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Team : Hetong Xu; Jin Liu; Jieqi Jin. Blue Ocean Strategy 1. What is a blue ocean strategy? What is a red ocean strategy? Explain these from the perspective of company, competition, costs, and markets. Blue ocean strategy, as a business method, is about company creating a new market or industry where there is no competitor. Companies play not by traditional rules, never use the competition as a benchmark. They could ether create greater value for customers at a higher cost or create reasonable

blocked the beginning of recovery. Third,workers were granted two weeks of paid holidays,again keeping the weekly or monthly wage constant. Fourth,the civil servant wage cut was suspended. At the same time,a nationwide strike movement led to the Accords de Matignon,where wages were increased on average by 12%. It seems that these

Advertisements have become a huge part of society in the modernized world of today. Around the world, many people can see all of the various advertisements not only on TVs and newspapers but also on billboards, buses, and walls of buildings. Advertising is an influential part of life and we can easily realize that it has useful purposes for public and private manufacturers and companies throughout the world. Advertisements can either give consumers a great amount of knowledge about the products or

The Start to the French Depression: Another country that suffered just as much as the United Kingdom had was France. Causes of their downward spiral were due to an underdeveloped economy. France’s industry was far inferior to Great Britain’s, particularly in farming. Tourism was also a big part of France’s economy, and during this time, many individuals simply did not have the money to travel around the world. France, like the United Kingdom, also suffered to recover from World War I. While not

unsustainable way to produce clothing as it encourages a short lifecycle for the garment; with companies renewing the clothes in their stores regularly. Thus, providing the consumers with ever more opportunities to purchase the latest trend for the cheapest price. This gives people in the developed world a cheap alternative to keep up

The Accord, may have expanded the opportunities for individuals, both unionists and non-unionists to benefit from the agreement (Deery et al, 2000). Another factor contributing to the decline in unionisation rate is the changing attitudes towards unions.

shares and retained profits, and Tier 2 capital such as term subordinated debt after making required deductions for items such as goodwill and equity holdings in other banks. Equity capital is a permanent commitment of funds which earns the residual income of the firm after all interest and other costs have been paid. In Orgler/ Wolkowitz Bank Capital 1976, bank equity capital represents ¡§all claims on the bank¡¦s profits, and in the Report of Condition it is divided into several accounts that include

FAIR VALUE MEASUREMENT: IMPLEMENTATION ISSUES AND CHALLENGES (PART 1) (by Tuam Kwok Choon and Ng Kean Kok) INTRODUCTION Since the promulgation of fair value accounting by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB), the subject matter has been hotly debated by industry players and professionals of the accounting fraternity the world over. Many problems and pitfalls have been highlighted on the "mark-to-market" premise. For example, David Gwilliam and Richard H.G. Jackson (2008) noted that

A better future: Primary Health Care Primary health care is a term used to describe a system where a patient’s health care needs are attended to by the most appropriately trained individual. This method of health care delivery has been called a “team based approach” (Health Canada, 2006). Instead of seeing the doctor for every health concern, other health professionals such as nurse practitioners, pharmacists, dieticians or physiotherapists may be called upon to take care of your concerns. In this

and managing of resources. When the information that shareholder need to make a deal decisions is widely on hand, thoroughly analyzed, and regularly used, the finding is an efficient marketplace. Efficient Market- Advertises in which security prices return all available information and adjust right away to any fresh information. If the safekeeping markets are truly well