...between two Americans who are married, but lack communication and inadequate attention from their spouses, while staying in Tokyo. Bob Harris is away from his family on a business trip, as he’s going through a mid-life crisis. Charlotte, a woman in her early twenties struggles to find a place in the world. She hoped a trip to Tokyo, with her husband would help conflicted feelings about her two-year-old marriage, her spirit, discovering a purpose and finding a career. These individuals meet and are instantly attracted to one another, because of parallel doubts about their life in contrasting perspectives. Magnetically drawn to one another, they inevitably communicate their problems in marriage, their fears, and insecurities of current circumstances. Bob and Charlotte are scapegoats staying in another country, as well as a foreign society. Their feelings of displacement, isolation and alienation during their stay in Japan, provide an exploration of complex human emotions, such as boredom and loneliness. Bob Harris is an aging movie star beyond his peak years, who is still famous enough to be recognized, but not to be asked to do any more movies. Now in his fifties, he traded his fast-paced Hollywood lifestyle for a wife and family. Harris thinks that he’ll only be in Tokyo for a few days, but his stay is extended, when his agent explains that he couldn’t pass on a deal a prestigious photographer offered. Mr. Harris is making two million dollars from a Japanese whiskey company;...
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...Coppola’s, Lost In Translation presents a relationship between two Americans who are married, but lack communication and e attention from their spouses, while staying in Tokyo. Bob Harris is away from his family on a business trip as he is going through a mid-life crisis. Charlotte, a woman in her early twenties struggles to find a place in the world. She hoped a trip to Tokyo, with her husband would help conflicted feelings about her two-year-old marriage, her spirit, discovering a purpose and finding a career. These individuals meet and are instantly attracted to one another, because of parallel doubts about their life in contrasting perspectives. Magnetically drawn to one another, they inevitably communicate their problems in marriage, their fears, and insecurities of current circumstances. Their feelings of displacement, isolation and alienation during their stay in Japan, provide an exploration of complex human emotions, such as boredom and loneliness. Bob Harris is an aging movie star beyond his peak years, who is still famous enough to be recognized, but not to be asked to do any more movies. Now in his fifties, he traded his fast-paced Hollywood lifestyle for a wife and family. Harris thinks that he’ll only be in Tokyo for a few days, but his stay is extended when his agent explains that he couldn’t pass on a deal a prestigious photographer offered. Mr. Harris is making two million dollars from a Japanese whiskey company working with a director and a production crew whose...
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...The Parable of the Sadhu Ethical decision-making as individuals Four New Zelanders, two Swiss couples, two Americans, and a group of Japanese encountered a dying sadhu in their trip of conquering the summit of the world. They did it. They finally put their feet on the Everest. However, none of them conquered the weakness of human being and all fell before getting up the courage to make a decision beyond their ethical principles. What are the causes behind their decisions of giving limited helps to a dying person is really worth our reflection. Some of them might care their advantages, back off in front of responsibilities, worry about the consequences, or they just simply don’t care enough a strange person laid down on their way to the greatness. Moral disengagement mechanisms Canadian psychologist Albert Bandura first put forward the Social Cognitive Theory (SCT). The theory states that people observe others’ behavior and what the consequence caused by that behavior and then use the observation to guide their future behaviors. The SCT offers an agentic perspective on human behavior whereby individuals exercise control over their own thoughts and behaviors through self-regulatory processes (Bandura, 1986). During the process of observing others’ behavior, people gradually develop their personal moral standards that guide their selfregulation process. People use this standard to judge, monitor, and control their conducts to make right decisions and avoid bad behaviors. However...
