1. What is Saturn’s strategy? * Improvement in the Labor-Management Partnership. Changing the established relationship between GM and its unions * Clear definition and articulation of company’s mission and values. Challenge to the established norms of customer service. Making sure that every employee is aware of his goals and the ultimate purpose * Improvements in design and manufacturing process. Most GM cars were criticized for obsolete designs and engines. Saturn wanted to change that perception
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INTRODUCTIONBorn out of Qingdao Refrigerator Factory in 1984‚ the Haier (pronounced "high-er") Group is China’s largest home appliance manufacturer (Wang and Ong 2007)‚ and the world’s fourth largest white goods manufacturer (Chen 2008). Haier was ranked first among China’s Top 10 Global Brands by the Financial Times in 2005 (Haier’s company facts 2008). It was also ranked 86th among the world’s 500 Most Influential Brands by World Brand Lab in 2006 and is the only Chinese brand to be among the
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Case: Mountain Man Brewing Company 1. What has made the Mountain Man Brewing Company successful? What is distinctive about MMBC’s product‚ customers and brand equity? Reasons why MMBC has been successful: * MMBC used their history and status as an independent family owned brewery to enhance the feeling of authenticity of their brand‚ which resonates with its core drinkers – blue collar‚ middle to low income men over the age of 45. * MMBC has very high brand awareness – in a recent
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cerebral contusions. On arrival to Emergency Department he is very unwell; in severe pain‚ pale and diaphoretic with decreased level of consciousness. His vital signs are abnormal and arterial blood gases - concerning. The essay below draws on the case study as described above. It consists of three parts that consecutively explain the impact of Mohammad’s injuries and habits on his respiratory function‚ hemodynamics and arterial blood gases. Respiratory changes Normal tidal respiration is a
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Haier Group: Chinese Company That Created A Global Brand Haier Group (“HG”) is a leading Chinese international manufacturer of large and small appliances‚ including refrigerators‚ freezers‚ conditioners‚ dishwashers and laundry products to cell phones and televisions. HG is not only known around the world for quality and innovation but as an early mover outside of the Chinese marketplace; it was able to implement a market strategy to take away market share from large manufacturers on their own
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about new-product branding‚ but as best as we could tell‚ nobody had looked closely at the issue of how to brand a successive generation‚" Gourville says. To that end‚ Gourville and Ofek teamed up with London Business School professor Marco Bertini (HBS DBA ’06) to suss out the best practices for branding next-generation products. "For managers‚ this is not a trivial decision‚" Ofek says. "Consumers don ’t necessarily read specs to learn about new features‚
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Lisa Benton Case Analysis Benton is a Harvard educated MBA who chose to work at the Home care Division of Houseworld based upon the classical marketing training in a structured environment from an industry leader over Right-Away which she had interned at. Benton was informed she would become a product manager within 2 to 3 years‚ yet was not informed of the importance of her performance in the first year. She was informed that the product manager’s responsibility was to groom his or her associates
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Assignment 2: Cabo San Viejo by Stefan S****t and others Course: Customer Relationship Management Faculty: Erasmus School of Economics Content 1. Cabo San Viejo’s customer base 3 1.1 General information 3 1.2 The ageing of the customer database 3 1.3 Customers are becoming more heterogeneous 3 1.4 Lack of cross-selling 3 1.5 Complaints and the lack of a loyalty program 4 1.6 Conclusion 4 2. Rewards program 4 2.1 Stimulating retention 4
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• Compare the two cases in terms of methods‚ costs (if applicable)‚ and effectiveness of the outcomes (3 points). Both cases are a form of an alert identification subsystem belonging to the parent HELP System. Furthermore‚ both cases did not explicitly state vocabulary and ontology used. However‚ I can infer based on my knowledge in the field now that diseases‚ diagnoses‚ laboratory and procedures follow ICD 10‚ SNOMED‚ LOINC and CPT ontology for coding and that interoperability is achieved by
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STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT CASE STUDIES ASSIGNMENT QUESTIONS PART I 1 Case 1 Eastman Kodak This is a case about the challenges an established firm has to face when a new technology produces disruptive effects on its core business. The case then offers an example of core capabilities that become obsolete with the entry of new technologies that require new resources and capabilities. Broad theoretical issues that must be considered when preparing this case: How can a mature‚ successful
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