the Challenges Facing Singapore’s Mrt System There are many factors that are important for a world class transportation system; factors such as smart‚ safety‚ reliability and convenience. In a world class transportation system‚ it has to be competitive and sustainable‚ it has to be smart. Smart means offering intelligent transportation alternatives.. Smart means rising to the occasion and setting vigorous standards. Smart means not dumbing down transportation systems because of challenges‚ but
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Growth Through Going Global The traditional theory of the firm is based on the short-run profit maximization. Many actions of firms may be seen to conflict with this aim and yet could be consistent with the aim of long-run profit maximization. For example‚ policies to increase the size of the firm or the firm’s share of the market may involve heavy advertising or low prices to the detriment of short-run profits. But if this results in the firm becoming larger‚ with a bigger share of the market
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Rough Draft Leigh Ann Ofeimun COM/156 September 4‚ 2011 Lisa Acerbo Rough Draft The credit card companies are using vigorous practices to entice young college students to get credit cards‚ and paired with the gaining “high social status” and self-gratification‚ students have completely bypassed the responsibility of getting an education about credit card use and how to stay out of debt. The use of free gifts and food by credit card companies has contributed to the students’ lack of
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Millions of buyers and sellers have made eBay Inc. the world’s largest and most popular Internet site for individuals and businesses to exchange goods. By 1999 eBay had 5.6 million registered users and listed over 3.1 million items for sale; by 2004 there were an estimated 65 million registered users from 150 countries‚ 971 million items for sale‚ and gross merchandise sales hit $15billion. eBay owns local sites in 19 countries‚ has stakes in another eight foreign nations‚ and provides users with
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Introduction EBay was founded in 1995 in San Jose by Pierre Omidyar a computer programmer. It is originally called Auction Web and is divided in three segments: marketplaces or platforms‚ payment (PayPal)‚ and the communication segment (Skype). EBay Inc. is available in 28 languages over 225 countries. It has no clear or fixed Vision and Mission statements‚ but you can find a yearly vision in the financial statements. Main issues for eBay Inc. There is no clear issue‚ but we think that eBay Inc. faces
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example Making eBay work Question 1 Analyse eBay’s strategic capability using an analytical framework(s) Threshold resources • IT server platforms and space • Offices and facilities • Appropriate personnel • Sufficient customers and suppliers Threshold competences • Account management • All other general managerial skills • Sophisticated ICT skills • Customers and suppliers who are competent Unique resources • The biggest on-line electronic exchange platform • The eBay brand • First
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Running head: RESTORING A TARNISHED IMAGE Restoring A Tarnished Image- Global Challenges for Exxon-Mobil Case Study What should be done to improve the image of a company whose name is synonymous with environmental disaster and bribery? Exxon-Mobil’s C.E.O. Rex Tillerson faces this challenge. As C.E.O. of the largest publicly traded oil company in the world with the highest posted record profit ever in 2006 ( $39.5 billion) and revenues in excess of #377 billion‚ (www.boston.com) Tillerson
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also exist‚ division to division‚ office to office. In this part of this group assignment I will describe the organizational culture of one of the most famous internet companies in the world‚ which is also the largest marketplace in the internet – EBay. Many articles and books have been written in recent years about culture in organizations‚ usually referred to as "Corporate Culture." The dictionary defines culture as "the act of developing intellectual and moral faculties‚ especially through
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| Employees | 27‚770 (2012)[1] | Slogan(s) | "World ’s Online Marketplace." "Connecting buyers and sellers globally." "What ever it is‚ you can get it on eBay." "Buy it‚ sell it‚ love it" "Buy it New‚ Buy it Now" "When it ’s on your mind‚ it ’s on eBay" | eBay Inc. (stylized as ebay) is an American multinational internet consumer-to-consumer corporation‚ headquartered in San Jose‚ California. It was founded in 1995‚ and became a notable success story of the dot-com bubble; it is now a
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promotion in late 1960`s. as a result of the government encouragement the volume of horticultural exports from Kenya rose almost 25 fold between 1968-1986‚ becoming a major source of foreign exchange. The horticultural export sector has experienced rapid growth since 1966 because of the active role by the private sector and minimum government intervention. The European Union is the larges consumer of Kenya horticultural exports Kenya horticultural export to the European Union accounted for 45 percent of
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