ELECTRONIC BUSINESS (BEB3014) CHAPTER3: CASE STUDY CASE STUDY: Microsoft and the People’s Republic of China Software piracy has been a major challenge for software makers such as Microsoft that want to sell software in the global marketplace. Laws that protect intellectual property vary from country to country‚ and the laws in many countries provide little or no protection. Governments in developing countries are reluctant to increase the protections afforded by their intellectual property
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Dove Case Questions: 1. What is a brand? Why does Unilever want fewer of them? 2. What was Dove’s positioning in the 1950s? What is its positioning in 2007? 3. How did Unilever organize to do product category management and brand management in Unilever before 2000? What was the corresponding structure after 2000? How was brand meaning controlled before 2000 and how is it controlled at the time of the case? 4. Spend a little time searching blogs‚ using Google Blog Search‚ BlogRunner‚ Technocratic
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Chapter FOUR The ECONOMIC Environment CLOSING CASE: Meet the BRICs [See Fig. 4.5.] Over the next 50 years‚ changes in the relative performance‚ scale‚ and scope of the world’s economies will be dramatic. Most notably‚ data indicate that the combined economies of Brazil‚ Russia‚ India and China—the so-called BRICs—should surpass those of the G7 nations by 2050 [see Fig. 4.5]. In fact‚ of the original G7 nations‚ only Japan and the United States will still rank among the world’s largest
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Abstract To keep up with the ever-changing and fast-paced competitive market‚ firms undertake international ventures in order to increase competitive advantage. Thus‚ multinational managers are used to carry out the company’s business objectives overseas. Therefore‚ a multinational manager will have different tasks and handle different situations that a local manager would not have to tackle. For multinational managers‚ the main factors that determine their management objectives and procedures
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Chapter 3: Cultural dynamics2- interactions‚ mindsets and behaviors Concept of the self and other: it is largely about people within a society responding positively and unconsciously to membership. The concept of the self is a modal view of what people are in society and therefore what they are allowed to do. Assumptions are related to the main sociodemographic categories (age‚ sex‚ social class) idealized conduct in particular role(the perfect partner‚ businessman‚ child). The concept of the
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Company case : Southwest Airlines – Waging War in Philly 1. How do Southwest’s marketing objectives and its marketing mix strategy affect its pricing decisions? Answer : Operating under an intensely competitive environment ‚ Southwest Airlines carefully projects its image so customers can differentiate its product form its competitors .. To successfully secure its market position ‚ Southwest needs to be extremely Cost-efficient ‚Southwest has a well defined business model that uses single
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Talking a quick brief on the case ‚ basically this case shows the continuous crisis where IKEA faces through its growth around the world. IKEA as a major furniture manufacture faces some challenges along the way of growth worldwide. As the Brand start to evolutes ‚ and its values start to be understood and being put to test‚ NGOs ‚ journalists‚ movie makers and governmental start putting those value in the uncomfortable zone. Asking IKEA if these are slogans or if they real work believing those
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Starbucks Case Analysis Question 1: Identify controllable and uncontrollable elements that Starbucks has encountered in entering global markets. Controllable elements are the elements that can be changed in the long run‚ and usually‚ in the short run to adjust to changing market conditions‚ consumer tastes‚ or corporate objectives. Therefore‚ the controllable elements that Starbucks has encountered in entering global markets were: price of the products- cheaper products in Italy products-
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Chapter 4 - Ethics in International Business Introduction • Business ethics are the accepted principles of right or wrong governing the conduct of business people • An ethical strategy is a strategy or course of action that does not violate these accepted principles Ethical Issues in International Business • Many of the ethical issues and dilemmas in international business are rooted in the fact that political systems‚ law‚ economic development‚ and culture vary significantly
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Ethics in pharmaceutical marketing xxxxx EMBA 1.1/Academic Skills Subject Outline December 23rd‚ 2012 Prof. xxxxx Ethics and pharmaceutical marketing The pharmaceutical industry has been facing challenges with respect to ethical marketing and promotional practices. The conflict of commercial interests with adherence to ethical practices has been a subject of much deliberation. While such debates tend to have a high degree of subjective and emotive content‚ it is also a concern
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