Geography Australia is both the smallest and oldest continent in the world‚ and it is the only country that is also a continent. [1] It is an island located between the Indian Ocean and the South Pacific‚ just south of Indonesia and Papua New Guinea. At 2‚941‚299 square miles‚ Australia is the sixth-largest country in the world and only about 150‚000 square miles (about the size of Montana) smaller than the continental United States. Its interior land is a flat and sparsely populated desert
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INDIVIDUAL ASSIGNMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL MARKETING COUNTRY: CHINA * Cultural: ‘China’ officially the People’s Republic of China (PRC)‚ is a sovereign state located in East Asia China is the world’s most populous country with population of over 1.355 billion Religions: 92% Han Chinese * share same culture and traditions * many speak Mandarin (China’s official language) * others speak a dialect or regional version of a language religious practices discouraged by gov’t
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Overview of Religion Religion plays a major role in Australia’s history. Religion has been in Australia ever since the Indigenous people existed and continues to be growing in variety with immigrants bringing and practicing their own religions such as Christianity Buddhism‚ Islam‚ and Hinduism. These religions are central to Australia’s identity and history and have helped Australia into a pluralistic nation. Although religion is a word used often‚ defining it is a hard task. Some definitions are
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1003IBA Globalisation‚ the Asia-Pacific and Australia 2009 Assessment Essay By Fabian Mansouri 2735062 Question: How important is politics in shaping the progress of globalisation? 2200 Words Introduction During the past century politics has played a crucial role in the leadership and progression of nation states‚ and their transition into a globalising world. A historic understanding of economic globalisation alerts us to the potential for politics to either
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Company Analysis Report On Country Road By Craig de Carle 16th May 2015 ACC10007 Financial Information for Decision Making Assessment 2 Executive Summary O Introduction and Purpose of Analysis O Company and Industry Background Country Road originated in Australia in1974 which started as a women’s shirting business but soon became known as Australia’s first lifestyle fashion brand. Country Road incorporated into their collections stylish high-quality apparel‚ accessories and home
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INTRODUCTION Country road has always been one of Australia leading premium stockists of apparel and home wares. Country Road began as a small manufacturer but expanded and diversified to become a leading wholesaler/retailer of apparel and home wares in the Australian market. The great success of this fueled the company into an expansionary strategy into the lucrative yet highly competitive US markets and also further along the way into the Asian markets. The strategy of international expansion into
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Description and container tonnages of each port Port of Melbourne The Port of Melbourne is the largest container and general cargo port in Australia and one of the top four container ports in the southern hemisphere. The port now has around 3‚400 commercial ship calls per year and handles more than 2.5 million twenty foot equivalent units annually and around 1‚000 motor vehicles and 7‚000 containers per day on average. In the 2011 to 2012 financial year‚ the total trade of Melbourne Port increased
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[pic] IBISWorld Industry Risk Rating Report March 20 2010 Paper Mills in the US: 32212 DISCLAIMER This product has been supplied by IBISWorld Inc (’IBISWorld’) solely for use by its authorized licenses strictly in accordance with their license agreements with IBISWorld. IBISWorld makes no representation to any person with regard to the completeness or accuracy of the data or information contained herein‚ and it accepts no responsibility
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pose a large business risk to IBM because they can leverage their large market share‚ capabilities‚ and achieve economies of scales. Acceptable audit risk is affected by the relative size of IBM in the industry it operates. IBM is a large global corporation and thus there are a very large number of financial statement users. The large number of financial statement users causes the auditors to set acceptable audit risk at a lower number and thus lowering planned detection risk and increasing the amount
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Cultural Analysis of a potential market While introducing either a new product or an existing product in a new market‚ it is very essential to perform a cultural analysis on the market. This gives us a brief idea about the market and helps us in making the market planning decisions. Entering a new market can be difficult‚ because different markets have different cultures. For example the market in South Africa will be completely different in terms of food‚ dressing styles‚ the languages
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