...Dallas, TX 78243 October 9, 2014 Mr. Virgil McVicker, CEO McVicker Aluminum, Inc. 555 Aluminum Way Dallas, TX 78243 Dear Mr. McVicker, This document contains the report that you requested in September. I have provided pertinent information and made recommendations on the plan of action to expand McVicker Aluminum, Inc. to the Kingdom of Bahrain. My analysis of the expansion into Bahrain covered four important areas that will help you decide whether or not McVicker Aluminum, Inc. should expand and build an aluminum plant in the Kingdom of Bahrain. I took an extensive look at the current political condition, the current economical condition, the current business condition, and the cultural aspects of working in a Muslim country. I strongly believe that McVicker Aluminum, Inc. can be a successful business in Bahrain. I used several resources to create this report. The most helpful resources were the Bahrain Economic Quarterly June 2014, the book by Philip Dew, Bahrain's Business Environment, and Department of Defense Bahrain Country Handbook. Thank you for choosing me to conduct the research into the Kingdom of Bahrain. If you have any further questions about the research or recommendations please contact me (michael.s.gordon.mil@mail.mil) and I will be happy to answer any questions referring to the possible expansion into Bahrain. Sincerely, Michael S. Gordon Research Analyst Aluminum Shining Bright McVicker Aluminum, Inc. Expanding to Bahrain ...
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...Toronto Star article, “it is every CEO’s worst nightmare” to find his company name under a bribery scandal headline. However, this ethical problem might not be considered a problem in other countries in the world. The question that has been raised and discussed in the class, given this fact, is what should an international company do in situations in which it either bribes or loses in foreign countries? Should it accept the fact that bribery as part of the business in this country or should it maintain the same ethical standards it used to hold in its country of origin Clearly the active agent in this case is the international company. The passive agents are competitors, society and investors. There are only two choices, in my opinion, for the company; either to bribe or not to bribe. Although we discussed another choice in our class in which a company use a local agent to do all the dirty tasks, but I believe it is exactly the same as paying the bribe by itself. If we apply the utilitarianism model to analyze this situation focusing on the purpose of maximizing company’s profits, some people might not consider the company's bribes unethical activities. As long as the company’s market share is increasing and investors are gaining more money, nobody cares what the company has done to accomplish these goals. In my opinion, under the same method of analysis and only considering increasing the investors’ profits, I don’t think the company will benefit from giving bribes on the long...
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...Portfolio Unitholdings and Market Price Property Portfolio Analysis of Unit Holdings Financial Statements Unit Holders Resource 2 3 4 5 8 10 13 15 16 18 19 20 23 26 81 Corporate Information Manager Pelaburan Hartanah Nasional Berhad (175967-W) (Incorporated in Malaysia) Registered Office Of The Manager Tingkat 4, Balai PNB 201-A, Jalan Tun Razak 50400 Kuala Lumpur Telephone : 03-20505100 Facsimile : 03-20505878 Website : www.ahp.com.my E-mail : phnb@pnb.com.my Board Of Directors Of The Manager Tun Ahmad Sarji bin Abdul Hamid (Chairman) Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Hamad Kama Piah bin Che Othman Tan Sri Dato’ Seri Ainum binti Mohamed Saaid Dato’ Seri Mohd. Hussaini bin Haji Abdul Jamil Dato’ Abd. Wahab bin Maskan Dato’ Idris bin Kechot Secretary Of The Manager Adibah Khairiah binti Ismail @ Daud (MIA 13755) Tingkat 4, Balai PNB 201-A Jalan Tun Razak 50400 Kuala Lumpur. Management Of The Manager Tan Sri Dato’ Sri Hamad Kama Piah bin Che Othman (Executive Director) Dato’ Idris bin Kechot (Executive Director) Hafidz Atrash Kosai bin Mohd Zihim (Chief Executive Officer) Trustee AmanahRaya Trustees Berhad (766894-T) Tingkat 2, Wisma TAS No. 21, Jalan Melaka 50100 Kuala Lumpur Telefon : 03-20365000 Facsimile : 03-20720320 Investment Manager Permodalan Nasional Berhad (38218-X) Tingkat 4, Balai PNB, 201-A, Jalan Tun Razak 50400 Kuala Lumpur Property Manager IM Global Property Consultants Sdn Bhd (701223-X) 47-2, 2nd Floor, Wisma IMG Jalan 3/76D, Desa Pandan 55100 Kuala Lumpur Registrar...
