ASSIGNMENT 2 (Group Assignment) (15%) Instruction: Answer ONE (1) Question Only. 1. The decision of the House of Lords in Salomon v Salomon & Co LTD (1897) AC 22 has been described as “calamitous” by Otto Kahn Freund. To what extent do you agree with such a view? 2. Critically assess the various provisions under the Companies Act 1965 under which the corporate veil may be pierced‚ highlighting their shortcomings‚ if any‚ and suggest improvements to those provisions for
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The revenue of the software grew year-over-year in May 2010. However‚ software unit sales have eroded further in the first 5 months than in 2009‚ and the average weekly software unit sales declined a further 9.5% for that period of 2010. Total software revenue has declined only 6.7% this year. This is because consumers are buying slightly more expensive games. During January to May in 2009‚ the revenue of Wii increased 10%. Meanwhile the PS3 has increased only 8%. The change in the first 5 months
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INTRODUCTION The seminal work (Hofstede 1994) identifies the generic factors that characterize value systems in different national cultures‚ including those of software and systems developers‚ applying statistical cluster analysis. The analysis was based on questionnaires from more than 50 countries. Each country could be given an index score for each of the following factors or dimensions of national cultures: Power distance characterizes the extent to which people consider it natural that power
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With the use of examples review current advertisements banned by the ASA. Critically analyse the rules imposed by the ASA‚ are they reflective of public demand. ASA are the UK’s independent regulator of advertising in all media. They ensure that the ads being produced are legal‚ decent‚ honest and truthful by using the advertising codes and by seeing if the ads meet their regulations. Referring to the L’Oreal foundation make up advertisement‚ ASA decided that it was socially responsible for
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There is nothing good about this film.... which is why it is so brilliant. There is no protagonist nor antagonist. Just lost people in a confusing world searching for purpose. It astounds me how much sympathy I felt for each character as they embodied the lost people that wander this world. To name a few: Sylvia‚ bless her heart‚ was innocent and childlike‚ but quite stupid and rather sleazy‚ and her beauty showed to be her curse. Everybody imposed their concept of who she was and who they wanted
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Marketing Research-Kudler Fine Foods Virtual Organization Barbara Hall MKT/421 ` Amber Topping August 5th 2013 Kudler Fine Foods is an upscale epicurean specialty food market with three locations in California. Founder Kathy Kudler enjoyed gourmet cooking; it was her way of relieving stress. Kathy having been Vice-President of Marketing for a defense contractor‚ found the opportunity for this upscale epicurean food
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Marketing Research An Applied Orientation Global Edition Sixth Edition Naresh K. Malhotra Georgia Institute of Technology Boston Columbus Amsterdam Delhi Cape Town Indianapolis Dubai London New York Madrid San Francisco Milan Munich Seoul Upper Saddle River Paris Montreal Toronto Mexico City Sao Paulo Sydney Hong Kong Singapore Taipei Tokyo Contents Foreword 21 Preface 23 Acknowledgments 29 Author Biography 32 Chapter 2 Defining the Marketing Research
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Today‚ marketing research managers must fully take into account the marketing research process and marketing ethics while conducting their research. According to Brown (2014)‚ the marketing research process is the process of gathering and interpreting data for use in developing‚ implementing‚ and monitoring the firm’s marketing plans; whereas marketing ethics are the principles‚ values‚ and standards of conduct followed by marketers. To stress the importance of both the marketing research process
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Title – International Marketing Research Challenges INTRODUCTION Due to global financial issues in the recent months‚ consumer confidence is low in the more developed markets such as Japan‚ the US and Europe (AFP‚ 2012). Therefore developing markets‚ such as the Australian market‚ are looking towards emerging markets where the markets have remained dynamic and rich in growth opportunities. This is because emerging markets “have reached a minimum level of GDP and are in the growth phase of the
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Wednesday August 22‚ 2012 Chapter 1 – Introduction to Marketing Research To understand Marketing Research‚ we must answer these questions: What is marketing? What is the marketing concept? What is marketing strategy? First off‚ what is marketing? Finding out what people want and getting it to them. That is why this class is so important. What is Marketing? Defined by the AMA - An organizational function and a set of processes for creating‚ communicating and delivering value to customers‚ and
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