Medical studies suggest that smoking can lead to serious health problems for both the person smoking and the person sitting next to him. Keeping these statistics in mind‚ governments all over the world have implemented bans on smoking tobacco in public places‚ to the joy of non-smokers and the dismay of those for whom a cigarette is a permanent extension of the lips. Tobacco smoke contains carbon monoxide‚ a gas which – if inhaled – can severely reduce the oxygen carrying capacity of the blood
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Mergers and Acquisitions in Global Scenario By Shahwar Gul In the post- liberalization era‚ the demand for intense growth and development in business has paved the way for the companies to undergo the process of amalgamation‚ takeover‚ reconstruction and re-organization. Mergers and acquisitions have become imperative tools in structuring a new generation of organizations with the clout and resources to withstand and compete on a global basis. The field of M&A has undergone drastic and dramatic
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Introduction With the accelerated internationalization‚ a great number of strategies and tactics are adopted by either multinational companies or regional firms in order to obtain global market shares as much as possible. Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) are one of methods for a corporation to grow and expand its global business. Globally‚ the value of M&A increased by 19%‚ up to USD 2.25 trillion in 2010‚ with amount of USD378 billion contributed by the emerging markets contributed. (http://www
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Q4) what are the advantages and disadvantages to a firm of operating on a large scale? Economies of scale fall under microeconomics and are the cost advantages a business obtains due to expansion. As scale is increased they cause a producers average cost per unit to fall. Microeconomics (from Greek prefix micro- meaning "small" and "economics") is a branch of economics in which you study the behaviour of how the individual firms make decisions to allocate limited resources. Normally‚ it applies
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Situation analysis Customer Insight - “..Building in the voice of the customer‚ seeking customer insights‚ and getting the right market information before Development proceeds are vital requirements.” Robert G. Cooper‚ Winning at New Products Topshop is a fashion forward brand with its flagship store based on London Oxford Street. Topshop have cleverly used social media to get a better customer insight. This is done by using Facebook to like and share posts of what they like. By doing this Topshop can
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Introduction The purpose of this paper is to shed some light on the concept of franchising from the viewpoint of the franchisor‚ discuss its different uses taking into account the advantages and disadvantages attached to them‚ and link these considerations to a firm’s internationalization decision-making process. 1 What is franchising ? Franchising as it is generally known today is a form of marketing or distribution in which a parent company customarily grants an individual or a relatively
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Reach-through claims This article explains what a “reach-through” claim is and then discusses the patentability of reach-through claims. The patentability of reach-through claims has particular importance for the protection of fundamental research which could be used in the subsequent development of biological or chemical therapeutic entities. This topic is important not just in terms of the protection of fundamental research inventions in these areas‚ but is also important in terms of assessing
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Thompson−Strickland−Gamble: Crafting and Executing Strategy: Concepts and Cases‚ 16th Edition I. Concepts and Techniques for Crafting and Executing Strategy 1. What Is Strategy and Why Is It Important? chapter one © The McGraw−Hill Companies‚ 2008 1 What Is Strategy and Why Is It Important? Strategy means making clear-cut choices about how to compete. —Jack Welch Former CEO‚ General Electric A strategy is a commitment to undertake one set of actions rather than
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“What Are Heavy” – Christina Rossetti In the children’s poem “What Are Heavy” by the Victorian poet‚ Christina Rossetti‚ the author uses two speakers in order to show the contrast between the innocent curiosity of a child and the wisdom of an adult who attempts to answer the child’s questions truthfully while preserving the child’s innocence by simplifying an extremely complicated topic. Exploitation of the truth leads to the attainment of knowledge‚ from the attainment of knowledge comes the acquisition
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Colonization is when a group of people come in and inhabit an area with the purpose of settling and/or resource exploitation‚ and this is what is happens in gentrified communities. When people with higher income move into a community it causes rent to rise for existing members‚ since housing changes in order to cater to the new people who could afford to pay more. When this happens‚ instead
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