N10/5/MATME/SP1/ENG/TZ0/XX/M MARKSCHEME November 2010 MATHEMATICS Standard Level Paper 1 18 pages –2– N10/5/MATME/SP1/ENG/TZ0/XX/M This markscheme is confidential and for the exclusive use of examiners in this examination session. It is the property of the International Baccalaureate and must not be reproduced or distributed to any other person without the authorization of IB Cardiff. –3– N10/5/MATME/SP1/ENG/TZ0/XX/M Instructions to Examiners Abbreviations M (M)
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Wal-Mart Stores: Every Day Low Prices in China Key Issues Wal-Mart is currently facing a change to their business in China. Over the past few years China’s retail industry and its distribution and logistical infrastructure have opened up significantly with decreased government regulation. For Wal-Mart this will mean a large change in its business strategy and it will now look to profitably expand with China’s booming economy. In order to set a new strategy Wal-Mart will need to identify
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Case Number 1: Valuing Coca Cola Stock. Executive Summary The Coca Cola Company‚ founded in 1886 in Atlanta‚ Georgia‚ is the premier soft drink producer globally. Besides manufacturing the famous Coca Cola‚ the company is responsible for bringing a variety of different products to the global market such as Fanta‚ Sprite‚ PowerAde‚ Dasani and Nestea. The Coca Cola Company is divided into two main sectors: the North American Business Sector and the International Business Sector. After selling
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The Equality Act (2010) consolidates all anti-discriminatory legislation neatly and provides a clear guideline for assessors and assessments. Learners know that they and their peers cannot be discriminated against if they have‚ or even are associated with someone due to their age‚ disability‚ gender‚ gender identity‚ race‚ religion and belief‚ sexual preference‚ marriage and civil partnership‚ and/ or maternity or pregnancy. The relevant legislation should always be abided by and employment regulations
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Complementors) Wal-Mart Potential Competitors: Medium pressure Grocers could potentially enter into the retail side. Entry barriers are relatively high‚ as Wal-Mart has an outstanding distribution systems‚ locations‚ brand name‚ and financial capital to fend off competitors. Wal-mart often has an absolute cost advantage over other competitors. Rivalry Among Established Companies: Medium Pressure Currently‚ there are three main incumbent companies that exist in the same market as Wal-Mart: Sears
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Wal-Mart Stores Inc.‚ May 2002 Robert M. Grant Wal-Mart Stores 1. TO WHAT EXTENT IS WAL-MART’S PERFORMANCE ATTRIBUTABLE TO INDUSTRY ATTRACTIVENESS AND TO WHAT EXTENT TO COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE? A company has a competitive advantage over its rivals when its profitability is greater than the average profitability of all companies in its industry. It has a sustained competitive advantage when it is able to maintain above-average profitability
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Aloha products Aloha Products is a United States-based coffee-processor company that has been providing non-specialty and low-priced coffee for over a hundred years. It purchases the raw materials or what buyers and sellers refer to as “green coffee” from brokers and trade firms then processes the coffee and sells the final product to customers. Large companies such as Nestle and P&G directly import the unprocessed or green coffee beans from coffee plantations in tropical countries such as Brazil
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PepsiAmericas In 2000 PepsiAmericas merged with Whitman Corp and became the second largest Pepsi bottler of the United States. On the 1st of March 2010 PepsiAmericas became a division of PepsiCo’s‚ Pepsi Beverages Company. Today PepsiCo makes $60 billion in revenues and has 285‚000 employees. PepsiAmericas chose to implement a PeopleSoft ERP solution to increase the profitability of the company. The core ERP components helped PepsiAmericas to improve its business by establishing a complete integration
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CASE: HR-27 DATE: 09/11/06 RITE-SOLUTIONS: MAVERICKS UNLEASHING THE QUIET GENIUS OF EMPLOYEES We freely acknowledge that we are not the two smartest people in the company... . Weíve got a lot of real world experience. Weíve got a vision of where we want this thing to be at some point in time. But exactly how to get there‚ and what technologies to use‚ and how we should employ them‚ thatís much bigger than any two people should be responsible for. ó Jim Lavoie‚ CEO of Rite-Solutions‚ speaking
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based planning 5. Possible Solutions for Nokia 5.1. Strengthen Nokia’s Research & Development Department 5.2. Find allies in the US American market 5.3. Behave more global 5.4. Realign the Board of Directors 5.5. Replace the CEO 6. Conclusion List of References Exhibits Exhibit 1: Nokia’s worldwide market shares in 2012 5 1. Introduction The basis of this paper is a case study about the Finnish mobile phone giant „Nokia“. The case study was written by Syeda Maseeha
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