E-CHOUPAL: ITC’S RURAL NETWORKING PROJECT* I. Abstract In Hindi (an Indian language spoken in most parts of Northern and Central India)‚ a choupal is a village gathering place. The e-choupal initiative—whereby a choupal is equipped with a computer and Internet connectivity—is the brainchild of a large agricultural processing company in India‚ the Indian Tobacco Company (ITC). The initiative was conceived to tackle the challenges posed by certain features of Indian agriculture‚ such as fragmented
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12 Distribution Channels and Logistics Management 12.1 The nature of distribution channels Why are marketing intermediaries used? Why use intermediaries? Means giving up some control over how and to whom products are sold – They are used because they have greater efficiency in making goods available to target markets – Contacts‚ experience‚ specialization‚ scale of operation – N-to-M direct selling‚ N-to-1 + 1-to-M through channel – Producers make narrow assortments in large quantities
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Review Sheet for Final Spring 2014 BMGT 301 Chapters 2‚ 6‚ 7‚ 9‚ 10‚ 11‚ and 13 Dr. Karake Chapter 2 – Strategy & Technology Differentiate between operational effectiveness and strategic positioning Operational Effectiveness – Performing the same tasks better than rivals perform them Strategic Positioning – Performing different tasks than rivals‚ or the same tasks in a different way Differentiate between competitive advantage and sustainable competitive advantage Competitive advantage – An advantage
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Liquidity‚ liquidity‚ liquidity….. In the context of the events of the last few years just how important is liquidity to the survival and well-being of Financial Institutions? Some believe it has a greater influence on events than Capital! Discuss. (In this assignment you need to outline the role of liquidity‚ issues arising when liquidity is scarce and compare the role of liquidity to that of Capital but most importantly give your own view on these matters) Role of Liquidity Liquidity can
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Chapter 2 Overview of the Financial System 2.1 Multiple Choice Questions 1) Every financial market has the following characteristic: A) It determines the level of interest rates. B) It allows common stock to be traded. C) It allows loans to be made. D) It channels funds from lenders-savers to borrowers-spenders. Answer: D 2) Financial markets have the basic function of A) bringing together people with funds to lend and people who want to borrow funds. B) assuring that the swings in the business
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Chain Model include: 1) views firms as series of activities that add value to products or services‚ 2) highlights activities‚ 3) primary activities vs. secondary activities‚ 4) regulate how information systems could advance customer and supplier disintermediation at each step of development‚ 5) utilize benchmarking. Michael Porter’s competitive forces model provides general view of firm‚ its competitors‚ and environment. It also substitutes products and services. The model include customers and suppliers
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Executive Summary Barilla SpA‚ an Italian pasta manufacturer‚ is experiencing greater levels of inefficiencies and rising costs due to variability in demand from its distributors. In order to restore things to order and to improve margins‚ Giorgio Magialli‚ the Director of Logistics at Barilla wants to implement a Just-In-Time Distribution (JITD) system that was proposed by his predecessor Brando Vitali. This system is completely different from the existing setup and is being opposed by both the
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1.0 Introduction The Ford Motor Company finds itself in a dynamic business environment where new technologies and practices offer the potential to alter in a significant way the landscape in which it operates. Henry Ford was in his time an innovator in offering "cars for the masses". He introduced to the car industry methods and systems innovative in their day. Ford needs once again to forge new paths to ensure future competitive advantage. Executives at Ford have been considering the "Direct Model"
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Chapter 13 Retailing and Wholesaling 1) ________ includes all the activities involved in selling products or services directly to final consumers for their personal‚ nonbusiness use. A) Franchising B) Retailing C) Brokering D) Wholesaling E) Disintermediation Answer: B Diff: 1 Page Ref: 374 Skill: Concept Objective: 13-1 2) In recent years‚ ________ has been growing fast. This includes selling to final consumers through direct mail‚ catalogs‚ telephone‚ and the Internet. A) social marketing
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Privacy and Ethics * Ethics- principles of right and wrong that indv‚ acting as free moral agents‚ use to make choices to guide their behaviors * Info sys raise new ethical questions bc they create opportunities for: intense social change‚ threatening existing distributions of power‚ money‚ rights‚ and obligations; new kinds of crime * Tech trends that raise ethical issues: * Doubling of computer power: more orgs depend on comp sys for critical operations * Rapidly
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