“One Artist‚ Finger‚ and Country”: Ai Weiwei’s Fight for Freedom. Figure 1. Tiananmen Square Ai’s View. From The Study of Perspective‚ by Ai Weiwei‚ 1995‚ http://www.emptykingdom.com/featured/ai-weiwei-study-in-perspective/ Ai Weiwei is a world famous Chinese artist that uses his controversial art to portray his strong political and social views. His works such as The Study of Perspective and Dropping China have an underlying political and social meaning used to activate the oppressed people of
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indicate a different way of doing things‚ or it might generate notable competitive advantage. Li & Fung is Hong Kong’s largest export trading company. The company has moved from acting as a middleman between retailers and manufacturers to playing a much more extensive role in the management of the whole value chain. They work closely with their customers in the design and specification of products. Li and Fung have a close involvement in the high value-added front-end and back-end activities in
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Written Case #1 Li & Fung: Internet Issues Li & Fung is a Hong-Kong based import-export trading company that provides value-added services across the entire supply chain in a borderless manufacturing environment. The growth strategies for the company are a combination of an organic model‚ acquisitions‚ and use of E-Commerce technologies to extend the supply chain to new markets. Li & Fung hopes to offer its supply chain services to the small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) market by developing
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Executive summary LI-NING limited company was found in 1980. At the beginning of its establishment‚ it cooperated with Olympic team of China to push the development of sports goods. At the same time‚ LI-NING spared no effort to sponsor all kinds of matches. In 1995‚ it became the leading sports brand of China. Through exploration over 20 years‚ it gradually becomes a famous international sports brand representing China. In this report‚ it makes a marketing plan for the next three years according
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Li & Fung is a one of the most successful trading company in Hong Kong. It creates value to its clients by providing total supply chain solution services from raw materials to finished products. The organic growth and acquiring industry rivals strategy have contributed to Li & Fung’s success in the past. The disruptive e-Commerce phenomenon forces Li & Fung to review its business strategy. With the combination of the new e-Commerce challenge and its core historical strengths‚ Li & Fung saw the
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Li and Fung’s Core Strengths One of the core strengths of Li and Fung was acquisitions as they saw it as a means to sustain growth momentum. Most of the time they tried to “fill in the mosaic” by acquiring competitors in areas where they lacked positioning‚ expertise or talent. They just did not acquired companies they made them integrated with the old ones to make When they acquire companies Li & Fung’s strategy is to integrate incoming staff and streamline operations seamlessly within 100
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DeVry University Abstract Steve Cowan is the owner of a distribution company of salon hair products. The company‚ Professional Salon Concepts‚ (PSC) was growing and decided to upgrade their AIS to support the demands of the company. Steve hired Mike‚ his brother-in-law to assist him and the two of them began to research the different products available believing they could better determine the needs of the company than a consultant could. After a short time they bought first one and then
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Gases Chapter 5 1 Elements that exist as gases at 250C and 1 atmosphere 2 3 Physical Characteristics of Gases • • • • Gases assume the volume and shape of their containers. Gases are the most compressible state of matter. Gases will mix evenly and completely when confined to the same container. Gases have much lower densities than liquids and solids. NO2 gas 4 Force Pressure = Area (force = mass x acceleration) Units of Pressure 1 pascal (Pa) = 1 N/m2 1 atm = 760
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Appendix 1 - Department of Accounting SWOT Analysis Department of Accounting Meeting Minutes 1:00PM – 3:30 PM February 28‚ 2007 Revised April 20‚ 2007 by AAC Otto Martinson led the department in a “SWOT” analysis that resulted in the following list of Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities‚ and Threats: Strengths • Dedicated Hard Working Faculty • High Quality Faculty in terms of teaching/research/practice • Wide range of faculty expertise • Relatively newly renovated Buildings • Mediated Classrooms
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[pic] Li & Fung : Case Study Analysis Executive summary Aim This report aims to examine the Li & Fung business model and illustrate the challenges faced by the trading industry in the global market place. Factors Conclusions It is concluded that: Recommendations It is recommended that Li & Fung : Situation Analysis • Li&Fung achieves operating margins consistently around or above 3% and has become the largest trading company in Hong Kong. • In 1997 the company had
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