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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Empress Luxury Lines Antonio’s Ethical Dilemma In this case study‚ Empress Luxury Line’s manager Antonio Melendez faces an ethical dilemma which many managers have experienced in the corporate setting. Callahan (1990) supports this theory: Fifty-eight percent of the respondents to a recent poll believe that the ethical standards of American business executives are only fair or poor. The public outcry about business ethics is paralleled in legal journals. At the same time‚ an employee who is
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Targeting strategeies for Adidas India :- Targeting segments would be aspiring athletes in the age group of 15 to 35. In the lifestyle and apparel market targets consumers who identify with sport as a way of life and are brand conscious. Focus on Lifestyle There should be a more emphasis to penetrate the lifestyle market deeply‚ without losing sight of its long heritage as the original performance brand. Consumers who may be less active sports participants‚ but who are style setters and
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population of India‚ it is the preferred daily shampoo. To the market and its players‚ the second largest selling shampoo in the country. To the competition‚ a case study in competitive strategy and to us‚ our raison de etre. In a highly competitive FMCG category that seemed impenetrable to most marketers‚ Chik Shampoo identified a humongous opportunity in rural and semi urban India and created waves with its entry into these markets. Combining innovative sachet packing‚ strategic pricing (at Re
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Targeting Target Costing Targeting Target Costing COST MANAGEMENT AND INTER-ORGANIZATIONAL PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT OF MULTI-TECHNOLOGY PRODUCTS Martin Carlsson-Wall Dissertation for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy‚ Ph.D. Business Administration Stockholm School of Economics 2011 Keywords: Target costing Cost management Accounting Inter-organizational accounting Management control Inter-organizational relationships Product development Inter-organizational product development Multi-technology
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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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INTRODUCTION Segmentation‚ targeting‚ and positioning strategy are important because it provides the information the business needed about the market and the consumers out there. By segmenting the market‚ the company can know about what each market segment needs and wants. Then they analyze whether the company’s resources are enough to meet those needs and wants. Resources are limited‚ and this will help the company to carefully target to the right market segment. Positioning helps the company to
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personality traits the consumers posses. Of course there are serveral ways to group together personalities ex (fashionable‚ innovative‚ extroverted‚ etc). I have chosen to use Karen Horney’s theory of three personality groups for segmentation of the music consumer market. Karen Horney states that people can be grouped into three personalities; compliance‚ aggression and withdrawl. Since music consumers can be an almost entire population‚ it would be a good idea to segment this population into three
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Compare and contrast “inflation targeting” with the experience of the US Federal Reserve Inflation targeting as the name suggests does not necessarily mean that the bank has only one agenda - correct rate of inflation to target. On the contrary‚ inflation targeting allows the central bank to have an explicit target for the rate of inflation which as a result helps the individuals‚ households and markets form inflation expectations for the future. Secondly‚ targeting inflation means that the central
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consisting of market penetration‚ market development‚ product development‚ or diversification. Market development is a strategy involving the search for and exploitation of new markets for a product. Diversification is the process in which a company begins to engage in a new and different type of business. Market penetration is the percentage of a total market which the sales of a company cover. Product development is the process of improving an existing product line to meet the needs of the market” (Marketing
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