Culture of corruption is deeply entrenched in Indonesian society and remains an ongoing challenge for Indonesia (Temple‚ 2001). Under Suharto’s regime‚ corruption was centralized in which the collection of bribes was dominated by government (Macintyre‚ 2003). In other words‚ individual officials were prohibited to maximize their personal gains (Temple‚ 2001). After the Suharto’s fall‚ Indonesia became more democratic and decentralized which were likely to confront corruption. However‚ corruption
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Gillette Indonesia Case Study Introduction Gillette has been the world’s leader in blades and razors for more than one hundred years. Chester Allan‚ country manager in Indonesia‚ predicts the 1996 sales and growth of the company in his marketing plan. He expects growth of 19 % in the blade sales-from 115 million in 1995 to 136 million in 1996. However‚ Rigoberto Effio‚ Gillette Business Director Asia-Pacific‚ sees more potential in Indonesian market. He knows the growth rates in the other countries
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still have a place in today’s world? Mudik is an Indonesian term used to describe when someone who lives away from home is coming home for the holidays. This tradition is often seen during great holidays‚ such as Christmas and Eid-ul-Fitr. In Indonesia‚ for example‚ as many as 30 million people go mudik on Eid-ul-Fitr in 2011. Most people do mudik activity because they want to reunite with their families after being away for working or studying for a long time. Some societies think that mudik
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know more about this sacral ceremony which only happened in Indonesia. BACKGROUND Everything that has life will be facing the death‚ no matter what happens. Everybody could not avoid the death. Death is like the end of human beings life’s rotation. This is why people always think that funeral –death ceremony– is an important thing to do‚ because the death means end of the life‚ and new start of the spirit to meet God. Indonesia‚ with a lot of ethnic groups that lying in every corner of this
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Indonesia’s‚ was accustomed to making lots of money and now resents the fact that the good times are over. In both countries‚ making money became the basis for military loyalty to the regime‚ which in turn needed the army as guarantor. But in China‚ as in Indonesia‚ the military is no longer making money‚ and China has banned its officers from business. Now Beijing is creating international tension to soak up the military’s energy and resentment. But in the end‚ the guarantor of the regime can bring its death
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Indonesia: The Troubled Giant Question 1: What political factors explain Indonesia’s poor economic performance? What economic factors? Are these two related? The impeachment of the Indonesian dictator Suharto is widely considered one of the most exciting political happenings of recent years. Indonesia is the world’s fourth biggest country‚ with a population of 202 million people; Suharto had ruled the country with an iron fist for about 32 years. The fact that his absolute
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Policy Forum Globalization and Culture C ritics of globalization contend that‚ even if increased trade promotes material prosperity‚ it comes with a high spiritual and cultural cost‚ running roughshod over the world’s distinctive cultures and threatening to turn the globe into one big‚ tawdry strip mall. George Mason University economist and Cato adjunct scholar Tyler Cowen has for years been one of the most insightful and incisive debunkers of that view. At a recent Cato Book Forum‚ Cowen
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Summary: (Taken From Harvard’s site) Although Wal-Mart‚ the world’s largest company by revenue‚ was into its 9th year of operations in China‚ its stores were still losing money. It had created a miracle in the U.S. retail industry by revolutionizing the sector’s business model and successfully implementing its model through innovative practices that enabled it to sell national brands at "Every Day Low Prices". The challenge Wal-Mart faced was whether it could transport its successful model to win
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are only two economic systems that the market system and command system. Market economic system is also called the capitalist system. This system was originally used in the days of empire in England‚ the Netherlands‚ also in the days of empire in Indonesia used to be‚ for example‚ in the kingdom of Majapahit‚ Sriwijaya. At the time of this kingdom handed over to the private economy on the basis of demand and supply. In principle‚ the imperial never manage its economy. In the market or capitalist economic
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Essay Question: Define “politics” in your own words relate your definition to that of the classical scholars discussed in class. Which of the three do you prefer and why. Introduction: Many people disagree about what the word politics can mean and how it is used in our country. It is often brought up in a negative manor that leads people to believe that politics itself is evil. The problem is‚ that the majority of our country can’t give a strong definition of what politics is to begin with. But it
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