Tutorial 3- Chapter 2: Social Responsibility and Ethics Tutorial Activity 1: Ongoing Semester Case Study- Businessville Hotel The hotel manager should not acquire furniture from the furniture dealer even though he was a friend of his brother. Looking at the economic perspective‚ the manager might want to acquire the furniture from the dealer with the cost saving purpose as he was given a discount for the furniture. However‚ the manager should accomplish his duties legally while complied with his
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Prof. Shawn Khosravi International Management October 29‚ 2013 Carrefour’s misadventure in Russia Carrefour is a French retail company. It is one of the biggest hypermarket chains around the world. It is the second largest retail group after Wal-Mart. Carrefour decided to enter the Russian market but they decided to retract in October 2009‚ four months after opening there. They believed there was insufficient growth in Russia and had limited acquisition opportunities there. Analysts believe
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Main Problem Microsofts domination of the Chinese software industry and failure to adapt their strategy to the chinese culture. Due to this‚ Microsoft experienced patent‚ piracy‚ and several political challenges with the chinese government and local firms. China’s respect for intellecual property rights is underdeveloped and the chinese governemtn has not taken sufficient steps to defend ipr. Alternative Solutions 1. Continue to partner with local governments‚ FBI‚ chinese officials‚ american
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operating in a challenging‚ dynamic‚ interdependent and complex global environment. Clearly‚ strategies and management style which are involved in international and global businesses must be adjusted in order to operate successfully (Deresky‚ 2014‚ 18). A global manager is basically someone with knowledge of running the company across borders in the company. They have to be trained under global management aspects such as culture and communication with foreign countries (Ask 2014). There are three important
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1 Which of the theories of international trade can help Indian services providers gain competitive edge over their competitors? Ans The theory of free markets can help indian services providers gain competitive edge over their compititors because India has got an edge over other countries at this point of time but other nations may try to make their products look cheaper by manipulating their currencies or by imposing restrictions on imported service especially from india You only need one theory
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CHAPTER 1 – GLOBALIZATION AND INTERNATIONAL LINKAGES A. INTRODUCTION 1. International Management Defined as: the process of applying management concepts and techniques in a multinational environment and adapting management to different economic‚ political and cultural environments 2. Multinational Corporation (MNC) i. Has operations in more than one country ii. Has int’l sales iii. Has managers and owners of various nationalities B. GLOBALIZATION AND INTERNATIONALIZATION
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Question 1: Evaluate the selection of negotiators from Canada Timber. Were any mistakes made in the selection? Answer 1: The success of international business relationships depends on effective business negotiations. Negotiators need to be well prepared. Understanding how to achieve international business negotiation outcomes and the factors relevant to the process will allow negotiators to be more successful. Negotiation is an inherent part of being in business. Negotiating is an acquired skill
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Executive Summary This report is aimed to analyze the international marketing situation of the most famous fast food restaurant -- Burger King‚ which based on the marketing research result. The analysis will based on following parts:the internationalization of Burger King‚ foreign market segmentation and targeting‚ the environmental analysis‚ the international marketing objectives‚ the foreign market entry strategy‚ the products/service mix preparation‚ and finally give a conclusion of this report
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highlighted and supported with the customer profile and demand analysis by the usage of Porter’s Five Forces analysis. Moving forward‚ the environmental factors on the host country’s business climate are carefully examined. Based on the findings‚ the unique usage of liquid nitrogen in making the ice cream is favored at large. Strengths‚ weakness‚ opportunities and threats of 320 Below will be evaluated in depth by using the SWOT analysis. A comprehensive business strategy is finalized and proposed
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Case 1: The Bribery Scandal at Siemens AG Background: In 2006‚ a Germany company‚ Siemens was caught in a scandal for bribing employees with other companies to get contracts. Some of the executive board members and employees have been charged and the company fined for 30 million euro. This scandal shocked many people and started to look the issues of bribery amount business. Siemens formed in 1847‚ it is one of the world’s most important companies and Europe’s largest technology conglomerates
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