Face-to-face vs. Electronic Communication We’re living in an age where e-mail‚ Facebook and digital connections are the rule‚ and face-to-face interactions start to become the exception. With the ability to exchange information via e-mail‚ chat and presentations over the web‚ face-to-face interactions with people seem to be unecessary. This is a harmful assumption that many people make. Without face-to-face communication intimacy is lost‚ there is greater misunderstanding‚ and people become
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“Real world” negotiation reflection Introduction As the senior manager‚ I finish the annual performance evaluation of my team members in January. After finishing evaluation I will hold interviews with them‚ talk about their efforts and the plans for this year. Lilly is one of my team members with a better knowledge of the logistics industry. Based on her performance in 2012‚ her annual performance is rated B+ and she can get 8% increase in year-end bonuses. In addition‚ I plan to promote her
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SERVICES What services does eBay provide? 1.1- THE ONLINE AUCTION MARKETPLACE Hailed as “The Customer Marketplace” by the Harvard Business Review authors‚ eBay provides an online auction platform for individual buyers and sellers‚ small businesses and larger corporations to get connected‚ trade and interact with each other. When Pierre Omidyar originally founded eBay in 1995‚ he was merely helping his wife sell her old Pez dispensers by connecting her to potential buyers. eBay remains true to providing
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AMAZON IN CHINA Entry mode selection Contents: 1. Amazon.com: Background leading up to the decision. 2. China: Endless possibilities. 3. Amazon in China: Entry mode selection and strategy. 4. Partnership with Joyo and current status. 5. Appendix (NOTE: While background information is meant to be an appendix and not be considered in terms of required word count‚ the decision was made to place it at the beginning for a much better flow of the project.) 1. Amazon.com:
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The Cultural Web The Cultural Web Aligning your team ’s or organization ’s culture with strategy James Manktelow MindTools.com Mind Tools - Essential skills for an excellent career! What is the first thing that pops in your mind when you hear the term corporate culture? A great many people refer to the classic phrase coined by the McKinsey organization‚ that culture is “how we do things around here”. And while that may be true‚ there are so many elements that go into determining what you do and
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itself selling DVDs‚ CDs‚ MP3 downloads‚ software‚ video games‚ electronics‚ apparel‚ furniture‚ food‚ toys‚ and jewelry. It also produces consumer electronics mainly the Amazon Kindle e-book reader and the Kindle Fire tablet computer . It is a major provider of cloud computing services. It has its presence in many countries. Amazon has separate retail websites for many countries such as US‚ Canada‚ UK‚ France‚ Germany‚ Italy‚ Spain‚ Brazil‚ Japan‚ and China‚ with international shipping to certain other
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most well known companies in this industry is Amazon which specializes in three major product and service groups: web hosting‚ digital content‚ and tangible product items. The web hosting service provides resources on which to host web applications. These resources include Amazon elastic computer cloud‚ Amazon simple storage service‚ Amazon relational database service‚ Amazon Simple Data Base‚ Amazon Cloud Front‚ Amazon Simple Queue Service‚ and Amazon Mechanical Trunk. These resources provide IT
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1) Amazon’s constant expansion and thriving innovations prove to show Amazon and their employees are able and willing to collaborate productively. Amazon’s business lines can be grouped into thress major categories: Online retailing‚ Order fulfillment ‚ Cloud services ‚ including Kindles and online media. During the 2010 holiday season where orders were shipped to 178 countries and 9 million units being shipped during their peak order-fulfillment day (Kroenke 29). Based off the volume of those orders
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companies is eBay. eBay was established in September 1995 by Pierre Omidyar as free auction website. Value of eBay is by providing person-to-person and business-to-business online market place. eBay provides internet market place for new and old goods‚ end-life products and second hand items‚ which might be difficult to purchase in retail shops. The simply and flexible business model of eBay has helped to keep eBay on top online auction retailer‚ attractive buyers and sellers across the world. Part of
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International Accounting Real World Case 8-9 EDGAR‚ the Electronic Data Gathering‚ Analysis‚ and Retrieval system‚ performs automated collection‚ validation‚ indexing‚ and forwarding of submission by companies and others who are required by law to file forms with the U.S Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). All publicly traded domestic companies use EDGAR to make the majority of their filings. (Some foreign companies file voluntarily.) Form 10-K or 10-KSB‚ which includes the annual report
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