6. Success throughout Latin America was driven by the build-out of banks and financial institutions in Brazil and other nations, combined with mergers and acquisitions to strengthen their overall market position.
7. Walmart learned valuable lessons globally and decided to revamp stores and remodel the oldest ones to further increase the quality of the shopping experience in the U.S.
8. Walmart learned how powerful having good relationships with foreign governments can be when the Chinese communist party allowed them to open 10 wholly owned subsidiaries and also pursue joint ventures throughout the nation. The key lesson: wining the trust of a foreign government is key to global growth.
9. Brazilian market expanding as Walmart finds new approaches to selling the idea of mass merchandising to this nations' citizens. Growth in India, Russia and South Africa all driven by Walmart's ability to better...
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In Thompson's version of a bureaupathology, the actions of individuals do not advance society or themselves, but rather the goals and objectives of the bureaucracy itself, which may not even benefit society as a whole. Individual members become subordinates to authority positions that often find themselves overly arrogant, and potentially even corrupt because of the lack of accountability other members of the bureaucracy hold them to. There are a number
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