CHAPTER 1: OPERATIONS AND PRODUCTIVITY TRUE/FALSE 1. Some of the operations-related activities of Hard Rock Café include designing meals and analyzing them for ingredient cost and labor requirements. True (Global company profile‚ easy) The production process at Hard Rock Café is limited to meal preparation and serving customers. False (Global company profile‚ easy) All organizations‚ including service firms such as banks and hospitals‚ have a production function. True (What is operations management
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Chapter 1 Q1. What are the differences between international‚ global‚ and multidomestic companies? Multinational company : An organization with multi country affiliates‚ each of which formulates its own business strategy based on perceived market differences. Global company : An organization that attempts to standardize and integrate operations worldwide in all functional areas. International company : Either a global or a multi domestic company Q2. Give examples to show how an international
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A Foreign direct investment (FDI) is a controlling ownership in a business enterprise in one country by an entity based in another country Foreign direct investment is distinguished from Portfolio Foreign Investment‚ a passive investment in the securities of another country such as public stocks and bonds‚ by the element of "control". According to the Financial Times‚ "Standard definitions of control use the internationally agreed 10 per cent threshold of voting shares‚ but this is a g
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Foreign direct investment (FDI) is a direct investment into production or business in a country by an individual or company of another country‚ either by buying a company in the target country or by expanding operations of an existing business in that country. Foreign direct investment is in contrast to portfolio investment which is a passive investment in the securities of another country such as stocks and bonds. Definitions Broadly‚ foreign direct investment includes "mergers and acquisitions
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Story Of Stuff‚ Referenced and Annotated Script By Annie Leonard Do you have one of these? I got a little obsessed with mine‚ in fact I got a little obsessed with all my stuff. Have you ever wondered where all the stuff we buy comes from and where it goes when we throw it out.? I couldn’t stop wondering about that. So I looked it up. And what the text books said is that our stuff simply moves along these stages: extraction to production to distribution to consumption to disposal. All together
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Zara Case: Fast Fashion from Savvy Systems a gallaugher.com case provided free to faculty & students for non-commercial use © Copyright 1997-2008‚ John M. Gallaugher‚ Ph.D. – for more info see: http://www.gallaugher.com/chapters.html Last modified: Sept. 13‚ 2008 INTRODUCTION The poor‚ ship-building town of La Coruña in northern Spain seems an unlikely home to a techcharged innovator in the decidedly ungeeky fashion industry‚ but that’s where you’ll find “The Cube”‚ the gleaming‚ futuristic
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Acid Deposition Sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides‚ emitted by burning fossil fuels‚ enter the atmosphere-- where they mix with oxygen and woter to form sulfuric acid and nitric acid-- and return to Earth’s surface. Acid Precipitation Conversion of sulfur oxides and nitrogen oxides to acids that return to Earth as rain snow or fog Acitve Solar Energy Systems Solar energy system that collects energy through the use of of mechanical devices like photovoltaic cells or flat-plate collectors Agribusiness
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Hofstede’s model of national cultural differences and their consequences: A triumph of faith - a failure of analysis. Human Relations‚ 55(1)‚ 89-118. 31. Miller‚ J. S.‚ Hom‚ P. W.‚ & Gomez-Mejia‚ L. R. (2001). The high cost of low wages: Does Maquiladora compensation reduce turnover? Journal of International Business Studies‚ 32(3)‚ 585-595. 34. Reiche‚ B. S. (2008). The configuration of employee retention practices in multinational corporations’ foreign subsidiaries. International Business Review
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The hostile customer and the passive agent: Cultural Interfaces in the Indian Outsourcing Industry Abstract Relying on qualitative interviews and thematic analysis‚ this paper explores how transnational call centers in India evolve practices in an attempt to counter the occasional hostility by customers based in the United States. These range from techniques which prevent customers from recognizing that their call is being routed to India through the use of neutralized accents‚ ‘locational
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Page 1 Influence of Culture on Strategic Human Resource Management (SHRM) Practices in Multinational Companies (MNC) in Kenya: A Critical Literature Review Presented By PROFESSOR PETER K’OBONYO BEATRICE DIMBA (PhD Candidate: Strathmore University‚ Kenya) Contacts: Professor Peter K’Obonyo Deputy Principal University of Nairobi‚ Kenya College of Humanities and Social Sciences P O Box 30197‚ Nairobi‚ Kenya Beatrice Dimba Ole Sangale Road‚ P O Box 59857 00200 Nairobi‚ Kenya Tel: (254-020)
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