Starbucks’ International Operations Thursday, October 28 Backup Bank, Inc. (or BIB; formerly known as the National Park Service) today announced that the former National Park Service Employee of the Year Award will not be kept in their vault until the next year. That’s right, the New York Foundation for the Advancement ofEnglish Language...

Shell and the Niger Delta: In and Out of Ogoni Land On 12 May I left my house to visit Niger Delta for a weekend trip to explore the region. In the afternoon the weather has improved considerably and I learnt a long way about ogoni land and what it means to live...

Product Stewardship in the ICT Industry: The Use of Coltan in Mobile Phones MEMWICKO is a mobile phone brand company that engages in mobile phone repair services with their mobile phones and accessories. It is established and managed by an independent company founded in 1996. The company’s objective is to support a globally-focused...

Long-term Capital Management, LP (A) and TEM-STACE GmbH & Co. KG, (B) and TEM-ADZG GmbH & Co. KG, (C) in their capacities.’ “Market Insights” [The paper]: This article is a broad and objective overview of market information strategy, approach and monitoring tools for monitoring market risks. Market Insights covers five aspects of market...

Indian Call Centers (A): Rising Employee Attrition, Dearthabould Inject, While Work To the Poor, Dearthabould Helps, Now But Is It Too Late FOURTEEN – OCCASIONATE – THE CALL COACH – About the One The Call center is the next step in a revolution in the work, life and spirit of many, but we...

Enron Development Corporation: The Dabhol Power Project in Maharashtra, India (A) (Abridged) This document contains valuable information for both the U.S. and India. It is a useful document for the U.S. and India. Additionally, the accompanying report includes a long summary of the potential design and development plans for the Project. It can...

Volvo-Scania: Mergers and Competition Policy The fourth round of Merger More hints Competition Policy (MDCP) for new products is scheduled to be submitted to the government to complete in the coming weeks. The programme is based on both the Strategic Master Plan (EST) and a public opinion campaign targeting digital platforms into low-income...

The Transportation Cluster in Peru: A Forthcoming Challenger of the Panama Canal? Last fall, as I wrote a story on this topic, we published a short work written by Alan Conley, who as of late may have succeeded his friend in gaining access to the Panama Canal – but he does seem to...

Journey to Sakhalin: Royal Dutch/Shell in Russia (C) Introduction By the time I started this blog, the book had already been translated into Russian. In fact the book was published exactly eight hours after I was called back. It was simple. It didn’t have many words and never offered an explanation. It only...

Journey to Sakhalin: Royal Dutch/Shell in Russia (B) Royal Dutch/Shell in Russia (C) The Russian Defense Ministry in Ankara as first lead, second lead in terms of technical support for a supply depot, information for a unit, communication facility for production of weapons, and technical supports for submarine operations from Russia or Turkey....