Author: chris

Three pages on…. negotiating emerging markets.

When negotiating in an emerging market, it is critical to understand a variety of internal and external workings of the country in which you will be launching a product. For example, the negotiator would need to understand the emerging market’s regulatory environment, the market itself, distribution channels, supply chains, tariffs, taxes, and culture.

Your team is negotiating a new product launch with an emerging market in Asia, and your company needs to negotiate the specifics for the product launch. You are the lead in your company’s negotiation team and you have been asked to create and distribute a Negotiation Plan that includes strategies, tactics, guidelines, and a pre- and postmeeting checklist.

Do the following to complete this assignment:

First, create the negotiation strategy for your company.
Then, provide an explanation of the stages to the rest of the negotiation team.
Identify and explain your planned negotiation tactics.
Finally, identify factors which may affect your company’s negotiation plan.

Using the regression results and the other computations from Assignment 1, determine the market structure in which the low-calorie frozen, microwavable food company operates.

Use the Internet to research two (2) of the leading competitors in the low-calorie frozen, microwavable food industry, and take note of their pricing strategies, profitability, and their relationships within the industry (worldwide).

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

Outline a plan that will assess the effectiveness of the market structure for the company’s operations. Note: In Assignment 1, the assumption was that the market structure [or selling environment] was perfectly competitive and that the equilibrium price was to be determined by setting QD equal to QS. You are now aware of recent changes in the selling environment that suggest an imperfectly competitive market where your firm now has substantial market power in setting its own “optimal” price.
Given that business operations have changed from the market structure specified in the original scenario in Assignment 1, determine two (2) likely factors that might have caused the change. Predict the primary manner in which this change would likely impact business operations in the new market environment.
Analyze the major short run and long cost functions for the low-calorie, frozen microwaveable food company given the cost functions below. Suggest substantive ways in which the low-calorie food company may use this information in order to make decisions in both the short-run and the long-run.

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:

Outline a plan that will assess the effectiveness of the market structure for the company’s operations. Note: In Assignment 1, the assumption was that the market structure [or selling environment] was perfectly competitive and that the equilibrium price was to be determined by setting QD equal to QS. You are now aware of recent changes in the selling environment that suggest an imperfectly competitive market where your firm now has substantial market power in setting its own “optimal” price.
Given that business operations have changed from the market structure specified in the original scenario in Assignment 1, determine two (2) likely factors that might have caused the change. Predict the primary manner in which this change would likely impact business operations in the new market environment.
Analyze the major short run and long cost functions for the low-calorie, frozen microwaveable food company given the cost functions below. Suggest substantive ways in which the low-calorie food company may use this information in order to make decisions in both the short-run and the long-run.

Assignment 2: Prevalence Statistics and Reporting Requirements

Browse state-run Web sites to collect information about statistical estimates on family violence that is reported or that goes unreported.

Choose a specific area of family violence and hypothesize why there is such a variance between actual reported and unreported incidents.

Browse the Web to determine the state-mandated reporting requirements if treatment professionals learn about children in danger due to family violence in the home environment.

You may choose to address your home state or any other state within the U.S.

Analyze the reporting requirements to verify if they are too lenient or too strict.

How might reporting rates be increased?

Write your initial response to each part in 3–4 paragraphs. Apply APA standards to citation of sources.

In responding to your peers, compare and contrast the information for the state you picked to ones selected by your peers and provide insight into the reasons for the similarities and differences observed.

By Saturday, August 15, 2015, submit your response to the appropriate Discussion Area. Use the same Discussion Area to comment on your classmates’ submissions and continue the discussion until Wednesday, August 19, 2015.

Assignment 1: Corporate Responsibility and Marketing Strategies

Due Week 3 and worth 240 points

Use the Internet to research the Apple Corporation, its current position and reputation regarding ethical and social responsibility, and the strategies that it currently employs to market its products.

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:
1. Examine Apple’s current position on the company’s ethical and social responsibilities, and determine whether or not the company has met these responsibilities. Provide two (2) examples that support your position.
2. Determine the impact that the publication of ethics and social responsibilities violations made by Apple’s suppliers has had on Apple’s reputation. Support your response with examples of the impact in question.
3. Suggest two (2) methods that Apple can utilize to ensure that its suppliers adhere to wage and benefits standards going forward. Justify your response.
4. Determine whether or not you believe that Apple’s customers would be willing to pay more for its products if Apple had to increase selling prices in order to provide better wages and benefits for suppliers’ workers. Provide a rationale for your position.
5. Analyze Apple’s current overall marketing strategy. Recommend two (2) actions that Apple can take in order to improve its competitive advantage in the global marketplace. Support your response with examples of instances where your recommendations yielded the desired results.
6. Use at least five (5) quality academic resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia does not qualify as an academic resource.

