International Marketing What are the specific characteristics of the international marketing activities designed and implemented by small firms? As defined Robert W. Rowden (Thunderbird International Business Review‚ March-April 2001)‚ a small firm (with a maximum of 50 employees) is centralized and personalized through management of an owner-manager. This type of organization provides some advantage such as proximity between manager and employees because there is less hierarchy. Furthermore
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must a firm consider while addressing the make or buy decision? Ans: International Operations management and corporate strategy: Operations management of an International business needs to be integrated with the firm’s corporate strategy. The central role of operations management is to create the potential for achieving superior value for the firm. If operations management takes Rs. 100 worth of inputs and brings out product worth Rs. 150‚ it has crated considerable value for the firm. However
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two partners and/or the firm are liable. 2 Whether Rich can sue partners individually and separately‚ jointly and/or sue the firm. Rule: Partnership Act 1958 (VIC) Case law As it is said in the question‚ Harry‚ Moe and Joe operated a solicitor firm as a partnership. Thus the act of each of them should be bound under the Partnership Act 1958 (VIC). According to s9 of Partnership Act 1958 (VIC)‚ every partner is the principal in the business and the agent of the firm and each partners‚ because
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is ‘a market where a small number of firms act independently but are aware of each others actions’ (Oligopoly‚ Online). In perfect competition no single firm can affect price or quantity this is due to intense competition and the relative small size of the firms‚ on the other hand there is a monopoly market where there is little or no rivalry and firms have control over the market. Oligopoly is a state in-between perfect competition and monopoly where the firm can change its price or quantity but
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Analyse the effectiveness of communications between different firms and the consumer in the mobile devices industry Abstract This essay mainly focuses on discussing effectiveness of communications within the mobile phones industry‚ and takes Nokia and Apple Inc. ’s cases as comparable examples. I analyse their effectiveness of communications of firm ’s products‚ marketing and strategies‚ which effectively make a huge influence on the prosperity of different companies. I also make some personal
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Why Do Firms Pay Dividends? International Evidence on the Determinants of Dividend Policy* DAVID J. DENIS** Krannert School of Management Purdue University West Lafayette‚ IN 47907 djdenis@purdue.edu IGOR OSOBOV Georgia State University Department of Finance Atlanta‚ GA 30303 iosobov@gsu.edu May‚ 2007 We thank Yakov Amihud‚ Harry DeAngelo‚ Linda DeAngelo‚ Diane Denis‚ Jim Hsieh‚ Omesh Kini‚ Erik Lie‚ John McConnell‚ Lalitha Naveen‚ Raghu Rau‚ Steve Smith‚ Jeff Wurgler‚ an anonymous referee
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INTRODUCTION Business growth is a good goal for most firms in general and is given great weight by the society. This could be seen with the list conjured up by the media‚ such as ‘Forbes Fast-Growing Companies’ and ‘Inc Fastest Growing Companies’ lists (Hupato 2011). The reason small firm growth has been prioritised by policy makers and the society is mainly due to its contribution to the economy (Bridge‚ O’Neill & Martin 2009). Small firm and entrepreneurship have so often been linked together
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Project title: Spillover effects of FDI: Do domestic manufacturing firms benefit from foreign direct investment in Vietnam. Introduction Back in the 1990s‚ foreign direct investment (FDI) became the largest source of external finance for many developing countries. In Vietnam in particular‚ the Law on Foreign Investment promulgated in the 1986 Congress to attract FDI was considered the first step of the doi moi (renovation) reform. The cumulative FDI increased from 28 projects of total US$ 140
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CEO and CFO perceptions about AIS impact on firm performance and financial reporting: How do SOX‚ COSO‚ and the implementation of IT help reduce fraud and increase productivity in a business? In the multifaceted‚ dynamic‚ corporate global milieu‚ imminent rifts continue to rattle the arenas of accounting/finance. The personal ambitions of CEO’s and CFO’s outweighed their responsibilities toward shareholders‚ employees‚ operations‚ civic/ethical duties‚ and the general financial system. CEO’s primarily
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Entrepreneurial leadership and context in Chinese firms: a tale of two Chinese private enterprises Catherine L. Wanga*‚ Ding Ding Teeb and Pervaiz K. Ahmedb a School of Management‚ Royal Holloway University of London‚ Egham Hill‚ Egham‚ Surrey‚ TW20 0EX‚ UK; bSchool of Business‚ Monash University‚ Sunway Campus‚ Jalan Lagoon Selatan‚ 46150 Bandar Sunway‚ Selangor Darul Ehsan‚ Malaysia We focus on entrepreneurial leadership styles and context in Chinese firms. Drawing on exploratory case study evidence from
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