Exercise 1: Gilgamesh (Tablets I through VIII) 1. In the “Prologue” to the epic‚ note the narrative-perspective shifts from 1st-person to 3rd-person to 2nd-person (imperative). What is the intent of these narrative-perspective shifts and how do these shifts affect the readers’/audience’s response? The intent is the shift in narrative-perspectives is to help build the character of Gilgamesh into this larger than life‚ godlike‚ person. It also affects the reader as it makes it seem that the life
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Questions 1. What benefits have CEMEX and the other global competitors in cement derived from globalization? More broadly‚ how can cross-border activities add value in an industry as apparently localized as cement? CEMEX and their competitors have realized many benefits from globalization. The first of these was a reduction on tariffs associated with exporting their product. If the manufacturer has a localized facility‚ they do not have to pay export tariffs on the delivery of cement. Next
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Opening Case Questions 1. What might have happened to Apple if its top executives had not supported investment in iPods? The iPods have revolutionized the way Americans buy‚ listen and enjoy their favorite music. In just a few short clicks‚ consumers across the globe can download that "oldie but goodie" taking them "back down memory lane". However‚ the investment in the iPods was only just the beginning for Apple. It opened the door to a whole new portfolio of sleek. fun and clever technological
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Vodafone Suggested questions 1. What was the strategic and economic rational for Mannesmann’s acquisition of Organge? Did Mannesmann overpay for Orange? 2. Vodafone AirTouch proposed that each Mannesmann share would receive 53.7 Vodafone AirTouch shares‚ so that in aggregate Mannesmann shareholders would own 47.2% of the equity if the combined firm. a) Describe the stock swap. As of December 17‚ what was the market value of Mannesmann’s contribution to the combined firm? As a Mannesmann shareholder
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Discussion Case: Fidelity Investments’ Partnership with Citizen Schools 1. The evidence that I see in this case of the three kinds of corporate philanthropy discussed in this chapter is in contributions of cash‚ Fidelity contributed money to many Citizen Schools since 1998 and by 2012 they were contributing to about 22 different middle schools. With in-kind products and services‚ Fidelity offered 70 different apprenticeships to the schools in topics such as robotics‚ law‚ and financial literacy
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the award of Master of Business Administration (M.B.A) Degree to CUSTOMER PERCEPTION TOWARDS AFTER SALES SERVICE OF SAMSUNG With special Reference to Kanpur Directorate of Distance Education Madurai Kamaraj University‚ Madurai Under the Guidance of Scholar Prof. M.A. Naqvi Mukesh Mathur Director‚ College of Management Studies‚ (Enroll.No.12345789 ) Kanpur-208001 2009 Project Report submitted as a partial
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GROUP 5 STRATEGY Case for critical analysis Associated Newspapers Ltd (ANL)–Metro & London Lite 1. What would the SWOT analysis look like for this company? Strengths: We have specialized our market focusing in young people‚ which is hard because they do not usually read newspapers. We have also founded a new newspaper‚ which is called London Lite‚ which is mainly designed for women. We have the biggest newspapers sold in the UK‚ and we have sold
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Notably‚ the questions will be simple and open ended so that the respondents can easily understand and reply. 1. The organization has a talent acquisition and management division but how does the managers identity the pool of talent? The first question is included in the research to provide information on how the organization differentiates the talent that they need from the capabilities
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SAMSUNG: From Gallop to Run (1) Outline The all case study is talking about how did the Samsung Electronics revamped to the largest consumer electronics company in the world from being a copycat before. In 1993‚ the CEO Mr. Lee released what he called "New Management"‚ a top-to-bottom strategy for the company. So Samsung hired a new crop of fresh‚ young designers who design new products that is more fashion‚ sleek‚ bold and beautiful targeting high-end users. They called them “lifestyle works of
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CEO burned cheap models in a company bonfire. Today‚ it has the Galaxy S smartphone series‚ which touts state-of-the-art specs (1 GHz processor‚ 5-megapixel camera). It has sold more than 10 million units since its June debut and has helped edge Samsung closer to unseating Nokia as the world’s top mobile-phone maker. http://www.fastcompany.com/most-innovative-companies/2011/profile/samsung.php Processing Power The first of Samsung’s new products announced at the keynote was the Exynos 5 Octa
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