Heterogenization? Clash of Civilizations? Cp: Featherston, M. (1990); Varwick, J. (2004); Huntington, S. (1996) Intercultural Management ISP Melanie Hiller 06.07.2010 7 Cultural Glocalisation Global Homogenization Local Heterogenization Glocalisation „Think globally, act Locally“ Cp: Roland, R. (1998) Intercultural Management ISP Melanie Hiller 06.07.2010
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Chevron’s Amazon Disaster Hallie Richardson ETH/316 May 14, 2012 Professor Jeff Codner Chevron’s Amazon Disaster In 2001, Chevron bought out Texaco Oil Company; as a global corporation Chevron also took on responsibilities that Texaco had left behind. Oil drilling had taken place in Ecuador’s rainforest region for 28 years, the cost-cutting methods that Texaco used caused many indigenous areas to be contaminated by this drilling. The environmental catastrophe was dubbed the “Rainforest Chernobyl”
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Coca-Cola’s globalization and its main strategies by Olga Skuratovska Management 502 (MGT502) Professor Claudia J.Ford October 15, 2014 Olga Skuratovska Skuratovska1 Professor Claudia J.Ford Management 502 (MGT502) October 15, 2014 Introduction
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Case Study Analysis DLA Piper: Becoming a Global Firm Abstract The global business law firm DLA Piper did not arrive at its position as the recognized leader in its industry without a strategic plan to integrate and align it various regional entities. In fact, it was the vision of integration and alignment by its executive team that led to making DLA Piper the pre-eminent global business law firm today. This case study analysis will describe the setting & environment leading up to,
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INTERNATIONAL MARKETING CHAPTER 1 – GLOBAL MARKETING IN THE FIRM Globalization – Reflects the trends of firms buying, developing, producing and selling products and services in most countries of the world Comparison of the Global Marketing and Management style between SMEs and LSEs * Resources (Financial, Business Education) * Formation of Strategy * Organization * Risk-taking * Flexibility * Economies of Scale and Scope * Use of information sources Economies of Scope
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is referenced the apparent and irrelevant impact of initiatives to solve the economic, social and environmental problem. It emphasizes the influence and importance of strategies and the positioning of SMEs on the way to SD in the policy of act local think global. KEYWORDS Strategy Sustainable development Sustainability, SMEs JERÓNIMO, WINSTON CENSE, Center for Environmental and Sustainability Research, Departamento de Ciências e Engenharia do Ambiente, Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade
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Business ethics across cultures Karen Lovelist XMGT 216 07/25/2010 Elizabeth Berg Business ethics across cultures Urdu is Pakistan’s official language and most widely spoken but in regard to businesses in the country English is generally used. Communication and building relationships are important to Pakistanis they prefer working with people they already know they believe the relationship they have with people they trust is worth more than trying to develop new ones it provides them with
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companies in the developed world are keen to follow in the wake of corporations in a variety of industries—such as Boeing, Coca-Cola, DuPont, General Electric, Hewlett-Packard, IBM, Oracle, Unilever, and Disney—that appear to have succeeded in going global. Globalization is no panacea, however. Success abroad varies widely, and it’s often tough to boost profits by investing overseas. Because most studies look at cross-industry patterns to draw lessons about how to succeed at globalization, they
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morals, and how they were so close minded, that it blinded them to the point of ignorance and arrogance. Today, we are still carrying on Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s dream and in addition, we as a society are now trying to apply his ethics to a new global
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with a local archeologist, Sarath Diyasena, to uncover evidence of the Sri Lankan government’s violations of human rights during the country’s period of acute civil war. Yet, by the end of the novel, Anil has lost the evidence that could have indicted the government and is forced to leave the country, carrying with her a feeling of guilt for her unwitting complicity in Sarath’s death. On one hand, Anil certainly embodies an ethical (albeit rather schematic) critique of the failure of global justice
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