...Executive Summary: Starbucks Corporation (NASDAQ: SBUX) is the world’s largest coffee producer and retailer, headquartered in Seattle, Washington. Starbucks offers a wide range of products besides coffee, ranging from pastries, snacks, and other hot and cold beverages. It also specializes in selling coffee products at groceries and retail stores. As a market entry proposal, the company aims to establish operations in one of the three following countries: Trinidad and Tobago, Dominican Republic, and Colombia, as it hopes to gain a strong ground on the booming coffee industry. Despite the close proximity of Starbucks to Central and Latin America, the company has been relatively poor in establishing markets in these regions. The first store was opened in Mexico City in 2002, followed by Lima, Peru in 2003. This region seems to be the perfect fit for Starbucks to expand due to the expanding Coffee production industry. The Colombian Coffee Bean offered by Starbucks is imported from Colombia and is one of the most successful products. Apart from the coffee industry, tourism holds tremendous promise for Starbucks to expand in this region, as approximately 20% of passenger traffic to the Caribbean region comes from the United States. These positive signs show great promise for Starbucks to expand its global picture and continue to remain as the world’s best coffee retailer. Company Overview: Time Out Magazine of San Francisco acknowledges the founders of Starbucks: Jerry Baldwin, Zev Seigl...
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... April, 32 AD Journal, it has been a long time since we last spoke. I have been so busy doing chores around the house with Mom. Today, word was spread of Jesus coming into town for a meeting with Pontius Pilate, the Roman representative. This meeting could only mean trouble. I have heard many different opinions and stories on Jesus Christ. Several people believe he is the Son of God ,and that he is a holy and just man. I am not sure what I believe ,but I do know that he can perform miracles. My friend’s sister was healed of blindness by Jesus ,and now she can see everything clearly in the world. I really hope nothing happens to Jesus because I think he is an innocent man. Journal, yesterday Jesus Christ came into town for his meeting with Pilate ,but today he is being killed by crucifixion. I remember crucifixion not being the most honorable way to be sentenced to death. Jesus must have done something extremely wrong to be dying this way. As of right now I am waiting for my mom to return from going to watch Jesus carry his cross. Yesterday, Mom weeped heavy tears by the news ,so I am certain that she was a follower of Jesus. Anyway, the air around me seems thicker at the moment ,and the atmosphere has completely changed. It looks as if it might rain by the color of the sky. I hope Mom gets home soon. Journal, today is an awful day for the believers of Jesus. He was killed yesterday after being tortured on the cross for six hours. Mom and some of her lady friends...
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... F. G. Theme Topic Rewards for Participation Divisions Contest Categories Important Notices for Contestants Program Materials 6 6 6 6 7 7 7 II. Rules For All Categories A. General Rules for All Categories B. Required Written Material for All Entries C. Contest Participation 8 10 11 III. Individual Category Rules A. B. C. D. E. Paper Exhibit Performance Documentary Web Site 13 15 17 17 19 IV. How Will Your Entry Be Judged? A. B. C. D. E. F. G. Benefits of the Evaluation Process Who are the Judges? How Does the Evaluation Process Work? Consensus Judging The Subjective Nature of Judging The Decision of the Judges is Final Evaluation Criteria i. Historical Quality ii. Relation to Theme iii. Clarity of Presentation H. Rule Compliance I. Sample Judge’s Evaluation 22 22 22 22 23 23 23 23 23 23 24 24 25 27 NATIONAL HISTORY DAY V. Category Checklist For Further Information 3 What is National History Day? National History Day (NHD) is a yearlong educational program that makes history come alive every day. You learn about interesting issues, ideas, people, and events of your choosing. It is an exciting way to study history because you express what you have learned in a creative and original performance, documentary, paper, web site, or exhibit. Through NHD you learn the skills and techniques of the historian...
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...distance on entry mode choice: the moderating effect of language diversity Name: Rajae El Aiachi Student number: 10202773 Teacher: Dr Johan Lindeque MSc. In Business Administration – Theories of International Management Date: 27-09-2015 Abstract (50 Words) Previous studies have shown that the choice of entry mode depends on various types of aspects, containing also cultural distance between countries (Arora and Fosfuri, 2000). However, there is not a lot of consensus among these articles. A few articles mentioned the effect of language distance on entry mode choice. Keywords: Cultural distance, entry mode choice and language distance 1. Introduction In this time of globalization a lot of companies are expanding their international business activities in overseas market. The ways in which firms are expanding their business in overseas market differ per enterprise and country. The hierarchical model of market entry modes by Pan and Tse (2000) shows that there are different choices of entry modes. Entry modes can be seen as equity-based versus non-equity based. Within equity-based modes, there is a division between equity joint ventures and wholly owned operations. Within nonequity based modes, there is a division between export and contractual agreements. Prior research demonstrated that the choice of entry modes rely upon different types of components. Especially, a lot of previous studies focused on the effect of cultural distance on entry mode choices...
