DIVERSIFICATION AND FIRM PERFORMANCE: AN EMPIRICAL EVALUATION Anil M. Pandya and Narendar V. Rao Abstract Diversification is a strategic option that many managers use to improve their firms’ performance. This interdisciplinary research attempts to verify whether firm level diversification has any impact on performance. The study finds that on average‚ diversified firms show better performance compared to undiversified firms on both risk and return dimensions. It also tests the robustness of these
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discussion. She was an Indian woman. With the interesting title “The Honda-Yamaha War” she is using several of the half of statement issues about the Honda and Yamaha circumstances. Honda is a multinational corporation‚ engine manufacturer and engineering corporation headquartered in Tokyo‚ Japan. In 1949 it began producing motorcycles‚ and ten years later‚ the company had become the leading maker of motorcycles in the world. Today‚ Honda is the fifth largest automobile manufacturer in the world and the
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ANCILLARISATION Ancillarisation and Sub-contracting in India started simultaneously with the Govt. setting up enterprises almost in all the core sectors viz. manufacturing equipment for Defence/ Railways/ Telecommunications‚ Heavy Electricals‚ Electronic‚ Chemical‚ Fertiliser‚ Petroleum/ Petrochemicals‚ Ship & Aircraft manufacturing and various other engineering and processing industries. The large industries notably HMT and other Public Sector undertaking (PSUSs) started sub-contracting the standard
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The establishment of Honda Vietnam‚ which is a joint venture between Honda Group and a state-run company‚ has been considered a political move in the context that the Government wants to protect motorcycle market in Vietnam while still encouraging foreign investments in this sector. With a long – established reputation for quality‚ Honda quickly becomes the largest and most profitable producer in the world and Honda Vietnam is extension of Honda’s operation in this market
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GM describes their brand politics as having "two brands" which "will drive our global growth. They are Chevrolet‚ which embodies the qualities of value‚ reliability‚ performance and expressive design; and Cadillac‚ which creates luxury vehicles that are provocative and powerful. At the same time‚ the Holden‚ Buick‚ GMC‚ Baojun‚ Opel and Vauxhall brands are being carefully cultivated to satisfy as many customers as possible in select regions. As it emerged from bankruptcy and company reorganization
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1.0 : Introduction Honda Motor Company‚ Ltd. Founder : Soichiro Honda Year : 1959 1.1 : Company Background Honda Motor Co.‚ Ltd. operates under the basic principles of "Respect for the Individual" and "The Three Joys" commonly expressed as The Joy of Buying‚ The Joy of Selling and The Joy of Creating. "Respect for the Individual" reflects our desire to respect the unique character and ability of each individual person‚ trusting each other as equal partners
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CONTENTS:1)INTRODUCTION2)IMPORTANCE OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT3)PRINCIPAL ACTIVITIES OF SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT4)PRODUCT AND ITS KEY CHARACTERISTICS5)AWARDS6)CHANGES OVER LAST 35 YEARS7)DEMAND FORCES8)CHANGES IN MARKET9)PROBLEMS10)SOLUTIONS11)WORLDWIDE DISTRIBUTION12)THE PROGRESS13)CONCLUSION14)REFERANCESPhysical distribution is simply another way of saying"The whole process of business"P.ducker‚ MacMillan‚ 1969"physical Distribution: the frontier of modern management"pg-4. The supply chain encompasses
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number of arguments in favor of the diversification of energy sources in Australia. Development based on fossil fuels make the climate changing a more serious problem. According to Harding(2008) industrialized countries have responsibility to recognize renewable energy solutions as a priority and reduce the dependency on fossil-fuel energy‚ for the reason that the development relianted on fossil fuels has caused climate change issues. Moreover‚ the diversification of energy sources is environmentally
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Culture 2.5.3 Politics‚ Rules and Regulations 2.5.4 Technology 3.1 Mission Statement 3.2 Marketing Objectives 3.3 Financial objectives 3.4 Positioning strategy 3.5 Marketing Mix Strategies 3.5.1 Product Strategy 3.5.2 Price Strategy 3.5.3 Promotion Strategy 3.5.4 Place strategy 4.0 References 1.2 Letter of Recommendation Honda Motor Co.‚ Ltd.‚ Mr. Takanobu Ito -1‚ 2-Chome Minami-Aoyama Tokyo‚ 107-8556 Japan Dear Mr. Takanobu Ito‚ I appreciate the opportunity to analyze your
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Built upon innovation and dreams‚ Honda Motor Company Ltd. being a Japan public multinational corporation is well known as a manufacturer of cars and motorcycles. Honda was established on 24 September 1948 and the respected founder is Soichiro Honda‚ borned in 1906 in Hamamatsu‚ Shizuoka Prefecture of Japan. Mr Soichiro’s father owned a blacksmith ’s shop and earned living repairing bicycles as an avocation. In his youth days‚ Soichiro Honda was apprenticed to a car repair shop in Tokyo. In 1923
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