Questions: 1. What are the primary ownership advantages of Mueller? 2. What are the major ways in which Mueller could serve the China market? 3. What are their primary advantages and disadvantages?? 4. If Mueller decided to invest in China, what would be the main functions of its subsidiary? 5. How could the risks involved in the FDI to China be managed? Lecture 3. The Myth of the Global Company Case: Lafarge: From a French Cement Company to a Global Leader (304-019-1) Discussion Questions: 1. What are the
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TABLE OF CONTENT WHAT IS A HEDGE FUND? 1 WHAT GENERIC HEDGE FUND HAS SIMILAR LEVERAGE CHARACTERISTICS TO BANKS? 2 DO ALL HEDGE FUNDS HAVE A SIMILAR RISK PROFILE? IF NOT DESCRIBE THE TYPE OF RISK FACING EACH MAIN TYPE OF HEDGE FUND 3 More Risky 3 Moderate Risk 3 Risk-Avoidance 3 WHAT FINANCIAL RISKS LED TO FAILURE OF LONG-TERM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT (LTCM)? 4 WHY DID THE FEDERAL RESERVE OPT NOT TO SUPPORT LONG-TERM CAPITAL MANAGEMENT FINANCIALLY? 5 WHAT WERE THE ARGUMENTS IN FAVOUR
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discussion that have been used within this journal are situated around hot topics within the unit. They are all in reference to International Business Theory such as trade, international investment, financial markets, legal or political systems and international regulatory bodies and relationships. The main point behind this project is to show the connection between the greater global economy and the individual economies that operate within it. The world today is a place where barriers are constantly being
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Qn 7. 1. Definition and characteristics of social networking (services). -Definition: social network collects any information that individuals share in network and connect the dots of personnel who have similarities building social relations based on the power of connection. -Characteristics: Social network services carries three main purposes, which are advertising, employee and idea screening and application development and gaming. Advertising is the main revenue resource that social
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BEAUTY. YI JIA-COMFORTABLE HOME Q1: WHAT MAKES CHINA AN ATTRACTIVE LOCATION FOR IKEA TO INVEST IN? Market: emerging market; small to high size market; customer quality is low but shows an increasing trend Competition: intensity of rivalry is strong; facing some entry barriers; bargaining power is high; a longterm profitable business Country market & industry opportunities Resources: raw materials from China Incentives: declining of the duty rate Q1: WHAT MAKES CHINA AN ATTRACTIVE LOCATION FOR
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Introduction As emerging economies experience growth, they are encountering new challenges in making economic development equitable and sustainable. Increasingly, bringing all parts of society up to minimum standards of living is becoming an issue of social responsibility and political requirement in emerging economies through social security programs. However, emerging economies are facing many constraints in implementing widespread social security programs to affect equality, poverty alleviation
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Explain how each of these considerations is important to the success of foreign operations. If a firm lacks sufficient competitive advantage to compete effectively in its home market, it is unlikely to have sufficient advantages of any type to be successful in a foreign market. t. Foreign operations must be located where market imperfections are such that the firm can take advantage of its competitive advantages to the degree necessary to earn a risk-adjusted rate of return above the firm’s cost of
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Marketing Week 1 – lecture 1 History of marketing 1. Production : supplying markets 2. Selling: convince people that what the organization happen to have is what they need. 3. marketing : let’s ask people what they want and then produce it. What can I make that will serve my customers better? It needs to be something relevant, innovative or unique MKG definition it’s all about sales and market share : it doesn’t say anything about relationship NOW : how can I create value so
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How Globalization Affects Luxury Goods Industry? Andy Warhol, a pioneer in the visual art movement once said: “Whenever people and civilizations get degenerate and materialistic, they always point at the outward beauty and riches and say that if what they were doing was bad, they wouldn’t being doing so well, being so rich and beautiful” (Warhol, 1975). Throughout history, luxury emerged as early as civilization did. For old Romans, the concept of luxury was a “disruptive power of desire”. They
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What is it? Framework/theory Porter's Five Forces of Competitive Position Analysis were developed in 1979 by Michael E Porter of Harvard Business School as a simple framework for assessing and evaluating the competitive strength and position of a business organisation. This theory is based on the concept that there are five forces that determine the competitive intensity and attractiveness of a market. Porter’s five forces help to identify where power lies in a business situation. This is useful
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