Fanny Cros How to design a winning Business Model? Ramon Casadesus-Masanell and Joan E. Ricart‚ HBR Jan-Feb 2011 Because of the economic slowdown in developed economies and the mature markets more and more companies are encouraged to enter in emerging markets. We can observe an increasing pressure for MNE to enter in emerging economies by targeting middle and low Base of the Pyramid. The leading companies are targeting the BOP in emerging countries (India‚ Africa‚ Asia) by adopting innovative
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(i.e. material) since you can touch it and own it. A service tends to be an experience that is consumed at the point where it is purchased‚ and cannot be owned since is quickly perishes. A person could go to a café one day and have excellent service‚ and then return the next day and have a poor experience. So often marketers talk about the nature of a service as: [pic][pic]Inseparable - from the point where it is consumed‚ and from the provider of the service. For example‚ you cannot take a live theatre
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Case #1. Zipcar: Refining The Business Model The objectives of this case: The Zipcar case was developed to permit students to closely track the development and evolution of a company’s business model in the very early stages of its life. The case describes the development of Zipcar‚ a car-sharing service located in Boston‚ but with national ambitions. The case includes the very first version of a financial model for the business‚ a version that was developed after significantly more research
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The business partnering model and its impact on both the HR function and HR practice Since the concept of the business partnering model was introduced by Ulrich in 1997‚ the composition of the HR function has dramatically changed. As Goodge (2005) identified‚ “partnering is fundamentally changing almost every HR function‚ every HR job‚ and every HR career” (Pg. 32). Ulrich argued that HR needed to deliver on both a strategic and administrative level and identified four key roles through which organisations
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The Seven Layers of the OSI Model Kevin Ludwig Bryant and Stratton College TECH 140 Khaled Sabha 12.08.2009 There are seven layers in the OSI model. Each layer has a function or purpose that is used to set up a network. The International Organization for Standardization began to develop the OSI framework in 1984. The purpose was to have each layer interact with the layer directly beneath it. The layers are starting from the top: Application‚ Presentation‚ Session‚ Transport‚ Network
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September 7‚ 2011 was an epic day for American fast-fashion fans. The Spanish retailer‚ Zara‚ owned by parent company Inditex‚ finally launched its ecommerce site. What on earth took them so long? When I saw the first announcement of their ecommerce launch I ran home and dug through my undergrad course work and quickly produced a case study I’d read in 2003. “Zara: IT for Fast Fashion” a Harvard Business School case study that examined Zara’s IT infrastructure and how it supported their unique
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Amazon.com’s E-Business Model Amazon.com was founded in 1994 as an online book retailer. Now‚ the largest retailer of books has also become the largest online retailer with a customer base of over 30 million people. Amazon competes in a vast array of markets including: books‚ movies‚ digital readers‚ computers‚ consumer electronics‚ pet needs‚ groceries‚ health and beauty aids‚ toys‚ clothing‚ jewelry‚ shoes‚ sporting goods‚ tools‚ automotive‚ hardware‚ building supply‚ and more. Despite their
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assignment‚ task 6 Explain the need for keeping records and describe the types of records you would maintain 1. Good record keeping is an important part of a professional’s task. Records should display clear‚ straight forward language‚ be concise‚ and accurate. They should clearly distinguish between facts‚ opinion‚ judgements and assumption Records are a very important reflective tool for both teachers and learners; it allows you to record the learners’ journey from start to finish. Every
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Agra and see the Taj Mahal. At Agra besides the Taj Mahal they can also seen the Agra Fort and Fathepuri Sikri which was for some time the capital of Moghul Emperor‚ Shahjahan. Taj Mahal is one of the seven wonders of the world. It has both historical as well as cultural value. It is built on the banks of the river Jamuna. Taj Mahal was built by the Moghul Emperor Shahjahan as a mausoleum of his beloved wife Arjmand Begum popularly known as Mumtaz Mahal‚ who died in 1630 A.D. Taj Mahal is an architectural
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Google’s Hybrid Approach to Research Alfred Spector Google Inc. azs@google.com Peter Norvig Google Inc. pnorvig@google.com Slav Petrov Google Inc. slav@google.com 1 Introduction In this paper‚ we describe how we organize Computer Science (CS) research at Google. We focus on how we integrate research and development (R&D) and discuss the benefits and risks of our approach. The challenge in organizing R&D is great because CS is an increasingly broad and diverse field. It combines aspects
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