...Cheap plastic business cards are the way that many people and corporations prefer to get their names about on a person to person basis. They have many advantages over old style paper cards and are also much cheaper to produce. They are far more environmentally friendly compared to paper or cardboard cards and they also do not take as long to manufacture. First, cheap business cards used to be made from paper, which made them easy to damage. With cheap plastic business cards you do not have to worry about that. They are also environmentally friendly when you compare them to paper or cardboard used for the business cards. They also take less time to manufacture. From a manufacturing point the plastic used in cheap plastic business cards is...
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...WHEN IN ROME, SHOULD YOU DO AS THE ROMANS DO? Submit Date January 09, 2012 Table of Content Introduction 3 Meaning 3 Examples 3 Origin 4 Traveling by Country 4 Don’t write a person’s name in red 4 Follow the correct rules when exchanging business cards 5 If you pass something to someone else, use both hands 5 Avoid strong eye contact 5 In the UK, the V-sign with the palm facing inward is extremely rude! 6 In Italy, eat your pasta with a fork, spoons and knives are rude! 6 In various countries, you may be asked to remove your shoes before entering a home. 6 In the UK, stand on the right side of the escalator 7 Summary 7 References 8 Introduction We travel for enjoy, leisure, relaxation, escape, freedom, business, work and pilgrimage. So that, we must travel with open minds and engage with people in the destination because the travel make a differences to our experience and enjoyment. We live in a world of cultural and natural diversity, so we need to travel with respect and treat other people and their places and their environment with respect. Always we need to be conscious of how we feel as "the visited", tourists cluttering our streets and squares, photographing us, peering into windows of our homes invading and denying our privacy, coaches, engines running, outside our houses, groups of tourists aware only of themselves oblivious to others. people behaving badly because they are away from home; forgetting their manners, acting as though they have...
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...“Lucian Blaga” University of Sibiu The Faculty of Economics Master in Business Management, C1 Doing Business in Japan 2013 Introduction Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south. The characters that make up Japan's name mean "sun-origin", which is why Japan is sometimes referred to as the "Land of the Rising Sun". Japan is an archipelago of 6,852 islands. The four largest islands are Honshu, Hokkaido, Kyushu and Shikoku. Together, these four islands hold about 97 percent of Japan's land area. Japan has the world's tenth-largest population, with more than 126 million people. Honshū's Greater Tokyo Area, includes the de facto capital city of Tokyo and several surrounding prefectures. It is the largest metropolitan area in the world, with more than 30 million residents. Japanese culture has evolved greatly from its origins. Contemporary culture combines influences from Asia, Europe and North America. Traditional Japanese arts include crafts such as ceramics, textiles, lacquerware, swords and dolls; performances...
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...society since it indicates boredom or disinterest, in Japan, it is a form of concentration and is not deemed inappropriate. |Japan Appearance | |[pic] Those who dress according to their status or position impress the Japanese. Dress to impress. | |[pic] Men should wear dark conservative attire. Business suits are most suitable. | |[pic] Casual dress is never appropriate in a business setting. | |[pic] Shoes should be easy to remove, as you will do so often. Slip-ons are the best choice. | |[pic] Women’s dress should be conservative. Little emphasis should be placed on accessories. They should be minimal. | |[pic] Women should not wear pants in a business situation. Japanese men tend to find it offensive. | |[pic] Women should...
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...ChangeThis Y Save to disk Hide/Show menus Guerrilla Marketing Over 90 field-tested tactics to get your business into the frontlines continued > We know this is a gorilla, not guerrilla. But it’s a better picture, isn’t it? by Jay Conrad Levinson Not using Adobe Acrobat? Please go to http://changethis.com/content/reader | iss. 4.04 | i | U | X |+| NEXT f ChangeThis 1. MAKE CUSTOMERS A BIRTHDAY CARD Guerrilla Ray Fisher of Keylock Mini Storage in Pinellas Park, Florida celebrates his tenantsʼ birthdays with a card he creates himself. He prints a poem on the card and gets four cards out of each piece of 8-1/2 x 11 card stock. He goes to Kinkos to have the cards printed and cut. Since sending the cards, Fisher has received a very positive response. One tenant even dropped by office just to say he really appreciated the card. Fisher started a file organized by month to pre-address the cards to make it easy to mail within a week of upcoming birthdays. Any service business can profit from this personal touch. 2. A STICKY SUCCESS STORY Guerrilla Mike Cohen informs us that no one ignores coupons from Captain Tonyʼs Pizza in Cleveland, Ohio. Thatʼs because they are printed on Post-It™ notes and placed each month on every door in their delivery area.The typical response rate is 30%. Cohen honors us by calling this promotional concept, Guerrilla Mail. He attributes the programʼs success to both the look and the feel of the coupon. It resembles...
