MC Paper summary 1. Anderson‚ S.W.‚ Christ‚ M.H.‚ Dekker‚ H.C. and K.L Sedatole. (2014). Topic: The use of management controls to mitigate risk in strategic alliances: field and survey evidence. Research question: ‘‘What are the specific alliance risks and how can managers mitigate them with control mechanisms’’? Strategic alliances: involve voluntary collaboration between legally independent firms and‚ as hybrid organizational forms‚ fall along the continuum of arms-length market transactions
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Internal Control and Accounting Systems – Standards ICAS (Level 4) - Standards 1 Title (and reference number) Level Credit value Principles of Internal Control (Knowledge) 4 3 Assessment criteria – learners can: Describe the purpose‚ structure and organisation of the accounting function and its 1.1 relationships with other functions within the organisation. Explain the various business purposes for which the following financial information is required • income statement (profit and loss
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long-term customer relationships based on customer value and satisfaction. Under the marketing concept‚ customer focus and value are the paths to sales and profits. Many successful and well-known global companies have adopted the marketing concept. IKEA‚ Procter & Gamble‚ Marriott‚ Nordström and Wal-Mart follow it faithfully. Toyota‚ the highly successful Japanese car manufacturer‚ is also a prime example of an organisation that takes a customer- and marketing-oriented view of its business. Toyota
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INTM 543 PURCHASING IKEA SUPPLY CHAIN November 2012 1. INTRODUCTION Ikea is a Swedish international home products company that designs and sells ready-to-assemble furniture. It was founded in 1947 by 17-year-old Ingvar Kamprad‚ who currently is one of the richest people in the world. He borrowed some money for his parents and create a small local furniture store‚ 65 years later Ikea is one of the leading home furnishing companies in the world with its vision to ‘’create a better
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Chapter I Introduction to control systems 1 EE352: Lecture 01: Introduction to linear control systems Definition 1 (Control system). an interconnection of subsystems and processes forming a configuration that will lead to the desired output‚ given a specified input. Desired output Reference input Control system plant reference input Actual output system response controlled variable The control system manipulates the input of the process to get the desired response
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Swedish Furniture Giant IKEA Case Study The points of the Porter’s Diamond are described as four broad attributes. And these attributes promote or impede the creation of competitive advantage. These attributes are: •Factor conditions --a nation’s position in factors of production such as skilled labor or the infrastructure necessary to compete in a given industry. •Demand conditions --the nature of home demand for the industry’s product or service. •Relating and supporting industries
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Industrial Robot Control System A robot must have a control system to operate its drive system‚ which is used to move the arm‚ wrist‚ and body of a robot at various paths. When different industrial robots are compared with their control system‚ they can be divided into four major types. They are: • Limited Sequence Robots • Playback Robots with Point – Point Control • Playback Robots with Continuous Path Control • Intelligent Robots Limited Sequence Robots: The limited sequence
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MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM NOLAN STAGE HYPOTHESIS The stages-of-growth model is a theoretical model for the growth of information technology (IT) in a business or similar organization. It was developed by Richard L. Nolan during the 1970s‚ and published by him in the Harvard Business Review.[1] [edit]Development Both articles describing the stages were first published in the Harvard Business Review. The first proposal was made in 1973 and consisted of only four stages.[2] Two additional
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inventory can result in a significant expense. Looking over your shoulder is the lender who is concerned about the cost of carrying too much inventory- which can affect profitability.” * Inventory System [Michael Bernacchi (2002)] According to an author Michael Bernacchi (2002)‚an inventory systems maintain information about activities within firms that ensure the delivery of products to customers. The subsystems that perform these functions include sales‚
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company business? What are their product lines? IKEA is the biggest furniture retail company that offer variety type of design to its customer. The nature of IKEA business is Offering a wide range of well-designed‚ functional home furnishing products at prices so low that as many people as possible will be able to afford them. IKEA was the world’s largest furniture retailer ‚It sold inexpensive furniture of Scandinavian design. Considering that IKEA stores carry a product line of approximately 10
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