only in PGDM / Operations and Supply Chain Management by Dr. Sourabh Bhattacharya at Institute of Management Technology‚ Hyderabad (IMT‚HYD) from November 2013 to March 2014. HBR Spotlight The 21st Century Supply Chain COPYRIGHT © 2004 HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING CORPORATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Managing the modern supply chain is a job that involves specialists in manufacturing‚ purchasing‚ and distribution‚ of course. But today it is also vital to the work of chief financial
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MODEL CASE STUDY WITH SUGGESTED ANSWERS SUBJECT: MANAGEMENT PRINCIPLES FOR LOGISTICIANS The Marketing manager of AMK Enterprises‚ Roopali Deshmukh (Deshmukh) stepped out of the conference hall in a pensive mood after an important meeting called by the CEO. The meeting was attended by the heads of various departments in the company and was convened to discuss the targets for the coming assessment year. Deshmukh had a formidable sales target to achieve and wondered how she would be able to meet those
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Case: Zimbra Zooms ahead With One View 2. List And Describe Zimbra S Requirements For A New Market Software. If you are preparing the RFP for Zimbra’s new system‚ what questions would you ask? ANS: Zimbra needed a marketing software package which was highly effective and costefficient. Their new software had to be more streamlined than the old one from Eloqua. Itneeded to focus on lead generation‚ e-mail marketing‚ and Web analytics. Providing acomprehensive sales and marketing automation solution
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Group 7: Cement Industry Top 3 companies: ACC Ambuja Ultratech Work to be done: 1. Analysis of 3 years financial statements. (financial data can be obtained from screener) 2. Ratio Analysis (All the ratios given in the book along with DU point analysis) 3. Common Size statement. How to go about it? Split the group into 3 with 2 members each. Each sub group will be allocated a company for which the analysis has to be done. The list of ratios to be calculated are: Liquidity Ratios:
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CASE STUDY 1: Mega Marketing Consultancy Mega Marketing Consultancy is a 2 year old company and a family business. Mr. Peter Lorenzana is the father‚ Chairman of the Board who is 60 years old with a highschool background only. He will be retiring soon due to his health concerns. He has been an active consultant with other family businesses which are Psyrap Food‚ Inc. and Lorenzana Construction‚ Corporation. Mr. John Lorenzana is the 30 year old son and the General Manager who is an ex-seminarian
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13: ENTRY STRATEGIES IN FOREIGN MARKETS 1 13 ENTRY STRATEGIES IN FOREIGN MARKETS The content of this supplementary note links with the following chapters: 10 (page 249)‚ 13 (page 300) The key role of international development is discussed in Chapter 10‚ in view of the globalisation of the European and of the world economy. One of the critical questions to examine in establishing an international development strategy is to select the entry mode in the target foreign country and the distribution
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Case: The USS Florida The atmosphere in a Trident nuclear submarine is generally calm and quiet. Even pipe joints are cushioned to prevent noise that might tip off a pursuer. The Trident ranks among the world’s most dangerous weaponsCswift‚ silent‚ armed with 24 long‑range missiles carrying 192 nuclear warheads. Trident crews are the cream of the Navy crop‚ and even the sailors who fix the plumbing exhibit a white‑collar decorum. The culture aboard ship is a low‑key‚ collegial one in which sailors
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Health Cruises‚ Inc.‚ packages cruises to Caribbean islands such as Martinique and the Bahamas. Like conventional cruises‚ the packages are designed to be fun. But the cruise is structured to help participants become healthier by breaking old habits‚ such as smoking or overeating. The Miami-based firm was conceived by Susan Isom‚ 30‚ a self-styled innovator and entrepreneur. Prior to this venture‚ she spent several years in North Carolina promoting a behavior-modification clinic. Isom determined
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HBR CASE STUDY Good Money After Bad? Jack Brandon’s initial idea has not panned out‚ and the cash is nearly gone. But he’s got a new plan. Will you back him a second time? by John W. Mullins F Daniel Vasconcellos overlooking the sparkling lights of San Francisco‚ Christian Harbinson gazed across the bay to the hills above Sausalito. “There’s nothing like a vigorous hike‚” he thought‚“to clear the mind before a crucial meeting.” It was a mild March evening‚ and the 35-year-old venture
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Abstract Electronic Arts or better known yet as (EA) is known as one of the biggest gaming development companies still around today. Electronic Arts is the organization in which develops markets and distributes the so called EA games. The man behind Electronic Arts Inc is Trip Hawkins who hired designers and programmers to develop EA games as early as 1982. During that time‚ the company developed only home computing games that laid the foundation of today’s EA games which include the Battlefield
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