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Article 1: South Africa Liquor Industry Report 2021: Focusing on Manufacturing, Wholesale andRetailSince the onset of the pandemic in March 2020, South Africa's liquor industry has been subjectedto four liquor bans and several periods in which liquor trading was restricted by the government.It is estimated that the bans and trading restrictions cost the industry over R45bn from March2020 to July 2021.Total local liquor consumption (including Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Eswatini) decreased by18% in 2020. The pandemic has also accelerated growth in no-alcohol and low-alcohol beveragesand led to an increase in eCommerce sales. Article 2: Booze bans shut down SA’s first black woman brewer. Now her beer is being made inEurope.When liquor bans forced Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela’s brewery to close, she knew it was not the endfor her. Now her beer is being brewed in Europe and distributed in the UK.Coronavirus-related liquor bans cumulatively lasted over five months. That crippled…

Unilever Wall's Ice Cream in Vietnam In April 1996, whers first proposal to set up a partnership with the "Vietnam Milk Corporation" to construct a factory was refused by Vinamilk (the govemmental dairy producing corporation), Unilever received approval from the Ministry of Planning and Investment for a US$22 million to set up its own factory to produce and sell Wall's ice cream in Vietnam. Since economic improvements had begun to increase people's incomes in the early 1990s, ice cream sales in Vietnam's cities had been on the rise. The plant, scheduled to open in early 1997, was to be situated in Cu Chi district, 35 kms north west of Ho Chi Minh City, close to the popular tourist attraction of the Cu Chi tunnels and in an industrial zone attracting an increasing number of foreign investors seeking to avoid high land and labor costs in the city. The factory was to be equipped with the latest production technology and designed to have an initial capacity of some 12 million liters…

Unilever Wall's Ice Cream in Vietnam In April 1996, whers first proposal to set up a partnership with the "Vietnam Milk Corporation" to construct a factory was refused by Vinamilk (the govemmental dairy producing corporation), Unilever received approval from the Ministry of Planning and Investment for a US$22 million to set up its own factory to produce and sell Wall's ice cream in Vietnam. Since economic improvements had begun to increase people's incomes in the early 1990s, ice cream sales in Vietnam's cities had been on the rise. The plant, scheduled to open in early 1997, was to be situated in Cu Chi district, 35 kms north west of Ho Chi Minh City, close to the popular tourist attraction of the Cu Chi tunnels and in an industrial zone attracting an increasing number of foreign investors seeking to avoid high land and labor costs in the city. The factory was to be equipped with the latest production technology and designed to have an initial capacity of some 12 million liters…

Unilever Wall's Ice Cream in Vietnam In April 1996, whers first proposal to set up a partnership with the "Vietnam Milk Corporation" to construct a factory was refused by Vinamilk (the govemmental dairy producing corporation), Unilever received approval from the Ministry of Planning and Investment for a US$22 million to set up its own factory to produce and sell Wall's ice cream in Vietnam. Since economic improvements had begun to increase people's incomes in the early 1990s, ice cream sales in Vietnam's cities had been on the rise. The plant, scheduled to open in early 1997, was to be situated in Cu Chi district, 35 kms north west of Ho Chi Minh City, close to the popular tourist attraction of the Cu Chi tunnels and in an industrial zone attracting an increasing number of foreign investors seeking to avoid high land and labor costs in the city. The factory was to be equipped with the latest production technology and designed to have an initial capacity of some 12 million liters…

Unilever Wall's Ice Cream in Vietnam In April 1996, whers first proposal to set up a partnership with the "Vietnam Milk Corporation" to construct a factory was refused by Vinamilk (the govemmental dairy producing corporation), Unilever received approval from the Ministry of Planning and Investment for a US$22 million to set up its own factory to produce and sell Wall's ice cream in Vietnam. Since economic improvements had begun to increase people's incomes in the early 1990s, ice cream sales in Vietnam's cities had been on the rise. The plant, scheduled to open in early 1997, was to be situated in Cu Chi district, 35 kms north west of Ho Chi Minh City, close to the popular tourist attraction of the Cu Chi tunnels and in an industrial zone attracting an increasing number of foreign investors seeking to avoid high land and labor costs in the city. The factory was to be equipped with the latest production technology and designed to have an initial capacity of some 12 million liters…

m SC MAERSK World's biggest shipping giants send vessels towards SA amid Suez blockage The world's biggest shipping container companies have redirected their vessels to the route around South Africa as the Suez Canal remains blocked. On Saturday, The Guardian reported that the world's biggest shipping group Maersk has rerouted two of its ships, and in a statement issued late on Friday, the second-biggest company Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) announced that eleven of its vessels have been rerouted around the coast of South Africa. The Ever Given ran aground in the Suez canal on March 23 due to high winds from a sandstorm. The vessel is one of the world's largest container ships - it's roughly twice the length of the iconic Ponte apartment tower in Johannesburg. "MSC expects this incident to have a very significant impact on the movement of containerized goods, disrupting supply chains beyond the existing challenges posed by the COVID-19 pandemic," MSC said in a statement. More…

Introduction to Trade Policies: Provide an introduction to the significance of trade policies and agreements in the context of international business. Your international business is an oil rig located in Saudi Arabia. Answer the following question with this in mind   1a. Identify and discuss three trade policies that may directly impact your international business venture.      Consider tariffs, quotas, and regional trade agreements as examples.   1b Apply at least two major trade theories to your international business venture.      Discuss how these theories explain or influence your choice of products, target markets, or trade strategies.

