A study on the comparison of Nokia and Samsung handsets Essay

CHAPTER 1 The Nokia Corporation is a Finnish multinational communication and information technology Corporation that is head quartered in Espoo, Finland Nokia was the world’s largest vendor of mobile phones from 1998 to 2012. However, its market has been declined since last five years, with the introduction on touch screen Smartphones from other vendors like iphone by Apple, Galaxy series by Samsung. Initially, Nokia’s mobiles were on Symbian OS but with the increasing competition with Smartphones, Nokia tied up with Microsoft and started using Microsoft’s Windows Phone Operating System. Samsung mobile is a South Korean company head quartered in Samsung Town, Seoul. In 1993, Samsung developed its first lightest mobile. The SCH-800 and it was available on CDMA networks. Then they developed Smartphones and a phone combined mp3 player. At present Samsung are dedicated to the 3G industry. Making video, camera phones at a speed to keep up with consumer demand. Nokia Ab’s history started in 1865 when mining engineer Fredrik Idestam established a ground Wood Pulp Mill on the banks of the Tammerkoski rapids in the town of Tampere, in Southwestern Finland. In 1868, Idestam built a second mill near the town of Nokia, fifteen kilometers (nine miles) West of Tampere, by the Nokianvirta river, which had better hydropower resources. In 1871, Idestam, with the help of close friend and statesman Leo Mechelin renamed and transformed his firm into a share company, thereby founding Nokia Ab. Nokia developed a digital switcher for telephone exchanges and also helped develop the world’s first mobile phone network. By the late 1980’s Nokia had helped develop the GSM (Global Standard for Mobile communications) and had built more than 60 GSM networks in 31 countries around the world. The company name came from the Nokianvirta river, nearby which Polon’s factories were located a few years later. Samsung was founded by Lee Byung-Chul in 1938 as a trading company. Over the next three decades the group diversified into areas including food processing, textile, insurance securities and retail. Samsung entered the electronic industry in the late 1960s and the construction and shipbuilding industries in the mid 1970s, these areas would drive its subsequent growth. Following Lee’s death  in 1987, Samsung was separated into four business group- Samsung group, Shinsegae group, CJ group and Hansol group. Since the 1990s Samsung has increasingly globalised its activities, particularly mobile phones and semiconductors have become its most important source of income. Dual SIM: It was an important factors for Samsung in taking over the Market with the release of dual SIM phone. Initially, Nokia was quite rigid till they finally launched their first Dual Sim Mobile Phone. But it was too late and by this Samsung, with its wide range of dual sim mobile, had already captured the market. Basic Features: Samsung integrated with basic features like Color Display, VGA Camera, FM etc with its wide range of Mobile. Initially Nokia concentrated on reliability. Lately, Nokia did also implement these features, but till that time Samsung had captured the section of society who were more interested in having basic features. Battery: Battery is undoubtedly the greatest strength of Nokia. But over the years Samsung did quite a nice job with their R&D and improve their battery quality as well. Smartphone: In today’s world there are huge section users in the society which are more tech savvy. Samsung introduced the smartphone world with galaxy series like Gal axy, Galaxy Ace, Galaxy Fit and Galaxy S Series. Samsung uses the much user friendly Android Operating System by google. Where Nokia stuck to their symbian OS and later with Windows OS. Such wide range of products with user friendly nature helped Samsung to capture the market in very short span of time. Price: It is an important point in capturing the market. There are two sections of mobile user. One which goes for Less Price and other who don’t care about the price. Smartly, Samsung did provide a lot of basic features in low price and also introduced Smartphones series with wide range of products for other section of mobile users. On the other hand, Nokia was again rigid on price level and concentrated more on quality. Build Quality: Nokia is known for the best build quality when it comes to cell phones. Samsung on the other hand is known for using cheap plastic components and making fairly fragile smartphones by comparison. Offline Music and Navigation: In terms of offline music and navigation, Nokia provide better quality. Nokia Music app provides playlist either based on your own listing of artists or premade by Nokia. Samsung does not provide any such features without paying an extra money.  Also Nokia’s here drive gets the lead over Samsung offline navigation. Even in certain areas Nokia’s Navteq map data is better than google’s as per the reviews. CHAPTER 2 Here are the some objectives which Researcher has set up for the research and tried to work on the set objectives which is fully based on â€Å"Comparison of Nokia and Samsung handsets among the people of Gangtok†, and these are as follows: a.To study the marketing strategy adopted by Nokia and Samsung in promoting their handsets. b.To show how they have placed the 4p’s in their strategy. c.To analyse the sales volume and profitability of both the handsets. d.To know the preferences of handsets among different age group and class of people in Gangtok. e.To study the reason for their popularity in this particular area. The Finnish phone maker has updated its handset portfolio at the high end to compete better with Samsung’s super-successful Razor phone, the refresh has been less than inspired. â€Å"[Nokia’s] high-end phones are small, but they’re boxy. Samsung’s high-end [models] are thin and slick†. Samsung went for the wow effect, creating got to have it phones. Now, Nokia is playing catch-up. â€Å"It all comes down to innovation and product development,† says Hoffman. â€Å"Right now, Samsung is head and shoulders above Nokia in creating products that consumer’s desire. â€Å"Something as simple as naming a phone Razor has created enormous buzz for the company,† says Kelleher. Today, mobile phones are very common and prevalent in our society. Human relationship and mental concentration are now placed by electronic connections mobile phones have become a necessity and this industry is taking every one’s mind by storm. While doing the survey various limitations came across interms of collection of data from retailers as well as from the responders. Some questions set for responders remained unanswered and some from retailers as because of  their privacy. As researcher has to face limitation of time and money while doing this survey. Had there been more information researcher would have enclosed many points. CHAPTER 3 To assess the data both primary and secondary method of research has been conducted for more in-depth understanding and interpretation of study. To conduct the research the researcher has used both primary and secondary source of data. †¢Primary Data; Sources for primary data are limited and at times it becomes difficult to obtain data from primary source because of scarcity of information or lack of cooperation. Regardless of any difficulty one can face in collecting primary data, it is the most authentic and reliable data source. Following are some of the source of primary data: Questionnaire Personal Interview Telephone Interview †¢Secondary Data; Researcher has used the secondary data from the following source: Books Magazines Newspaper Internet As there was less time to have a detail survey of Nokia and Samsung comparison. So on conducting this survey researcher has taken 30responders as a sample. While conducting this research, the researcher has used Simple Random Sampling to collect the various data according to the study material. On the basis of collection of data interpretation and analysis has been made. CHAPTER 4 Nokia Nokia has successfully used its marketing strategy to target diverse  customers from around the world. Its products are equally used by rural as well as people of the urban areas. The company is using the right blend of standardization and adaption. Nokia standardized its product when possible and customize its product when needed. As the market for cellular phone is passing through the growth stage manufactures is continued. Nokia is using aggressive marketing strategy in the global market. Nokia is increasing its sales in its market of already available products through increase strong positioning strategy, promotional activities and competitive pricing strategy and thus company is able to increase the sales for its product. Samsung Samsung established many Samsung mobile stores to increase the visibility of the brand promotion. Offering advanced technology products and positioning itself on the technology platform will not help a company sell its products if it fails to communicate properly with the potential customers. Samsung adopted various marketing strategies like celebrity endorsements, corporate advertisements, highlighting its technological superior goods and many promotional schemes. Nokia Retailers Price: The pricing strategies used by Nokia vary from situation to situation and from product to product. For cutting-edge technological products that are newly designed by the company R&D, the company use first the skimming marketing strategy and then decrease the price. While for cost-effective products that focus on economy, the company use penetrating pricing strategy. Place: The company distribution network is situated in 150 countries and the company is still using its aggressive marketing strategy to boost its network and market development strategy to target new markets from around the world. Promotion: The company success can be traced to the excellent promotion activities carried out by the organization. The company use integrated marketing  communication to promote its various products in different region of the world. Nokia tries to attract customers towards their product through various advertising sales promotion etc. Product: The focus of the marketing efforts of Nokia is mostly on handset manufacturing only. The company is constantly enhancing its product portfolio by investing constantly new models. The mobile phones that are manufactured by Nokia have two diverse focuses: either low costs or cutting-edge technology. The products of the company are adopted as per the specific markets situation. Samsung Retailers Price: Because of its presence in different product categories, Samsung uses various pricing strategies. Samsung’s smart phones are one of the best in the market and are the market leader in terms of the features and USP’s that they provide. The recent Samsung Note 3+ Gear is another entrance in the market which is catching peoples eyes. Thus, Samsung uses skimming price for these products wherein in tries to get a high value in the start before competitors catch up. Once the model is old or any competitor has launched a similar products, Samsung immediately drops the price. Place: Samsung is present through various channels in the market. It works on the channel marketing concept wherein there are three segments. Sales and service dealers, modern retail and distributors. The sales and service dealers handle key accounts for Samsung and are involved in corporate sales. These dealers may also open exclusive Samsung showrooms. Samsung being such a branded product, the retailers are bound to keep Samsung as an alternative for their customers. Promotion: Samsung uses multiple forms of promotions. Samsung as a company believes in pulling the customer to themselves through advertising but at the product to the customer through sales promotions. Thus, on one hand, Samsung uses various marketing vehicles across the year covering festive season as well as non-festive time. Product: The benefit of Samsung in terms of its product is that there is a trust on all Samsung products because of the way Samsung products have performed in the last few years. Problems with the products has been negligible. And with its smartphones, Samsung has achieved a status of symbol for its customers. At the same time, Samsung is known for its service and people know that Samsung gives a very fast service for any of its product. Samsung beats Nokia in total phone shipments. It had already overtaken Nokia in sales volume and profitability last year but this is the most cited metric of market performance being the biggest in volume. Samsung growth is shown to be almost entirely due to smartphones while Nokia’s stagnant growth seems to be failure to have any smartphone attraction. CHAPTER 5 Brand and price are the main factors for consumers both in the 18 to 24 and in the 40 to 44 age groups. However, for the younger group, multimedia features such as a camera and styling are more important in deciding which phone to buy. In a generalized view, handsets for young adults serve as part social networking