price-to-earnings multiples and the year-end price target. 3 Themes - China, Yield and Mega Cap Quality: We recommend increasing China exposure, as China-centric US equities have lagged (Exhibit 22) and are cheap (Exhibit 24) vs. US-centric equities. Our Global Economics Team forecasts 1H 2013 China GDP growth will be improving, something not assumed in either the US or Europe. We
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1996, a decision was made to divest all of its other businesses in order to concentrate on becoming a global giant in telecommunications. This is the position that Nokia is attempting to retain as it continues to ride the technological wave of change, focusing on technological convergence in mobile phones, multimedia, and enterprise solutions. Although the reorientation of Nokia over time did not come without its difficulties in integrating acquisitions and developing a strong corporate culture
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MGT 1102 MANAGING HUMAN RELATIONS INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT: DISCRIMINATION AT WORKPLACE NAME : Tay Choon Shen ID NUMBER : I09003960 SECTION : 1S2 LECTURER : Sharmila Devi A/P Ramachandaran DUE DATE : 19 March 2010 Contents 1.0 Definition of discrimination 3 1.1 Direct discrimination 3 1.2 Indirect discrimination 3 2.0 Theories of discrimination 4 3.0 Type of discrimination at workplace 4 3.1 Age discrimination at workplace 4 3.2 Racial discrimination at
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Enhancing Access and Control to Sustainable Livelihood Assets of the Manobo Tribe through Improved and Strengthened Selfgovernance of the Ancestral Territory – Effectiveness Review Full Technical Report Photo credit: PBPF Oxfam GB Women’s Empowerment Outcome Indicator June, 2012 Table of Contents Executive Summary...................................................................................................................... 1 1.0 Introduction and Purpose ...................
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is Flat (Friedman, 2006) Summary and excerpts from Thomas Friedman’s The World is Flat (2006) by Bill Altermatt CHAPTER 2: THE TEN FORCES THAT FLATTENED THE WORLD page 1 What Tom Friedman means by the phrase “The World is Flat” is that “the global competitive playing field is being leveled…It is now possible for more people than ever to collaborate and compete in real time with more other people on more different kinds of work from more different corners of the planet and on a more equal footing
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A R T I C L E www.hbr.org The Core Competence of the Corporation by C.K. Prahalad and Gary Hamel Included with this full-text Harvard Business Review article: 1 Article Summary The Idea in Brief—the core idea The Idea in Practice—putting the idea to work 2 The Core Competence of the Corporation 15 Further Reading A list of related materials, with annotations to guide further exploration of the article’s ideas and applications Product 6528 The Core Competence
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The global manager operates as an "insider" in every market Managing in a Borderless World by Kenichi Ohmae Most managers are nearsighted. Even though today's competitive landscape often stretches to a global horizon, they see best what they know best: the customers geographically closest to home. These managers may have factories or laboratories in a dozen countries. They may have joint ventures in a dozen more. They may source materials and sell in markets all over the world. But when push
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extracts and answer the final questions. 1.- “The $10 billion man” Feb 24th 2005, The Economist Having turned round Nissan, Carlos Ghosn is about to run Renault as well It is said that he could add $10 billion to the market value of Ford or General Motors with a stroke of his pen. But Carlos Ghosn is not about to sign up as chief executive of either firm. Instead, in May, he will become the boss of Renault, France 's second-largest carmaker, while continuing to head Nissan, Japan's number
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the simplest general rule that organizes the hypothesis, predicted effects, and experimental findings. What is the principle of falsifiability? For a hypothesis to be considered scientific it must be testable?it must, in principle, be capable of being proven wrong. Fact: A phenomenon about which competent observers can agree. Theory: A synthesis of a large body of information that encompasses well-tested hypotheses about certain aspects of the natural world. Law: A general hypothesis
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SHARE For the past half century, there has been consensus about the kinds of places effective business leaders are formed: companies like General Electric and Procter & Gamble, high-powered consulting firms like McKinsey, elite business schools like Harvard and Wharton, the military. But it’s a different world now. Markets and workforces are increasingly global and diverse. Change is so rapid that one leader can’t hope to keep abreast of all developments, much less be responsible for the innovation
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