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Indian Overseas Bank (IOB) is a significant bank with 1,400 branches in India and six branches overseas. Established in 1937 and headquartered in Chennai (formerly Madras), IOB has its own ISO certified Information Technology department. This department has developed software for online banking services, which is used by 900 branches. By the end of the…

India is a tropical country. Here Summer Season is felt more prominently than any other season. Ordinarily, we begin to feel the summer heat from the month of April to the second week of June. In Oriya Calendar, Baisakh and Jyestha are the two months which comprise the Summer Season. This season is remarkable for…

For a multi-ethnic society such as Southeast Asia, ethnic conflicts and political instability are inevitable. In the course of nation building when homogeneity is aimed out of heterogeneity, each ethnic group struggles to assert not only their rights to equality and autonomy, but also their sense of uniqueness and identity. This provokes many of them…

The Electrosteel Castings case discusses the decision of an Indian manufacturer of ductile iron pipes (DIP) and cast iron pipes (CIP) to expand internationally. The main issue revolves around deciding where to expand and the type of investment to pursue. This paper will analyze the available options and make a recommendation. 1. Electrosteel’s options consist…

Son preference has existed among most Chinese parents for centuries. Across thousands of years of Chinese history, Confucianism has served as an officially supported patriarchal belief that has deemed women inferior to men and has limited the role of women to their households. Women were understood to belong to their families before marriage and thus…

A sense of belonging or non belonging can emerge from the connexions made with people. topographic points. groups. communities and the larger universe. How does this use to “The China Coin” ? Through a survey of the fresh “the China Coin” by Allan Baillie. it can be seen that a sense of belonging or non…

Cultural Groups Vietnam ’ s population is comparatively homogenous. Equally much as 90 per centum of the people are cultural Vietnamese, descendants of the people who settled in the Red River Delta 1000s of old ages ago. Cultural Chinese represent the largest minority group. Other of import minorities are the Khmer and the Cham. In…

China Becoming a Superpower? China, in many ways is becoming a superpower. Not everyone agrees with this. How could China be a superpower to the United States? There are five factors a country can become a superpower, economically, culturally, politically, technology, and military. China has all of these factors. China has the second – highest…

In focus:Building michelin’s competitive advantage in chinaAbstract (200-300 words)IntroductionMichelin Group prides itself as the Global Leader in Tire Innovation, providing the forward-looking solutions to help the road transportation industry in its bid for competitive edge and to meet society’s ever pressing needs for safety, fuel efficiency, and respect for environment. Michelin had been the first…

When Mr. Wright became civil government, he dwelt upon the need of industrial development and of transportation especially railroads and urged that encouragement and friendliness to be shown to those who desired to enter the islands for their legitimate development. He wrote in policy that should be one of “equal opportunities to all”. Mr Wright’s…