portal, part personal entertainment device and part fashion statement. For the older adults, in contrast, handsets serve a more utilitarian function of basic communications for work and personal use. Savvy service providers and handset brands are figuring out these preference patterns and are devising feature sets and service bundles that are highly targeted for various ages and needs. Popularity of Nokia in Gangtok Nokia offer online troubleshooting, live chat and a support forum through their website. A call centre is in operation seven days a week and the ‘Nokia Care’ app is available to download free for selected devices. Customers covered by warranty are also able to drop damaged products off at any place, to be sent to authorized technicians for assessment free of charge. Most of all because of Nokia Lumia as it is the Window phone with a modern dual-core processor and the first with an HD screen it is most popular among the people of Gangtok. Popularity of Samsung in Gangtok Samsung offer product support in the form of live chat Monday to Saturday, email and a customer support hotline available during standard working hours. They have also established ‘Customer Service Plazas’ in most major cities with showrooms, repair offices and warranty claim and tracking offices. As Samsung has both Android and Smartphones operating system and has superior quality screens and excellent connectivity, as well as social networking capabilities that is the reason Samsung is popular among the people of Gangtok. When was the last time you heard of something new and exciting from Nokia. In last 6 months only talk worthy and successful mobile launched by Nokia is, Nokia N8. Nokia has been really slow in addressing market requirements and new handsets and innovation has been rare. Result: Nokia is losing its market share in each and every geography and market segment. On the other hand, Samsung has been clearly gaining market share as well as mind share in all geographies and market segments. Some of the key reasons for Samsung’s success are Innovation in mobile technology, catching market trends early and serving them well. Following is an analysis of where Nokia and Samsung stand with respect to different segments: Top-end Phones: Samsung has multiple options available in top-end smart phone segment with popular mobiles like Samsung Galaxy S (Android), Samsung Focus (Windows Phone 7) and Samsung Wave Series (Bada OS). Nokia just has 1 decent popular phone in this segment – Nokia N8. While Nokia N8 has got good reviews about its hardware, it has been criticized for its software / OS, as being outdated. Samsung in general has won accolades from both critics and public for its range of top end smart phones. Winner: Samsung Mid-range Phones Nokia has some good midrange phones available like Nokia C6, Nokia C5, and Nokia E5 etc. These are good Symbian devices and do their job well. Samsung has also been able to create a good buzz in this segment with its mid-range  galaxy series and Corby series phones. Winner: Tie. Both Samsung and Nokia have good range of phones in this segment. Entry-Level Phones: Nokia has some good options here. But over last few years, the Indian handset manufacturers are giving Nokia a tough fight with feature rich, value for money phones in this segment. Samsung also has many phones in this segment like Samsung Guru Series which are good value for money. Over all Samsung and Nokia are at par in this segment. Winner: Tie. Both Samsung and Nokia have good range of phones in this segment. Dual SIM Phones Samsung is clearly a winner here. It has many good dual sim phones across entry-level and mid range phones. Nokia just has a couple of dual sim phones. Winner: Samsung CDMA Phones CDMA Phones also have a good market base. Nokia has very few CDMA phones available in the market. On the other hand Samsung has many options in CDMA segment. It also has tie ups with CDMA service providers like Reliance and Tata Indicom. Winner: Samsung Nokia appeared seemingly heading towards becoming the flagship bearer of the Windows Phone operating system, but it has stunned everyone by announcing a phone with the Android operating system. Many have criticized the company for not adopting this Google powered operating system, but they seem to have answered this calls by the launch of the Nokia X. Unlike most of the Android phones in the market, this device uses the free version of the software. One of the phones competing alongside it will be the Samsung Galaxy Core. Philosophy: The Android operating system found on the Nokia X is vastly different from the one found on the Galaxy Core. The latter uses the traditional Android OS along with the Touchwiz user interface to deliver a similar design to most Samsung users. Nokia, meanwhile, tries to bring the best of both worlds. It  not only offers the popular Android operating system with its huge availability of apps, but it also provides the phone its own ecosystem of apps. This is largely built upon the maps, which have till date emerged as one of the greatest competitors of the Google maps. Power: Like the philosophies, the way the phones approach the user are also extremely different. Samsung manages to leap ahead through the use of a slightly powerful processor and significant amount of additional RAM. It comes with specifications of a dual core 1.2 GHz processor and 1 GB of RAM. This is a sharp contrast to Nokia, which offers the Nokia X with a dual core 1 GHz processor and 512 MB of RAM. The difference with regard to power end here because both phones came with the same snapdragon processor and Adreno 203 graphics processing unit. They also come with the Android 4.1 version as standard. The user interface, though, is highly differentiable between the two devices due to the usage of the touchwiz user interface of the Samsung. Google Application: Bringing the full version of the Android operating system in the Samsung has its own advantages since the phone includes a number of Google apps by default. Google search, YouTube, Gmail, Calendar are some of the different Google elements that come integrated with the phone. However, they can be introduced on the Nokia X as well, but most users will prefer their being inbuilt rather than having to install separately. CHAPTER 6 Researcher has analysis the data that are provided by different customers in Gangtok. Researcher further explain the information in the format of pie chart as follows: INTERPRETATION: It is clear that 50% users use Samsung, 34% use Nokia and rest 16% use other phone. INTERPRETATION: we overall can see that 20% of Nokia users are satisfied with the product and 23% of users are not satisfied. Along with this 27% of  Samsung users are satisfied with the product they use and 23% are not satisfied. INTERPRETATION: As we clearly see that most of the mobile phone users are ready to purchase cell phone just because of its brand name and rest 33% are denying with the brand name purchasation. INTERPRETATION: It is clear from the above pie chart that most of the Nokia users says that Nokia gives the good battery back up as compare to Samsung mobile phones. And it is being positive vive within the Nokia users about their preferences. INTERPRETATION: It is noticed that 53% of Samsung users agreed that Samsung mobiles are very good in business point of view because Samsung provide different apps to carry such business work. And 40% Nokia users believe in Nokia for business work. INTERPRETATION: It is clear from the above chart that 67% Samsung users believe that Samsung mobiles provides better camera clearity as compare to Nokia phones. And 33% Nokia users believe that Nokia provides better camera clearity. INTERPRETATION: The above pie chart shows that only 33% of Nokia users believe that Nokia mobiles provide better sound quality. And rest 67% of Samsung users believe that Samsung mobiles provide good sound quality. INTERPRETATION: It is true answer given by Samsung users that Samsung phones provide better dual sim phones as compared with Nokia mobiles phones. Samsung provide dual sim facility right from mid-range phone to top-end phones. INTERPRETATION: It is a tie result from the above pie chart that both the Nokia and Samsung mobile users believe that both the company provides more cell memory storage right from internal storage to external storage. INTERPRETATION: From the above pie chart it is being clear that 67% of Samsung users believe that Samsung mobile has better screen resolution and 27% of Nokia users believe that Nokia mobiles has better screen resolution. CHAPTER 7 SUGGESTION: After completion of field work on questionnaire, objective and based on the data collected, researcher has analyse and made some suggestion according to it. They are as follows: †¢Researcher have seen that 50% users use Samsung mobile phones as compare to Nokia. So, Nokia should focus on the user accessibility and promote their products for the users. †¢Researcher has found that users are very much satisfied with the Samsung handsets. So, the Nokia should provides customer satisfaction either through their apps or various facilities within the handsets. †¢As the brand name provides trust within the customer and are ready to purchase just because of brand name. So, both the company should try to upgrade their handsets widely according to the users. †¢It has found that most of the users are satisfied with the Nokia battery back-up as compare to Samsung. So, in this regard Samsung should improves their battery back-up and retain their market. †¢It has been seen that camera clearity provided by Samsung is most trustable as compare to Nokia as 67% users believe in Samsung’s camera clearity. So, Nokia should focus in their camera so that it does not loss their interest from the users. †¢It has been seen that Samsung has multiple options available in top-end smartphone segment whereas Nokia just has 1 decent popular phone in this segment i.e., Nokia N8. So, Nokia should try to launch new and more top-end segment phones to compete with Samsung. †¢In dual sim phones Samsung is clearly a winner. Nokia just has a couple of dual sim phones. So, to beat Samsung, Nokia should improve their dual sim phones right from entry level phones to top-end phones. CONCLUSION: Over the last two decades the mobile phone market has gone through tremendous changes, with unbelievable products and rapid growth in the market. The growth of the market is still continued. Nokia is using its creative marketing strategies to hold its market through strong positioning and  competitive strategy in order to beat the competition. Whereas Samsung establish many stores to increase the visibility of the brand promotion. Samsung adopt various marketing strategies like celebrity endorsement, corporate advertisement for promotional of their product and capture the market as well. As the popularity of Nokia mobile phones is quite scarce within the Gangtok area as compare to the Samsung mobiles phones, which is highly popular within the teenagers and old age persons of Gangtok. Lastly, if the company continue to tailor its strategies according to the needs and wants of the target market, it chances for success in the market will increase even more. 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Modeling the Exchange Rate and Balance of Payments - Essay Example Many countries use financial institutions, central banks, to invest in several monetary and financial systems and other resources in their quest to predict exchange rate and determine international trade as well as a balance of payment. Several theories have been forwarded to determine the value of exchange rate and balance of payments, and in this summary, we will discuss the determinants of a balance of trade, the IS-LM-BP approach and the monetary approach in relation to the two (Melvin and Norrbin, 225). The elasticity approach to the balance of trade explains that the economic behavior involves satisfaction of the unlimited wants with limited resources. One effect of this is that consumers and business firms end up substituting the expensive good for the more affordable ones as prices change to stretch their budgets as far as they can. Relative prices normally change relative to demand and supply for individual goods. Such changes may be caused by an alteration in tastes, the method of production, government taxes, or subsidies amongst other possible causes. If the changes concern the prices of goods at home relative to the foreign goods, the international trade patterns may actually be altered. The elasticity approach to the balance of trade involves the way changing of relative prices of the domestic and foreign goods will affect and possibly change the balance of trade. Furthermore, it provides an analysis of how the issue of devaluation affects the balance of trade in relation t o the elasticity of supply and demand for foreign exchange and foreign goods in the concerned market (Melvin and Norrbin 226). The devaluation of a country’s currency domestically normally raises the price of foreign goods in relation to the domestic goods within that country.

