A strike is a form of protest whereby a group of employees withhold labour in order to pressure employers into granting a particular demand. (Cambridge Dictionairies) Causes and effects of strikes in South Africa: Causes - Lack of transformation‚ mutual respect‚ trust‚ and socio-economic equity (SABC‚ 2014). - Dissatisfaction with pay or working and living conditions. Effects - Companies: financial losses‚ reduced productivity‚ profitability and market share‚ and delayed service delivery. Employees:
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3 THE CASE STUDY 3.1 About Emerging Market 3.2 About ABC ABC is a specialty chemicals company with a leading position in the development and production of systems and products for bonding‚ sealing‚ damping‚ reinforcing and protecting in the building sector and the motor vehicle industry. ABC has subsidiaries in 90 countries around the world and manufactures in over 160 factories. Its approximately 17‚000 employees generated annual sales of CHF 5.6 billion in 2014. ( ABC web page ) 3.3 About
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Strike [Sec. 2 (q)]: Strike means "a cessation of work by a body of persons employed in any industry acting in combination or a concerted refusal under a common understanding of any number of persons who are or have been so employed‚ to continue to work or to accept employment". Mere stoppage of work does not come within the meaning of strike unless it can be shown that such stoppage of work was a concerted action for the enforcement of an industrial demand. Procedure of Strikes According to Sec
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For the exclusive use of J. LAU TB0073 August 17‚ 2007 Kannan Ramaswamy LG Electronics: Global Strategy in Emerging Markets Mr. Nam Woo‚ President of LG Electronics (LG)‚ was collecting his thoughts after the press conference in Beijing. He had been appointed as the President of LG Electronics in China in 2006 and was unveiling an ambitious agenda to accelerate LG’s presence in the country. He reflected on the emergence of South Korea as a major hub in the consumer electronics business and the
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BSTR/349 ICMR Center for Management Research Emerging Markets Strategy: Nokia Life Tools for Rural Markets This case was written by Hadiya Faheem‚ under the direction of Debapratim Purkayastha. ICMR Center for Management Research (ICMR). It was compiled from published sources‚ and is intended to be used as a basis for class discussion rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of a management situation. 2009‚ ICMR. All rights reserved. To order copies‚ call 0091-40-2343-0462/63
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Market Penetration and Acquisition Strategies for Emerging Economies Klaus E. Meyer Professor of Business Administration Box 218‚ University of Reading Business School Whiteknights‚ Reading‚ Berkshire‚ RG6 6AA‚ UK km.cees@cbs.dk Yen Thi Thu Tran PhD Student Copenhagen Business School Kilevej 14 A‚ 6.‚ 2000 Frederiksberg‚ Denmark yttt.ivs@cbs.dk This version: 25 January‚ 2006 Please refer to the published version of this paper when citing: Meyer‚ Klaus E. & Tran‚ Yen Thi Thu (2006): Market
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International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management Emerald Article: Financial market risk and gold investment in an emerging market: the case of Malaysia Mansor H. Ibrahim Article information: To cite this document: Mansor H. Ibrahim‚ (2012)‚"Financial market risk and gold investment in an emerging market: the case of Malaysia"‚ International Journal of Islamic and Middle Eastern Finance and Management‚ Vol. 5 Iss: 1 pp. 25 - 34 Permanent link to this document:
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Surgical Instrumentation Institutions spend vast amounts of dollars on surgical instrumentation which play an essential role in surgery. Without the surgical instrumentation‚ health care providers are unable to render safe‚ quality and efficient care. Often the surgical instruments are missing‚ unsterile in the decontamination room or they are found to be unsterile after placing the instruments in the sterile field which compromises the care provided to the patient. This paper will propose using
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cartilage in the ankle‚ the risk of an injury increases. Treatment for an Ankle Injury At Nilssen Orthopedics Ankle and Foot Center‚ the severity of an injury determines whether non-surgical treatment or surgical intervention is recommended. Some patients only require a pair of supportive shoes and/or an ankle brace. Surgical Intervention Deciding to have surgery is a big step; however‚ individuals who are experiencing ankle pain that
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implemented by emerging markets refers to economic policies created by John Williamson (Hooper‚ 2002; Rodrik‚ 2006). It is based on financial liberalization theory of McKinnon and Shaw‚ which emphasis on freeing financial markets from government intervention. Financial liberalization theory assumed perfect financial markets with perfect information‚ perfect competition and depends on institution-free analysis (Demetriades‚ 1999). These assumptions are irrelevant in the sense that market‚ as a whole
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