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    Boondocking at Wal-Mart

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    “Boondocking” At Wal-Mart Q1: List the stakeholders involved and their influence. Identify any fundamentals of business or capitalism involved. Recreational Vehicle (RV) Park Owners---For example: Ted McAfee. These owners have directly influence on the local city regulations and Wal-Mart. Wal-Mart stores---The stores allow those RV owners parking at store parking lots for free; however‚ they do not provide any kind of facilities to them. RV owners---They preferred to parking at Wal-Mart’s parking

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    Wal-Mart Ethics

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    Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc. is currently entangled in a legal battle that will decide if the company has engaged willfully in gender-based discrimination. Underlying causes‚ organizational culture and ethical issues will be examined in determining how the largest private employer in the United States could have fallen prey to unfair labor practices. "In 1999‚ women constituted 72% of Wal-Mart’s hourly employees‚ but only 33% of its managerial employees" (Bhatnagar‚ 2004). This fact and many others

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    Wal Mart Analysis

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    Wal-Mart Price Cuts More Barks than Bite” Friday‚ April 9‚ 2010; 4:30 PM Part I: Wal-Mart is promoting a new price cut‚ which promises even larger price cut than the usual from the world’s largest retailer. Wal-Mart said Friday it is stepping up price cuts‚ although it wouldn’t specify how much it is amping up its typical weekly discounts designed to lure customers. The company will decrease their prices on about 10‚000 items in stages‚ which took place April 1st. Examples online include

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    Wal-Mart Staffing

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    In the case of “Staffing Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc” the greatest issue seems to be that of diversity. Numerous lawsuits surfaced against the Wal-Mart corporation with allegations of gender discrimination. One symptom that may have been overlooked was the fact that while Wal-Mart’s employment figure had increased by 50 percent in a span of five years‚ the percentage of women the company employed had actually decreased by three percent. Another issue‚ particularly prior to 1998‚ was that higher-level

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    Wal-Mart

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    FARMERS SUICIDES IN INDIA India is an Agrarian Country with around 60% of its people directly or indirectly depends upon agriculture. Agriculture in India is often attributed as gambling with monsoon because of its almost exclusive dependency of monsoons leading to: * Series of droughts * Lack of better prices * Exploitations by middlemen Have been leading to series of suicides committed by farmers across India. Farmers in India became the center of considerable concerns in the

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    Is Wal-Mart a Monopsony?

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    Wal-Mart Is the world ’s largest retailer‚ Wal-Mart‚ a Monopsyny? • Monopsony arises when a firm captures the ability to dictate price to its suppliers‚ because the suppliers have no real choice other than to deal with that buyer. • One in every five retail sales in America is recorded at Wal-Mart ’s cash registers. • The firm ’s revenue nearly equals that of the next six retailers combined. • Wal-Mart has faced several accusations of‚ "predatory pricing"‚ or intentionally selling a product

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    Wal-Mart Scandal

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    giant‚ Wal-Mart. His investigation started after Wal-Mart shut down its internal investigation over the possible bribery of Mexican officials. Wal-Mart used these bribes to accelerate growth in their Mexican zoning areas. These allegations surfaced when a Hispanic lawyer contacted Wal-Mart headquarters in Bentonville Arkansas. This lawyer had inside information on Wal-Mart’s bribes‚ as he represented them in their acts. He was used as a middle man for Wal-Mart’s payoffs to these officials. Wal-Mart

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    Wal-Mart Case

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    1. What are some of Wal-Mart’s FSAs? To what extent are these FSAs location-bound or internationally transferable? Some of the FSAs of Wal-Mart are its ‘every day low price’ (EDLP) philosophy and its so-called ‘exceptional service’. The EDLP and the service seem to be internationally transferable FSAs‚ because they can be copied to other countries. The EDLP is based on efficient distribution systems‚ very innovative technology‚ low prices negotiated with suppliers and efficient processes with suppliers

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    Wal-Mart Controversy

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    Wal-Mart is the world’s largest retailer‚ but controversy surrounds their operating practices (Ferrell‚ Fraedrich‚ & Ferrell‚ 2013). The company known for significant sales profits‚ a large employee base‚ and the everyday low price provided to consumers is clouded by the pressure applied to suppliers requiring continuous reduction in pricing (Smith & Young‚ 2004). The small startup company that has grown to a multitude of stores across several countries does have some positive impact‚ but is it overshadowed

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    The Wal-Mart Effect

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    baseball t-shirts are now sold in abundant quantities at the local Wal-Mart. In the chapter‚ “The Squeeze‚” taken from Charles Fishman’s book‚ The Wal-Mart Effect‚ the author states that‚ “Wal-Mart’s focus on pricing‚ and its ability to hold a supplier’s business hostage to its own agenda‚ distorts markets in ways that consumers don’t see‚ and ways the suppliers can’t effectively counter.” Using cause and effect analysis‚ Fishman blames Wal-Mart for problems in the pickle market and beyond.

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