products will also be about the same‚ if not better. The differences in pay and standard of living between Asian and Western countries allows companies to pay much lower wages to their workers. For example‚ Apple’s products are made by a company called Foxconn who pays its employees about 51 cents per hour. Some people can look at this and be appalled‚ however that is much more than what workers normally get paid in other companies. If the iPad were to be made here in America at $15.57/hour (average U.S
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Recall of Lead Tainted Toys Cost $30 Million‚ Bloomburg‚ August 2‚ 2007‚ http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=ah7cuhojMidI&refer=ho me 9 10. Culpan‚ T.‚ Foxconn Plans American Expansion as Clients Seek Made in USA‚ Business Week‚ December 12‚ 2006‚ http://www.businessweek.com/news/2012-12-06/foxconn-plans- american-expansion-as-clients-seek-made-in-u-dot-s-dot-a-dot 11 12. FairTran‚ Current National FairTran Values‚ FairTran‚ December‚ 9‚ 2012‚ http://www.fairtran.com/rates
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1. What characteristics are critical to the success of Shanzhai companies? What can mainstream companies do to mitigate the impact of Shanzhais? Characteristics that are critical to the success of shanzhai companies are:- * Fast supply chain:- Since they don’t carry any inventory they transfer the inventory risk to wholesalers thus converting their inventory quickly into fast cash. * Less lead time:- Shanzai took only 45 days for mass production which was considerably less
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http://www.eversheds.com/global/en/what/articles/index.page?ArticleID=en/Labour_law_and_trade_unions/Global_Labour_law_september_trade_unions_in_china_280912 The key players in Chinese trade unions The Chinese trade union system is a broad network of trade unions spearheaded at the top by the All China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) with close ties to the China Communist Party (CCP). At the grassroots level are the Enterprise Trade Unions (ETUs) within individual companies. In 2009‚ 311 million
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XIAOMI A Chinese electronics company headquarter in Beijing‚ China owns a private incorporation‚ Xiaomi Inc. and according to IDC (2015)‚ it’s the world’s 4th largest smartphone maker. Xiaomi develops‚ design‚ and sells smartphones. The company sold over 60 million smartphones in 2014 with the start-up of US$1.1 billion‚ known as the world’s most valuable technology star-up. Xiaomi’s valuation is over US$46 billion‚ according to (Douglas MacMillan‚ 2015). Over 8000 employees in the company‚ throughout
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Business Strategy and Change Management Apple : In the declining e-tablet market in the US Submitted By: Kaur Jasmine (20141379) Adhikari Rabin (20141442) Executive Summary The assignment looks at the trend of the e-tablet market in the US and analyses Apple’s position in the market. The entire market is in a critical position due to the suddent decline in the market. As such‚ after analysing the trend through the use of various models
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Marketing Strategy Case Analysis – Apple Inc. Content Introduction -----------------------------------------------------------3 SWOT analysis -------------------------------------------------------4 Question 1 -------------------------------------------------------------6 Question 2 -------------------------------------------------------------7 Question 3 ------------------------------------------------------------10 Recommendation ---------------------------------------------------12
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With reference to the Oxford English Dictionary (2012)‚ ethics is described as the science of morals. It is also the agency of study with regards to the values of moral obligations of what is right or wrong. It also covers human behaviour. A company makes many decisions in a course of one day. It may include‚ launching new products‚ doing Public Relations‚ making sales‚ rewriting company policies and the recruitment or retrenchment of people‚ just to name a few. All business aims to do so ethically
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can-stifle- competition.html?pagewanted=all&_r=0 Frey‚ U Garside‚ J. (2012‚ March 29). Apple ’s factories in china are breaking employment laws‚ audit finds. Retrieved from http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2012/mar/30/apple-factories-china- foxconn-audit Grail Research Iezzi‚ T. (2012). The 5 all-time best facebook campaigns. Retrieved from http://www.fastcocreate.com/1680811/the-5-all-time-best-facebook-campaigns Ignatius‚ A Mukherjee‚ W. (2012‚ April 11). Samsung: Nokia lumia campaign unethical
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“The United States economy seems to be at its lowest at the moment‚” can be found headlining The Los Angeles Times. The unemployment rate has been at its highest since the Great Depression and statistics have shown that for over a year now the unemployment rate in the Inland Empire has been at 12 percent. As our society continues to stumble‚ America continues to decrease the number of job openings available. Because of this job hunting today is a very difficult process. To begin with due to a staggering
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