pp. 20–38‚ 1999 © 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved Printed in Great Britain S0263-2373(98)00059-0 0263-2373/99 $19.00 0.00 Case Study easyJet’s $500 Million Gamble DON SULL‚ London Business School‚ and Commentators‚ Constantinos Markides‚ Walter Kuemmerle‚ Luis Cabral. This Case Study details the rapid growth of easyJet which started operations in November 1995 from London’s Luton airport. In two years‚ it was widely regarded as the model low-cost European airline and a strong competitor
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Review of General Psychology 2005‚ Vol. 9‚ No. 2‚ 111–131 Copyright 2005 by the Educational Publishing Foundation 1089-2680/05/$12.00 DOI: 10.1037/1089-2680.9.2.111 Pursuing Happiness: The Architecture of Sustainable Change Sonja Lyubomirsky University of California‚ Riverside Kennon M. Sheldon University of Missouri—Columbia David Schkade University of California‚ San Diego The pursuit of happiness is an important goal for many people. However‚ surprisingly little scientific research
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Grant and J. C. Spender‚ (ed.) Knowledge Management Journal 17‚ (1996). 11. R. H. Hayes and K. B. Clark‚ Exploring Level‚ Wiley‚ New York (1985). Studies23‚401-416 (1986). Executive 10(2)‚ 20-37 (1996). of Economics 13‚ 418-438 (1982). 15. C. C. Markides and P. Williamson‚ Related diversification‚ core competences‚ corporate performance‚ Strategic Management Journal 15‚ (1994).
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7 Strategic Position Business Corporate Strategic Choices Innovation International Strategy in Action Acquisitions & Alliances CORPORATE STRATEGY AND DIVERSIFICATION Learning objectives After reading this chapter‚ you should be able to: Key terms ● Identify alternative strategy options‚ including market penetration‚ product development‚ market development and diversification. ● Distinguish between different diversification strategies (related
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Individual Research Report Title: Strategic Management of Lenovo in Mainland China PC Market [pic] Name: FIN Number: Course Enrolled: Date of Submission: Table of Contents: 1. INTRODUCTION.........................................................................................................3 1.1 BACKGORUND INFORMATION………………………………………………..3 1.2 THE OBJECTIVE(S) OF THE FINAL REPORT…………………………………3 1.3 The SCOPE OF THE FINAL REPORT…………………………………………
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Strategic management analyzes the major initiatives taken by a company’s top management on behalf of owners‚ involving resources and performance in external environments.[1] It entails specifying the organization’s mission‚ vision and objectives‚ developing policies and plans‚ often in terms of projects and programs‚ which are designed to achieve these objectives‚ and then allocating resources to implement the policies and plans‚ projects and programs. A balanced scorecard is often used to evaluate
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# 0703 Firm Growth: A Survey by Alexander Coad The Papers on Economics and Evolution are edited by the Evolutionary Economics Group‚ MPI Jena. For editorial correspondence‚ please contact: evopapers@econ.mpg.de ISSN 1430-4716 © by the author Max Planck Institute of Economics Evolutionary Economics Group Kahlaische Str. 10 07745 Jena‚ Germany Fax: ++49-3641-686868 #0703 Firm Growth: A Survey∗ Alex Coad a b c† a Max Planck Institute of Economics‚ Jena‚ Germany b Centre
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Osteoporosis Osteoporosis is a disease of bone that leads to an increased risk of fracture. In osteoporosis the bone mineral density (BMD) is reduced‚ bone microarchitecture is disrupted‚ and the amount and variety of non-collagenous proteins in bone is altered. Osteoporosis is defined by the World Health Organization (WHO) in women as a bone mineral density 2.5 standard deviations below peak bone mass (20-year-old healthy female average) as measured by DXA; the term "established osteoporosis" includes
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commitment to undertake one set of actions rather than another. —Sharon Oster Professor‚ Yale University The process of developing superior strategies is part planning‚ part trial and error‚ until you hit upon something that works. —Costas Markides Professor‚ London Business School Without a strategy the organization is like a ship without a rudder. —Joel Ross and Michael Kami Authors and Consultants Thompson−Strickland−Gamble: Crafting and Executing Strategy: Concepts and Cases
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Product Orientation to Solution Orientation: A Journey Most industrial goods manufacturers and other organizations operating in B2B markets currently face testing times owing to bad economic conditions. While the economic downturn threatens the growth of a lot of these B2B businesses‚ other factors have also emerged that have contributed to this situation of the “perfect storm”. Increased price competition from the traditional low-labour countries‚ increased product quality levels from these same
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