ORIGIN AND EXPANSION OF THE BANTU Bantu is used as a general label for the 300-600 ethnic groups in Africa who speak the Bantu languages‚ distributed from Cameroon east across central Africa and eastern Africa to Southern Africa. The bantu family is fragmented into hundreds of individual groups‚ none of them larger than a few million people (the largest being the Zulu with some 10 million).The bantu language-Swahili with its 5-10 million speakers is of super-regional importance as tens of millions
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Marketing expansion grid. Marketing has the main responsibility for achieving profitable growth for the company. The market expansion grid is a portfolio-planning tool for identifying company growth opportunities through market penetration‚ market development‚ product development and diversification. To go into details on the points‚ let’s consider the company Under Armour‚ established in 1996 in the US‚ it is a leading brand that produces performance sports apparel First‚ market penetration
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1. Patagonia’s Current Strategy: Key Processes and Customer Perception In the context of our business model our number one key process is our Rules and Norms (a complete breakdown of Patagonia’s current business model and a to-be-proposed business model are available for review in Exhibit I). This ethos that started with the founding of Chouinard Equipment continued through the creation of Lost Arrow and indeed Patagonia. Our self-proclaimed “dirtbag” culture has resulted in some unorthodox business
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QUESTION: Discuss the expansion and growth strategies: joint venture‚ acquisition‚ merger‚ hostile takeover‚ leverage buy outs. Give examples of each in the discussion. ANSWERS AND DISCUSSION: All successful small business startups eventually face the issue of handling business expansion or growth. Business expansion is a stage of a company’s life that is fraught with both opportunities often fortunes and for perils. it a owners On the one hand‚ business in In growth carries with corresponding
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Team Branding Charlotte Engines (Red‚ White‚ Blue) I chose the name “Charlotte Engines” to specifically target our two biggest potential fan groups. Charlotte has a rich tradition of motor racing‚ particularly NASCAR. An estimated 75% of the NASCAR industry’s race teams‚ employees and drivers are based in or near Mecklenburg County. The first NASCAR "strictly stock" race was held at Charlotte Speedway‚ ushering a new era of competitive motor racing. Additionally it is home
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The domain of prosecutors has been extended to provide greater authority. An example of domain expansion of the prosecutors is improving police-prosecutors relationships. Truthfully‚ police officers and prosecutors are looked at as the bad guys in the eyes of the public. They are both to serve justice‚ even though they have different perspectives on the law. For example‚ the police officers consider a case to be closed when the suspect is arrest‚ but the prosecutor needs obtain more information and
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Managing Global Expansion: A Conceptual Framework. Business Horizons | March 01‚ 2000 | Gupta‚ Anil K.; Govindarajan‚ Vijay | COPYRIGHT 1989 JAI Press‚ Inc. (Hide copyright information)Copyright [pic] There are at least five reasons why the need to become global has ceased to be a discretionary option and become a strategic imperative for virtually any medium-sized to large corporation. 1. The Growth Imperative. Companies have no choice but to persist in a neverending quest for growth if they
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Brittani Robbins Mr. Audler- BUS 409 March 11‚ 2008 Wal-Mart and It’s Urban Expansion Strategy Problems: 1. Immigration and customs raided Wal-Mart and found many problems 2. Media reported many problems 3. It was named the largest class action lawsuit 4. Activists and Union leaders criticized it for its low wages and low prices that put pressure on competitors/ 5. became a political symbol as Democratic candidates criticized it for health benefits 6. History of opposing unionization
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The rise and expansion of Islam has had a significant impact on the role and rights of women throughout history. Since its origin in the seventh century until modern times‚ the Muslim faith has somewhat broadened‚ but has mostly restricted women’s rights in numerous Islamic communities. The history of Muslim women is complex‚ as it involves many advances and declines in numerous locations‚ such as Egypt‚ Afghanistan‚ and Iran‚ concerning several subjects‚ including both civil and social rights. Thus
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The two most important components in the development of the American West that took place in the second half of the nineteenth century were the expansion of the West and the decline of Native Americans. In the middle of the Civil War‚ Congressional Northerners were looking to populate the West with free labor and they developed the Homestead Act of 1862. This Act would promise settlers 160 acres of land to populate and develop and after five years‚ the land would become theirs. Almost 400‚000 farms
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