was flat. It is happened because they did the product development in Japan‚ eventhough it is based on customer preferences study. It makes the China plant’s productivity become low. Competitors also hit Panasonic by exporting their product to US‚ Europe‚ and Southeast Asia. In 2002 Panasonic record loss‚ and in the following year Panasonic starts to fix itself. In 2004 Panasonic Home Appliances Company established the China Lifestyle Research Center in Shanghai‚ to get the deep knowledge of Chinese
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HBR Case Study BY EDWARD E. LAWLER III COMMENTARY BY ANNA PRINGLE‚ F. LEIGH BRANHAM‚ JIM CORNELIUS‚ AND JEAN MARTIN Why Are We Losing All Our Good People? Sambian Partners has prided itself on being a great place to work‚ but now talented employees are leaving. What’s going on? MARY DONILLO‚ the head of human resources at Sambian Partners‚ motioned Tom Forsythe‚ Sambian’s assistant director of commercial design‚ to a comfortable chair in her office. It was late on a Thursday afternoon‚ and the
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Alto Saxophone Versus Tenor Saxophone Being a part of band for eight years playing the E-flat alto as my main instrument and dabbling with the B-flat tenor saxophone‚ I learned that even with its similar look and playing techniques‚ there is a few key differences that differentiate them. The two saxophones‚ almost identical in looks‚ are both part of the woodwind section of instruments‚ created by Aldophe Sax in the 1800’s‚ and classified as middle tone ranged with identical fingerings. Yet when
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How does the quality of life in Dharavi differ from the life in Palo Alto and how does it affect the happiness and daily life of its citizens? What factors influence this? Dharavi suffers from a low quality of life and is unable to meet many of its citizens needs. The area lacks privacy as well as sanitation and houses are usually composed of mud and logs. Many factors cause this low quality of life‚ but the main cause is found in history. The area of Dharavi started off lacking lots of proper materials
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Session 3 – Sep. 11 External Opportunities and Threats; Internal Strengths and Weaknesses Read: Day - Scanning the Periphery (HBR‚ Nov 05) (Reserves) Case Preparation: Netflix (Case Pack) 1. What distinctive organizational resources and core competencies has Netflix developed over the course of its existence? Which ones are most important to its survival? 2. Has Netflix developed a sustainable competitive advantage against its
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Discussion and Interpretation of Results The addition of HBr to 1-hexene created a 2-bromohexane‚ as indicated from the ethanol silver nitrate test and sodium iodide/acetone test. The observations when the product was subjected to these tests were similar to what were observed with the 2° bromide compound. When subjected to the silver nitrate test‚ the product produced a precipitate at the same rate of the 2° bromide compound‚ and the product produced a hue of yellow that was also similar to the
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had to go through hardships and it was a critical year for the company. The revenue fell from $8 billion in 2000 to $5.7 billion in 2001. The operating income had turned from a profit of $522 million to a loss of $344 million. Sales in the U.S and Europe had fallen by 30%. In Japan‚ sales and margins drastically reduced by 50%. Meanwhile Apple’s competitors such as HP‚ Dell‚ Intel‚ Microsoft etc.‚ were blooming. Shown below is the graphical representation of the Years vs Total Revenue for the above
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HBR Case Study Why Are We Losing All Our Good People? This is all about a very common trend prevailing in most of the companies‚ Attrition of employees. Very often employees leave a company when they find a better job or some other career option. This is the case of a company named Sambian Partners‚ where Mary‚ the head of HR and Helen‚ the CEO face a lot of problem when Tom‚ one of their trusted employees quits their company and joins J&N which is supposed to be their competitor. Then the
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HBR: Ikea I feel that Mrs. Barner should cut the contract and walk away from the company. As stated in the paper the Indian government does not enforce the laws protecting the citizens from labor issues. I feel this is ingrained in their culture‚ and has been this way for hundreds of years. There is not a guarantee that is will stop in the long term‚ which will lead them‚ to be in the news yet again. Ikea claims that they visited the facility and did not see signs of poor working condition
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elBulli 1. What factors made elBulli the best restaurant in the world? Which elements of the elBulli experience create value for customers? Generally when you think of the best restaurant in the world you would expect a great location in a big city‚ a modern building‚ an excellent customer service and regularly opening hours. All of them have nothing in common with elBulli. It is just different. It is really a challenge to place a reservation at this restaurant and it is even a bigger challenge
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