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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| 3M Company | By Peggy Nenninger | Introduction: 3M Company My interest in 3M Company comes from the fact that my brother used to work for them. Also the diversity and globalization of 3M intrigued me. 3M Company was founded in 1902 in Two Harbors‚ Minnesota as the Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co. (MSN Money‚ 2009) It is now known simply as “3M”. 3M is a primary manufacturer of products for many of the markets it serves. 3M operates in six operating business segments: industrial
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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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Entrepreneurship in South Africa – A Solution by Judian Govender View of entrepreneurship in South Africa South Africa’s national development strategy along with numerous other countries strategies‚ view small business development and enterprise empowerment as an imperative for economic growth.(ACT102‚ 1996). Worldwide there is an acknowledgement that entrepreneurship is an economic workhorse and catalyst.(GORMAN‚ 1997) Entrepreneurship is seen as empowering and is a requisite for emerging countries
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Executive Summary This paper is to find out the marketing plan of England Optical Group (EOG). This paper will focus on EOG‚ optical market and EOG’s main competitor (Focus-Point). This paper will consist of EOG history‚ background‚ weakness and strength and all types of marketing issues. This paper also will consist of optical business environment which included the environment‚ opportunity and threat in this industry. Besides‚ this paper will included some part of Focus Point information about
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Analysis Paper 3M 3M Intro 3M is a Maplewood‚ Minnesota based company. Previously it was named Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing. 3M is an international science based company that develops new technologies to solve real world problems encountered by people and businesses every day. This Fortune 500 Company employs more than 80‚000 employees in 28 states and 65 countries with the majority of the employees outside the United States of America. 3M is broken down into 6 business divisions: Consumer
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References: Beaver‚ G.‚ 2005. Competitive advantage and entrepreneurial power: The dark side of entrepreneurship. Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development‚ 12(1)‚ pp. 9-23. Burgelmann‚ A.‚ 1983. Corporate Entrepreneurship and Strategic Management: Insights from a Process Study. Management Science‚ 29(12)‚ p. 1349. Burns‚ P.‚ 2007. Entrepreneurship and Small Business. 2nd ed. Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan. Fayol‚ H.‚ 1949. General and Industrial Management. London:
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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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Strength : 1) Since 3M Co. holds its consistency in the industry for 80 years of operation‚ rendering good qualities of their products and services satisfying the needs of their customers and clients. 2) Taking risk in expanding of subsidiaries in the global market. Recruiting thousands of employees to be part of the company. Weaknesses: 1) No formal organizational chart was formulated in company. 2) Not advisable to put a word “ AUTONOMOUS” which is subject to its own laws or regulation only
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I did a little research on this‚ but not much. "A good essay‚ but a few grammer errors." I corrected them in the one I submitted to you. Optical Illusions Have you ever looked at something‚ and it appears normal‚ but after a few minutes of thinking about it‚ you find it distorted? The brain and eyes are two organs that work together constantly. Two sources feed visual information to the brain:the eyes and the brain’s memory of past experience. Usually the information is clear enough‚ and you have
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