Ethical and nonethical Essay Example | Topics and Well Written Essays - 750 words

Ethical and nonethical - Essay Example (Ethical 2011) Un-ethical is simply the opposite of ethical, or an action that avoids the moral issues surrounding said decision. Non-ethical simply calls for a lack of ethical obligation one way or the other. Someone can be un-ethical, however, an object cannot be. Though the object can be non-ethical and in fact by definition is. An example is a vehicle which is non-ethical by default as it cannot make decisions or reason and therefore cannot be un-ethical. Some examples of ethical issues in the workplace can be related directly to me in that ethically I am bound to complete the tasks given to me according to the agreement made to work in said workplace. Additionally ethical dilemmas may arise when called upon to preform outside of the set duties given to me by my mangers. I could perform the work however, would expect additional pay as a result, otherwise the management is preforming in an un-ethical manner. Generally outside of that there are only personal ethical dilemmas such a s potential relationships within the workplace with coworkers, policy is such so that personal fraternization is frowned upon and seen as a potential ethical dilemma. Specifically this would become a serious breach of ethics and policy if that fraternization was occurring between a member of management and a non-management employee. The reason for this is that anyone fraternizing in a manner that could possibly be influenced or influential upon the others career is a serious breach of ethics and in most companies policy as well. This has not occurred at this point, however it is a clear example of an ethical dilemma. Ethical,. (2011). definition of ethical. Retrieved from http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ethical Second questions- The three models of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) are the economic model, philanthropic model and the social web model. The Harvard Kennedy school of business defines Corporate Social Responsibility as, â€Å"beyond philanthropy and compli ance and addresses how companies manage their economic, social, and environmental impacts, as well as their relationships in all key spheres of influence: the workplace, the marketplace, the supply chain, the community, and the public policy realm.† (Corporate Social Responsibility, 2011) Understanding the definition of the term CSR is an important part of understanding which model is the most persuasive personally. In looking to the text and additional resources the idea supporting the social web model seems the most appropriate of the three models. The social web model is a beneficial model for society as a whole and provides support through interaction versus simply giving services or products away or selling for a profit. People chose to interact simply because that is what humans and other animals do, they socialize and travel and live in groups. The social web model helps align the goals of the corporation with the daily life challenges and decisions faced by all those i nvolved in the local or global society. While this is a beneficial approach for other humans it may not always reflect as such with the bottom line, especially when profit is required by stockholders in any publicly traded corporation. As a result the most utilized CSR model is likely the economic model, a balance of economic decisions based on the need for profit and the need to contribute to the social web as

The Islamic Empire Essay Example | Topics and Well Written Essays - 1000 words - 2

The Islamic Empire - Essay Example The Muslim physicians were very early and keen experimenters too, and they invented many surgical techniques and dietary improvements. Unlike Christian doctors of the period, they believed in active intervention to heal people and had considerably more success than western monks and nuns, who mainly offered basic nursing and religious support. 3 The Christian Crusades started out as pious journeys which individuals made as a way of doing penance for their sins. They were extensions of local pilgrimages to various churches and holy places and people banded together to set off for Jerusalem, which was revered above all places on earth because of its association with Jesus Christ. Over time the need for protection against the hazards of the journey grew more intense, whether from opportunist robbers or from some powerful Islamic figures who resented the Christian presence on their lands. The people who went on the large scale and well-armed pilgrimages were usually noblemen and their en tourage, and they were motivated by greed and a sense of adventure, rather than religion. Kings and churches supported the crusades also for political and economic reasons since they distracted people from troubles at home and offered chances to bring back spoils of war. Inventing a horrible enemy encouraged people to become mercenaries and defend their own culture. In an imitation of Islamic ideas, the concept of a â€Å"Holy War† was used to drum up support but in fact, a lot of this was just propaganda with no real basis in fact.

Summery for <the contemporary global economy> Essay

Summery for - Essay Example Because of its potential benefits, governments and other stakeholders as well as advancements in technology have ensured sustainable globalization. However, critics argue that globalization is responsible for adverse socio-cultural, economic and environmental conditions in developing nations. Critically assessing chapter four, this article relates to the production of cocoa for export in Ivory Coast. The arguments in the article resonate with the story of cocoa production in Ivory Coast. In Ivory Coast, cocoa produced finds its way to foreign market, mainly the United States because of globalization. However, the cocoa is produced from small farms under forced child labor and is subject to fluctuating world market price. Farmers in Ivory Coast have no say on the prices paid for their cocoa. As such, they are compelled to seek cheap labor, which has been found on forced labor. From the article, it is apparent that globalization promotes international trade by opening up new markets for products of countries and firms. However, developed countries seem to benefit more from globalization than developing countries. As such, it would be better to implement international trade laws checking on unhealthy competition, price stability and equal benefit of all participants in international

The Executive Branch of the Russian Federation Essay

The Executive Branch of the Russian Federation - Essay Example Furthermore this assignment leads to know that how the presidential power that have been increased since last decade or more is affecting the whole Russian Federation. It is an attempt to discuss the critical and dramatic relationship of the two main characters of the Russian politics that have been swapping and grasping the most important position of the executive branch since last few years. In the way to make it more authentic references of books, internet and journals has been presented. The Russian Chief of the State/President According to the Russian federation constitution 1993 the president of Russian Federation is the head of the state and as well as the chief of the state. According to The Constitution of the Russian Federation 1993, â€Å"The President of the Russian Federation is the head of state, Supreme Commander-in-chief and holder of the highest office within the Russian Federation. Name of the Presidents and their ruling periods Boris Yeltsin After the cancelation of USSR in December 1991 Boris Yeltsin came to power on June 1991 with a leading victory of 57% votes and elected as the first President of Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic. ... Dmitry Medvedev: After the presidential rule of Vladimir Dmitry Medvedev became the new president of RSFSR and served his nation as a president from May 2008 till May 2012. Vladimir Putin was elected as a prime minister of ESFSR by The president Medvedev. Vladimir Putin: In 2012 Putin again won the presidential election and got back his presidency from Dmitry Medvedev and has been serving as a president since May 2012. 2. Brief Definition of the Executive Branch According to the (Pascal Elizabeth 3) Executive Branch is the Branch of Government responsible to carry out the Law. Executive Branch of Russia President: Prime minister is the head of the executive branch of the Russian Federation and according to the Constitution of Russian Federation the President is the head of the State of RSFSR. The president gets elected by the election that held after a gap of six years and was the amended form of elections duration occurred 4 years before 2008. Concurring to the law a candidate had t o win more than 50% of the total votes cast in the Election. If no one of the candidates gets 50% then the top two candidates had to compete in 2nd round of Election called run-off election. A president was allowed by the law to compete for the 2nd time for the president but not allowed to compete in the third time (Thomas Grove and Gabriela Baczynska, â€Å"Anti-Putin protesters show their strength in Russia†). Prime Minister: The Executive Power of Russian federation mainly shares between president and prime minister but President includes more power due to the authorities to appoint a Prime minister with the assistance or approval of the Duma. Prime minister is also the Head of the

