the long-term impact of study abroad on a student’s personal‚ professional‚ and academic life shows that study abroad positively and unequivocally influences the career path‚ world-view‚ and self-confidence of students. The Institute for the International Education of Students (IES)‚
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The traditional profit maximizing theories of the firm have been criticised for being unrealistic. As a result‚ alternative theories of the firm were introduced (Sloman & Sutcliffe‚ 2001). One of the alternative theories of the firm is Growth maximization. Following are the main motives for the firms to grow: The cost motive: A growth maximising firm can lower its long run average costs by exploiting economies of scale and economies of scope. Economies of scale come into effect when increasing
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What are the advantages and disadvantages of travel? One of the advantages of travel is that it broadens the mind or‚ in other words‚ broadens an individual’s life experiences. In addition‚ the exposure to a another part of your own country or a foreign country allows you to reexamine your life and to reassess your way of thinking. Another advantage‚ in the case of foreign travel‚ is that it is a reason for learning a foreign language. Learning a foreign language provides you with both intellectual
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Diversification Strategies Diversification is a risk that companies have to take in order to stay competitive in it’s changing market. Some companies have been successful diversifying their business‚ and in opposition there are other companies that in the process of expanding their business have not succeeded. For the purpose of this report‚ I will use the “Sara Lee Corporation” as a successful company throughout its diversification strategies. On the other hand‚ I would use Ebay as an example
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The diversification of beetles may be driven by feeding strategy. Feeding on plants‚ specifically flowering plants (angiosperms)‚ further explains the diversity of beetles. One reason behind why switching to angiosperms improves diversification is because angiosperms provided beetles a starter to new niches. Some beetles diversified into lineages that specialize on feeding different parts of the pants (roots‚ seeds‚ leaves). This diversification in one habitat would then constitute adaptive radiation
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DIVERSIFICATION. For companies‚ they all want to have bigger market share and earn more profit. So they will find many ways to penetration into the market like diversification. Diversification strategies are used to expand firms’ operations by adding markets‚ products‚ services‚ or stages of production to the existing business. The purpose of diversification is to allow the company to enter lines of business that are different from current operations.There are basically two broad forms of diversification
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exporter: Home country managed firm. Firm specific advantage in its final products. Standardized products manufactured at home. Only the transferable firm specific advantages are taken to the host country‚ meaning that they try to make exporting successful in international markets. No development of location bound firm specific advantages. International projector: Clones home operations into host countries. Knowledge based firm specific advantages are replicated from home
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INTERNATIONAL ACCOUNTING Sources: 1) Financial knowledge enables central control to determine what is happening in different subsidiaries. That enable the integration and control of subsidiaries by the central control. (Belkauoi‚ 1991) 2) Management accounting’ involvement in currency management is also important as the fluctuations in the exchange rates can distort the financial results of the subsidiaries. (Eiteman‚ Stonehill and Moffet‚ 1992). 3) Management accounting is a
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dabznal心gement 1991 Vol. 17 No. 1 99-120 ‚ ‚ ‚ Firm Resources and Sustained Competitive Advantage JayBarney 海’xas A&M University Understanding sources of sustained competitive advantage has become a major area of research in strategic management‚ Building on the assumptions that strategic resources are heterogeneously distributed across firms and that these d，胡erences are stable over time‚ this article examines the link betweenfirm resources and sustained conψeti tive advantag，ι
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In spite of the strong theoretical case that can be made for free international trade‚ every country in the world has erected at least some barriers to trade. Trade restrictions are typically undertaken in an effort to protect companies and workers in the home economy from competition by foreign firms. A protectionist policy is one in which a country restricts the importation of goods and services produced in foreign countries. The India‚ for example‚ uses protectionist policies to limit the quantity
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