“Global Economic crisis: Impact on IT Industry in India.” Abstract: Globalization has ensured that none of the economies of the world stays insulated from the global economic crisis. But there was a general belief that the emerging economies could remain largely apart from the global economic meltdown and provide an alternative engine of growth to the world economy. The effect of the crisis on the Indian economy was not significant in the beginning. The argument soon proved unfounded as the global
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The global pharmaceutical industry – in the land of shrinking giants. 1. Introduction The case describes the evolution of the industry and its unusual strategic environment. Attention is drawn to environmental pressures from regulators and payers. Key forces driving the industry are discussed‚ including addressing unmet medical need‚ the importance of innovation and time to market‚ and globalisation. The case illustrates how an increasingly hostile environment‚ combined with a decline in R&D
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Case 7: Global Apparel Industry 1) How did globalization change the ‘rule of the game’ in the apparel industry? What it means for a company like Zara? Traditionally‚ national retailers outsource apparel production‚ via global brokers‚ to thousands of small apparel makers. Globalization created options for countries and companies in the apparel industry. Improving technology‚ sourcing‚ and production systems let innovative apparel makers compress cycle time. Shortening process time increases efficiencies
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Kentucky Fried Chicken and the Global Fast-Food Industry Jeffrey A. Krug University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Copyright © 2001 by Jeffrey A. Krug. Used with permission. Kentucky Fried Chicken Corporation (KFC) was the world’s largest chicken restaurant chain and third largest fast-food chain in 2000. KFC had a 55 percent share of the U.S. chicken restaurant market in terms of sales and operated more than 10‚800 restaurants in 85 countries. KFC was one of the first fast-food chains
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The production management processes at Hyundai Motor India are overlayed with an organization-wide implementation of manufacturing best practices like Just-in-time inventory management‚ Kaizen‚ TPM and TQM‚ that help us in making the world’s best cars‚ right here in India. The Press Shop A computer controlled line that converts sheet metal to body panels of high dimensional accuracy and consistency. The Body Shop A hi-tech line that builds full body shells from panels. Automated robotic
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52A00087 Global Competitiveness of the Indian Paper Industry Prepared for Central Pulp & Paper Research Institute Final Report Draft September 9‚ 2002 All rights reserved. No part of this report may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission in writing from Jaakko Pöyry Consulting. Preface Vantaa September 9‚ 2002 Project Number 52A0087 Global Competitiveness of Indian Paper Industry India has undergone a large process of economic reforms aiming at liberalization
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environmental forces affecting the global pharmaceutical industry? Do these forces differ by industry sector‚ and where would you place the different sectors in the industry life-cycle? Porter’s five forces help identify their attractiveness in the industry in terms of the five competitive forces which are: the threat to entry‚ the threat of substitutes‚ the power of buyers‚ the power of suppliers and the extent of rivalry between the competitors. Where the forces are high‚ industries are not attractive to compete
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is one product that any household has to have at least one. It is a car. In fact‚ cars have played an extremely important role in American society. A car wasn’t invented like other machinery‚ but it was the accumulation of many levels of invention and a combination of many scientific discoveries. Cars’ origin was in Europe by the French and the German and Paris and named by the Paris Academy of Sciences. But automobile industry brilliantly grew in America‚ and Henry Ford with “the Model T and assembly
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There will be three shared two hour tutorials for the International Strategic Management and the Global Business Environment Courses. Students should pre- read the case studies before the tutorials‚ attempt to answer the relevant questions and bring their proposed answers in class. Tutorial 1: Case Study-The global pharmaceutical industry-in the land of shrinking giants‚ Johnson‚ G.‚ Scholes‚ K.‚ Whittington‚ R.‚ Angwin‚ D.‚ and Regner‚ P. (2014) “Exploring Strategy‚ text and cases”. Publisher:
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flourished (Ramsey & Takahashi‚ 2011). In particular‚ Hyundai has experienced rapid market growth in the U.S. market due in part to the recent struggles of its main competitors. Their success‚ however‚ is also due to its new product designs‚ fuel efficiency‚ improved customer service and consumer advertising focused on total brand quality. Indeed‚ Hyundai’s recent success can be attributed to its increase in quality. According to a Fall 2011 study‚ Hyundai has improved its perceived quality amongst U.S
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