Case study questions Unless otherwise stated‚ all questions pertain specifically to the case study time period and do not require students to present current material. However‚ current knowledge is helpful in understanding the aftermath of a case and may be used in the class discussions after a case has been presented. Week One Video: Ben and Jerry’s Ice-cream Wars 1. What was Ben and Jerry’s ‘strategy’ in the video? 2. What stimulated the strategy? 3. Was it planned
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The Australian Higher Education quality assurance framework‚ introduced in 2000‚ had the core function to ensure that quality assurance policies added value to the higher education sector and positioned Australia as a major stakeholder in the global trend to towards “for profit” higher education. In 2005‚ the Australian Vice Chancellors’ Committee (AVCC)‚ after reviewing quality assurance frameworks‚ committed itself through the ‘code of Practice and Guidelines for Australian Universities‚ to the
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The four forms of multinational corporations are home replication‚ multi-domestic‚ global‚ and transnational. Home replication strategy is the international replication of home based competencies such as production scales‚ distribution and brand power. An example of this is Wal Mart opening in Brazil. Wal Mart has replicated its system which it uses domestically. Multi domestic strategy is a strategy by which companies try to achieve maximum local responsiveness by customizing both their product
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expose a company to new market needs and increase product development‚ which would place them at a competitive advantage. Identify and briefly describe the 3 “conflicting” forces to which a transnational MNE must respond simultaneously. One of the three conflicting forces to which a transnational MNE must respond to is cross-market integration. This type of integration was brought about by the internationalization of industries due to economic‚ technological‚ and competitive factors. For
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UNIVERSITY OF LJUBLJANA FACULTY OF SOCIAL SCIENCE Prof.Dr.ZlatkoŠabič Arijana Kordić (21140737) TRANSNATIONAL CORPORATIONS AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS Global Governance Ljubljana‚ 11 January 2015 Table of contents List of abbreviations ii 1. Introduction 1 2. Definition and characteristics of TNC’s 1 2.1.Human rights violations- cases 2 3. International level 3 3.1. UN efforts 4 3.1.1 UN bodies 4 3.1.2 Moving away from volunterisam 5 3.1.3
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In 1648 the Peace of Westphalia effectively ended the rule of the Roman Catholic Church replacing it with a system of legal entities with a permanent population‚ a well-defined territory and governments capable of exercising sovereignty. The modern sovereign state with a supreme authority to manage internal and external affairs was born. For most of its existence the discipline of International Relations was normally presumed to treat the relations between states‚ the latter viewed as cohesive social
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Chapter 15 Managing Human Resources Globally True / False Questions 1. Currently‚ exports account for 11 percent of the gross domestic product in the United States‚ and they have been growing at a rate of 12 percent a year since 1987. True False 2. All NAFTA‚ EEC‚ and GATT member countries share a common currency‚ the euro. True False 3. The General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade is an international framework of rules for reducing trade barriers around the world. True False
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McLuhan ’s prophecy of the Global Village. The globalization of culture is often chiefly imputed to international mass media. After all‚ contemporary media technologies such as satellite television and the Internet have created a steady flow of transnational images that connect audiences worldwide. Without global media‚ according to the conventional wisdom‚ how would teenagers in India‚ Turkey‚ and Argentina embrace a Western lifestyle of Nike shoes‚ Coca-Cola‚ and rock music? Hence‚ the putatively
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Globalization is the process by which different societies and cultures integrate through a worldwide network of political ideas through transportation‚ communication‚ and trade. Generally‚ globalization has affected many nations in various ways; economically‚ politically‚ and socially. It is a term that refers to the fast integration and interdependence of various nations‚ which shapes the world affairs on a global level. Simply put; globalization is the world coming together. In this essay I will
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Chapter 1 Expanding abroad: Motivations‚ means‚ and mentalities True/False 1. The largest MNEs are equivalent in their economic importance to less developed economies such as Tanzania‚ Estonia or Sri Lanka. Answer: False (Sales of the largest MNEs exceed the GDPs of less developed countries.) Difficulty: Easy Page: 4 and Table 1-1 on page 3 Topic: MNE scope and influence 2. The process of internationalization followed by most firms is usually well-thought out in advance and typically builds on
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