...EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Starbucks Coffee Company is a retail leader in North America of specialized coffee blends that is headquartered in Seattle, WA. Starbucks has 931 leading retail stores across North America. The objective is to establish Starbucks as the most recognized brand of coffee retailers across the globe. To achieve our goal of bringing superior coffee and spreading the Starbucks name around the world, our goal is to expand our retail operations in other countries by aggressively pursuing other opportunities for growth such as mail order of our specialty goods which will be a new way of introducing new products to a global market. Our employees which we call “baristas” are the most important asset at Starbucks. If we want our company to prosper, we must treat our employees well by making health care benefits available and affordable and pay our employees a living wage which is higher than minimum wage. Starbucks has long held a strong commitment to preserving the environment. Starbucks offers products that are readily biodegradable which is environmentally safe. Starbucks prides itself on being a good global citizen in the way it treats its people locally in our retail stores and in the countries where our coffee beans are grown. The company makes large contributions each year to local charities that focus on children’s needs and welfare, environmental causes, the homeless and AIDS research and support. In the financial realm, Starbucks has consistently...
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...University of Phoenix Material Environmental Science Worksheet Answer the following questions in at least 100 words. The answers are found in Ch. 1–4 of Environmental Science. 1. What would you include in a brief summary on the history of the environmental movement? The environmental movement was formed right around the end of the 1700’s. The movement itself didn’t become well known until maybe twenty or thirty years later. Between 1950 and 1957 there was a tremendous increase in the amount of people that became aware of the environmental movement’s ability to stop problems with the environment. Around the mid 1950’s, there were several catastrophic environmental disasters that occurred. Because there were access to radio and media at the time, it was easy for many people to see as well as hear all about the environment and the disasters that it involved, and this made a lot of people more “environmental friendly”. 2. Explain the main point concerning exponential growth and whether it is good or bad. Compare exponential growth to a logistic growth curve and explain how these might apply to human population growth. What promotes exponential growth? What constrains population growth? Our planet has many problems concerning the exponential growth of human life. Our main problem has become a great big problem to deal with, and I am sad to say that eventually our population will be so big that humans will not have enough resources...
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...Expansion into Online Marketing/E-Commerce Table of Contents Executive Summary…………………………………………………………………… 3 Introduction……………………………………………………………………………..4 Research Findings………………………………………………………………………5 Finding Number 1………………………………………………………………5 Finding Number 2………………………………………………………………6 Finding Number 3……………………………………………………………6, 7 Recommendations………………………………………………………………………8 Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………9 References………………………………………………………………………10 Executive Summary Monte Carlo Magic, LLC is a medium level competitor in the casino gaming supplies industry within the United States. Monte Carlo Magic, LLC. has eight retail locations across the United States servicing the main casino centers within the United States. Monte Carlo Magic, LLC. desires to become a larger player within the casino gaming supplies industry not only in the Unites States, but expand their reach globally. Currently, the cost for opening retail locations in casino centers around the globe is an expensive venture. The large investment costs would include retail outlet leasing, manpower costs, warehouse distribution supporting the individual retail outlets and political climate of the different countries we expect to expand into. It is our position that we can accomplish the same market penetration by providing...
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...the traditional method of assistances. Through the demographic shift of immigrants and refugees the political issue remained prominent, while this climate was based on immigrants not adopting the Danish value system and identity while integrating into Denmark. The economic changes across the globe have had an effect on the control of industrialization and the workforce in the country, as the business world becomes smarter by reducing costs through crossing borders. It has a negative impact on the policies for the welfare state and has raised the unemployment rates. “With the decrease of regulatory barriers in foreign nations, the economies have transformed increasing competition and welcoming foreign investment” (Hill 2005). Due to the current structure and lack of political momentum for reform, the spending on social protection grew exponentially. Recognizing the increased competition due to globalization, and the need to implement a different strategy has helped generate a better economic outlook for the country. Through the development of “Flexicurity” (Daemmrich & Kramarz 2010) the country has been able to gain positive footing, turn their negative employment statistics around, and increase their economic standing. The basis of this reform was to create a “flexible economy...
