General relativity is a theory of gravitation that was developed by Albert Einstein between 1907 and 1915. According to general relativity‚ the observed gravitational attraction between masses results from their warping of space and time. By the beginning of the 20th century‚ Newton’s law of universal gravitation had been accepted for more than two hundred years as a valid description of the gravitational force between masses. In Newton’s model‚ gravity is the result of an attractive force between
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References: http://www.gm.com/company/about-gm http://www.samples-help.org.uk/mission-statements/general-motors-vision-statement.htm http://www.inc.com/resources/startup/articles/20050201/missionstatement.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_General_Motors#Corporate_restructuring http://www.scribd.com/doc/23232458/GM-Competitive-Advantage-and-Market-Analysis-PDF William Pelfrey (2006) “Billy‚ Alfred and General Motors” New York‚ NY. AMACON
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Table of Contents Executive Summary General Motors (GM) is one of the big three auto makers of the world (GM‚ Ford‚ and Chrysler) and has historically been the largest and most successful. They have built some of the most famous and classic vehicles on the road which have portrayed messages of both modesty and display of class for a market of consumers who range from working class to music superstar; as Alfred P. Sloan‚ CEO of the 1920s put it‚ GM makes “a car for every purse and
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STRATEGY GENERAL ELECTRIC STREAM 1 – COURSE WORK GROUP -‐ 11 AHMED AHMED ETTEFAGH TAHSIN MASHAT MOAZ QING SHAN ZHENG DANYI UNIVERSITÁ DELLA SVIZZERA ITALIANA‚ LUGANO – CORPORATE STRATEGY 2012/2013 Corporate strategy Table of Content 1. Introduction to the General Electric Company
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GENERAL MOTORS Contents: Introduction………………………………………………….. 2 Background of the Company…………………………. 2 Present Age GM……………………………………………. 5 Micro Environmental Factors………………………… 6 Macro Environmental Factors………………………. 10 Marketing Strategy………………………………………. 13 SWOT Analysis…………………………………………….. 15 Introduction: General Motors Company commonly known as General Motors or GM is an American company and is the world’s second largest automaker company. General Motors produces cars and trucks
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Summary After three years bailed out by the federal government‚ General Motor Co. set a goal of making $10 billion a year which is an unthinkable goal. In 2012‚ GM report 2011 net income about $8 billion and its highest ever campare to 2010 with gain nearly twice which is $4.7 billion are growth in China and strong profit in North America. GM also aims over next several years to raise its profit margin to 10% from current margin of about 6% and would be among the highest in the auto industry. The
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growth platforms. At the same time‚ he reorganizes the company‚ promotes "growth leaders" into top roles‚ and reorients the culture around innovation and risk taking. Finally‚ in 2006‚ he sees signs of growth‚ but wonders whether it is sustainable. General electric: Headquarters Fairfield‚ Connecticut‚ U.S. Revenue: US$ 182.515 billion (2008) Net income: US$ 17.410 billion (2008) Total assets: US$ 797.769 billion (2008) Employees: 323‚000 (2008) CEO & Chairman – Jeffrey R. Immelt Lines of business:
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1. The history‚ development‚ and growth of the company over time (e.g.‚ critical incidents) General Motors (GM) was founded in 1908. William C. Durant brought together 25 independent car companies to form one large corporation. Each company held its own identity as GM operated as central administration office for the 25 divisions. Due to high cost in manufacturing of automobiles‚ GM was only able to target wealthy customers who could afford cars. Then Henry Ford‚ owner and founder of Ford Motor
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1. What factors accounted for GM’s return to profitability? Explain and provide a rationale for the prospects of continuing this rise. The first thing GM did to help them return to profitability was the revamping of product development. GM had too much focus on the engineering process of development. This led to the difficulty of getting a bold design off the drawing board and through the lengthy development process. Under the lead of CTO John Lauckner‚ GM came up with a streamlined process that
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1. Although Pope worked on this poem from 1729 and had finished the first three epistles by 1731‚ they did not appear until between February and May 1733‚ and the fourth epistle was published in January 1734. The first collected edition was published in April 1734. The poem was originally published anonymously‚ Pope not admitting its authorship until its appearance in The Works‚ II (April 1735). The Essay on Man was originally conceived as part of a longer philosophical poem (see
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