Essays on Localization

Abstract

The Kingdom of Saudi Arabian (KSA) has been experiencing dramatic shift and transformation from the simple migrant lifestyle that was pretty synonymous to the KSA society to the current day contemporary lifestyle. The labor market KSA has been heavily reliant on foreign workforce. The expatriate workforce in KSA constitutes two-thirds of the total Saudi Arabian employee base. According to report that was presented by the Saudi Arabia Monetary Agency (SAMA) in the 2008, the expatriate population in the Saudi Arabian private sector constitute to more than 88 % of the total workforce of KSA. The increasing degree of unemployment among ...

Cancer is one of the most common causes of death worldwide. Every year, various types of cancer kill millions of people. The problem of cancer disease is unique because of its complexity and importance to humankind. Cancers affect all segments of the population, causing enormous damage to society. Although malignant tumors are extremely diverse and complex for the perception, the risk factors and mechanisms of development of cancer are well known enough so that it becomes possible not only to heal, but also to engage in cancer prevention. Cancer is the most difficult and dangerous disease, since it can ...

Business

2016-07-28

Introduction

This paper is devoted to the company Nissan Motor Company Ltd. and its management system. The great attention is paid to the operations management, supply chain, inventory management and other aspects, which can significantly impact on the company’s effectiveness. Nissan is currently demonstrating a steady growth in terms of volume of production and sales, as well as developing its technologies in different fields. Nowadays, the company Nissan produces cars in twenty countries around, which include Japan, USA, England, Spain, India, Brazil, Mexico, Russia and others. Sales are conducted in more than one hundred and sixty countries. Company ...

Vid30 complex participation in the degradation of CDC25 in yeast and their role in Ras/ cAMP/ PKA pathway

Background: Unicellular organisms such as Saccharomyces cerevisiae in its total life cycle is exposed to diverse and changing nutrient conditions. Thus, in order to survive and achieve a competitive advantage, it has adapted itself such that it not only uses the wide range of available nutrient sources but also the sources that are nutrient rich. It mainly uses fructose and glucose by rapidly fermenting to alcohol. In response to these nutrient conditions, the intracellular trafficking transcription and turnover of protein from nutrient transporters (e.g. Hxts) get regulated. Therefore, when the availability of the glucose increases, the expression of low- ...

The last one decade has been marked by a great evolution of how advertisements are translated. This process is currently known as “advertising localization” and focuses on dealing with having a successful translation of adverts from one language to another without changing the objective of the particular advertisement (Malmkjær & Windle, 2012). The act of advertising is an important tool when it comes to informing the consumer on the diversity of the products present in the market (Chidiac & Saliba, n.d). Various factors have led to the evolution with some including the trade intensification and the globalization of the economies. ...

Thesis

Improved Detection and Characterization of Obscured Central Gland Tumors of the Prostate:

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2016

©2016 by All rights reserved Approved by First Reader Boris Nicolas Bloch, M.D.

Associate Professor of Radiology and

Director of Bioimaging Science Second Reader Kevin Thomas, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Bioimaging and Health Emergency

DEDICATION I would like to dedicate this work to my patient spouse Landry, my wonderful children Charlie and Phoenix, and my dog Armani. (Delete this page if you don't need it. Be sure to delete all the text on the page, and the page break after it, not the section break before it. To see the section and page breaks, ...

Chapter I: Introduction

In the United States, Prostate cancer (PCa) is the most common non-cutaneous malignancy after lung cancer in men with an incident of 126 per 100,000 people. The American Cancer Society (ACS) reported that the number of new cases of men diagnosed with PCa by 2016 will be an approximately 180,890 cases. PCa is still considered as the second leading cause of cancer death in men. Also, the ACS added that the estimation for death will occur from PCa is 26,120 deaths in 2016. Today, many studies stated that mortality rate is gradually decreasing compared with the ...

Introduction

Strategic management is increasingly becoming an efficient ongoing process in developing and revising a future-oriented strategy that allows firms to attain their goals and considers their potential challenges and the environments to which they operate (Fred, 2003). This approach is particularly crucial in the aircraft companies where the demand for new aircraft and aerostructure components is booming in the global market. Thus, aircraft companies need to undertake a strategy formulation as an integral aspect of their strategic process in management. In our research, we focus on Spirit Aerosytems Inc, one of the leading aerospace manufacturer and designer of aircraft ...

Introduction

Organizations must apply different strategies in order to sustain the profitability of the business. There are different efforts that enable successful market penetration, which benefit the organization itself. Many organizations expand their business through globalization. In definition, globalization in business is the integration and interaction process, which is driven by investment and international trade, while being supported by technological advancement or information technology. The purpose of this study id to present the relative advantages of globalization versus the regionalization or localization. Characteristics of a transnational organization will be presented, which operates on a global basis. This study argues that ...

Introduction

MTV (Music Television) is one of the world’s most popular cable music TV channels. The network of MTV sister channels embraces a broad range of music styles, ranging from heavy metal and rap music to country and jazz. Over the period from its launching in 1981 to the mid-1990s the MTV has continuously evolved as a highly successful music, entertainment and cultural project. Expanding to Arab market was a strategically important step for MTV due to the size of the market (22 countries), its demographics (considerable number of young people), as well as the lack of ‘windows’ to ...

