The Swahili coast had advantages over the Hanseatic league because of their merchants and their location on the planet. Although the Hanseatic league dominated commercial activity in northern Europe‚ the Swahili coast had a geographical advantage and firm trading alliances. The Swahili coast was able to take advantage of Nile river and used it to trade and for agriculture. The Swahili coast traded with the Arabs who had already established vast trading networks whereas the Hanseatic league had to
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BUGusa‚ Inc. **This is just the legal protections for intellectual property portion*** Intellectual Property Protection The US has laws that can help BUGusa protect its intellectual property rights. Intellectual property is an intangible asset including processes unique to a business‚ designs‚ original creations‚ and products. The laws to protect these assets are patents‚ copyrights‚ trademarks‚ and trade secrets. Different types of intellectual property are protected in different ways‚
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INTRODUCTION (5 Points) NIBCO Inc. is a middle size company that is privately held and that specializes in the manufactures of pipe fittings as well as valves. The organization’s headquarters are in Elkhart in the same city in which it was founded more than a century ago. Prior to December 1997 the company utilized a legacy system in its administration and operations. However‚ a number of events and processes set into motion a move towards significant change in the organizational system in the company
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before mentioned school and both interested in the cruise industry and all related parts. After a two weeks process of screening different articles and journals about the cruise industry‚ the two came up with the idea‚ to focus on their country of origin: Germany. Furthermore they were interested in the river cruise industry and the impact that industry has on local harbours and communities. Therefore the topic of‚ the impact of the river cruise industry on the port city Cologne was chosen. The
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SWOT analysis: | Positive | Negative | | Strengths: | Weaknesses: | Internal | *Exclusive rights to sell a line of flies made by artisans*Sells all forms of real bait *Loyal following of customers*Company name is immediately recognizable*Great distributions through franchises*Bait is guaranteed*Very strong knowledge about worm farming*Low fixed costs*Fatter Worms: seem to work better*actively pursuing R&D. Example: R&D department doing experiments that indicate a worm can be engineered
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Omnico‚ Inc Case 3-5 Marketing Management MM522 Robert Smith 6/18/11 Table of contents I. Statement of the problem II. Summary of the facts III. Analysis IV. Recommendations V. Conclusion I. Statement of the Problem Omnico’s customer retention is much lower than industry average. The problem as perceived by long time employee and current sales manager is that his salespeople fail to appreciate the importance of relationship selling. The sales manager’s
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Contents Page Executive Summary 2 Nike Inc. 2 Footwear Industry 3 Analyzing a Footwear Company.................................................................3 Trends in the Footwear Industry…………………………………………4 Nike’s Strategic Enablers in Gaining Competitive Advantage 4 Marketing & Promotion…………………………………………………...4 Production & Distribution………………………………………………...5 R&D………………………………………………………………………...5 Acquisition Strategy………………………………………………………..5
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This is a minor project‚ 1-2 pages long and worth 5 grade points. It is due Thursday‚ February 28. Our subject is the documentary film Food‚ Inc. We are viewing this as a social science document – that is‚ a film with some sort of social science agenda. It is trying to convince us about certain things concerning the way food is produced‚ distributed‚ marketed‚ and eaten in the U.S. It is therefore an argumentative film that wants to persuade us. As reviewers‚ our job is to determine how well the
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Seligram Inc. 1. The existing system at ETO began to fail because direct labor hours per lot began to decrease due to vendor certification. Vendors would do the primary testing and ETO would only be required to test a small sample of each lot to verify the results were valid. In the marketplace‚ ETO’s prices were lower than outside competition for testing complex parts‚ yet the prices were higher for elementary testing. Another important factor to consider is that engineering support increased
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unconscious ideas that dwell in our brains. ACMT was not the first place where I encountered the importance of cooperation and variety of cultures. I was acquainted with a lot of nationalities from my previous work on cruise ships. When I first came to work for the Carnival Cruise Line Company‚ I did not know anything about shipboard life. I still remember my first day when I arrived in Miami‚ our port of call. I was looking at the giant floating city with a blue name printed on it: “Carnival Valor”
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