1. Summarize the political risks of operating a manufacturing company in China. With over 20 years of plastic manufacturing experience, Riordan Manufacturing has proven the industry their design concepts, manufacturing capabilities, product quality, and care for their customers have placed them where they are today. Still, with everything Riordan has to offer, they may still become vulnerable to foreign political environments when Riordan chooses to expand its global operations. With current successful operations in Hangzhou, China, Riordan now has plans on continually expand its manufacturing operations in China.
What advantages would China offer foreign companies to list on its exchanges? Are these advantages greater than the disadvantages? Explain. The world has seen China's enormous potential and companies do not want to miss out an opportunity for future growth. China's strong and effective state machinery has been modernized and effective tool for mobilizing resources.
MKT Case4 New Belgium Brewing (A): Gaining Competitive Advantage Through Socially Responsible Marketing Shuzhe Zhang MKT360 4/1/14 Summary From its roots in a Fort Collins, Colorado, basement, New Belgium Brewing has always aimed for business goals loftier than profitability. The company’s tremendous growth to become the nation’s third-largest craft brewery and ninth-largest overall has been guided by a steadfast branding strategy based on customer intimacy, social responsibility, and whimsy. The company’s products, especially Fat Tire Amber Ale, have always appealed to beer connoisseurs who appreciate New Belgium’s focus on sustainability as much as the company’s world-class brews. Despite its growth and success, New Belgium has managed to stay true to its core values and brand authenticity—the keys to its marketing advantage in the highly competitive craft brewing industry. Corporate social responsibility Gains momentum beyond the courtroom to the far more powerful marketplace current and future manager of business must realize that business ethics not so much about the installation of compliance codes and standards Necessity for Ethical, values-driven company Mission statement :To operate a profitable brewery which makes our love and talent manifest Core values and beliefs 1.
This can make expanding and growing very difficult and decisions must be mad wisely. When it comes to their products that are purchased around the world to ensure high quality, expanding may affect that quality, making it hard to supply a specialty product. Going public through an IPO, may change the very decision made that make their company special, or it may enhance their products by providing more resources. Acquiring another company in the same industry to help their company grow could cause increased financial stability or increase their financial burden. Kudler can merge with another organization in hope to expand while implementing their mission and values on that organization or that organization may hurt their reputation.
Although the Sarbanes-Oxley Act was passed by Congress for positive reasons, there are many disadvantages that come along with it. A major issue is the cost of regulation, especially for smaller companies. Expanding internal controls delay the timeliness of financial statements by adding processing time to accounting functions. To follow the SOX, companies would need to separate duties, causing an increase in personnel. The SOX also calls for additional audits which increase business costs.
It was on a very strong growth trajectory, was financially stable, and had accumulated a lot of tangible and intangible assets, and a good relationship with other health system members. However, the rapidly evolving healthcare environment in China created many uncertainties. Instead of relying on the political instincts, Jiang believed that it was wiser to base the success of his company on a strong organizational culture, good management techniques as well as a clear strategy. This case describes the seven-year evolution of Peace Medical and the role and pressure to other types of stakeholders in the health care products in China supply chain. In this case study, we are going to analyze the PETS and SWOT, and assess the five medium-term strategic objectives Jiang has articulated and identify possible synergies that may arise in the implementation of these objectives.
Those actions seem all good; nonetheless, in real world, it often ends up the adverse consequences. Most of the time, politicians speak in the benefit of people; yet, in fact, they have a bigger goal to do so: to be popular or to get elected. Because of that reason, everyone should not look at the surface of the issue but dig down inside to see its real nature. Things just may not be the way it seems. It’s like a toxic candy with poison inside but sweet sugar covering outside.
International trade can affect domestic producers in both a positive and negative way. In the positive sense, domestic producers can specialize in producing goods and may be able to produce with an absolute advantage or comparative advantage. Negatively, the country that is exporting goods to the U.S may have the advantage therefore selling the product for less in turn hurting the domestic producer. The domestic consumer benefits from international trade because they get the good for a better price unless a tariff or quota is imposed. If this is the case then less of that good is imported to the U.S. which keeps the prices higher which would negatively impact the domestic
The way this could be shown is by the fact that, once again, Capone is on the front page. The reason this may be a negative view is because he might be on the front page. This might be to warn people about him and to remind them about prohibition. It could also be showing that prohibition was causing more crime than it was helping. This I know some magazines did.
Statistics show that if the drinking age was lowered to eighteen, the percentage of liver problems would increase. Alcohol consumption is dangerous and abusive to a young adult's body and can lead to serious damage. By lowering the drinking age, it provides teens with an easier avenue to obtain alcohol, and also, allows them to indulge more often. This only leads to