rP os t 9-711-462 REV: MAY 26‚ 2011 DAVID B. YOFFIE RENEE KIM op yo Cola Wars Continue: Coke and Pepsi in 2010 For more than a century‚ Coke and Pepsi vied for “th roat share” of the world’s beverage market. The most intense battles in the so-called cola wars were fought over the $74 billion carbonated soft e drink (CSD) industry in the United States.1 In a “carefu lly waged competitive struggle” that lasted u from 1975 through the mid-1990s‚ both Coke and Pepsi a chieved
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They even strongly urged in one of their files that Americans should not travel to such strict countries‚ such as North Korea [8]. Officials in North Korea are seen as gods and any sort of disrespect towards them leads to long term detainment if done so within the country as they will only show you what you want to see. The government even unleashed that North Korea might be using tourism money towards their nuclear weapons program [10‚ 8 ]. With that being said since the North Korean government
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North Korea is facing its seventh year of food shortages arising from weather-related problems. A famine killed tens of thousand of people in 1996-97. (Washington Times; December 8‚ 2000; Thomas Wagner‚ Associated Press) Thousands crossed the border into China looking for food. (Washington Post; July 23‚ 2001;Pg. 16; John Pomfret‚ Washington Post Foreign Service) A large percentage of the population remains susceptible to malnutrition and their living conditions continue to worsen as energy shortages
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Summary South Korea and USA have been chosen as research countries. The main purpose of this report is to examine the different culture reflect of these two cultures. The first part is analyzing the culture characteristics by applying Hofstede’s cultural dimensional theory. The second part discussion is about the norm‚ belief and value. Then the third part is about understanding the practical way of doing business in different culture business environment‚ such as in South Korea and USA. The business
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November 2011 North and South Korea CBA The Korean peninsula is divided into two separate countries‚ North and South. Looking at both countries you can see the differences. North Korea and South Korea may share the same land but have different outtakes on their economic views‚ political beliefs‚ and even social conditions. Before North and South Korea there was just the Korean Peninsula. Korea was ruled by many countries even Japan and China. While in control of Korea‚ Japan grew hungry for power
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the situation in the Pacific region and it was the outbreak of the Korean war and the creation of a Communist North Korea. This brought a huge inevitable change in relations between countries in the region. The stability that was brought about with the end of the Second World War disappeared and a new type of tension appeared. This especially affected the relations between the Korea and Japan to a great extent. In the past few years‚ the two countries have been seeking cooperation for the common aim
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The question we are trying to answer and compensate for is what would South Korea do if attacked by North Korea either with nuclear power or ground troops and etc. While political and military analysts sound pretty confident that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un’s threats are just bluster‚ you can’t get around the fact that the region encompassing the Korean peninsula is one of the most heavily militarized places on Earth‚ home to three of the world’s six-largest militaries. America doesn’t have
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Conscription in Korea Conscription is the compulsory enlistment of people in some sort of national service‚ most often military service. Conscription dates back to antiquity and continues in some countries to the present day under various names. The modern system of near-universal national conscription for young men dates to the French Revolution in the 1790s‚ where it became the basis of a very large and powerful military. Most European nations later copied the system in peacetime‚ so that men
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South Korea is located in East Asia. South Korea is East of China and West of Japan. South Korea is roughly the size of Indiana‚ United States of America. From the 7th century to the 20th century Korea acted as a single independent single country. In 1905 after the Russo-Japanese War Korea became a protectorate of Japan. In 1945 Japan surrendered Korea to the United States in WWII. After gaining control of their country Korea split into two countries. A Republic of Korea was set up in the
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Korea is a wonderful place to visit. There are many sights to see as well as beautiful scenery everywhere you look. I would love to suggest Korea as one of the most beautiful countries for tourism. Just like every other country‚ there are many good factors as well as bad factors to consider while traveling in Korea. One of the strengths of traveling in Korea is the extensive network of transportation. There are buses‚ taxis‚ trains‚ and subways throughout the whole country. I believe the Seoul
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