Give atleast 5 risks of being part of an agreement of international aviation law globally.

Analysis of 'ethical concern' for exporting coconut products to Suriname from Guyana

By the end of 2020 and early 2021, the Indian government had declared their victory against the COVID 19 virus. The announcement was timely made for India's 2021 election. During 2020-2021, India had agreed to export 8.5 million vaccines under their diplomatic agreements and a total of 51.3 million vacines under business agreements with other countries. While these diplomatic relationships continue, India is now facing their second wave of COVID 19 that has raked up numbers to thousands of people in a single day. The 2nd wave had surged faster due to India's political parties holding rallies and campaigns for their upcoming election that are not conducted properly under the standard Covid-19 procedures. The Indian government had also allowed religious festivals to take place during that time that are lacking of proper social distancing guidelines. In order to handle their own vaccine shortages, the Indian government had issued a ban on local vaccine manufacturers from exporting its…

Read the articles below and answer the questions that follow. Article 1: South Africa Liquor Industry Report 2021: Focusing on Manufacturing, Wholesale and Retail Since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020, South Africa's liquor industry has been subjected to four liquor bans and several periods in which liquor trading was restricted by the government. It is estimated that the bans and trading restrictions cost the industry over R45bn from March 2020 to July 2021.Total local liquor consumption (including Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Eswatini) decreased by 18% in 2020. The pandemic has also accelerated growth in no-alcohol and low-alcohol beverages and led to an increase in eCommerce sales. Article 2: Booze bans shut down SA’s first black woman brewer.Now her beer is being made in Europe. When liquor bans forced Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela’s brewery to close, she knew it was not the end for her. Now her beer is being brewed in Europe and distributed in the UK. Coronavirus-related liquor…

Read the articles below and answer the questions that follow. Article 1: South Africa Liquor Industry Report 2021: Focusing on Manufacturing, Wholesale and Retail Since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020, South Africa's liquor industry has been subjected to four liquor bans and several periods in which liquor trading was restricted by the government. It is estimated that the bans and trading restrictions cost the industry over R45bn from March 2020 to July 2021.Total local liquor consumption (including Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Eswatini) decreased by 18% in 2020. The pandemic has also accelerated growth in no-alcohol and low-alcohol beverages and led to an increase in eCommerce sales. Article 2: Booze bans shut down SA’s first black woman brewer.Now her beer is being made in Europe. When liquor bans forced Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela’s brewery to close, she knew it was not the end for her. Now her beer is being brewed in Europe and distributed in the UK. Coronavirus-related…

Read the articles below and answer the questions that follow. Article 1: South Africa Liquor Industry Report 2021: Focusing on Manufacturing, Wholesale and Retail Since the onset of the pandemic in March 2020, South Africa's liquor industry has been subjected to four liquor bans and several periods in which liquor trading was restricted by the government. It is estimated that the bans and trading restrictions cost the industry over R45bn from March 2020 to July 2021.Total local liquor consumption (including Botswana, Lesotho, Namibia and Eswatini) decreased by 18% in 2020. The pandemic has also accelerated growth in no-alcohol and low-alcohol beverages and led to an increase in eCommerce sales. Article 2: Booze bans shut down SA’s first black woman brewer.Now her beer is being made in Europe. When liquor bans forced Apiwe Nxusani-Mawela’s brewery to close, she knew it was not the end for her. Now her beer is being brewed in Europe and distributed in the UK. Coronavirus-related…

MNEs undertaking international business activities are often facing various forms of  political risk.  In response, MNEs may adopt different approaches to deal with this  risk. Name and explain these possible reactions of MNEs when the risk is perceived  to be exogenous versus when the risk is perceived as endogenous.

what the different stakeholders (Government, tourism industry, local people) should do for recovering negative impacts of COVID19 on tourism industry in Oman.

identify at least 3 main ethical issues about Japan has approved a plan to release more than one million tonnes of contaminated water from the destroyed Fukushima nuclear plant into the sea.

What is International Council of Cruise Lines? (ICCL)

"To what extent has the ongoing conflict between Russia and Ukraine impacted maritime security in the Black Sea region, and how has it affected international maritime trade, particularly in terms of shipping routes, ports, and supply chain logistics?"

