Compare/ assess HSBC and Citi-corps IT strategies. Do they invest in IT primarily as a way of cutting costs and improving their operational efficiencies‚ or do they invest strategically with a view to entrench their competitive positions? As noted in the conclusion of the article written by the Asia Case Research Center and the University of Hong Kong HCBC and Citigroup have both developed into global financial institutions. Both organizations have heavily invested in Information Technology and
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INTRODUCTION Since the late 80s‚ brand equity (BE) has been regarded as one important marketing concept in both business practice and academic research as it gives marketers more competitive advantage through successful brands (Lassar‚ Mittal‚ & Sharma‚ 1995‚ p. 11). Although there are many researches about brand equity carried on by numbers of authors‚ most of their conclusions are consistent with Farquhar’s concept of brand equity as “the value added by the brand to the product” (Srinivasan
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INTERNATIONAL EQUITY MARKETS Firms are financed with both debt and equity. Although the debt markets have been the center of activity in the international financial markets over the past three decades‚ there are signs that international equity capital is becoming more popular. Transaction of a foreign borrower in a domestic market in local currency is the predominant international equity activity. Foreign firms often issue new shares in foreign markets and list their stock on major stock exchanges
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Equity is defined as the sentencing principle that similar crimes and similar criminals should be treated alike. (Frank Schmalleger‚ 2007)Equity in sentencing has been an issue for quite a while. It has sparked heated discussions in the U.S. Congress‚ as well as arguments among community members. Supporters of equity in sentencing try to inspire changes to our current legislation‚ and its opponents are attempting to abolish it in its entirety. The Federal Drug Abuse Act of 1986 created the guidelines
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Project Title:- A study on measuring brand equity of Nokia‚ Cadbury and SBI. Brand equity:- Brand equity refers to the marketing effects or outcomes that accrue to a product with its brand name compared with those that would accrue if the same product did not have the brand name Keller‚ Kevin Lane (2003). It is also the intangible‚ but real‚ value of words‚ graphics or symbols that are associated with the products or services offered by a business. In other words it is the value - both tangible
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SUMMARY OF THE FACTS * The donor‚ Mr Chet died recently‚ and left directions in his Will to his executors relating to a couple of gifts. * This hearing relates to the execution of the will which have been causing difficulties. * The Executors have adopted a neutral stance between the competing claims‚ and with the Court’s permission have merely undertaken to abide by the Court’s eventual decision: as such they will not be represented in this hearing. * Clause 6: My trustees
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settlement as incompletely constituted trust. Once the settlement is deemed to be incompletely constituted trust‚ the beneficiary could not enforce their right in the trust. This is due to the maxim in equity “equity will not assist a volunteer” and “equity will not perfect an imperfect gift”‚ which meant that equity is reluctant to offer assistance to those who does not provide consideration. Hence an absolute owner must transfer the legal ownership of the property to the trustee in accordance to the relevant
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There are still many people facing discrimination based off their race‚ gender‚ religion‚ appearance‚ etc.‚ and many of these cases take place in the workplace. Women who work at the same place with the same positions as men are not receiving equal pay compared to the male workers. According to the American Association of University Women‚ they released a new study that showed
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the eassy I will discuss the meaning and importance of equity in taxation since Adam Smith included it as one of the Canons of taxation. Equity is defined as “redistributive taxation induces allocative distortions by driving a wedge between the price the consumer pays and the price the producer receives” (Begg et al. 2005‚ p.219). There are two types of equity to be considered: the horizontal equity‚ and vertical equity. “The horizontal equity requires that people in similar situations should be
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Take your corporate brand or brand of any product/ service that your organization offers. What is the promise of the above brand? Also identify the brand elements and their role in building brand equity. I work for MSD India Pvt Ltd. Merck & Co.‚ Merck Sharp & Dohme‚ MSD outside the United States and Canada‚ is one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world. Merck headquarters is located in Whitehouse Station‚ New Jersey. The company was established in 1891 as the United States
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