Internationalization and Firm Risk: An Upstream-Downstream Hypothesis Author(s): Chuck C. Y. Kwok and David M. Reeb Reviewed work(s): Source: Journal of International Business Studies‚ Vol. 31‚ No. 4 (4th Qtr.‚ 2000)‚ pp. 611-629 Published by: Palgrave Macmillan Journals Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/155664 . Accessed: 20/01/2013 05:04 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms
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1. What forces have been driving the increased internationalization of business? Internationalization is the increased significance for corporations to foster international relationships and to create alliances in efforts to provide goods and services to different parts of the world. This is all in part to globalization. The text talks about the various forces that are driving this behavior; for instance‚ the reduction of trade barriers through trade agreements so that more goods and services
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Table of Contents INTRODUCTION 2 COMPANY HISTORY AND BACKGROUND 4 Organizational Culture 5 International Penetration 6 INDUSTRY DESCRIPTION 9 Industry Analysis 9 Table 1: TED Spread (2005-2010) 11 Table 2: VIX (2005-2010) 12 Table 3: FCI (2005-2010) 12 Size of the U.S. Retail Market 13 Table 4: S&P Retail Index (2005-2010) 14 Table 5: U.S. Retail Sales (2005-2010) 14 Structure of the U.S. Retail Market 15 Table 6: U.S. Retail Sales
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sharing programme called ’Champions Bonus’. Additional compensation components: For senior management and Executive Board members we offer Long-Term Incentive Programmes (LTIP). Other benefits include our 401-K pension plans in the USA and the adidas Group pension plan for our employees in Germany. In 2010‚ 2‚060 employees participated in the latter‚ which represents 58% of all eligible employees. Other Group subsidiaries also grant a variety of additional benefits to employees depending on
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1. Is internationalization an end‚ a consequence or a need for companies? Nowadays‚ common reasons why firms internationalize are that they want to grow‚ to have new employees‚ resources and ideas. Many companies seek international markets for growth as they want to expand their businesses. Probably the most important reason for business internationalization is that many times the company can hire cheaper employees. Some companies go outside to locate the resources that are difficult to keep in
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animal and plant diseases can spread more quickly through globalization. What is Internationalization? * Internationalization is the process of generalizing a product so that it can handle multiple languages and cultural conventions without the need for re-design. * Internationalization refers to economic relations among nation-states keeping sovereignty over their territory. * Internationalization is the process of leading to identifying and entering international markets. *
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Analysis p.12 – 15 Marketing Objectives p.16 Target Markets p.17 – 18 Differentiation and Positioning p.19 – 21 Product Strategy p.22 – 24 Pricing Strategy p.25 Distribution Strategy p.26 Marketing Communication Strategy p.27 – 29 Controls p.30 Appendix p.31 - 35 1 Adidas is a company which produces a wide variety of sports products. It is especially renowned at designing and manufacturing sports shoes‚ equipments for
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Ellen Meyer Dr. White MANG 497 March 29‚ 2012 Adidas Case Analysis Current Strategy Adidas went through a stage of restructuring when the company’s corporate strategy needed to be revamped. Before 2009‚ adidas focused on making acquisitions that would ultimately lead to overtaking Nike as the leader of the global sporting goods industry. In 2009‚ adidas restructured the corporate strategy to extend its leadership in product innovation‚ creating a differentiated image for the products
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Introduction This report deals with the internationalization of a Japanese company called Elecdyne. Elecdyne is located in Tokyo‚ Japan‚ and has manufactured electronic consumer goods since 1990. At the moment Elecdyne employs 100 staff to manufacture products such as DVD players‚ VCR players‚ mp3 players and hifi equipment. Currently Elecdyne supplies products to the Japanese market however it has failed to grow its business in the last two years. This is mainly because of the licenses they
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Adidas History Adidas was founded in 1924 in Germany by two bothers Adi and Rudolf Dassler. The company was first named Dassler shoes and later became Adidas. By the Dassler shoes being seen in the Olympics this really helped the company get its name known. However‚ in 1948 Rudolf Dassler leaves to start his own company which is now known as Puma. Once Rudolf left his brother came up with the famous three stripes logo and changed the name to Adidas. The 3 stripes were created to keep the
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