Victoria University BAO3312 Final Exam Semester 2 2010 Exam Case The case study for the Final Exam is Las Ferreterias de Mexico. A copy of the case is available in WebCT. Exam Conditions Time: 15 minutes reading time +2.5 hours; Closed books and notes. You will be given a clean copy of the case in the examination. There are a couple of questions that require some calculations; therefore‚ a calculator will be allowed in the exam. These questions make up less than 10% of the Exam. Exam Questions‚
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Political environment Political environment consists of regulations‚ government policies and laws. These factors usually restrict and influence the management behavior of the enterprise‚ especially in the long-term investment behavior. For example‚ Lenovo is one of the largest computer company in the world. However‚ because of the policy of its home country supports the development of modern high science and technology‚ that encourages Lenovo to improve new information technology application‚
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Pre p ar in g fo r th e E n g lish Exit Exam “Stupid Jobs are Good to Relax With” by Hal Niedzviecki S pringsteen kicked off his world tour in Toronto’s Massey Hall a while back. Along with record company execs and those who could afford the exorbitant prices scalpers wanted for tickets‚ I was in attendance. As Bruce rambled on about the plight of the itinerant Mexican workers‚ I lolled in the back‚ my job‚ as always‚ to make myself as unapproachable as possible - no easy feat‚ trapped
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revenue of the RTD sub‐category as a whole‚ and this decline is underpinned by the departure of the highly profitable 18‐30 year old ‘aspirational drinker’ adult market segment. So‚ we need to think out new strategy to get the losing market back. PEST Analysis: Political: The alcoholic beverage industry faces political challenges. Specifically‚ in international markets‚ we should consider like civil conflict‚ governmental changes and restrictions concerning the ability to relocate capital. The hot
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Pest Analysis on Nordea Political 1. Legislation/law for information systems 2. Effectiveness of law v internet 3. Monopoly legislation 4. Trading from investors Economical 1. Economy of information systems in Scandinavia 2. Economical trends 3. Trade and industry 4. Competition of cost outside Europe Social 1. Wide demographic 2. Applying decent pricing to customer’s needs 3. Innovative idea to suite customer trends 4. Security Technical 1. Using different sites to their advantage
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Fear And Loathing in Las Vegas “Strange memories on this nervous night in Las Vegas. Has it been five years? Six? It seems like a lifetime‚ the kind of peak that never comes again. San Francisco in the middle sixties was a very special time and place to be a part of. But no explanation‚ no mix of words or music or memories can touch that sense of knowing that you were there and alive in that corner of time in the world. Whatever it meant.” A poignant description of the peace movement of the 1960’s
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From the beginning of life each and every action has had a reaction. Jake La Motta is no exception to that. The middleweight boxer runs around town with his brother and manager‚ Joey. In the beginning of the film Jake meets Vicki‚ and starts to pursue the fifteen year old. Soon they marry and Jake’s boxing career resumes but is eventually suspended on the allegation of throwing a fight. However‚ after Jake is reinstated he finally wins the middleweight championship. Jakes life afterward seemed to
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wonders of the world‚ indoor man-made waterfalls‚ simulated pirate ship battles‚ a dolphin habitat‚ and indoor gondola rides are a few of the small attractions that place modern day Las Vegas as a hotspot on the US map. In fact‚ there are so many small attractions blended with large attractions that the experience of Las Vegas itself has become an attraction. Disregarding traditional methods and exploring outrageous ideas in the areas of engineering‚ architecture‚ and planning‚ this city has become
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La Amistad In 1839‚ Africans being carried from Havana‚ Cuba‚ to Puerto Principe‚ Cuba‚ revolted against their captors aboard the ship La Amistad (Spanish for ’friendship’). They were stolen from Africa‚ transported to the Americas‚ and were “passed off” as having been born in Cuba. After the revolt‚ the Africans demanded to be returned home‚ but the ship’s navigator lied to them about their course‚ and sailed them north along the North American coast to Long Island‚ New York. The schooner was subsequently
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La Malinche When I first read about La Malinche I did not know who or what she was and as I started to read I learned that she was first a slave. She became a slave for Cortes. She was offered to him as a slave by the Cacique of Tabasco‚ along with 19 other young women. Cortes discovered that he could not communicate with the Indians. That night he was recommended to him that one of the women given to him in Tabasco spoke Spanish. When he found out that could speak Spanish. At that point in
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