United Arab Emirates a. Introduction Dubai‚ the most well-known state in the UAE‚ became a major hub for trade since 1985 with the establishment of the first and biggest free-zone area in the Middle East - Jebel Ali. Since then‚ it developed as an international business center and a modern tourist destination. Over the past ten years‚ since 1996‚ when Dubai Airport Free Zone was established and the first Dubai Shopping Festival launched‚ the city has positioned itself as the „City of Gold‟ and
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EVALUATING THE CHANGE AGENT PROGRAM AT SIEMENS NIXDORF (A) Siemens Nixdorf Informationssysteme (SNI) was the largest European-owned computer manufacturer and information technology vender in 1994. The company was created by 1990 merger between Nixdorf Computer‚ an entrepreneurial minicomputer firm and the mainframe computer division of Siemens AG‚ the German electronics giant. The company offered a broad range of computer product‚ from personal computer and mainframes to software and support
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A PEST analysis (also sometimes called STEP‚ STEEP or PESTLE analysis) looks at the external business environment. In fact‚ it would be better to call this kind of analysis a business environmental analysis but the acronym PEST is easy to remember and so has stuck. PEST stands for Political‚ Economic‚ Sociocultural and Technological. (Technological factors in this case‚ include ecological and environmental aspects - the second E in STEEP and PESTLE‚ while the L in PESTLE stands for legal). The analysis
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Part 1. PEST Analysis in Business Environment 1. Introduction 2 1.1 PEST Analysis Execution 2 Political Environment 2 Economical Environment 2 Social Environment 3 Technological Environment 3 Part 2. Case Study On Organizational Business Strategy 2. Vodafone - Using Technology To Improve Economies .............................................................4 2.1 PEST factors affecting
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Md Haque BUS 685 Case 1 – The Bribery Scandal at Siemens AG Analysis: On November 15‚ 2006‚ five Siemens employees were taken into custody in connection with suspected bribery‚ tax evasion and embezzlement of company funds related investigation. Police raided 30 offices and private homes in Germany. The authorities found €420M of questionable payments made over a seven year period from 1999 to 2006. Siemens documents reflected the questionable payments were made to external consultants. The
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CHINA’S TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY INTRODUCTION China has developed a huge telecommunications sector. Today China is one of the largest telecom subscribers in the world’s telecommunication market. China’s telecommunications industry started to expand during early 1990s due to economic growth‚ technological improvements‚ low tax rates‚ and institutional changes‚ which allowed competition. Figure 1 shows that electronic-telecom industry had the fastest growth of sales revenue during
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(Wilson 2005). The Adidas Group has penetrated most countries so all these social attributes play very important roles in deciding the company’s strategy. PEST ANALYSIS TECHNOLOGICAL FACTORS Technological advances in things like machinery will have an affect on the Adidas Group. The latest Technology can speed up production‚ save energy or cut down labour costs. Currently the world has become a small village and the
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themselves as individuals with individual goals and needs. Siemens is a German based company‚ headquartered in Munich. It is the largest Europe-based electronics and electrical engineering company functioning globally in almost two hundred countries. Siemens operates in the fields of industry‚ energy and healthcare. The company provides a vast array of services and goods. A few examples of Siemens products in the industry and energy divisions produce automation systems ranging from process control
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The Development Research Forum in Cambodia Scoping Study: Research Capacities of Cambodia’s Universities Team Members: KWOK Kian-Woon‚ CHAN Sopheap‚ HENG Chinda‚ KIM Sedara‚ NETH Baromey and THON Vimealea Research Assistants: Kelvin CHIA‚ CHHOENG Sotheavan and NHEM Sochea Scoping Study: Research Capacities of Cambodia’s Universities* Special Report Team Members: KWOK Kian-Woon‚ CHAN Sopheap‚ HENG Chinda‚ KIM Sedara‚ NETH Baromey and THON Vimealea Research Assistants: Kelvin CHIA‚ CHHOENG
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SCANDAL IN SIEMENS (2006) In November 2006‚ Siemens company the Germany’s industrial giant had been involved in the largest bribery scandal that Germany had never experienced before. Managers used to secure abroad contracts by paying bribes to their clients. Is this an unethical behaviour or just a way to make profits for their company as they pretend that they didn’t make any personal gain? Is this behaviour could be considered as a sort of lobbying? What are the lessons Siemens had learned
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