SWOT Analysis - The Asian luxury market: LVMH
Thesis - 3 pages - Services marketing
The Asian market is offering a lot of opportunities. As it's an emerging market (except Japan), there is a high growth rate with a global increase in wealth. Consequently, Asians are becoming richer and have more purchasing power. So the propension to consume luxury goods is quite important....
East Asia Studies
Case study - 3 pages - Social, moral & civic education
There has been tremendous changes in situations in East Asia, the East Asia of today barely resembles that was only a decade ago. Recent proliferation of several mini9sterial conferences and numerous multilateral dialogues, along with various calls for the creation of the East Asian...
Start-up business plan - Asian Restaurant
Business plan - 2 pages - Business strategy
The name of the company that we intend on launching is Ambrocio Restaurant. This is a restaurant that is expected to be one of the busiest ones in Asia. This is because we have chosen an ideal site for it, at a shopping mall in Hong Kong. The mission of the company is to be a leading head...
Likely evolution of the Security and Economic Dynamics in Central Asia
Case study - 3 pages - Educational studies
Central Asia is a region bordering China to the West, Russia to the north and finally Turkey to the South. Historically, this area has lacked strong political representation and has thus relied on powerful neighbors for all aspects of her development. This paper examines the changing...
Business Report- How to enter the Asian market with the Dyson Airblade(TM)
Market study - 12 pages - Services marketing
Dyson Ltd. is already exporting its products successfully to 49 countries with an increased turnover of 23% within the last year (The Telegraph, 2010). As a marketing consultancy we would like to present to you possibilities to stretch out to new interesting markets to keep on with this story of...
The Realm of East Asia: Changes and the Future
Essay - 7 pages - Political science
The realm of East Asia consists of Japan, China, Taiwan, North Korea, South Korea, and Mongolia. This realm, although it has been around for thousands of years, has gone through many drastic changes in modern times. Rich in raw materials, people, and cultures, the East Asian countries...
Diagnosis International: Carrefour's expansion strategy in Asia
Essay - 48 pages - Business strategy
Lately the Carrefour group inaugurated its store numbered one thousand in the world, in China. Its eight hypermarkets in Japan were yielded to the Japanese group Aeon. Such a paradox within the same continent pushes one to question on the strategy of the French giant in Asia. The group...
Compare the 1997 Asian financial crisis with the subprime crisis
Essay - 4 pages - Finance
The subprime crisis was triggered by an expectation of defaults of payments on subprime mortgages in the US. It is an on-going crisis that has already led to the free fall of the US housing prices, billions of losses by banks, and generally speaking a slow-down (maybe a recession) of the American...
Eleven years after the Asian crisis, what are the policy lessons?
Essay - 4 pages - Economy general
Year 2008 is remembered, in History books, as the year of a major economic crisis throughout the world. As most papers put it mentioning as, “The worst since the great depression”. But as the world suddenly pays attention to its economic system and its (present) prominent imperfections,...
Power equations in South East Asia
Thesis - 5 pages - International relations
This article deals with the major power equations that have a strong bearing on Southeast Asia's international relations. Although the interactions between the major powers have a significant impact on the region, it must not be assumed that the region is merely a passive onlooker. The...
Asian Pacific Business - Malaysia
Market study - 7 pages - Economy general
The world has seen the most important economic growth since the end of the Second World War in the region of East Asia. This incredible economic phenomenon had emerged more particularly in Japan during the 1950s. This trend has been followed later by what is known as the four dragons:...
Business options in Asia
Thesis - 6 pages - Business strategy
The growth of financial markets has led to the evolution of sophisticated and complex financial instruments. The complexity of these instruments continues to grow to meet the immediate needs of companies that look up to hedge against risks. These financial innovations, known as exotic options,...
Cultural briefing: Asian markets
Thesis - 9 pages - Social, moral & civic education
Japanese business culture is wrongly perceived as the biggest obstacle to starting business in Japan for many foreign companies thinking of entering the Japanese market. Many foreign companies never do start business in Japan (or only enter the Japanese market through a distributor) simply...
Essay: What should Asia Pacific gov-ernments do to support their adher-ence to 'good' corporate governance principle and sustainable develop-ment?
Thesis - 5 pages - International relations
According to The World Bank (2006), ‘good' corporate governance (CG) refers to the structures and processes for the direction and control of companies. This involves the relationships among the management, board of directors, controlling and minority shareholders as well as stakeholders....
Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy (LVMH) in Asia
Essay - 13 pages - Services marketing
Louis Vuitton Moët Hennessy- is the world leader in the market of luxury products. Its net revenue in 2005 reached €14 billions and it employs 59 000 peole. As for its retail network, all over the world, more than 1700 shops have been opened. Indeed, the Group is present in 12 countries in...
