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    The 21st century has been called the ‘Asian Century’. If so‚ what are the implications for Australia? The successful and continuous economic development over past four to five decades in Asian region have lead to a defining feature of the 21st century – Rise of Asia in Asian century. The weight of global economy is shifting towards Asia‚ It has been estimated that by the middle of this century‚ Asia could account for half of the global output‚ trade and investment. With the continuous hunger for

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    Meljorie Co 11110937 Stratma Reflection Paper Vocation of a Business Leader According to the author‚ “The vocation of the businessperson is a genuine human and Christian calling.” He also added “An important part of the business leader’s vocation is practicing ethical social principles while conducting the normal rhythms of the business world.” “Such business leaders play an important role in advancing and bringing to life ethical social principles‚ drawing on the Catholic social tradition

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    Greedy Dog

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    The Story of India is a documentary series created by the BBC that explores the 10 000-year history‚ diversity and legacy of India. For over two millennia‚ India has been at the centre of world history. It comprises of one of the richest culture of the world. This documentary helped me in exploring the incredible richness and diversity of its peoples‚ cultures and landscapes. This piece of art helps me in understanding the origin of Indian civilization. The first question in everyone’s mind that

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    Cyrus: A Great Leader

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    Great leaders are overlooked and underestimated. Cyrus was taught selflessness‚ courage‚ gratefulness‚ leadership‚ strength‚ trustworthiness‚ humility‚ and more which all factored in to him becoming who he was. “Cyrus was able to penetrate that vast extent of the country by the sheer terror of his personality… not one of them dared lift a hand against him. And yet he was able‚ at the same time‚ to inspire them all with so deep a desire to please him and win his favor…”(Xenophon 2). Cyrus did one

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    Carnegie: An American Captain of Industry By far the most profitable businessman during his age‚ Andrew Carnegie left his mark on industry‚ and profoundly impacted the expansion of business enterprise in America. Essentially‚ Carnegie rose from poverty to become one of the most influential‚ industrial tycoon’s in history by single-handedly building the American steel industry. During his time‚ Carnegie was known as being a prolific writer‚ but is most remembered for the entrepreneurial‚ and philanthropic

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    Entrepreneurship Project Candidate Name: Ayoub Hussain Merali Candidate ID: W13149301 Module Code: BMKT614.0 Credit Level: 6 Credit Value: 30 Credits Module Leader: Dr Jane Chang Assessment 3: Reflective Assignment Deadline: 25th April 2013 (12 noon) Contents Page Executive Summary 3 1.0 Introduction 4 1.1 Entrepreneurial Project 4 1.2 Experimental Learning 5 1.3 Reflective Learning 5 1.4 Reflexive Learning 6 2.0 Key Events Table: 7 3.0 Satisfactory Graph 8 4.0 Critical

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    STRATEGIC ACTIVISM AND NONMARKET STRATEGY David P. Baron and Daniel Diermeier Stanford University and Northwestern University ABSTRACT Activist NGOs have increasingly foregone public politics and turned to private politics to force change in the practices of firms and industries. This paper focuses on private politics‚ activist strategies‚ and nonmarket strategies of targets. A formal theory of an encounter between an activist organization and a target is presented to examine strategies

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    Drucker presents four different entrepreneurial strategies. He starts pointing out that entrepreneurial strategies are as important for any business as entrepreneurial management is. He states that despite this fact there is almost no discussion about entrepreneurial strategies‚ despite their distinctive influence to the success of any business. Drucker distinguishes between entrepreneurial management‚ that is‚ practices and policies within the enterprise‚ and entrepreneurial strategies‚ that is‚ practices

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    DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT AND INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Owen G Glenn Building 12 Grafton Road Auckland‚ New Zealand Telephone 64 9 373 7599 Facsimile 64 9 373 7477 The University of Auckland Private Bag 92019 Auckland‚ New Zealand PhD Research Proposal Entrepreneurial Succession: Intergenerational Entrepreneurship in Family Business Paul J. Woodfield‚ PhD Candidate The University of Auckland Business School 12 Grafton Road Auckland New Zealand Ph: +6421809894 Email: p.woodfield@auckland.ac

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    Managers in the 21st Century Managers nowadays do not actually do what a manager really should do back in the eighties. Changes that occurred in the new economy‚ the increasing use of technology in business‚ and the effects of globalisation towards business world have led management into a whole new dimension. New managers are expected to be able to manage on an international scale‚ act strategically‚ utilize technology‚ establish values‚ and of course‚ act responsibly as well. (Crainer‚ 1998) Henry

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