Q1. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of standardization strategies and adaptation strategies in a global environment. Standardization is the process by which a company makes it methods‚ especially its production processes‚ uniform/identical throughout its organization. Whereas for adaptation‚ a company would change their methods such as the price‚ promotion‚ packaging and/or the product itself in order to fit the needs and preferences of the market or a particular country. Adaptation occurs
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How Technology has Changed Our Lives Technology has allowed us to connect with people with ease‚ and has made many tasks so much easier. From desktops to IPhones‚ the world we live in allows us to communicate with anybody with wireless access with just a couple of clicks of the mouse. From listening to Led Zeppelin‚ to navigating to the mall‚ technology has made everyday life more convenient. We can text on cellphones‚ connect on social networking sites and video chat on Skype with little to
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1993. Web. 29 Nov. 2009. http://www.lib.niu.edu/1993/ ihy930341.html. Bland Jr.‚ Gordon R Bureau of Labor Statistics. "100 Years of U.S. Consumer Spending: Data for the Nation‚ New York City‚ and Boston." United States Department of Labor. N.p.‚ 3 Aug. 2006. Web. 29 Nov. 2009. http://www.bls.gov/opub/uscs/1950.pdf. Brozen‚ Yale Handel‚ Michael J. SRI Project Number P10168. SRI International‚ July 2003. Web. 29 Nov. 2009. http://www.sri.com/policy/csted/reports/sandt/it/Handel_IT_Employment_InfoBrief
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Conducting a business in Vietnam has advantages and disadvantages. The advantages: 1. Continued strong economic growth‚ ongoing reform and a large population of 92.5 million—half of which are under the age of thirty—have combined to create a dynamic and quickly evolving commercial environment in Vietnam. 2. Telecommunications‚ information technology‚ oil and gas exploration‚ power generation‚ transportation infrastructure construction‚ environmental project management and technology‚ aviation and
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Barbie is a fashion doll that has been changed throughout the years to suit the styles that were trending that year. Barbie has always had a big influence in the pop culture. Fashion is one of the major changes Barbie has developed throughout the years especially in what was trending in that specific year. The people’s interests have also played a big role on Barbie. The beliefs of society has also contributed in the designs of Barbie dolls. If you think about it Barbie has always revolved around the
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Analysis essay 2 How has the Internet changed journalism and its relation to the public? Discuss and evaluate what happens to news and information in the digital age‚ by analyzing TWO case studies of online journalism‚ citizen journalism or blogging. For most of us‚ using the Internet has become as easy as reaching for our pocket and grabbing our smart phones. Our need to have immediate access to news‚ social networks‚ “clouds”‚ and maybe even our own blogging site has become increasingly bigger
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Marriage has gone through profound changes over the last five decades‚ but we continue to speak about it as though it’s the same old familiar pattern. To see how much has changed; I am going to look at the shift from the forties‚ to the sixties‚ to today. In 1968‚ less than a year after the famous Summer of Love‚ as they used to say out in the country‚ "The times they were a-changing." The sexual revolution‚ Viet Nam‚ drugs--the youth of the day were convinced the world would never be the same again
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are truly passionate about has been taken from them all because of a sudden injury‚ one play‚ one tackle‚ one game‚ one sport. Over the years‚ football has always been a very popular sport to all‚ no matter if the people are playing the game‚ watching it on television or in a giant stadium or even listening to it on the
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of music in the world today. However‚ the hip-hop of today’s world is very different from the hip-hop that started it all. Hip-hop has simply evolved to a different type of music than the hip-hop that started it all. Hip-hop started in Brooklyn in 1973 at a block party with DJ Kool Herc‚ known as the father of hip-hop‚ mixing the beats. However‚ hip-hop has changed. There are the advances in technology to help make different sounds for songs. There is the fighting between artists and rappers
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FACEBOOK HAS MORE ADVANTAGES THAN DISADVANTAGES BY: PRESENTED TO: UNIVERSITY: DUE DATE: Bessant (2001‚ p. 207) confirms that facebook is known widely by people all over the globe; those with accounts in face book are able to connect with people who are not near them at the shortest time possible. The introduction of the system has enabled communication between people who are familiar with each other and strangers. At the end of July 2011 many sites had integrated the comments made in facebook.
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