did Philips become the leading consumer electronics company in the world in the postwar era? What distinctive competencies did they build? What distinctive incompetencies? After the war‚ the management board decided to build the postwar organization on the strengths of national organizations (NOs) resulting on increased self-sufficiency during the war. As NOs built their own technical capabilities‚ product development often became a function of local market condition which was more responsive and
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Prepare Case: Mary Kay Cosmetics‚ Inc. (course pack) a. What motivates Mary Kay consultants? • Personal reinforcement : Independent consultants can choose their own recruits. • Recognition and prizes: increase their sales and recruiting by prizes and recognition for progress. Winners’ names were listed in Applause‚ Mary Kay’s monthly magazine for consultants. Directors at their own expense and discretion reward unit members for achieving milestones. • Gifts and prizes handed out by directors
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The Wasp Factory. London : Abacus‚ 1990. Print. Butler‚ Judith. Gender trouble : feminism and the subversion of identity. New York: Routledge‚ 2007. Print. ——. Bodies That Matter: On the Discursive Limits of Sex. New York: Routledge‚ 1993. Print. Kay‚ Jackie. Trumpet. London: Picador‚ 2011. Print. King‚ Jeanette. “ ‘A Woman’s a Man‚ for A ‘That’’: Jackie Kay’s Trumpet.” Scottish Studies Review 2.1 (Spring 2001) : 101-108. Print. Morrison’s Jazz and Jackie Kay’s Trumpet.” Trauma Fiction‚ Edinburgh:
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MB0052 Ques-1- CORPORATE STRATEGY is the direction an organization takes with the objective of achieving business success in the long term. Recent approaches have focused on the need for companies to adapt to and anticipate changes in the business environment‚ i.e. a flexible strategy. The development of a corporate strategy involves establishing the purpose and scope of the organization’s activities and the nature of the business it is in‚ taking the environment in which it operates‚ its position
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Introduction Competition is understood differently by different people and it has also changed its colour‚ course and complexion over a period of time. As of now it is an all pervasive phenomenon and people tend to believe that there cannot be progress without competition. We have reached a level where it seems to be taken for granted- individuals have to be competitive‚ companies have to be competitive and even countries have to be competitive. Every organized activity even outside the domain of
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how gender is a leading factor in the lack of rights women have. The second article‚ “From the Second Sex to the Joint Venture: An Overview of Women’s Rights and Family Law in the United States During the Twentieth Century” written by Herma Hill Kay‚ talks about family chemistry‚ the role of women in the household and the progression of women’s reform movements. These articles show just a few of the factors that all contribute to the reasons why women are fighting for their full equalities. The
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cotton in a mechanized way. It was developed in 18th-century Britain by Richard Arkwright and John Kay. The spinning frame is an Industrial Revolution invention for spinning thread or yarn from fibers such as wool or cotton in a mechanized way. It was developed in 18th-century Britain by Richard Arkwright and John Kay. Richard Arkwright employed John Kay to produce a new spinning machine that Kay had worked on with (or possibly stolen from) another inventor called Thomas Highs [2]. With the help
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company’s competitive advantage most likely to endure over time? A company’s competitive advantage is most likely to endure over time when the company has built barriers to imitation‚ which make it difficult for a competitor to copy the company’s distinctive competencies. Another element needed is the ability to quickly react to changes in the customer’s needs and have a high absorptive capacity in order to identify‚ value‚ assimilate‚ and use new knowledge. Lastly‚ the company needs to have industry
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Arthur’s tragic flaw. As a child Arthur was brought up as Sir Kay‚ his foster brother’s‚ Squire. He grew up serving to others demands‚ it was never necessary for him to make his own decisions. Arthur just did what he was told and tried to please Sir Kay. This flaw first appears in the book The Sword and the Circle‚ Sir Kay tried to take credit for pulling the sword out of the stone when in reality Arthur had been the one to retrieve it. Sir Kay took all the glory and was going to allow him to be unjustly
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