29: 115–132 (2008) Published online 4 October 2007 in Wiley InterScience (www.interscience.wiley.com) DOI: 10.1002/smj.653 Received 11 March 2005; Final revision received 21 August 2007 CORPORATE DIVERSIFICATION: THE IMPACT OF FOREIGN COMPETITION‚ INDUSTRY GLOBALIZATION‚ AND PRODUCT DIVERSIFICATION MARGARETHE F. WIERSEMA1 * and HARRY P. BOWEN2 1 Paul Merage School of Business‚ University of California‚ Irvine‚ California‚ U.S.A. McColl School of Business‚ Queens University of Charlotte‚ Charlotte
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Absolutely‚ Positively Operations Research: The Federal Express Story RICHARD O . MASON Edwin L. COX school of Business Southern Methodist University Dallas‚ Texas 75275 JAMES L . M C K E N N E Y Harvard Business School Soldiers Field Boston‚ Massachusetts 02163 216 west miton Drive Bolder Creek‚ California 95006 School of Business Administration University of Western Ontario London‚ Ontario N6A 3K7 Canada WALTER CARLSON DUNCAN COPELAND Federal Express Corporation has used operations
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Creating a Brand Enigma – Starbucks’s Unique Business Strategy In early 1991‚ just three years after Howard Schultz had acquired‚ Starbucks‚ a fledgling coffee company based in Seattle‚ the company’s most valuable coffee house was unglamorous and sloppy. The restaurant was located in a dilapidated building at a busy intersection on Robson Street in Vancouver‚ British Columbia. Back then‚ it was ludicrous to envision that the cafe in that small room with musty old spaces would become one of the leading
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Econometric Methods FIN5EME Semester 1‚ 2013 Assignment 2 Cobb-Douglas cost function: TCi = µQiβ2 pi1β3 pi2β4 pi3β5 (1) Where‚ TCi= Total Cost for firm i Q= Output of firm i pi1= Wage Rate pi2= Rental Price of Capital pi3= Fuel Price Taking the natural log of equation (1) log(TCi)= β1 + β2 log(Qi) + β3 log(pi1) + β4 log(pi2) + β5 log(pi3) + ei (2) where β1= (logµ) and ei= error term. Eviews Output of the log-log model is as follows: Dependent Variable:
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UV2561 Rev. Sept. 7‚ 2011 FEDEX CORP. VERSUS UNITED PARCEL SERVICE OF AMERICA‚ INC.: WHO WILL DELIVER RETURNS FROM CHINA? On April 17‚ 2006‚ the International Air Cargo Association hosted its first-ever meeting in China. The location could not have been more appropriate. China was shaping up to be the world’s most significant market for air cargo‚ and Yan Yuanyuan‚ director general of China’s General Administration of Civil Aviation‚ had just announced that China would be opening up its
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FedEx Corporation for a more sustainable world. Our commitment to connect the world in responsible and resourceful ways is getting results. In 2013‚ we efficiently reduced CO2 emissions intensity while increasing business revenue. GOAL 30 % GOAL GOAL GOAL Increase in FedEx Express vehicle fuel efficiency by 2020 from a 2005 baseline. Expand on-site generation and continuing procurement of renewable energy for our facilities. Seek Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) certification
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THE DEGREE OF RISK REDUCTION IN DIVERSIFICATION According to Roberts (2004‚ p214)‚ diversification is when several businesses are combined under one ownership for the singular aim of reducing risk. The combination of all the businesses is less risky than individual businesses standing alone. According to Chandler (1959)‚ there are three types of diversification: 1. Full line – company manufacture‚ market and control supplies of its single line of product‚ that is‚ the company has manufacture
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performance‚ within the organization‚ for the purpose of making adjustments and needed changes. In a recent decision FedEx canceled their order for ten global air freighters from Airbus. The huge A380 super jumbo airplanes were originally scheduled for delivery in 2008 but Airbus delayed the date to year 2009 and then to 2010. Frederick Smith‚ chairman and chief executive of FedEx‚ cited Airbus’s recent decision to delay delivery of the super jumbo amid production bottlenecks as the reason for shifting
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Factors The only constant in the high-velocity world of express shipping is change. FedEx and its competitors wage an unrelenting battle to offer customers more delivery options‚ at lower cost‚ with greater convenience and reliability. The boom in e-business‚ home shopping networks‚ and mail-order catalogs for manufacturing has created exciting new opportunities for FedEx. No longer just an overnight package shipper‚ FedEx is a full-service logistics provider‚ planning the flow of goods and information
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The value of Strategy to Local Authorities in Kenya Central and provincial governments have progressively realized that effective service delivery to the community is best delegated to local government. This decentralization trend has obliged local governments to enhance their professionalism and performance. Yet‚ in many developing countries‚ the weakness of local governments is a key challenge in managing development processes. Many local government authorities in Kenya now go beyond one year
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