Cost Leadership: Any organization in order to survive in a highly competitive market should be able to achieve sustainable growth and profitability. Companies that have managed to reduce costs and understand the cost technology can obtain sustainable advantage as a cost leader. In order for any company to become a cost leader is important that the cost technology is understood and the five constituent steps are implemented and followed by the management. The five steps towards obtaining
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Principles of Macroeconomics Econ 2301-83004 SPRING 2013 | 3 Credit Hours INSTRUCTOR’S NAME: Pete Mavrokordatos TELEPHONE NUMBER: 817-515-6270 E-MAIL ADDRESS: pmavrokordatos@dcccd.edu CLASS MEETING TIME: MWF 2.10pm – 3.05pm DROP DATE: April 18‚ 2013 THE INSTRUCTOR RESERVES THE RIGHT TO AMEND A SYLLABUS AS NECESSARY. COURSE DESCRIPTION: Econ 2301: Principles of Macroeconomics-- This is a Texas Common Course Number. This is a DCCCD Core Curriculum Course. An introduction
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Core Competencies A core competency is a concept in management theory originally advocated by CK Prahalad‚ and Gary Hamel‚ two business book writers. In their view a core competency is a specific factor that a business sees as being central to the way it‚ or its employees‚ works. It fulfills three key criteria: 1. It is not easy for competitors to imitate. 2. It can be re-used widely for many products and markets. 3. It must contribute to the end consumer’s experienced benefits. C.K. Prahalad and
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Attributes and Competencies of the Global Leader Introduction Today we are living in a globalized world‚ where organizations are multicultural and diverse‚ people are sharing a global language (English) and a global medium of communications (Internet)‚ technology is booming‚ small connected world and changes are faster than ever. To be an effective leader of emerging organizations in the global world one will need to see the world and the workforce with a global mindset (Marquardt & Berger 2000)
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URBAN OUTFITTERS CASE STUDY Identify at least three challenges when setting up a business. Explain why they are challenges. There are many challenges to starting up a business but starting a “niche business” has challenges of its own. One of the first and most important challenges is to find a unique idea or product to sell. Another concern should be finding the right name for the (going forward we will use product as our example) product. The name is vital to the success of
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Niche bakeries are becoming more popular though the last few years. These types of bakeries specialize in a certain type of baked goods and showcase them for their customers as well as having other types of more common baked goods available. This is the type of business that I would create. My niche bakery would specialize in individual cupcakes and pies as well as baking larger cakes and pies to order. Local customers will consist of area residents‚ business owners and students that can easily
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What is niche marketing? The word ‘niche’ is defined as: A special area of demand for a products or service. The word ‘marketing’ is defined as: The opportunity to buy or sell. Niche Marketing means buying or selling a product or service in a special area of demand. All that really means product or service is being sold to the people who are most interested in that particular product or service and not to the world in general. Often time big businesses use niche marketing
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Niche Marketing I. Niche market and niche marketing. 1. Definition Niche market is the subset of the market on which a specific product is focused. The market niche defines the product features aimed at satisfying specific market needs‚ as well as the price range‚ production quality and the demographics that is intended to impact. It is also a small market segment Niche marketing is a portion of market that you have identified as having some special characteristic and that is worth marketing for
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ADVANTAGES OF COST ACCOUNTING 1. Fixation of responsibility: Whenever a cost center is established‚ it implies establishing a kind of relationship between superior and subordinates. Thus responsibilities are fixed on every individual who is concerned with incurrence of cost. 2. Measures economic performance: By applying cost control techniques such as budgetary control and standard costing it helps in assisting the performance of business. 3. Fixation of price: By providing cost
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Marketing Management Assignment 2 A niche market also known as a target market is a focused‚ targetable portion (subset) of a market sector. By definition‚ then‚ a business that focuses on a niche market is addressing a need for a product or service that is not being addressed by mainstream providers. A niche market may be thought of as a narrowly defined group of potential customers. A distinct niche market usually evolves out of a market niche‚ where potential demand is not met by any
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