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Definition Designing & producing new products; distribution, marketing and brand building of functional surf-wear clothing (wetsuits) for active-minded people driven from a board riding heritage for men in French market. Industry Description ‡ Multi-million dollar industry worth US$13 billion a year ‡ Worldwide 20 million practitioners and growing steadily ‡ European market valued at around ½550 million and growing approximately 15% per cent a year. Turnover surf wear market (2000)-France The

THE EUROPEAN UNION Antonija Petričušić* Summary: Impaired interethnic relations in the Western Balkan countries and the absence of multicultural policies proved to be major obstacles to stability, security and democracy in the 1990s. In attempting to identify what the security implications for enlargement are, the author argues that the EU should develop specific policies towards countries with a higher risk of ethnic tensions (e.g. Bosnia-Herzegovina) than those with no apparent potential for conflicts

Internal organisational structure Definition of areas of responsibility Information and control instruments vis-à-vis the Executive Board (2) Executive Board Members of the Executive Board Professional background and other activities and functions Management contracts Compensations, shareholdings and loans Shareholders’ participation Voting rights and representation restrictions Statutory quorums Convocation of the General Meeting of shareholders Inclusion of item on the agenda Inscriptions into the

2005 2e au prix EPAINOS ¦ Prix jeune chercheur décerné par l’European Regional Science Association (ERSA), pour le meilleur papier présenté au Congrès annuel de l’ERSA. Papier primé : « Spatial and sectoral productivity convergence between European regions, 1975-2000 » (avec S. Dall’erba), Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam (Pays-Bas), 23-27 août 2004 2e au prix EPAINOS ¦ Prix jeune chercheur décerné par l’European Regional Science Association (ERSA), pour le meilleur papier présenté au

going to lead an analysis of the environment of the company Danone. For it we shall use two steps and different tools. We shall make a first approach thanks to the analysis PESTEL which will allow us to understand better the global environment of the firm, which environmental factors affect him, then we shall deepen with the method to CARRy who, her, will allow us to feign a competitive situation. We shall see the reasons for which it is important to be able to identify the influences of the macro-environment

Introduction IKEA is an internationally known home furnishing retailer. It has grown rapidly since it was founded in 1943 with its headquarters in Denmark. Today it is the world's largest furniture retailer, recognised for its Scandinavian style. The majority of IKEA's furniture is flat-pack, ready to be assembled by the consumer. This allows a reduction in costs and packaging. IKEA carries a range of 9,500 products, including home furniture and accessories. This wide range is available in all

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domaine de l’enseignement et de la recherche en management, HEC Paris a pour vocation de former des managers à fort potentiel, des enseignants et chercheurs de haut niveau, capables d’appréhender dans un cadre multinational les grands enjeux sociaux, politiques et économiques de demain. HEC Paris a été classé pour la deuxième année consécutive par le Financial Times 1re Business School en Europe. HEC offre une gamme complète de formations au management : le programme Grande Ecole, les Masters, les

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different views on, and approaches to the notion of building a strategy for a firm. Just as George Bernard Shaw promoted that “if you took all the economists in the world, and laid them end to end, they would never reach a conclusion”, (Mankiw, 2008, p34) this also seems to be the case for strategists, who each have their own view about the best way to strategise. The complex practice of theorising strategy has been emerging for the past 50 years (Johnson et al, 2008). Prior to this, strategy was studied