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...For the exclusive use of Z. Xu, 2016. 9-701-132 REV. MARCH 8, 2002 GIOVANNI GAVETTI Ducati By the end of 2000, Federico Minoli had won his battle. Over the past five years, the “turnaround i artist” -- as Forbes magazine dubbed him –- had transformed a company on the verge of bankruptcy into one of the most profitable motorcycle manufacturers in the world; a mechanical concern into a global brand; a fast motorcycle into a symbol of Italian design and tradition, extreme performance, and technical excellence. Under Minoli, Ducati had enjoyed explosive growth and profitability. Revenues had quadrupled since 1996; EBITDA had grown from 33.4 million Euros in 1997 to around 60.0 million Euros in 2000; the market share had gone from 5.1% in the sport bikes segment in 1997 to 6.7% in 2000 (see Exhibit 1). Despite this success, Minoli was concerned with the future of the company. He knew that Ducati could not grow indefinitely, and was struggling with what strategy might overtake these bounds. Minoli and the rest of Ducati’s top management team were considering different alternatives. One alternative was to attack Harley Davidson’s niche with a Ducati interpretation of a cruiser. Was this broadening of Ducati’s traditional niche the right move to sustain the profitable growth of the company? The Market for Motorcycles in 2001 The roots of the motorcycle industry date back to 1868, when Louis Perraux installed a steam engine on a rudimentary bicycle. In 1894...
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...9-701-132 REV. MARCH 8, 2002 GIOVANNI GAVETTI Ducati By the end of 2000, Federico Minoli had won his battle. Over the past five years, the “turnaround i artist” -- as Forbes magazine dubbed him –- had transformed a company on the verge of bankruptcy into one of the most profitable motorcycle manufacturers in the world; a mechanical concern into a global brand; a fast motorcycle into a symbol of Italian design and tradition, extreme performance, and technical excellence. Under Minoli, Ducati had enjoyed explosive growth and profitability. Revenues had quadrupled since 1996; EBITDA had grown from 33.4 million Euros in 1997 to around 60.0 million Euros in 2000; the market share had gone from 5.1% in the sport bikes segment in 1997 to 6.7% in 2000 (see Exhibit 1). Despite this success, Minoli was concerned with the future of the company. He knew that Ducati could not grow indefinitely, and was struggling with what strategy might overtake these bounds. Minoli and the rest of Ducati’s top management team were considering different alternatives. One alternative was to attack Harley Davidson’s niche with a Ducati interpretation of a cruiser. Was this broadening of Ducati’s traditional niche the right move to sustain the profitable growth of the company? The Market for Motorcycles in 2001 The roots of the motorcycle industry date back to 1868, when Louis Perraux installed a steam engine on a rudimentary bicycle. In 1894, the Hildebrand brothers and Alois Wolfmüller produced...
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...but was met with backlash from native people and those whose lives were drastically changed. In Things Fall Apart, Chinua Achebe illustrates the tensions between European colonizers and Nigerian indigenous people by following the story of Okonkwo, a strong man in the Umuofian tribe . Julie Otsuka allows the reader to follow the story of a Japanese boy being displaced in an internment camp during the second World War in her piece “When the Emperor Was Divine”. Okonkwo’s violent reaction to European culture and the boy’s silent yearning for his...
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...developing and managing people who can think, lead, and act from a global perspective, managers would be able to face at different challenges, like different cultures, new global work force trends, ethics and social responsibility managing global talent. Culture Culture Culture is the total of human being knowledge, beliefs and other capabilities adopted by individuals or groups. In the multicultural environment, the aspect of culture must be identified. For example, the Chinese get used to use chopsticks for eating food, but Australian tends to use fork and knife. Not knowing these, the American company would fail to sell thousand millions of wood-chopsticks to China and lose the opportunities to earn. The culture environment affects the global management process. For many managers of U.S. organizations, the highest priority is profit maximization, but for many managers of Japanese organizations remains and increases the market share (Rodrigues, C, 2009). Therefore, the cultural environment indicates those company are suitable for different management process in different culture. Realizing the challenge of culture is important for most managers. Organizational culture Organizational Culture is the set of the basic assumptions, values and beliefs of a company’s members (David, L & Mary, G, 2010). In many ways, culture is the informal or unwritten...