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...Soccer Light and Shadow Branding in Soccer Light and Shadow Introduction “Some people think football is a matter of life and death. I assure you, it's much more serious than that.” (Gloves, S. 2012) This much quoted comment of the former, British football manager Bill Shankly describes exactly my view of football. I am a big fan of the most popular sport in the world. Sure I know that this comment is exaggerated, but football becomes more and more important. Not only for the fans and the sportsmen, also for the global economy. (Hamil, S. and Chadwick, S. 2010) In professional football the success goes hand in hand with money. Today it is almost impossible to win a big trophy like the UEFA Championsleague without investing lots of money. The FC Barcelona is ranked as the best team in the world and invested in the last five years an average of 40 Million Euros per annum in new players. (Transfermarkt 2011) But where does all that money come from? According to Uli Hoeneß, the president of German football club FC Bayern Munich, only 15% of the twelve million DMs (6.1 Million Euros) revenue were out of broadcasting, marketing and sponsoring when he began in 1979 his career as a manager. (RP online 2011) His aim was to make his club independent from earnings from the spectators. As you can see in the following diagram he achieved his aim. In the year 2010 Bayern’s matchday earnings were only 21% of the total revenue. The biggest part is now coming from the commercial with...
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...A Tale of Two Londons Who really lives at One Hyde Park, called the world’s most expensive residential building? Its mostly absentee owners, hiding behind offshore corporations based in tax havens, provide a portrait of the new global super-wealthy. BY NICHOLAS SHAXSON Up until the 18th century, Knightsbridge, which borders genteel Kensington, was a lawless zone roamed by predatory monks and assorted cutthroats. It didn’t come of age until the Victorian building boom, which left a charming legacy of mostly large and beautiful Victorian houses, with their trademark white or cream paint, black iron railings, high ceilings, and short, elegant stone steps up to the front door. This will not be the impression a visitor now gets as he emerges from the Knightsbridge subway station’s south exit. He will be met by four hulking joined-up towers of glass, metal, and concrete, sandwiched between the Victorian splendors of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel, to the east, and a pretty five-story residential block, to the west. This is One Hyde Park, which its developers insist is the world’s most exclusive address and the most expensive residential development ever built anywhere on earth. With apartments selling for up to $214 million, the building began to smash world per-square-foot price records when sales opened, in 2007. After quickly shrugging off the global financial crisis the complex has come to embody the central-London real-estate market, where, as high-end property consultant...
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...LAHORE SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS Consumer Behavior Winter 2014 Section: C Group ID: 8 Project Title Universal Enterprises Names of Group members Abdullah Salman Musa Mir Ahmed khawaja Saba Ashher Mahin Akbar Submission Date 27/10/2014 Contents Introduction 4 Executive Summary 4 Key Findings from Secondary Research 5 Problem Statement 6 Research Objectives 6 Research Method 6 Data collection technique 6 Recruiting procedure for respondents 7 Findings from the focus group 7 Competition 7 Price 7 Packaging 8 Indian bias 8 Ease of handling 8 Taste 9 Odor 9 Awareness 9 Willingness to spread positive word of mouth 10 Value for money 10 Availability 10 Analysis of Interview conducted 10 Recommendations for quantitative research in future 11 Questionnaire Findings 12 Recommendations 13 Exhibit 1 14 Focus Group 1 14 Focus Group 2 15 Focus Group 3 15 Exhibit 2 16 Interview 1: Salman Shiekh (Retailer) 16 Interview 4: Saad Chaudhry (Distributor) 21 Interview 5: GM of Universal Enterprise 22 Exhibit 3 24 Questionnaire 24 Questionnaire findings 27 Introduction "Chingles" are Refreshing mini gums that offer unique and exciting flavors suited to Pakistani palate namely saunf, mint and tutti frutti. It is an Indian brand of DS group of India. In India it has been quite successful and popular. It was launched in Pakistan as well. It was distributed by Universal Enterprise. In Pakistan, unfortunately...
