of developing markets. With regard to the issue of first mover, what are the advantages and disadvantages of first mover strategy in a firm? It would be helpful for practitioners
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PEPSI COLA [pic] Introduction: Pepsi Cola started in the January 1898, from a small Drug store in the city of North Carolina. The owner of the Drug store, Mr. Caleb Bradham, prepared a drink, which the customers called "the Bred Drink". Bred registered this drink with the name of Pepsi Cola in 1903. Then he started his own production at Marco level and established his own company. The business expanded and this drink got fame time. In 1909
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industry conditions and competitive pressures, the company’s current performance and market standing, its resource strengths and capabilities, and its competitive weaknesses. The question “Where does the company need to go from here?” pushes managers to make choices about the direction the company should be headed—what new or different customer groups and customer needs it should endeavor to satisfy, what market positions it should be staking out, what changes in its business makeup are needed. The
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remained unpublished. Practical implications – The problems of planning and managing store design as a communications channel are highlighted. In particular, it demonstrates the difficulties in aligning a retailer’s visual identity with its brand and market. Originality/value – The case study examines the under-researched relationship between retail branding and design, and contributes to knowledge of the
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