ASIAN CASE RESEARCH JOURNAL‚ VOL. 9‚ ISSUE 2‚ 283–297 (2005) ACRJ Autobiography of a Manager This case was prepared by Doctoral scholar C. Vijayalakshmi‚ Prof. Satish K. Kalra and Prof. Rajen K. Gupta as a basis for classroom discussion rather than to illustrate effective or ineffective handling of an administration or business situation. Please address all correspondence to: Dr Vijayalakshmi C.‚ Doctoral scholar (OB)‚ Management Development Institute‚ Mehrauli Road‚ Sukhrali‚ Gurgaon – 122001
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Analysis……………………………………. 10 Competitors Analysis………………………………. 13 Business and economic climate…………….. 14 Management structure………………………. 16 Groupon Infrastructure………………………… 16 Future of Groupon……………………………… 17 Recommendations……………………………….. 17 Background * About Groupon Groupon is a website that offers special deal on a product or service in one category on a daily basis. Deals are segmented by location‚ so users do not get information on items that are not relevant to them. The concept is
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1. INTRODUCTION 1.0 BACKGROUND OF SEIKO The company started in 1881‚ when Kintaro Hattori opened a watch and jewellery shop called ‘ K.Hattori’ in the Ginza area of Tokyo‚ Japan. Eleven years later‚ in 1892‚ he began to produce clocks under the name Seikosha‚ meaning roughly ‘House of Exquisite Workmanship.’ According to Seiko’s official company history‚ titled’ A Journey In Time: The Remarkable Story of Seiko’ (2003)‚ Seiko is a Japanese word meaning success. The first watches produced under
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1.1 Starbucks Corporation Company background Starbucks Corporation is an American global coffee company and coffeehouse chain based in Seattle Washington. Starbucks is the largest coffeehouse company in the world. Starbucks Corporation has total 17‚651 stores in 60 countries in the world. Starbucks sells Handcrafted Beverages such as drip brewed coffee‚ hot and iced espresso beverages‚ Frappuccino® coffee and non‐coffee blended beverages‚ smoothies and Tazo® teas. Besides that‚ Starbucks also
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Contributions of Charlemagne During all the history have been a lot of great emperor‚ kings‚ and all the realty stuff which in the past they have a lot of importance because they have to govern the people and also give an example and in a way teach them how to live and be the head of the country. Charlemagne that means Charles the great was the king of the Franks and he expanded his empire greatly. He was a Christian governor and he makes a lot of things to the church and for its country. In the
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------------------------------------------------- Background of Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz ------------------------------------------------- Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz was born August 13‚ 1926. At 13 years old he organized a rebellion against his Father’s sugar plantation‚ showing that even at a very young age‚ Fidel was a natural born rebellious leader. He became a lawyer in Havana‚ however‚ Fidel would often take the cases of people who could not afford to pay him. As a result‚ he struggled
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COMPANY BACKGROUND P&G’s business is focused on how to provide branded products. P&G has built the organization on promoting and rewarding people. They focus on many of the industry segments in which‚ what and how to sell their products. Procter & Gamble was founded by brother-in-laws‚ William Procter and James Gamble on 31 October 1837. The company began by selling soaps and candles. However‚ candle sales became very low after the invention of Edison’s light bulb in 1850 so they stop to produce
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others by way of contributing to this development we should be chary of inferring upon him the medal of fatherhood. When it is said that Chaucer is the father of English poetry‚ and even the father of English literature we broadly mean that his contribution to the evolution of English poetry or literature is much more significant than that of his contemporaries and predecessors‚ and to be similarly rated is his introduction of so many novel features into it. That Chaucer was a pioneer in many respects
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PROJECT BACKGROUND Some people go as far as buying insurance to take care of their own funeral when they die; while others state clearly in their ‘will’ the type of funeral they would prefer. This goes to show that the funeral home business will always thrive as long as human exist. If you are in need of a business that will always provide services that would never go into extinction‚ then delving into the funeral home business should be a business you need to consider. Although most people would
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Introduction Of Business Maxis Bhd ( Background of Maxis Bhd .) -Maxis Berhad is a leading mobile phone service provider in Malaysia ‚ was established on 1995 under the name of Maxis Mobile Sdn Bhd .Which the founder is Ananda Krishnan who are one of the richest man in Malaysia . Maxis Mobile Sdn Bhd operates as a subsidiary of Maxis Berhad. -Since the commencement of commercial operations of its parent company‚ Maxis Communications Berhad‚ in 1995‚ Maxis Malaysian business has been
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