CUSTOMER SERVICE Essay Example | Topics and Well Written Essays - 1000 words

CUSTOMER SERVICE - Essay Example In addition, if the language used in the query or reply is not courteous and polite, the customer is most likely not to reply back. Directly addressing customers or Phone call follow-ups: This type of follow-up has mixed results. Either they will be annoying for the customers making their responses the same annoyed ones or planning to get rid of the person or honest opinion will be given. Usually this is entirely dependent upon the person calling or talking to the customer. If they are polite, friendly and precise, the customer is more likely to give an honest opinion rather than just wanting to get rid of the question being asked. The call centre is outsourcing its services to various small companies. Their aim is to expand their services to larger outlets. For the time being, their focus is providing the best possible services to the customers. These services are prompt and accurate. For this purpose, they train every employee in the specified product information they are servicing before letting them work in the call centre (Kotler et al., 2009). This training enables them to be precise and helpful to the customer as much as they can. They also focus on hiring people with a pleasant personality, clear accents and voices so that the customer does not feel offended talking to them. Professionalism is highly encouraged here in all aspects whether it is answering queries or helping a difficult customer out. Rewards are also given to employees who offer the best support for the month. Employee input for improvement in service is also taken under consideration. The local mart also has a high value of customer service. It is a family run business and slowly they are expanding due to their high service quality, word of mouth and repeat customers. Their policies include always putting the customer first. Any sign of discomfort or dissatisfaction is

Victoria’s Dirty Little Secret by Adam Lenhart Essay Example for Free

Victoria’s Dirty Little Secret by Adam Lenhart Essay Audience—whom are you telling about the ad? The audience to whom this position paper is directed would be to marketing students who are interested in what makes an ad successful and impactful. Purpose—why are you telling them about how the ad works? The purpose for informing people about the advertisement, as stated previously, is to use it as an example of successful advertisement for an audience of marketing students who are studying what marketing is and how to use it. I want to explain what is good about the ad and what successful methods and characteristics are utilized. Context—where, when, and how are you addressing them? (Imagine them reading this paper) If there was a manner in which to address individuals it would be by presenting the essay within the context of an academic textbook or journal, so that the students can use it in their own studies. Thesis—what overall point are you trying to make? (Use it as an example for great marketing. ) Please list the ad’s own audience, purpose, and appeals here. Advertising is an important aspect of any business, and in the case of this Victoria’s Secret advertisement it is obvious that the only way to inform the public about the company’s environmental obligations is to bring to light this aspect of their business practices to the public, the bad and the worse. By understanding what makes this an effective advertisement, those in the business of marketing can learn what makes an ad successful and influential. Organization—what points are you going to make and in what order? Why did you choose that order? (i. e. , why do you think this order will be most successful with your readers? ) 1. ) To introduce the ad 2. ) Explain what the ad means. 3. ) Explain what makes the ad effective in conveying its message. 4. ) Urge marketing students to understand what these types of ads are good for. I feel that this order will be most successful with my audience because it will lead them through the good points of the ad and show that what makes it successful and admirable as a form of this type of ad campaign. ROUGH DRAFT – VICTORIA’S DIRTY LITTLE SECRET by Adam Lenhart In marketing there are a number of ways that a message can be delivered to the public. In many advertisements, the goal of the marketing department is to sell a product, but in the case of some advertising campaigns the goal is to inform the public about the business practices of a particular corporation or company. In this form of advertising, a more over the top and bombastic approach is utilized to grab people’s attention. While some people will perform such lofty messages with little tact, there are those out there who are creative enough to present a clear message in an over the top manner that will shock people into confronting the truth of the message, and this is the key to the advertisement’s success. Such is the case with Forest Ethics’ campaign to awaken the public in regards to â€Å"Victoria’s Dirty Little Secret. † So what is â€Å"Victoria’s Dirty Little Secret? † Basically, the lingerie company Victoria’s Secrets publicizes its stock by way of a large catalogue that chronicles the multitude of clothing items that they offer for sale. Of course, the catalogue is printed on paper, a great deal of paper, as there are literally tens of thousands of catalogues printed every year. Since the production of paper requires the deforestation of rain forests, the purpose of Forest Ethics’ ad campaign is to raise public awareness by shocking the public with the true facts as to the devastation that the catalogue printing business is causing. The goal of the marketing campaign is therefore to cause the public to think logically and carefully about the business practices of Victoria’s Secret, not about their products. Ultimately, there needs to be a question asked in regards to whether or not this is a â€Å"great† ad. To answer that question, one must provide a twofold answer. First, is the ad great on an aesthetic level? Second, is the advertisement effective in bringing about the proper response that the ad is supposed to bring. Onto the first part: the ad is successful because it is creative, shocking and effectively delivers an expository message. In other words, it is very clear in what it seeks to present. If there was a negative to the ad, it would be that the ad is a bit too expository in its design, but similar ads targeting the cigarette makers were quite effective in terms of changing public opinion about smoking, so perhaps an overly expository message is not as bad as it would seem. As for the second part, the effectiveness of the ad is contingent on the personal feelings of those who see the ad. In other words, there will be certain people who just don’t care about deforestation. Oh well. There will be some people who will take the ad to heart and follow its directives, so to that degree, it can be a successful ad. In terms of what this means to marketing, this type of ad is an example of how strong advertising and shocking images can meld together. To a certain degree, the effectiveness of the manner in which the ad advocates change rests on the ability of the ad to force those who see it to confront their hypocrisy. That is to say, if a customer who has purchased a great deal of inventory from Victoria’s Secrets is an individual who espouses a platform of environmental advocacy, then the individual must make a decision as to whether or not actually commit to making a change in terms of supporting a business that is an â€Å"enemy of the state† as far as environmental disasters go, or to reverse one’s purchasing decisions as a means of convincing the power to be at Victoria’s Secret to reverse their policies and, perhaps, expand online catalogue distribution as opposed to the traditional paper method. This is the ad campaign’s goal and through their use of an informative ad with a photograph that immediately grabs the audience’s attention, they are successful in their goal. While the advertisement is a bit excessive in the manner in which it presents its subject matter and thematic concerns, it is a creative ad that can help sway opinion and drive people to action simply by presented a very bombastic message that is virtually impossible to ignore. In this type of informative advertising campaign, this is what is needed to make the campaign a success. FINAL DRAFT – VICTORIA’S DIRTY LITTLE SECRET by Adam Lenhart In marketing there are a number of ways that a message can be delivered to the public. In many advertisements, the goal of the marketing department is to sell a product, but in the case of some advertising campaigns the goal is to inform the public about the business practices of a particular corporation or company. There are a number of different methods in which a specific ideological message can be delivered. A manner of delivery that falls into the category of polite speech is, sadly often ignored. Because of this, bombastic, over the top approach is utilized to deliver the message. While certain individuals will present bombastic messages with no regard to tact, there are those who possess a faculty of creativity that allows them to present a clear message in an over the top manner that will shock people into confronting the truth of the message. Such is the case with Forest Ethics’ campaign to awaken the public in regards to â€Å"Victoria’s Dirty Little Secret. † So what is â€Å"Victoria’s Dirty Little Secret? † Basically, the lingerie company Victoria’s Secrets publicized its inventory by way of a large print catalogue that itemizes the multitude of clothing items that they offer for sale. Of course, the catalogue is printed on paper and there are literally tens of thousands of catalogues printed every year. Since the production of paper requires the deforestation of rain forests, the purpose of Forest Ethics’ ad campaign is to raise public awareness by shocking the public with the true facts as to the devastation that the catalogue printing business is causing. In this form of advertising, the goal is not to sell a product to the public but instead to make them aware about a certain aspect of the company’s business practices and â€Å"sell† them on the idea of protesting against it. The goal of the marketing campaign is therefore to cause the public to think logically and carefully about the business practices of Victoria’s Secret, not about their products Ultimately, there needs to be a clear examination as to whether or not this is an effective ad campaign. In short, is the ad a â€Å"great† ad? To answer that question, one must provide a twofold answer. First, is the ad great on an aesthetic level and secondly, is the advertisement effective in bringing about the proper response that the ad is supposed to bring. Much of the ad is effective in the way it parodies the classic 1970’s style sexist ads. It is effective in the way it throws those conventions out and takes what is supposed to be visually stimulating and turns it into a visual nightmare. Granted, it is a bit over the top, but it still manages to be effective. The ad is creative, shocking and effectively delivers an expository message. In other words, it is very clear in what it seeks to present. If there was a negative to the ad, it would be that the ad is a bit too expository in its design, but similar ads targeting the cigarette makers were quite effective in terms of changing public opinion about smoking, so perhaps an overly expository message is not as bad as it would seem. In terms of what this means to marketing, this type of ad is an example of how strong advertising and shocking images can meld together. As for the second part, the effectiveness of the ad is contingent on the personal feelings of those who see the ad. In other words, there will be certain people who put their personal purchasing freedoms above any political or environmental advocacy and have no real interest in the problems of deforestation. However, the ad will be successful if it reaches a decent segment of the population and is able to convert a portion or percentage of said demographic. To that degree, the ad can be extremely successful and therefore it becomes an example of good marketing of a concept or idea, as opposed to marketing a product. To a certain degree, the effectiveness of the manner in which the ad advocates change rests on the ability of the ad to force those who see it to confront their hypocrisy. That is to say, if a customer who has purchased a great deal of inventory from Victoria’s Secrets is an individual who is sympathetic to a platform that endorses environmental advocacy, then the individual must make a decision as to whether or not actually commit to revoke support for a business that is an â€Å"enemy of the state† as far as environmental disasters go, or to reverse one’s purchasing decisions as a means of convincing the power to be at Victoria’s Secret to reverse their policies and, perhaps, expand online catalogue distribution as opposed to the traditional paper method. Also, by publicly exposing the Victoria’s Secrets company the ability for consumers to claim plausible denial about the deforestations the company has been responsible for is greatly reduced if not outright eliminated. This is the ad campaign’s goal and through their use of an informative ad with a photograph that immediately grabs the audience’s attention, they are successful in their goal. While the advertisement is a bit excessive in the manner in which it presents its subject matter and thematic concerns, it is a creative ad that can help sway opinion and drive people to action simply by presented a very bombastic message that is virtually impossible to ignore. In this type of informative advertising campaign, this is what is needed to make the campaign a success. If the actions of the public are changed by the message that the ad conveys then the advertisting campaign has accomplished its goal.