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...The change of American automobile industry Bing Bai St. Thomas University Feb 20, 2013 Author Note Bing Bai, Department of Business, St. Thomas University This research was supported in part by a grant from the BUS 673 management writing & reporting class. Correspondence concerning this article should be addressed to Bing Bai, Department of Business, St. Thomas University, 16401 NW 37th Avenue, Miami Gardens, FL 33054 Contact: b0771276@stu.edu Introduction 2009, by the impact of the economic downturn in North America, the auto market is also showing a downward trend, the U.S. auto market, sales reached bottom in recent years, a decline of more than 20%. With the slow recovery of the economy in North America, as well as various stimulus policies play a role, so that the downward trend in remission. In 2010, total sales of U.S. automotive (car, SUV, MPV, pickup truck) reached 11,590,274, an increase of 11% year-on-year, U.S. vehicle sales remained year-on-year growth of 11% in January-July 2011. Undergo the shrinking of automobile market, although the United States rely on to curb the momentum of a sharp decline in the automotive market policy factors to a certain extent, the government "TM" subsidies just one pin short-term cardiac and unable to drive the stable recovery of the automotive market. The decline of the Big Three, but also to the...
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...A Typology of Colonialism Nancy Shoemaker, October 2015 In the past several years, settler colonial theory has taken over my field, Native American studies. Comparative indigenous histories focused especially on British-descended “settler colonies”—Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and the United States—have proliferated. And settler colonial theory is now dogma. At my last two conference presentations, a fellow panelist was astonished that I didn’t deploy it. My research on native New England whaling history made me more globally comparative, but it also forced a reckoning that many places experienced colonialism without an influx of foreign settlers. As scholars parse settler colonialism into its multiple manifestations, colonialism itself remains undifferentiated. One of settler colonialism’s leading theorists, Lorenzo Veracini, juxtaposes the two completely. “Colonialism and settler colonialism are not merely different, they are in some ways antithetical formations,” he wrote in the 2011 founding issue of the journal Settler Colonial Studies. For Veracini, “colonialism” apparently refers to the late 19th-century European scrambles for Africa and Asia—in popular imagery, plantation colonies where members of a white ruling class dressed in white linen lounge on the edge of a cricket field, sipping cocktails served up by dark-skinned natives. Indeed, most of the literature on colonialism explores the history of the plantation colonies of that era. Instead of casting colonialism...
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...Porter’s Five Forces Bargaining Power of Supplier (Moderate) Toyota has different supplier for different parts of the automobile. Some of the suppliers are: - KEIPER: a supplier of rear seat assembly locks - TAC Manufacturing: a supplier for shift lever knobs - Tenneco: a supplier of exhaust components - Bridgestone: a supplier of tires - Samsung Electronics: creating a car mode App The suppliers for Toyota play a vital role in production. But, there are moderate population of suppliers and high overall supply. The limited population of suppliers can affect the production of Toyota. Because of the limited population, the bargaining power of supplier is high, but the high availability of supply used for manufacturing toyota’s products weakens the suppliers’ power. Thus, the bargaining power of supplier is moderate. Bargaining Power of Buyer (High) Toyota’s aim is to serve the middle income customer because the cars that they produce are affordable. The buyer purchase small volume of the products because cars are expensive. Because its aim is to serve middle income customers, toyota’s have a lot of buyer because the population of middle income customers is more than high income customers. The product is worthy because the quality is good, the price is affordable, toyota has its own mantainance service and the secondhand’s price is good. The switching costs is low because customers can easily change from toyota to competing firms at no extra cost. The customers have...
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...Exam 1 Page 1 of 7 FIAT RETURNS TO CANADA1 A.RUSETSKI, PH.D F IGURE 1: A 2011 FIAT 500 On March 18, 2011 two hundred strange looking tiny cars lined up on the streets around the Quebec Business Centre. FIAT, a major European car manufacturer, was celebrating its return to Canada after 28 years of absence. This comeback became possible thanks to a partnership with one of the Detroit Big Three car manufacturers – Chrysler. From Montreal, columns of FIAT 500 cars paraded to designated Chrysler dealerships where FIAT opened its “FIAT Studios”. A number of important and at times sad developments led to this celebratory moment. Once a powerful player in the North American market, in early 2000s Chrysler Corporation was struggling with declining demand and decreasing market share. In 1998 the company “merged” with German Daimler Benz to form DaimlerChrysler AG. In fact, the German automotive giant took ownership of Chrysler, but after nine years the new owner acknowledged that the “marriage” was not successful and it could not improve Chrysler’s financial performance. In 2007 Daimler sold the Chrysler for $7.4 billion to the investment group Cerberus Capital Management. If the inflow of German technology and management could not improve the situation at Chrysler, a group of investment bankers had even less chances to rescue the company, ...
