MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS UNIT CODE: SPO 445 TOPIC: TO VALIDATE THE NORTION THAT MULTINATIONAL CORPORATIONS HAVE INFLUENCED THE CONDUCT AND BEHAVIOUR OF STATES An Assignment submitted to the department of Arts and social sciences in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of bachelor’s degree PRESENTED BY: SIMON OMONDI BASS/KC/PT/132/11/12 PRESENTED TO: MR. R. S. NG’AYO NOVEMBER‚ 2013 Table of Contents Introduction1 The nature of Multinational corporations2 The
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Text 1. WHY DO MULTINATIONAL ENTERPRISES EXIST? Why do multinational enterprises (MNEs) exist? This seems to be a silly question. The answer seems to be simple – because they are profitable! But the issue is more complicated than it sounds. There is some agreement that five different pieces together provide a good explanation of why multinational firms exist (and why they are as large as they are. The combination of these five pieces into a framework for understanding multinationals is often called
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Literature Review 2.1 History of the air-conditioner Air-conditioner was invented based on invention of refrigerator. The history was told that the Chinese were the first to store natural ice and snow to cool wine and other delicacies. Evidence has been found that ice cellars were used as early as 1000 B.C. in China. Early Greeks and Romans also used underground pits to store ice. Ancient people of Egypt and India cooled liquids in porous earthen jars. Ice was produced due to vaporization
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Toyota Motor Corporation Table of Contents Table of Contents ii 1. Introduction 1 1.1. History 2 2. Financial Information 3 2.1. Financial Analysis 3 3. Mergers and Acquisitions 4 4. Competition and Foreign Interests 5 5. Future Expectations 5 6. Conclusion 6 References 7 1. Introduction Toyota‚ which is known as Toyota Motor Corporation is one of the most exciting names in the automobile industry today. Toyota is one of the most competitive companies globally and has
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Assignment Week 3 Portal Corporation Brief 2‚ MBA733--E1WW Background Portal Corporation has two plants that manufacture laser printers located in Ogden & Sandy Utah. Currently the company is expected to produce and sell120‚000 laser printers in the upcoming year. If the company produces these at its current capacity usage‚ variable manufacturing cost will increase at both plants. In order to maximize on production and keep manufacturing cost to a minimum‚ Portal Corporation needs to determine the
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CASE NO. 1: STIRLING HOMEX CORPORATION POINT OF VIEW: The Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Stirling Homex Corporation (SHC) as he/she will be the one to be of best knowledge to analyze the financial statements of SHC. He/she will also have the authority to make decisions/recommendations and influence the CEO in making management decisions. CASE CONTEXT: In the late 1960’s the US Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) launched the Operation Breakthrough‚ a project that aimed to “revolutionize”
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III. Environmental and organizational audit of Kinh Do Corporation 11 1. External environment 11 1.1. PESTEL analysis 11 1.2. Five forces 14 2. Organizational audit 18 IV. Applying strategic positioning techniques to the analysis of Kinh Do Corporation 21 1. SWOT matrix 21 2. Apply strategic positioning technique to analysis of Kinh Do 22 2.1. Combination 22 2.2. Business strategies of Kinh Do Corporation 23 2.3. Recommendation 25 Conclusion 26 References
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KENNECOTT COPPER CORPORATION CASE REPORT 1. Analyze the economic rationale of the Carborundum acquisition. Under what conditions an acquisition would be expected to add to shareholder value in general? Do any of these reasons apply to Carborundum acquisition? Prior to the consideration of Carborundum as an acquisition target‚ Kennecott‚ a copper company‚ pursued an acquisition of Peabody‚ a coal company‚ for $285 million in cash in 1968. There are two main rationales behind the acquisition of
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The Robert Mondavi Corporation Table of Contents 1. Organizational Mission and Vision 3 Mission 3 2. Corporate Objectives 3 A. Financial Objectives 3 B. Strategic Objectives 3 3. Corporate level Strategies 3 4. Business level Strategy 4 5. External Analyses Opportunities and Threats 5 A. Opportunities 5 6. Competitive Analysis 6 A. New Entrants 6 B. Substitutes 7 C. Rivalry within the Industry 8 E. Customers 9 7. Industry Key Success Factors 9 Home markets
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KINH DO CORPORATION I. Introduction Kinh Do Corporation is Vietnam’s largest confectionary company by both sales and production value. The company was founded in 1993 by a small group of entrepreneurs in Ho Chi Minh City‚ Vietnam; beginning as a snack company. Kinh Do sucesses on snack products opened a new opportunity with the strategy of diversifying product portfolio and affirmed the quality of a Vietnam brand. From a small production facility with sales of only 10 billion in 1993‚ Kinh Do has
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