Development of an Air Pack

Development of an Air Pack An air sack is an inflatable pad intended to secure vehicles inhabitants from genuine harm on account of an impact. The air sack is a piece of an inflatable limitation framework, otherwise called an air pad restriction framework (ACRS) or an air pack supplemental limitation framework (SRS), on the grounds that the air sack is intended to supplement the assurance offered via seat cinchs. Seat cinchs are still expected to hold the tenant safely set up, particularly in side effects, back effects, and rollovers. After locating an impact, air packs swell in a split second to pad the uncovered inhabitant with a huge gas-filled cushion. A regular air pack framework comprises of an air sack module (containing an inflator or gas generator and an air sack), crash sensors, an analytic observing unit, a guiding wheel interfacing loop, and a pointer light. These segments are all interconnected by a wiring tackle and fueled by the vehicles battery. Air pack frameworks hold a store charge after the ignition has been turned off or after the battery has been detached. Contingent upon the model, the reinforcement power supply keeps going between one second and ten minutes. Since segments indispensable to the frameworks operation may sit lethargic for quite a long time, the air pack hardware performs an inner individual test amid every startup, generally showed by a light on the instrument board that gleams quickly at every startup. The accident sensors are intended to keep the air pack from swelling when the auto goes over a knock or a pothole, or on account of a minor crash. The inflator fits into a module comprising of a woven nylon sack and a break-away plastic horn cushion spread. The module, thus, fits into the directing wheel for drivers-side applications or more the glove compartment for front traveler applications. In a frontal impact proportional to hitting a strong hindrance at nine miles every hour (14.48 kilometers every hour), the accident sensors spotted in the front of the auto identify the sudden deceleration and send an electrical sign enacting an initiator (in some cases called an igniter or squib). Like a light, an initiator contains a slender wire that warms up and infiltrates the charge chamber. This causes the robust synthetic force, mainly sodium azide, fixed inside the inflator to experience a quick compound response (usually alluded to as a pyrotechnic chain). This controlled response produces safe nitrogen gas that fills the air pack. Amid sending the stretching nitrogen gas experiences a process that decreases the temperature and evacuates the vast majority of the ignition deposit or slag. The stretching nitrogen gas blows up the nylon sack in under one-twentieth (1/20) of a second, part open its plastic module cover and blowing up before the tenant. As the tenant contacts the sack, the nitrogen gas is vented through openings in the once again of the pack. The sack is completely swelled for stand out tenth (1/10) of a second and is about collapsed by three-tenths (3/10) of a second after effect. Talcum powder or corn starch is utilized to line within the air pack and is discharged from the air sack as it is opened. History The air bag traces its origin to air-filled bladders outlined as early as 1941 and first patented in the 1950s. Early air bag systems A commonplace drivers-side air sack fits conveniently on the directing wheel section. If there should arise an occurrence of a crash, the accident sensor sends an electric flash to the inflator canister, setting off a compound readion that creates nitrogen gas. The gas stretches, expanding the air pack and securing the driver. were vast and massive, essentially utilizing tanks of layered or warmed air, compacted nitrogen gas (N 2 ), freon, or carbon dioxide (CO 2 ). A percentage of the early frameworks made dangerous results. One specific framework utilized black powder to high temperature up freon gas, delivering phosgene gas (Cocl 2 )—an amazingly noxious gas. One of the first licenses for vehicles air packs was honored to mechanical architect John Hetrick on August 18, 1953. Brought about by Hetrick after a close mischance in 1952, the outline required a tank of packed air in the engine and inflatable packs on the controlling wheel, amidst the dash-board, and in the glove compartment to secure front seat inhabitants, and on the once again of the front seat to ensure back seat travelers. The power of a crash would push a sliding weight forward to send air into the sacks. Numerous different designers and analysts stuck to this same pattern, all investigating somewhat diverse plans, with the goal that the definite specialized trail from the early outlines to the present framework is difficult to note with sureness. In 1968, John Pietz, a scientist for Talley Guard Frameworks, spearheaded a robust charge utilizing sodium azide (Nan 3 ) and a metallic oxide. This was the first nitrogen-creating robust force, and it soon supplanted the more seasoned, bulkier frameworks. Sodium azide in its robust state is harmful if ingested in expansive measurements, yet in auto applications is precisely fixed inside a steel or aluminum holder inside the air pack framework Since the 1960s, air pack prepared autos in controlled tests and regular utilization have exhibited the adequacy and dependability. The Protection Organization For Thruway Wellbeing led an investigation of the national governments Deadly Mischance Reporting Framework utilizing information from 1985 to 1991, and inferred that driver fatalities in frontal crashes were brought down by 28 percent in cars outfitted with air sacks. As per Readiness of the charge, the initial phase in air pack production, includes consolidating sodium azide and an oxidizer. The charge is then consolidated with the metal initiator canister and different channels to structure the inflator gathering. an alternate study directed in 1989 by General Engines, the mix of lap/shoulder wellbeing cinchs and air sacks in frontal crashes decreased driver fatalities by 46 percent and front traveler fatalities by 43 percent. Because of customers expanded wellbeing concerns and protection industry weight, the central government has constrained car producers to redesign their security characteristics. To begin with, Bureau of Transportation (Spot) regulations oblige all autos, starting with model year 1990, sold in the United States to be furnished with an aloof limitation framework. (Latent restriction frameworks obliging no actuation by the tenant include the utilization of programmed seat sashs and/or the utilization of air sacks.) If auto makers pick an air pack, then regulations require just a driver s-side framework until model year 1994, when air sack prepared autos must incorporate detached security on the travelers side also. A 1991 law obliges driver and traveler air sacks in all autos by the 1998 model year and in light trucks and vans by 1999. Raw Materials As expressed over, an air pack framework comprises of an air sack module, crash sensors, an indicative checking unit, a controlling wheel associating loop, and a marker light. Both this area and the following (The Assembling Methodology) will concentrate on the air pack module itself. An air sack module has three principle parts: the air pack, the inflator, and the charge. The air pack is sewn from a woven nylon fabric and can come in diverse shapes and sizes relying upon particular vehicle necessities. The drivers-side air sack material is fabricated with a high temperature shield covering to ensure the fabric from burning, particularly close to the inflator gathering, amid arrangement. Talcum powder or corn starch is likewise used to cover the air sack; either substance keeps the fabric from staying together and makes it less demanding to collect. Fresher silicone and urethane covered air sack materials oblige practically no high temperature shield covering, in spite of the fact that talcum powder or corn starch will presumably still be utilized as a transforming support. The inflator canister or body is produced using either stamped stainless steel or cast aluminum. Inside the inflator canister is a channel get together comprising of a stainless steel wire network with ceramic material sandwiched in the middle. At the point when the inflator is collected, the channel get together is encompassed by metal foil to keep up a seal that anticipates charge defilement. The force, as dark pellets, is principally sodium azide joined with an oxidizer and is regularly placed inside the inflator canister between the channel get together and the initiator. The Manufacturing Process Air sack creation includes three distinctive separate gatherings that join to structure the completed deciding item, the air pack module. The charge must be made, the inflator parts must be collected, and the air pack must be cut and sewn. A few makers purchase effectively made parts, for example, air packs or initiators, and after that simply collect the complete air pack module. The accompanying portrayal of the assembling methodology is for driver-side air pack module get together. Traveler side air sack module get-togethers are delivered marginally in an unexpected way. Propellant The fuel comprises of sodium azide combined with an oxidizer, a substance that helps the sodium azide to blaze when lighted. The sodium azide is gotten from outside merchants and examined to verify it adjusts to necessities. After investigation it is set in a safe stockpiling spot until required. In the meantime, the oxidizer is gotten from outside sellers, reviewed, and put away. Diverse makers use distinctive oxidizers. From capacity, the sodium azide and the oxidizer are then precisely mixed under modern modernized methodology control. As a result of the likelihood of blasts, the powder handling happens in detached shelters. In the occasion security sensors distinguish a sparkle, fast downpour frameworks will drench entire rooms with water. Creation happens in a few excess littler offices so that if a mischance does happen, generation wont be closed down, just diminished. In the wake of mixing, the fuel mixture is sent to capacity. Presses are then used to clamp the force mixture into plate or pellet structure. Inflator assembly The inflator segments, for example, the metal canister, the channel get together stainless steel wire network with ceramic material inside—and initiator (or igniter) are gotten from outside sellers and investigated. The segments are then gathered on a profoundly robotized creation line The inflator sub-gathering is joined with the force and an initiator to structure the inflator get together. Laser welding (utilizing CO 2 gas) is utilized to join stainless steel inflator sub-gatherings, while erosion inertial welding is utilized to join aluminum inflator sub-congregations. Laser welding involves utilizing laser pillars to weld the congregations together, while grinding inertial welding includes rubbing two metals together until the surfaces get to be sufficiently hot to join together. The inflator get together is then tried and sent to capacity until required. Air bag The woven nylon air sack fabric is gotten from outside merchants and assessed for any material imperfections. The air sack fabric is then kick the bucket slice to the best possible shapes and sewn, inside and remotely, to legitimately join the two sides. After the air pack is sewn, it is expanded and checked for any crease blemishes. Final assembly of air bag module The air sack gathering is then mounted to the tried inflator get together. Next, the air pack is collapsed, and the breakaway plastic horn cushion spread is introduced. At long last, the finished module get together is investigated and tried. The module get-togethers are bundled in boxes for shipment and afterward sent to clients. Other components The remaining segments of the air pack framework the accident sensors, the analytic checking unit, the controlling wheel joining loop, and the marker light are joined with the air sack module amid vehicle gathering. All the parts are joined and impart through a wiring saddle. The air pack parts are bite the dust remove of woven nylon, sewn together, and bolted. The pack is then painstakingly collapsed so it will fit inside the plastic module spread. Quality Control The quality control part of air pack creation is, clearly, critical in light of the fact that numerous lives rely on upon the security characteristic. Two noteworthy territories where quality control is discriminating are the pyrotechnic or charge tests and the air pack and inflator static and element tests. Fuels, before being embedded into inflators, are initially subjected to ballistic tests to foresee their conduct. A delegate specimen of inflators are pulled from the creation line and tried for legitimate operation by a full-scale inflator test, which measures weight made by the produced gas inside an extensive tank 15.84 or 79.20 gallons (60 or 300 liters)—versus time in milliseconds. This gives a sign of the inflator frameworks capacity to deliver a measure of gas at a given rate, guaranteeing fitting air pack expansion. The air packs themselves are investigated for fabric and crease blemishes and after that tried for breaks. Computerized investigations are made at each phase of the generation procedure line to distinguish botches. One air pack producer utilizes radiography (x-beams) to think about the finished inflator against an expert setup put away in the machine. Any inflator without the correct arrangement is rejected

