company has not adequately invested in developing tools to conduct market surveys; to develop effective marketing strategies‚ appropriate marketing programs and proper marketing communication to build its brand equity. 1. Costumer-based brand equity Keller (2003) defined customer-based brand equity as “the differential effect that brand knowledge has on customer response to the marketing of that brand”. When customers respond more positively to a product/service and the way it is marketed when its brand
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Given its higher volatility‚ should we expect Microsoft to have an equity cost of capital that is higher than 10%? No‚ Microsoft is diversifiable and it will not be affected by the changes in the market. We do not expect Microsoft’s equity cost of capital to be higher than 10%. Each stock carries its own weight. B. What would have to be true for Microsoft’s equity cost of capital to be equal to 10%? In order for Microsoft’s equity cost of capital to be 10% its beta will have to be 1. 4. Suppose
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Gender Pay Gap | Are women paid fairly in the workplace? | March 14‚ 2008 • Volume 18‚ Issue 11 | By Thomas J. Billitteri Introduction Former Goodyear manager Lilly Ledbetter won more than $3 million in a pay-discrimination suit against the tire firm‚ but the U.S. Supreme Court overturned the verdict in 2007 for filing her complaint too late. (AFP/Getty Images/Fannie Carrier) | More than four decades after Congress passed landmark anti-discrimination legislation — including the Equal Pay Act
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place that discrimination is occurring at is in the workplace. The largest discrimination problem is believed to gender-based‚ because of the pay gap. Men and women have been receiving different pay for doing equal work for decades‚ this has become a bigger issue because men have noticeably been receiving greater pay than women. When employers refer to the pay they’re giving their employees the only information that should be being talked about should be their background knowledge‚ not their race‚
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What are the exceptions to the maxim “equity will not assist a volunteer? Give factual examples to support answer and relevant cases. There are certain known exemptions to the rule that equity will not assist a volunteer . a) These are where the proposed donee has acquired title to the property by being chosen as administrator of the donor’s estate . That is if a donor has endeavored to create an instant bequest inter vivos to a donee which have not passed by reasons of the fact that the lawful
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Equity is frequently referred to as a supplement to the common law. Cruzon defines Equity as a system of law developed by the court of chancery in parallel with the common law. It was designed to complement it‚ providing remedies for situations that were unavailable at Law. Because of this‚ Equity provided a dimension of flexibility and justice that was often times lacking because of the common law’s rigidity. This rigidity stems from the fact that‚ while courts sometimes altered their jurisdictions
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Can Sports help enhance gender equity? Based on Olympic Games 113 years ago‚ in 1900‚ the first women participated in the Olympic Games‚ 22 women participated in the two events‚ Tennis and Golf for female athletes. After another four years‚ in 1904 the first medals were given out to the champions of the 6 participants‚ which now also had the chance to compete in Archery. In the London Olympics 2012‚ there were over 302 events and on 140 of them women were permitted to compete. That’s why these
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Running Head: EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP AND EQUITY Educational leadership faces challenges regarding equity. While likely being the most accessible institution in our nation‚ irrespective of a child’s status‚ our public schools are unequal. The funding of education‚ the quality of facilities‚ personnel‚ and other resources differ from one district to another. As the federal government has endorsed the principle of educational equity through No Child Left Behind by holding schools and students
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(a) “Nemawashi” is an agricultural metaphor. The idea is that before a farmer plants a seed‚ he should prepare the roots and the soil‚ so that the seed has the best chance of survival. It is a political process by which an unofficial understanding is reached before a final decision is made on a particular matter. “Nemawashi” is Bottom-up style decision making (middle management has the greatest influence on decision making). The Japanese are primarily concerned with harmoniously working out problems
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1. Basic of performance-related pay (PRP) The popular reward system‚ performance-related pay (PRP) is defined as ¡¥a method of payment where an individual employee receives increases in pay based wholly or partly on the regular and systematic assessment of job performance¡¦ (Lewis‚ 1998). It is based on the expectancy theory that employees will increase their effort and/or direct it in specific directions to receive higher payment. (Taylor‚ 2000) It usually takes one of the following two forms
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