Centre Number Surname Other Names Candidate Signature Candidate Number For Examiner’s Use Examiner’s Initials Question Mark General Certificate of Education Advanced Subsidiary Examination June 2012 1 2 TOTAL Business Studies Unit 2 Managing a Business 9.00 am to 10.30 am Monday 21 May 2012 BUSS2 For this paper you must have: a calculator. Time allowed 1 hour 30 minutes Instructions Use black ink or black ball-point pen. Fill in the boxes at the top of this page
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Jason Peters MGMT 1125 Case 2 Questions 1. Social Responsibility is such an important concept in today’s world. If you do not practice it or worse‚ do the opposite‚ you will most likely find your company failing. I believe that every time a tree is cut down‚ a new one should be planted. If industrials are not conscious of their effect on different habitats and ecosystems‚ Earth will surely fail. Starbucks launched the Shared Planet website with three main goals: to achieve ethical sourcing‚ environmental
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production. Case Study 2-1 Ethics Case: Brixton Surgical Devices No‚ Ed and Robin’s decision on boosting inventory and persuading their customers with discounts in the fourth quarter is unethical. Their acts to scheme and manipulate production will have an impact on the investors. The shareholder value is based on the “business value‚” which is estimated based upon the present value of the forecasted cash flows. Ed and Robin are giving them a false perception of their business value. The idea
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eHertz Corporation Marketing 70 --- International Business Chao Gao‚ Heejin Kim‚ Minjian Ruan Table of Content Executive Summary 2 Competitive Analysis 4 1. Competitors 4 2. Competitors’ Market 5 3. Competitors’ Advantage 5 4. Competitors’ Status 6 Environment Analysis 6 1. Economical 7 2. Social/Administrative 8 3. Cultural 9 4. Geographical 10 Financial & Other Risk Assessment 10 1. Financial Analysis 10 2. Other Risk 12 SWOT Analysis 12 1. Strength
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similarities and differences of business system of China and Japan Ying Chen 5/26/2013 Contents 1. Introduction 2. Comparison of similarities 3. Comparison of differences 4. Conclusion 1. Introduction This research paper will concludes the comparison of similarities and differences of business system in China and Japan. It refers about institutional comparison and clusters and implications for varieties of capitalism and business systems theory by Michael
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The Martial Arts Academy School Management System Redesign Business Case Group 3 Prepared By: Group 3 Document Version: 1.0 Date: August 2014 T TABLE OF CONTENTS TOC \o "1-3" 1Project Team3 2Project Description3 3Measureable Organizational Value (MOV)4 3.1Area of Impact4 3.2Desired value of IT project4 3.3value metric4 3.4time frame4 4Comparison of alternatives5 4.1Advantages and disadvantages5 4.2Estimated cost6 4.3Expected benefits6 5Recommendations7 Project TeamPhil
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Transocean Ltd. Transocean Ltd. reported its third quarter results on 4th November. From the numbers mentioned in the press release itself we can realise that Transocean has got good hold of the situation. For the 3 months ended 30th September‚ the company reported revenues of $ 1.61 billion‚ down $ 276 million from that for the second quarter of the current year. Lower fleet utilization and a decline in other revenues related to contract termination fees recognized in the second quarter are the
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Business Research Appie Case January 13‚ 2011 Appie is a retail chain that owns four supermarkets in Tilburg. These include two conventional supermarkets (the Appie stores)‚ a convenience supermarket (Appie-To-Go) and a hypermarket (Appie-XL). Recently‚ the manager responsible for the Tilburg Appie supermarkets hired a market research agency to learn more about his customers. This agency held in total 110 surveys with Appie customers in Tilburg. These interviews were held outside the Appie
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Ridgecrest School Dispute Initial Report Teachers’ Association 11/15/12 In order to maximize combined interests and reach the Pareto Efficient Frontier‚ our strategy is to build trust by sharing information about our interests and priorities. In addition‚ sharing information can help create a positive relationship with the Board of Education and can increase the chances that they will reciprocate that behavior by giving away information about their interests and priorities. Given that many
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Business analysis- Foreign banks in China 1. Introduction With the globalization of investment markets‚ foreign banks are seeking opportunity to incorporate in China. Because during global economic crisis‚ most enterprises are facing the low profit problem but China seems to be an exception. China still kept a high rate development for these years. Moreover‚ China is becoming one of the cores of the world’s economy. However‚ the rising prices and market volatility seems to force China in
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