The World W atch industry was at a crucial stage in the 1970’s when there was a possible phase of transition from one way of watch making technology to another i.e. from mechanical to electronic watches. The mechanical watches had been ruling the watch market for quite some time while the electronic watches were deemed to be the next big thing. Amidst this clash of technologies‚ the three most important watch producing nations i.e. Swiss‚ Japan and United States competed with each other to maintain
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The Deloitte Swiss Watch Industry Study 2014 Changing times Foreword Welcome to the third Deloitte Watch Industry Study. Building on the success of the last two editions‚ more than 50 senior industry executives participated in this year’s study through an online survey or personal interview. The study highlights the views of watch company executives on the key challenges and opportunities facing the Swiss watch industry. 15 09 14 Geneva SMI DAX FTSE 2 missed calls 3 new messages +0.62 +0.21 -1
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Introduction The Swiss Confederation was founded in 1291 as a defensive alliance among three cantons. In succeeding years‚ other localities joined the original three. The Swiss Confederation secured its independence from the Holy Roman Empire in 1499. A constitution of 1848‚ subsequently modified in 1874‚ replaced the confederation with a centralized
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4th revised edition SWISS NEUTRALITY A brochure published by the Federal Department of Defence‚ Civil Protection and Sports (DDPS) in conjunction with the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA). SWISS 1 NEUTRALITY ELEMENTS OF NEUTRALITY The decisive factors governing our policy of neutrality are the national interest‚ the body of law on neutrality‚ the international situation as well as our tradition and history. • • • • The policy decisions of every country are based on its own
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The Swiss Banking Industry The Swiss banking industry has been around for more than 250 years‚ making it the cornerstone of the financial sphere. It has however been rapidly changing in the recent years‚ influenced by the latest financial crisis‚ and numerous tax evasion scandals. It has had to change its economic and regulatory conditions as the country’s authorities‚ as well as foreign authorities are demanding for a change in practices. This‚ in turn‚ has put the industry in the spotlight possibly
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Swiss Chocolate refers to chocolate produced in Switzerland. While Cacao beans and other ingredients such as sugar can originate from outside of Switzerland‚ the actual production of the chocolate must take place in Switzerland. Switzerland ’s chocolates have earned an international reputation for high quality with many famous international brands. Swiss chocolate truffles and pralines Contents [hide] • 1 History • 2 Sales Market • 3 Industry Structure • 4 References • 5 External
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A Swiss Myth; Barbegazi Introduction The definition of myth varies greatly amongst scholars‚ some have a functionalist approach where myths serve as approvals for social action‚ and others have a structuralist view where myths serve to facilitate conflicting or dualistic elements of society and life (Magoulick‚ 2003). A classical definition of myth from William Bascom (1965) is that they are tales believed to be true‚ usually sacred‚ in distant or past worlds with extra human‚ inhuman characters
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very early on it self. Its biggest watch company‚ Swatch‚ dominated the industry at one time. However as foreign competition increased from other nations Swatch was greatly affected. American and European watch makers established assembly plants in the city to take advantage of highly skilled‚ cheap labor and favorable tax conditions. Globally people started preferring the low end daily use watches from other companies as Timex and Citizen and moved away from the high end and considerably expensive
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investment in health care has not translated into superior quality health care delivery for the American citizens. Approximately 50 million American citizens are uninsured‚ and consequently have no access to routine primary health care. Americans may find the Swiss health care system of special interest. Switzerland is a capitalist country just like the U.S and has a highly developed pharmaceutical industry and yet it guarantees its citizen universal coverage with superior outcomes and great satisfaction
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1. Outline several factors attributable to the strong brand equity of Swiss Army. 2. How is Swiss Army capitalizing on its brand equity with products and brand extension? 3. What are some of the potential problems for channels of distribution associated with the prospect of Swiss Army stores? Is the probability of these problems high? 1. Factors attributable to the strong brand equity of Swiss Army • Reputation of Switzerland for making high quality products • Good and consistent quality‚
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