Jennifer Arias Bus 131 Mr. Kuritzky Chapter 8: Foreign Direct Investment Closing Case Case Discussion Questions: 1. Why‚ historically‚ has the level of FDI in Japan been so low? The relatively low FDI stock in Japan is partly the result of a history of official inhibitions on FDI. In some industries‚ inward FDI penetration‚ as measured by the share of employment accounted for by foreign affiliates‚ in Japan in fact is on par with the United States. However‚ a large number of "sanctuaries" with almost
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During the great depression‚ the new help resolve some of the short term issues and avoid any long term issues but this did not stop the great depression which did not bounce back any quicker than the economy would have. The new deal was based off of the three R’s:”Relief‚ Reform‚ and restore”. When referring to relief issue‚ the new deal was very effective because they implemented government jobs to allow people to still make money‚ if it wasn’t the this the country would of very much starved‚ figuratively
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Essentials of Business Law Chapter 29 – Questions 5 & 8 Q5. Palmer made a valid contract with Ames under which Ames was to sell Palmer’s goods on commission from January 1 to June 30. Ames made satisfactory sales up to May 15 and was about to close an unusually large order when Palmer suddenly and without notice revoked Ames’s authority to sell. Can Ames continue to sell Palmer’s goods during the unexpired term of her contract? Once Palmer initiated the revocation of Ames’s authority
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Discussion Questions- Case 8 2) An over count of ending inventory would lead to a decrease in costs of goods sold which leads to an increase in net income. Anytime a company wants a higher net income there is the potential for over counting of inventory. This potential problem is especially significant in the audit of the Lakeside stores because manager’s of the each store get a bonus based on the store’s net income. They are also the same people who count the inventory. It would be very tempting
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Case 8: The Controversial Job (chapter 11) 1. Do you feel that David was justified in insisting that the job‚ not the person‚ be evaluated? Discuss. In my opinion‚ David is acting professional and justified to insist that the job should be evaluated and not the person. The purpose of the committee was to review certain jobs and not an individual employee. The committee need to keep personalities out of the evaluation process. It is a formal method to estimate the payment rates of a company
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Information Systems Barry Brown MIS5000-8-5 What is a CRM‚ SCM‚ and ERP? (CRM) stands for customer relationship management. Customer relationship management is the “Business and technology discipline that uses information systems to coordinate all of the business processes surrounding the firm’s interactions with its customers in sales‚ marketing‚ and service” (Laudon‚ P. Laudon‚ C). (SCM) stands for supply chain management systems which is “information systems that automate the
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Group 11: Nguyen Thi Thu Huyen Nguyen Thi Dieu Linh Mai Ngoc Tam Nguyen Lan Anh Case 8-22: Evaluating a company’s budget procedures 1. Identify the problems that appear to exist in Ferguson & Son Manufacturing Company’s budgetary control system and explain how the problems are likely to reduce the effectiveness of the system. Ferguson & Son Manufacturing Company has appointed Robert Ferguson‚ Jr.‚ the son of the president as the plant manager. He directed the company’s focus on budgetary control
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Case Study 8: Tourism Holdings Limited (THL) 1. This case implies that the frequent acquisition and disposition of tourism brands poses problems for information systems. The information systems could be a type of pre-internet‚ e-commerce‚ web 2.0 and enterprise 2.0 which are inter-organizational information systems. The information technologies that the THL use include SharePoint‚ Microsoft Office SharpPoint Sevices‚ Microsoft Report Server‚ OLAP and data mining. The technologies create an excessive
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This suggested a troubling statistic: distracted driving resulted in 3‚2477 deaths‚ and 391‚000 injuries in 2015 (National Center for Statistics and Analysis.‚ 2017) Is creating devices that are easier and more compatible for use while driving ethically defensible from an interactive designer’s viewpoint? Distracted driving falls into three different categories: visual‚ manipulative‚ and cognitive. Hands-free is a means of mitigating visual and manipulative distractions. However‚ it does
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possible selection schemes. 1. As in the previous exercise‚ develop a detailed selection plan for this position. Determine what you want to measure by analyzing KSAOs from the job description and the information on organizational culture in the case‚ and fitting the selection measures into the plan format as shown in Exhibit 8.2 in the book. The assessment methods you should consider in the selection plan are biodata‚ the Marshfield Applicant Examination‚ Retail Knowledge‚ conscientiousness‚ and
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