Starbucks Corporation Board of Directors and Board Committee List As of March 20‚ 2013 Board of Directors Howard Schultz (Chair) Starbucks Corporation‚ chairman‚ president and chief executive officer William W. Bradley Allen & Company LLC‚ managing director Robert M. Gates Former Secretary of Defense Mellody Hobson Ariel Investments‚ LLC‚ president Kevin R. Johnson Juniper Networks‚ Inc.‚ chief executive officer Olden Lee PepsiCo‚ Inc.‚ retired executive Joshua
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GE Capital Analysis Recommendation on Argentina’s future outlook Abstract This dissertation will determine Argentina’s current political‚ economical‚ social‚ and legal macro environments in order to make a consensus on a recommendation for the next step in GE Capital’s involvement within the country. Recommendation will be based on analysis on previous economic‚ political‚ legal and social environments of Venezuela
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STRENGTHS Global recognition: General Electric has ventured into the world market thus gaining global recognition for its unique goods and services. In the year 2009‚ Forbes magazine ranked GE as the world ’s largest company. Hurbert (2007) notes that General Electric ’s brand is the world ’s most recognized brand. This kind of recognition has given it a competitive edge over other companies due to its ability to attract more customers. Global strength and competitiveness:The Company’s products
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that had been designated “Imagination Breakthroughs.” IBs‚ as they were called within GE‚ were new projects with the potential to generate $100 million in new business within two to three years‚ and were a key part of Immelt’s organic growth strategy. At the IB Review‚ Immelt expected to hear how Transportation was progressing with each of its locomotive IBs and what plans they had for their future. Within GE Transportation‚ however‚ the future of several IBs had been a source of considerable
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akManagement 3040 Understanding the International Environment of Firms GE Healthcare in India: An Ultrasound Strategy? Introduction GE Healthcare India‚ a joint venture between General Electric and the Indian multinational Wipro Ltd.‚ was the market leader in the ultrasound machine market with sales growth of 10% for the previous fiscal year in 2007. The enormous market potential and General Electric’s successful low-cost operations fitted well with the aggressive sales strategy that the
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corporate culture of General Electric (GE) is a composite of its people‚ leadership‚ organization‚ structure‚ and processes from past to present. This paper will provide an assessment of the corporate culture of GE‚ and provide an insight into the dynamics‚ which have made it one of the world’s premier companies. The aspects of General Electric’s culture begin with its leadership‚ and progress through its management‚ workforce‚ policies‚ and objectives. GE leadership provides corporate direction
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Trading under the ticker symbol GE‚ General Electric is the only company from the original twelve stocks traded on the DJIA that is still listed on the index today. Currently‚ Jeffery Immelt serves as CEO for the Fortune #6 large cap conglomerate. Focusing on finance and technology‚ GE provides a vast array of products and services ranging from aircraft engines to consumer financing. Additionally‚ the company holds a 49% stake in NBC Universal (CNBC). As of 5/19/2011 GE boasts a market capitalization
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Starbucks Systematic approach • Encapsulated‚ local approval‚ focus externally (society)‚ social‚ sociology‚ 1990s Understanding external environment 1. Remote and industry environment 2. Customers and markets PESTEL Typical change drivers 1. Homogenisation of customer needs and preferences across markets 2. Development of global supply‚ distribution and communication channels 3. Gain competitive advantage through economies of scale‚ supply chain improvements‚ sorucing lower costs
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Case Study: Healthymagination: GE Healthcare 1. Tom Gentile should give in my opinion the green light to two product concepts only (Hepecho and UltraLipo). Even though some of the product concepts may not meet the healthymagination criteria of 15% improvement across cost‚ quality and access perfectly‚ all targeted segments and markets have significant organic growth potential. See details/justifications below. The symbols represent the whether the healthymagination criteria can be met or not based
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AWL (GE/McKinsey approach) | 1. Describe the business portfolio and the options available to AWL. The business portfolio of AWL’s 1998 fiscal year consists of three SBUs‚ namely three new marketing textbooks‚ including Advertising and Sales Promotion Strategy‚ Analysis for Strategic Marketing and Marketing Engineering. We can also see these three textbooks in the GE Portfolio Matrix as shown in Graph 1 and Graph 2. AWL should have clear understanding of these three new textbooks in order
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