China’s Private Enterprises in Africa and the Implications for African Development Dr Jing GU Institute of Development Studies Email: j.gu@ids.ac.uk European Journal of Development Research Special Issue‚ Vol. 24‚ No. 1‚ 2009 (Forthcoming) 1 China’s Private Enterprises in Africa and the Implications for African Development This paper evaluates the growing presence of China’s private business sector in Africa. Currently‚ attention focuses on China’s state-owned enterprises in extractive
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Lively Enterprises Dr. Smith had joined CHN Inc just weeks earlier‚ and now faced his first major project: Should CHN consider the purchase of Lively Enterprises‚ and if so‚ at what price? Purchase of Lively’s world-class casino-hotels and other gambling properties could enhance CHN’s position in the gaming industry. CHN Inc CHN was a publically traded company with a long history in the hotel business. CHN owned‚ managed or franchised hotels (under the brand name Carter) across globe. The
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Case Analysis – Success Enterprises Success Enterprises is a medium sized sanitation company which provides services such as the collection and disposal of household refuse and garden trimmings. The General Manager is Mrs. Karen Deen‚ a very ambitious woman‚ who started this business from the ground up with her own savings. Mr. Deen is also co-owner of the business but he plays a very inactive role in the company. Success Enterprises is faced with many problems. The main problem in this
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SBA 2009 Enterprise of the Year Award Charles & Keith (International) Pte Ltd Background From young‚ both Mr Charles Wong and Mr Keith Wong worked in their parents’ shoe shop at Ang Mo Kio Central. Realising that foreign shoes were expensive and ill-fitting for the small feet of Asian women‚ and armed with some savings‚ they started their eponymous shoe label - Charles & Keith where fashionable and trendy shoes are sold at affordable prices. The very first Charles & Keith store opened in Amara Shopping
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Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems: a research agenda Majed Al-Mashari Department of Information Systems‚ College of Computer and Information Sciences‚ King Saud University‚ Riyadh‚ Saudi Arabia Keywords Enterprise resource planning‚ Research‚ Change management Introduction Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems can be regarded as one of the most innovative The continuing development of developments in information technology (IT) enterprise resource planning of the
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MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES AND EMERGING MARKETS The need for multinational companies to invest foreign economies becomes erstwhile with increasing globalization. Multinational Enterprises‚ MNEs‚ enter foreign markets for different reasons; some enter the market in search for market control as regards sales and distribution of their goods and services while for some‚ it is either to gain cheaper labour or utilize more specialized expertise or for easier access to a resource(s) that facilitates or
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As a car owner‚ one of the most important relationships you can develop is with a reliable and affordable car repair shop. Bratcher Enterprises - Midas‚ with 12 convenient locations throughout Illinois‚ makes it easy to develop such a relationship‚ wherever you might live in the state. They offer top quality vehicle maintenance and vehicle repair services‚ and sell tires‚ batteries‚ and other automotive necessities. Of the services they offer‚ the oil change is one of the most popular—and important
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Enterprise resource planning Enterprise Resource Planning systems (ERP’s) integrate (or attempt to integrate) all data and processes of an organization into a unified system. A typical ERP system will use multiple components of computer software and hardware to achieve the integration. A key ingredient of most ERP systems is the use of a unified database to store data for the various system modules. The term ERP originally implied systems designed to plan the use of enterprise-wide resources
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What is a Minority Business Enterprise? A minority business enterprise‚ sometimes called an MBE‚ is a term that describes a commercial organization that is owned and operated on a daily basis by certain minorities. The term minority business enterprise also refers to a specific‚ private business certification through the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC). http://www.nmsdc.org/mbes/mbe-certification/ Eligibility Qualifications Only certain minorities qualify for this unique
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Harlequin Enterprises: The Mira Decision Harlequin Enterprises has dominated the series romance fiction novel market since the 1970’s. Harlequin has fought off every major competitor in this genre and maintained consistent performance for multiple decades. Brand loyalty‚ worldwide production capabilities‚ production efficiencies‚ creative control‚ and distribution are the strengths that Harlequin utilizes to dominate the series romance genre. Having a consistent product has helped Harlequin
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