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...gifts at first meetingGiving gifts of knives, scissors, or letter openers signify severing of a close bond. Clocks, cut flowers and anything in groups of four should be avoided.Gifts should be nicely wrapped and are not to be opened right away unless prompted to. Receive and give gifts with two hands. It is considered polite to refuse a gift several times before accepting. | Avoid gifts at a first meeting. If invited to someone’s house, it is best to bring flowers, wine, and/or chocolate. Do not give anything that is obviously expensive because it could be looked at as a bribe. Expect gifts to be opened right away. Avoid gifts like a letter opener, knives, and or scissors because they mean a severing of relations. | Gifts are not given in business settings, unless there is an important delegation that visits. Something locally made might be given as a souvenir in that case. If invited over for dinner you should always bring a gift. Either a bottle of high quality wine/liquor or sweets. Avoid gifts like a letter opener, knives, and or scissors. Gifts tend to be opened when received | Attire | For men: dark to medium colored conservative suits with shirts and ties.For women:...
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...big and rich cities of the North where people can feel alone even in the middle of a big and busy crowd. So family and friends becomes an important antidote to this feeling; but the word “friend” should not be misinterpreted because in business it has a slightly different meaning: someone that you know and can be useful for introducing you to the important or powerful people. For Italians having their own personal ideas and objectives in life is very motivating and the route to happiness is through personal fulfillment. This dimension does vary in Southern Italy where less individualistic behavior can be observed: the family network and the group one belongs to are important social aspects, and rituals such as weddings or Sunday lunches with the family are occasions that one can’t miss. People going from Southern Italy to the North say that they feel cold not only for the different climate but for the less “warm” approach in relationships Part II Country Comparison Chart Part III Conducting Business Certain problems can arise from conducting a domestic business in Italy. First, there is a time difference: Italy is in the Central European Time zone (CET), and compared to the Eastern U.S. six hours difference can make conducting business a hassle. Secondly, the government of...
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...Your Retail Store and Business cards, Perfect Together! When should you hand out your business card? When every opportunity presents itself! Your business cards....they're neat, cool looking and trendy...but if they are packed away in a box...how will customers or future visitors to your store ever know about your business? Don't just plunk down a bunch of business cards in a holder on your sales counter and expect them to magically jump into your customers wallet! You know what, business cards aren't trained to do back flips and high dives into wallets and purses! For every person who may walk into your business, greet them and present them with your business card. Don't ask them if they would like your card, GIVE it to them! Whether they make a purchase or not that day..your business card presented to them personally will remind them of the nice individual that gave them that card and serve as a powerful reminder of the pleasant experience in your store. Business cards are your most powerful marketing and advertising tool,yet it often goes unnoticed in favor of high price marketing and advertising campaigns, such as The Yellow Pages and Internet Advertising. View your business cards as gigantic advertising Billboards. The more people that see your card, the more the odds are in your favor of people coming to your store. Aside from personally handing out your business card to every visitor that walks into your store...place your business card into all your invoices...
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...Establish Networks 1. Develop and maintain business networks 1.1 The network and how the contacts were developed My company bring students from overseas to Australia, more specifically from South America. The most part of the students are from Brazil and the company gives the support to them here. I’m product manager and my duty is to make contact with the schools in Australia and make agreements with them. For this, I need to call them and show the interest of my company to recruit students to them, also demonstrate how this can be advantageous. All the contact between my company and the schools are done thought e-mail, telephone an visits. The contact with the students are done from the same way but we also use the Facebook and a website. With the companies in Brazil, we use the means of communication specified and Dropbox. 1.2 The networks strategies or channels for developing new networks or contacts and how these strategies helps to promote the organization Our company uses Facebook as one of the channels for developing new contacts. The Facebook permits to share all our achievements, our events for students and schools, our new partners and promote our branch. The events to students and schools give the opportunity to us to know new people that can make our company grow in the market. Also it shows how we want to be close to all them. The events also help to promote our organization and the schools which have agreements with us. We are always...
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...Jérôme Bauché INTERNATIONAL MARKETING China’s culture and business practices differ from Europe or even North American. As you start making business in China, having an understanding of Chinese business “etiquette” is important to your success. Knowing and practicing common customs will also help you to avoid embarrassment, and focus on the matters at hand on critical occasions. Appearance One of the most visible changes to the human landscape of China over the past few decades has been the change in dress code. Many men now wear suits and ties and women tend to wear skirts and blouses of a modest cut. It is advisable to have smart business attire with you when visiting. Appearance is important within Chinese business circles. Successful people are expected to look successful. Conservative, simple, unpretentious, modest clothing should be worn and nothing flashy or overly fashionable. Chinese people expect the same with women, which means no heavy make-up and dangling, gaudy jewelry. Behaviors and Manners Most Chinese organizations still have a hierarchical management style. You should not neglect the boss by only talking technical issues to the technician, unless you get permission from the boss. Therefore, it is important to know people’s titles and responsibilities. That’s why you have to use family names and appropriate titles. For the first meeting you have to introduce yourself with your full name and your company’s name as well. The Chinese people dislike...
