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its target group (c.f. Trommsdorff 2007; 2008, p. 169 et seqq.). In times of recession, companies are trying even harder to differentiate themselves from competitors and lure consumers back into the shops. In order to do so, they first need to delve deep into the minds of their consumers and understand what (perceptions) they really want. If consumer orientation is a key to survive the economic storm, it makes sense to rethink the logic of positioning: Companies rely mainly on positioning maps to show

INTRODUCTION The United States had emerged from the Second World War as a relatively unified, powerful and confident nation. Victory gave Americans a deep pride in the powers of their armed forces, in the productivity of their economy and in the strength of their ideals. America, Churchill said, «stands at this moment at the summit of the world». The US entered the postwar era as a creditor nation producing almost half of the world's manufactured goods with every indication of continuing technological

reconciling technological change and economic integration with traditional political structures, national consciousness, social needs, institutional arrangements, and habitual ways of doing things.” In a similar vein, Kobrin argues that globalization both challenges the autonomy or independent decision-making of the state and “raises questions about the meaning of sovereignty in its external sense of a system ordered in terms of mutually exclusive territoriality.” And Mazlish argues that global history is an

of the sponsorship in the evaluation of it (Crompton, 2004). This theme of focusing sponsorship evaluation on the specific objectives of the sponsorship is viewed as critical in the sponsorship evaluation literature (Grohs et al., 2004). A major challenge of sponsorship evaluation stems from the many objectives that sponsors seek with sponsorship programs (Walliser, 2003). Our review of literature found 61 distinct sponsor objectives identified by various authors for different sponsorships. These objectives

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environment. Other clear information about soap market and particularly the anti bacterial is that: with less volume you make more benefits. External Analysis: Macro environment: the macro environment is dealing with all forces than have an impact deep or lighter on the micro environment. It includes the demographic, economic, natural, technological, political and cultural forces. PEST (EL) Political Factors: Morocco is a kingdom since a long time. Its particular political stability in the

CULTURE Hodgetts−Luthans−Doh: International Management, Sixth Edition II. The Role of Culture 4. The Meanings and Dimensions of Culture © The McGraw−Hill Companies, 2005 Chapter 4 THE MEANINGS AND DIMENSIONS OF CULTURE A major challenge of doing business internationally is to adapt effectively to different cultures. Such adaptation requires an understanding of cultural diversity, perceptions, stereotypes, and values. In recent years, a great deal of research has been conducted on

some defeats such as information asymmetry, the shortage of demands, etc. So it mainly depends on graduates themselves to find way out. 7. Hypothesis The negative situation of financial crisis can stimulate the graduates to meet the challenges and there will be more opportunities for them to show their personal intelligence and competitiveness. We used a SURVEY to test our hypothesis. 8. Survey Graduates and Financial Crisis How do the graduate face the financial crisis

It's a fashion -- they're imitating American gangsta rappers. They're just trying to be cool” (York 2004). However, some are also trying to be Hip Hop and, as Beijing’s local scene continues to grow, some will make the leap from consumption to a deeper engagement with Hip Hop culture. II. Localization He sat quietly at a table in Lush puffing on a cigarette occasionally nodding in agreement with one of the other men at his table. I immediately recognized him from the ticket counter and

understanding of strategic thinking by proposing a multilevel approach that aims to better integrate the construct strategic thinking with ¨ existing theories of organisations. Based upon the idea by Argyris and Schon (1978, p. 331) that the “principal challenge to present-day organisation theory is to invent a productive synthesis of fragmentary approaches”, this paper argues that strategic thinking is an integrative process that encompasses a variety of organisational dimensions spanning multiple levels