Factsheet briefing on gender issues in migration and urbanisation as they relate to poverty Produced by UN Women as a supplementary briefing for the Consultative Group meeting 6 December 2011 Hanoi GENDER AND MIGRATION International context and standards: Michelle Bachelet‚ Executive Director of UN Women: “The absence of legal and social protections in many countries – and failure to implement and monitor gender-sensitive labour and migration laws where they exist – makes care workers vulnerable
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China and Vietnam: Who is moving toward a free market economy? By Gerald Headd II Prof. Sujian Guo Political Economy of Asian Transition Abstract Anyone can foolishly take a quick look at many Asian economies in transition and come to an even quicker assertion that they have taken on a capitalist market mindset. However‚ one can only determine whether a country’s economy is that of a capitalist market or socialist market by analyzing it based on public/private ownership and market/state control
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Thesis Advisor: Professor Svein Ulset Title: International Modes of Entry Subtitle: The Case of Disney By‚ Carlos Gonzalez Hernandez This thesis was written as a part of the master program at NHH. Neither the institution‚ the supervisor‚ nor the censors are -through the approval of this thesis- responsible for neither the theories and methods used‚ nor results and conclusions drawn in this work. International Modes of Entry: The Case of Disney 1 Abstract The case of Disney’s theme parks
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Barriers to market entry include a number of different factors that restrict the ability of new competitors to enter and begin operating in a given industry. For example‚ an industry may require new entrants to make large investments in capital equipment‚ or existing firms may have earned strong customer loyalties that may be difficult for new entrants to overcome. The ease of entry into an industry in just one aspect of an industry analysis; the others include the power held by suppliers and buyers
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3 (February 14) – Vietnam: market entry decisions Answer the following questions: 1. Does Vietnam represent an attractive investment opportunity? Vietnam is 12th nation in the world with more population and its economic growth is expected to keep increasing in the following years. Thanks to the Doi Moi economic reforms since 1994 the country’s GDP is the third in growth rate in Asia‚ the inflation has decreased from 775% to 14% and the FDI is everyday more important. Moreover‚ the population
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McGraw Hill Chapter 15. Entry Strategy and Strategic Alliances General Motors in China The late 2000s were not kind to General Motors. Hurt by a deep recession in the United States and plunging vehicle sales‚ GM capped off a decade where it had progressively lost market share to foreign rivals such as Toyota by entering Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Between 1980‚ when it dominated the U.S. market‚ and 2009‚ when it entered bankruptcy protection‚ GM saw its U.S. market share slip from 44 percent
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Definition A mode of entry into an international market “is the channel which organisation that want operate in international markets employ to gain entry to a new international market. The choice for a particular entry mode is a critical determinant in the successful running of a foreign operation”. (European Journal of Science‚ 2011) Doole and Lowe (2008) argued that there are different types of entry mode relative to the level of investment: Non-equity mode: exporting (direct and indirect)
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social‚ and economic values led the charge behind European Imperialism. These attacks had affected the previously separated territories towards changing the course of history for nations and peoples in those regions. In the 1800’s France took over Vietnam as well as Cambodia. They valued land and power‚ especially
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4. Entry Mode Screening: Ultimately‚ the favored option for Krispy Kreme Doughnuts Inc. to penetrate into Singapore’s target market is the direct investment entry mode. Direct investment entails the firm undertaking the target product marketing task its self. This includes practices such as developing contracts‚ market research‚ target product marketing‚ handling legal issues and documentation and pricing. Direct investment‚ serves as an umbrella term for a number of entirely more specific examples
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MCDONALD’S IN VIETNAM By Ayodeji Akin Abiri Table of Contents Abstract 1.0 Introduction 3 1.1 Background note 4 1.2 Global Strategy 5 2.0 McDonald’s In Vietnam 8 2.1 Entry Strategy 9 2.2 PESTEL analysis of Vietnam 9 2.3 SWOT analysis of HCM city 11 2.4 Expansion strategy 12 2.5 Franchising in Vietnam 13 2.6 Drive-thru restaurants 13 2.7 Localization
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