A decade ago, a number of countries in Central Europe, Latin America, and Asia were expected to experience rapid economic growth. Today much attention is focused on opportunities in Brazil, Russia, India, and China
Give reasons for this shift using an example of a manufacturer.
These four countries are collectively known as BRIC. Microsoft's experience illustrates the nature of the market opportunity in these countries: In fiscal 2008, the software giant's collective revenues from BRIC grew 54%, compared with overall global revenue growth of 18%. Experts predict that the BRIC nations will be key players in global trade even as their track records on human rights, environmental protection, and other issues come under closer scrutiny by their trading partners. The BRIC government leaders will also come under pressure at home as their developing market economies create greater income disparity.
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Structured system design is a set of procedures performed to convert the ______________________________ into a design that can be implemented on the organization's computer system
Fill in the blank(s) with correct word
In an electronic data interchange environment, customers routinely
a. access the vendor's accounts receivable file with read/write authority b. access the vendor's price list file with read/write authority c. access the vendor's inventory file with read-only authority d. access the vendor's open purchase order file with read-only authority
Outlines are convenient tools for the ______________________ of material
a. distribution b. circulation c. revision d. schematic organization
Operating leverage is
A) concerned with the relative mix of fixed costs and variable costs in the organization B) the use of fixed costs to extract higher percentage changes in profits as sales activity changes C) likely to be higher in an automated manufacturing system than in a manual system D) all of these E) none of these