“FINDING YOUR STRATEGY IN THE NEW LANDSCAPE” By: Pankaj Ghemawat Executive summary: The economic health of the world became worse after the global recession of 2008. The general impact of this catastrophe crashed not only the manufacturing sector but also the service sector as well globally. Most of the times it limited the various activities of the cross border commerce. The FDI has plunged down by 40% dramatically within the span of one year. Such trends in the economy can invite weak global
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star hotel without firing most of the six-hundred employees or spending a large amount on re-training the existing ones. Discussion 1. Could the management of the HI team have been more culturally sensitive and was its strategy correct to achieve its goals? 2. How could HI have better prepared for the takeover? 3. Could Tian Wen‚ the former Chinese general manager‚ have been used in a more advantageous way? In this case‚ the main focus is collision of the two different business cultures
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“The Heart of your Strategy” article summary Grand Canyon University: MKT 450 ‘The Heart of your Strategy’ article deals with how an industry can increase its sales in market and get better revenue as compare to its competitive industries. In this article the customer loyalty factor has been considered as one of the strategy of business. Customer Loyalty deals with giving customers what they actually want in their product and how a company can fulfill the customers’ needs by giving them
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time and effort into my learning. This is my second years in school and I am a junior now. In the meanwhile‚ it is my last two years in college. In the future‚ I expect that I can partake in different variety of extra-curricular activities in the school‚ give different try and have plans for the future. Also‚ I hope I can have more confidence in myself at school and try my best to conquer my fear of speaking English in public. After the summer vacation was over‚ I went back to school . The new semester
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Can You Be Honest With Your Friends My sister is a person whom one might define as socially awkward. While neither of us possess the gift of tact‚ I have become slightly more adept a maneuvering unfamiliar social situations‚ whereas she avoids them wherever and whenever possible. We both have the same handicap: that being that we don’t possess a filter. Whereas most people know that it constitutes poor manners to point out a hanger from a perfect stranger’s nose‚ we feel it is our civic duty
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The case study‚ “Beijing EAPS Consulting‚ Inc.” in the Custom Book‚ (2011)‚ examines the project management structure of the Beijing EAPS Consulting (BEC) company. This case study also addresses about project plan itself and how the co-workers are struggling with this communication between both mangers. This project plan has demonstrated many strengths and weakness. The one thing that the project plan needs put into action is safeguards to insure that the project is completed on time. BEC has taken
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Apple has been able to invest significantly in research and development‚ having invested $80 million in the quarter ending in June 2010. Weaknesses * Apple acknowledges that its profitability is dependent on the global economy. Economic downturns can have a significant negative effect on the company‚ and fluctuations in foreign currencies make profit predictions in foreign markets uncertain. Opportunities * Apple is expected to introduce a new mobile advertising platform for the iPhone‚ iPod
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1. Describe a moment in your life when you took on a great challenge. What was the outcome? It was a rainy and windy day In Valladolid‚ where the Spanish Rugby Championship was being held. Thirty teams had managed to enter the tournament; the Spanish crème de la crème (including little ol’ me)‚ but now only eight remained. The other seven had withered away like leaves on an autumn wind. The other team seemed ready; an orgy of feelings flooded the pitch: fear‚ excitement‚ and anxiety… Our team
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place they operate in. The goal of IT as such should be directed toward the alignment of IT strategy with an organization ’s overall business strategy (Mulcay‚ 2001). It is argued though that the inability to successfully derive value from IT investment is‚ for the most part due to a lack of alignment between IT and business strategies. Johnson and Scholes cited by Riley (2012) define strategy as follows "Strategy is the direction and scope of an organization over the long-term: which achieves advantage
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GDP by 2050. So‚ this article has tried to explain how a change in the strategic approach of the multinational companies (MNC) can help them benefit from these opportunities. The main issue of this article is to address how an MNC should review its expansion strategy in this hostile post recession operating environment. The author highlights the need of changes in several business processes. Beginning from the change in organizational strategy‚ the author recommends MNCs to address the changes
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