Term | Definition | Historical Importance | Shogun | Hereditary commander in chief in Feudal Japan | The shogun had all the military power in feudal Japan and had more power then even the emperor who was seen to be as just a symbol. | Sankin Kotai (alternate attendance) | A system started in 1635 that forced all daimyao to travel and stay in Edo for a term‚ where they would then leave their wife and children before returning to their land. | In doing this the Shogun ensured the subservience
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Creating innovation for competitive advantage: A Procter & Gamble case study Introduction Companies must innovate in order to keep ahead of their competitors. If an organisation wants to create a business strategy that keeps it at the forefront of innovation‚ it must develop ways of making that strategy work. Being innovative does not just involve using the expertise of market researchers‚ scientists and product developers to create new products. It also involves using the capabilities
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9-404-124 REV: JULY 12‚ 2005 THOMAS J. DELONG‚ WARREN BRACKIN‚ ALEX CABAÑAS‚ PHIL SHELLHAMMER‚ DAVID L. AGER Procter & Gamble: Global Business Services Dave Walker‚ vice president of Business Service Opportunities and chairman of the Governance Team at Procter & Gamble‚ sat and stared at the reports and presentations that were piled on his desk. As head of the Governance Team‚ Walker was responsible for leading a lengthy review aimed at answering one question: “What should P&G do with its
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1. In the 1980s Japan was viewed as one of the world’s most dynamic economies‚ today it is viewed as one of the most stagnant. According to Hill‚ The Japanese economy has stagnated because in quick succession their stock market collapsed and property prices rapidly followed. Japanese banks found their balance sheets loaded with bad debt and they reduced lending. As the stock market plunged and property prices imploded‚ individuals saw their net worth shrink. Japanese consumers responded by sharply
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Supply Chain Management Case study of Seven-Eleven Japan Company A. Background Seven-Eleven‚ a famous convenience store‚ was established in 1973 and had its first store in Tokyo in May 1974. It was found by Masatoshi Ito while he thought that superstores were the wave of the future after a trip to the United States. The company was first listed on the Tokyo Stock Exchange in October 1979. During 1985-2009‚ the numbers of store and its annual sales experienced tremendous growth that the
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Case Study: Kentucky Fried Chicken Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) is a franchising fast food brand that was founded by Harland Sanders in 1956 and bases its core business in a secret seasoning mix of eleven herbs and spices recipe to fry chicken. The KFC through the last decades became one of the most famous fast food brands in the world with subsidiaries and franchising in different region of the world. One of the purposes of KFC is to stabilize and strengthen its presence in the North Asia
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Procter and Gamble HISTORY American multinational consumer goods co. Headquarters: Cincinnati‚ OH Founded 1839 2012 $83.68B dollars in sales High 3Q 2010 earnings made analysts question if it was attributed to P&G lowering product prices. There are consistent price increases and decreases within the markets of Procter and Gamble. Reverts to pre-crisis 2008 when in inflation in central and Eastern Europe was still climbing. P&G raised prices during this time to off-set inflation
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top-line growth and cost savings‚ but this has often been restricted by companies’ business models and culture. Most companies have contained innovation within their direct circle of influence (apart from some well-known examples such as Procter & Gamble and Philips). But as competition intensifies and existing models of innovation are not enough of a differentiator‚ the way to build market share and create sustainable top-line growth in the future will be through a new‚ alternative approach
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From 1988 onwards‚ Japan made a policy to contribute to international peace. The announcement about it was made by Prime Minister Noboru Takeshita (竹下登)‚ who introduced “International Contribution Initiatives” that included economic cooperation‚ cultural cooperation‚ and cooperation for peace. Japan had claimed a willingness to take responsibility for the past‚ but was still was unable to be more interactive with the UN. In the early 1990s‚ Ichirō Ozawa‚ the LDP Secretary of State‚ criticized the
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PTI: A Gamble Imran Khan is the chairman of Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaf. Imran Khan seems very honest‚ however please keep in mind that he has not been TESTED yet. He has yet to see the power. So we all can only assume that he is and will be an honest person for his country. Running a cricket team is absolutely nothing as compared to running a full country. We all hope that he turns out to be a true honest person and an honest leader for Pakistan even after getting the power. In most of the cases‚ power
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