The Social Construction of Consumer Needs: A Case Analysis of the “Healing Boom” in Japan * Takeshi Matsui Graduate School of Commerce and Management Hitotsubashi University Tokyo‚ Japan 186-8601 Department of Sociology Princeton University Princeton‚ NJ‚ US 08544 [ Word Count: 9‚555] September 2008 * I would like to thank Paul DiMaggio‚ Russell Belk‚ Jennifer Lena‚ Richard Cohn‚ and Ikuya Sato for helpful feedback and encouragement. Please address correspondence to Takeshi Matsui‚
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Online Society in China Creating‚ celebrating‚ and instrumentalising the online carnival Edited by David Kurt Herold and Peter Marolt Introduction Noise‚ spectacle‚ politics: carnival in Chinese cyberspace David Kurt Herold The Internet in China was developed at about the same time as the Internet in Europe and America‚ but its structures and set-up were quite different. During the late 1980s and early 1990s‚ academic institutions in China began to set up intranets on their campuses
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Globalization of Media: Key Issues and Dimensions Mirza Jan Department of Mass Communication‚ Gomal University D.I.Khan (NWFP) Pakistan E-mail: mirzajan_5@hotmail.com Tel: +92-0966-9280461; Fax: +92-0966-9280100 Abstract This review paper discusses globalization of media and trends unifying widely different societies‚ integrating them into one World. Like all popular concepts meant to cover a variety of phenomena‚ both "interdependence" and "globalization" have many meanings. Developments have been
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Executive Summary The repot at hand provides useful insight about Engro Pakistan Ltd‚ a private fertilizer firm that keeps about 21 % of market share in the milk food industry Pakistan. Established in 2005‚ a 100% owned subsidiary –First investment of dairy plant Processed milk market is growing at approx. 20% per annum Olper’s achieved peak market shares of 12.3% within 6 months of launch Other products launched –Olper’s Cream‚ OLwell –High Calcium Low Fat Milk (Premium Brand) Plans
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What is Cloning? Clones are organisms that are exact genetic copies. Every single bit of their DNA is identical. Clones can happen naturally—identical twins are just one of many examples. Or they can be made in the lab. Below‚ find out how natural identical twins are similar to and different from clones made through modern cloning technologies. Many people first heard of cloning when Dolly the Sheep showed up on the scene in 1997. Artificial cloning technologies have been around for much longer
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Essex International College UNIT 45: BUSINESS ETHICS (M/601/07961024) A REPORT ON BUSINESS ETHICS OF ANGLO AMERICAN Submitted by: PURNA BARNI THAPA ID: W0105570912 Submitted to: RAMJI POUDEL APRIL 2014 Table of Contents TASK 1 3 UNDERSTANDING DIFFERENT ETHICAL PERSPECTIVES IN BUSINESS 3 A. Explain the background and development of theoretical ethical approaches in Business 3 B. compare and contrast absolute and relative ethics in relation to Anglo American 5 C. Explain the ethical
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Civil Procedure Outline I. Personal Jx- in what states can the π sue the Δ. a. In personam- pwr over the person. General jx- the Δ can be sued in that state for a claim that arose anywhere in the world. Specific jx- the Δ is being sued for a claim that arose from their actions w/in the forum. i. Constitutional Limits- Due Process Circle 1. Pennoyer v. Neff- Traditional basis for in personam 1. The Δ is served with process in the forum- presence- general jx 2. Service on the Δ agent in
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Report drawn by:Ani Rafayelyan Condurachi Madalina Tatevik Arzumanyan Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Contents: 1.Executive Summary 2. Company History 2.1. Assessing the company ability to expand internationally 3. First step in the internationalization process 3.1. Export 3.2 General framework and the potential of foreign market 3.3 Evaluation of the industry market 4. Franchise (PepsiCo‚ Carlsberg Group‚ Procter&Gamble) 5.Conclusion 6. References 7.Appendix
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The Olympus Scandal and Corporate Governance Reform: Can Japan Find a Middle Ground between the Board Monitoring Model and Management Model? Bruce E. Aronson∗ I. Introduction II. The Olympus Scandal and Corporate Governance Issues III. Towards a Mixed Model? Considering Effective Monitoring of Management under the Japanese Corporate Governance System IV. Conclusion I. INTRODUCTION Japan has been in a corporate governance dilemma for the past 15 years. The country has
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A harder place to do business? Regional Differences: There is more than one China The Future: Looking forward to the next decade KPMG Insights: Adapting Strategies for the China Market About KPMG About Silk Road Associates Contact us Case studies Asahi Avery Dennison Bluebell FedEx Genpact Honeywell Jebsen JLL KPMG Maersk OMM Tesco The Executive Centre 41 42 1 3 9 15 21 27 33 37 © 2012 KPMG Advisory (China) Limited‚ a wholly foreign owned enterprise in China and a member firm of the KPMG network
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