CASE IBM : Restructuring The Sales Force In 1993‚ IBM’s Board of Directors decided the time was right for dramatic action. The once proud company had seen its sales fall from almost $69 billion in 1990 to $64‚5 billion in 1992. In the same period‚ profits plunged from $5‚9 billion to a loss of $4‚96 billion. In April 1993‚ the Board hired Louis V. Gerstner‚ Jr. to serve as its new Chairman and Chief Executive Officer and to turn the company around. Just three months into the job‚ Gerstner announced
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Chapter 3 Literature Review of Sales Promotion schemes and Consumer Preference. 3.0 Promotion and Consumption 3.1 Sales promotion Schemes and Consumer Preference 3.2 Brand Equity Measurement 3.3 Sales Promotion Types and Preferences 3.4 Valence of a promotion 3.5 When Promotion is Informative 3.6 Perceived discount 3.7 Store Image 3.8 Name Brand Vs Store Brand 3.9 Change in Purchase intention due to Sales promotions 3.10 Promotion threshold 3.11 Consumer Price Formation : Reference Prices 3.12 Price
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Sales Operation (SOM 222 S) Assignment 1 Date: August 2011 QUESTION 1 1. Proactive approach to determine training needs The training needs assessment is a critical activity for the training and development function. To be effective and efficient‚ all training programs must start with a needs assessment. All training begins with a transfer of knowledge. Through assimilation‚ understanding‚ practice and refinement‚ knowledge is converted into skill. Without a solid understanding
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Research Project Report “CREATING DIFFERENTIATION THROUGH ADVERTISEMENT AND SALES-PROMOTION IN FMCG”: PROBLEMS FACED BY MARKETEERS” Submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirement for MBA Degree program of U P Technical University‚ Lucknow. by:- MOHAMMAD AZEEM Roll No.: 1101170054 MBA – 4TH Semester UNITED INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT ALLAHABAD DECLARATION I MOHAMMAD AZEEN‚ Roll No.1101170054 ‚ a student
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Job Creation or Destruction? Labor-Market Effects of Wal-Mart Expansion Emek Basker ∗‚† University of Missouri - Columbia November 2002 Abstract The phenomenal expansion of Wal-Mart provides a clean case for studying the labor-market effects of increased efficiency. I estimate the effect of Wal-Mart entry on retail employment at the county level. Using an instrumental-variables approach to correct for both measurement error in entry dates and possible endogeneity of the timing of entry‚ I find that
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Leadership development: Case for analysis -Sales engineering division When DGL International‚ a manufacturer of refinery equipment‚ brought in John Terrill to manage its sales engineering division‚ company executives informed him of the urgent situation. Sales engineering‚ with 20 engineers‚ was the highest paid‚ best educated‚ and least productive department. The instructions to Terrill: Turn it around. Terrill called a meeting of engineers. He showed great concern for their personal welfare and
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highlight the different incentives offered by such promotions. An Empirical View of the Different Types of Consumer Promotions in India Expenditure on sales promotion by various marketing companies in India is estimated to be Rs. 5‚000 crore and is growing at a robust pace every year (Economic Times June 15‚ 2003). Companies in an attempt to drive sales offer various kinds of consumer promotions from price offs‚ extra product‚ freebies‚ scratch cards. In the year 2001‚ there were as many as 2‚050 promotional
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Statement of the problem ……….…….……………….…..…. 2 c. Importance Significance of the Study ….………..……..……..3 d. Assumption and Hypothesis …………………………….……4 e. Objective of the study …………..………….……………….…5 * General Objectives ………………...…………………..5 * Specific Objectives …………………………………….5 f. Scope and Delimitation ……………….………………………6 Chapter 2 REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE AND STUDIES a. Input-Process-Output Diagram (IPO) …………………….…...7 * Existing System ……………………………………
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BUSS 5114 - People‚ Organisations and Leadership Study Period 1 2014 Assessment Task 2: Minor Case Study 2500 words (35% of total grade) Read the Buddy’s Snack Company case study below and answer all the following questions: 1. Consider the situation of Lynda‚ Michael and Kyle. Explain how each employee’s situation relates to Equity Theory. 2. Explain the motivation of these three employees in terms of the Expectancy Theory of motivation. 3. Explain how you would attempt to motivate each
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Business Research Appie Case January 13‚ 2011 Appie is a retail chain that owns four supermarkets in Tilburg. These include two conventional supermarkets (the Appie stores)‚ a convenience supermarket (Appie-To-Go) and a hypermarket (Appie-XL). Recently‚ the manager responsible for the Tilburg Appie supermarkets hired a market research agency to learn more about his customers. This agency held in total 110 surveys with Appie customers in Tilburg. These interviews were held outside the Appie
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