1. What are the functions performed by the marketing and distribution channels for cosmetics products? Which of these functions are most important? Why? Distribution Channels in the cosmetics industry consist of individuals and firms‚ involved in the process of making cosmetic products or services available to consumers. Marketing channels make possible the flow of goods from a producer‚ through intermediaries‚ to a buyer. Intermediaries perform 3 basic functions - Transaction‚ Logistical‚ Facilitating
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1007/s10551-006-9252-9 Ó Springer 2007 Cultural Values and International Differences Bert Scholtens Lammertjan Dam in Business Ethics ABSTRACT. We analyze ethical policies of firms in industrialized countries and try to find out whether culture is a factor that plays a significant role in explaining country differences. We look into the firm’s human rights policy‚ its governance of bribery and corruption‚ and the comprehensiveness‚ implementation and communication of its codes of ethics
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Individualism - the lack of it or the excess of it - has often been considered a major problem in the modernization of China. In the early decades of this century reformers championed individualism in opposition to traditional authority in both thought and social life‚ and especially in opposition to the "Confucian" family system. Others contended that what thwarted China’s modernization was not the absence of individualism but rather a surplus of it. The common term for "individualism"
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Doing Business in China The role of government when doing business in China is very important. It is especially important if you are from a different country‚ such as the United States‚ because the approaches to dealing with the government are much different. There are many factors in which should be considered when dealing with business related issues with the government. These include whether or not your business strategies go along with the plan the government has for Chinas development‚ understanding
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shifts its focus from enhancing internal operations to maximizing contribution to the corporation’s business performance. (Mercer Human Resource Consulting‚ 2006) With the economic development in china‚ HRM is concerned by more and more Chinese people. The development stage of HR profession in china is various in different ownerships of organizations. However‚ No matter what type of organizations they are‚ their HRM has been different compared with several years ago. In order to adapt to these
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Market Entry Strategies Final Paper Kentucky Fried Chicken’s Market Entry in China Company Background KFC‚ the largest fried chicken chain and the second largest restaurant chain in the world‚ currently has more than 17‚000 outlets in 115 countries worldwide. The chain primarily sells fried chicken pieces‚ chicken related products such as sandwiches and wraps‚ and other side dishes such as fries‚ desserts and soft drinks. KFC’s fried chicken pieces and related products are made with special
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Freedom or Conservative ? ----Homosexual in China China was considered as a conservative society where do not get really open to sexual discussion. Even now‚ dating in high-school is considered too early and does not appropriate in China‚ which would cause problems in school if being found by teachers or parents. Meanwhile‚ Chinese attitude towards homosexual is more open than the West society. The night life for gay people are so various and at least among the young‚ we do not avoid talking
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development of globalisation seems to become more and more outstanding in business field‚ especially in an international context‚ which makes the management and development of people require considerations of culture diversity and related challenges. A company that is able to deal with culture diversity functionally may obtain the intangible cultural competitive advantages in the industry field it belongs to; vice versa‚ it may lose such important advantages because of its poor management of potential
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CULTURE: USA vs. CHINA Learning about other cultures in business will necessitate learning new concepts of time and space as well as new values and attitudes. The different business etiquettes employed by the American and Chinese can be attributed to the differences in their historical and cultural development. Whilst many things in China are in a state of constant flux‚ some things remain deeply rooted in the old culture of the country and one of the things which changes most slowly in any
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Introduction to China Topic: Experience (Likes and dislikes) in China 2011/2012 Introduction I have been in China for more than two years. Early experiences in China and current experiences have a lot of differences. Early days I had so many funny experiences. I am going to start my paper with the funniest experiences. Here it is. When I was coming to China my friends told me that when you meet Chinese people they will say you 你好。You should reply the same. Then they will ask you 你吃饭了没有?You
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