KAY SUNDERLAND: MAKING THE GRADE AT ATTAIN LEARNING 1. Describe Sunderland’s management and work style. What are her sources of power? Sunderland is an experienced and a methodical manager who prepares beforehand for the client meetings. Being the firm’s point of contact with the client‚ she has to communicate the client’s strategy and vision to her co-workers. Though she does not dictate the creative nature of content developers’ work‚ she is unshakeable when it clashes with the strategic objectives
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Loctite Corporation – International Distribution Fifty years of business has been good to Loctite‚ a manufacturer and marketer of adhesives‚ sealants‚ and other related products. Most recently‚ the company has started thinking about its international distribution strategy in Hong Kong; Loctite has turned to its already-established and successful ventures in other foreign countries to explore its potential strategies and find a model for success in Hong Kong and ultimately greater China. Currently
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Japan: The Miracle Years What is the so-called “Japanese Miracle” - How did the Japanese achieve it? GNP increased about 5 times in a span of about 20 years. The country saw a 10.1% compound rate of growth in 17 years. How: * Industrial Policy: government weighs in on what industries are winners vs. losers‚ then supports the winners. * Govt agencies worked together to help shape the future growth and create stability: Ministry of International Trade‚ Ministry of Finance and Economic
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1. How did Philips become the leading consumer electronics company in the world in the postwar era? What distinctive competence did they build? What distinctive incompetencies? In anticipation of the impending war in the late 1930s‚ Philips transferred its overseas assets to two trusts‚ British Philips and the North American Philips Corporation. It moved most of its vital research laboratories to England and its top management to the United States. Isolated from their parents and supported
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detrimental to the business. c. Superior IT systems can only provide a temporary competitive advantage on account of the fact that technology is always changing. Although Wal-Mart may have the best technology systems right now‚ this may not be the case in 5 years if they choose not to update their systems. Although Wal-Mart has the capital to continue to stay abreast with the newest and best technology‚ continual implementation of these systems can be cumbersome even for a company as big as Wal-Mart
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The Article Summary This article explained about how Panasonic overcome their difficulties in expanding their market in China‚ and the failure to make China as a manufacturing based by using competitive advantage strategy and local adaptation. The journey was started in 1978 when Deng Xiaoping visited Japan to ask for help for modernizing China’s industries. So in 1987 Panasonic established the Beijing Matsushita Color CRT. Panasonic started to understand the Chinese market when the market of home
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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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Apple Assignment 2007/2008 _________________________ Historically‚ what were Apple’s major competitive advantages? • Industrial design/Hardware design. • Apples focus and vision. • Integrated approach with software‚ hardware and service. • Patents covering technology‚ “look and feel”‚ interfaces and methods. • Strong legal team to enforce the above. • Dedicated market shares. • Ease of use. • Strong brand. • Brand loyalty. • Marketing. • Steve Jobs. Analyse the structure of
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MKTG461 Moon HBR Case “Introducing New Coke” Executive Summary (1pg): Situation Analysis (2pg): It seems that the most important events throughout Coca-Cola’s history have happened at the end of the United States’ involvement in war-times. From the original invention right after the civil war‚ to share prices falling after World War I leading to a mass re-structuration internally‚ to the company’s involvement with World War II soldiers‚ Coke has continually evolved to stay on top. The
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THE COMPANY Founded in 1903‚ the Harley-Davidson Motor Company set out with a goal of “taking the work out of bicycling” (Austin‚ 2003‚ p.1). Despite beginning in a shed just 17 years prior‚ Harley-Davidson was able to rapidly transform into the world’s largest motorcycle manufacturer by 1920. Along with the establishment of a dominant worldwide presence‚ Harley-Davidson forged a defining company image. Company CEO Jeff Bleustein described Harley-Davidson’s image as “a little bit special‚ a little
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