Company’s Background IKEA is a Swedish company which sells affordable furniture and is famous for their D.I.Y furniture. They are the largest furniture retailer in the world and currently operates in 38 countries with a total of 332 stores. IKEA’s concept is to make use of unwanted woods and transform them into useful furniture‚ resulting in an affordable yet stylish product. They are also well known for their delicious food served in their restaurant which is located in their store. Ingka Holding
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Samsung’s Background Byung-Chull Lee founded Samsung in March 1‚ 1938. Byung-Chull Lee started the company in Taegu‚ Korea with only 30‚000 won‚ and it was originally focused on trade export‚ selling dried fish‚ vegetables‚ and fruit to the cities of Manchuria and Beijing. A few years later after Samsung was founded‚ the company acquired its own flour mills and confectionary machines‚ later on they got their own manufacturing and sales operations‚ and eventually evolved to become the modern corporation
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ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT BACKGROUND A worldwide consensus on the critical role of competitive markets and entrepreneurs in economic development has emerged in the last decade. In developing countries‚ the primary barrier to economic growth is often not so much a scarcity of capital‚ labour or land as it is a scarcity of both the dynamic entrepreneurs that can bring these together and the markets and mechanisms that can facilitate them in this task. Concept Entrepreneurship can be
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1.0 INTRODUCTION 1.1 BACKGROUND OF THE PIZZA HUT Introduction of Pizza Hut was started in 1958‚ by two brothers in Wichita and Kansas. Frank and Dan Carney had the idea to open a pizza parlor. They borrowed $600 from their mother and opened the first Pizza Hut. In 1959‚ the first franchise unit opened in Topeka‚ Kansas. Almost ten years later‚ Pizza Hut would be serving one million customers a week in their 310 locations. In 1970‚ Pizza Hut was put on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker
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The Odyssey ~ Background Information * The novel covers a 10 year period. * The novel was written approximately in 720 B.C. * The novel takes place in 1230 B.C. ~ during the Bronze age. * The Iliad (written first) and The Odyssey are based on historical events that took place about 1230 B.C. * Both novels are considered epic poems * The Odyssey is defined as a journey. This is the story of Odysseus’ journey back home after the Trojan War. From The Odyssey‚ Homer chose the
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“Religious Background of India” I am an Indian‚ so I have a lot to say about my religious background India is home to population of over 1.2 billion people‚ speaking more than 24 languages and following a wide range of religious communities. India is also the birthplace of four of world’s major religions‚ namely Hinduism‚ Sikhism‚ Jainism and Buddhism. This diverse religious nature of India is result of social integration of religions brought in by invaders and conquerors like Greeks in 180
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NIKE COMPANY BACKGROUND About Nike Inc. Nike‚ Inc. /ˈnaɪkiː/ is an American multinational corporation that is engaged in the design‚ development and worldwide marketing and selling of footwear‚ apparel‚ equipment‚ accessories and services. The company is headquartered near Beaverton‚ Oregon‚ in the Portland metropolitan area‚ and is one of only two Fortune 500 companies headquartered in Oregon. It is one of the world’s largest suppliers ofathletic shoes and apparel and a major manufacturer of sports
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Describe Rogers’ theory with attention to the following four areas: * General theory/philosophy * Theory of personality * Acquisition of dysfunction * “Treatment” of dysfunction This essay will begin by introducing Carl Rogers‚ with a brief description of his upbringing and career background and will go on to discuss the main areas of his theory. The humanistic philosophy will be explained briefly and will lead on to Carl Rogers’ own humanistic beliefs and the birth of client-centred
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Family Relations and Background: Agrippina was related to the Claudian ‘gens’‚ one of the oldest and most illustrious patrician families with imperial connections. Her father Germanicus had risen through the cursus honoroum to two consulships and the proconsulships of Germany and Gaul. Germanicus’s brother was the brother was the future Claudian emperor‚ Claudius. Agrippina’s family lineage was therefore immensely prestigious. Her mother is quoted twice by Tacitus asserting her descent from the
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LENOVO COMPANY HISTORY Lenovo Group Limited is today the largest information technology enterprise in China and the third largest computer company in the world which is has an 8.6 per cent share of the PC market‚ after Hewlett-Packard at 15 per cent and Dell of the US at 16.8 per cent. During its first 20 years‚ Lenovo evolved from a small distributor of imported computers into China’s leading computer firm and in 2005‚ it purchased IBM’s division. Lenovo has been the market leader for seven consecutive
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