Miles and Snow have produced a typology of business-level strategies. As opposed to corporate-level strategy‚ i.e.‚decisions related to what businesses should the firm be in‚ business-level strategy is related to how the organization competes in a given business (Hambrick‚ 1983). Miles and Snow proposed that firms in general develop relatively stable patterns of strategic behaviour in order to accomplish a good alignment with the perceived environmental conditions. Their typology involves four strategic
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Finance Working capital management in heavy engineering firms — A case study Dr. D. Mukhopadhyay An investigation into the effectiveness of working capital management of an organization with particular reference to its short term liquidity and solvency and impact on commercial operations of the organization. I ntroduction : The importance of working capital in any industry needs no special emphasis. Working capital is considered to be life-giving force to an economic entity. Management
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MSc International business Module Fundamentals of International Title: business strategy Module mgt7100-aut-qub Code: Lectures Ernst verwaal Name: This essay assignment is the application of the theory‚ concepts and analytical tools of the module international business strategy in the context of a market entry strategy of a real company. the uk firm homebase‚ part of the home retail group‚ proposed analytical study of its market entrance into
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Opening the Black Box of the Relationship Between HRM and Firm Performance Stockholm School of Economics in Russia Working Paper #07 - 101 OPENING THE BLACK BOX OF THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN HRM PRACTICES AND FIRM PERFORMANCE: A COMPARISON OF USA‚ FINLAND‚ AND RUSSIA CARL F. FEY Institute of International Business Stockholm School of Economics S-11383 Stockholm‚ Sweden Tel: (46-8)-736-9501 Fax: (46-8)-31-9927 Carl.Fey@hhs.se and Stockholm School of Economics Russia SERGEY MORGOULIS-JAKOUSHEV Stockholm
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Research Articles Impact Of Sales Promotion On Buyers Behaviour: An Empirical Study Of Indian Retail Customers Gopal Das Lecturer‚ NSHM Business School‚ Kolkata Dr. Rohit Vishal Kumar Reader‚ Xavier Institute of Social Service‚ Ranchi Abstract In the Global Context of open market economics of today‚ the consumer has become the king. He operates through his autonomous power. He enjoys a lot of freedom in his purchase decision. A consumer is in a position to influence the manufacturer or marketer
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performance has never been as important as it is today. In a global economy where supply chains‚ and not companies‚ battle one another‚ how a supply chain performs determines who will win the battle. To achieve maximum benefit from a supply chain‚ a supply chain must be performing at its best or anything it has gained will be short-lived. Yet‚ many companies are not aware of how their supply chains are performing or even what supply chain they are in. The foodservice supply chain is complex and fragmented
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Sales & Distribution Hindustan unilever - Document Transcript 1. December SALES & DISTRIBUTION NETWORK OF HINDUSTAN UNILEVER 21‚ 2008 Sales & Distribution Network of Hindustan Uni Lever (HUL)- DOVE bathing Soap (Region: Kolkata) A marketing channel performs the work of moving goods from producers to consumers. It overcomes the time‚ place‚ and possession gaps that separate goods and services from those who need or want them. Members of the marketing channel perform a number of key functions like
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Why do firms become multinational enterprises? There are multiple ways to define what is meant by the term “multinational enterprise” (MNE)‚ most of which can be reduced to a short list of criteria summarised effectively by Franklin Root (1994). He defined an MNE as a parent company that i) engages in foreign production through its affiliates located in more than one country; ii) exercises direct control over the policies of its affiliates; and iii) implements transnational business strategies in production
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corporate oversight. US offices were the first one to come out and implement the policies. Almost all of the firms had their headquarters in the US and they replicated their headquarters policies to a good extend in other offices around the world. Also other governments and regulatory bodies around the world came out with their country specific rules and regulations which are quite similar to the rules in the US. So these two factors ensured that rules which are followed in US are followed at the
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process of car assembly is almost fully automated. In the old days‚ firms attached importance to the production of virtually every part in a single plant‚ while today‚ carmakers concentrate on only a few specific production stages. Parts and module production‚ services and related activities have been shifted to other‚ specialised firms. Since the 1980s‚ it has become clear that further productivity gains to retain competitiveness can be possible only by outsourcing and securing greater
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