All you can see inside is black, so you point your flashlight through the stark doorway . ... Science-Fiction and Fantasy provide for us a getaway from the arbitrary and the mundane, and can transport anyone to a galaxy far, far away. ... Since the creation of this new genre, it has been called home by some of the most popular book series' ever to be written. ... There are many places that can be used as a ˜portal' to another land, these can be found in a place as simple as in one's own living room or the cinema, or in far off places such as Renaissance fairs or conventio...

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The corporate offices are usually located in the home country, such as Nike. ... Since Vietnam is not gaining any value, Nike is gaining all the value in their home country, the United States. ... Nike can choose a business level strategy based on if it has a different product then others, is a cost leader, has differentiation; is a focused cost leader, has focused differentiation or integrated cost leadership/differentiation. ...

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It also brings new jobs and technology to different countries and makes profits for the car company that can be re-invested in making ever better cars. ... For the developing world, "doing what you are best at" in trade may mean providing sweatshop labour so that consumers in Europe can have cheaper trainers or electronic goods. Economic efficiency can mean maximum exploitation of workers, rather than technological innovation. Globalization, then, can be said to increase the exploitation of workers everywhere "and rising global inequalities will testify to such a fact." ... Technological...

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The two companies will be analyzed in their changing global business environment as well as he improvements the businesses can do to make the company more competitive and profitable. ... With the changing global market, globalization has led companies to a more competitive economic and geopolitical environment, which can also include both opportunities and threats. ... The factor of having new technologies lead to customer relationships because they are doing what they can to attract customers. ... Although Honda and Hyundai have similar approaches, nothing can set up a reputation except f...

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benefits and threats of globalisation Introduction There are processes in the international order--driven by revolutions in communication and information technology--that exhibit seemingly inexorable globalising tendencies while, at the same time, there are a range of actions, adopted by states and non state actors alike, that attempt to resist these often ill defined phenomena captured by the all embracing notion of 'globalisation'. For example, the long term tendency towards freer trade, electronic commerce and the seemingly uncontrollable power of deregulated capital markets do...

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