Wal-Mart’s Foreign Expansion 1. Do you think Wal-Mart could translate its merchandising strategy wholesale to another country and succeed? If not‚ why not? Wal-Mart cannot translate its merchandising strategy wholesale to just any country. It has to be willing to adapt its strategy to the local culture and the local buying patterns‚ etc. For example‚ where Wal-Mart was successful (China and Mexico)‚ it adapted to meet the needs of the local shopper. In Mexico‚ Wal-Mart hired local managers
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Cultural Sensitivity Task 4 BY Renee Johnson Country I have chosen South Korea because business growth and opportunities have opened up in recent years. Cultural Challenges: Managers are encouraged to learn the language; however‚ learning the language itself is only half the battle. Interpreting what the client is saying between the lines or understanding local terms and customs are very important and not to be overlooked. It is recommended that the manager uses an interpreter
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Seongmin Kim Professor J. Durso English 102 3 March 2015 My Hometown The salty and fishy stench fills up my nostrils whenever I think about my hometown‚ Pohang‚ South Korea. Pohang is a well-known port city in my country‚ South Korea‚ for its size and its almost 1‚000 years of history. Many tourists from both inside and outside of my country visite Pohang for vacations or short-term travels. As I am recurring back to my memories about my hometown‚ I now realize how beautiful and attractive it
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학업계획 (Study Plan) * Please type or print clearly within 1 page using black ink. (*10 points) Goal of study &Study Plan Chinese people say: 學習是永遠跟隨主人的寶物 - Learning is a treasure that will follow its owner everywhere. There is no limit in learning‚ as it makes the mind and the heart wealthier. At the beginning always comes the learning of a language‚ which is a road map of a culture. It will tell where people come from and where they will go. My dream and my goal is to keep learning and to lead others
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POLAND Warsaw is the capital city of Poland. In the European Union‚ it is the ninth most highly populated capital city and one of the best places to live in the world. Warsaw is one of the alpha-global cities and a major political and economic hub in Europe. The city is home to a people from different countries‚ which gives it a diverse cultural ambience. The economy of the city is largely dependent upon fast moving consumer goods manufacturing‚ steel‚ electronics‚ metal processing and food processing
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1. I think Wal-Mart will be able to open additional stores in other countries. Wal-Mart will have to adapt its stores to the cultures of the country that they are in. They will have to know that each country will have different ways of buying their products. I hope they will save themselves and headache if they would research the way the people purchased products. That way they will be able to succeed in any market. 2. Think Wal-Mart was successful in Mexico because they were able to change
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Good morning. Welcome to the Korea Gallery at the Smithsonian of Natural History. My name is Allison Chung‚ and I will be your tour guide this morning. Now‚ can anyone tell me what some things that YOU know about Korea? Well‚ I am here to tell you that Korea isn’t just about K-pop or Samsung‚ but it is a place where the past is always the present and traditions inspire the future. Muniseok (tomb guardians) Protected the ancestral graves from evil spirits. Practice of placing tomb guardians
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SPACES AND EXCHANGES : Global cities. A global city is a city having a strategic position in diverse domains‚ mainly economic‚ political and cultural at the world level and establishing a nodes of communications. Global cities as London‚ the second world city after New York‚ is the leaders in the world as well as on the international market. That is why‚ a global city is a city who influences global affairs in terms of politics‚ culture‚ and various socio-economic means. We studied the notions spaces
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best top represented soprano singer in Korea. She was born on November 22 1962 in Korea. She started singing when she was in elementary school and she went to arts middle/high school. And she continued her music studies at Seoul National University. In 1983‚ she decided to leave Seoul National University to study music in Italy and she went to the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Roam. Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia was five years program but‚ she graduated in two years and she won the Naples
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A good place to have fun in my city IFC Mall is a great place to have fun. IFC Mall‚ a recently inaugurated complex‚ is a very clean and spacious mall which makes it a perfect place to hangout. Also‚ the location makes it even more perfect. You can enjoy the Yeoido Park which is right next to the mall as well. Although many people believe other places such as COEX‚ or famous department stores are a good place to hangout‚ I believe IFC Mall is an even greater place to hang out because you can shop
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