Wal-Mart Q1-What is the organization? Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc. (frequently branded as Wal-Mart) is an American public corporation that runs a chain of large‚ discount department stores. It is the world’s largest public corporation by revenue‚ according to the 2008 Fortune Global 500. The company was founded by Sam Walton in 1962‚ incorporated on October 31‚ 1969‚ and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 1972. Wal-Mart is the largest private employer and the largest grocery retailer in the United
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Wal-Mart Question: 1 Why has Wal-Mart viewed international expansion as a critical part of its strategy? Wal-Mart invested over half a billion dollars in IT and satellite facilities to connect its worldwide stores to headquarters. Head-quarters could complete stock-taking of each item for more than 4‚000 stores worldwide within an hour. Wal-Mart started to expand abroad in 1990s and it opened its first store in Mexico‚ in 1994 it began operations in Canada. Moreover‚ its oversea expansion was in
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MAJOR RESEARCH PROJECT SYNOPSIS ON “CUSTOMER PERCEPTION AND PREFERENCE TOWARDS NON-GEAR TWO-WHEELERS” ( INDORE CITY ) FOR PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENT FOR THE DEGREE OF MBA (FULL TIME) BATCH- 2012-2014 SUBMITTED BY: GUIDE BY: Tarun kumar Sen Prof. Anita Ahuja MBA III semester IBMR‚ IPS Academy IBMR‚ IPS
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Consumer Perception and Quality Assurance of Agro-Products in BangladeshFocus on Organic foods Specially Vegetables‚ Fruits and Crops *JANNATUL MAWA NUPUR. Abstract: A growing interest in quality (organic) foods specially vegetables‚ fruits and crops purchasing has prompted recently. Consumers’ preference for quality food taking is based on a general perception that organic foods have more desirable characteristics than conventionally-grown alternatives. Human health‚ food safety and environmental
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CUSTOMER PERCEPTION TOWARDS MOBILE BANKING WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO INDIA Purpose: The objective of this paper is to study customer perception towards mobile banking and finding important factors in India. Design/Methodology/Approach: The research methodology is largely based on extensive literature review and is based on exploratory research followed by descriptive analysis. The data collected thorough questionnaire‚ which is based on both open ended and closed ended questions. The questionnaire
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“A study on perception of investors towards gold as an investment avenue in India” EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The perception about gold in India has come a long way from the days when its main function was to merely adorn and act as a status symbol. The emotional investment in the metal was so huge that parting with it seemed unthinkable. Now‚ however‚ it is becoming clear that an increasing number of Indians are realizing that gold deserves a place not just in the cupboard at home or the bank locker
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Assignment for Wal-Mart 1. How was Wal-Mart successful early on? What were its sources of competitive advantage? Sam Walton had been an owner of several Ben Franklin franchises for many years. When his idea for opening up stores in small towns was turned down by the Ben Franklin organization‚ he and his brother Bud decided they would do it on their own. In 1962 Sam and Bud opened their first Wal-Mart Discount city store. By 1970‚ Walton had grown his chain to 30 discount stores in rural Arkansas
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. Wal-Mart has been able to achieve respectable leadership in the retail industry because of its focus on supply chain management. Discuss in detail the distribution and logistics system adopted by Wal-Mart. 2. The use of innovative information technology tools had benefited Wal-Mart’s supply chain management. In the light of the above statement‚ briefly explain how IT benefited Wal-Mart’s logistics and inventory management. 3. What were the supply chain management processes adopted
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Consumer perception about recent online purchase of software Sushil Ghadge 1214AMS026 Introduction: Ninety-nine percent of software consumers in the India have access to either on a PC or laptop computer at home or work‚ 43% have a smartphone and 12% have an iPad or e-reader. These consumers are regularly downloading software or applications for these devices‚ but much of what they download is either free or costs less than 2500. The maturity of open source software
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COMM 1001: Week 4 Assignment Worksheet (Part 1 of your Week 5 Perception Paper) Directions: Please save the document to your own computer using the naming convention "COMMWK4Assgn+last name+first initial" as the Submission Title. The file name identifies you and indicates to your instructor that your worksheet is available to grade. Please fill in the answers in the boxes provided by TYPING in your answers. If you need more space than is provided‚ the box will expand as you write. So‚ no need
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