Assignment 3: Ethics and Corporate Responsibility in the Workplace and the World

Due Week 7 and worth 250 points

PharmaCARE (We CARE about YOUR health®) is one of the world’s most successful pharmaceutical companies, enjoying a reputation as a caring, ethical and well-run company that produces high-quality products that save millions of lives and enhance the quality of life for millions of others. The company offers free and discounted drugs to low-income consumers, has a foundation that sponsors healthcare educational programs and scholarships, and its CEO serves on the PhRMA board. PharmaCARE recently launched a new initiative, We CARE about YOUR world®, pledging its commitment to the environment through recycling, packaging changes and other green initiatives, despite the fact that the company’s lobbying efforts and PAC have successfully defeated environmental laws and regulations, including extension of the Superfund tax, which was created by Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA).

Based in New Jersey, PharmaCARE maintains a large manufacturing facility in the African nation of Colberia, where the company has found several “healers” eager to freely share information about indigenous cures and an abundance of Colberians willing to work for $1.00 a day, harvesting plants by walking five (5) miles into and out of the jungle carrying baskets that, when full, weigh up to fifty (50) pounds. Due to the low standard of living in Colberia, much of the population lives in primitive huts with no electricity or running water. PharmaCARE’s executives, however, live in a luxury compound, complete with a swimming pool, tennis courts, and a golf course. PharmaCARE’s extensive activities in Colberia have destroyed habitat and endangered native species.

In preparation for this assignment, use the Internet or Strayer Library to research companies that have recently experienced negative consequences as a result of the company’s corporate activities.

Write a six to eight (6-8) page paper in which you:
1. Describe the key characteristics of a stakeholder and determine all the stakeholders within the PharmaCARE scenario.
2. Analyze the human rights issues presented by PharmaCARE’streatment of the Colberia’sindigenous population versus that of its executives. Recommend at least three (3) changes PharmaCARE can make to be more ethical going forward.
3. Assess PharmaCARE’senvironmental initiative against the backdrop of its anti-environmental lobbying efforts and Colberianactivities. Support the position.
4. Decide whether or not PharmaCARE’s actions with respect to the indigenous people of Colberiawould be ethical in accordance with each of the following ethical theories:
a. Utilitarianism
b. Deontology
c. Virtue ethics
d. Ethics of care
e. Your own moral / ethical compass
5. Compare PharmaCARE’s actions with those of at least one (1) real-world company, whose corporate activities led to ethical, environmental, or workplace safety issues and financial loss. Analyze the similarities and differences between PharmaCARE and the company that you chose.
6. Use at least three (3) quality resources in this assignment. Note: Wikipedia is not an acceptable reference and proprietary Websites do not qualify as academic resources.

 

Individual project

*You must select an ethnic restaurant of specific population group (ex. South American or Southeast Asian) to dine in and then to provide a presentation on the following topics:

· Provide an overall introduction to the restaurant and your experience dining at the restaurant

· Describe the specific population group that you have chosen, food and culture habits

· Provide a thorough description of the food patterns (every day and holidays).

· Discuss special food habits related to any stage of lifespan, i.e. infancy, pregnancy, teenagers, older adults

· Discuss nutritional adequacy in reference to the population (support your description with appropriate references).

· Discuss any nutritional contraindications in regards to diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease.

Assignment 2: LASA 2—Case Study: Evaluating an Emerging Market

In this assignment, you will select a nation that is considered to have an emerging market and you will evaluate the nation on the following factors that affect an emerging market: Gross domestic product, inflation, political risks, economic risks, country demographics, and liquidity of local debt.

Scenario:

You have been hired as a financial analyst tasked with evaluating an existing emerging market and writing an executive report on your findings about the emerging market.

Using the following report, select one of the top 30 emerging markets to research:

Top 30 Emerging Markets 2012-2017

http://www.globalintelligence.com/insights-analysis/emerging-markets/top-30-emerging-markets

Instructions:

Produce an executive report that includes the following:

Provide statistical and qualitative information of each of the following factors: Gross domestic product, inflation, political risks, economic risks, country demographics, and liquidity of local debt.
Differentiate the level of market efficiency between a nation that is considered an emerging market to one that has already developed, including factors such as liquidity of debt, government regulations, GDP, etc.
Compare and contrast the emerging market you selected against another emerging market on factors such as market liquidity of local debt, equity market, market exchange, and regulatory bodies.
Evaluate and discuss the political, economic, and technological trends of the emerging market. Remember to discuss any financial actions that have been taken and should be taken due to the trends.

Discuss the history of third-party reimbursement. Describe the most common reimbursement methodologies used in the past, and then discuss the methodologies that are most common today. Explain the long-term implications for the health care provider, the payer, and the patient, as the method for reimbursement continues to evolve.
Remember to use citations and references as appropriate. Your post must follow APA sixth edition style and formatting guidelines. An iGuide page APA Style and Format is included in the resources, which may be helpful to you.

Discussion Question 1

Engaging in a political process enables a nurse leader to influence others in order to achieve a set of professional goals. Conduct extensive research on the importance of political process in nursing, and answer the following questions:

How can average nurses be involved in the political process?
What do you do or should do in order to become more politically active?

Discussion Question 2

Effective leadership can help nurse leaders to bring about a desirable change within the system. Using the South University Online Library or the Internet, gain adequate insight into change theories and change management, and answer the following questions:

What does it mean to be a change agent? Give two examples of when you were a change agent or witnessed another nurse as a change agent.
What happened and how did the change occur?