domestication of Kamote tops is thought to be either in Central America or South America. In Central America‚ Kamote tops were domesticated at least 5‚000 years ago. Sweet potatoes are native to Central America and are one of the oldest vegetables known to man. They have been consumed since prehistoric times as evidenced by sweet potato relics dating back 10‚000 years that have been discovered in Peruvian caves. Christopher Columbus brought sweet potatoes to Europe after his first voyage to the New World
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Market Segmentation is a marketing strategy that involves dividing a broad target market into subsets of consumers who have common needs‚ and then designing and implementing strategies to target their needs and desires using media channels and other touch-points that best allow to reach them. Market segments allow companies to create product differentiation strategies to target them. Criteria for segmenting An ideal market segment meets all of the following criteria: * It is possible to measure
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Cat Inc. is the world’s largest manufacturer of construction and mining equipment‚ diesel and natural gas engines‚ and industrial turbines. It is also a technology leader in construction‚ transportation‚ mining‚ forestry‚ energy‚ logistics‚ and electric power generation. Its corporate world headquarters is located in Peoria‚ Illinois. Cat Inc is comprised of 26 business units. Cat Inc. is rated number 1 or 2 in every major S&P 500 and Dow Jones Index tracked category in the Construction‚ Agriculture
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------------------------------------------------- ------------------------------------------------- MG 640 Managerial Economics ------------------------------------------------- Homework Assignment | Week 1 Chapter 1: The Fundamentals of Managerial EconomicsFor this week read Chapter 1 and the Headline: Amcott Loses $3.5 Million: Manager Fired.Answer the following questions:Question 1. Page 27Levi Strauss & Co. paid $46‚532 for a 110-year-old pair of Levi’s jeans-the oldest known
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Introduction Top glove is the largest rubber glove manufacturer in Malaysia. Its inception in Malaysia was at 1991 and it has the history of 19 years. Top glove produce many types gloves‚ apron‚ and some rubber product (Top Glove‚ 2010) (Appendix A). In January 2010‚ production of natural rubber rose 12.3 % compared to December 2009. It increased of 48.4 % in yearly basis which about 35‚524 tons of natural rubbers. In imports‚ natural rubber was 73‚216 tons and decrease 10.8 %. The main import
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The three management skills that mentioned by Robert Katz are conceptual‚ interpersonal and technical skills. In order to be a successful manager‚ containing these three skills will give him a strong impact to his career and also the success of the organization. Conceptual skills are skills that utilize the ability of a human to form concepts. Such skills include thinking creatively‚ formulating abstractions‚ analyzing complex situations‚ and solving problems. A manager have such ability can understand
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nd nd 2 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH (2 ICBER 2011) PROCEEDING WHAT IT TAKES TO BE A MANAGER: THE CASE OF MALAYSIAN FIVESTAR RESORT HOTELS Rozila Ahmad (rozila@uum.edu.my) Noor Azimin Zainol (azimin@uum.edu.my) Universiti Utara Malaysia Sintok‚ 06010 Kedah ABSTRACT This article investigates the requirement for managerial posts in five-star resort hotels in Malaysia. Despite the growth of hotel industry in Malaysia‚ academic literature especially qualitative
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“The Manager Abroad” Name: Tallita Cristina Bertozi Ferrero Soares Student ID: S0237967 Course: HRM in the Global Environment - HRMT 20022 Lecturer: Melissa Sullivan Organizations considering global expansion strategies should also consider employment strategies that will be required to facilitate the relocation. While many global organizations have incorporated more short-term expatriation assignments and relocation efforts to help reduce costs‚ the traditional long-term assignments of many
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Enterprises Inc.‚ retaining a 49% stake for itself. At a stroke‚ Coke erased $2.4 billion of debt from its balance sheet. 1990 As late as the 1990s‚ Coca-Cola Co. was one of the most respected companies in America A master of brand-building and management Coke stock soared 3500% during Goizueta’s 16-year reign 1997 Death of its revered CEO‚ Roberto C. Goizueta‚ in October‚ due to lung cancer 1999 Coke imposed a crushing 7.6% price hike on its bottlers in the late ‘90s as M. Douglas Ivester
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Topshop Background/History Topshop is a UK-based retailer‚ founded in 1964 by Peter Robinson. The first stand-alone Topshop store opened in 1970. In the 1990’s‚ the mainstream media considered it unfashionable‚ cleverly labelling it ‘Flopshop’ due to its relatively low varieties and simple designs. But it recently turned business around‚ even hitting profitability in 2008 when almost every retailer was in the red by expanding its collections and bringing in local designers to the foray. Currently
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