Carrefour S.A. is a large multinational corporation that aims to issue EUR 750 million worth of debt. Consequently‚ Carrefour must decide the market in which it wants to place its bonds. The company had historically financed growth using securities denominated in the currency of its business operations. However‚ Carrefour’s investment banks‚ Morgan Stanley and UBS-Warburg‚ recently recommended borrowing in British pounds sterling to take advantage of a borrowing opportunity in that currency
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Japan earthquake and tsunami - 2011 Japan is an island nation located in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean‚ it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan‚ China‚ North Korea‚ South Korea and Russia. Japan is an archipelago of 6‚852 islands. The four largest islands are Honshu‚ Hokkaido‚ Kyushu and Shikoku‚ together comprising about ninety-seven percent of Japan’s land area. Japan is a major economic power and has the 3rd largest nominal GDP Its GDP per capita is $34‚739 or the 25th highest in the
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Merrill Lynch in Japan Case Study Merrill Lynch is an investment banking business and the world’s largest underwriter of debt and equity. Merrill Lynch’s investment banking operations has had a long global reach and is looking to reside in Japan. In this paper I will describe the legal‚ cultural‚ and ethical challenges that may confront Merrill Lynch in this case study as well as the various roles that the Japanese government will play and examine some of the strategic and operational challenges
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Besides‚ there are certain opportunities and risks for Japan private college to develop online education courses from both international and Japan domestic market. For developing online degrees courses‚ some opportunities are good for college. First of all‚ the demand of online degrees over the world is continues increasing in recent years. Online degrees are becoming more sophisticated and popular. It’s possible to make more than $100‚000 a year with an online degree in many fields (Littlefield
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BUSINESS CULTURE REPORT ON CASE STUDY: Wal-Mart in Japan Question 1: How would you characterize Wal-Mart’s approach to global management? The trademark of Wal-Mart’s global management approach focuses on 3 main strategies: low price‚ best value‚ large selection of goods & high quality service. Being the world’s largest retailer‚ Wal-Mart will enter the international market by providing a wide variety of products at a lower price than its domestic competitors. In addition‚ one of the common
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In this section‚ some popular places in Japan will be taken as examples‚ in order to help for analysing the travel trend of tourists who come from specific country. The examples of popular places are referred from the prefectures ranking of the number of visitors provided by RESAS. The popular places are top 3 among the average ranking‚ from year 2011 to 2016‚ which are Tokyo‚ Osaka‚ and Kyoto. Average Ranking Top 3: • Tokyo (Rank: 1 [2011 - 2016 Quarter 1]) • Osaka (Rank: 2 [2011 - 2014]‚ 3 [2015
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ready to wear collections. In 2008‚ the group’s revenue had reached €17.1 billion‚ out of which fashion and leather good accounted for €6 billion (Exhibit 1 & 2). Louis Vuitton and Japan: Changing trends Since the mid 1970’s‚ the company mainly focused on establishing a large Japanese clientele and by 2005 Japan accounted for 26% of global revenue. The brand not only represented luxury‚ but it had a whole
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Wal-Mart Stores (WMT) Founders Facts and Trivia: On May 9‚ 1950‚ Sam Walton opened up Walton ’s 5&10 in Bentonville‚ Arkansas. The first store with the Wal-Mart name was opened in 1962 in Rogers‚ AR‚ financed 95% by Sam Walton himself. Wal-Mart ’s Headquarters: The corporate headquarters of the world ’s largest retail company‚ Wal-Mart‚ are located in Bentonville‚ AR‚ where founder Sam Walton started it all. The Mission Statement and Purpose of Wal-Mart (WMT) Wal-Mart ’s advertised
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Report 2011 - 3 1 Consolidated Financial Statements Management’s discussion and analysis year ended December 31‚ 2011 Management’s discussion and analysis year ended December 31‚ 2011 This is a free translation into English of the Carrefour Group’s financial report for 2011 which is issued in the French langague‚ and is provided solely for the convenience of English speaking users. Sales and earnings performance MAIN EARNINGS INDICATORS (in millions of euros) 2011 81‚271 2
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A Comparative Study of Strategies Adopted by Wal-Mart and Carrefour in China: A Resource-Based Perspective By Yue‚ LIU September 2007 Acknowledgements I appreciate my dissertation supervisor Dr Wang‚ for his continuous patience‚ support‚ guidance and constructive comment throughout the period of my dissertation. I would like to thank the professors and lectures from whom I learned a lot throughout my master year. I also would like to show my gratitude to Nottingham University Business
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