In the mid ‘70’s‚ drug trafficking had become a major problem that was recognisable from the other illegal activity that took place. In this same time period‚ a marijuana ‘boom’ occurred where Colombia became the largest provider of marijuana in the world. In the 1980’s‚ a war against drugs occurred that made the police corrupt and gave way to guerrilla warfare‚ which is an attack by a small group in a hostile environment. Another weakness of Colombia’s is biological
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English. All other papers must be answered in English. Violation of this instruction shall incur cancellation of the concerned paper(s) and consequently award of Zero. 3. The compulsory and optional subjects and maximum marks fixed for each subject shall be as below: Sr. No. 1 2 3 COMPULSORY SUBJECTS Subjects English (Précis & Composition) English Essay General Knowledge (a) Current Affairs 100 (b) Every Day Science 100 (c) Pakistan Affairs 100 Islamiat Viva Voce Total Maximum Marks 100 100
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Five Forces analysis of the Construction Industry in Sweden “The authors conclude that the less competitive a market environment‚ the higher will be the amount of corruption by giving public servants the incentive to extract some of the monopoly rents through bribes.” (Lambsdorf‚ 1999) Industry background: The Swedish construction business consists of four main actors namely JM‚ NCC‚ PEAB and Skanska that historically have had exclusive rights to bid on large-scale governmental projects
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The twelve year return-on-equity data for the Tobacco Industry of 27.9% is substantially above the all-industry average of 14.1% given in the Business Week data. Examining Porters five forces reveals the keys to the Tobacco industries superior profit performance. The price customers are willing to pay for a product depends‚ in part‚ on the availability of substitutes. The absence of close substitutes in the case of cigarettes means that consumers are comparatively insensitive to price increases
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Assignment 1 - the Casino Industry 1. Introduction - current situation overview The three most common forms of casino gambling in the USA are the land-based‚ the river-boat and the Native American gambling. During the year 2009‚ the commercial casino industry used to employ about 375000 people earning around $13 billion in wages‚ making it one of the biggest industries in the USA. Commercial casinos are a major part of the actual entertainment landscape. For proof‚ ¼ of the U.S. adult population
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and prosper in a global environment that is highly dynamic and unstable. Managers in this setting not only deal with a set of social ‚ economic‚ legal and political factors in the home nation‚ but with entirely different set of these in each country of operation. International management involves balancing a firm ’s internal environment forces which is a system of shared meaning and beliefs within an organization that determines employees act with external environmental forces which is outside institutions
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ANALYSIS AND MBV Market Based View of Strategy: External environment analysis > strategic issues-> winning strategies-> superior performance Market based view of strategy (MBV) - sometimes known as Industrial Organisation based view (IO) places primary importance on external conditions faced by the firm. In this view‚ strategy is about the firm creating for itself a ‘market position’ via strategy whereby it can defend itself from external environmental forces and/or influence them in a way that
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In 1998‚ the Industry was in a state of Duopoly‚ with the only players being Eircell‚ with 330‚000 customers‚ and Esat Digifone‚ with 80‚000. Market penetration was a mere 11%‚ having grown by 4% since the previous year (ComReg‚ 1999). On December 1‚ the industry was deregulated and a competition for the awarding of a third telecom licence was held. With the view‚ expressed by Etain Doyle‚ Director of Telecommunications Regulation‚ to “increase competition and choice” which would bring about “lower
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Describe the way the current political environment affects your organisation. The current political environment significantly affects Beacon Services Plus‚ particularly in relation to healthcare policies and social care funding. Changes in government policy‚ such as debates over social care reform and caps on care costs‚ directly impact how we provide services like live-in care‚ dementia support‚ and respite care. The uncertainty surrounding public funding means we must constantly adapt to ensure
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Strategies for Marketing of Indian Village Industries Shashi Prakash Mishra Rural Craft & Engg Section MGIRI‚ Wardha‚ Maharashtra INTRODUCTION Our country is endowed with a good degree of ethnic and regional diversity
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