Introduction

The analysis of Apple Inc. illustrates several challenges that company is facing in the modern business environment. It was identified that in order to grow organically and sustainably in international business environment, Apple should focus on the following three aspects: review current exclusivity policy in the growing economies and markets, such as India; change the pricing policy to widen the target customer range and penetrate middle class segment; introduce simpler and more user-friendly devices to the market to attract new customer, who looks for simplicity and basic use of smartphone. With the above in mind, the organization will require ...

The rationale of this report is to analyse the marketing information and facts of a company in UAE that is planning to enter an international market. The company chosen for this report is Anfasic Dokhoon that plans to start its operations in Tunis, Tunisia. The report contains the background of the Anfasic Dokhoon Company and the market analysis in Tunisia. The report also provides the marketing mix of the company as well as the staffing policies that would enable it to compete fairly in the international market. The potential suitability of various market entry strategies available to the company ...

Introduction

The primary purpose of this paper is threefold: First, is to provide a clear picture of Foreign Investment in Japan. Second, based on the investigation of available literature present an analysis of the performance of foreign firms in the country with a particular emphasis on the possible measures to protect foreign investment, challenges, and investment opportunities. Thirdly, is to assess the future of foreign firms currently operational in the country and the likelihood of other businesses entering Japan in the future. To answer these questions, the discussion presented herein examines the economic situation in the country and the place ...

1.0 Introduction KFC, the world’s largest fried chicken chain restaurants, was started in 1952 by Harland Sanders, under the name Kentucky Fried Chicken though the idea was first discovered in 1930 when Sanders started to sell fried chicken to visitors in Corbin Kentucky. It is the second largest restaurant chain, with about 1800 locations, with over 3000 stores in China, and a revenue of about $ 15 billion, McDonald’s is the first (Hu & Xie, 2013). In 1939, Sanders came up with an original recipe for fried chicken incorporating 11 spices that are kept at the Company's headquarters in ...

The Company’s target customer profiles and strategies

Customers Profiles Macy’s offers high-end customers an assortment of well-established brands, for example, Chanel, Burberry, Armani, Gucci, Louis Vuitton, David Yurman, Prada, John Varvatos, and Christ Jimmy through its stores under the Bloomingdale’s brand. These brands have enabled the company to offer a blend of products that every customer would find at least one brand to resonate with. The customer profile for Macy’s brand stores are categorized into three customer segments:

American middle class:

- Who have preference to products of quality and reasonable prices. - Are highly informed of trending items in the market. - Class oriented 2. ...

Glocalizaton concept and its relation to standardization-adaptation debate in marketing literature review

What is glocalization Glocolization is a term that was introduced in early 90s by Robertson, it comes from combination of two words; globalization as well as localization. The globalization refers to the flexibility that is brought about by countries allowing the international forces to have impact on their local market environments, so as to attain some economic growth. Furthermore the term localization refers to the reiterating that is brought about by regions in order to maintain and protect some local culture and local conditions from them being carried away completely by the globalization forces. Therefore, glocalization attempts to balance ...

Introduction

This report describes the process of international expansion of a business named Al Futtaim. The report refers to the useful considerations for the business to make while expanding its operations globally. These considerations are aimed at the profit maximization of the company through international expansion. The hurdles in the international expansion have also been discussed with possible means of overcoming the problematic areas. The selected geographical region for the expansion of the business is the city of Western Morocco named Casablanca.

Company Background

Al-Futtaim is UAE based company. It is a multi-sector conglomerate. The company was formed in 1930. At the ...

Human resource Strategy for Globalization of Business Processes

Globalization of business operations has become an imperative strategy for businesses to grow and sustain their activities in future because of the driving forces of market. The two most significant changes that have enabled businesses to expand across borders is liberalization of economic policies in developing countries like India, China, South Korea etc. and the innovations in the IT sector which has made accessibility of information and transaction of business infinitely easier. All businesses aspiring to grow by exploiting the immense opportunities offered by these changes must respond to the market forces and develop strategies to expand their operations ...

Research Paper about Workforce Diversity

Abstract The purpose of the research study is to identify the positive impact of workforce diversity on the business environment of an organization. Recognizing the adversity and challenges of workforce diversity, the paper will discover how workforce diversity can help an organization to compete in a particular market. Realizing the factors associated with corporate responsibility, corporate policy, management practices and perceived disproportion, the research paper would bring out the effectiveness of workforce diversity regarding gaining competitive advantage for a business firm.

Introduction

Identifying the crucial factors of workforce diversity, dominant businesses across the globe has effectively utilized significant policies and ...

Alliances commonly known as collaborations are mutual agreements between business entities to share resources and knowledge to expand their operations across borders. Following Globalization and liberalization of economic policies of many countries, accessibility of internal markets have become easier and all business conglomerates have taken the opportunity to gain entry into global markets and increase their business activities. The strategies formulated for entry into foreign markets varies from takeovers, collaborations, acquisition and mergers or setting up plants or retail outlets in other countries. Joint Ventures are preferred over independent establishments as expansion strategies as domestic partners are more familiar ...

Fluorens Pierre (1794-1867) is a famous French psychologist illustrious for his brain mapping studies in which he established that different parts of the brain serve different fundamental functions such as breathing, movement and circulation, just to mention but a few. During his studies, Fluorens would destroy specific parts of the brain while noting the consequential behavioral changes (Cleveland, 2005). At some instance, Fluorens discovered that the normal brain behavior returned to normal after some time after destroying some specific parts of the brain; a clear indication that some portions of the brain share localized functions (Cleveland, 2005). In essence, Flourens had proved ...