Credit Cards Fraud Nowadays‚ computer technology is growing bigger and bigger. This tremendous and powerful improvement has its good and bad connotations. Credit cards are one popular invention of the computer era. According to www.1stamericancardservice.com‚ a credit card is a plastic card bearing an account number assigned to a cardholder with a credit limit that can be used to purchase goods and services and to obtain cash disbursements on credit‚ for
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Compared to conventional data transmission devices such as magnetic-stripe cards‚ smart cards offer enhanced security‚ convenience and economic benefits. In addition‚ smart card-based systems are highly configurable to suit individual needs. Finally‚ the multi functionality as payment‚ application and networking devices renders a smart card as a perfect user interface in a mobile‚ networked economy. Security Smart cards incorporate encryption and authentication technologies that can implement issuer’s
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JIANGYONG TAO ZHIGANG PEPSI GROWS POTATOES IN CHINA After entering China in 1982‚ Pepsi continued to do well in the country‚ offering a wider range of products than its arch-rival‚ Coca-Cola. Pepsi’s potato chip business was successful despite competition from other multinational rivals and Chinese domestic brands. As its potato chips became more successful‚ however‚ the problem of how to secure a supply of quality potatoes also grew. In the North American market‚ Pepsi relied on external suppliers
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Background Established in 1965 PepsiCo created in 1965 through the merger of Pepsi-Cola and Frito-Lay In 1997‚ publicly traded company to focus PepsiCo on food and beverages. The world’s largest snack and beverage company in 2006 In 2006‚ PepsiCo has approximately $35billion net revenue The company is broken into four business divisions: ◦ Frito-lay North America Frito-Lay North America manufactures‚ markets‚ sells and distributes salty and sweet snacks. Products manufactured and
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3M Moves to a Customer Focus Using a Global Data Warehouse Dale Goodhue‚ University of Georgia Barbara Wixom‚ University of Virginia Introduction In 1995‚ 3M Chairman and CEO L. D. DeSimone along with his top management team recognized that the focus of 3M had to change. For nearly 100 years‚ 3M manufactured products to make life easier‚ safer‚ healthier‚ and more productive for people in nearly 200 countries. In the excitement of creating innovative products‚ however‚ 3M was ignoring its
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Student author May 29‚ 2011 Student author May 29‚ 2011 Global Market Entry Strategy Global Market Entry Strategy PEPSICO‚ INC. PEPSICO‚ INC. Pepsi Pepsi Market Entry Strategy PepsiCo‚ Inc. is currently operating in China. It has been in the country since 1982‚ when it started its first operation in Shenzhen and later established 30 joint ventures all over the country. Recently CEO Indra K. Nooyi said that China “represents our single biggest opportunity today outside the U.S
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Coca-Cola for only one dollar (www.coke.com). Asa Candler‚ then President of The Coca-Cola Company‚ was not convinced that selling the product in bottles was the way to go. No one could have predicted how popular Coca-Cola and its main competitor‚ Pepsi-Cola‚ would become. The relationship between company and bottler has always been very important. Today‚ 54 billion beverages of all types are served every day.1 Products from PepsiCo Inc. (PEP) and The Coca-Cola Company (KO) account for more than
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A smart card is a plastic card about the size of a credit card‚ with an embedded microchip that can be loaded with data‚ used for telephone calling‚ electronic cash payments‚ and other applications‚ and then periodically refreshed for additional use. Currently or soon‚ you may be able to use a smart card to: * Dial a connection on a mobile telephone and be charged on a per-call basis * Establish your identity when logging on to an Internet access provider or to an online bank * Pay for
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Strength Pepsi has a broader product line and outstanding reputation. Merger of Quaker Oats produced synergy across the board. Record revenues and increasing market share. Lack of capital constraints (availability of large free cash flow). o Great brands‚ strong distribution‚ innovative capabilities o Number one maker of snacks‚ such as corn chips and potato chips PepsiCo sells three products through the same distribution channel. For example‚ combining the production capabilities
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usage of debit card is continuously increasing. Because of the crisis of the economy‚ tighter credit and consumers become more careful in spending money; more people prefer to pay with debit cards nowadays. According to the Nilson Report‚ Americans made 28.4 and 21 billion purchases respectively using debit and credit card in 2008. In 2009‚ the total credit card purchase transactions went down 4 percent; it was recorded as $20.2 billion. However‚ the total debit and prepaid card transactions in
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