Financial Derivatives Advantages and Disadvantages

Financial Derivatives Advantages and Disadvantages CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND Financial derivatives are often an efficient policy of the risk management as they are been used in modern economy worldwide. Financial derivatives grow on huge scale and very significant into well accepted definitions, measurement and the revelation of the conventional financial accounting essentials. Financial derivatives have many advantages and they have been used worldwide. Though, some risks occur in the use of financial derivatives, the management of the financial derivatives become more essential in the modern economy. With the rapid growth of the modern economy, more financial risks exists during the development process which involves the frequent use of financial derivatives, the use of the derivatives assist against potential risks and use of financial derivatives also reveals to the user a huge risk. Financial derivatives are also important through the progress of financial derivatives. Globally, the world economy is fast growing which is leading to so many difficulties in the financial derivatives worldwide which are creating more problems for financial derivatives. However this problem requires the introduction of regulatory body such as government to take over in order to supervise the financial derivatives. The supervision of financial derivatives plays a vital role in modern economy while lack of regulation in financial derivation will lead the financial market into disorder, chaos and confusion. This might destroy the entire nations economy. Financial derivatives without regulation will attract a big potential economic risk. For the financial market globally, such economic crisis affects the economy worldwide. OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY The Peoples Republic of China has a huge economy which is growing rapidly. There are various types of financial derivatives in china, which are widely used in the financial market. This research will analyze the financial derivative in Chinas financial market and also discuss the classic supervision (regulations) and the analysis of the performance of the supervision procedure. China financial market, its advantage and the risks that exist in the classic financial derivative in China will also be reviewed. This research will reveal major classic in the various types of financial derivatives in china and verify the uses of all the financial derivatives in order to demonstrate its performance of those financial derivatives. The supervision of financial derivatives will also lead to reviewing the Chinas financial environs. The major purpose of this research is to establish the usage of financial derivatives against the financial derivatives. The findings of the research from both the financial derivatives and role of supervision in China will provide an overall insight in the China financial market and also conclude by making some recommendation on the usage of financial derivation and the status of the supervision of financial derivatives in China. STRUCTURE OF THE RESEARCH This research reviews the overall literature on financial derivative in the past with a focus on the impact of the financial derivative, the benefits of the practise of financial derivative and the potential risk of the use of financial derivative. The supervision of the financial derivative analysis will be reviewed with the use of Journals and report. Subsequently, this research work will focus on the case study for the research methodology; the case study is Chinas financial market. This research model information is gathered from both Chinas financial market and the supervision of the financial derivatives in China. Information is however collated in china using the position of a standard financial derivative in China. Using the position of a standard financial derivative in China, the analysis of financial market in China is reviewed with some journals and reports which were used as the data in support of the research and the most vital data is collected by the Chinese national statistics. The research will use both the qualitative and quantitative analysis method, this used to analyse the research data. From the research of classic financial derivative that is practised in China and the supervision of its financial derivatives. This research will adopt the SLEPT method (Social factor, Legal factor, Economic factor, Political factor and Technological factor) to review the countrys financial markets while the SWOT (Strengthen, Weakness, Opportunities and Threats) method will be used in reviewing the financial derivative in the direction of the Chinas financial market, the functions of the supervision of the financial derivatives in China will also be reviewed. Finally, there will be brief conclusions and provide some recommendations on both China financial for market and supervision of the financial derivatives. The limitations of the study will be highlighted and references for further reading will also be listed at the end of this research. CHAPTER 2 LITERATURE REVIEW THE IMPACT OF FINANCIAL DERIVATIVE Financial derivatives have direct influence on the organization as it is a good policy of risk management. Froot et al (1993) observed that the peak level of investment and capital spending are selected at the same time. They recommend that financial cost risk management should have a particular dominant goal; this enables the company to have access to cash to make price improving investments. The risk management model rely on the fundamental premises that the essentials of establishing corporate value is creating good investment and the essentials to creating good investment is generating adequate cash within, in order to use it to find those investments. Nance et al (1993) and Mian (1994) discover statistically important clear relationship between the tax credits and the practise of risk management instruments. Dolde (1995) reported a clear and an important relation between tax loss carry forwards and the practise of risk management instrument which include hedging. Bhandari (1997) found that calls for supervision through a rise in legislation are not generally accepted. Although the main focus of the supervisory body is that the stability of inter market could be strictly undermined without greater supervision. Guay (1999) studies financial derivatives responsibilities in organizations by initiating derivatives practises. The outcomes were consistent with organization practising derivatives to hedge and not to expand, entity risk. Organization risk is measured in different ways which reduces following the use of derivatives. The study observes a decrease in risks and decisions to introduce derivatives programs vary from hedging. The outcome highlights the significance of hedge accounting laws that incorporate the influence of derivatives and hedged items at the same time. Fender (2000) discovered some basics of corporate finance of monetary economics examine the influence of corporate risk management policies on the monetary transmission system. They employed an easy model of a financial speed up to sort the information asymmetries, they are the core of the entire models of the transmission system, it establish motivation for corporate hedging activities, that is cash flow administration, they realise that these principles, in turn, reduce the influence of monetary policy degree which is lower to the clear cost of capital effect. Billing (2002) described the reasons behind the protection and enlightened on how auditors should review the different problems raised from the utilisation of financial instrument. Heilliar et al (2004) accessed the influence of financial reporting standard 13: Derivatives and different financial instruments, implementations and disclosures which focus is on the treasury department responsibilities. The researchers deliberately conduct interviews with the workers of the UK treasury department in order to review their behaviours towards and observed the impact of FRS 13. At large, the treasurer reply at an advantage to the standard and carefully reviewed the narrative disclosure to be specifically useful. The numerical disclosures were comprehensive and focused. The rapid growth in the financial derivatives also has an influence on Chinas financial market. Ba Shusong (2004) believes that financial derivatives have played a vital role in the growth of Chinas market. Subsequently, El-Masry (2006) stated that big firms often used derivatives than average or smaller firms, public companies often use derivatives than the private companies. The use of derivatives is ultimate in the midst of international firms. The findings reveals that most firms that do not use derivative instrument is attributed to the fact their experiences are not important and the major reasons they avoid derivatives are, they focus on the experiences required by FASB rules under derivatives activity, fees of creating and sustaining derivatives activities go beyond the expected profit, foreign exchange risk is often managed with derivatives and interest rate risk is often managed with derivatives and interest rate risk is risk that is subsequently managed risk and the study reveals that the main reason for the use of hedging with derivatives is supervising the volatili ty in liquidity. Bartram (2006) explores the incentive and use of non financial firms with respect to using options in managing risk activities. The study realized that an important number of 15 55% of the companies not within the financial sector practise the options which shows the fact that options are very flexible risk management instrument which can be useful to hedge different types of exposures both linear and non-linear, it also discovered that it rely on the correlation between price and quantity risk, the optimal hedge portfolio involve different combination of both linear and non linear risk management instruments. The accounting ways and the effects of liquidity can influence the selection of derivatives. Eckstein et al (2008) studied the impact of organization using derivatives which applies Statement of Financial Account Standards (SFAS) no 133; it shows the degree of cumulative effects of differences in accounting formulas from the annual income statement adopted, market response to earnings pronounced and the major effect of financial ratio. The outcome reveals that the important negative unpredicted returns were noticed around earnings pronouncement dates. Abnormal earnings correlate with the cumulative effect instead of the differences in earnings per share