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...Intro: After the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001, President Bush and Congress reacted quickly and within one week of the attacks had adopted a joint resolution that gave the President the authority to use military force against any group or individual that was deemed to have any association with the al Qaeda terrorist network; specifically, any group or individual across the globe who was suspected of helping to aid in the planning of the attacks on the United States was now subject to the policing of the United States government (Jackson, 2010). This resolution and vow by President Bush and Congress to take on the war against terrorism resulted in massive military, law enforcement, and intelligence missions being launched in the Middle East and around other parts of the globe. These military and policing efforts resulted in thousands of detentions of citizens and non-citizens as potential suspects, however, in many cases, individuals being detained did not have formal charges placed against them, and they were merely being held on "suspicion" (Jackson, 2010). The most prominent example of indefinite detention of individuals is seen at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba (GITMO). This pattern of indefinite detention of individuals who in many cases have never been charged with a crime has led to a multitude of legal challenges as prisoners have attempted to evoke their rights of habeas corpus in an attempt to get U.S. Federal Courts to hear their cases (Jackson, 2010)...
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...Intro: After the terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001, President Bush and Congress reacted quickly and within one week of the attacks had adopted a joint resolution that gave the President the authority to use military force against any group or individual that was deemed to have any association with the al Qaeda terrorist network; specifically, any group or individual across the globe who was suspected of helping to aid in the planning of the attacks on the United States was now subject to the policing of the United States government (Jackson, 2010). This resolution and vow by President Bush and Congress to take on the war against terrorism resulted in massive military, law enforcement, and intelligence missions being launched in the Middle East and around other parts of the globe. These military and policing efforts resulted in thousands of detentions of citizens and non-citizens as potential suspects, however, in many cases, individuals being detained did not have formal charges placed against them, and they were merely being held on "suspicion" (Jackson, 2010). The most prominent example of indefinite detention of individuals is seen at Guantanamo Bay Naval Base in Cuba (GITMO). This pattern of indefinite detention of individuals who in many cases have never been charged with a crime has led to a multitude of legal challenges as prisoners have attempted to evoke their rights of habeas corpus in an attempt to get U.S. Federal Courts to hear their cases (Jackson, 2010)...
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...Competitor Analysis of Capvision V1.0 Edison Zhou, MKT Department Contents • • • • • 2 Brief introduction of Capvision Related market segmentations Typical competitors External environmental analysis Summary Brief Introduction: What is Capvision? • An expert network of industry professionals in China • An alternative but important source of primary research • An efficient source of independent and direct perspectives and data 3 Contents • • • • • 4 Brief introduction of Capvision Related market segmentations Typical competitors External environmental analysis Summary Market Segmentation: Where are we located? Expert Network System Premium Interpersonal Platform Market Research Service Proficient Head-hunting 5 Market Segmentation: Where are we located? Expert Network System • • • Primary research firms that connect buy side investors, consultants and business decision-makers with industry experts. There are at least 38 expert network providers worldwide and annual sales volume is 500 million USD. 81% of investment professionals believe that “talking to experts” is a legitimate, value-adding part of the investment due diligence process Market Research Service • • • Premium Interpersonal Platform • A kind of network that aid entrepreneurs’ career development. Proficient Head-hunting • • 6 The systematic gathering and interpretation...
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...The United States Through Industrialism Brings Learning Alive! Teachers’ Curriculum Institute 1 Introduction I n this reading, you will learn about the Age of Exploration. This period of discovery lasted from about 1418 to 1620. During this time, European explorers made many daring voyages that changed world history. A major reason for these voyages was the desire to find sea routes to east Asia, which Europeans called the Indies. When Christopher Columbus sailed west across the Atlantic Ocean, he was looking for such a route. Instead, he landed in the Americas. Columbus thought he had reached the Indies. In time, Europeans would realize that he had found what they called the ”New World.” European nations soon rushed to claim lands in the Americas for themselves. Early explorers often suffered terrible hardships. In 1520, Ferdinand Magellan set out with three ships to cross the Pacific Ocean from South America. He had guessed, correctly, that the Indies lay on the other side of the Pacific. But Magellan had no idea how vast the ocean really was. He thought his crew would be sailing for a few weeks at most. Instead, the crossing took three months. While the ships were still at sea, the crew ran out of food. One sailor wrote about this terrible time. “We ate biscuit… swarming with worms…. We drank yellow water that had been putrid [rotten] for days... and often we ate sawdust from boards.” Why did explorers brave such dangers? In this reading, you will discover some of...
