Initially this strategy was followed by rapid success. ... China's Characteristics China's economic development started at a low level. ... The Logic Behind the Decision As mentioned in the previous section, at the beginning of economic development, China was at a rather low level economically. ... China's leaders believed that the sooner they were able to establish a heavy-industry oriented economy, the sooner they would reach the same economic level as the West. ... First, China's leaders considered that heavy-industry was equal to economic development and strength an...

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Another factor influencing McDonald's marketing strategy in India is India large and growing working population. ... So advertising online via social media is a powerful strategy McDonal's should use to make more Indian familiar with the McDonald's menu (Yale., 2007). ... This strategy will allow IKEA to make an outstanding impression of its stores to the consumers (About France., 2014). Language is one of the factors affecting the marketing strategy of IKEA in France. ... This strategy will be beneficial for the low-income gpopulation, because this strategy will allow low inco...

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Strategic planning aids in handling various issues according to the level of importance, that is, the organization sets its priorities right[Bec08]. ... The relationship between budgets, long term strategies and short term operating plans occurs in numerous dimensions. ... Lack of a budget impairs the ability of a company to conduct short term operating plans and to implement long term strategies because management of funds is vital to paying for the short term operating plans that can be used to achieve long term strategies [Bec08]. ... There is need for justification on a cost benefit basis...

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Sometimes the distribution channels or the pricing strategies adopted are incorrect (Allen, n.d.) ... It plays a significant role in the identification of wants and needs, pricing strategy, product features, motivation to procure, the desirable decisions and distribution channels. 1.3 Profit Potential Profit refers to the difference between costs and revenues. ...

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The role information technology has played in FedEx's strategy is exciting. ... Because of this, FedEx's strategy has changed. ... Because this is such a critical aspect of the strategy, the implementation of the strategy had to be almost immediate. ... In the future the internet and shopping online will increase among end level consumers and more middle men will be out of the loop. ...

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One of Dells marketing strategies was to segment their target market into business customers, and home based customers. ... The three business level strategies that Dell follows are Cost Leadership, Differentiation, and focus. ... Differentiation is a strategy used by Dell, because of the very fact that they are the only reputed firm in the industry to follow such a service. ... Focus is the third strategy that they use. ... Market segmentation and Market penetration are their product/market strategies in my opinion. ...

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The international movement towards freer trade permitted these countries to effectively seek an export-oriented growth strategy. ... (Commanding Heights) The free trade approach on the part of the U.S, which provided the largest market for Asia's exports, assisted the export-oriented industrialization strategy focusing on the comparative advantage of Korea, Japan, Singapore, and Malaysia and their long term growth. The economies started from a very low level of national income and income per capita. ... Most notable for not developing into a strong economic power is Latin America whos...

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Companies should have a set of strategies to follow when they produce their products and services. ... On the other hand, there are advantages for firms that choose the 'make' strategy over outsourcing. ... Contracting and transactions cost are also reasons why companies choose the 'make' strategy. ... Looking at how Apple runs its business, it seems that Apple, Inc. follows a 'buy' strategy. ... On the other hand, Apple follows a 'buy' strategy when buying parts. ...

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Despite the draft budget for the year 2016, the country will not be able to overcome the decreasing oil prices and GDP level since the focus of the country is on maintaining social stability. ... Another strategy to promote development is by increasing development and eliminating the high housing shortage in the country. ... Morocco is also similar to Algeria in that it is also characterized by high levels of poverty, illiteracy, and unemployment. As such, the government has put a lot of effort in maintaining social stability, adopting an industrial strategy in 2014, and encouraging privatizat...

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So the strategies that we recommend our firm to pursue and to prolong our profitability include: a product specific marketing campaign that last three to four months, bundling additional accessories with the purchase of an optical notebook, and assuring that the selling price stays competitive and close to other notebook competitor's prices. ... Marketing towards large corporations, mainly targeting senior and middle level executives will prolong our profitability. ...

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This strategy leads to a bigger market share and higher profits but has one disadvantage; the company cannot develop a copycat strategy in some point of its activity from its competitors and has higher costs. ... In order to increase its profits, a bank needs to lower its operational costs and there is also the need to improve its customer service and level of satisfaction. ... One option in order to be helpful to customers and enhance their level of satisfaction, might be the incorporation of statement due date on SMS alerts sent to cardholders. ... Some of them have a stronger impact and thi...

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These include, good customer service requires high staff levels and very well trained staff. This can be an expensive strategy as labour turnover might be quite high so training has to be ongoing and if service it not good there will be positive word of mouth generated by the business, severely impacting on business image. To track the positives and negatives of customer service, Qantas have adopted the "Net Promoter Score"SS as a key measure of customer service, with a continual focus on delivering the highest levels of customer service to the business to contribute to overall success. ... ...

