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    Program Implementation

    Please help with creating a hypothetical situation. For my work, I am to pretend I am speaking with a colleague about the successes and struggles of my prisoner re-entry program designed to assist clients in finding employment following a recent program evaluation. During the dialogue I am to include the following element: 1.

    Communicating Pertinent Business Data

    Various types of data is collected as a part of comprehensive program development, including outcomes data, process evaluation data, human resource data, financial data, and compliance and quality improvement data. 1.Can you explain what each of the 5 data types are. Also, how would one go about analyzing it? 2. Who should

    Procter & Gamble's Joy in Japan

    Read the case below and answer the questions that follow. P&G's Joy Makes an Unlikely Splash in Japan Anyone who thinks Japan doesn't offer opportunities for U.S consumer products should look at how quickly Procter & Gamble Co. has cleaned up in the country's dish-soap market. Until 1995, P&G, didn't sell dish soap i

    Pillsbury Flour in India: Case Study

    Read the case below and answer the questions that follow. Pillsbury Presses Flour Power in India By MIRIAM JORDAN The Pillsbury Doughboy has landed in India to pitch a product that he had just about abandoned in America: plain old flour. Pillsbury, the Diageo PLC unit behind the pudgy character; has a raft of higher

    Value of Yen and Impact on Imports, Exports- includes references.

    I need at least a 200 word response to whether or not I agree with this answer to this question: Who are the winners and who are the losers if a currency, let's say the yen, and weakens? Who are the winners and who are the losers if a currency, let's say the yen, and strengthens? Please include in your list exporters, impor

    China's Currency Policy's Impact on United States

    Read the following article on China's currency policy and give your opinion. Would it help or hurt the U.S. if China let its currency strengthen? The Costs Of China's Currency Policy In the depths of the recession, many critics of China's currency policy held their tongues. After all, that policy--which keeps the yuan artifici

    Vendor Performance Review

    After qualification of the vendor, at what point do you initiate a performance review? Does it make a difference if you measure their performance at the middle of the cycle or at the end? Why?

    Journal Entry Preparation for a Carburetors Company

    The following events occurred during the first month of operations for XYZ Ltd., a company specialised in providing carburetors to automobile manufacturers. Jan. 1st The shareholders invested £300,000 in cash, land worth £100,000 and a building worth £250,000 in exchange for common shares. Jan. 2nd In order to develop

    Currency Considerations in Business

    Who are the winners and who are the losers if a currency, let's say the yen, weakens? Who are the winners and who are the losers if a currency, let's say the yen strengthens? Please include in your list exporters, importers, consumers, tourists, international students among other stakeholders. To make sure that your a

    Corporate use of international strategies

    A multinational (multidomestic strategy) means adapting products and marketing strategies to comply with cultural standards in the given market. A global strategy means offering the same product in all national markets with a very similar marketing strategy. For each of the strategies, list a company that employs that method an

    Economic Status of EU

    Economic status of EU: I think one of the main considerations is the sheer size and wealth of the consumer market in Europe. We are accustomed to think of GDP rankings in terms of individual countries. When we do so, the U.S. is number 1, followed by China and then Japan. However, if we look at Europe as one entity, then i

    NAFTA Benefits with references

    While trade agreements are not designed to better the lot of the poor and disadvantaged, they actually CAN have that effect from what I can see. BusinessWeek had a cover story about Africa a few years ago titled "Can Greed Save Africa?" (http://www.businessweek.com/stories/2007-11-28/can-greed-save-africa). The point was th

    Multinational vs Global Strategies

    A response to this: A multinational (multidomestic strategy) means adapting products and their marketing strategies in each national market to suit local preferences. A global strategy means offering the same product in all national markets with a very similar marketing strategy. Remember, a marketing strategy means the choi

    Strategies Behind Goods and Services

    Please help with the following problem. Provide at least 100 words in this solution. List three products that you have used within the past 24 hours. Your list might contain goods such as your toothpaste or your MP3 player and services such as an express mailing service, a cable/satellite TV program and so on. What strategy

    Analysis for Entering a New Market

    Your company is considering expanding by opening new representative offices in the European Union (EU). Nevertheless, the size of the investment is significant and top management wishes to have a clearer picture of the current and probably future economic status of the EU. Prepare an executive summary describing the features y

    Economic Adviser to the President of Mexico

    You are the economic adviser to the president of Mexico. Labor unions and environmentalists in the United States are not the only ones speaking out against NAFTA. There continues to be opposition in Mexico by those complaining of a loss of national sovereignty and who feel that the income gap between the two countries will neve

    Dumping of Goods and Consumers

    "You can't tell consumers that the low price they are paying for that fax machine or automobile is somehow unfair because the selling company is dumping its products in the U.S. Consumers are not concerned with the profits of some company. To them, it's just a great bargain." Do you agree with this statement?

    Foreign Direct Investment Theory

    Several theories attempt to explain why firms undertake foreign direct investment. These theories include the international product life cycle theory, market imperfections theory, the eclectic theory and the market power theory. Which of these theories seem most appealing to you? Why is it appealing? Can you think of one or more

    Ideas for Non Profit Research

    Need help coming up with a written project topic. The paper will be about 10 pages or more. Any ideas would be grateful. This project will be based on a topic that is relevant to managing a not-for-profit organization.

    Need at least a 250-300 word response

    You are the international manager of a U.S. business that has just developed a revolutionary new personal computer that can perform the same functions as existing PCs but costs only half as much to manufacture. Several patents protect the unique design of this computer. Your CEO has asked you to formulate a recommendation for

    Trade Policies: Business vs. Consumers

    Whose interests should be the paramount concern of government trade policy - the interests of producers (businesses and their employees) or those of consumers? What are the arguments for and against the choice you made?

    Dumping of Goods

    "You can't tell consumers that the low price they are paying for that fax machine or automobile is somehow unfair because the selling company is dumping its products in the U.S. Consumers are not concerned with the profits of some company. To them, it's just a great bargain." Do you agree with this statement? Please discuss

    AvonaBusiness in Foreign Markets

    Read the closing case "Avon Calls on Foreign Markets". Incorporate into your analysis responses to the following questions: 1. Discuss the applicability of different marketing orientations to each of Avon's global operations. 2. Why is Avon so much more dependent on its foreign operations than on its home (U.S.) operations?

    Benefits of Hyundai Plant

    Just need a agree or disagree response to the last paragraph (4) Need a agree or disagree response to this persons answer to the following question and why: NEED AT LEAST A PARAGRAPH Korean automaker Hyundai decided to build a new automobile assembly plant in Alabama. What factors do you think Hyundai considered in sele

    Defining Statistical Significance

    What does a level of significance of .05 mean? Choose from one of the following options: There is a 50% chance of Type I error. There is a .5% chance of Type I error. There is a .05% chance of Type I error. There is a 5% chance of Type I error.

    Ethics and Exchange Controls

    Scenario 2: You have a long-standing client in a country that imposes foreign exchange controls. The client asks you to pad your invoices by 25%. For example, you would ship the client $100,000 worth of goods but would invoice the client for $125,000. On the basis of your invoice, the client would obtain the $125,000 from the c

    Monitoring Our Home Planet

    Based on your research, do the following: 1. Identify a minimum of three different natural phenomena that are typically responsible for natural disasters. Analyze the potential impact of these disasters. 2. Analyze how these phenomenon are monitored, or not via internet. Critique available Web sites, which publicly display