Eini Laaksonen Political risks of foreign direct investment in the Russian gas industry – The Shtokman gas field project in the Arctic Ocean Electronic Publications of Pan-European Institute 14/2010 ISSN 1795 - 5076 Political risks of foreign direct investment in the Russian gas industry – The Shtokman gas field project in the Arctic Ocean Eini Laaksonen1 14/2010 Electronic Publications of Pan-European Institute www.tse.fi/pei 1 Eini Laaksonen is Research Associate at the Pan-European
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Whirlpool in China In 2006 whirlpool became the largest home appliance maker in the world. This was not an easy feat. The appliance industry is highly competitive industry with price wars being a driving factor for competition. Whirlpool’s philosophy focused on customer loyalty. Its products were built to be reliable with long lifecycles‚ which meant substantial emphasis had to be paid to product quality. Whirlpools philosophy is particularly difficult as it needs to not only to make high quality
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Global and China Needle Coke Industry Report‚ 2014-2016 Summary The global needle coke capacity rose from 920 kt/a to 1‚160 kt/a in 2006-2013‚ registering a CAGR of 3.9%. So far‚ American and Japanese companies have mastered the needle coke production worldwide. ConocoPhillips as the world’s largest producer of oil-based needle coke saw its capacity up to 370 kt/a in 2013; C-Chem‚ the largest coal-based needle coke producer‚ boasted capacity of 170 kt/a in the same year. In 2006-2013‚ China’s
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Makes Supply Chains Lightning Fast Supply Chain Management / Supply Chain Consulting CASE STUDY Best Practices in Inventory Management K. Ravichandran Debjyoti Paul A leading consumer products company dealing in cosmetics and other personal care products was seeking ways to: Reduce inventory levels across their forward supply chain Improve Inventory Record Accuracy at their storage points Accurately track damaged goods at various points in the supply chain The above problems together
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potentially momentous business decisions get made without a significant amount of debate‚ consideration‚ and in some cases‚ compromise. This is precisely the case in Google’s decision to not only open a product research and development centre in China‚ but also to revitalize its web search engine’s Chinese presence through launching Google.cn. In launching this new site‚ Google made the difficult decision to compromise on its mission of providing open and free access to information‚ in favour of
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Starbucks Corporation in China Company overview Starbucks Corporation is one of the most famous coffee retailers in the world. According to Starbucks Corporation (2012)‚ it runs over 55 countries in many regions including North America‚ Asia Pacific‚ Latin America and so forth. Starbucks headquarter is located in Seattle‚ Washington‚ USA. It has approximately 149‚000 employees. According to Starbucks Corporation (2012)‚ its company verified the income of 11‚700.4 million dollars during the
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scientific community and utilized in a variety of industries including the medical‚ cosmetic‚ and many more. However‚ recently‚ cosmetic animal testing has been garnering a significant amount of interest both among scientists and animal activists due to a number of cons that call into question whether or not cosmetic animal testing is necessary. However‚ after much research‚ one can come to the conclusion that the use of animal testing for cosmetic
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CHINA AN ECONOMIC OVERVIEW The rapid rise of China as a major economic power within a time span of about three decades is often described by analysts as one of the greatest economic success stories in modern times. From 1979 (when economic reforms began) to 2011‚ China’s real gross domestic product (GDP) grew at an average annual rate of nearly 10%. From 1980 to 2011‚ real GDP grew 19-fold in real terms‚ real per capita GDP increased 14-fold‚ and an estimated 500 million people were raised
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Executive summary The objective of this report is according to the knowledge of marketing management learning and base on the theory and collected information‚ help China Mobile to analysis the external macro-economic environment around them and internal company situation then give some strategies for them‚ which is suitable for China Mobile today’s situation and current competitive environment. There are 2 main parts of this dissertation‚ include external analysis and internal analysis. External
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Modes of entry‚ cross-cultural factors‚ country risk analysis for China 18 December 2011 Abstract: For this paper I will identify and assess at least two modes of entry into the country of China. This paper will be based on prior learning and discussions in our class. I will examine the most appropriate mode of entry for a product or service into China. I will look at cross-cultural factors relevant to doing business in China. Lastly‚ I will address how these factors affect organizational structure
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