Which of these scenarios describe circumstances of trade dumping? Note that all values are in United States (U.S.) dollars for ease of comparison and that there are no transportation costs. A French firm manufactures cheese for $5 per pound. They sell it in France for $7 a pound, but in the United States for $5 per pound. An Indian firm produces cars for $7,000 each and sells them in the United States for $6,000. A Chinese fish farm can produce Tilapia at $1 per pound, while U..S fish farms produce the fish at $4 per pound. Imports of Chinese Tilapia are sold in the United States for $3 per pound, undercutting domestic producers. A U.S. firm buys $100,000 shares in a Japanese electronics company and sells them for $80,000 two weeks later. Why might a firm engage in dumping? The firm is trying to improve relations with a foreign country government. The firm is reacting to market forces that have driven the price level to below production costs. The firm is trying to be an equal…

Food manufacturing giant GraceKennedy Limited is exploring how it can integrate more of its international manufacturing processes into its five Jamaican plants amid back-to-back catastrophic global events that continue to pressure its supply chains, causing more frequent price adjustments. The latest event that could trigger price increases to the line of products retailed by Grace Foods is the Ukraine-Russia crisis, a war that has sent oil prices beyond US$130 per barrel. A similar fate is looming for products that are made from wheat, oats, and other food materials, after Ukraine’s government announced a ban on the export of the commodities on Wednesday to feed its populace amid war. Richard Pandohie, the CEO of Seprod Limited, a top food manufacturer which is also co-owner of flour mill Jamaica Grain and Cereals Limited, suggests price increases on grocery items and animal feed could range from 20 to 30 per cent over the next six months if the war is not contained. But Pandohie also…

Literature review on Illegal entry at OECS borders leading to cross-border crimes

Literature review on OECS Cross-Border Activities

DURBAN PORT GRADUALLY RESTARTS OPERATIONS AFTER FLOODS South Africa’s logistics group Transnet gradually resumed operations at its Durban port on Wednesday morning after severe flooding in KwaZulu-Natal province, which resulted in port operations being suspended as a precautionary measure. The country’s department of public enterprises (DPE) said it is working with Transnet and stakeholders, including the KwaZulu- Natal provincial government, eThekwini municipality and the country’s power utility Eskom to stabilise operations at the port. Priority interventions include repairing Bayhead Road, which is the main access to the container terminals at the port and Island View, and investigating alternative access roads into the port while a section that was washed away at the outfall of the Umhlathuzana canal into the port is being repaired. “Shipping is expected to resume once safety has been established for marine craft and vessel navigation,” DPE said in a statement. “As a precautionary…

E-commerce has been predominant during the COVID-19 pandemic, and retailers have put much effort into building, improving, and promoting their online stores. Some small retailers that did not manage online stores before the shutdown developed temporary solutions to sell their products online,e.g., by posting products on social media sites and by offering product pick-up or delivery services .Others have offered discounts for their online channels and started promotion campaigns on social media . A major German online platform acquired a large number of new partners in the second quarter of 2020 and thus substantially expanded its offers. Due to increasing demand, the company also invested in new technical solutions that improve platform performance and enable partners to better manage their business on the platform . To ensure that these efforts succeed, it is important to investigate consumers’ online purchase motives during this pandemic.Previous research on the determinants of…

Boseman Clothier, Inc. has decided to begin international operations using an international joint venture. Which one of the following is not one of the expectations from this type of entry into the foreign market arena? * The joint venture partners will have shared company equity O The profits earned will be shared with the joint venture partner The increased risk from operating abroad will be shared with the joint venture partner Use of joint production and distribution will help to increase market share Boseman will maintain all decision making rights in the foreign market

What are the different quality standards referred to in the example comparing theHonda Civic and the Ferrari?

Literally last night (September 14/15), the US railroad unions and companies struck a deal to avoid a worker railroad strike. These Railroad Unions and Companies Reach a Tentative Deal to Avoid a Strike The New York Times President Biden announced the agreement after negotiations brokered by the labor secretary lasted deep into the night. Give this article railroads are local to the US - would a strike impact global marketplaces? 267 An Amtrak passenger train heading south out of Chicago on Wednesday evening. Charles Rex Arbogast/Associated Press By Jim Tankersley Sept. 15, 2022 Updated 9:17 a.m. ET No, because containerization focuses on over-sea transit (e.g. container ships). Yes, because containerization has made moving goods from one mode of transport to another extremely labor-intensive. No, because the railroads only run on US soil, they only impact domestic purchasers. Yes, because goods that are shipped from international destinations use rail as part of the intermodal…

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a devastating impact on local and international business as well as on local trade in South Africa. The closure of borders, non-essential services and hospitality and tourism industries has had a crippling effect on economic growth. As a commerce graduate, you have now found yourself without any employment opportunities and have decided to partner with a friend and create your own source of employment given the extenuating circumstances that South Africa finds itself in. Click the link above the red arrow to open the Discussion tool. Using the Internet and/or any other resources, conduct research on various viable product offerings in South Africa. In a new thread, answer the following questions: Identify a product you believe would be financial sustainable and briefly justify its viability in the current South African market. Once you have identified your product, now answer the following questions: Which time horizons will you forecast? Why? Which…