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Transportation of these materials comes along with high pollution levels in the environment such as air and noise pollutions. ... Democracy at a great level has been up-lifted in United States. ... It has been able to increase its volume of foreign trade to a significant level. ...

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Regional trade agreements have become popular since the 1990s, and FTAs have been actively promoted in regional or bilateral level. ... Third, forming FTA would be a defensive strategy in the global competition in some circumstances. ... Again, this would not be the only case in the era of global competition, so that FTA would be a defensive strategy to secure specific gains of export sector. ...

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Our company felt that R&D strategy is fundamental to company growth and to our marketing and production plans. In the marketing field, our R&D department focuses on: - The placement of each of our products inside a market segment on the Perceptual Map - The number of products in each segment - The Age of our products - The Reliability of each of our products In the production field, our R&D department focuses on: - The cost of Material - The purchase of new facilities to build new products - Levels of Automation for a product As a company, we strive for efficiency and effectivenes...

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Vertically in the sense that bureaus bargain with the center and horizontally because bureaus bargain with other bureaus at the same level. Since bureaus at the same level have equal veto power, there are many veto gates. ... This is practiced at each level of the organizational hierarchy and continues to be the main approach to making policy. ... Also, the strategy to make one policy go through is to provide some benefit to every part. ...

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Every decision taken by them affects the company at high level. ... They can even challenge the economic and financial sources of the organization. 1.3 The responsibilities that the Sainsbury organization has and the strategies they employ to meet these responsibilities. An organisation has large number of responsibilities which are fulfilled by planning various strategies (Primark.com, 2015). If the strategy applied correctly in the organisation then it can easily attain their responsibilities successfully. ...

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Introduction The Chinese government has set up a large amount of economic and technological development zones approved by the State Council as state-level economic and technological development zones(SETDZs). ... This paper will examine specific strategies for the SETDZs to proceed and suggest how to overcome the sustainability problem. ... Recommendation: Strategies of Sustainable Development for SETDZs In order that the SETDZs in China could develop sustainably, there are three aspects of strategies for the SETDZs to implement. ...

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There are many factors that can cause economic growth, but it occurs in mainly two different ways: the increased use of labor, land, capital and entrepreneurial resources by using better technology, or by management strategies and increased productivity of resources through capital productivity and rising labor, thus meaning greater material welfare and a rise in living standards, However, it does not equate to having higher levels of well being for individuals in that nation in general. ... This is why economists treat the education level of a population to show the economy's human ca...

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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 an...

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Due to the workers and employers within Barbados making their voices heard about the issues, Government was then forced to rethink this strategy which led to the open minded thinking of implementing Social partnership practices. ... This tool was chosen because it allowed the opportunity to ask more open ended questions and gain a greater level of feedback that in turn helped to inform the conclusion and recommendations. ... FINDINGS Non Governmental Organization (NGO) reaches out to the community at various levels. ...

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To give an example, the GDP of countries in East Asia and the Pacific has – as reported by the World Bank -- increased significantly since they started to pursue outward-oriented developing strategies, while at the same time, poverty has been reduced.4 With regard to these findings, one might argue that trade is indeed a "positive-sum" game as it furthers economic growth of the countries involved. ... Hence, it does only consider the positive effects of global economy on an aggregate level, leaving out possible individual disadvantages. While the World Bank presents figures t...

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This type of economy has actively pursued integration into the global economy, through export-led development strategies and encouragement of FDI inflow. ... Developing countries that export commodities are severely affected by continued high levels of global protectionism in the agricultural sector. ... External stability refers to changes in trade flow, FDI flows, debt levels, and changes in exchange rate policy for different economies. ... LDC's must then borrow money in order to develop, creating high debt levels that place many LDC's into a self-perpetuating cycle of debt. .....

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In an economic downturn, lower levels of economic activity, lower employment and growth levels and shrinking tax revenue make this goal harder to achieve. ... This growth trend continued in 2009 and 2010 and then levelled off at 21.5% of GDP. ... While raising wages to attract high quality public servants is a legitimate strategy for improved state capacity in a developmental state, this approach clearly has limits. ...

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At the microeconomic level of activity, firms, markets and government produce and distribute goods and services to the community. ... Higher levels of efficiency can be achieved through raising Australia's rates of total factor and labour productivity which lagged behind the OECD average in the 1980s. ... Microeconomic policies are also complementary to the government's macroeconomic strategy. ... Realisation that the traditional macroeconomic policies were limited in addressing issues related to current account deficits, low levels of national saving and structural unemployment. ......

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