67 vol. 2‚ 2012 TARGETING OF KEY INTEREST RATE AS A SOURCE OF CRISIS YANA SOKOLOVA St. Petersburg State University‚ Faculty of Economics‚ Russia Abstract In response to the world economic crisis of 2008 the authorities of many countries have launched policies of interest rate reduction through large-scale asset purchases on the open key rate targeting. The author explains how changes of the federal funds rate increased bank interest rate risk and provoked the recession of 2007-2009
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Global Positioning System Abstract- Global Positioning System (GPS) is the only system today able to show ones own position on the earth any time in any weather‚ anywhere. This paper addresses this satellite based navigation system at length. The different segments of GPS viz. space segment‚ control segment‚ user segment are discussed. In addition‚ how this amazing system GPS works‚ is clearly described. The various errors that degrade the performance of GPS are also
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Lee Valley Segmentation: Gardening Introduction Background Lee Valley——a family-owned business which has been providing customers of woodworking and gardening tools since 1978.Their reputation is based on three principles: 1. Customer satisfaction: Any product may be returned within 3 months and no cost to the customer (for shipments within North America‚ they will refund your return parcel post costs). 2. Integrity: Product descriptions are matched
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Portugal. By recognising this market and its products with distinct characteristics‚ we will perform a customer segmentation‚ which will allow us to divide the market into small groups. Through the segmentation of the lawnmower market‚ it will be possible to achieve a greater proximity to the final customer; create advertising media that target the identified segments; facilitate the positioning of the product; and obtain the return on investment by the company. The developments and technological diversity
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_(Textbook) Peter‚ J. Paul and Donnelly Jr.‚ James H. Marketing Management‚ 10th Edition - KNOWLEDGE AND SKILLS. McGraw-Hill International Edition. (2011)_ _Quelch‚ John A. and Beckham‚ Heather. Brief Cases (Harvard Business Publishing). Metabical: Positioning & Communications Strategy for a New Weight-Loss Drug. (July 22‚ 1010)_ _(Internet source) Planning Tools: How to write a communication strategy. Manual/Toolkit‚ 2005._ _http://www.odi.org.uk/resources/details.asp?id=5186&title=communications-strategy-planning_
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From the invention of flaked cereal in 1894 at the Battle Creek Sanitorium‚ to the present day operations producing cereals in more than 15 countries and marketing its products in more than 160 countries. Kellogg operates a centralised distribution network in Australia‚ with the main warehouse located at Botany in NSW and a small warehouse in Perth‚ W.A. The NSW warehouse supplies local & export customers in all states other than Western Australia and supplies stock to the Kellogg warehouses in
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CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION 1.1 Background of Study The use‚ acceptance‚ adoption and application of internet technology to businesses to boast their performances are not something new. Saffu et al.‚ (2008)‚ states that there has been a significant increase in the use and application of e-commerce in businesses in the past decade. E-commerce has benefits such as reduction in costs‚ increased business opportunities‚ reduced lead time and providing more personalized service to the customers (Turban et
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such an extent that it is one of the largest and most successful fashion brands in the world. The assignment will focus on Guess’s brand identity and positioning in the market. The author used the World Wide Web to research the Guess company. The objective of the assignment is to illustrate the success of Guess through the identity and positioning of the company. 2 BRAND IDENTITY According to Lake (no date) brand identity is defined as “how you want the consumer to perceive your product or
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Market segmentation is a long-standing strategy used especially in consumer products. It is measurable‚ accessible‚ distinguishable‚ and actionable. Observing markets in the Philippines‚ can you identify market segments for fast food‚ garments‚ cigarettes‚ alcohol‚ computers‚ passenger cars‚ and beach resort? Please show the positioning of 2 consumer products and their competition in these segments. For levels of Micromarketing 1. Segment Marketing – consists of a group of customers who
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Summary: All companies use a specific positioning strategy when advertising their product. This strategy tells their customers and potential customers what feature of their business they want to be focused on. Allstate wants their customers to focus on the quality level of their product while State Farm and Progressive wants people to focus on certain attributes of their products. 21st Century wants potential customers to focus on their low prices and high quality of their insurance while The General
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