The retail pharmacy industry in Slovakia faced huge competition‚ owing to the presence of a large number of pharmacies [2005 pharmacies‚ as of 2011‚ or roughly one pharmacy for every 2683 inhabitants]. Stiff guidelines and directives issued by the Ministry of Health‚ wherein it was required that every pharmacy have a “responsible pharmacist”‚ and only one pharmacy be operated per license‚ led to the rampant mushrooming of the retail pharmacy outlets throughout Slovakia. Under such stiff competition
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PEST analysis Competitive Forces P.C. Industry Attractiveness S C.C. S.P. B (threats & opportunities) Value Chain: activities & linkages F.I. T.D. HH.RR. PR. Value System (linkages): other SBUs (synergies) & suppliers buyers’ value chains Strategy formulation‚ at three levels: C–B–F Company’s Competitive Position (Resourcebased View): cost advantage or uniqueness (strengths & weaknesses) I.L. OP. O.L. M&S A-S.S. STRATEGY ELEMENTS LEVELS BUSINESS SCOPE RESOURCES
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USA‚ in 1890 – 1945 USA was a nation that was constantly changing and became an 18th century society based on the Thirteen Colonies‚ after the American Revolution. Ever changing‚ USA was constantly expanding territories‚ increasing population growth and improving industrialisation through modernity. Although this was the case‚ the principals of the Founding Founders were heavily influential which would impact the decisions made by USA in the future; portraying that as well as change being enforced
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The tactics used by the Vietcong and US military forces were very different and changed during the course of the war. At the beginning of the war the Vietcong (NLF) army was aggressive whilst the US army was defensive. The Gulf of Tonkin incident became America’s excuse to become aggressive towards the Vietcong. In 1965 General W. Westmoreland developed the strategy of "search and destroy". Its objective was to find and kill any members of the NLF. US soldiers found this difficult however as the
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The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism act of 2001 otherwise known as the USA Patriot Act was signed into law by president George W. Bush on October 26‚ 2001. This act is part of the foreign and defense policy area. “The foreign and defense policy area includes organizations that focus on relations between the United States and the rest of the world. Organizations that national security initiatives and other defense-related
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in which the USA acts as the world’s hegemonic power. A superpower is a state which dominates in four axes; politically‚ military‚ economy and culturally and has hegemonic power. Hegemony is leadership or dominance by one single state. The USA is a superpower because it is a strong capitalist federation which has a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council. It also holds very strong ties with Western Europe and the Commonwealth countries. Another factor which makes the USA a superpower
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Background/history What is a conflict diamond? Diamonds from peace countries which are most likely third world countries‚ are controlled by the government. Its industry monitors the imports to avoid conflict diamonds to be imported to their country (Natural Resources Canada: The Canadian Diamond Industry). Diamonds that are imported from conflict countries are called blood diamond or conflict diamonds because they are retrieved from war zone and traded in the black market to fund rebel fighters
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Accounting in the USA The following report will describe and discuss the major elements of accounting in the USA. It will show that the US Generally Accepted Accounting Principles (GAAP) are set by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)‚ where as the International Accounting Standards (IAS) are set by the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS). This report will also state the similarities and differences between these standards. In addition‚ the following report will use
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Blood diamonds are diamonds that have had powerful effects on the world. A blood diamonds is the slang term for a conflict diamond. Conflict diamonds are traded illegally‚ they are traded to cause conflict in war-torn areas. Once blood diamonds have been traded into these war-torn areas‚ the diamonds automatically start having a huge role in the conflict between the areas. In this essay I would like to tell you about some important things about blood diamonds. These important things consist of why
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Hollywood ’s attempts to coerce public opinion on their latest target. Blood Diamonds‚ the saga surrounding the moral challenge of the international gem trade. Based in Sierra Leone‚ Africa‚ in 1999‚ it depicts the story of two mercenaries fighting to locate a rare blood diamond the size of a golf ball. The local region‚ engulfed in a civil war between the government and the RUF (Revolutionary United Front)‚ is a backdrop for indiscriminate torture and murder‚ all propagated by the illegal diamond market
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