strategy+business ISSUE 64 AUTUMN 2011 How to Be a Truly Global Company Many multinational business models are no longer relevant. Skillful companies can integrate three strategies — customization‚ competencies‚ and arbitrage —into a better form of organization. BY C.K. PRAHALAD AND HRISHI BHATTACHARY YA REPRINT 11308 features global perspective 1 How to Be a Truly Global Company by C.K. P r a ha lad a nd H r ish i Bhat t acha r y ya Photo illustration by Holly Lindem
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INTRODUCTION 1.1 OVERVIEW We live in an era where telecommunications services hold a central role in every sphere of our lives (Came‚ 1984). Marketers argue with compact confidences that these emerging technologies have the ability to develop our lives and improve it in many ways (Risto‚ 2002). Moreover‚ it has facilitated the instantaneous cost reduction and quality improvement by offering different services by the companies (Douligeris and Pereira‚ 1984). The deregulation in the INDIAN telecommunication
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computer and rant all day through social media but with every click‚ you make money - not for yourself - but for Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook). With every megabyte of data you spend complaining and maligning‚ you make stupendous bucks for Etisalat‚ Glo and Airtel. Over the next two years‚ the number of Nigerian millionaires will
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An Empirical Analysis of the Volatile Stock Behavior at the event of Dividend Announcement: Evidence from Indian Capital Market (National Stock Exchange of India) ABSTRACT This paper analyses the impact of dividend announcement on company stock returns for 25 companies listed in five different indices on National Stock Exchange (NSE) i.e. Indian Capital Market. The study has been conducted with the help of event study methodology for a window of 31 days in total. The study gives a comparative
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Changing face of Indian advertising mascots Air India’s Maharaja which came into existence in the year 1946 and the Amul girl in 1967 are the mascots which captured the hearts of one and all in India. These mascots caught the attention of the consumers as they were charming and connected well with the consumers. Indian corporate have also seen few other mascots like Fido the cool swanky doodle of 7 Up‚ doughboy the sweet little butler of Godrej Pillsbury‚ Gattu who build brand Asian Paint‚ Chintamani
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Securities Dealers Automated Quotations 18. Expand ICICI? Ans: Industrial Credit And Investment Corporation of India 19. "One Family One Bank" is the tagline of which Indian Bank? Ans: Bank of Maharashtra 20. "Express Yourself" is the punchline of Airtel then "Experience Yourself" is the tagline of whom? Ans: Tamil Nadu Tourism 21. "Celebrate Life" is the Tag line of which Company? Ans: Dabur 22. Who was the
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ASSIGNMENT NO.1 Subject: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE Topic: Business Ethics scenario Case Study Date: 7th March 2011 Submitted by: Miss. Janhavi R Joshi Submitted to: Professor Mrs. Monica Khanna 1. Receiving a Holiday Gift: A supplier sends a basket of expensive foodstuffs to your home at Christmas with a card: "We hope you and your family enjoy the ’goodies.’". What action(s) might you want to take? Answer: Ethical dilemma: There are two reasons for such generosity from the Supplier
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SUMMER TRAINING REPORT ON “COMPARATIVE STUDY OF DTH SERVICES AND CABLE TV NETWORK” Submitted in partial fulfillment of requirement of Post Graduate Diploma in Management (PGDM-IB) SUBMITTED TO:- SUBMITTED BY :- Ms. SEEMA AGGARWAL ANKUR SRIVASTAVA O5/PGDM-2011(IB)/19
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Vodafone is the second largest mobile telecommunications company in the world with networks in over 30 countries. They have partner networks in 40 additional countries. In India‚ Vodafone is the third largest mobile network operator behind Airtel and Reliance Communication. It is location in Mumbai‚ Maharashtra with approximately 147.5 million customers. It covers 23 telecom circles in India. Origination of the advertisement In 2003‚ these ads originated in India prior to the acquisition
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The Indian M & A market is far from mature ; IPOs are a better bet for most industries ‘The only constant is change.’ This adage holds very well in the corporate sector. Yes‚ it is true that Indian market is in nascent stage and from decades‚ the rule followed in the business is to grow or die. Companies that do not grow tend to stagnate and destroy the shareholders fund. The need of the hour is either going for public or opt for some strategic M&A. Going public for a company is changing from
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