Group No: 5382 NANYANG TECHNOLOGICAL UNIVERSITY NANYANG BUSINESS SCHOOL AB329 APPLIED RESEARCH PROJECT Corporate Governance and Firm Performance: A Study of Family and Non-family Controlled Firms in Singapore U1010347C U1010546K U1010424G Chua Ang Hong Ho Chuan Lui Tee Chin Siang Bryan Supervisor: Associate Professor Ho Kim Wai Applied Research Project submitted to the Nanyang Business School‚ Nanyang Technological University in partial fulfillment for the double degree
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October 2012 -Role of Marketing in the non-business environment since article “Broadening the Concept of Marketing” by Philip Kotler and Sidney J. Levy was published in 1969 -- Written by Anthony Chi Yuen CHAN 1 Abstract Social economic development over the past 40 years has been drastic over the world. From 1970 to 2010‚ global GDP has grown over 20 times from 3‚288 billion USD to 63‚064 billion USDi. Government consumption expenditure per capita increased from 140 USD to
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What is marketing? The inappropriate presumption about marketing is that it consists of advertising or selling only (Pride‚ Ferrell‚ Lukas‚ Schembri‚ & Niininen‚ 2012). This can be traced back to the fact that‚ publicity and “PR” are the most publicized facets of marketing (Belch & Belch‚ 2012). Marketing can be better understood as the communication channel linking a product or service to the targeted customers. The prime objective of marketing is to identify the customer’s needs‚ and how the product
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Steven Englehart Marketing October 28‚ 2013 A. The Company Smart Option e-cigarette is a metal rechargeable electric cigarette brand‚ giving smokers an alternative smoking option to conventional tobacco products. Smart Option takes pride in putting an emphasis on making its e-cigarette as close as possible to the weight‚ size‚ feel‚ flavor and inhalation of real cigarettes. Targeting seasoned smokers‚ Smart Option e-cigarettes produce non-disposable smoking products. The Smart Option e-cigarette kit
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Tariffs Explain the various impacts of an import tariff in small nations vs. large nations. The impact of an import tariff in a small nation is entirely unlike then an import tariff from a larger nation. When smaller nations imposes a tariff‚ it does not affect world prices‚ however the price of the importable commodity will start to rise‚ usually by the amount of the tariff for manufacturers and trade in the small nation. When large nations impose a tariff‚ it will reduce the volume of trade
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Identify & Include Key Stakeholders Goal Development OVERCOMING BARRIERS: Successfully Executing Strategic Plans Fact Finding Define Strategic Challenge(s) Idea Finding Strategic Solutions IMPLEMENTATION Evaluation & Course Correction "Plans are useless; planning is everything." Dwight D. Eisenhower A strategy represents... a set of decisions... about the future... 36% executives acknowledge lack of clarity. Up to 85% employees never exposed to strategy in any form. 68%
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IKEA Case Study Strategic Marketing Plan Review Table of Content 1.0 Executive Summary Pg. 3 2.0 IKEA Company’s Proflie Pg. 4 3.0 Segmentation Base on Applied by IKEA Pg. 5 3.1 GEOGRAPHIC SEGMENTATION 3.1.1 TARGET MARKET SEGMENTS Pg. 5 3.2. DEMOGRAPHIC SEGMENTATION 3.2.1 TARGET MARKET SEGMENTS: Pg. 6 3.3 PSYCHOGRAPHIC SEGMENTATION Pg. 6 3.4 BEHAVIORAL SEGMENTATION 3.4.1 TARGET MARKET SEGMENTS Pg. 7 3.5 IKEA’S POSITIONING STRATEGIES Ph. 7 4.0 Customer
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1. Definitions. Barriers to entry are economic‚ procedural‚ regulatory‚ or technological factors that obstruct or restrict entry of new firms into an industry or market. Barriers to exit are perceived or real impediments that keep a firm from quitting uncompetitive markets or from discontinuing a low-profit product. 2. Types of barriers: Innocent barriers are those that are part and parcel of the nature of the industry and have not been specially erected by the incumbents to hinder the entry
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Social Systems Integration Systems Perspective and Strategic Marketing Instructor: Dr. Szabi Ishtai-Zee Student: Dawn Swartz Date Due: 10/13/12 Date Submitted: 10/13/12 IA. Contrasting Characteristics of Relatively Open and Relatively Closed System All systems are relatively open or relatively closed‚ which means‚ systems are either receptive or non-receptive to the movement of energy across its boundaries. A system is never completely open‚ because it would make it indistinguishable from
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I. Company Profile: History 2009 marked Cherry Mobile’s commitment to become the top value-for-money mobile phone in the country. In its first year‚ Cherry Mobile CEO Maynard Ngu envisioned Cherry Mobile to become the brand that has “Everything for everyone‚” providing handsets that cater to different age groups and match different lifestyles. It was a dream that became a reality. So big it captivated the market and rocked its competitors - the telecommunications bigwigs. In 2010‚ barely two years
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