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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“To go into solitude‚ a man needs to retire as much from his chamber as from society.” Personal desire for isolation originates in the overwhelming amounts of social pressures‚ responsibilities‚ and overwhelming amounts of work‚ but few can entirely find the solitude they that they desire. There are numerous distractions and interruptions as result of the society and your location. However‚ to hikers‚ it is apparent that the only peace is on the trails. The concept being that to completely
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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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The essay Self Reliance was written in the 19th century by Ralph Waldo Emerson. Emerson was American philosopher and worked out a great number of essays‚ the most famous of which is Self Reliance. The author focuses his attention to the very important and interesting problem connected with self-independence. He states that one should obey only his own thoughts and intentions and behave according to his own will. Unfortunately‚ people nearly always fail to follow their instincts and are greatly influenced
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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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Lincoln Electric (LE) manufactures and sells arc-welding equipment and electrical motors. The company’s objective is to produce quality products at a low price. This objective was to help LE build up their reputation. Therefore their key success factor is their cost leadership. This was achieved through their highly productive employees. LE believed that in order to satisfy customer’s interest‚ the employees are the only people who can make it happen. As a result‚ LE created an attractive bonus
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The case describes issues related to supply chain quality and how they evolve in the context of a multi-tiered global supply chain. The case involves a global multi-tier automotive supply chain made up of one of the world’s largest automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs)‚ its tier 1 supplier that is also a U.S.-based global corporation and the tier 2‚ tier 3 and tier 4 suppliers based in India. With Automek’s engineering support‚ Agile had developed many parts successfully for the OEM
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Case 8 – Samsung: From Gallop to Run 1. Samsung in 1993 was commonly noted for copying the higher technological powers like Sony and selling a cheaper‚ and not as good quality devices to customers. Instead of leading the way they were simply walking in the already paved path of tech world. When Lee Kun-hee became CEO of Samsung Industries he had it in his mind to become a leader. With a large investment in research and development he made that dream possible by hiring on plenty of fresh‚ young
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Case Discussion Questions 1. 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
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