…..Further exploitation of distinctive competencies c. Decreased political and economic risk d. Better realization of location economies e. More incentive for local subsidiaries to develop competencies 4. . When toymaker Mattel sells Barbie dolls in the Middle East‚ it changes the doll’s shape to one that is a more accurate portrayal of a female body. Mattel does this to a. create a commodity-type product. b. transfer technological know-how. c. increase product standardization
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subjected to unrealistic body expectations as well as lowered job goals. Sweet vocalizes "Girls can be anything-as long as it’s passive and beauty focused" and dolls such as Bratz and Barbie‚ with newcomers Monster and Ever After High on the rise‚ are two of the most popular examples of Sweet theory (Sweet). With Barbie at the forefront‚ these dolls are more than markedly anatomically disproportionate with extremely small waists and large bust they promote young girls to believe they should look a certain
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Fashina and Vithunya Chandrakanthan Slide 1 Hello! I’m Sergeant Chelsea Fashina and this is Detective Vithunya Chandrakanthan‚ now we have a very serious concern to talk to you about today‚ and we are actually privileged‚ it is the one and of many …….. Barbie! All around the world‚ there have been multiple cases drawn in on unconscious blackmail. Girls from as young as three and upwards have been a target. The majority of victims have described the murderer as a woman solely based on the appearance of
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in bad situations‚ if the products have a problem. -Cultural differences have to realize by the companies before entering the market. For example‚ when Barbie doll imported to China‚ consumer did not even buy one. Barbie was not related with Chinese appear‚ that is why kids did not want to play t with Barbie. After that‚ the company made new Barbie just looked like Chinese people; at that point they got consumer interest. In conclusion‚ global promotions strategies are your weapon in
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dolls. Seeing the success of what Mattel has created through the Barbie doll; Mattel copied him in ought to follow successful routes of which he did. Without working for Mattel‚ Bryant wouldn’t of been able to come up with the idea which reveals how in fact he did actually copy him but changed the designs slightly. With Bryant also using Barbie doll parts in order to create the Bratz dolls show every intention of copying the Barbie design with a slight edge. 7. Dyson took hoover to court for
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empowerment” like women using capitalism to cash in on female empowerment; otherwise known as the American Girl phenomenon. American Girl dolls came about in 1986 when a Midwestern woman sought to create a better female role model than the bodacious Barbie. The original American Girl dolls had a deep impact on the developmental years of thousands of young girls who grew up in the nineties. Samantha‚ Kirsten‚ and Molly were the original three dolls. Each doll was accompanied with its own historical story
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Barbie dolls and G.I. Joe dolls have been transforming. The Barbies have been becoming skinnier with bigger boobs and waists while the G.I. Joe dolls have been becoming more and more muscular. Children that play with these dolls are getting unrealistic body images that they want to obtain. In the article “Drugs‚ Sports‚ Body Image and G.I. Joe” written by Natalie Angier‚ she states how these dolls are influencing young people to go to unhealthy extremes to achieve this unrealistic body. Because children
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In the early 1990’s‚ it was reported that eleven million women in the United States suffer from various eating disorders. At the same time‚ at least ninety percent of people struggling with eating disorders are female (Stephens). Many researchers tried to figure out why so many women today were suffering from these terrible conditions that destroy people from the inside out. After thorough amounts of research were done‚ it was concluded that today’s society generates intense amounts of pressure on
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such as Novi Star‚ an alien girl‚ and Mattel ’s Monster High Dolls‚ who more closely resemble the villain in horror films than any domestic goddess. As an employee of Toys “R” Us‚ I have witnessed the change from girls wanting the newest‚ pinkest Barbie to the latest‚ scariest Monster High Doll. The boys ’ aisle is also making a change‚ namely Nerf Guns for girls‚ Easy Bake Ovens for boys‚ and a new branch of Legos called “Lego Friends” for girls. Although these changes would seem a move in the
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1) Why has the United States brewing industry become more concentrated over the last two decades? I think that there is a couple of reason for this trend in the United States. One thing is that the consumption of beer has been slowly declining‚ in order to raise in market share‚ companies are having to think of ways to take customers away from other companies. This would lead to the rise in market share for some companies and the decrease or closer of over companies. Another risen is advertisement
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