Master’s Thesis AN INSTRUMENT TO ASSESS ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE CAPABILITIES FOR e-BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION By Michael Sullivan A Thesis Submitted to the Faculty Of the WORCESTER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science In Manufacturing Management December 2000 APPROVED: Dr. Chickery J. Kasouf‚ Thesis Advisor Francis Noonan‚ Faculty Advisor Edward M. Gonsalves Abstract This thesis investigates organizational change strategies for
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subject company. PART II Internal Analysis This section entails an internal analysis which is more specifically concerned with the company relative to its competitive environment. Here‚ models such as the Competency Framework‚ VRIN Framework and Value Chain Model can be used to analyse resources and competencies that currently exist for the company (and those which might further need to be addressed) in the pursuit of sustainable competitive advantage. The final part of this section calls for a comparative
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better strategic understanding of product markets than the concepts of ‘product’ or ‘commodity’ chains. Abstract This paper will investigate the relevance of three tools for analysing and prescribing remedies for improving company performance; Porter’s Value Chain‚ Gereffi and Korzeniewicz’s Global Commodities Chain framework and finally the Sector Matrix approach as described by Froud‚ et. al. Values and limitations of these approaches will be recognised and discussed via specific references
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Kristin Howell Bus 400 Sec A Dr. Li 30 October 2007 "Citibank Case Analysis" Introduction: Through reading the article titled "Citibank: Performance Evaluation" and performing my own in-depth case analysis‚ I was able to analyze the issues Citibank California was confronted with and determine possible solutions to help run their business more successfully. Although Citibank is a well-run corporation that made necessary improvements in an effort to gain a competitive advantage over their
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Cereal Industry: Global‚ Irish and European Market Size and Growth Rate: Global Figure 1 (Appendix...1) ------------------------------------------------- Year Market Size (Billion) Growth % $ 2004 21.6 2005 22.3 3.20 2006 23.0 3.30 2007 23.8 3.30 2008 24.5 3.30 2009 25.3 3.30 2010 26.2 3.30 2011 27.0 3.30 2012 27.9 3.20 2013 28.7 3.10 CAGR‚
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CITIBANK CASE 1. Citibank should maximize profits in developed countries where there are very large populations with potential customers. The economy in Asia-pacific countries is not as developed as the United States and Europe. Citibank has the opportunity cost of maximizing profits in the United States and Europe for risking the card launch in Asia and not getting results from that. 2. If Citibank decides to launch the new card to Asia-Pacific countries‚ they should go ahead and launch
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Work Specialization is used to describe the degree to which activities in organizations are divided into separate jobs. This means that an entire task is not done by one individual but instead is broken down into jobs done by different people. In Citibank‚ tasks are divided into different jobs according to the requirements and work specialization can be seen. For example‚ in the distribution of debit cards‚ more than one person is involved in the process. There is a CRM (customer relation manager)
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9-595-026 REV: OCTOBER 2‚ 2002 V. KASTURI RANGAN Citibank: Launching the Credit Card in Asia Pacific (A) On a rainy afternoon in 1989‚ Rana Talwar‚ head of Citibank’s Asia Pacific Consumer Bank‚ reflected upon the 11 years that had gone by since the Consumer Bank had established its consumer business in Asia. The branch banking business operations in 15 countries throughout Asia Pacific and the Middle East projected Citibank as a prestigious‚ consumer-oriented international bank and as the
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387 From supply chains to value chains: A spotlight on CSR Malika Bhandarkar and Tarcisio Alvarez-Rivero* 1. Introduction Corporate social responsibility (CSR)1 has become a hot topic in boardrooms across the world. Changes in corporate value systems are being driven by pressures from different actors‚ including governments‚ consumers‚ non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and institutional investors (diagram 1). Multinational corporations (MNCs) have operations spread across the globe‚ relying
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Developing Robust Asset Allocations1 Working Paper First Version: February 17‚ 2006 Current Version: April 18‚ 2006 Thomas M. Idzorek‚ CFA Director of Research Ibbotson Associates 225 North Michigan Avenue Suite 700 Chicago‚ Illinois 60601-7676 312-616-1620 (Main) 312-616-0404 (Fax) tidzorek@ibbotson.com Abstract Over the last 50 years‚ Markowitz’s mean-variance optimization framework has become the asset allocation model of choice. Unfortunately the model often leads to highly concentrated asset
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