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...Week 1 Flash Cards What is a business model? A business model is a clear, simple outline of how the business intends to generate revenue. What are four ways that business can benefit society? Business can benefit society by offering valuable goods and services, providing employment, paying taxes, and contributing to national growth, stability, and security. Do all companies have an R&D function? Explain your answer. No. Many companies simply resell products that other firms make or continue to make the same goods or perform the same services year after year. How is the role of a financial manager different from the role of an accountant? A financial manager is responsible for planning, while an accountant is responsible for monitoring and reporting. What is professionalism? Professionalism is the quality of performing at a high level and conducting oneself with purpose and pride. True professionals exhibit seven distinct traits: striving to excel, being dependable and accountable, being a team player, communicating effectively, demonstrating a sense of etiquette, making ethical decisions, and maintaining a positive outlook. Why is the economic concept of scarcity a crucial concept for businesspeople to understand? The economic concept of scarcity is a crucial concept for businesspeople to understand because scarcity creates competition for resources and forces trade-offs on the part of every participant in the economy. First, businesses and industries compete...
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...Business Research Steps Rene Cordero RES/351 September 19, 2012 Lizely Madrigal-Gonzalez Business Research Steps Businesses have had steps for research for many years for the simple fact that conducting an outline or time will help alleviate scattered ideas and help the business reach its’ short term goal. I’m in the military and we as well use a system similar to the business research process reviewed in the readings. Clarifying the problem for the certain scenario is paramount because if the problem isn’t identified then how will one surpass the obstacle that was encountered. I’ll use an example of when our clerk over spent for supplies and eventually was caught misusing government funds. Detailed research and detailed planning are the next steps of when we gathered the budget information and the receipts that the individual used to make sure that they were authorized to use the government credit card. Ethical and an analysis were gathered to see if the individual did the act out of spite towards an individual or the company but keeping in mind the soldier did wrong and what would possibly lead them to misuse the card. The limitations of using the card are then being evaluated but also gathering a plan to implement and designate a certain person of a certain position to use the card without an issue. Going back into the previous transactions of the card that was used would be a key point in the investigation and also making sure that the individual was the one that...
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...Business Administration Discipline Assignment for Event Marketing & Management A Hospitality Event for Sa Sa Anniversary Dinner Emily Yiu Executive Summary Sa Sa International Holdings Limited ("Sa Sa") is a leading cosmetics retailing group in Asia since 1978. Being one of the largest sole agents in cosmetics in Hong Kong, Sa Sa represents over 100 international beauty brands in Asia. The business includes Hong Kong & Macau, Mainland China, Singapore, Malaysia and Taiwan Region. This year is the 35th anniversary of Sa Sa International. We are going to hold a spectacular gala event on 28th April at The Mira Hong Kong. The name of the party is “Manifest Beauty of Life” highlighted the mission of Sa Sa to help people to make their life beautiful. As the biggest sole agents in cosmetics in Hong Kong, we must attach importance to the anniversary dinner. We wish we can bring a hospitality experience through our anniversary to gratitude our honorable guests. Background and Situation Analysis The grand gala party will be held on 28th April at the ballroom of the Mira Hong Kong. The party will have a cocktail time start at 6:30p.m and the dinner will start at 8p.pm. It will attend around 600 people and they are our business partner representatives, key account and agents, some senior employees and a number of most important customers. All the attendees are our distinguished guest. So we wish we can share our happiness to them make them to...
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...example, information about the Spot Cards. Assurance Services give reliable opinions about the particular subject in order to reduce information risk (risk that comes from incorrect information). 2) The use of electronic payment technology offers particular benefits and costs. Below is an account of the benefits and cost to various parties. * Benefits and Costs to Stadium Vendors The use of electronic payment provides more accurate information to vendors for examining their businesses. The system records information like the card number, location code and date and time of transaction including the products sold. As such, the vendors are able to observe and follow detailed information about sales volume of each and every item he has in stock. By using this technology, the vendor is now able to keep records of his items, financial reports and his work becomes precise enabling more profits. * Benefits to fans at the stadium. The fans are able to use their Spot Cards to make purchases instead of walking with cash. The stadium has ATM-like machines which allow them to transfer money onto their electronics cards. They can also buy cards with cash at the stadium if ever they do not possess their own cards. In order to keep track of their balance there are card readers located in the stadium to check balance on their cards. Even after purchase is made at a vendor, the fans are able to view the amount to be deducted from their cards before transaction is completed...
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...library. Every month, the system updates the Chief Librarian of the status of borrowers (e.g. outstanding borrowers) as well as outdated books. The library users are normally students of the Smallville High School and working adults from around the town. To use the facilities of the library, an application form must first be filled up and given to the Library Clerk. The Library Clerk will then process the form and record the applicant’s data into the computer, where the data will be stored in a file. A Member Card with the user’s details will then be given to the applicant. Members can then use the card to borrow books. The card must be passed to any of the available Issue Clerks on duty when a book is borrowed. The Issue Clerk will record the details of the loan into a Loan File, where the date due and member’s data are input. When a member returns the book, the Issue Clerk will retrieve the data from the Loan file, and once processed, will then return the member’s card. Any late returns and late charges will also be recorded into the loan file. A member can also make enquiries and reservations for book...
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