137 The new new product development game Stop running the relay race and take up rugby Hirotaka Takeuchi and Ikujiro Nonaka In today’s fast-paced‚ fiercely competitive world of commercial new product development‚ speed and flexibility are essential. Companies are increasingly realizing that the old‚ sequential approach to developing new products simply won’t get the job done. Instead‚ companies in Japan and the United States are using a holistic method—as in rugby‚ the ball gets
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army unable of original thought. In the Pirates flags scene in the film‚ when Microsoft visits Apple for a RD session‚ Steve thought he was too clever to be tricked or stolen from. He showed Bill the new graphic user interface‚ let him know that Xerox has pioneered the software‚ (and his theft of it) but never considered that anyone else could share his ambition to take the technology to
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With the recent corporate scandals involving such companies as Enron and Martha Stewart‚ the concept of corporate social responsibility (CSR) has once again made its way to the forefront of contemporary management ideologies. However‚ CSR itself is not a new concept. In fact‚ societies as far back as the Ancient Mesopotamians (circa 1700 BC) incorporated CSR in their businesses. "King Hammurabi introduced a code in which builders‚ innkeepers or farmers were put to death if their negligence caused
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Generation Y: They’ve arrived at work with a new attitude By Stephanie Armour‚ USA TODAY They’re young‚ smart‚ brash. They may wear flip-flops to the office or listen to iPods at their desk. They want to work‚ but they don’t want work to be their life. Jennifer Lewis‚ 22‚ finds it awkward that older employees report expenses to her. By Eileen Blass‚ USA TODAY This is Generation Y‚ a force of as many as 70 million‚ and the first wave is just now embarking on their careers — taking their
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MGMT 670 Mid-Term Exam 1. Explain Vernon’s product cycle in terms of the global development of the market and production of the personal computer. The product life-cycle theory is an economic theory that was developed by Raymond Vernon in an effort to explain observed patterns of international trade and the makeup of trade between countries in the world market. Vernon theorized that products‚ much like living organisms‚ go through stages of birth‚ development‚ growth‚ maturity‚ decline and
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Assignment 1: Kodak And Fujifilm Laura Renee Baxter Management 302 Milton Lawler‚ Ph.D. Strayer University January 23‚2013 Abstract Both Kodak and Fujifilm are companies that focused on photography and imaging as their core businesses. Despite Kodak having an upper hand of starting earlier than Fujifilm‚ 1888 compared to 1934‚ Fujifilm adapted more to market changes and currently still has a force to reckon. Kodak is currently in bankruptcy protection since January 2012 under Chapter 11
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edocs‚ Inc. – Case questions 3. The most important terms for edocs founder Kevin Laracey to further discuss in future negotiations will be the following: • The valuation proposed by the Venture Capital investors‚ a number that could easily be inflated by shopping the deal around as the venture capital market is booming. • The Board of Directors provision‚ as Mr. Laracey wants to make sure that in the first years of the Company he will remain CEO‚ and that the co-founders of edocs will be part
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for Help .........................................................................................................5 EBT Program Purpose .........................................................................................................6 How Xerox Supports the Retailer.........................................................................................6 EBT Program General Policies and Guidelines ..................................................................7 II. Overview of the EBT
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Making differences matter: A new paradigm for managing diversity‚ written by David A. Thomas and Robin J. Ely‚ demonstrates the various types of diversity management‚ the ways in which they work‚ and how they can possibly have an adverse affect on companies. As stated in this article: Our goal is to help business leaders see what their own approach to diversity currently is and how it may already have influenced their companies’ diversity efforts. Managers can learn to asses whether they need to
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Packard‚ Xerox and IBM. However‚ the idea of the personal computer was just gaining speed and this is where both Steve Jobs and Bill Gates found their niche. What many people don’t know about these revolutionaries is that they worked together until Steve Jobs realized that Bill Gates developed Windows from software Apple had designed for their computers. Why is it called "Pirates of Silicon Valley?" The irony of this situation is that Apple stole the “windows concept” from Xerox; hence
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