Assignment SM 0376 Doing Business in Europe‚ Asia & the Americas Rio Tinto / BHP List of Reference (Dec 22 / 23‚ 2010) Question 1 1a – Key Reference 1. Johnson‚ G.‚ Scholes‚ K. and Whittington‚ R. (2008)‚ Exploring Corporate Strategy: Text and Cases‚ 8th Edn. Edinburgh: Pearson.(pp 54-67) 1b - Key Reference 1. CKR: Chapter 14‚ page 392 – 418; 2. Stonehouse‚ G.‚ Campbell‚ D.‚ Hamil‚ J. & Purdie‚ T. (2004)‚ Global and Transnational Business – Strategy and Management‚ 2nd
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BP Oil Spill 2010 Elizabeth Morton University of Phoenix SUS/300 3/9/15 Tereza Marks Gulf Oil Spill Case BP Oil Spill 2010 BP is a world leading international oil and Gas Company. The BP Company however had an oil spill on April 20‚ 2010 due to a gas release in the Gulf of Mexico. A massive explosion followed the gas release on the Deep Water Oil rig that was working on the exploration of British Petroleum. The explosive gas leak resulted in eleven peoples dead and several other individuals
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Conclusion 10. Appendix 1 11. Appendix 2 12. Appendix 3 13. Harvard Reference Abstract: BP is a British global energy company and is the 4th largest company in the world. This report is in relation to BP’s profitability‚ product development‚ market power and placement. The report uses PESTLE analysis to investigate these areas providing an insight to the successes and failures of BP during recent years. It covers the failures of Russia which has been a failure in terms of past successes
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nonperishable goods and provide delivery at a lower rate than the customers are now paying. Two of your coworkers‚ Vernon and Bud‚ are resistant to the changes proposed by the new owners. Vernon supervises the company’s drivers and Bud works in the corporate offices. Vernon does not think that it is a good idea to expand out of their core business‚ while Bud thinks that AAA is not strong enough to compete with existing companies that service the nonperishable foods market (several of whom AAA has
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shorter period that the Registrant was required to file such reports)‚ and (2) has been subject to such filing requirements for the past 90 days. Yes No Indicate by check mark whether the Registrant has submitted electronically and posted on its corporate Web site‚ if any‚ every Interactive Data File required to be submitted and posted pursuant to Rule 405
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BP Challenges of Globalization John Manzoni‚ Chief Executive‚ Refining and Marketing for BP‚ gave a speech in 2005 discussing BP’s future in globalization and the challenges that lie in an increasingly global business environment. He said that business (BP) is the heart of society and can’t ignore what is happening around it‚ and that BP exists for a purpose‚ which is to provide goods and services that people want to buy at a price they can afford to pay‚ and BP exists because of shareholders
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The British Petroleum Company‚ Business Culture and Global Competition George Enclarde Jones International University / BBA110 Abstract To try and understand how business is conducted form a global perspective‚ I used British Petroleum as a model in this paper‚ along with the research of other international companies and government agencies. Let’s consider the idea of small businesses around the globe competing and evolving into major players in the global economy. The U.S. and E.U. guidelines
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Monsanto makes an effort to have an ethical culture and for the most part they succeed. The bribery issues in Indonesia‚ within their own company‚ in the late 1990’s/early 2000’s were reported to the Department of Justice by Monsanto. This level of corporate governance is something I think many large corporations would not do. The farmers‚ who are primary stakeholders because they buy seed from Monsanto get a lot of attention from Monsanto. The development of new seed allows farmers to grow more crops
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1. What are the main ethical issues and dilemma BP faces in this case? A project that is on a large scale faces some issues‚ including: There are concerns about the coating of the pipeline and the risks of leakages‚ in particular in Georgia‚ where oil spills might significantly impact the country’s strategic water resources in the Bojorni National Park. Concerns were also raised over the fact that the pipeline runs through earthquake zones‚ which leakages nearly inevitable or could not be avoided
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[pic] BP Case Study November 10‚ 2011 Professor: Steven Lee Strategic Management Mississippi College British Petroleum[pic] Executive Summary The history of BP was set in motion as the Anglo-Persian Oil Company in Persia in 1901. William Knox D’Arcy‚ an English entrepreneur hired George Reynolds‚ a geologist and explorer to dig Persia for oil. Reynolds could smell natural gas and was most certain they would hit oil
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