this essay is to discuss balanced development and critically discuss why Zambia should strike a balance between agricultural and industrial investments. Balanced development is defined as the creation of equal opportunities for all people to participate in‚ contribute to and benefit from development. The requirement for such a balanced development is human development‚ which is the process of enlarging people’s choices as to what they do and can do in their lives. Balanced development also shows
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Alliance Concrete Executive Summary The economy in which the read-mix industry operates may have a potential slowdown. Despite Alliance’s success and potential growth‚ the company is facing with a difficult decision to choose between renegotiating debt obligations‚ postponing long overdue capital improvement‚ or reducing the dividend payment to National. Being a ready-mix concrete company‚ Alliance’s obligation is to have their product deliver to the customers on time. However‚ the main issue
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What are some of the potential difficulties in approaching strategic planning from a balanced perspective? Isn’t financial performance still the most important perspective to take in planning? Explain. Traditional financial measures – ROI‚ net profit‚ sales growth‚ and market share – fail to capture the true picture of a firm’s value propositions because they focus on the past. They tell the story of what has happened to the organization. They explain the results of past transactions and disregard
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Strategic alliances are partnerships in which two or more companies work together to achieve objectives that are mutually beneficial. Companies may share resources‚ information‚ capabilities and risks to achieve this. A common reason for entering into a strategic alliance is to obtain the advantage of another company’s innovations without having to invest in new research and development. While companies have used acquisition to accomplish some of these goals in the past‚ forming a strategic alliance is
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A typical strategic alliance formation process involves these steps: • Strategy Development: Strategy development involves studying the alliance’s feasibility‚ objectives and rationale‚ focusing on the major issues and challenges and development of resource strategies for production‚ technology‚ and people. It requires aligning alliance objectives with the overall corporate strategy. • Partner Assessment: Partner assessment involves analyzing a potential partner’s strengths and weaknesses‚ creating
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Adding Value Scorecard Contrary to popular opinion‚ the world is not flat. In fact‚ as this author writes‚ a company must understand that there are differences between and among countries. In this context‚ a manager will come to see globalization as an option to be considered rather than an imperative to be automatically taken up. The author offers the ADDING Value Scorecard‚ which managers can apply to assess the option. Most managers - 88 percent in a recent online survey I conducted - think of
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3M Moves to a Customer Focus Using a Global Data Warehouse Dale Goodhue‚ University of Georgia Barbara Wixom‚ University of Virginia Introduction In 1995‚ 3M Chairman and CEO L. D. DeSimone along with his top management team recognized that the focus of 3M had to change. For nearly 100 years‚ 3M manufactured products to make life easier‚ safer‚ healthier‚ and more productive for people in nearly 200 countries. In the excitement of creating innovative products‚ however‚ 3M was ignoring its
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Strategic Alliance In today’s ever changing environments strategic alliances have emerged as a driving force behind the success of many business ventures. Strategic alliances allow companies to expand their reach without having to maximise their risk or commit themselves beyond their core business. Throughout this paper I will be examining the driving forces behind strategic alliances looking predominately at the motivations behind the formation of a strategic alliance and the idea of a multi company
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Experiment 11.1 Conversion of t-Amyl Alcohol to t-Amyl Chloride Using HCL October 27‚ 2011 Purpose: Alkyl halides can be prepared from alcohols by reacting them with a hydrogen halide‚ HX (X = Cl‚ Br‚ or I). The mechanisms of acid-catalyzed substitution of alcohols are termed SN1 and SN2. The “S” stands for substitution‚ the “N” stands for nucleophilic‚ and the “1” or “2” stand for unimolecular or bimolecular. Secondary alcohols react with hydrogen halides by both SN1 and SN2
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Balance Scorecard Study performance measurement in companies whose intangible assets played a central role in value creation. Interest in measurement for driving performance improvements Nordstrom: meets the needs of (Customer relationships and solution rather than price sensitivity.) Goal: obtain desired customer outcomes‚ such as acquire‚ satisfy‚ and retain targeted customers‚ and to build the share of their spending done with the company. Objectives in the learning and growth perspective
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