Internationalization and Firm Risk: An Upstream-Downstream Hypothesis Author(s): Chuck C. Y. Kwok and David M. Reeb Reviewed work(s): Source: Journal of International Business Studies‚ Vol. 31‚ No. 4 (4th Qtr.‚ 2000)‚ pp. 611-629 Published by: Palgrave Macmillan Journals Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/155664 . Accessed: 20/01/2013 05:04 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms
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1. What forces have been driving the increased internationalization of business? Internationalization is the increased significance for corporations to foster international relationships and to create alliances in efforts to provide goods and services to different parts of the world. This is all in part to globalization. The text talks about the various forces that are driving this behavior; for instance‚ the reduction of trade barriers through trade agreements so that more goods and services
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| | |Ethical Analysis of Carrefour Corporation | | | |Business Ethics and Sustainability
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The first aspect that can be observed is that the Company is huge as it has a large amount of total assets - more than 62 billion dollars at the end of 2011. However‚ the total assets owned by Carrefour decreased over the last five years and this sudden decrease can be attributed to the change of strategy adopted by the Company‚ which probably tried to generate more cash by lowering the total assets and tightening their business‚ going from $ 71‚724‚602 in 2010 to $ 55‚592‚452 at the end of 2014
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MANAGING SERVICE QUALITY (Application in Carrefour Retail Store) Individual Assignment of Operation Management by : Yessy Saputra MMR 39 – 151091013 PRASETIYA MULYA BUSINESS SCHOOL MAGISTER MANAGEMENT REGULAR PROGRAM JAKARTA 2010 Dalam industri jasa‚ salah satu faktor penting yang perlu diperhatikan oleh perusahaan adalah kualitas jasa. Karena jasa merupakan sesuatu yang tidak berwujud‚ maka evaluasi akan jasa menjadi suatu hal yang sulit dilakukan. Namun‚ kita tidak boleh mengabaikan hal ini
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operations outside of its home country is considered as a multinational corporation. For this essay I have chosen to discuss about the multinational company: Carrefour. Carrefour is a French multinational company which works in the sector of retailing and which was created in 1959. Its headquarter is situated in Boulogne Billancourt‚ France. Indeed‚ Carrefour it’s one of the biggest hypermarket chains of the world competing with Wal-Mart‚ Tesco and Costco. Additionally‚ it’s qualified as a multinational company
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Strategic marketing management Company Information Carrefour Group‚ in the past 40 years have grown to turn out to be one of the world’s leading distribution groups. Carrefour began its journey in 1959 which was established in France by the Defforey families and Fournier. The name Carrefour came into existence as shops were located on thoroughfare‚ which literally means a place where it’s convenient to shop. Carrefour hypermarket was first opened outside France in Belgium and the first
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MARKET. -THEN POSITION THE CARREFOUR RETAIL OUTLETS. 2. Should Carrefour adopt Wal-Mart’s strategy of "low prices everyday"? What would be the advantage or disadvantage of such a strategy? [NO CARREFOUR SHOULD NOT FOLLOW BLINDLY THE WAL-MART. ADVANTAGES -it will gain some limited gain in the market entry. DISADVANTAGES -it will not be able to match the supply chain strength of wal-mart. 3. How could Carrefour differentiate itself from Wal-Mart? CARREFOUR SHOULD POSITION ITSELF AS ‘’
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1. Is internationalization an end‚ a consequence or a need for companies? Nowadays‚ common reasons why firms internationalize are that they want to grow‚ to have new employees‚ resources and ideas. Many companies seek international markets for growth as they want to expand their businesses. Probably the most important reason for business internationalization is that many times the company can hire cheaper employees. Some companies go outside to locate the resources that are difficult to keep in
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ASSIGNMENT This assignment is designed and aimed to improve your analytical techniques. The assignment is worth 20% of your total grade. All groups (5 students in a group) should read Case Study Carrefour‚ and elaborate the following issues related to the Case with justifiable theories. 1. Since 2004‚ Carrefour has been in a re-launching process‚ because of a growing competition both on a worldwide level and in many specific country markets. Conduct a SWOT analysis for the group and discuss critically
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