Containerization – Role in enhancing International Trade Competitiveness. -H. Sanjit Singh ASM’s IIBR Abstract Shipping is truly the lynchpin of global economy and international trade. More than 90% of world merchandise trade is carried by sea and over 50% of that volume is containerised. India has 12 major and 187 non-major ports along its 7517 km coastline. Cargo traffic handled by Indian ports in 2006-07 was 649 mt‚ of which 80 mt (6.0 mTEUs) was the container traffic. ` Trade growth
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A War of Races: The Fight for Integration For nearly half a century the black community lived in the separate but equal world controlled by the white man. This was especially true in the Southern states‚ where nearly every white person maintained a sense of superiority over their black neighbors. While the states in the North had started to break down these racial barriers on their own it would take a Supreme Court Decision‚ the intervention of the President of the United States‚ and the U
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the role of diplomacy in contemporary international politics?What is the role of diplomacy in contemporary international politics? There is little doubt that diplomacy has changed vastly from its humble origins of fifteenth century Italy however the question remains; does diplomacy‚ in the truest sense still have a place in our modern world and if so how has diplomacy so dramatically changed from ’a diplomatic culture’ that at the time underpinned international society’ to still play a role in international
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Zara Case: Vertical integration and outsourcing 1. How is Zara organized with respect to its vertical integration and outsourcing decisions? What governance structure does it appear to follow? Support your conclusions with reference to details of the Zara case and the Ferdows reading. Answer: Very well organized to facilitate its strategic competency: speed and flexibility. Decentralized governance structure fully supports the company core competency. The above supply chain mapping
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Vertical Integration Back in 2002‚ Sony geared themselves toward a vertical strategy as reported by Rob Weisenthal‚ VP and CFO of Sony Corp. of America‚ “Under the USA umbrella‚ we undertook a number of vertical initiatives for each operating division. These have already produced significant operational streamlining and financial performance improvements.” As discussed in his release‚ Weisenthal talked about Sony Pictures Entertainment and their strategy to restructure television operations‚ where
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Religion Play a Large Role in International Politics? James Madison once said‚ “I have no doubt that every new example will succeed‚ as every past one has done‚ in showing that religion and Government will both exist in greater purity‚ the less they are mixed together”. Religion in the world plays a large role in everyday life. In an international sense‚ it promotes peace as a universal ideology without borders. However‚ this role of religion is
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An abundance of people do not know what Title IX is and the people who are aware of it think it only applies to sports‚ which is not the case. Title IX was passed thirty five years ago to govern the overall equity of opportunity‚ treatment and quality in athletics. It also applies to: Federal Funding‚ Career Education‚ Access to Higher Education‚ Employment‚ Sexual Harassment‚ Standardized Testing‚ Learning Environment and many more. Girls are discriminated against so much that Title IX may not
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Literature review on roles played by an international manager Based on his study of the data put forth by Mintzberg (1973) on what a manager do‚ Dalton (2002) had incorporated seven managerial roles of an international manager‚ organized into three groups‚ as follows: • Informational roles: 2.1 Monitor: scan environments‚ monitor units‚ probe and seek information‚ act as corporate nerve center of incoming information. 2. Spokesperson: communicate
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The Role of Non-state Actors in International Relations Introduction International relations (IR) is like a stage where actors are needed to put on a show. Actors are any person or entity which plays a role that is attributable in international relations. There are two kind of actors in the world of International Relations which are states and non-state actors. States are territories run by a government and have a permanent population. Although states are the most important actors in IR‚ they are
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Starbucks & Vertical Integration Ques 1. Starbuck’s value chain is farmers‚ roasting‚ distribution‚ and retail. Raw Materials (Coffee Beans): Coffee bean farming is not vertically integrated into Starbucks; the company purchases coffee beans from farmers. Starbucks choose to outsource farming due to the low potential hold-up problem. For its coffee‚ Starbucks uses only high-quality Arabica beans‚ instead of regular commodity and lower quality robusta beans. Since there are a lot of market
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