Needs to be plagiarism free! Introducing Paulaner Beer in Indonesia (Demographics Section) Paulaner is a German alcoholic drink introduced to the market by the Minim friars in 1634. While the beer has been dominant in the market, it has had its equal share of challenges when entering some markets. This paper seeks to discuss the stumbling blocks that Paulaner Brewery may have when introducing the beer in Indonesia. The paper will further look at how and why these challenges would affect the company in the country.

Stumbling Blocks that Paulaner Brewery may experience in Indonesia

Among the challenges that Paulaner Brewery would face in Indonesia is lack of a sustainable market. Home to the world’s largest Muslim population, the issue of alcohol consumption in Indonesia has raised debates in the country for a long time with the current debate revolving on the possibility of banning alcoholic drinks in the country. Although the rate of alcohol consumption in the country remains relatively high, strong Islamic beliefs held by most Indonesians has made it difficult for investors to invest in alcoholic beverages. Consequently, most alcoholic beverages consumers in Indonesia are tourists. However, some Indonesian youths engage in alcohol drinking although this is mostly restricted to urban areas (Grant 98).

The country’s ban on alcohol advertising on media would also mean that Paulaner has limited platform on which to market its products. As a way of regulating alcohol consumption, the government of Indonesia in 1990 banned alcohol advertising on media which has since made it difficult for new entries in the market to thrive. Other forms of alcohol advertising in the country are also governed by strict rules further making it difficult to reach new markets.

Laws on certification on alcoholic products in Indonesia are also strict and can involve a long process before one gets a license. The country further classifies alcoholic beverages in the closed business field meaning that commercialization of any business related to alcoholic beverages is illegal (Grant 98). Consequently, businesses in this industry are restricted from expansion through investment. When the above factors combine, they present a significant challenge to any investor planning to invest the alcoholic beverages industry in Indonesia.

Factors that Might Negatively Impact on a Business

Among the factors that might negatively impact on a business is poor quality products coupled with poor customer services. Equally detrimental is the effect of negative actions by an employee within a business more so when it comes to dealing with clients. Additionally, irresponsible financial management that includes ill-advised investment can also impact on a business negatively. As a short term intervention, it is critical to ensure that a business’ goals are centered on the satisfaction of customers’ wants. Long term strategies include continuously ensuring customer satisfaction, studying market trends to establish key areas to invest in as well as creating a brand reputation.

Conclusion

Establishing a product in market requires adequate prior planning that ensures the product can compete with rival products. While a company can influence some factors that affect the introduction of a product in a new market, some factors such as government regulation and religious beliefs can be challenging to address. It is, therefore, critical to study a market before deciding on its viability to support a specific product.

Works Cited

Grant, Marcus. Alcohol and Emerging Markets: Patterns, Problems and Responses. Abingdon, UK: Routledge, 2013. Print.

The effects of water diagrams Task: The hydrologic cycle The sun’s energy leads to evaporation from water bodies leading tothe formation of clouds on condensation. Cool air in the landmasses causes precipitation of the condensed vapour. The precipitation causes runoff of water across the landscape back to water bodies. The evaporation also occurs on land adding to that which occurs on water bodies.

Creating desert landscapes

The main factor that triggers the formation of desert feature is wind. The movement of the wind coupled by the extreme temperatures in the deserts are the key causes of desert landscape. Hot air rises and spreads northwards and southwards. The air releases its wetness content over the tropical regions creating a low-pressure region. The poles are the origin of dense air descending due to the high pressure. The descending of dense air toward high-pressure tropical zones results in hot dry winds. The resultant wind is devoid of moisture and blows over North Africa, North America and Middle East hence, the desert in the above regions (Concord, 2012).

Glacial action

The descending of glacier results in the creation of features. However, the process is gradual. Glaciers create feature by scouring the earth and depositing material in diverse areas. They drag along rocky material, which is embedded in the glacier. The rock particles scour the earth surface creating certain feature such as horns and arêtes. Additionally, if the gravel emanating from glaciations is deposited it is regarded as moraine. For glaciations to generate distinct features, massive quantity of ice is necessary. However, the receding ice caps have resulted in reduced glaciations (Pidwirny, 2006).

References

Concord. (2012). Biome Background:&nbsp. Deserts. Retrieved on May 26, 2012 from http://www.concord.org/~btinker/GL/web/exploring_life/ecosystems/desert.htm

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Hello, I am looking for someone to write an article on Consumer Price Index, Retail Price index and GDP deflator. It needs to be at least 250 words. CONSUMER PRICE INDEX, RETAIL PRICE INDEX AND GDP DEFLATOR of Mankiw p. 43) definesConsumer Price Index (CPI) as an economic tool used by economists to measure changes in price levels of goods and services consumed by urban households. While referring to the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics, Wisconsin University (2012) defines CPI as the determinant of the average periodical changes in the prices paid by urban households for goods and services consumed. Wisconsin University (2012) further clarifies that CPI does not cover or consider changes in the prices of other commodities like security, water and health among others.