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...2006 - 2008 Strategic Plan Capital Increase Road Show May 2006 Disclaimer These materials are not intended for potential investors and do not constitute or form part of any offer to sell or issue, or invitation to purchase or subscribe for, or any solicitation or any offer to purchase or subscribe for any Ducati Securities, nor shall they form the basis of, or be relied on in connection with any contract or commitment to purchase Ducati Securities. Any recipient of this document considering a purchase of Ducati Securities in a rights issue following publication of an Italian prospectus in connection therewith is hereby reminded that any such purchase should be made solely on the basis of the information contained in such Italian prospectus. The information in these materials includes forward-looking statements, concerning in particular economic and financial trends, which have been made by the management and are based on current expectations and projections about future events. These forward-looking statements are subject to risks, uncertainties and assumptions. In light of this, the events described in the forward-looking statements may not occur. These materials are not being issued in the United States of America and should not be distributed to United States persons or publications with a general circulation in the United States. These materials are not an offer to sell or issue Ducati Securities in the United States. No public offering of Ducati Securities will be made...
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...The history of national origin and racial exclusion in U.S. immigration laws serves as a lens into this nation's soul. There is no better body of law to illustrate the close nexus between race and class than U.S. immigration law and its enforcement. The United States also has a long history of restricting (if not outright excluding) entry of certain racial minority groups into the country. Transference of hate and displacement of frustration from one racial minority to another explain much in the heated racial dynamics of the twentieth century. Cognitive dissonance theory teaches us how the nation can be so harsh to noncitizens of color while claiming that racism is dead in America. . Immigration law expressly defines who can and cannot enter...
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...Timeline Part II NOTE: Before starting the Timeline project please refer to the "Example Timeline Matrix" document. Instructions: Complete the matrix by providing the Time Period/Date(s) in column B, and the Description and Significance of the People/Event(s) to American History in column C. See complete instructions in the Syllabus for the Module 3 assignment entitled. “Timeline Part II.” NOTE: The timeline project does not need to be submitted to turnitin. NOTE: Please write your answers in a clear and concise manner. Limit your submission of the Timeline Part II up to 250 words per topic/subtopic. For example, if a topic is divided into 3 subtopics, you may write a maximum of 250 per subtopic listed. Be sure to cite all sources. Major Event/Epoch in American History | Time Period/Date(s) | Description and Significance of the People/Event(s) to American History | 1) The evolution of the institution of slavery from the Colonial Period to the 1860s. | 1619 - 1865 | Slavery began with in 1619 with the first slaves brought to Virginia as indentured servants. As time goes by, slavery becomes more popular, to help with farming large farms or plantations. Though the Declaration of Independence in 1776 states that “all men are created equal” this did not apply to people of color. By the time the Civil War starts, slavery is big business, and the south is fighting for the right to keep it. In 1865 the U.S. abolishes slavery with the 13th Amendment. | 2) The socio-cultural...
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...Michelle L. Stotts, Charles B. Shrader and Samuel M. DeMarie Victory: The New American Motorcycle Celebrates Its First Decade on the Road Now that we are in our 10th year and have a fairly complete line of premium cruiser and touring motorcycles, it is clear what we stand for, and who we appeal to most. Victory stands for class-leading quality, innovation and style. Victory is American and new- always looking forward. We are all about the future of American motorcycles. - Mark Blackwell, Victory Vice President1 Mark Blackwell, vice president in charge of Victory Motorcycle at Polaris Industries, glanced up at company headquarters in Medina, Minnesota as he pulled his gleaming cruiser into the parking lot. An accomplished rider himself, winning the national 500cc motocross championship and being inducted into the American Motorcycle Association’s Hall of Fame, he knew his company’s bikes had come pretty far since they were first introduced to the riding public in 1998. With the development of the new Vision, a luxury touring bike, and the steady release of aggressively-styled cruisers, the company had continually innovated throughout its first decade in business. Yet Blackwell pondered the recurring questions facing Victory Motorcycles and Polaris. He wondered if the initial decision to diversify into heavyweight motorcycles was the right road to take. He realized Polaris took a big risk by moving into motorcycles and going up against the recognized powerhouses in the industry...
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