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drink which is made by the same process at the beer making: fermentation. This drink was born in Germany in 1995 thanks to Dieter Leipold. The Bionade brand is now well recognized in Germany and the company would like to take it global. As I have been appointed as the Assistant Marketing Manager of Bionade, I am in charge to determine the strategic choices and options available to take the brand world-wide. Therefore, the subsequent report includes the following information: * An environmental

public choice. It brings together the private search for economic gain with the government’s efforts to supply public goods, correct market failures, and aid the needy. Public choice’s insistence on viewing politicians and government bureaucrats as motivated by the same economic interests as private individuals and firms provides a background for understanding why corruption occurs and why it is difficult to combat. Corruption in my formulation is the misuse of public office for private gain. This definition

The Management Consulting Industry (MCI) is considered to be one of the most powerful forces shaping organisational strategy. However, from its major growth phase during the late 1980s into the 1990s, and until the present time, it now appears that the industry is in a mature consolidation phase. Perhaps even an early decline. The scope and nature of the MCI is global and, consequently, the South African industry is inextricably linked to and integrated with global developments. The local industry

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request, HTTP server replies through a HTML script where the website is coded. The code is interpreted by the browser and it is shown in the screen. HTML is a web language based in labels, easy to learn but tyring and inefficient in practice. However, there are some additional computer languages that help to create dynamic, interactive and intelligent websites such as PHP (based in C), Perl, Python, JSP (Java technology). Apache (http://www.apache.org/) is a HTTP open code and multiplatform web

This report is a critical analysis of Threadless’s corporate website to determine the effectiveness of the website to the company. (http://www.threadless.com), [pic] About Threadless.com Threadless is a community-centered online apparel store run by skinnyCorp of Chicago, Illinois, since 2000. In line with its motto “nude no more”, Threadless provides affordable but yet quality t-shirts to its customers. Their mode of operation is as follows - members of the threadless community submit their

Data, and FAS 133 Compliance Since their rise to popularity in the early 1970s, people have viewed derivatives with both awe and fear. Derivatives users range from traders, who seek to profit by making markets and speculating on price fluctuations, to end-users, who use derivatives to hedge and protect their natural exposure to input or output prices. Almost without exception, managing and accounting for derivatives is second nature to banks and to derivatives market makers. But even among the most

manages to be everywhere and that everybody knows, is able to keep in the shadow the ingredients of its success. How this small familial French company managed to attain this leadership? What are the key elements of its strategy? We will discover that thanks to what some called their “Ninja mentality”, very focused, very strategic, no wasted efforts, and a to strong and unique managerial and marketing capabilities combined to a dedication to innovation, the glamorous company is likely to keep being

organization has developed technology to harvest rainwater. People around the world have been harvesting rainwater for centuries. It is a safe, dependable source of drinking water. Unlike ground water, rainwater contains no minerals or salts and is free of chemical treatments. Best of all, it is free. The rainwater harvesting system created by International Development Enterprises uses pipes to collect water from the tops of buildings. The pipes stretch from the buildings to a two-meter tall storage tank