International Business Review 19 (2010) 119–125 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect International Business Review journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/ibusrev International business‚ corporate social responsibility and sustainable development Ans Kolk a‚*‚ Rob van Tulder b‚1 a b University of Amsterdam Business School‚ Plantage Muidergracht 12‚ 1018 TV Amsterdam‚ The Netherlands RSM Erasmus University Rotterdam‚ Burgemeester Oudlaan 50‚ 3062 PA Rotterdam‚ The Netherlands
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* The External Analysis examines opportunities and threats that exist in the environment. It shows to management the opportunities to favorable conditions in the environment that could produce rewards for the organization if acted properly. * An organization provides a means of using individual strengths within a group to achieve more than can be accomplished by the aggregate efforts of group members working individually. An organization relates to external analysis because it needs it
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report‚ to merge files in queries‚ to merge files in master file maintenance‚ to make searches easier‚ to prioritize‚ etc. Chapter 05 External Sorting Algorithms Internal vs External Sorts Internal Sort – sorting items entirely in main memory ICS 2‚ ICS 3‚ CS 101 External Sort – sorting files in secondary storage using main memory CS 102 Why external sort ? Some files may be too large to fit in main memory Some Terminologies A Pass – an iteration that goes through the items (or records)
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Chapter 2 The external environment: Opportunities‚ threats‚ industry competition and competitor analysis Knowledge objectives 1 Explain the importance of analysing and understanding the firm’s external environment 2 Define and describe the general environment and the industry environment 3 Discuss the four activities of the external environmental analysis process 4 Name and describe the general environment’s six segments Knowledge objectives 5 Identify the five competitive forces
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environment can classifies in two categories that are internal environment and external environment. Internal factors close to the company that have a direct impact on the organizations strategy‚ these factors include employee‚ customer‚ suppliers‚ shareholder‚ banker etc. External environment comprises those factors and trends outside the organization that might have an influence upon an organization and its future. Many external factors can have an effect upon an organization - from changes in government
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to external validity‚ & this can be an explanation of how researchers may be wrong in making a generalisation. For instance‚ researchers may conclude that the results of their study (which was done in a specific place‚ with certain types of people‚ & at a specific time) could be generalised to another context. For instance it could have been at another place‚ with different people‚ at a later time‚ even if these factors are only slightly different. There are three major threats to external validity
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The External Environment: Opportunities‚ Threats‚ Competition‚ and Competitor Analysis The external environment affects a firm’s strategic actions. For the example‚ when Philip Morris International (PMI) joint venture with Swedish Match AB‚ PMI distribute smokeless tobacco in multiple global market. A firm’s external environment creates the opportunities (opportunities PMI to enter the smokeless tobacco market) and threats (the regulation in its market reduces the consumption of PMI’s tobacco
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In chapter 11 of Unfair “What We Must Overcome” our author tackles on three serious challenges we face in realizing science-based reforms. First‚ he addresses the approach our justice system has towards juror screenings and exactly how we are getting it wrong. Benforado suggest that these juror screening are intended to eliminate those people who cannot be fair if selected to be a jury in a criminal case. While we purpose to address this bias‚ our author suggest that we are instead‚” reinforcing
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They analyse external forces‚ such as their competitive environment‚ economic conditions‚ technological possibilities‚ political and legal forces‚ changes in demographics‚ seasonal factors‚ as well as shifts in social behaviour”. Basically they engage their crystal ball and they do it much better than most. Needless to say‚ on New Year’s Day I was feeling a tad lethargic. A restful day; it did‚ however‚ give me time to think about our conversation and the various macro-external forces which confronted
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closer and closer together. They have a lot of similar problems and they both want to be free. The two men work together and learn from each other the value of friendship. In the end Jim becomes a big brother figure for Huck. An analysis on the relationship between Huck and Jim starts with the following: how they became friends‚ the troubles‚ and the outcome. When two people of different cultures come together‚ they realize they aren’t very different. Huck and Jim meet on Jackson island. How they
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