Block Assignment: Philips versus Matsushita: A New Century‚ a New Round Global Business Block Assignment (individual presentation) Case: Philips versus Matsushita: A New Century‚ a New Round Background information Both Philips and Matsushita became successful global companies. Each by its own way. Matsushita became successful based on its centralized‚ high efficient operations in Japan. In contrast‚ Philips did it by leveraging a worldwide portfolio of responsive national organizations
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“Office Gossip. Do you act on rumor or respect privacy?” It was easy for me to make a choice in between the two cases. Gossip is much more palpitating for me‚ especially gossip about somebody’s private life. It is maybe due to my female nature or maybe due to different attitude towards this matter in my ex Soviet Union culture. After reading the case I felt myself completely in the same shoes with a manager. I respect his hesitation and the “softness” of his leadership style. I know I would
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CASE STUDY ASSIGNMENT: Philips vs Matsushita Philips and Matsushita are two principal consumer electronics companies that adopted two different strategies that lead them to some success‚ and later losses. Philips‚ as a multinational company‚ was more into a global organizational portfolio; whereas‚ Matsushita was focusing its operations in Japan. Unfortunately‚ both companies face loss of profitability even if their top managers were putting a lot of effort into the success of their respective
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By Lee A. Zito Philip Freneau interested me from the start because I had never once heard of him. Reading his biography‚ I was surprised that just like John Woolman‚ he too was from New Jersey. As I read the rest of his biography in the book‚ my impression of him was heavily mixed. While he was described to be one of the most influential American poets‚ he was also described as a failure at almost everything he did. I set out to find more information on Freneau and many of the documents that I
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between children’s books and adult books‚ and that there are standards and conditions limit the freedom of writing the book‚ but there are books that are popular among both the young and adults equally. One example of such books‚ is the novel of Philip Pullman "Northern lights" Northern lights is one of the most prominent novels‚ which is common among children and adults..In this essay‚ I am going to talk over how the writer of Northern lights has succeeded in making it the center of attention for
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How the Weak Win Wars: A Theory of Asymmetric Conflict Author(s): Ivan Arreguín-Toft Source: International Security‚ Vol. 26‚ No. 1 (Summer‚ 2001)‚ pp. 93-128 Published by: The MIT Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3092079 . Accessed: 08/08/2013 11:12 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of the Terms & Conditions of Use‚ available at . http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp . JSTOR is a not-for-profit service that helps scholars‚ researchers‚ and
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War is a fact of life. As long as there are humans‚ there will be war. In past times‚ for a man to go to war‚ it was viewed as romantic and heroic. But‚ these ideas have faded and vanished throughout the course of the 20th century. War can be horrific‚ like a bad nightmare‚ and can easily break the human spirit‚ which is not a t all fragile. In his novel‚ "The Wars"‚ Timothy Findley develops the idea that war‚ in and of itself‚ is meaningless‚ unjustified‚ and irrational. PART I "The Wars" is
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The Wars by Timothy Findley “Prior to the writing of The Wars‚ it was unheard of for any writer who had not experienced it first hand to write about "The War to End All Wars". However‚ Findley‚ with his direct and shocking style‚ was able to surpass this barrier and create one of the most acclaimed novels about World War I.” (Acadia) “The Wars remains Findley’s most-discussed book. Based partly on the wartime correspondence of his uncle‚ Thomas Irving Findley‚ and on family photos‚ he wrote
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In a society in the midst of war‚ when faced with an issue related to the battlefields‚ people often need to decide whether they should pursue their own personal desires or choose to conform. The difficult decisions of whether or not a loved one should be sent off to join the war is an issue that the majority of civilians came across during WWI. Perhaps joining the army is something that some people were proud of but yet again many others wanted to keep family members away from the life threatening
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Essay on Wars – Destructive for Humanity. War is‚ without argument the worst collective experience of humanity. It has created new nations on the rubbles of destroyed cities and humans dead. It involves mass killing without humane feelings even if short and swift. Our recent experience with Kargil‚ which was not even not even a full-fledged war‚ reopened the sordidness of military action. Wars‚ when prolonged like the World Wars‚ result in human brutality‚ mass extermination of races and
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