Exam in International Management‚ Summer 2014 _______________________________________ Exam number: 336970 Question 1 (33 %) Raff‚ Ryan and Stähler (2012) find in their paper that the more productive a firm is‚ the more likely it is to choose foreign direct investment (FDI) rather than to export and greenfield investment won over merger and acquisition (M&A). They also state that recent studies indicate that firms whose productivity surpass a certain threshold have a tendency to become exporters
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Management Challenges in the 21st Century Introduction The traditional management education and training relies heavily on left-brain thinking‚ deductive reasoning and analytical thinking. The managers of the future require a different set of skills based on the functioning of the right-brain like holistic or systems thinking‚ intuitive problem-solving and value-driven decision-making. While state parastatals could benefit from a number of these corporate lessons‚ readers should be clear about
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Chapter 5—Currency Derivatives 1. Kalons‚ Inc. is a U.S.-based MNC that frequently imports raw materials from Canada. Kalons is typically invoiced for these goods in Canadian dollars and is concerned that the Canadian dollar will appreciate in the near future. Which of the following is not an appropriate hedging technique under these circumstances? a. purchase Canadian dollars forward. b. purchase Canadian dollar futures contracts. c. purchase Canadian dollar put options. d. purchase Canadian dollar
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Contents 1. Introduction 2 2. International HRM 2 2.1 Expatriate 3 2.2 Factors Affecting companies in an international level 3 3. Activities of HR managers in local and international level 4 3.1 HR Planning and Analysis: 4 3.2 Equal Employment Opportunities: 4 3.3 Recruitment and Selection process: 5 3.4 Motivation‚ Compensation and Benefits: 5 3.5 Health‚ Safety and Security: 5 3.6 Management Employee relationships: 6 4. Conclusion and Recommendation 6 5. References and
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Jesalaine S. Templo BA4FM 1. Which do you believe is the most important for sustaining the sale of new carrera model‚ maintaining a profit margin or maintaining the U.S. dollar price? To answer this question‚ the price elasticity of demand must be known for the Porsche Carrera. If the car is relatively inelastic‚ the company can count on high exchange rate pass-through. Meaning‚ that the Porsche may keep the profit margin by increasing the price of the car as the U.S. dollar
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FACULTY OF MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURIAL STUDIES & I.T. BSc MANAGEMENT AND ENTREPRENEURIAL DEVELOPMENT STUDIES (BM114) Course Outline for General Management Principles (BM114) Preamble A study of the General Management principles that seeks to equip students with the general management and managerial skills that will prepare them to be effective managers and entrepreneurs who can quickly adopt to new management situations. Aims To equip students with modern general management principles.
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Introduction………………………………………………..3 1.1 Aims and Objectives…………………………………………………………….3 1.2 Introduce the international human resource management………………….3 Chapter 2 the impact of national culture……………………………4 2.1 What is culture? .................................................................................................4 2.2 National culture…………………………………………………………………..5 2.3 Strategic human resource management in multinational companies………7 2.3.1the strategic planning process of multinational corporations………………7
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INTERNATIONAL SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT – BSB20123-7 Written Examination Stimulus Material Case Study – IKEA About IKEA Since its 1943 founding in Sweden‚ IKEA has offered home furnishings and accessories of good design and function at low prices so the majority of the people can afford them. IKEA’s vision is to: “Create a better everyday life for the many people” Its business idea is "To offer a wide range of well designed‚ functional home furnishing products at prices so low that as many people
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Marketing Export Plan International Business Orientation Exporting FEBO to China Part 1 Table of content Introduction 4 1. Strategic Profile 5 1.1 History 5 1.2 Strategies 5 1.3 What to do in China 6 1.4 Suppliers 6 2. FEBO internal analysis 7 2.1 Product position 7 2.2 Marketing capability 8 2.3 Research and development capabilities 8 2.4 Organisational structure 8 2.5 Human resources
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UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM & ENERGY STUDIES SECTORAL REPORT ON ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT IN EXPLORATION AND PRODUCTION SECTOR Submitted to: - Submitted By:- Mr. Rajkumar APOORVA SINHA(23) Faculty‚COLS DEEPIKA KULHARI(36)
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