1740; W. Jeffrey Bolster traces two centuries worth of untold history of African-American sailors‚ providing a look into the vast black mariner history and its’ connection to plantations‚ the Middle Passage and the New World‚ and its’ influence on black American history. The book aims to answer the lingering question of how seaports‚ serving as crossroads for people and ideas‚ played a role in the lives of black sailors while exploring the interaction of race and class at sea. “Black Jacks” situates
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norms that a group of peoplesuch as an ethnic group‚ a nation‚ a corporation‚ or some other organization or professionholds or aspires to hold. Every culture distinguishes itself from others by the specific ways it prefers to solve certain problems‚ such as those that arise from relationships with other people‚ from the passage of time‚ and in dealing with the external environment. Groups of people have "typical" cultural traits that can be identified by observing situational behaviors and predominant
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expansion? What are the opportunities that it is trying to exploit? General Electric (GE) established in 1879 was originally provided the electric power‚ providing single service. However‚ GE not only works on energy today‚ but also health and home‚ transportation‚ financial services and even television broadcasting‚ GE is now the largest industrial conglomerate in America. The reason to make such foreign expansion was forced from its goal‚ that to be number 1 or 2 globally in every business in which
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The merger case between General Electric Co. (GE) and Honeywell Inc. has sparked considerable debate between US antitrust agencies‚ economists and scholars since the announcement of its unsuccessful attempt by the European Commission (EC). GE is a corporation active in aircraft engines‚ financial services‚ and transportation systems while Honeywell is a manufacturing company producing aerospace products and is the leading supplier for engine starters. Both parties are from the US. In Oct 2000
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GE used to prefer acquisitions or Greenfield ventures as an entry mode rather than joint ventures. Why do you think this was the case? According to our textbook‚ a firm can establish a wholly owned subsidiary in a country by building a subsidiary from the ground up‚ the so-called Greenfield strategy‚ or by acquiring an enterprise in the target market. Acquisitions have three major points in their favor. First‚ they are quick to execute. By acquiring an established enterprise‚ a firm can rapidly
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A Report on Anger Introduction: Nafja and Huda were asked by teachers to write a report on an anger. The purpose of this report was to find out the opinion of SQU students concerning in anger issues‚ the reasons that of getting anger and its effects on social relationships. For this purpose questionnaire was formed and hand out to 40 of male and female students during the middle of November 2011. This report had to be submitted on 26 of December. Findings: The analysis of the questionnaire
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Welsh Case This particular case discusses whether General Electric fulfilled its Corporate Social Responsibility under the leadership of Jack Welsh or if it just met basic obligations. It also displays the evolving idea of social responsibility in a corporation by contrasting the corporation’s actions during Welsh’s leadership and after Welsh retired. It is shown that Welsh had a classical economic view of social responsibility. General Electric followed a traditional business model while Welsh
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BUSINESS‚ 12(1)‚ 2007 ISSN: 1083−4346 General Electric Performance over a Half Century: Evaluation of Effects of Leadership and Other Strategic Factors by Quantitative Case Analysis Richard H. Frankea‚ Anthony J. Mentob‚ Steve M. Prumoc‚ and Timothy W. Edlundd abc Department of Management and International Business‚ The Sellinger School‚ Loyola College; 4501 North Charles St.‚ Baltimore‚ MD 21210 rfranke@loyola.edu‚ amento@loyola.edu‚ steve.prumo@verizon.net
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| General Electric | A Business Analysis | | | | | Table of Contents: Abstract | Page 3 | Introduction | Page 4 | Strengths and Weaknesses | Page 5 | Financial Analysis | Page 9 | Environmental Threats | Page 10 | Growth Opportunities | Page 12 | Assessment‚ Prospects‚ and Suggested Future Direction | Page 15 | References | Page 17 | Abstract General Electric is a worldwide manufacturer and supplier of an extremely wide spectrum goods and services
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General Electric’s human capital development is deeply rooted into the company’s cultural values. These development practices created a pool of highly skilled personnel that perform far beyond the needs of the company‚ which allow it to compete with other organizations. The key to having such skilled management is by hiring talented and interesting people and investing heavily in their growth. By making continuous education a top priority it helps people to reach their full potential. General
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