MINERALS COUNCIL OF AUSTRALIA SUBMISSION TO COMPETITION POLICY REVIEW JUNE 2014 Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY............................................................................................ 1 1. INTRODUCTION ................................................................................................. 4 2. COMPETITION POLICY AND INTERNATIONAL COMPETITIVENESS: A CRITICAL LENS............................................................................................... 8 3
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Standardization of international marketing strategy by firms from a developing country Standardization of marketing strategy 107 Shaoming Zou University of Missouri‚ Columbia‚ Missouri‚ USA David M. Andrus and D. Wayne Norvell Kansas State University‚ Manhattan‚ Kansas‚ USA A major debate in the international marketing literature deals with the globalization of markets and the extent to which a company’s international marketing strategy can be standardized (Buzzell‚ 1968; Cavusgil
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ISSN 0021−3624/2012 $9.50 + 0.00 DOI 10.2753/JEI0021-3624460210 Global Imbalances and Financial Crisis: Financial Globalization as a Common Cause Yan Liang Abstract: Global imbalances and global financial instability are tightly connected and can be traced to a common cause‚ that is‚ financial globalization within the current monetary and financial system. The paper argues that financial globalization contributes to global imbalances by impeding real exchange adjustments‚ inducing export-led
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Can terrorists end US global primacy? Why and how? Or why not? The United States of America have maintained a supreme position within international affairs‚ denoting them with the title of having ‘global primacy’ for over two decades (Betts 2002). The question being asked in this instance is whether terrorists pose as a threat to the great power of the United States? A terrorist is someone who attempts through the use of force or the coercive threat of force to specifically or indiscriminately
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countries. They refer to themselves as "a global company"; however I’m skeptical about their claim. Going global does not mean just doing business abroad or acquiring an overseas company. Globalisation in simple terms means the ability of an organisation to spread and replicate itself to virtually every corner of the world. There is a common culture‚ value set and process that knits all the units of the business together into one entity. In a true global company‚ there is harmony between the different
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Strategy is the direction and scope of an organization over the long term‚ which achieves advantage in a changing environment through its configuration of resources and competences with the aim of fulfilling the stakeholder’s expectations. Strategic Decisions are about: The long-term direction of an organization The scope of an organization’s activities Gaining advantage over competitors; Addressing changes in the business environment; Building on resources and competences (capability); Value
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3 STRATEGY In this section‚ we separate strategy into two components: the content of the strategy and the process of developing the strategy. The content describes how an organization will achieve its vision or strategic intent‚ i.e. it is a blueprint for winning. As such there is no one best strategy. A firm’s strategy ties together the different functional areas of the organization (e.g. marketing and finance) so that there is a consistency in action over time. It also drives implementation
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ISSN 1466-1535 Strategies to Promote the Development of E-competencies in the Next Generation of Professionals: European and International Trends Monograph No. 13 November 2009 Juan Cristobal Cobo Romani Communication and Information Techno logy Department‚ Latin- American Faculty of Social Sciences‚ Campus Mexico (FLACSO-Mexico) ESRC funded Centre on Skills‚ Knowledge and Organisational Performance Cardiff and Oxford Universities Editor’s Foreword SKOPE Publications This series
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academic stream that deals with the strategic treatment of knowledge management practices prevalent in today’s academic world. We are living today in an information and knowledge-starved world. Since this essay want to discuss the relationship between strategy and this set of human activities mention above‚ firstly it will be of interest to introduce basic terms and definitions by different authors that will be used in the rest of the paper. Accordingly‚ as a term “Management” it implies that KM is the
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Global Warming Global warming means a gradual increase in the Earth’s average lower atmosphere due to emissions and build up of greenhouse gases . Global warming is when the earth heats up and the temperature rises. It happens when greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide‚ water vapor‚ nitrous oxide‚ and methane trap heat and light from the sun in the earth’s atmosphere‚ which increases the temperature. Most greenhouse gases are released by the burning of fossil fuels for heating‚ cooking‚ electrical
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