environment when many countries require increasing amounts of energy to boost economic progress? According to Alan M. Eddison‚ “Modern technology owes ecology an apology.” This is definitely true as economies and technologies have developed recklessly at the expense of the environment. The world has seen huge increases in consumption of the Earth’s scarce resources ever since the Industrial Revolution in the 1800s and countries‚ especially the developed countries‚ imprudently emit carbon and other pollutants
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Country Risk and Strategic Planning Analysis Direct export access to China used to be difficult due to the complexity and slowness of the country ’s customs rules and regulations. But with the relaxation in regulatory restrictions and the opening of its markets to foreign investors‚ China could become the next successful market for cognac and champagne importers. The elimination of tariffs in the wake of China ’s accession to the World Trade Organization may encourage more cognac and champagne importers
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Anandan‚ Nandhini and Muthuselvan (2000) in their study‚ entitled “Automobile Sector-Shifting Gears to Strategic Alliances”‚ outline the broad perspective of strategic alliance and their role in globalization. Strategies of firms in the automobile sector in the Indian scenario‚ common pit falls in strategic alliances and how this may be avoided are all highlighted. Four types of strategic alliance such as managerial dimension‚ co-operation and competition and conflict were classified taking the extreme
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sex of the baby. Although there isn’t a true way to prevent SIDS there are many steps a parent can take to decrease the chances of SIDS. One‚ of the many‚ very important ways to prevent SIDS is to have the correct bedding and sleeping posture. A baby must always sleep on its back‚ a baby sleeping on its stomach is unstable and could suffocate. It may seem strange‚ but avoid soft bedding‚ babies should be placed on a firm crib mattress‚ with one light sheet to cover them. Bedding can’t have comforters
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION AND FIRM PERFORMANCE IN KENYAN BANKING INDUSTRY Dr. Josiah Aduda‚ jaduda@uonbi.ac.ke‚ Lecturer and chairman‚ department of Finance and Accounting‚ School of Business‚ University of Nairobi‚ Kenya and Leonard Musyoka‚ University of Nairobi Abstract Economic theory of executive pay has focused on the design of optimal compensation schemes to align the interests of hired managers and shareholders. Agency theory has identified several
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affect the capital structure of a firm Credit ratings is the assessment of the credit worthiness of a firm based on historyof borrowing and repayment. Credit rating is the credit worthiness of a debtor. The debtors ability to pay back the debt. Companies with high rating (AAA) have a good market reputation and logically would avoid not being in favor of more debt in capital structure to save them from any adverse circumstances. High credit ratings expose a firm to obtain higher external sources
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Correlation Method. The data of the Units has been adopted from the Forbes’ India’s Top 100 Units. A CSR Index has been generated on the basis of ratio of Unit’s actual CSR spend and stipulated 2% of Avg. PAT (as per CSR Clause no. 135 in the proposed Companies Act 2013). For GreenEx performance the data has been adopted from BSE GreenExchange. For the Form’s Profitability the data has been adopted from Business Today’s India’s Best 500 Units in the year 2013. The findings are suggestive of strong
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Cost Economics and Resource Based View theories in terms of their usefulness in explaining firms’ internationalization strategies. Two Nobel Prize winners have extensively contributed to one of the theories that will be discussed in this essay. It is very exciting to access Transaction Cost Economics and Resource Based View theories in terms of their usefulness in explaining firms’ internationalisation strategies. This assessment will be based on two American companies: Harley Davidson-motorcycle
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importance or otherwise understanding cultural issues for business firms operating internationally. Contents Introduction 3 Why firms want to do business internationally? 3 1. Main problems of doing business internationally 4 1.1. What is culture? 5 1.2. Which factor had company look at when it arrives to another county? 5 1.2.1 The employees are doing business internationally 6 1.2.2. The company is developing its product or service internationally 6 2. Do we
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Many "new" products enter the marketplace each year. Most of these products are not genuinely new or innovative. One estimate places the number of truly new products at less than ten percent. The other ninety percent are modified or repositioned products. A survey of new consumer products found that about ninety percent were introduced as line extensions. About five percent were introduced as brand extensions and only fewer than five percent were introduced with a new brand name. Despite the popular
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