1. What are the three main causes of small-business failure? a. The 3 main causes of businesses fail are management shortcomings‚ lack of training‚ and government regulations. Many times people are unprepared for the demands of running a small business. It takes all of your time‚ money and energy to keep a small business alive. . In the beginning it’s all about you and you have to be honest with yourself about just how capable of a manager you are. If you make rash‚ fearful decisions or if you
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Chapter 19 Early Latin America Multiple Choice 1. Which of the following was a NOT characteristic of Iberian society? a. b. Absence of slaveholding traditions c. Emphasis on nobility d. Emphasis on patriarchal ideals e. 2. Heavy urbanization Patriarchal families How was the commercial experience of the Portuguese extended to the Americas? a. b. The Portuguese were responsible for the use of galleys in the Atlantic passage c. The Portuguese experience
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CHAPTER ONE Globalization and International Business OBJECTIVES • To define globalization and international business and show how they affect each other • To understand why companies engage in international business and why international business growth has accelerated • To discuss globalization’s future and the major criticisms of globalization • To become familiar with different ways in which a company can accomplish its global objectives • To apply social science disciplines to understanding
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BIOLOGY TIME: 2 HOURS (1) Food spoilage is mainly due to a) Poor quality b) high protein content c) the activities of decomposers d) excess water (2) Which of the following organisms is transmitted by houseflies? a) Plasmodium b) Vibro cholera c) Trypanosoma d) Gonococcus sp (3) The odontoid process is associated
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1. Archaeologists call the earliest Americans: a. Indios. b. Paleo-Indians. c. Native Americans. d. Siberians. 2. Which group dominated Mexico from 900 to 1100 A.D.? a. the Aztecs b. the Toltecs c. the Mayans d. the Olmecs 3. In the fourteenth century‚ Europeans were most familiar with the _________ part of Africa. a. southern b. western c. northern d. eastern 4. Slave status in Africa was: a. generally permanent. b. transferred from parent to child. c. not necessarily
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International Business Spring 2013 GSIS‚ Ajou University - A Survival Toolkit in the HOT‚ FLAT‚ CROWDED and VOLATILE WORLD Stay Hungry‚ Stay Foolish? Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart. - Steve Jobs (1958-2001) International Business Spring 2013 GSIS‚ Ajou University - A Survival Toolkit in the HOT‚ FLAT‚ CROWDED and VOLATILE WORLD Stay
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implications of the statement by a Nike representative that “consumers are not rewarding us for investments in improved social performance in supply chains.” What this means to me‚ is that Nike has to step up the game‚ and start to create a positive environment. Change the system for upgrades. Doing this will being more consumers‚ and brining feedback from consumers will help Nike continue forward. Other successful companies realize that the responsibility of one is to work towards the accountability of
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INTRODUCTION Global business environment can be defined as the environment in different countries making on resource use and capabilities which including: the social‚ politic‚ regulatory tax‚ cultural‚ legal and technological environment.(The international business environment‚ Leslie Hamilton/Philip Webster‚ second edition/2012) Business principles are capital and inflation. In the present Bank of England cut over the capital and most of the Bank is needs external help because
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The three main functional activities in a business are: • operations • sales and marketing • Finance. The sales and marketing function work to find and create demand for the company’s goods and services by understanding customer needs and developing new markets. The need for marketing and operations to work closely together is particularly important as the marketing function will provide the forecast of demand from which operations can plan sufficient capacity in order to deliver goods and
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#1 What marketing strategy was Levi Strauss using until the early 2000s? Why did this strategy appear to work for decades? Why was it not working by the 2000s? The marketing strategy used until the early 2000s was very simple. The strategy was to sell the same products worldwide and not to change them based on location or culture. This strategy appeared to be working because many people just wanted jeans and at the time this is what was offered and so people bought them. The old strategy was designed
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