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...MQCS Hamad AlAjmi - 1109504 MQCS Hamad AlAjmi - 1109504 VICTORIA’S SECRET VICTORIA’S SECRET Contents Business profile and interview 3 Interview With alshaya CS Officer 3 Victoria's Secret Business description 5 Type of Business 6 Location and Number of Employees 6 Ownership Structure 6 Product and Services 8 Levels of Customer Service 11 Customer Profile 12 External customers of Victoria’s Secret 13 Internal Customers 15 Satisfaction of Customers Five Needs 20 Appropriate Market Research 21 Best seller product 21 Product range information 22 Product information and specifications 23 Delivery, warranty and return or cancelation policy 24 Sample promotional materials 24 Management and Leadership qualities 26 Leadership qualities 26 Management skills 27 Position description of CS manager: 31 Types of customer service training 35 Schedule for training 37 Example of customer service training policies 38 Feedback from customers 42 Survey 43 Managing customer service reports 46 Conclusion 47 Referencing 48 Business profile and interview Interview With alshaya CS Officer 1. What is great customer service in your understanding? You should always smile and greet the customer with good morning sir / mam or which part of the day it is. After that the query should enter the system for any follow up or feedback. Always make sure the customer ends the call as satisfied as possible. 2. How would you handle an...
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...COMPANY PROFILE Sime Darby Berhad REFERENCE CODE: 5C1EB837-8775-459E-B821-AC170A84896A PUBLICATION DATE: 8 May 2015 www.marketline.com COPYRIGHT MARKETLINE. THIS CONTENT IS A LICENSED PRODUCT AND IS NOT TO BE PHOTOCOPIED OR DISTRIBUTED. Sime Darby Berhad TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS Company Overview..............................................................................................3 Key Facts...............................................................................................................3 Business Description...........................................................................................4 History...................................................................................................................6 Key Employees...................................................................................................10 Key Employee Biographies................................................................................12 Major Products and Services............................................................................20 Revenue Analysis...............................................................................................22 SWOT Analysis...................................................................................................24 Top Competitors.................................................................................................30 Company View.............................
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...MENDHROATHAN CROMWE eikh Mc.” ver the coursee Island into thn torn by confliis Highness Si from a sleeomic promisenes, a UAE-baa trilogy ofations, develodle East, Shetaining safetymost expensivout difficultieitions sufferewth was rapided. To prodammed had to kground o onal Develop n January 4, 2aeed Al Makt hin the UAE regations from the red in the rest of tslamic scholar. Te. The feminine e_______________ o, Professor Nitin Nped from publisheurces of primary dant and Fellows of Hchool Publishing, Boreproduced, poste ELL Mohamm of just a few dhe Singapore ofict. And it’s allSheikh Mohapy little coas.a He is the foased airline sman-made iopment, andeikh Mohamy for millionsve hotel, andes. While huned and somed, infrastructuduce economo balance his of UAE and pment 2006, Sheikhtoum, becam gion, it is properegion will abbrethis case. The wThe feminine equequivalent is “bin_______________ Nohria, Umaimah Md sources. HBS casata, or illustrationsHarvard College. Toston, MA 02163, oed, or transmitted, w med an decades, [Dubaf the Middle Eal the vision of oammed bin Rstal village inounder, part-serving over aislands, andlogistics. Dmmed pursues of annual tod the largestndreds of thoe local Emiraure was weakmic, social, anrole as a busi d Dubai Mohammede the Emir (ru r to refer to royeviate the title toword “Sheikh”...
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...National Seminar on Innovations in Safety, Health and Environment 1 Agri Science Innovations Focus: Health, Safety and Environment Protection Prakash Apte Managing Director, Syngenta India Ltd. The problem before us today: Global Food production is the highest ever and quality and safety is better than ever before, yet 14 mio people die of starvation every year & 800 mio people are clinically malnourished! And by 2025 we will have more than 8 billion people to feed: Global population is expected to grow from 6.2 Bio to 8 Bio in 2025, while farmland available per capita is shrinking! Secure & sustainable supply of high quality food, particularly in the developing countries; is a basic requirement for continued human development! In India the situation is more acute: • During the last two decades of 20 th century, the population increased by 50% but food-producing land has shrunk by 5 %. Demand for healthier food is increasing with the growing awareness, but the farm land is being nibbled at to meet other economic needs e.g. urbanization & industrial infrastructure Advanced Agricultural Science can help: Agri science has made great progress over last 50 years. This has enabled us to keep pace with the growing needs of increasing population. However, in recent years Indian Agriculture has not kept pace with the technological progress in other sectors of economy. In a country where about 2/3 rd of population derives its livelihood either directly or indirectly from...