from operations which reveals that surprises connected to changes in accounting, it is also established that companies with resources unrealized profit and losses are connected to hedging with derivative instrument. THE MERITS OF FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES There are several advantages of financial derivatives from 1990s McAllister and Mansfield (1998) studies the responsibilities and ability of financial derivatives investment property portfolio management and also focus on the difficulties of direct investment in commercial property. They also analyse and the major principles and all different types of derivatives, they rounded it up that the possibilities of financial derivatives to mitigate most of these difficulties which are connected to direct property investment that are studied. They also decided on Property Index Certificates (PIC) have been narrowed by down with shareholders and ought to produce rise in interest rate and the use of derivatives product within the assets both in the UK and global institutional shareholders. Tyler and Stanley (2002), Counter Sheedys call for further readings through the practical examination of the equity derivatives market in US and UK, quarrelling that while link in this market do, to a certain degree, showing features a typical of broader and indeed inherent, to over-the-counter derivative exchange. After that, Zivney et al (2006) discovers the possibilities of using dividend plans by individual shareholders. This plan was raised from the 2003 tax law changes which reduce tax rates on dividends received while abandoning the short term tax rate on capital losses unaffected. Freeman et al 2006, realize that the credit derivatives market is control by high ranking banks and insurance firms that engage in business among themselves. The growth of credit derivatives market develops into more liquid and transparent. Freeman emphasized that there are various easy and practical ways in which organisation can use credit derivatives to manage risk to show the empirical strengths and weakness of a particular approach. Klimczak (2008) produced a detailed assessment of the main contemporary firms hedging theories. The study focused on a sample of 150 companies listed on the Warsaw stock exchange which shows features shared by companies using hedge. RISKS ATTACHED TO FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES From the above literature review it is no gain saying that financial derivatives are advantageous on risk manages of finance. However, some risk occurs in the operation of financial derivatives. Financial derivatives have been faced with so many criticisms this mostly is due to large loose because of leverage and borrowing. Laker (2008) examined that as the derivatives permit shareholders to earn huge returns from small movement in the basic assets price. Though shareholder might lose more money if the basic asset price moves against them drastically and the financial derivatives might expose shareholders to counter party risk and all types of financial derivatives have different risks at different level to this effect. Also financial derivatives will stand as an unsuitable large amount of risk for little and mostly for shareholders who lack experience as financial derivatives offers chances of huge rewards and so many attractions even to individual shareholders. However, speculation under derivatives most presumes a great deal of risk consisting commensurate experience and good market idea which favours a small shareholders, this is the purpose why some financial advisers are opposing the use of these instruments. Derivatives are complicated instrument as forms of insurance in transferring risk among a ll parties involve which presume an additional risk. Laker further identified that financial derivatives often have a huge estimated value, as a result of that there is a high level of risk and shareholders might lose much without been compensated. As stated by Berhire Hathaway inc. (2002) on the annual report, that there is a possibility that this could result in a chain reaction and subsequently in an economic crisis. Also Rawles (2006), financial derivatives enormously leverage within the economy, which makes it more complex for the basic real economy to facilitate its debt requirement and restricting the real economic functions which often lead to economic recession. THE SUPERVISION OF FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES ANALYSIS The supervision of the financial derivatives should be acknowledged as both the advantage and risk that are present in financial derivatives. Though, there are few journals which analyse the supervision of financial derivatives, in the late 1990s, Shah (1996), identified that in the rise of huge losses from derivatives dealers and end users in modern years, many issues are being highlighted as regards the regulatory structure that is necessary to supervise and control the use of derivatives, it disagree that the principle in which the issue can be resolved by strict internal policies whereas regulators assume it is necessary for more precise oversight is misplaced though it still can be use for hedging, Derivatives involves high risk technology which often pose problems for regulations and its functions. Recently, Kern (2001) identified that the global regulation of financial markets became obvious in the 1970s with regards to post Bretton Woods liberalisation of financial markets. The removal of the fixed exchange rate equal the outcome of gold in the privatisation of finance risk, which established tension to eliminate the functions of cross border capital movements and more deregulation of the financial market. However, there is need for general regulatory body to build safe and reliable financial institutions such as bank through an efficient management as systemic risk in general market. Also it is necessary for international standards of supervision to also be acknowledged to avoid solvent in the financial institutions in one jurisdiction from the business to collapse to a less reputable institutions functioning in other jurisdictions whose rules only allowed cut rate financial services and more risky financial functions. The privatization of financial risk leads to establishme nt of financial institutions to blow out their risks over to many resources and functions which lead to an important rise in short term cross border portfolio asset which could reveal capital importing nation to increase system risk which was cause by volatility of such investments. Gilnen Tabak (2007) established a new substitute for gathering information on risks that exists in financial institutions which assist in analysing the risk tools which are found in risk management. This method assists risk managers, supervisors in analysing the potential risk in financial institutions because of derivatives position. The main idea is the linear financial instrument which is also referred to the traditional method often used by management risk system it assist in decreasing roles in risk factors and defend the responsibilities of financial derivatives while the non-linear instrument have roles with different options which are represented as clear as European options. The study shows the proposed method captured the risk occurrence in policies that consists of options with an accepted error margin. CHAPTER 3 DATA ANALYSIS AND METHODOLOGY CASE STUDY The case study of this research will be the the Republic of Chinas financial market; this research analysis will focus on the Chinas financial market, together with the growth of the socialist market of the real economic structure. Chinas financial market is growing with the ongoing exploration. Currently, Chinas financial Market is essentially established as a pure division of the financial system. Chinas financial Market has started forming and many financial commercial have been developed, this includes Bonds, Stock and commercial bills. The capital loan and a bargain securities markets were established steadily after 1985. During the 1988, treasury bonds were established in the transfer market in major and average cities in china. In 1990 shanghai stock exchange was created and 1991 Shenzhen stock exchange was also created. Both stock exchange in 1999, release 98 A shares and 117 subsidiary shares, increasing 87.7 billion Yuan, which increase the total number of companies listed to 976; the aggregate increase in foreign capital is about US$610Million with the use of issuing B and H shares. China releases 1.5Billion Yuan of A shares which can be transferred into bonds. In 1994, 94.1 billion Yuan was realised from issuing and selling stocks. The level of the transaction in the stock exchange by 1999 surpass 5,000 billion Yuan and it was summed up to about 401.5billion Yuan which was the value of government bonds issued and 191.1 billion Yuan was government bonds value in cash. This fund has successfully improved the financial status of the listed companies and a rise in the sources of money for technological transformation of the public banks and financial markets. In recent years, the financial market in China has been undergoing a rapid growth, Neftci and Yuan, Michelle (2006), stated that China financial markets shows about $2 trillion and are anticipating the market to grow to about $10trillion by 2008, the china financial market continues to expand its investment with a view to ensure that their operations are successful. RESEARCH AND DATA COLLECTION There are different types of financial derivatives found in Chinas financial market which are vital for the growth of Chinas financial market. The use of the financial derivatives has led to many financial difficulties in the rapid growth of the financial system, there is need for regulators to be more effective and implement more laws on the supervision of the financial derivatives. This will help to determine and regulate the stability of both the China financial market and the supervision of financial derivatives in china. Classic materials similar to the financial market and financial derivatives in China will be used as a guide. Other source of materials will be from the internet, textbooks and journals. This research work is structured to determine the supervision of the financial derivatives in China. The China financial market is chosen as a case for the analysis. The source of the main data is from China, National Statistics of China; and few of the firms annual report will be used for the data analysis. This research work will further focus on the nature of the Chinas financial market and the outcome of the financial derivatives in China