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...ACCA’S SUITE OF ENTRY-LEVEL ACCOUNTING AWARDS EXPLAINED Foundations in Accountancy 1 2 FOUNDATIONS IN ACCOUNTANCY “The accountancy profession at every level is constantly evolving to meet the needs and demands of how businesses operate and nowhere is this more apparent than at an accounting-support level. The accounting technician of today and tomorrow needs a rigorous and flexible qualification to help them contribute to business performance and an ever-changing business landscape. ACCA’s suite of entry-level awards – Foundations in Accountancy – has been developed after consultation with all our key stakeholders, with employers and students in mind. This suite of qualifications includes a revised Certified Accounting Technician (CAT) Qualification, which will provide employers with access to competent and ethical technicians, trained to consistent standards, with built-in flexibility to allow for skills to be tailored to meet different business needs and environments. And it will offer those starting out in their accountancy career flexible and tailored routes to accounting-support roles, leading to high-performing and rewarding career options for those who progress to the ACCA Qualification.” Aude Leonetti Acting executive director – learning 3 INTRODUCTION ACCA’s entry-level suite of awards – Foundations in Accountancy – is being introduced after detailed consultation which commenced in 2008 with ACCA stakeholders, including employers, learning providers, members...
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...electronic books? In this lesson, students read about the advantages and disadvantages of electronic books. They look at language for essay writing and the informal language of blog comments. Students have ‘for or against’ discussions on various topics. They write a ‘for or against’ blog entry and respond to their classmates’ writing with written comments. Procedure Lead in • Tell the class about a friend who has an electronic book. Ask if the students know anyone who has an ebook. What can they tell you about ebooks? • Draw the following chart on the board. As a class, list ideas for and against electronic books, e.g., ebooks are cheap, paper books are easier to read. Leave the notes on the board. Electronic books |Advantages |Disadvantages | | | | Task 1: Read • Hand out Task 1. Ask students to look at the text. Can they identify the blog entry (the first part) and the comments section (the second part)? Ask students to read the blog entry (they will read the comments section later) quickly and decide if the writer is for or against ebooks (the writer is neutral; neither for nor against). Set a two-minute time limit. • Ask students to do exercise A. They could say if the writer agrees with the class’s list of...
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...Reflection Paper Assignments Due Dates: March 20, April 3, May 1 Overview These reflection papers are the chance for you to review your recent journal entries (or the sum total, if that helps) and to synthesize some thread of thinking or learning that you find in there. You might build on a single entry or on something bridging multiple entries, but the point is to capture something that you are learning. We expect the paper to have some over-arching, coherent argument so that it is not simply a string of thoughts. A string of thoughts is fine for your journal entries, but here we do want some synthesis. You should not spend time summarizing your activities, unless that is essential for your argument. Grading Criteria The criteria we will use to evaluate the papers are listed below. Note that you do not have to address all of these criteria in one paper. We want you to address all of them over the course of the semester, but any single paper can focus on only one or two of these. Regardless of what you choose to write your reflection synthesis on, your paper must demonstrate clear, coherent argumentation. 1. Expression of Learning 2. Discussion and/or synthesis of course readings 3. Reflection on assumptions and cultural frames of reference 4. Connection to proposal process Word Count The reflection papers, except for the final one, should be at least 500 words, but not a lot longer than that. The final paper should be around...
