INTRODUCTION Since the late 80s‚ brand equity (BE) has been regarded as one important marketing concept in both business practice and academic research as it gives marketers more competitive advantage through successful brands (Lassar‚ Mittal‚ & Sharma‚ 1995‚ p. 11). Although there are many researches about brand equity carried on by numbers of authors‚ most of their conclusions are consistent with Farquhar’s concept of brand equity as “the value added by the brand to the product” (Srinivasan
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MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION • Multinational entities have played a role in international trade for several centuries. • Multinational operations can be traced back several centuries to the British and Dutch trading companies. • After the above declined‚ the European overseas investments‚ mainly in the extractive industries dominated international trade. • The phenomenon as it is known today is the result of the lead taken by U.S. based companies in the post World War II period. Western
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Whirlpool Corporation’s Global Strategy We want to be able to take the best capabilities we have and leverage them in all our companies worldwide. David Whitman‚ Whirlpool CEO‚ 1994 Quoted in the Harvard Business Review In 1989‚ Whirlpool Corporation (Whirlpool) embarked on an ambitious global expansion with the objective of becoming the world market leader in home appliances. Beginning with the purchase of a majority stake in an appliance company owned by Philips‚ the Dutch electronics firm
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RETAIL SCENARIO IN INDIA Unlimited Opportunity Contents The Global Retail Industry: An Overview Retail Scene in India: Touching Meteoric Scales Different Forms of Retailing Malls in India Challenges of Retailing in India Retail as an Employment Generator Retail Industry in the East: Current Scenario‚ Growth Prospects and Upcoming Projects Retail Education in the East Factors needed to promote the Industry in West Bengal Conclusion The Global Retail Industry : An Overview Retail has played
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INTERNATIONAL EQUITY MARKETS Firms are financed with both debt and equity. Although the debt markets have been the center of activity in the international financial markets over the past three decades‚ there are signs that international equity capital is becoming more popular. Transaction of a foreign borrower in a domestic market in local currency is the predominant international equity activity. Foreign firms often issue new shares in foreign markets and list their stock on major stock exchanges
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Equity is defined as the sentencing principle that similar crimes and similar criminals should be treated alike. (Frank Schmalleger‚ 2007)Equity in sentencing has been an issue for quite a while. It has sparked heated discussions in the U.S. Congress‚ as well as arguments among community members. Supporters of equity in sentencing try to inspire changes to our current legislation‚ and its opponents are attempting to abolish it in its entirety. The Federal Drug Abuse Act of 1986 created the guidelines
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Project Title:- A study on measuring brand equity of Nokia‚ Cadbury and SBI. Brand equity:- Brand equity refers to the marketing effects or outcomes that accrue to a product with its brand name compared with those that would accrue if the same product did not have the brand name Keller‚ Kevin Lane (2003). It is also the intangible‚ but real‚ value of words‚ graphics or symbols that are associated with the products or services offered by a business. In other words it is the value - both tangible
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CHAPTER 19 CORPORATIONS 1. – THE NATURE AND CLASSIFICATION OF CORPORATIONS A corporation is a legal entity created and recognized by state law. It can consist of one or two persons identified under a common name. CORPORATE PERSONNEL When an individual purchases a share of stock in a corporation‚ that person becomes a shareholder and owner of the corporation. Shareholder and corporations are liable. THE LIMITED LIABILITY OF SHAREHOLDER One of the key advantages of the corporate forms
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for Apple Computer Corporation will receive this report‚ and based on the findings and analysis included‚ Apple will be given a recommendation as to the cost equity model they should implement to estimate their future rate of returns. This report will discuss the accuracy and ease of use of these three models. The main consideration will be determined by how realistic each model is at developing the assumed rate of return. Part 2 of this paper will discuss the cost of equity or discount rate
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SUMMARY OF THE FACTS * The donor‚ Mr Chet died recently‚ and left directions in his Will to his executors relating to a couple of gifts. * This hearing relates to the execution of the will which have been causing difficulties. * The Executors have adopted a neutral stance between the competing claims‚ and with the Court’s permission have merely undertaken to abide by the Court’s eventual decision: as such they will not be represented in this hearing. * Clause 6: My trustees
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