Marco Polo was born in 1254 into a rich Venetian merchant family‚ just North of Italy. When he was 17 years old‚ he left with his father and uncle on a journey to China‚ which lasted 3.5 years. Once he was there‚ he immersed himself in Chinese culture and language. He was impressed by their inventions‚ such as gunpowder‚ porcelain‚ and paper money. He went from governor‚ to a tax collector‚ to having an official seat in the Khan’s privy court. He stayed in China for 17 years before starting his trip
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my liking. I only discovered Polo when my family moved 10 minutes away from the Accra Polo Club in Ghana. The Accra Polo Club was located in a prime spot of Accra‚ the capital of Ghana‚ and had a long history. The Club was founded even before Ghana gained its independence‚ making it one of the oldest clubs in Ghana. The club held exhibition games every weekend where non-members were allowed watch. When I was 14‚ I watched my first adrenaline-filled polo game. The game was fast paced and
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The Travels of Marco Polo and the Reception of Kublai Kahn Marco Polo was a Venetian Christian diplomat that gained the trust of one of the most powerful men in history: Kublai Khan. The book outlines the assimilation of one man into Mongol culture. The Mongols were very accepting of other cultures so cases like these are far from rare. One other example is the Flemish Monk Willem van Ruysbroeck’s first hand account of the Mongols. In both pieces of literature you see the culture of the Mongol Empire
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Marco Polo was born in 1254 in Venice‚ Italy. His uncle Maffeo and his father Nicolo were both famous merchants. Marco Polo was educated in literacy skills and arithmetic. He also had a good knowledge of Italian and French. Marco became famous because of his journey to Cathay and his worked with Kublai Khan and also his splendid book called "The travels of Marco Polo". In 1260‚ when Marco was six years old Nicolo and Maffeo begen their first trip going east to the other side of the Black Sea. They
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Photographer Lauren Greenfield believes that “personal brands are created on camera‚” and through the creation of social media‚ this has become easier than ever before. Through apps like Instagram‚ Snapchat‚ and Twitter‚ celebrities are able to manipulate their reality to create a brand‚ and showcase this brand to create a strong following‚ which some‚ such as Greenfield‚ akin to a cult. From One Direction and their “Directioners‚” to Lady Gaga and her “Monsters‚” to James Charles’s “sisters”‚ these
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Explain how the ‘Ansoff matrix’ can be applied to help develop strategic marketing options for an enterprise. What other analytical tools and techniques can be employed to develop alternative marketing strategies? Table of contents 1. Introduction 2. The Ansoff Matrix 3. Market Penetration 4. Product Development 5. Market Development 6. Diversification 7. Limitations of the Ansoff matrix 8. Other analytical tools and techniques 9. Conclusion 10. References Introduction
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Evaluation Matrix The EFE indicates there are significant revenue opportunities in meeting the needs of aging leisure-oriented Baby-boomers (BBs)‚ and the young Generation-Y (GY)‚ who desire fashionable sportswear and are Internet savvy. Two significant threats to the industry are the disruption in product supply from foreign manufacturers such as Indonesia where there is political unrest and not keeping pace with rapid changes in consumer preferences. CPM: Competitive Profile Matrix Nike is a
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The Matrix The matrix will forever hold a place as one of my favorite childhood movies as the action and computer generated imagery back in 99’…were ahead of its time. Today‚ I’m twenty years old‚ in college and assigned to re-watch this bad-ass movie and utilize my mature adult intelligence to “critically” think about the socially constructed reality at a college level. Therefore‚ I shall proceed to say that after watching the Matrix‚ the movie pertains to the socially constructed reality as a
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the consumers and the organisation (‚ 2006). This paper discusses the contributions of the Ansoff Matrix in strategic marketing management. There are different types of strategies used by business in identifying their market. There is the SWOT Analysis‚ in which it identifies the strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities and Threats of the target market. Another is the BCG Product Portfolio Matrix which is used by businesses with multiple portfolios or product lines in examining the products
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In mathematics‚ a matrix (plural matrices) is a rectangular array of numbers‚ symbols‚ or expressions‚ arranged in rows and columns.[1][2] The individual items in a matrix are called its elements or entries. An example of a matrix with 2 rows and 3 columns is Matrices of the same size can be added or subtracted element by element. But the rule for matrix multiplication is that two matrices can be multiplied only when the number of columns in the first equals the number of rows in the second. A
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