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...Discussion Board-First entry by 2359 pm Wed, last 2 entries by 0800 following Mon. | WED 2359 pmWeek 1 | | Week 1 Application Assignment – Getting Started & Specific ExpectationsWeek 1 Progress Monitor | MON 0800Week 2 | Journal | Week 1 Journal Entry | MON 0800Week 2 | Week 2 | Discussion Board -First entry by 2359 pm Wed, last 2 entries by 0800 following Mon. | WED 2359 pmWeek 2 | | Week 2 Application Assignment – Personal Philosophy of NursingWeek 2 Progress Monitor | MON 0800Week 3 | Journal | Week 2 Journal Entry | MON 0800Week 3 | Week 3 | Discussion Board -First entry by 2359 pm Wed, last 2 entries by 0800 following Mon. | WED 2359 pmWeek 3 | | Week 3 Application Assignment – Information Retrieval Paper, Part 1Week 3 Progress Monitor | MON 0800Week 4 | Journal | Week 3 Journal Entry | MON 0800Week 4 | Week 4 | Discussion Board -First entry by 2359 pm Wed, last 2 entries by 0800 following Mon. | WED 2359 pmWeek 4 | | Week 4 Application Assignment – Team Dynamics & Information Retrieval Paper, Part 2Week 4 Progress Monitor | MON 0800Week 5 | Journal | Week 4 Journal Entry | MON 0800Week 5 | *Week 5Assignments due Saturday 0800Journal | Discussion Board -First entry by 2359 pm Wed, last 2 entries by 0800 following Mon. | WED 2359 pm | | Week 5 Reflection – Nursing Philosophy & ContributionsWeek 5 Progress Monitor | SAT 0800Week 5 | | Post-Course Self-Evaluation | SAT 0800Week 5 | | Week 5 Journal Entry | SAT 0800 ...
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...Research Paper: Information Preparation After choosing the research topic, you will gather information. This is not simply listing the sources you intend to use in your paper. Rather, this is a presentation of the material you have gathered from the approved sources to use in your paper. This material consists of the direct quotes, indirect quotes, and other information from each source which you plan to incorporate into your paper. You are still in the research phase as you do this. You are going through scholarly sources to find material that you can incorporate into your paper. The Information Preparation assignment should contain a large amount of material—probably more than you will ultimately use in your paper. There are 2 ways to organize the material for the Information Preparation. They are as follows: 1. Following a properly-formatted bibliographic entry for each resource you intend to use, include quotes, paraphrased material, or bits of information from that resource that you believe you will use in your paper. Preface each item with the topic that it can be used to support in your paper. 2. A second way to organize your document for this assignment is by topics you will cover in the paper. Use the points and sub-points which you intend to cover in your paper as headings for this organizational method. For example, if your paper were on Paul's calling, you might be touching on how his background as a Pharisee prepared him to fulfill his new role...
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...sub-topic] 1. [Detail of the information] [Detail of the information] [The third sub-topic] A. [First supporting information for the sub-topic] 1. [Detail of the information] [Detail of the information] [Second supporting information for the sub-topic] 1. [Detail of the information] [Detail of the information] Conclusion [Your Name] [Instructor] [Class] [Date] [TITLE] Click here to type the body of your report. All paragraphs are indented and double-spaced. Works Cited Citation. The text begins at the left margin of the paper. Lines are double-spaced. When the entry is longer than one line, the second line is automatically indented. Citation. The text begins at the left margin of the paper. Lines are double-spaced. When the entry is longer than one line, the second line is automatically indented. Citation. The text begins at the left margin of the paper. Lines are double-spaced. When the entry is longer than one line, the second line is automatically indented. Checklist I. The outline The introduction states the main topic or idea of the outline, and the conclusion summarizes it. Each sub-topic describes the main idea for a paragraph. Supporting information and details for a sub-topic are listed under the sub-topic, with each piece of information listed separately. When supporting information is listed under a sub-topic, there are at...
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...Problem 11-10 1. Pulp-paper futures can use their contract to lock in a specific price for anticipated future inventory purchases. The details are complex in this case as Kraken Group has no intention to purchase the commodity itself. As the price of specialty paper goes somewhat in conjunction with the price of common pulp-paper commodities, Kraken Group can use a commodity futures contracts to help decrease the overall exposure to specialty paper price risk. However, if the commodity prices rise above the futures contract price, kraken will make profit and this will balance some of the higher cost of its anticipated specialty paper purchases 2. If paper prices decline, the value of Kraken’s pulp-futures contract will also decrease. Kraken Group will be paying less for its anticipated specialty paper purchases. Some of the inventory cost savings from the price decline is balanced by the loss on commodity futures contracts. 3. By having a forward contract for ink with a supplier, Kraken can lock in its inventory purchase. On a bright sight for Kraken, the supplier may agree to a price that is under the actual future price of ink. In this case, Kraken will benefit because it will the supplier less than the prevailing spot price of ink. As result of this, the cost of inventory will be low and the profits will be high from the books sold. 4. If Kraken and the supplier agree to a contract price that is above the actual future price of ink, then Kraken will have...
