Consumer Business . China & India Comparing the world’s hottest consumer markets Contents First‚ the basic facts......................................................... 2 Two economic paths ready to converge............................ 4 . Two paths toward retail modernization............................ 5 Rules of doing business................................................... 7 Risks of doing business................................................... 8 . Retailing 2015
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The Core Competence of the Corporation C.K. Prahalad and Gary Hamel Harvard Business Review 90311 HBR MAY–JUNE 1990 The Core Competence of the Corporation C.K. Prahalad and Gary Hamel The most powerful way to prevail in global competition is still invisible to many companies. During the 1980s‚ top executives were judged on their ability to restructure‚ declutter‚ and delayer their corporations. In the 1990s‚ they’ll be judged on their ability to identify‚ cultivate‚ and exploit
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Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2004;2:1061–3. 31. Thimme R‚ Lohmann V‚ Weber F. A target on the move: innate and adaptive immune escape strategies of hepatitis C virus. Antiviral Res. 2006;69:129–41. 32. Golden-Mason L‚ Madrigal-Estebas L‚ McGrath E‚ Conroy MJ‚ Ryan EJ‚ Hegarty JE‚ et al. Altered natural killer cell subset distributions in resolved and persistent hepatitis C virus infection following single source exposure. Gut. 2008;57:1121–8. 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 123
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CHAPTER SEVEN Google—An Entrepreneurial Juggernaut I n 1998 Sergey Brin and Larry Page dropped out of the Ph.D program at Stanford to start Google in a friend’s garage. Along the way‚ they discovered a powerful marketing tool that would revolutionize advertising. Six years later‚ on August 19‚ 2004‚ they took this Internet search and advertising firm public at a price of $85 a share. One year after the initial public offering (IPO)‚ Google stock closed at $280. By 2007‚ the stock had gone over
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[Tutorial: Friday; 2pm-3pm] [Task 2b – Final Report] [TSM313-Technology and Innovation in Tourism‚ Leisure‚ and Events] For From [University of the Sunshine Coast] [Tutor: Vikki Schaffer] [Margaux Chedri 1070739] [May‚ 31st of May 2013] Innovation and Technology in Tourism‚ Leisure and Events Table of content Introduction ........................................................................................... 3! I. Context ......................................................
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The kitchen holds a lot of memories in our lives. From the time our parents nested us a home‚ mother and father had cooked or dined with the family in the kitchen. The walls of the kitchen have many stories to tell and memories to keep. If only it could talk about the memories from the heating stove‚ the clay jar of water‚ the plates‚ the sink‚ the table‚ and all the meals. Truly‚ the kitchen is a cherished place. When I was younger‚ I remember my two widowed aunts tidying up the kitchen. They
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CHAPTER I Background of the Study In the early century‚ pillows at that time are hard and uncomfortable to use. Because that time‚ they only used simple stones as their pillow and from it‚ it developed to stuffed sacks‚ to down pillows‚ to wooden pillows. It takes a range of forms until now‚ pillow is fully developed because now its range span from synthetic fibers‚ to feather to foam. Pillows can be traced as far back as Mesopotamia (today’s Iraq) and ancient Egypt. Head rests were found in
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Balance theory applied to service quality: a focus on the organization‚ provider‚ and consumer triad. Journal of Business and Psychology 12 (2)‚ 99–120. Choi‚ T.Y.‚ Hong‚ Y.‚ 2002. Unveiling the structure of supply networks: case studies in Honda‚ Acura‚ and DaimlerChrysler. Journal of Operations Management 20 (5)‚ 469–493. Cousins‚ P.D.‚ 1999. Supply base rationalisation: myth or reality? European Journal of Purchasing & Supply Management 5‚ 143–155. Cousins‚ P.D.‚ Spekman‚ R.‚ 2003. Strategic supply
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TB0301 Dmitry Alenuskin Andreas Schotter BMW of North America: Dream It. Build It. Drive It. Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black. Henry Ford Introduction In early January 2012‚ Joseph Wierda‚ BMW’s X3 Product Manager‚ reviewed the latest sales numbers of the popular X3 Series compact SUV. He was‚ in particular‚ interested in the effects of BMW’s customization program called “Dream It. Build It. Drive It.” on both unit sales and overall profitability
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Joumal ofMaiu^ment Studies 36:1 January 1999 0022-2380 LEARNING FROM HONDA* ANDREW MAIR Birkbeck College‚ University of London ABSTRACT The case of the Honda Motor Company has been cited frequently in the strategic management literature. A review reveals that Honda’s strategy has been used to iDustrate and support apparently contradictory positions on a series of conceptual dichotomies‚ namely analytica] p]anning versus leaming‚ market positioning versus resource-based and‚ within the last
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