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...Summary: "Our Biracial President," by James Hannaham In the essay "Our Biracial President," James Hannaham explains that the election of Barack Obama as the 44th President of the United States will be seen as a victory against racism around the world and will create hope for new beginnings. He goes on to say that this President will prove to Americans as well as to people from all over the globe that they can look to hope that they too can acheive their dreams if they work hard enough. Hannaham claims that the Obama's Presidency will utimately help to erase the social disapproval against people of African descent such as slavery because others can point to Obama and his accomplishments and feel as if there is hope. While it is a sign to all humanity that the United States is moving forward, this is certainly not the end to all racism. But a sign of hope that is to come in our future. The writer mentions that some doubted that Obama would be elected because he didn't have much experience and that perhaps America wasn't quite ready for such a drastic change as having a black President. The truth is, he has done so many great things for America's image around the world. We see Obama's face on bootlegged T-shirts and his election alone has served as a rescue to the opionions of America's ability to move forward. Hannaham offers that Obama is not to be compared to Malcolm X, he is not even Kanye West, and the motorcade that he rolls up to the White House will not include a thumping...
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...United States is female wrestlers. It is unethical and has always been unethical in the eyes of society to have women in the ring. Yes, it does sell in the entertainment business, but young children watch the good guys fight the bad guys and then the half-naked females come out and roll around on the mat and show off their skimpy outfits. As with the United States, other countries have issues with women wrestlers. Some cultures across the globe would not allow their women to do that. It is always WWE or other wrestling organizations who promotes their own women wrestlers while that company is on tour in other countries. The women from other countries, such as Iraq would not let their women embarrass themselves because it would disrespect their women to entertain in such a way. There are female amateur wrestlers in Iraq, India and globally because there is competition and it is a sport. It is the exploitation of the sexuality with the women where the ethical issues lie. I would not want my child to watch girls in bikinis and panties running around, rolling on the mat with each other and playing out a sexy soap opera-like story. The only reason that WWE is successful in the United States of America and in other countries is that “sex” sells...
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...Technological Change The Changing Demographics of the Global Economy The Changing World Output and World Trade Picture The Changing Foreign Direct Investment Picture The Changing Nature of the Multinational Enterprise The Changing World Order The Global Economy of the Twenty-First Century Country Focus: India’s Software Sector Management Focus: China’s Hisense-An Emerging Multinational The Globalization Debate Anti-globalization Protests, Globalization, Jobs, and Income Globalization, Labor Policies, and the Environment Globalization and National Sovereignty Globalization and the World’s Poor Country Focus: Protesting Globalization in France Managing in the Global Marketplace Chapter Summary Critical Thinking and Discussion Questions Closing Case: IKEA—The Global Retailer CLASSROOM DISCUSSION POINT Ask students to describe how international business has affected them in their day so far. Ash them about who made the clothes they’re wearing, what type of food they ate for breakfast or lunch (muesli cereal, sushi, Italian-style coffee), what type of cell phone they have and where it was made, where their car was design and manufactured, where the components for their computer was manufactured, and so on. Many students will be surprised at just how often international business affects their daily lives. Some will recognize that companies like Nissan have design facilities and manufacturing operation in the...
