Microsoft in 2005 As their 2005 fiscal year came to a close‚ Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer could reflect on the last year as well as the previous five years-with mixed emotions. Microsoft had slowed down after two decades of spectacular growth in revenues‚ profits‚ and stock price (see Exhibits 1‚ 2‚ and 3). Although Microsoft remained one of the most valuable and profitable companies in the world‚ its two core products‚ Windows and Office‚ had been experiencing anemic growth in revenues and profits
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new business models for corporations. He is the coauthor‚ with David Ticoll and Alex Lowy‚ of Digital Capital: Harnessing the Power of Business Webs (Harvard Business School Press‚ 2000). 3 manufacturing — with companies such as Celestica‚ Flextronics‚ and Solectron partnering with computer and telecommunications vendors to provide core electronics manufacturing services. Virtually
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| Strategic Analysis of the LEGO Group of LEGO Group | | | Business Policy and corporate strategy 9th January 2012 Strategic Analysis of the LEGO Group Discussion and evaluation of strategies adopted by Lego during 1995-2009 Strategies adopted by Lego 1995-2009 Strategies are processes businesses carry out‚ the directions they take and the decisions they make to reach their goals (Thompson & Martin‚ 2005). Strategic models such as the Ansoff matrix can be used to aid companies
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CHAPTER – 1 PROFILE OF THE COMPANY 1. Profile NAME - Minda Autocare Ltd. Address : 301/223‚ Main Road‚ Mukundpur New Delhi – 110042‚ INDIA Phones: +91-11-30073800‚ 30073900 Fax : +91-11-27618018 Email : queries@mindaautocare.com 2. NATURE OF THE ORGANIZATION The Rs 3000 Cr Minda Group today is one of India’s leading auto component manufacturers‚ supplying a wide range of products to OEM’s in India as well as globally. The Group
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Instructor ’s Manual Operations Management Fifth edition Nigel Slack Stuart Chambers Robert Johnston For further instructor material please visit: www.pearsoned.co.uk/slack ISBN-13: 978-0-273-70850-6 / ISBN-10: 0-273-70850-3 Pearson Education Limited 2007 Lecturers adopting the main text are permitted to download the manual as required. 1 © Nigel Slack‚ Stuart Chambers & Robert Johnston 2007 Pearson Education Limited Edinburgh Gate Harlow Essex CM20 2JE England and
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SCR BUSINESS CASE JOURNAL 21 SCR THESOdETY FOR CASE RESEARŒI_ KODAK’S CHALLENGE: SURVIVING THE DISRUPTIVE "WINDS OF CHANGE" This case was prepared by Boris Morozov and Rebecca J. Morris both from the University of Nebraska at Omaha. The views presented here are those ofthe case authors and do not necessarily reflect the views ofthe Society for Case Research. The authors’ views are based on their own professional judgments. Copyright © 2009 by the Society for Case Research and the authors
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____________________________________________________________ _________________________ EXECUTIVE SUMMARY A growing number of hi-tech supply chain managers are being tasked to manage risks to their supply chains in their increasingly competitive and innovative environments. This study proposes risk mitigation methodologies relevant to the hi-tech industry. The proposed risk methodologies are based on analysis of the supply-chain characteristics inherent to the hi-tech industry‚ vulnerabilities
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CSR INITIATIVES OF INDIAN IT COMPANIES Sustaining and Enhancing Competitiveness in today’s Business Scenario Abstract The idea of corporate social responsibility (CSR) is not new to Indian companies. Growing number of Information technology (IT) companies with the direct involvement of employees are implementing CSR projects. Dedicated departments in most of the companies are looking into much more than just funding or getting involved in one-time projects. The trend is especially strong in
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MULTINATIONAL MANAGEMENT: MGMT 625 West Chester Off Site MBA SUMMER 2010 Instructor: Paul Bergé Office Hours: by appointment. E-mail address: bergep@xavier.edu; or pberge@gmail.com Phone: 871 6657‚ Fax: 672 9679 Required Text: Fred Luthans‚ Jonathan P. Doh. 2009. International Management: Culture‚ Strategy‚ and Behavior. Seventh Edition. Irwin McGraw-Hill Publishers. Cases and articles from the popular business press
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Introduction and needs of future trends The logistics industry faces a number of particular challenges when it comes to sustainability. For many years now‚ providers of logistics services have been closely integrated into their customers’ production processes. Businesses and governments also carefully weigh logistics in their investment decisions. The logistics industry itself is not just responsible for ensuring that the right product reaches the right place at the right time. It is also
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