Lost in Translation “In Poland‚ I would have known how to bring you up‚ I would have known what to do‚” my mother says wistfully‚ but here‚ she has lost her sureness‚ her authority. She doesn’t know how hard to scold Alinka when she comes home at late hours; she can only worry over her daughter’s vague evening activities. She has always been gentle with us‚ and she doesn’t want‚ doesn’t know how‚ to tighten the reins. But familial bonds seem so dangerously loose here! Truth to tell‚ I don’t want
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The Message in Girl in Translation There always have been immigrants since the early days in the United States. The number of immigrants continues to grow throughout periods of time. “As in 2006‚ the number of immigrants is 37.5 million. After 2000‚ immigration to the United States numbered approximately 1‚000‚000 per year. A recent survey by Gallup showed that there are about 165 million adults worldwide named the United States as their top country where they would like to migrate permanently”
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This case shows us that apart from transaction‚ translation and economic exposure to currency risk‚ firms also have the very real strategic impact on their competitive position from competitive exposure. Apart from GM’s exposure to the yen which is reflected in their financial statements‚ their competitive position vis-à-vis Japanese manufacturers is affected by a potentially declining yen. This is because a declining yen reduces the Japanese manufacturers’ $ cost‚ enabling
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Case study: Business Process Reengineering General Motors Corporation “General Motors is one of three leading automotive manufacturing companies in the United States. Based in Michigan in 1903 by Henry ford and grew to reach revenue of $150 billion and more than 370‚000 employees by 1996. In the 1970’s‚ the automobile market for the major auto makers - General Motors (GM)‚ Ford‚ and Chrysler- was crunched by competition from foreign manufactures such as Toyota and Honda. In 1999‚ Ford acquired
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Executive Summary Major Research Project ( 2009-2011) Nativism in India: A Study of Modern Indian Literature in the select Indian Languages Submitted to UNIVERSITY GRANTS COMMISSION‚ NEW DELHI by Dr. Ashok Babar P.V.P. Mahavidyalaya‚ Kavathe Mahankal‚ Dist. Sangli. (Maharashta) Contents |Chapters |Title |Page No. | |
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Abstract This research looks at the General Motors Company and what led to company failure and filing of bankruptcy in 2009. The American automotive industry was poorly managed for years and was almost eliminated when the economy crashed in 2008. Without the help of the U.S. government‚ General Motors and Chrysler would not have been able to survive. How did GM‚ as the number one auto manufacturer and seller‚ go from being at the top to almost ceasing to exist? This kind of financial mess usually
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Oz Wasserman Dr. Leach COM 1101 3 December 2012 Car Technologies and Green Energy: General Motors Go Green Most of the people in the world still support the perception about cars being one of the main air pollutants on the planet. General Motors promoted their Fuel Cell technology under the Chevrolet division with the “Chevy Equinox” car on the Smithsonian magazine in September 2008‚ when posting an advertisement that presented their newest technology for environment friendly cars‚ the Equinox
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107-051-1 MITSURU MISAWA OSG CORPORATION: HEDGING TRANSACTION EXPOSURE On Monday‚ April 24th 2006‚ the US dollar fell to a new three-month low against the yen of ¥114.30/$ in Tokyo’s foreign exchange market‚ the lowest rate since January 16th 2006. This was a reflection of trading in New York three days earlier‚ on Friday‚ where the dollar had fallen more than 1.75% against the yen. The depreciation of the dollar against the yen was a direct result of a meeting of the G7 in Washington D.C. on April
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substantial competitive exposure hedging policy in place. Over the last year (2001 in case study) GM was trying to properly evaluate the risk to the substantial yen denominated assets it held. The value of the yen relative to the dollar was decreasing and GM had considerable exposure to this. In conjunction with this depreciation affecting the unit sales‚ GM has a significant stake in Suzuki‚ Isuzu and Fiji as well as a $500 million bond issue. All this accounts to considerable exposure which should be
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gap between computer science and well known business disciplines such as finance‚ marketing and management. More on in this subject I have go through a lot of case studies. One of the case study I want to talk about is A Portal For General Motors (GM). General motors is a $185 billion organization with more than 350‚000 representatives around the world. It conducts business in more than 125 nations and fabricates items extending from SUVs to satellites. 1. Yes‚ the most concerning issue they have
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