skilled and knowledgeable workforce) will emerge as a key source of competitive advantage. Core competencies‚ by definition‚ are "knowledge sets and technical skill sets‚" (Vicere‚ 2001) which is "the collective learning of the company as a whole" (Prahalad & Hamel‚ 1990). Thus‚ core competencies of a company will only get stronger as application or the sharing of ideas and or poaching of personnel enhances them. Just as easily "core competencies can also diminish if they are not being applied or shared
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THE STUDY OF CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS FOR KNOWLEDGE-BASED TECHNOLOGY SERVICE INDUSTRY INTRODUCTION 1.1 Research Background Most Taiwanese have witnessed the development of Taiwan with the focus on from agriculture‚ textile industry‚ light industry‚ electronic industry to hi-tech industry today. Due to the right direction of development chosen by local industries and the smooth transformation of Taiwanese industries‚ people here live a good life. Going to great length to develop hi-tech
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African Journal of Marketing Management Vol. 3(4)‚ pp. 78-88‚ April 2011 Available online http://www.academicjournals.org/ajmm ISSN 2141-2421 ©2011 Academic Journals Review Lack of peripheral vision – How Starbucks failed in Israel Avner Barnea Ono Academic College‚ Israel. E-mail:avnerpro@netvision.net.il Tel: +(972)522498639. Fax: +(972)46265011. Accepted 27 April‚ 2011 This study was conducted to discuss the unsuccessful experience of Starbucks in Israel and to show that it was primarily
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Galore. Seeking Alpha. Online. 26 February 2008. (http://seekingalpha.com/article/66100-ge-nuclear-growth-galore) Bock‚ W. (2001) Assessing Jack Welch. Monday Memo. Online. 10 September 2001. (http://www.mondaymemo.net/010910feature.htm) Prahalad C.K. and Gary Hamel (1990) The Core Competence of the Corporation. Harvard Business Review. May–June 1990. Byrne‚ J.A. (1998) How Jack Welch runs GE: A Close-up Look at How America ’s #1 Manager Runs GE. Online. 8 June 1998. (http://www.businessweek.com/1998/23/b3581001
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Strategic Management and Leadership SM0374 Your Undergraduate Programme Learning Goals At the end of your programme of study you will be: 1. Knowledgeable about the theory and practice of international business management 2. Skilful in the use of professional and managerial techniques and processes 3. Aware of ethical issues impacting on business and professional practice 4. Employable as graduates All of the learning that takes place within modules is designed to enable you
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Resources Planning‚ Cengage Learning‚ 2010 Friedman T.L. (2004) The World is Flat New York: Farrar‚ Straus and Giroux Guthridge‚ Matthew‚ Asmus B. Komm‚ and EmilyLawson (2008) ‗Making talent a strategic pripority‘ McKinsey Quarterly‚ January Hamel‚ G. and Prahalad‚ C.K. (1994) Competing for the Future. Boston Mass.: Harvard Business School Press Hutchinson‚ S. and Purcell‚ J. (2003) ‗Bringing policies to life: the vital role of front line managers in people management. Executive Briefing‘‚ London: Chartered
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2 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC RESEARCH (2 ICBER 2011) PROCEEDING nd nd SUSTAINABLE COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE FOR MARKET LEADERSHIP AMONGST THE PRIVATE HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTES IN MALAYSIA Loh Teck Hua KDU University College Business School Section 13 Campus‚ 76‚ Jalan Universiti‚ 46200‚ Petaling Jaya‚ Selangor DE ABSTRACT One of Malaysia’s economic goals is to become an education hub for the region. To achieve this‚ the Malaysian government had liberalised government
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Introduction 2 1.0 Measurements of success 2 2.0 Reasons underpinning FedEx Corporation’s success 4 2.1 Strong Brand Image 4 2.2 Employee Service and Customer-oriented 4 2.3 The innovation technology 4 2.4 Innovative Culture 5 2.5 Strong Infrastructure 5 2.6 Large customer base and customer loyalty 6 3.0 Strategy Capability 6 3.1 Value chain 6 3.2 VRIN framework 9 3.2.1 Value: 9 3.2.2 Rarity: 9 3.2.3 Inimitability: 10 3.2.4Non-substitutability: 10 4.0 International Strategy 11 5.0 Leadership of FedEx
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305010001 |ETP | |Business Policy | |Spring Semester‚ 2009 | |3 credit hours
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Task 1 Group: 1. Research a large Australian Retailer that also has an on-line division (e-tailer). Note: Each group must research a different organisation We are researched a large Australian retailer is Baby bunting. This is website: http://www.babybunting.com.au/about-us/ Find a store in your state: NSW • SA • VIC • ACT • QLD • WA. 2. Summarise organisation (3 paragraphs). We are established in Melbourne as a family-owned business more than 30 years ago‚ Baby Bunting is Australia’s
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