and the supervision structure of the financial derivatives in China. The SLEPT (refer to Social factor, Legal factor, Economic factor, Political factor, Technological factor) method will be used to examine the general system of the China financial market, it will also focus on the classic findings of financial derivatives and also on China financial system in order to examine the nature of the financial market in China. From the results, the research will be based on the nature of the financial derivatives in China to examine the impact, introdu ction, growth, transactions and practise of the financial derivatives on the Chinas financial market. This research will also examine the supervision of financial derivatives in Chinas financial market in agreement with related articles and also to make some recommendation on the supervision of the financial derivatives in China. DATA ANALYSIS The qualitative and quantitative methods are both used to analyze the data. Under the qualitative analysis method, the materials such as journals and all information gathered from the internet are related to Chinas financial market and the supervision of financial derivatives, the report of the classic financial organisation will all be gathered as part of the qualitative assistance to the analysis. Some major dialogue by the classic economist in China will also be the main issues for the qualitative analysis; this is due to lack of interviews by government officials and financial managers of most firms. Generally, the secondary materials used will be part of the quantitative analysis, which will certainly show the problem of this research. As far as the quantitative analysis method is concerned, data and information will be gathered from different firms. The most significant data is gathered from the China National Statistics. Other information and data are gathered from various reports from different firms. It is difficult to make a questionnaire with this research because the research problem is comprehensive. The major source of information and data are gathered from the internet and few reports from the government are the main structure for the quantitative analysis. The major limitations are the quantitative method in this research is the lack of an individuals observations and analysis on financial markets and the supervision of the financial derivatives. CHAPTER 4 SUMMARY OF FINDINGS CLASSICAL FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES USED IN CHINA China commissioned a model in financial future exchange in 1990s. Ba Shusong (2006) stated that the core financial derivatives are the foreign exchange futures, stock index futures, warrants, convertible bonds and national debt future. Few of them do not function any more, although model is not so successful, it was importance for a lot of valuable experiences. However, with the growth in China financial market, the financial derivatives perform well and will return to China financial market and a fresh product which correspond to the requirements of the growth of economy; this will be additional expansion and will certainly play a vital role in the Chinas financial market. Foreign Exchange futures; Gregory (1995) stated that inside the foreign exchange market, each price in a market is a relative price, which shows an equal rate. In the late 1980s and from the beginning of 1990s, China was completely accommodating for financial derivatives and control method of suitable opened. From 1984, the local enterprises and companies can trade the offshore foreign exchange futures via the stock broking company. This will assist in requirement for hedging of local banks corporations and swap the foreign exchange role. The first ever foreign exchange swap of China exchange market was commissioned June 1992 in shanghai. The transaction in the foreign exchange futures in local have been displayed and developed from time to time. Later on, the Shenzhen foreign exchange centre was due for approval of foreign exchange futures transactions. (Ma Qingquan 2003). Ma Qingquan (2003) later on accessed the inner and external foreign exchange future and realized that they all have some difficulties which enabled the government of Chinese to take a bold step to resolve and restructure the foreign exchange market. From 1993 to 1995, during this era, the Chinese government has continuously ordered the closure of unlawful foreign exchange futures brokerage firms. All the local foreign exchange in China did not operate extensively due to absence of regulators which lead to failure of the implementation. National debt futures; the national debt future is another method of interest rate futures; it is after the most growth of financial futures in China. The national debt future was originally found December 1992 in china. The shanghai stock exchange commission was the first contact of national debt future. In the year 1993, the transaction scope of the general debt futures had been worn out mainly, the individuals and brokers was given access to the market. The Beijing commodity exchange also welcomes the transaction of national debt futures. However, the national debt future was unripe for development; this followed the 314 contract irregularities storm in Shanghai stock exchange in Sept 1994 and 327 contract irregularities storm in February 1995 also emerge. May 1995, concluded the transaction of national debt future which finally collapse. Convertible Bonds; Convertible bonds are part of growing process of the growth of Chinas Stock market. Basically convertible bonds have a slight resemblance with stock options. (A stock option is also known as executive stock options). Little (2008) refer to a convertible bond is a kind of bond that can be switch into shares, bonds in an issuing firm. Mostly a few pre-announced proportion which is hybrid safety with same debt and equity characteristics. Ba Shusong (2006), the convertible bonds have experienced and discovered in over a decade since its first implementation in China, they have been known with many groups and they continue to progress and grow since the growth of the recent social economy of China. The convertible bonds are financial derivatives which agree with state of the growth of China economy. It will grow more and further along with the growth of the Chinas financial market. Warrant, this is a type of derivative protection that gives the owner the ability to buy security direct from the issuer at a given price within a specific period. Warrant are mostly part in a fresh issue which is refer to sweetener this is just to attract the shareholder. Between 1992 to 1996, China has commissioned a lot of warrants, which include sock warrant La Dai Fei, others are Ba oan 93 and Fuzhou East in Shanghai stock market while others warrant was also commissioned in Shenzhen stock market. This include Gui Liugong, Xia Haifa, Min minding, Xiang Zhongyi. However, because of the uncontrolled speculation of warrants, there are important speculations in the drop prices of warrants. The operations of the warrants were dismissed by the national regulatory body in June 1996. The reason for the dismissal is due to the absence of regulators of the financial derivative. Hence, it is observed that the supervision and regulation on all types of Financial derivative is very important than the operation of the financial derivative. As soon as financial derivatives is in operation there is need for government to present a supervision in order to regulate the operations and function of financial derivatives therefore the financial derivatives will grow with health except if it will be dismissed at the closing stages due to the disorder of the financial market. In conjunction with the reform of the part construct of warrants, the issue of the warrants were present in the outline again. This is due to bearish and bullish choices with the features of the warrants. It has been an efficient way in the movement for safety of the interests of investors and simultaneously, it leads to a rise in flexible payment of the price of the movement of non-investors. According to Xu Peng (2007) since 2007, 27 warrants have been registered in shanghai and Shenzhen stock market. Stock Index Futures; In March 1993, stock index futures surfaced in Chinas Hainan securities and exchange center, which showed as Shenzhen composite index and Shenzhen A share index. This is in line with the global practise, such as creation of deposit system. Unfortunately, stock market was not huge enough; the trading activities stopped functioning in the same 1993 due to speculation inside the market. Ba shusong (2006) further stated that 14years after, (April 2007), After the official commissioning of the Future Exchange Management Regulations, the stock index futures has reverted given that it has been compelled to shut down 14years earlier. This revert will certainly become an important discussion for everyone and local institutions. STANDARD SUPERVISION OF FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES USED IN CHINA The standard supervision of financial derivatives in China can be categorise into 3, namely, the Risk management, this is the major body of the supervision of financial derivatives, the core regulator of the financial market which is a vital way to regulate the financial derivatives and the creation of rules for financial derivatives which is protection for the supervision of the financial derivatives. RISK MANAGEMENT This involves the risk management of the market, the risk management of credit, risk management of liquidity, risk management of operation and legal risk management. Risk management of market; this is referred to as the loss in the rise and fall of interest rates, exchange rate and stock prices. Market risk management shows the status of a bank in a market in order to increase the number of frequency and duration of the market estimation. Lu wendao (2007), refer this technique of market risk appraisal used in China financial market is to compute the potential of changes in the market price, the exposure of risk and to grow contingency policies in order to enable the right of assessment and to accept the changes in the market. Risk management of credit; The risk management of credit failure is to implement derivatives agreements or breach of contract of financial derivatives credit risk which means when the financial institutions such as banks decide to emulate a transaction which is in agreement with certain regulations. It is recommended that bank should focus more on risk diversification rather than avoiding more concentration of transactions. The risk management of liquidity; Xu and Peng (2007), man