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Critically discuss to what extent Porter’s Diamond is a useful concept in explaining home and host location strategies of international business? Illustrate your answer with reference to at least two case companies. The main aim of International business is to build and sustain competitiveness for economic value creation in both domestic and overseas markets (Besanko et al. 2007). Internalization business theory however has a variety of models that can identify the environmental analysis of specific
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resources incurred by a firm in producing and selling its output‚ Each cost is a charge against revenues and profits for the use or consumption of resources during a trading period. Cost can be classified along the functional lines‚ distinguishing between production‚ selling‚ distribution‚ administration and finance costs. (Pass 1995) Quality is a term we use to signify excellence of a product or service. We think of a quality product‚ for example a B.M.W. motorcar. We know its well designed‚ well
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Discuss the Major outcomes of Financial Intermediation (482 words) Financial Intermediation is referred to as an institution that acts as a ‘middleman’ per say between investors and firms raising funds (also known as financial institutions). These are firms such as chartered banks‚ insurance companies‚ investment dealers and pension funds. Matthews and Thompson (2008) pp.35–36 show that financial intermediaries can be established by four qualities: • Their main category of liabilities (deposits)
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Max. Marks: 100 Programme: MEG Assignment code: MEG-02/TMA/2010-2011 Question 1. Discuss Dr. Fautus as a tragedy relevant to all times. Answer : There are several reasons for why Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus is relevant to all times. Some have to do with its nature and stature as a work of art. Others have to do with its content. Yet another has to do with the nature of the central character‚ Doctor Faustus. From the perspective of great art‚ it is a drama that is still entertaining due to the
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P2 – Discuss theories of Communication Communication is when you are trying to get a message across in a way to suit the other person’s needs in terms of decoding and understanding and then a response. Communication is a two way process. Michael Argyle (1972) compared interpersonal communication to learning how to drive in order to explain his theory. This is because; he claimed we use the similar skills to drive in terms of listening‚ observing and reflecting. Argyle stressed the importance of
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Discuss the role of language and reason in history History is the study of past events‚ especially in human affairs‚ which is based on historical evidence. In history the role of language and reason are what help strengthen the reliability of the sources. Language is the practice of human communication‚ either spoken or written‚ integrating the use of words in a structured and conventional way. Written documents are part of historical analysis as is oral tradition. When analysing data or
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Discuss psychodynamic explanations of gender development. (10 marks) The psychodynamic approach assumes that development of gender identity is linked to interpersonal relationships between child and parent. Psychologists believe the parent-child relationship forms the mould/prototype which stays with the child their whole life. The approach focuses on the presence of the unconscious mind. Freud’s psychoanalytic theory is linked to ideas surrounding infantile sexuality. Children pass through stages
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Outline and discuss some of the differences between the terms “media” and “culture”. Do the terms share anything in common? Name: Kelly Pointer Student Number: 110154860 Word Count: 1166 Both the terms “media” and “culture” are ambiguous and therefore it will always be subjective to define the similarities and differences between them. In many ways the two terms are linked intrinsically as it is difficult to decipher the cause and effect that each have on one another. The vast expanse
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Discuss the function of goals within an organisation and examine the different types of goals which an organisation might pursue. A goal is a future expectation that the organization is striving to accomplish. The meaning of the goal can be interpreted differently by different people. It can be used in a broad sense to refer to the overall purpose of an organization. A goal may be used to refer more specific desired accomplishment. Goal-setting ideally involves establishing specific‚ measurable
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