cities in the world. In numbers‚ Mumbai is roughly one percent of the Indian market. Residents of Mumbai face many problems on a daily basis such as housing‚ costly health facilities‚ scarcity of open space‚ water supply‚ crowded public transport (local trains as well as busses) and heavy traffic on roads – especially during rush hours. The main contributing factor to these problems is the growing population. Figure 1: The Streets of Mumbai "We are the problem" and "we struggle ourselves" to find
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As one navigates through an ever changing and unknown world it becomes difficult for one to distinguish between the global and the local. For individuals the global can become the local or the local may become the global at once. As a conscious choice one must decide whether to accept‚ warily acknowledge or wholly retreat from the ‘new world.’ These notions and concepts are explored widely within Sophia Coppola’s 2003 film ‘Lost In Translation.’ As the two central protagonists Bob and Charlotte navigate
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Project Proposal Local Government in the Russian Federation Author: Viktoria Faculty of Public Administration Research supervisor: O.Kalugina Moscow 2012 Intoduction. Abstract. The “new history” of local government in Russia dates back to the beginning of the
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Psychology Goes to the Movies -The Face in the Crowd The face in the crowd is a movie featuring a woman‚ Anna Marchant after surviving an attack by women serial killer. Anna fell over the bridge and hit her head over the railings as she was trying to escape from the killer after witnessing him commit a murder. This accident left Anna with a condition known as prosopagnosia‚ a brain disorder commonly describes as face blindness. This injury prevents Anna from recognizing faces‚ including the face
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Global Competitiveness: Role of Supply chain Management Business today is in a global environment. This environment forces companies‚ regardless of location or primary market base‚ to consider the rest of the world in their competitive strategy analysis. Firms cannot isolate themselves from or ignore external factors such as economic trends‚ competitive situations or technology innovation in other countries‚ if some of their competitors are competing or are located in those countries. Companies
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Reading List You can also now get 20% off your next purchase* in the HBR Store. Simply enter your promotion code HBRORGREG2 when prompted during checkout. Achieving the Ideal Brand Portfolio http://hbr.org/product/achieving-the-ideal-brand-portfolio/an/SMR167-PDF-ENG Source: MIT Sloan Management Review 8 pages. Publication Date: 一月 01‚ 2005. Prod. #: SMR167-PDF-ENG To optimize a portfolio of brands‚ companies can use a step-by-step approach: decide on the brands to review; analyze each
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Global Warming One of the most challenging existing environmental problems is global warming. This refers to the change in climate that leads to an increase in the average atmosphere temperatures. Global warming is caused by a number of factors‚ but it is primarily associated with human action and more especially the excessive release of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere. An example of these human activities leading to increase in the amount of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere include burning
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Developing a Global Mindset B D SINGH Sr. Prof & Associate Dean (MDP & C) IMT‚GHAZIABAD Market success is only part of globalisation. We must globalize every activity in the company. We’ve made some progress in sourcing products and components so critical to survive and win in a pricecompetitive deflationary world‚ but our challenge is to go beyond that – to capitalize on the vast intellectual capital available around the globe. – John F Welch Jr. CEO There are no German or American companies
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Global Warming: Who’s to Blame? It seems that a single week does not go by without hearing something about global warming. It has been all over the news for as long as I can remember. Because of this media bombardment‚ I would be surprised to find a single person in America that does not know about global warming. I’ll also go so far as to assume that the vast majority of the people you ask will tell you that not only is global warming occurring‚ but humans are to blame. In fact
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Global Citizenship With the developed information technology‚ the world has become smaller and smaller as a whole. However‚ a gap between poor and rich is growing in the last decades (Eikenberry‚ 2006‚ p.587). The philanthropy‚ which means voluntary contribution to welfare‚ also has received more attention in the mainstream media. Philanthropy from a few privileged people in richer countries can make a difference to the poorer people and countries. Just as Margaret Mead (cited in Leder‚ 2005‚ p
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