Retail Price Index (RPI) refers to an economic principle used by economists to determine the set of goods and services that a typical household is capable of buying every month (Feenstra, 2002, p. 7). Items covered by this principle include food, housing, heating, petrol and bus fares. According to Grant and Vidler (2000, p. 14), Gross Domestic Product deflator (GDP deflator) is a principle in economics used to measure average prices of all new and final products produced locally in the economy of a given country. The GDP deflator is a crucial economic tool used by leading economists in an economy to determine by what extent a change in the GDP of a given year relied on the price fluctuations of locally produced goods and services (Tracy 2007, p. 21). When regarded collectively, the principles of Consumer Price Index (CPI) and Retail Price Index (RPI) can help in controlling inflation in given products in an economy. For example, the two principles can help a government to determine and fix prices of certain basic goods like food and shelter.

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University of Wisconsin 2012, What is the consumer price index and how is it used? Retrieved August 8, 2012 from &lt. http://www.irp.wisc.edu/faqs/faq5.htm&gt..

Mankiw, N. G 2012, Principles of macroeconomics. Mason, OH, South-Western Cengage Learning.

FEENSTRA, R. C 2002, Scanner data and price indexes. Chicago, University of Chicago Press.

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TRACY, B 2007, Time power: a proven system for getting more done in less time than you ever thought possible. New York, AMACOM

. She Walks in Beauty An Appreciation “She Walks in Beauty” by Lord Byron is a beautiful romantic poem. It describes the beauty of a woman, whomthe poet must have known very intimately. He is all praise for her inner and outer beauty. The excellent words he chooses to describe the physical and moral features of his beautiful lady make the poem melodious and it invokes in the reader the image of some beautiful figure he cherishes secretly. This paper gives a brief personal appreciation of the poem.

The first line of the poem, “She walks in beauty, like the night” (Byron), like the title, catches the attention of the reader. An insatiable urge to know the full details of her beauty grips the reader. However, the comparison of her beauty to the night immediately casts doubts, because the conventional attitude in literature has been to compare beauty to something which is bright. This confusion is immediately lifted with words like “cloudless” and “stars”. The third and fourth lines of the poem, “And all thats best of dark and bright/ Meet in her aspect and her eyes” (Byron), give an excellent description of her superb beauty. Darkness helps the stars to project their glow to their best. Similarly, the dark dress the lady wears promotes the glow of her face. There is a heavenly grace, says the poet, in the glow of her face.

The poet now tries to convey the personality of the lady which her external beauty reflects. “One shade the more, one ray the less” (Byron) would have made her beauty slightly imperfect. The word “grace” now replaces the word “beauty”, because the poet moves from describing the outer features to express her inner qualities. The poet says that “the nameless grace/ Which waves in every raven tress” only shows “how dear their dwelling-place” is (Byron). Her thoughts are “pure”, and they are “serenely and “sweetly” expressed through her face. Thus, the poet has succeeded in turning the attention of the readers from their initial impression. They now realize that the lady not only walks with her physical beauty, but also carries with her a graceful soul.

In the last stanza, the poet devotes three lines to repeat the greatness of her physical beauty by using the word “glow”, in stead of ““beauty”, and then spends the last three lines to explain her moral nature. On “that cheek, and oer that brow/ So soft, so calm, yet eloquent” (Byron) sit the smiles and glow. They speak about her human nature, of her “days in goodness spent”. She has “A mind at peace with all below” (Byron). The apt choice of words makes the poem colorful and meaningful. For example, the word “meet’ in the fourth line of the poem gives the required stress to the central idea, emphasizing that all that is best, “dark and bright/ meet” in her. The punctuation is also important. The first line of the poem ends without a pause, and the beauty of the lady is carried over to the second line to establish its likeness to the “starry skies”. The rhyming, ab ab, in the first stanza is replaced with each line in the second ending with the “s” sound. The last stanza has rhyming in the first four lines as in the first stanza, and the last couplet uses repetition in order to achieve the emphasis of “A mind at peace with all below”. The poem now ends with more stress on her moral side.

The description of a beautiful woman with a graceful heart, who lives a life of serene qualities and always loves peace, is the essence of the poem. A look at Byron’s biography can throw light on the lady who inspired the poet to pen down one of the most beautiful romantic poems in English literature. The poem, like the title “She Walks in Beauty”, moves beautifully and gracefully throughout. All aspects of a lady come for scrutiny in the poem.

Reference

Byron, Lord. “She Walks in Beauty”. 4 March 2009.

http://www.poetsgraves.co.uk/Classic%20Poems/Byron/she_walks_in_beauty.