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...companies face while entering a new market is defining the right price and pricing of their offering to be competitive and successful in the market. In B2B area, there are not any wide research on pricing issues that companies face in the markets that they are planning to enter and the effects of business relations on pricing. This paper focuses on market entry strategies and market entry modes, the fundamentals of pricing in a new market and the differences of B2B and B2C pricing. The study covers market entry modes and its impact on profitability, value creation in B2B area and the key aspects of pricing behaviour while entering a new market. This study in general provides a framework for implementing the right pricing strategy while entering new markets and defining the right pricing behaviour in B2B environment. This framework enables companies to understand the dynamics of B2B environment covering buyer-supplier and distributors relations and providing pricing models for companies to be a competitive player. Tamur, O. iii PREFACE This paper discusses the concepts of pricing and pricing behaviour in a new market in B2B environment. The paper attempts to highlight the key aspects of suppliermanufacturer relations, value creation models and pricing framework to be competitive in the new market. It has been a very interesting topic for me because of my special interest in B2B markets and pricing issues in the...
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...What entry modes are available to companies interested in investing in another country? Please give at least 2 real-world examples illustrating two different entry modes. How do such entry modes vary in terms of expected risks and returns as well as required commitment? If you are concerned with organizational control over overseas operations, what entry modes would be best, and why? DQ 2: Describe the various types of global strategic alliances (GSA), describing at least two real-world examples. Analyze the difference between equity joint ventures and non-equity (cooperative) joint ventures. Why have many GSAs failed? What are some legal, cultural, or other considerations companies should consider in choosing an alliance partner? Business - International Business GBM 380 Week 1 Individual Assignment Globalization Paper GBM 380 Week 2 Individual Assignment Business Organizations Paper GBM 380 Week 2 Learning Team Assignment Globalization Trends Paper GBM 380 Week 3 Individual Assignment Culture Paper GBM 380 Week 3 Learning Team Assignment Political and Legal Systems Paper GBM 380 Week 4 Individual Assignment Climate and Topography Analysis GBM 380 Week 4 Learning Team Assignment Infrastructures and Natural Resources Paper GBM 380 Week 5 Individual Assignment Final Examination GBM 380 Week 5 Individual Assignment Institutions Paper GBM 380 Week 5 Learning Team Assignment Global Strategies Paper ...
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...determination of whether an adjustment is material or immaterial. In my opinion, much of the decisions are left to the auditor’s interpretation of the rule. Given all the rules and standards that both auditors and corporations must abide by, it would be wise to accept the proposed audit adjustments. Whether they are “material” or “immaterial” should not matter, because the fact that the auditor finds it necessary to propose the adjustment must be based on a rule or interpretation of a rule. If the company is secure in the abilities of its chosen auditor, they should allow the auditor to do his job. On the other hand, the auditor is supposed to accept engagements that he is confident that he can handle, and if, in his evaluation, and adjusting entry is advisable, he must have come to that conclusion based on a particular rule and law, and the auditor’s proposals should...
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...country you selected in Assignment 1. Your boss has now asked you to formulate an entry and implementation strategy for expansion. Write a 5-7 page paper in which you: 1. Describe an organizational culture for your fictional MNC that would ease entry into the given market. 2. Prepare an environmental scanning analysis for the new market as illustrated in Figure 8-3. 3. Determine the entry strategy, ownership structure, and organizational structure for your fictional MNC that would ease entry into the given market. Justify your selections. More Details hidden... Activity mode aims to provide quality study notes and tutorials to the students of ITB 300 WK 8 Assignment 2 Expanding an MNC in order to ace their studies. ITB 300 WK 8 ASSIGNMENT 2 EXPANDING AN MNC To purchase this visit here: http://www.activitymode.com/product/itb-300-wk-8-assignment-2-expanding-an-mnc/ Contact us at: SUPPORT@ACTIVITYMODE.COM ITB 300 WK 8 ASSIGNMENT 2 EXPANDING AN MNC ITB 300 WK 8 Assignment 2 - Expanding an MNC – Part 2 Imagine that you are a senior business manager in a U.S.-based MNC. Your boss has accepted your recommendation to expand the MNC into the country you selected in Assignment 1. Your boss has now asked you to formulate an entry and implementation strategy for expansion. Write a 5-7 page paper in which you: 1. Describe an organizational culture for your fictional MNC that would ease entry into the given market....
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