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...ADAB AL-RAFIDAYN vol. (40) 1426 / 2005 Problems of Translating Some Polysemous and Homonymous Lexical Verbs in the Glorious Qur'a:n into English Dr. Misbah M. D. Al- Sulaimaan (*) The present paper aims at: (I) specifying some polysemous and homonymous lexical verbs in the glorious Qur'a:n, (2) showing how these verbs are realized in English by different translators, (3) specifying the method of translating these verbs, (4) pointing out some problems that may arise from translating these verbs, (5) suggesting some remedies for solving these problems, and (6) proposing or choosing a rendering which coincides with the religious interpretation. To achieve these aims the study hypothesizes that: (I) there is no one-to-one correspondence between these polysemous and homonymous lexical verbs, and their equivalents in English, (2) rendering these verbs is affected by the cultural background of the translators, and (3) an effective rendering can be achieved if and only if both transliteration and communicative method are used. 1- Polysemy The term „polysemy‟ has been tackled by many scholars quite differently to the extent that confusion may undoubtedly occur. Any attempt to find a clear-cut definition of the term seems at first to be rather difficult. In this respect, different views will be presented in order to come up with an operational definition. (*) College of Arts / University of Mosul. 45 Problems of Translating Some Polysemous and Homonymous Dr. Misbah...
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...Family Limited Partnership 1997 The Author asserts the moral right to be identified as the author of this work A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 0 00 225660 6 ISBN 0 00 225662 2 (airport tpb) Set in Scala Printed and bound in Great Britain by Caledonian International Book Manufacturing Ltd, Glasgow All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical photocopymg, recording or otherwise, without the prior permission of the publishers. This book is dedicated to you with my appreciation THE BEST LAID PLANS One. The first entry in Leslie Stewart's diary read: Dear Diary: This morning I met the man I am going to marry. It was a simple, optimistic statement, with not the slightest portent of the dramatic chain of events that was about to occur. It was one of those rare, serendipitous days when nothing could go wrong, when nothing would dare go wrong. Leslie Stewart had no interest in...
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...1. Introduction The most important factor in the fate of societies and nations is command of energy. Energy is defined as the ability or capacity to do work. Energy policy in the European Union represents one of the core policies since the beginning of the European Integration. The treaty of Paris to establish a European Coal and Steel Community (ECSC) and the European Atomic Energy Community (EURATOM or EAEC) were the first attempts to an energy cooperation within the European Community. As the size of the European Union grows (reached twenty eight member states as of March 2013), it needed more energy sources as energy plays an important role for economic development. Now the European Union is the largest importer of energy (oil and gas) in the world, and the second largest energy consumer. Therefore, member states of the EU need more secure access to energy resources. Beside the North-South and East-West energy corridors, Europe ingests the South-North corridor, connecting it with North Africa and the Middle East. In 2007 Oil and Gas Journal estimated stocks and supplies of oil at 114 billion barrel and natural gas at 13, 9 billion cubic meter. Almost one third of European imported oil comes either from the Middle East or from North-West Africa. Europe pipeline interests in the south are focused exclusively on natural gas. In 2006 Algeria delivered 16, 7% of Europe gas, and it’s considered to be the biggest third land delivers natural gas, including LNG (Liquefied Natural...
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...MANAGING FINANCIAL RISKS OF SUKUK STRUCTURES Ali Arsalan Tariq M.Sc. International Banking Copyright AA Tariq, September 2004 A dissertation submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Masters of Science at Loughborough University, UK. Acknowledgements First and foremost, I would like to thank my family – mother, father and my siblings – for their undying love. I would never have come so far without them. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank my supervisor, Dr. Humayon Dar, for his insightful guidance and for always being welcoming and patient with my unannounced visits throughout the year. This dissertation would never have been produced otherwise. Last but not least, I would like to thank my friends at Loughborough University that have made my summer of 2004 all the more memorable. For everything that is right, credit goes to all of the above. For anything that is wrong, I am culpable. Ali Arsalan Tariq September 2004 2 TABLE OF CONTENTS I. Introduction II. Islamic Financial Assets: Overview of Theoretical Aspects 2.1 Prohibitions 2.1.1. Prohibition of Riba (Interest) ` 2.1.2. Prohibitions of Gharar (Excessive Uncertainty) 2.1.3. Avoidance of Unethical Investments and Services 2.2 Alternative Basis of Financial Instruments 2.2.1 Partnership Contracts 2.2.2. Exchange Contracts 2.2.3. Financial Assets III. Evolution and Profile of Sukuk Structures and Markets 3.1 Types of Sukuk 3.1.1 Pure Ijarah Sukuk 3.1.2. Hybrid/Pooled Sukuk 3...
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