What are the origins of the `four influences’ framework?
What will be an ideal response?
This framework draws on a number of ideas that have been developed in the social sciences and seeks to apply them to the issue of the transfer of employment practices in multinationals. A fuller understanding of the framework can be gauged from Edwards and Ferner (2002).
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The Model Business Corporation Act (MBCA) standard of care permits directors and officers to rely on the opinions, reports, and statements of persons who reasonably appear to be competent and reliable.
Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)
Which of the following is not an assumption of a cost-volume-profit analysis?
A) Selling price and costs can be accurately identified. B) Selling price and costs remain constant within the relevant range. C) Inventory levels can increase or decrease. D) Selling price and costs behave in a linear manner.
Universally undesirable leadership behaviors include all of the following except ______.
A. asocial B. loner C. explicit D. dictatorial
Mercedes-BenzDaimler AG, the maker of Mercedes-Benz automobiles, is planning to launch a new line of downsized luxury vehicles in the United States by 2012. Daimler has experienced a recent drop in global sales attributed to its product mix that focuses on larger luxury automobiles. With increasing fuel prices and stricter U.S. fuel-economy standards coming down the pipeline, Daimler doesn't want to be left behind. Daimler is behind its competition, though. Its German rivals, Audi and BMW, have been relatively successful in the U.S. BMW"s Mini Cooper, demanding as much as $34,000, has already driven away with some of Daimler's potential sales. While Daimler already offers the Smart car in the U.S., the new offerings will not be going after the same consumers.Refer to
Mercedes-Benz. Daimler plans to introduce the downsized luxury vehicles in major U.S. cities, such as Los Angeles, New York, Miami, Atlanta, Dallas, and Chicago, because market research has shown that these metropolitan areas have the greatest potential with respect to the consumers able to purchase a $30,000+ smaller luxury vehicle. Which type of psychographic segmentation does this represent? A. geodemographic B. personality C. benefit D. usage-rate E. demographic