Assignment Questions: 1. How can multinational companies (MNCs) such Gap and Levi Strauss have positive and negative effects on the host countries in which they operate? List the possible associated benefits and concerns of their presence. (5 Marks) Chapter 4 and 5: A multinational company or corporation (MNC) is an organization that has business operations in different countries. MNCs get involved in global activities to take advantage of business opportunities in several geographic areas and
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CHINA’S TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY INTRODUCTION China has developed a huge telecommunications sector. Today China is one of the largest telecom subscribers in the world’s telecommunication market. China’s telecommunications industry started to expand during early 1990s due to economic growth‚ technological improvements‚ low tax rates‚ and institutional changes‚ which allowed competition. Figure 1 shows that electronic-telecom industry had the fastest growth of sales revenue during
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------------------------------------------------- Background of GAP GAP is an American clothing and accessories retailer based in San Francisco‚ California. It is a part of the group with the same namesake ‘The GAP‚ Inc’. It was founded in 1969 as a single store by Donald G. Fisher and wife Doris. The store’s merchandise consisted of Levi’s and “Long Playing” records; later they came up with their own private label in 1974. The GAP‚ Inc today is one of the world’s largest specialty retailers‚ with
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Volcom Inc. SWOT Volcom was acquired by PPR in May 2011‚ I did the analysis from the standpoint that Volcom’s management still remained independent. 1) Volcom’s advertising and promotional strategy consisted of athlete sponsorship‚ print advertisements‚ branded events‚ online marketing‚ branded retail stores‚ music‚ film‚ and the Featured Artist Series. The company has stayed true to its board sport heritage since day-one recognizing a portion of their customers to be "poseurs" or groups of people
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customers – to know too much about the food manufacturing industry (Pollan and Schlosser‚ 2008)‚ in the fear that customer loyalty could be lost upon their finding out various truths. To retain their customer base‚ according to documentary film ‘Food‚ Inc.’‚ narrated by Michael Pollan and Eric Schlosser‚ the image associated with food in the United States of America is that of an American farmer. Various motifs plastered all over food packaging and advertisements for food products‚ such as green pastures
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The Gap Year The “gap year” has been a common rite of passage in many foreign countries for decades‚ but it has now started to gain significant steam here in America as told by Danielle Wood‚ a parent from Today’s Parenting. This leads to many questions that parents and students want answered‚ such as: “Is the “gap year” a good or bad consideration?” “Will this decision put me behind?” “Does this stop me from ever going to college?” “Will I ever get my college degree?” All of these
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It is not difficult to enter the industry because the entry barriers are high. Threat of new entrants to Apple is low because it may affected by magnitude of entry barriers‚ such as 1. Advanced technologies requirements Advanced technologies make new competitors more difficult to enter the market which Apple enjoys a slight advantage here because of Apple have a lot of experience in creating software and hardware. New competitors have to develop those technologies before effectively competing
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chain of the new Apple iPhone and‚ at some point‚ the supply chain of the Apple TV‚ hoping that this might help to demonstrate the complexity involved in manufacturing the Apple iPhone — a feature-rich product I wish I could have‚ if I could afford it (update: I’ve had several iPhones now). I conducted some research and found some interesting information on the suppliers of the Apple iPhone. My data comes from The Wall Street Journal‚ January 14‚ 2007; Supplier Code of Conduct‚ Apple Corporation; and
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Generational Gap of Grandparents: There is a big difference in the lives of two sets of grandparents. The Boomers II or Generation Jones (Born: 1955-1965)‚ grandparents lead an active life even post retirement. Their engagement with many activities leaves them with
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The Gap‚ Inc. History Address: 2 Folsom Street San Francisco‚ California 94105 U.S.A. Telephone: (650) 952-4400 Fax: (415) 427-2553 Website: www.gap.com Public Company Incorporated: 1969 as The Gap Stores‚ Inc. Employees: 169‚000 Sales: $14.4 billion (2003) Stock Exchanges: New York Ticker Symbol: GPS NAIC: 448140 Family Clothing Stores Company Perspectives: At Gap‚ Inc. we never stop moving. It takes thousands of passionate‚ dedicated and talented employees around
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