In 855‚ the civilization of Kievan Rus ’ developed‚ encompassing a small portion of modern day Russia. Around 1220‚ the Mongols arrived in Russia where they significantly influenced the Russian culture. In 1762‚ Catherine the Great became empress where she patronized Western culture. From the civilization of Kievan Rus ’ to the Russian Empire of Catherine the Great‚ Russia ’s contacts with the west‚ political structure‚ and territorial boundaries had significantly changed. Contact with the with
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Case Study Report IKEA in Russia Emily Kane - 491340 Eleanor Jones - 491338 Silvia Blanco - 490319 Luis Felipe Hernandez - 490819 4th March 2011 Executive Summary IKEA began as a small company in Sweden selling small household items but in 1945 began selling furniture. IKEA has expanded to other European countries‚ Canada and Australia. Currently‚ IKEA is the market leader in the distribution of furniture and home decorative items. IKEA entered the Russian market in 1991 but did
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Target Market Tesla Motors have a very specific target market for the Tesla Roadster that we are looking to cater too. We are looking to reach out to the high end consumers of luxury products in Russia. Russia has a large market and extremely high demand for luxury goods which suits the target market of the Tesla Roadster perfectly. We are looking to reach out to the group of consumers that have a large amount of disposable income while trying to be “earth-friendly” and also currently own multiple
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BUAD 6106 – Cross Cultural Challenges 11-12-2011 Conducting Business in Russia A Brief History: Russia was a monarchy‚ ruled by ’Tsars ’‚ for most of recorded history. (Early Russian history is complex -- it includes invasions by Swedish Vikings from the West and Mongols from the East. Christianity arrived in about 1000 AD‚ and there were Tsars in Moscow after about 1400 AD. Some of the more important Tsars were Ivan IV (called ’the Terrible ’ because he was pretty‚ well...terrible)‚ Peter
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topline statistics as sort of a summary‚ or more of a launching pad for further exploration. We’ll start with Russia‚ partly because this may be the last 5-year period that it is included in the top 10 international powers. Out of all the 8 countries I will look at individually‚ Russia faces the most daunting challenges. They have faced worse--I would hate to be a centenarian from Russia--but I doubt if they have the resources or leadership to avoid a sharp general decline over the next five years
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8 5.2 Types of Mergers & Acquisitions 8 5.3 Advantages of Mergers & Acquisitions 8 5.4 Disadvantages of Mergers & Acquisitions 10 5.5 Driving Forces Behind Automotive Mergers and Acquisitions 10 5.6 The long-term success of M&A in the automobile industry: 12 5.7 Case Study - Merger of Daimler-Benz & Chrysler AG 14 5.9 Case study – Nissan Renault Alliance 15 5.10 Case study – Tata- Jaguar Land Rover 16 6. Methodology 18 7. Data Analysis 19 7.1. Industry Analysis 19 8. Conclusion
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Planning of promotion activities The concept and value of product promotion and marketing communications In the present time‚ on the stage of development of trade and market relations plays an important role to promote product or service on the market. Accepted principles of our county to develop private property‚ improvement of market relations‚ raise the quality of the products and expansion output of product‚ set specific targets for marketing‚ solution that helps planning marketing and advertising
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AGENDA: Introduction 3 Problems of labor motivation in Russia (Forms Incentives) 3 Understanding "motivation" 4 Motivation through theories East vs. West 5 Motivation in Russia 8 What makes motivation systems in Russian companies so different from companies in other countries? 9 Conclusion. 10 Bibliography: 12 Introduction Why do people work? Why do some people do easy work and are dissatisfied and others do the hard work with pleasure? What has to be done to make
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Doing Business In Russia 1 Doing Business In Russia Hofstede’s Dimensions Study Naumov & Puffer (2000) Bollinger (1994) 92 26 76 Geert Hofstede (1980) 90 50 95 10 Uncertainty Avoidance Individualism/ Collectivism Power Distance Long-term Orientation Masculinity/ Feminity 68 41 40 59 55 28 40 Uncertainty Avoidance Index (UAI) Empirical studies of Naumov and Puffer (68 points) as well as Bollinger (92 points) show that Russia is high on uncertainty avoidance. High
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3‚ 2011 Western Union in 2008: Send Me The Money! Western Union in 2008: Send Me The Money! Current Situation Summary Western Union was founded in 1851 and started its history as a telegraph and wire services company. In 2006‚ Western Union discontinued its telegraph service and focused exclusively on money transfers (Pearce & Robinson‚ 2011). Jorge Ochoa‚ Vice President of Finance and Raul Duany‚ Director of Corporate Communication joined The Western Union Company (WU) in November
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