Japan: The Miracle Years What is the so-called “Japanese Miracle” - How did the Japanese achieve it? GNP increased about 5 times in a span of about 20 years. The country saw a 10.1% compound rate of growth in 17 years. How: * Industrial Policy: government weighs in on what industries are winners vs. losers‚ then supports the winners. * Govt agencies worked together to help shape the future growth and create stability: Ministry of International Trade‚ Ministry of Finance and Economic
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1. How did Philips become the leading consumer electronics company in the world in the postwar era? What distinctive competence did they build? What distinctive incompetencies? In anticipation of the impending war in the late 1930s‚ Philips transferred its overseas assets to two trusts‚ British Philips and the North American Philips Corporation. It moved most of its vital research laboratories to England and its top management to the United States. Isolated from their parents and supported
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market segmentation is the Colgate-Palmolive Company Philippines‚ with their shampoo-product line specifically Palmolive Naturals and Gard Anti-Dandruff Shampoo. Market Segmentation was applied by the company because they found the need to develop new variety of products that would fill the gaps in the shampoo market due to the diverse demands of its consumers. Palmolive Naturals is the flagship-shampoo brand of the company which caters mostly to the female consumers’ hair needs. It offers a range
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detrimental to the business. c. Superior IT systems can only provide a temporary competitive advantage on account of the fact that technology is always changing. Although Wal-Mart may have the best technology systems right now‚ this may not be the case in 5 years if they choose not to update their systems. Although Wal-Mart has the capital to continue to stay abreast with the newest and best technology‚ continual implementation of these systems can be cumbersome even for a company as big as Wal-Mart
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Imagine a place where bright lights currently glow the streets‚ a city that become depended on trade to grow its riches. Known today as Amsterdam‚ the city is known for its international trade and transport. Today Amsterdam holds the must see Museum of Van Gogh. And to mention Amsterdam’s social life is well known. Here in Amsterdam‚ reefer is legal‚ prostitutes are common‚ and religion is free to be expressed. This lively city has rich history‚ but began with humble origins. Amsterdam originated
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Example of Regression Analysis: Emergency Calls to the New York Auto Club The AAA Club of New York provides many services to its members‚ including travel planning‚ traffic safety classes and discounts on insurance. The service with the highest profile is its Emergency Road Service (ERS). If a club member’s car breaks down‚ the member can tell the Club to send out a tow truck for assistance. This service is especially useful in the winter months‚ when Club members can be stranded with frozen
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research to various region and income group. Here the staff needs to learn about the Panasonic’s technology. The staff also build an informal relationship with engineers from various business technology to get the technology knowledge for developing new product. Panasonic’s market in washing machine increase up to 12% when they introduce the silver ion technology‚ based on their research that 90% of people in China that have washers still laundrying their underwear by hands. They worked with Jiao
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Issue: The court case New York Times Co v. Sullivan was a significant case in 1964. The plaintiff‚ L.B. Sullivan‚ the Commissioner of the City of Montgomery‚ Alabama sued the defendant‚ The New York Times (along with four other African American Alabama clergymen) in an Alabama court‚ for the printing of an advertisement in the March 29‚ 1960 edition of the newspaper over libel accusations. The full page ad titled “Heeding Their Rising Voices” condemned the actions of violence that were occurring
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standard by connecting it to IBM-proprietary technology. The strategy failed. By the early 1990s “IBM-compatible” had been replaced by “Wintel” as the dominant standard with IBM‘s early partners‚ Microsoft and Intel‚ taking the helm as coordinators. The new “Wintel” regime‚ like its predecessor‚ was an arena where technical invention was divided amongst vertically disintegrated firms. This market structure‚ one of divided technical leadership‚ is a structure in which a number of firms possess the capability
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Situation Analysis Newspapers and print media have experienced increasing difficulty due to the shift in the way people consume information. According the Pew Research Center‚ 55% of New York Times readers read the Times on a phone or a computer. That trend holds true across the industry with 2012 numbers showing that over half of Americans consume news online‚ while only 29% claimed to have read a newspaper in the last day (See Exhibit 1). Declining print readership means fewer advertisers
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