Issues 1. Explain why an individual investor might want to invest in an international growth fund? 2. Describe the risk associated with making an investment in an international growth fund. Identify the risks that would be common to domestic an international funds‚ and those risk that would be unique to an international fund. 3. Discuss how the fact that foreign companies are not subject to the same accounting‚ auditing‚ and financial reporting standards and practices as U.S. companies poses
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CASE STUDY 2 INTERACTIVE SESSION : TECHNOLOGY IS THE IPAD A DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY ? 1. Evaluate the impact of the iPad using Porter’s competitive forces model. Traditional Competitor The traditional competitor for iPad are televisions‚ newspapers‚ books‚ music store and magazine. Supplier The iTunes music store changed the customer perception of album and music bundle. Now‚ customers have drastically reduced their consumption of album. Prefer to download one song at time. Customer
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regions of the world an estimated one in five children will not live to see their fifth birthday‚ primarily because of environment-related diseases. Eleven million children die worldwide annually‚ equal to the combined populations of Norway and Switzerland‚ and mostly due to malaria‚ acute respiratory infections or diarrhoea — illnesses that are largely preventable. When the environment becomes less valuable or damaged‚ environmental degradation is said to occur. There are many forms of environmental
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when defendant has not taken care‚ i.e. has been negligent. STANDARD OF CARE Breach of duty in negligence liability is decided by the objective test‚ i.e. the defendant is expected to meet the standard of a reasonable person. This test is from the case of: Vaughan V Menlove The defendant’s haystack caught fire due to poor ventilation. Defendant had insured it‚ therefore would lose nothing if it caught fire. Defendant argued that he acted honestly and in accordance with his own best judgment of risk
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(Porter 1980) Processual approach Table 1.1 Evolutionary ( ) approach - sony‚ amazon Systemic approach Strategy process Understanding the external envoironment (M2) PESTEL from SMA environment = remote/industry environ.. Customers & markets Unserstanding the internal environment (M3) SWOT from SMA Growth options in products nad markets (M4) Strategic options‚ themes and implementing the final strategy (M5&6) Leadership and decision-making (M7) Strategic thinking big picture’ Linling
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| Operating Environment and Competition | MARKETING MANAGEMENT - I | | | | | Submitted By: Submitted To: Mr. Khem Singh(191090) Prof. Freda J Swaminathan Mr. Anshul Kaul(191077) Fore School Of Management Mr. Anjan Chakrabarty(191072)
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Dell Inc Dell ’s name rings from the desktop to the data center. The world ’s #3 supplier of PCs (behind #1 HP and China-based #2 Lenovo)‚ the company provides a broad range of technology products for the consumer‚ education‚ enterprise‚ and government sectors. In addition to its line of desktop and notebook PCs‚ Dell offers network servers‚ data storage systems‚ printers‚ Ethernet switches‚ and peripherals‚ such as displays and projectors. It also markets third-party software and hardware. The
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Real Cases Project: Teaching Guide for Human Behavior in the Social Environment 1 Real Cases Project: Human Behavior in the Social Environment Rozetta Wilmore-Schaeffer‚ PhD Associate Professor Yeshiva University Wurzweiler School of Social Work 2495 Amsterdam Avenue NY.‚ NY 10033-3312 wilmores@yu.edu INTRODUCTION A. Overview of this Course within the Social Work Curriculum This course sequence‚ Human Behavior and the Social Environment (HBSE) aims to use the context of the child
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that has driven Dell to become a clear leader in their industry. Further‚ if we chose to utilize “virtual integration” based on the Dell model‚ we will need to develop and implement significant changes in the some of our most fundamental supply chain operations. In addition‚ we must determine how Ford should utilize emerging information technology to transform the way we interact with supply chain members. While progress in this area will be integral should Ford choose to pursue “virtual integration”
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Dell CSR Company Profile Michiel van Dijk & Irene Schipper Amsterdam‚ May 2007 Dell – CSR Company Profile Colofon Dell CSR Company Profile By: Michiel van Dijk & Irene Schipper May 2007 Stichting Onderzoek Multinationale Ondernemingen (SOMO) Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations This document is licensed under the Creative Commons AttributionNonCommercial-NoDerivateWorks 2.5 License. To view a copy of this license visit: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.5 SOMO‚ Amsterdam
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