was established to serve the finacial need of people in the period of be settled by European. Nowadays‚ New Zealand is one of the most competitive and flexible banking industries in the world because of environment and banks’ strategic capabilities. In this assigment‚ the broad macro-environment that influences banking industry will be analysed through PESTEL framework and Porter’s five forces. There are large banks in New Zealand such as ANZ bank‚ BNZ bank‚ and Kiwibank; however‚ just Kiwibank are
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New companies entering the market‚ mergers‚ and globalization‚ on pricing and the sustainability of profits Sustainability at 3M grew from a commitment to both innovation and ethical conduct. By continually increasing sustainability at the economic‚ social‚ and environmental levels‚ we believe we are building a strong‚ vital company today‚ and leaving a rich legacy on which future generation. We recognized early that doing business in new‚ smarter ways would not only create a more viable
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3M Strategy 1) How does your company handle strategy? How does your company handle strategy? Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing‚ also known as 3M‚ is one of the world’s premier manufacturing companies. The 3M Company handles strategy like mostly any other business. The number one reason people go into a business is because they want to make as much money as possible. This can be accomplished if they have a strategic approach to it. For example‚ the most important strategy that 3M uses is selling
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applies to many tech companies. Management should encourage employees to come up with ideas and give employees the time to pursue their inventions. Having said that‚ low rankings employees can’t always get their products up the ladder‚ this is certainly the case for 3M. Products don’t die at 3M‚ but this case study does suggest that many good ideas never materialize to a good product. After all‚ the Post-It success looks a bit miraculous‚ and miracles don’t happen very often. 4. Every 3M researcher gets
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There is no need to change basic corporate culture of innovation at 3M. 3M already has impressive internal strengths and in order to avoid further stagnation and increase company’s earnings per share more cohesive and systematic plan is needed. We would recommend the long term strategy development to increase the efficiency and competetiveness of the 3M products. 3M is fundamentally a science-based company. We produce thousands of imaginative products‚ and we’re a leader in scores of markets -
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Innovation at 3M 3M attributed much of its growth to its innovative products and incremental/extensions of existing products. However‚ of late they hadn’t come up with anything significant and they were stagnating. At this point‚ Ms. Rita Shor implemented the “Lead User Research” methodology to come up with four recommendations on new innovative products and strategy. In my opinion‚ Ms. Shor should put forward their first three recommendations to Mr. Dunlop. They consisted of development of three
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As to the strategy of 3M‚ the company mainly focuses on its innovation. The company improves its products through industrial‚ electronic market and transportation. The examples of the products of the company are waterproof sand paper (the company’s first product) and post-it-notes. The company performance on management is considered visionary because it offered innovative products which holds higher quality and is more convenient in the matter of usage. The CEO of the company has a rule which stated
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3M Optical Systems: Managing Corporate Entrepreneurship MST550 – Capstone Professor Jack Raiton HBSP Case #395-017 Discussion Questions 1. What practices make 3M such an innovative company? 2. What is Any Wong’s role as the OS Unit’s general manager? How effective has he been? 3. What is Paul Guehler’s role as division vicepresident? How effective has he been? 4. What should Andy Wong do with the computer screen AFE? If he gets the AFE‚ should Guehler fund it? Case Outline • • • • • •
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3M The article “Strategic Stories: How 3M is Rewriting Business Planning” is a two in one type of article. The author initially discusses the drawbacks of using bullet point in presentations‚ mainly on how it contains lack of information‚ clarity and attention to the audience. The author continues by giving an alternative way of delivering the idea in mind by a strategic narrative style‚ which captures the audience and delivers the points needed to be made effectively. Throughout the article the
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Case Studies 3M1: Rethinking Innovation Background Large (70K employees‚ $15bn sales)‚ global operations (200 countries)‚ multi-product (50K range)‚ multi-market business. Innovation ‘Claim to Fame’ This company has been around for just over 100 years and during that period has established a clear reputation as a major innovator. Their technical competence has been built up by a long-term commitment to R&D on which they currently spend around $1bn p.a.; this has yielded them a regular position
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