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Can Guanxi sustain competitive advantage in China's global business environment?

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Strategic pricing and product decisions in PDA Sim marketing simulation

While many simulations focus on just one general area of management (e.g. supply chain management or leadership), I have selected one that integrates several areas. In particular, you will be looking at income statements and sales reports.

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Is the United States becoming an empire? American foreign policy and imperial characteristics

U.S. An Empire? IS the UNITED STATES an EMPIRE? Although the United States may be a hegemonic power or even an empire, a world without strong U.S. leadership would be less peaceful, less stable, and less prosperous.

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Intel's strategic shift from engineering to market-driven platforms under Paul Otellini

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The Toyota Way 2001: organizational culture transformation and competitive advantage

The transformation of the Toyota culture and its impact on the organizations' behavior is to a large extent responsible for the company's success globally. In the U.S. alone Toyota is challenging General Motors for market share leadership, and is also the dominant provider of hybrid vehicles.

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Procter & Gamble's pricing strategy and parallel imports in Russia

Always, the world's leader in terms of feminine protection disposable pads, entered the Russian market in October 1995 and by the end of 1997 it succeeded in achieving leadership. Despite its impressive success, a major problem appeared in 1998.

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Ethical concerns regarding the Doe Run Company's environmental practices

The Doe Run Company headquartered in St. Louis Mo in North America is a global scale company enjoying leadership position in mining, smelting, recycling and metal fabrication businesses.

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Financial analysis of Coca-Cola and PepsiCo as investments

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Business development and foreign investment incentives in Bulgaria

Republic of Bulgaria is a recent annexation to European Union along with Romania. The country's economy has come a long way since the leadership of Bulgarian Communist Party to an upper-middle-income country today.

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China's one-child policy: enforcement, exemptions, and demographic impact

Historically, it is noted that Mao Zedong, once a China president encouraged population growth which saw the population of China almost double during that period of his leadership. This led to overpopulation and the stretching of the social amenities and most importantly the economy.

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