Citibank: Launching the Credit Card in Asia Pacific INTRODUCTION Citibank is one of the major international banks and it is the consumer banking arm of financial services giant Citigroup. Citibank was founded in 1812 as the City Bank of New York‚ later First National City Bank of New York. As of March 2010‚ Citigroup is the third largest bank holding company in the United States by total assets‚ after Bank of America and JPMorgan Chase. Citibank has retail banking operations in more
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Global Engineering Services With offices in 25 countries and 24/7 coverage‚ Fluor has global engineering and design capabilities to meet its clients’ project needs anywhere in the world. The company’s engineering expertise ranges from traditional disciplines‚ such as architectural‚ civil‚ electrical‚ mechanical‚ piping‚ and structural engineering; to advanced specialties including simulation‚ enterprise integration‚ integrated automation processes‚ and interactive 3D and 4D modeling. During
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Core Competencies A core competency is a concept in management theory originally advocated by CK Prahalad‚ and Gary Hamel‚ two business book writers. In their view a core competency is a specific factor that a business sees as being central to the way it‚ or its employees‚ works. It fulfills three key criteria: 1. It is not easy for competitors to imitate. 2. It can be re-used widely for many products and markets. 3. It must contribute to the end consumer’s experienced benefits. C.K. Prahalad and
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CORE COMPETENCIES OF BUSINESS STRATEGY Core competence an important business capability that gives it a competitive advantage‚ core product made from a business’s core competencies‚ but not for final consumer or ‘end’ user. To be of commercial and profitable benefit to a business‚ a core competence should: • provide recognizable benefits to consumers • not be easy for other firms to copy‚ e.g. a patented design • be applicable to a range of different products and markets. According to Hamel
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TVs and much more devices. One of Netflix’s core competencies is content delivered to your home. Their change in business model from DVDs only to DVDs and streaming reflected this competency and allowed them to access the streaming video market. Content delivery to the home and thru streaming online allowed them to put Blockbuster out of business and many other companies in the market. The latest business decision‚ then‚ actually breaks their core competency in half. The decision splits down a method
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11 core competencies in nursing 1. safe and quality nursing care 2. management of resources and environment’s 3. health education 4. legal responsibility 5. ethic/moral responsibility 6. personal and professional development 7. quality improvement 8. research 9. record management 10. communication 11. collaboration and teamwork CONCEPTS UNDERLYING CORE COMPETENCIES I. PATIENT CARE COMPETENCIES 1. Safe and Quality Nursing Care Core Competency 1: Demonstrates knowledge base on the health /illness
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a more global influence than on their own. Dunkin Donuts is known and has received recognition for their baked goods and coffee which will be crucial to Monster ("Brand Power"‚ n.d.). This core competency would help Monster enter the food business as they have no expertise in that area. A major core competency that both Monster and Dunkin possess would be brand loyalty. Many customers are not willing to go to a substitute which will be a real advantage in this joint
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CORE COMPETENCIES AND FUNCTIONAL STRATEGIES Core competencies are organizational strengths or abilities‚ developed over a long period of time‚ that customers find valuable and competitors find difficult or even impossible to copy. Honda‚ for example‚ is recog¬nized for having core competencies in the engineering and manufacture of small gas- powered engines. Those core competencies have helped Honda conquer numerous mar¬kets‚ including the markets for motorcycles‚ cars‚ lawnmowers‚ jet skis‚ and
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for organizational excellence and strict core values. Dream Athletics will achieve this strive for excellence by hiring‚ developing and implementing a diverse workforce of the highest quality. We operate in four geographic regions which are
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One of the main reasons that Circuit City became so successful is it has core competencies. The core competencies help Circuit get more economic value than its competitors. On the one hand‚ Circuit City made IT investments such as point-of-sale and inventory-tracking technology‚ which help Circuit City to strengthen the connection with retail stores. At the same time‚ the IT support also makes Circuit City can track the details of customer preferences to make the correct decision to trends in a
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