discussing how future economic conditions would affect their product‚ home air purifiers. They were particularly concerned about cost increases. They increased selling prices last year and thought another price increase would have an adverse affect on sales. They wondered if there was some way to reduce costs in order to maintain the existing price structure. McDonnell had attended a purchasing association meeting the previous night and heard a presentation by the president of a tool company on how his
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1. Political Environment India became an official republic in 1950‚ and is currently the second largest country with a population of over 1.2 billion people. The country is made up of 28 states and 7 union territories. It functions as a federation‚ with a central federal government as the point of unification among its partially self-governed states and regions. India’s parliamentary system is governed by Constitutional law which came into force on 26th January 1950. Some of the strengths
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The Social Impact of Technology There is no doubt that technological change brings about social change. The Industrial revolution saw many people displaced from their land‚ to find work in crowded city factories. Serfdom was abolished and the population shifted from villages to the cities. Strong family ties‚ self sufficiency and the right to occupy land were replaced with uncertain tenancy of land‚ dependency on trade and a weakening of the family unit. Economically‚ goods and money abounded‚
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research will be based on a variety of social‚ economic‚ and political factors. The first factors based on my research that will be discussed are the social factors that take place in Sierra Leone. As a result of high population growth and a deadly civil war that ended in the year 2002‚ poverty still remains widespread throughout the country. This information is important because the severe economic that went with civil war and social unrest destroyed the social and physical base of this country
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Discuss the influence of globalisation on the Chinese economy and evaluate the strategies use to promote growth and development. Globalisation is the breakdown of trade barriers between nations to allow for the free flow of goods and services‚ ideas‚ communication and information. In the 1980s‚ China had implemented a series of economic reforms which allowed the country to better integrate with other nations in the region. This was endorsed by the government for the Chinese nation to develop itself
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the impact of word-of-mouth information and evaluative factors (perceived value‚ perceived risk‚ and satisfaction) on behavioral intention of 253 international tourists‚ who were traveling in Taiwan during April‚ 2012. The measurement scales used here were adapted from previous studies found in the literatures‚ revised to fit this study’s propose framework. The survey was conducted in Southern of Taiwan‚ Tainan. SPSS 16.0 has been used for analyzing data. In particular‚ exploratory factor analysis
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Cricket From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia This article is about the sport. For the insect‚ see Cricket (insect). For other uses‚ see Cricket (disambiguation). "Cricketer" redirects here. For other uses‚ see Cricketer (disambiguation). [pic] |Cricket | |[pic] | |A bowler bowling to a batsman. The paler strip is the cricket pitch. The two | |sets of three
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Corporate organisation strategy differentiates between macro or corporations‚ micro or business-units‚ enterprise as well as their function and active strategies which are depended on identity‚ culture‚ strategy and product. With reference to the above‚ each corporation or business-unit operates at different levels and structure but to achieve the organisational goal‚ their communication strategic processes must be coherent and consistence. The concept of corporate communication strategy as a functional
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Why organisations need to change and how change affects organisations: In today’s fast evolving world that is always looking out for changing so frequently‚ if any organization is there which thinks to get this pace slow would be profoundly disappointed. In fact organizations should embrace change to their system‚ as without change there might be some chances that businesses lose the competitive edge in the market and they would fail meeting the customer’s expectations who are the loyal customers
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environment affect the way a business operates and the choices it makes to improve its performance. PESTEL Analysis for Apple Political factors • It is reported that in 2007 52% of sales were from countries outside America. Bad international relations might influence apple in a negative manner. • Apple produces its products outside America such as in China‚ political conflicts between America and such a country could lead to serious problems for Apple. Despite these difficult confrontations
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