Question #01 Q # 1. What is international marketing? How it is different from domestic marketing? International marketing: International marketing involves recognizing that people all over the world have different needs. Companies like Gillette‚ Coca-Cola‚ BIC‚ and Cadbury Schweppes have brands that are recognized across the globe. While many of the products that these businesses sell are targeted at a global audience using a consistent marketing mix‚ it is also necessary to understand
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1.0 INTRODUCTION The chief financial officer (CEO) of TELUS Corporation (Telus) has just been informed that Moody’s‚ a bond rating service‚ has downgraded the firm’s credit rating to one notch below investment grade. The CFO’s challenge is to determine what specific actions‚ if any‚ to recommend to the firm’s audit committee. In solving this problem‚ the members of this group decided to divide the work into four main parts. The first part will contain the major problem that led Moody to downgrade
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The PlayStation 4 is the most powerful games console on the planet. With more graphical power than the Xbox One‚ 32 times more system memory than the PS3 and a firm focus on pure gaming experiences rather than media mojo‚ it has established itself as the next-gen console to beat. It’s a games console built by gamers for gamers. It won the hearts and minds of many from the word go‚ with lots of prospective next-genners left feeling alienated by some of Microsoft’s bizarre policies and choices for
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Rise and Fall of Ambassador car: Introduction: Based on Britain’s Morris Oxford series of cars by the Morris Motors‚ Ambassador was the first car to be produced in India. It started production in 1958‚ and for a long time was the only car to be sold in India. In the fiscal year ending March 2014‚ the company sold only 2‚200 cars out of the 1.8 million cars sold in India that year. Despite the fact that it had over 70% market share at a time‚ how did they lose their grip and slip to a mere 0.12% market
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Sony has numerous resources and capabilities ranging from tangible to intangible that give them their own unique competitive advantage as well as put them in positions that could potentially hurt their growth and strategy. Sony in the past has made bad strategic decisions in aspects of which technology they pursue. When video tapes were becoming popular Sony’s BetaMax was a failure and now today the Sony brand is leading with their involvement with the Blu-ray. The gaming industry has seen increasing
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Sony TV business loses much money for the company SAMSUNG-LG-SONY(third largest) http://www.statista.com/statistics/267095/global-market-share-of-lcd-tv-manufacturers/ The TV business‚ which has racked up around 790 billion yen of losses over the past 10 years‚ has been one of the main contributors to persistent losses in Sony’s flagship electronics division Without the facility to produce its own LCD panels Sony found itself forced to buy in components from the likes of Samsung and Sharp. However
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Should the government subsidize electric cars? By McClatchy-Tribune‚ adapted by Newsela staff on 01.08.14 Word Count 1‚431 Angie Vorhies plugs in the charging cord to her Nissan Leaf electric vehicle at a mall on Nov. 13‚ 2013‚ in San Diego. Photo: AP Photo/Lenny Ignelzi PRO: Don’t pull the plug on electric cars BLOOMINGTON‚ Ind. — It would be very unwise to “pull the plug” on electric-car subsidies at this time. The government money helps support the car industry and make up for tough regulations
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1) Estimate the WACC that is appropriate for discounting the Collinsville plant’s incremental cash flows. You should estimate and present each component of the WACC separately‚ explaining briefly but clearly what assumptions you are making for each of them. In the same spirit‚ estimate the appropriate all-equity cost of capital for the APV-based valuation. WACC calculation. WACC = RD*(1-t)*D/(D+E)+RE* E/(D+E) Cost of equity We assume that risk free rate (Rf) equals rate of long-term Treasury
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Sociocultural Carsharing or car sharing is a model of car rental where people rent cars for short periods of time‚ often by the hour. They are attractive to customers who make only occasional use of a vehicle‚ as well as others who would like occasional access to a vehicle of a different type than they use day-to-day. Carsharing contributes to sustainable transport because it is a less car intensive means of urban transport‚ and according to The Economist‚ carsharing can reduce car ownership at an estimated
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The history of the Carnival Corporation begins in 1972‚ when Ted Arison set up Carnival Cruise Lines as a subsidiary of the American International Travel Service. The first ship ran aground‚ but Arison remained steadfast in achieving his vision of a cruise line offering affordable vacation packages to middle-income consumers. By 1977‚ Carnival had three ships‚ and ten years later‚ as the industry leader‚ the company went public. In the early 1990s‚ Carnival began to diversify into land-based entertainment
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