Nigerian brewery industry is a major player in the Nigerian Economy with annual sales exceeding =N=200billion. However‚ Competition in the Nigerian beer market is getting fiercer as environmental and economic conditions affect the disposable income of the consumer. Growths in this industry in recent times have been achieved through innovation‚ market share increase and exploration of new frontiers through exports. With so few options for growth‚ companies that operate in the industry are under considerable
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26 February 2011 | | Contents Assignment Question 3 Introduction 3 The construction industry & the division of labour 3 Key Characteristics of Transaction Cost Economics 3 The Vertical boundaries of the firm 3 Vertically integrated firms 3 Vertical boundaries 3 Defining the boundaries 3 Conclusion 3 Assignment Question Identify the key characteristics
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“Technology creates opportunities for people and organizations to realize their full potential” is the thought driving Microsoft’s corporate citizenship program. With the enduring commitment to serve needs of communities worldwide Microsoft is playing the role of a responsible global citizen. Going far beyond its products and services it has collaborated with business partners‚ governments and non profit organizations around the globe to fulfil its commitment. It delivers new technology to people
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Manager’s Journal: Three Smart Lessons from Facebook’s Purchase of WhatsApp Link to the Article: http://www.forbes.com/sites/adamhartung/2014/02/24/zuckerbergs-3-smart-leadership-lessons-from-facebook-buying-whatsapp/ Facebook is the biggest online social networking service providing company. WhatsApp on the other hand is an IM (Instant Messaging) messenger service which also provides photo sharing free of cost. Though it started 5 years back‚ it was a threat to Facebook and it started losing
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organization requires healthy‚ ongoing leadership and management‚ planning‚ product and service development‚ marketing and financial management. To carry out these practices in an ideal manner‚ it is important to analyze an organization so as to bring out the pros and cons and henceforth rectify its path for betterment in future. The process of analyzing an organization can be done in different dimensions which may be subjective or objective by using social theories. Microsoft stands aloft on a high pedestal
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Strategic Analysis of the Global Automotive Industry This report provides an analysis and evaluation of common and major global trends and identifies the common business opportunities and their impact on the global automotive industry. Globalization gave the original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) not only the opportunity to expand to the new markets‚ but it also increased the risk of failure. Since globalization increased competition and gave the choice to consumers‚ automotive industry
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Strategic Discussion on U.S Airline Industry Discussion Question 1: Use the model of the general environment (Chapter 2‚ Table 2.1) to evaluate the opportunities and threats facing the U.S. airline industry and Southwest Airlines in particular. What are the key opportunities and threats? The health of the overall U.S airline industry is still tenuous in-spite of the passenger traffic volumes returning to pre-9/11 levels. A survey estimated that from 2001 through 2003‚ the US airline industry
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Leadership: Issues and Challenges in Modern Industries The significant problems we face cannot be solved at the same level of thinking we were at when we created them. Albert Einstein Leaders of today’s corporations must cope with a unique set of challenges. Technological‚ social‚ and economic forces compel leaders to address these issues in order to stay ahead of the competition. Some of these challenges include: Globalization of business leading to cross cultural competency requirements
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integration between Microsoft and Nokia‚ two market leaders in their own rights‚ may create new opportunities to challenge the market. This acquisition and consolidated case study discusses the acquisition of Nokia by Microsoft. Throughout
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Strategic decision success is heavily reliant on the attitudes that managers take toward the decision-making process and toward the decision itself. The Cuban missile crisis is the most well known case of strategic decision making at the level of the nation-state. The nature of the case was such that the use of evaluative frameworks and concepts along with the right managerial attitudes eventuated in a successful strategic outcome. The Cuban Missile Crisis was a confrontation between the United States
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