of large companies listed on a nation's largest stock exchanges, such as the American S&P 500, the Japanese Nikkei 225, and the British FTSE 100. Other indices may be regional, such as the FTSE Developed Europe Index or the FTSE Developed Asia Pacific Index. The concept may be extended well beyond an exchange. The Wilshire 5000 Index, the original total market index, represents the stocks of nearly every publicly traded company in the United States, including all U.S. stocks traded on the New
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Starbucks Coffee Executive Summary STARBUCKS COFFEE COMPANY EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Starbucks Coffee Company is North America's leading roaster and retailer of specialty coffees. Headquartered in Seattle, WA, Starbucks has 931 retails stores and 75 major airport locations. The Company's objective is to establish Starbucks as the most recognized and respected brand of coffee in the world. To achieve this goal, the Company will continue to rapidly expand its retail operations, grow its mail order and specialty
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Insights into the Food, Beverage, and Consumer Products Industry GMA Overview of Industry Economic Impact, Financial Performance, and Trends The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) represents the world’s leading branded food, beverage, and consumer products companies. Since 1908, GMA has been an advocate for its members on public policy issues and has championed initiatives to increase industrywide productivity and growth. GMA member companies employ more than 2.5 million workers in
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consultancy firm Hewitt - despite the economic slowdown, a majority of Indian companies are still hiring employees. Here are some interesting revelations of this survey • Average salary hike in India in 2009 will be 8.2% (the highest in the Asia pacific region however first time in six years that India is likely to see single-digit salary increases) • Projected salary hike is lower than the increase of 13.3% seen in 2008 • The hike higher than china (8%) USA (3.2%) and Japan (2.3%)
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Japanese marketplace. Geography One of the most industrialized nations, home to Hiroshima and Nagasaki, land of the rising sun, Japan has gained many superlatives over the years. Located off the East coast of Asia, Japan is an archipelago comprised of four main islands, from North to South: Hokkaido, Honshu (the largest and most
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Marketing in China Before the reforms, under the command economy, Chinese companies took order from the state in production and push the products through state-controlled distribution systems. They never had to advertise, to do consumer research, and to think about marketing strategies. For years, even after the opening and reforms, many Chinese still consider marketing western concept of a dubious practice, something that may be not valid or applicable in China. Marketing proves to be one of the
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Marketing in China Before the reforms, under the command economy, Chinese companies took order from the state in production and push the products through state-controlled distribution systems. They never had to advertise, to do consumer research, and to think about marketing strategies. For years, even after the opening and reforms, many Chinese still consider marketing western concept of a dubious practice, something that may be not valid or applicable in China. Marketing proves to be one of
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KINGFISHER AIRLINES (BSE: KFA.BO) EQUITY RESEARCH Investment Analysis Project (BEAM048) Module Coordinator: Mr. Jamie Stephenson Project Supervisor: Mr. Stanley Gyoshev Candidate Number: 005293 Student ID No. 600050722 Word count: 5806* *excludes tables, figures, appendices TABLE OF CONTENTS Executive Summary 5 1. Company Overview 6 A. Branding and Strategy 6 B. Recent Developments 7 2. Industry Review 8 A. Global Sector Overview 8 B. Aviation in India 9 a.
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PART ONE Introducing The Contemporary Business World In the Opening Cases in Chapters 1 to 5, you will read about five situations that may seem to have little in common at first glance: Canadian megaprojects that focus on the extraction of oil and nickel, the importance of productivity for our standard of living, the unethical behaviour of some business managers, entrepreneurs starting new businesses, and the exporting of Canadian goods and services to other countries. All of these situations
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PEST Analysis: The Indian Airline Industry A PEST analysis is an analysis of the external macro-environment that affects all firms. P.E.S.T. is an acronym for the Political, Economic, Social, and Technological factors of the external macro-environment. Such external factors usually are beyond the firm's control and sometimes present themselves as threats. For this reason, some say that "pest" is an appropriate term for these factors. Let us look at the PEST analysis of the Indian aviation
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