Is Walmart Safe? The Effects of Established Supercenter Walmarts to Property Crime Rates within Dekalb and Gwinnett County from 1999-2010 Class: Economics & Finance Modeling Professor: Doctor Derek Tittle Dream Team Group Members: Alexandra E Steingaszner Brian-Paul Gude Kristopher Bryant Norman Gyamfi Samantha Gowdy | Disclaimer This report has been created in the framework of a student group project and the Georgia Institute of Technology does not officially sanction its content
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Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc.‚ branded as Walmart /ˈwɒlmɑrt/‚ is an American multinational retail corporation that runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores. The company is the world’s second largest public corporation‚ according to the Fortune Global 500 list in 2013‚ the biggest private employer in the world with over two million employees‚ and is the largest retailer in the world. Walmart remains a family-owned business‚ as the company is controlled by the Walton family‚ who
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WALMART INTRODUCTION Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc. branded as Walmart‚ is an American multinational retail corporation that runs chains of large discount department stores and warehouse stores. The company is the world’s third largest public corporation‚ according to the Fortune Global 500 list in 2012‚ the biggest private employer in the world with over two million employees‚ and is the largest retailer in the world. Walmart remains a family-owned business‚ as the company is controlled by the Walton
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professional Karen De Coster and banker Brad Edmonds believe that Wal-mart improves the lives of people in rural areas because it gives them access to a lifestyle that they would not have if Wal-mart did not exist. Karen De Coster is a freelance writer she is a graduate student in Austrian economics‚ and is also a business professional from Michigan. Although she has not finished her first book ‚ she has written many other articles on many other things for example in August of 2009 she wrote “I’m the
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Walmart’s Global Expansion: Key Facts‚ Issues and Strategies Fall 2011 Executive Summary Since 1991‚ Walmart International has experienced mixed results with its big-box‚ low cost strategy around the world‚ yet managed to progress to running 4‚112 units in 15 countries – just shy of matching the number of units in the United States. The famous “Everyday low prices”‚ one-stop-shop Walmart boasts such a product assortment that it achieves economies of scale and scope in operations and marketing
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Carrefour is one of the largest hypermarket chains that exist around the globe. It originated in France‚ Marcel Fournier‚ Denis Defforey and Jacques Defforey was the creators of Carrefour. Carrefour is the pioneer retailer in Europe and the second one around the world. This hypermarket has been expanding around Europe. It also spread elsewhere through its partners and franchisees‚ such as the stores that exist in Egypt. Entering Carrefour store means that you’ll get to experience top quality products
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banks take a few lessons from the world’s largest retailer as they seek to manage costs and attract business in today’s mortgage lending marketplace. In the lending industry‚ scale allows for more sales channels and a greater variety of product offerings. Yet most struggle to realize their potential economies of scale because of the inherent limitations of legacy processes and technological infrastructures (or lack thereof). When Wal-Mart gets into lending‚ it will know how much it costs to do initial
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4.4.1. Cultural distance Walmart did not have any impact on the religious sentiments of India compared to the food service corporations Like McDonalds. For example‚ before setting up the first restaurant in India McDonald’sspent eight years in studying Indian culture and adaptation strategies. There are several religious beliefs in India: Hinduism‚ Islam‚ Christianity‚ Sikhism‚ Buddhism‚ Jainism‚ and other religions. Walmart took religious diversity into account when entering the Indian market
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growth has reached Trumbull‚ Connecticut and in no way should a Wal-Mart be built in our community. It is not even a matter of the problems our town would face as much as it is a moral wrong to the world as a whole. Wal-Mart may be “legal” in our “free-market” economy‚ but economics are never that simple and must be treated very carefully. It would not only ruin businesses in the area‚ but exercise the power of corporations whose business tactics seem unstoppable to modern regulation. The Wal-Mart
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Maestra‚ Nicole‚ (2010) Target seeks growth from small stores‚ overseas. Retrieved from:http://www.reuters.com/article/2010/01/21/target-idUSN2120840620100121 Prentice Hall Inc SWOT analyses of Wal-Mart May 17‚ 2013 Retrieved From http://www.strategicmanagementinsight.com/swot-analyses/walmart-swot-analysis.html Willing‚ Richard (2001) USA Today‚ Lawsuits a volume business at Wal-Mart‚ Retrieved from: http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/nation/2001/08/14/walmart-usat.htm Ungar‚ R Van Dyk‚ P. (December
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