INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS STRATEGY SPRING 2010 Office Phone Email Chiung-Hui Tseng 61411A (Institute of International Business) (06) 275-7575 ext.53512 ctseng@mail.ncku.edu.tw Texts Ireland‚ R.D.‚ Hoskisson‚ R.E.‚ and Hitt‚ M.A. (2009) The Management of Strategy: Concepts and Cases‚ 8th Edition‚ South-Western Press. Course Objectives In the past a few decades‚ the trend of globalization has rendered the world economies more interdependent. All businesses today (both international
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General industry. Medium size sub-contractor 1997: Founders hand over LEAX to their 4 sons Rapid growth: From a small company To a group of 6 companies in Sweden‚ Latvia and Brazil. More than 500 employees Turnover: more than SEK 1 billion on a yearly basis Growth rate: more than 35% per year Through acquisiton and organic growth 3 different business units: Mining Automotive Electromechanical Updates and recent news LEAX goes international with fairs More effective
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historically or thinking psychologically‚ for example (Berger 1966: 11-36; Reiss 1968: 2-3). Others try to determine the nature of sociological thinking by detailing practical phenomena which can be thought about such as social systems and their subsystems‚ social institutions and social structure‚ and social aggregates‚ relationships‚ groups and organisations (Reiss 1968: 1)‚ or by key mental tools that people who call themselves ’sociologists’ use while thinking‚ such as continuity‚ change‚ action
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inequality coming from a variety of factors and not solely from social class or economic differences. Combining conflict theory with cultural theory is beneficial when analyzing Colin Kaepernick and his protest because it enables the researcher to use both theories to critically consider the way people view his demonstration. It is important to consider how social organization and access to power‚ authority‚
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A key element of McDonald’s strategy since the beginning has been the policy of the company to own all property on which a McDonald’s outlet was built‚ regardless of whether that location was franchised or company-owned. Rental income varies from property to property‚ but it has been estimated that McDonald’s generates more money from its rent than from its franchise fees. McDonald’s real estate holdings and rent generated from these holdings are an important component of the company’s value and
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Pick Your Poison Ignorance is an unexpected virtue of happiness‚ meaning that nobody realizes that the less you know‚ the happier you can be. Yet we‚ as human beings‚ are naturally curious about things we do not know about‚ so we constantly thirst and crave and waste precious moments of our lives searching for new information about things that may not even matter in the next few years. This shows that when more people have more information‚ they cannot be truly content with their lives if they are
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MAN406 Strategy Instructor: Dr. Timothy Kiessling Email: kiessling@bilkent.edu.tr Office Locale: V301 Class Times: Tuesday 8:40 – 10:30 and Thursday 10:40 – 12:30 (MA 301) Required Text: Mastering Strategic Management‚ Dave Ketchen‚ Jeremy Short Where to buy: http://students.flatworldknowledge.com/course?cid=1341477&bid=684011 Course Description This course is about the creation and maintenance of a long-term strategic vision for the firm and formulating a competitive strategy in
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comprehensive customer support and several value-added services. Customer Service Our overall objective is always to provide the best possible quality of service to our customers and we aim to give practical‚ timely‚ honest and accurate information in each customer transaction. How Dhiraagu sets its strategic objectives The role of business strategy Strategy provides an organization with a framework for Understanding its place and position in each of its markets A way to move
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Assignment task unit: Assessing your own leadership capability and performance The purpose of this unit is to develop understanding and ability to lead teams to achieve organisational values and goals as required by a practicing or potential middle manager. To use the following heading shown below when writing up your assignment: Understand leadership styles within an organisation Review the prevailing (existing / found) leadership styles in the organization and to make a judgment
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What is Your Comfort Food and Why? Comfort food. Just the thought of it reminds me of something warm and welcoming- like snuggling up by the fire on a crisp fall day. What is comfort food? It is usually the food we have good memories about and that reminds us of a simpler time. Whether you grow up in China or little old North Carolina there is always a meal that conjures up feelings of joy and safety‚ memories of childhood‚ or just simple pleasure. For me‚ my comfort food is spaghetti and meatballs
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