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...IHS Electronics & Media - Abstract Key Patent Report - Single Layer Touch Sensor - 2013 Intellectual Properties 2013 As smartphones have become common, the touch user interface (UI) has emerged as a global standard. It is even threatening the position of keyboard and mouse, which have dominated the market as the only UI for the past 50 years. Tablet PC has further accelerated the spread of touch UI, and global leading companies are putting spurs to the technological development for touch panels larger than 10 inches, increasing competition in this sector. The capacitive touch technology has settled as the basic touch UI in small- and mid-sized mobile devices. Recently, the single layer touch technology, which uses a single ITO layer, is adopted more and more. The single ITO layer is lighter and thinner than such touch methods as the GFF, which uses double ITO layers, and can reduce costs and simplify the process. In addition, there are attempts to apply the single layer touch to mid- and large-sized touch panels, including tablet PC and laptops along with the recent release of Windows 8. Scope of Technologies for Patent Analysis Report Overview • Patent Search and Related Patent Selection - Research Period: 1 January 1993 – 19 November 2012 - Research Scope: Published or issued U.S. patents - Patent Search DB: FOCUST, USPTO • Patent Analysis Method - Quantitative Analysis (Trend): A total of 1,904 patents related to capacitive touch technology were selected from the...
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...Reaction Paper By: Charles L. Roman Title: The World Is Flat Author: Thomas Friedman Publisher: www.fsgbooks.com 13579108642 Pages: 216 I. Summary The author introduces theory that the world is flat. He traveled to Japan, China, America and India that lead him to this conclusion. It starts while he is playing golf when he finds himself surrounded by advertisement of traditional American companies such as Pizza Hut, Epson, HP and Texas Instruments. He identified ten influencing factors that led to globalization and world flattening. First is Collapse of Berlin Wall it allowed people from other side of the wall to join the economic mainstream. (11/09/1989). Then on 1995 internet was lunched. Free workflow software follows allowing people from around the world to collaborate and work together on projects using a shared medium. Communities are uploading and collaborating on online projects. Companies splits service and manufacturing activities into components, with each component performed in most efficient, cost-effective way. Using the Chinese manufacturing sector forced other developing countries to try to keep up with their low cost solutions, resulting in better quality and cheaper products being produced worldwide. By using technology to modernize item sales, distribution, and shipping. Employees are working for another company. People on their own had the ability to find so much information about so many things and about so many other people. Finally, the...
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...that may prosecutor while doing this report. I am continuously at your service if you have any question to ask me at any time about this report and anything else you may have concerns about. Sincerely yours, Peaches S. Jones Contents Coca – Cola Executive Summary….………………………………………..4 Introduction on Coca- Cola...……………………………………………….5 A. Problem Statement……………………………………………….5 ~Branding Strategy……..………………………………………….5 ~Distribution Strategy……..………………………………………5-6 ~Advertisement Strategy…….……………………………………6 B. Methodology Use……………………………………………......6 ~Equipment, Property and Plant…………………………………..6-7 Findings…………………………………………………………………….7 A. Alcohol in found in Coca-Cola……………………………………..7 B. The Economic Impact………………………………………………7-8 Analysis………………………………………………………………….….8 A. Corporation Accomplishment………………………………………8-9 B. Strengths…………………………………………………………….9 C. Weaknesses………………………………………………………….9-10 D. Opportunities………………………………………………………..10 E. Threats………………………………………………………...…….10 Conclusion…………………………………………………………………..10-11 References…………………………………………………………………...12 Executive Summary Coca Cola has appear an extended method given that its rudiments, as of...
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...All you need to do is to answer all the questions for the different discussions (200 words each) Topic 1: What factors affect the consumer's perceptions of fast food and its services? Summary: The two studies by M.K. Brady et al and Kim et al are concerned with the same question: what factors affect the consumer’s perceptions of fast food and its services? But while Kim et al. focuses on American college students to find out what factors that segment finds favourable in a fast-food service, M.K. Brady et al takes their study to the international level to find out how different cultural values can affect the consumer’s behavioural intentions relative to the fast-food industry and its services. Both articles agree that the majority of America customers prefer to trade-off between quality of services and expenditure required (expense-conscious). The American consumer tends to judge consumption of goods and services with a ‘neutral’ and logically based mindset; always asking the question of “is it worth my money?” Kim et al claims that due to relatively inexpensive, quick and convenient service, fast-food is becoming more and more popular among college students in North America. How could restaurants attract this emerging market? Further discussing in particular the college student market, and selecting Wendy’s, Burger King and McDonald’s as target examples will figure out the way to attract college students in fast-food services restaurant. Several factors are taken into consideration...
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