mechanisms of developed economies are. Enron‚ the seventh largest company in the United States‚ was declared bankrupt in December 200 1 after its investment partnership proved to be masking a colossal mountain of debt (around $1.2 billion). Similarly‚ Madoffs company‚ Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities‚ was associated with a $65 billion fraud ’ that affected around 4‚800 clients worldwide‚ includíng investment banks (e.g.‚ Banco Santander‚ UniCredit‚ HSBC)‚ hedge funds (e.g.‚ Ascot Partners and Man
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The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at http://www.emerald-library.com IJOPM 19‚11 Continuous improvement and the mini-company concept Jan de Leede and Jan Kees Looise University of Twente‚ The Netherlands Keywords Continuous improvement‚ Teamwork‚ Organizational design‚ Case studies‚ Kaizen Abstract The key issue of continuous improvement (CI) seems to be the problem of combining extensive employee involvement with market orientation and continuation of CI
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The case of Chase Manhattan Bank Scope of the project The scope of reengineering includes process improvement‚ process reengineering‚ business reengineering and transformation. The case of Chase Manhattan Bank belongs to the process reengineering‚ not process improvement or quick hits. In Chase Manhattan Bank‚ reengineering requires not only the rethinking of the business process but a concurrent examination and redesign of the information technologies and organization that support these processes
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Graig Wallerstein MKT 175 Case #1 Introduction: Bank of America is an organization that serves clients in more than 150 countries with operations based in 40 countries‚ providing services ranging from investment and corporate banking to investing and equity execution services. Bank of America plans to become the world’s finest financial services company. Currently the company is faced with a tough decision in regards to the Mobile Market. They have questions regarding
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Q: Introduction: Larissa has been talking with the company’s directors about the future of East Coast Yachts. To this point‚ the company has used outside suppliers for various key components of the company’s yachts‚ including engines. Larissa has decided that East Coast Yachts should consider the purchase of an engine manufacturer to allow East Coast Yachts to better integrate its supply chain and get more control over engine features. After investigating several possible companies‚ Larissa feels
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Retailtainment is a term rarely used in banking. Banks do not usually target the experience of the customer in a specific branch as a main objective‚ more so almost every bank is pushing to drive customers to use electronic resources for their day to day transactions such as deposit and withdrawals. In this case‚ Commerce Bank is a bank willing to go to the extremes just to make the customers experience worthwhile‚ as one of the most well-known Commerce Bank employee trainer stated “we’re not here to satisfy
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Case Study The Business Of Thinking Industry: Financial Services Project: Improving customer service and sales effectiveness and building a culture that promotes diversity Contributed by: Matthew Galik‚ Director of Sales and Marketing‚ Herrmann International Asia; and Andrew Stagg‚ Manager‚ Learning & Development‚ Bendigo Bank About Bendigo Bank Bendigo Bank is a regional Australian bank‚ operating primarily in Victoria‚ Queensland‚ and New South Wales. With over 200 bank branches and approximately
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http://socialentrepreneurshipximb.wordpress.com/2009/12/08/review-of-the-book-banker-to-the-poor-by-muhammad-yunus-by-lg-9/ Social Entrepreneurship exploring the unexplored………. GRAMEEN BANK – The bank for the poor. In 2006 Mohammed Yunus and the Grameen bank were jointly awarded the Nobel Peace Prize‚ “for their efforts to create economic and social development from below”. Analyzed the root cause of the misery of the rural women of Bangladesh who work hard day and night and are still
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Bank to Bedside: A reliable and efficient transportation of blood by Pneumatic tube System Dr Manish Raturi‚ Dr Shamee Shastry‚ Dr Aaditya Shivhare Department of Immunohematology and Blood Transfusion. Kasturba Medical College‚ Manipal‚ Manipal University. Background Time taken by the service providers is one of the most important quality indicators in healthcare sector. Inefficient and inadequate intra-facility logistics may increase turnaround time (TAT) healthcare delivery costs‚ energy costs
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Mini Case II. Central University Suppose you are the network manager for Central University‚ a medium-size university with 13‚000 students. The university has 10 separate colleges (e.g.‚ business‚ arts‚ journalism)‚ 3 of which are relatively large (300 faculty and staff members‚ 2‚000 students‚ and 3 buildings) and 7 of which are relatively small (200 faculty and staff‚ 1‚000 students‚ and 1 building). In addition‚ there are another 2‚000 staff members who work in various administration departments
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