Second Language Acquisition Assignment: The subject assignment consists of answering this question: According to Swain‚ ... producing the target language may be the trigger that forces the learner to pay attention to the means of expression needed in order to successfully convey his or her own intended meaning. (Swain 1985: 249) In Swain’s view‚ learners need not only input‚ but output: they need to use language in order to learn it. Krashen‚ however‚ as recently as 2009‚ stated that:
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Zip-6 in France: A Future Venture Due to the recent ban of the rival drink Red Bull in France‚ Zip-6 has decided to look into its potential prospects in France. Entering into the French energy drink market could be beneficial not only for Zip-6 but also for a country that is becoming increasingly concerned with the ingredients in energy drinks. In order to make an informed decision concerning the possible entrance into the French energy drink market Zip-6 needs to know what kind of competition
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GEELY’s ACQUISITION of VOLVO 1. Introduction to the Case This Case is about * The Automotive Industry of China * The acquisition of “Volvo” by “Geely” (a Chinese firm) * Geely is an automotive company in China‚ which was engaged in producing non-luxury cars for its local market in the country since 1998. * Li Shufu was the founder of the company‚ who was basically a poet and has a philosophical attitude towards life. * The time of the case is year 2010. 2. Situational
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Designing Corporate Ventures (CV) in the Shadow of Private Venture Capital (VC) Henry Chesborough Peter Drucker: Search for innovation needs to be put into seperate organizational components (outside of the ongoing managerial business) in order to stimulate greater innovation and generate additional business growth. But these attemps have only met temporary succes (pattern of cycle: enthusiasm‚ implementation‚ difficulties and termination). Therefore the methods of structuring the corporate
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Hart Venture Capital Case Problem 3 After performing an analysis of HVC’s investment problem‚ I found that the company’s objective was to maximize the net present value of the total investment in Security Systems and Market Analysis. To find the maximum net present value and analyze the numbers‚ I set up the model shown below. Max 1‚800‚000*SS + 1‚600‚000*MA s.t. 600‚000*SS + 500‚000*MA ≤ 800‚000 600‚000*SS + 350‚000*MA ≤ 700‚000 250‚000*SS + 400‚000*MA ≤ 500‚000 SS‚MA ≥ 0 After
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undergone extraordinary transformation over the years‚ in provisions of number of organizations‚ ownership constitution‚ as well as the deepness of operations. These modifications have been prejudiced mostly by challenges pretended by deregulation in policies of financial sector‚ globalization of procedures‚ technical innovations and embracing of managerial and prudential necessities that kowtow to international principles. The wave of merger and acquisitions that currently swept through the banking
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Diversification Using Mergers and Acquisitions Diversification Using Mergers and Acquisitions Companies often implement corporate-level acquisition strategies to achieve product diversification that can build core competencies. In fact‚ acquisition strategy is the most common means of implementing diversification. For each strategy discussed in the book‚ including diversification and merger and acquisition strategies‚ the company creates value only when its resources‚ capabilities‚ and core competencies
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Authors: Armin Schwienbacher & Benjamin Larralde CROWDFUNDING OF SMALL ENTREPRENEURIAL VENTURES Book chapter forthcoming in Handbook of Entrepreneurial Finance (Oxford University Press) Date: September 28‚ 2010 (final version) Armin Schwienbacher‚ Professor of finance‚ Université Lille Nord de France‚ Faculté de Finance‚ Banque et Comptabilité‚ Rue de Mulhouse 2 - BP 381‚ F - 59020 Lille Cédex (France); +33 3 20 90 75 34 ; armin.schwienbacher@univ-lille2.fr. SKEMA Business School‚ Avenue Willy
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British Journal of Management‚ Vol. 9‚ 91-114 (1998) Attributes of Successful and Unsuccessful Acquisitions of US Firms^ Michael Hitt‚* Jeffrey Harrison‚^ R. Duane Ireland* arid Aleta Best§ *Lowry Mays College of Business Administration‚ Texas A&M University‚ College Station‚ TX 77843-4221‚ •College of Business Administration‚ University of Central Florida‚ Orlando‚ FL 32816‚ ’Hankamer School of Business‚ Baylor University‚ Waco‚ TX 76798-8004‚ and ^College of Business and Industry‚ University
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Second Language Acquisition and the Critical Period Hypothesis When learning a second language a native-like level is hardly ever reached. Various research has been conducted into this phenomenon which has resulted in a number of hypotheses concerning the possible cause thereof. One of these is the Critical Period Hypothesis which states that there is an optimum period for learning a second language that ends after puberty. Can the Critical Period Hypothesis adequately explain why people acquiring
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