Former Soviet Republics of Central Asia and democracy
Essay - 6 pages - Political science
Nowadays, Central Asia can be considered as the “Heartland”, that is to say the center of geopolitical positioning, given the abundance of natural resources in the region. Indeed this area, particularly Kazakhstan and Turkmenistan, benefits from oil and natural gas reserves among...
Japan since 1945-left Asia to join the West?
Tutorials/exercises - 7 pages - International relations
In 1639, the rule of Tokugawa Iemitsu officially stated the edict of separation of Japan, establishing a long period of isolationism for the Nippon archipelago. During this period, every contact between Japan and the outside world was forbidden, and “every Japanese who would leave the...
When the Japanese moved into Southeast Asia in 1941, local reactions to the occupying forces differed greatly. Evaluate the motivations that fueled these varying responses, taking into consideration particular local situations and periods of the war
Essay - 5 pages - Modern history
Raising the question of the reactions to the Japanese takeover in Southeast Asia is very delicate and original for many reasons. Firstly, Southeast Asia is a broad region and it is most likely that the reactions of locals will differ greatly from one place to another. Secondly,...
Contemporary international finance and East Asian economic integration
Essay - 12 pages - Economy general
The “Current Account crisis” is a particular type of external debt crisis that affects mostly low-income developing countries. It is characterized by a huge deficit in the current account balance which provokes a Balance of payments deficit and a currency crisis. A current account...
Power of pre-colonial Southeast Asian state and peasantry with respect to colonialism
Essay - 3 pages - Political science
Southeast Asia is not an homogeneous region. That is why it can hardly been analysed as a whole and therefore must be divided into several groups. Concerning the issues related to the relations between the state and the peasantry, South East Asia countries belong mainly to two...
Multinationals, Asian success and the global economy
Essay - 5 pages - Economy general
For more than thirty years, Asian countries have known an amazing period of growth, and have now a real and consequent influence on the economic world. However, these countries, like all other developing countries have to face the problem of funding resources in order to develop their economic...
Asian business culture
Thesis - 9 pages - Journalism
Since the last decade the Northeast Asian economies such as Japan, South Korean and Taiwan have had a remarkable growth and an important development into world-class economic powers. They have emerged from an “array of political and social challenges such as world and civil wars, massive...
Asian pacific business since 1997: Samsung and South Korea
Essay - 11 pages - Economy general
Everybody knows Samsung, Toyota, Sony, LG or even Hyundai which are very famous brand all over the world. Those very successful companies have similarity. Indeed, all of them come from the Pacific Rim. The Pacific Rim is defined by "far Eastern countries and markets bordering the Pacific Ocean,...
Confucian study, East Asia and the process by which women were educated
Thesis - 3 pages - Philosophy
According to the Confucian understanding of gender, “[a] woman is only virtuous if she is untalented. ” They key to this postulate is the word ‘virtuous.' Virtuous, unlike any other synonym that the author could have chosen, indicates a sense of purity, specifically, purity in a...
The role of trade in the economic development of Eastern Asia
Essay - 5 pages - Economy general
At the end of the last century, Hong Kong, Singapore, Taiwan and South Korea attained higher rates of economic growth than other developing countries. It could be because of a close correlation between export expansion and economic growth, but are they automatically associated? What is the...
Economic crisis in South-east Asia
Essay - 5 pages - Economy general
In order to fully appreciate the nature of the economic crisis in south-east Asia, it would be necessary to have at least some insight into the nature of these economies prior to the financial problems they experienced1. Before the onset of the Asian crisis, the south-east Asian countries...
Doing international business in Asia
Essay - 11 pages - Business strategy
It is important to know the different cultures, economies and the different business procedures of different countries if we would want to do business with them. Just the understanding of the financial situations of each country is not enough if we want to successfully do business with them....
The child sex trade in Asia
Essay - 3 pages - Philosophy
References to Asia often bring to mind the stunning beauty of the Orient. Rich cultural tradition coupled with unique design and architecture make Asia appear to be an almost mythical culture to Western citizens. While it is indeed true that Asia is associated with an exotic...
A descriptive study of international business potentials: From China to Asia pacific rim countries and vice versa ( Data and graphs included )
Tutorials/exercises - 32 pages - Business strategy
The present study is an exploration of the international business potential of China with other countries in the Asia Pacific Rim and vice versa. Moreover, the study employed a descriptive design in order to thoroughly explain all factors that account for economic conditions of the...
How imperial Asian activity contributed to the causes of the First World War
Essay - 7 pages - Modern history
Imperialism is the policy of expanding national territory and influence. Throughout the nineteenth century Europe immersed itself in an embroiled colonial race that caused rivalries and friendships that were forever altering with every move. Central and eastern Asia was an area of...
