Compaq notebooks 1.0 INTRODUCTION Compaq Computer‚ based in Houston‚ Texas‚ is the world’s largest personal computer manufacturer and the fourth largest information technology (IT) company. From 1992-1997‚ the company’s aggressive high volume PC strategy propelled it to high growth rates in revenues‚ while its leadership in PC servers sustained strong margins and drove profit growth. Starting in 1995‚ former CEO Eckhard Pfieffer began to transform Compaq from a pure PC company to a full-service
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The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0959-6119.htm Quick-service The product innovation process of restaurant chains quick-service restaurant chains Michael C. Ottenbacher Heilbronn University‚ Heilbronn‚ Germany‚ and 523 Received 20 May 2008 Revised 24 July 2008‚ 23 September 2008 Accepted 24 September 2008 Robert J. Harrington University of Arkansas‚ Fayetteville‚ Arkansas‚ USA Abstract Purpose – This paper aims to outline
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understanding of how their brand‚ business and products are perceived (Blackmores‚ 2011). During the month of September in 2011 company announced deal with pharmacy guild in Australia to sell supplements to customers once their prescription are filled for antibiotic‚ blood pressure drug‚ cholesterol medicine. But soon they had to postpone the deal because of the news published in media. Medical authorities recommended that the use of such companion product can create serious blood stream infection (Collett
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New Product Planning and development New products are a vital part of a firm’s competitive growth strategy. Leaders of successful firms know that it is not enough to develop new products on sporadic basis. What counts is a climate of a products development that leads to one triumph after another. It is commonplace fro major companies to have 50percent or more of their current sales in products introduced within the last 10 years. Some Additional facts about new products are: • • • • • Many new products
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New Product Development for Microfinance: Design‚ Testing‚ and Launch Technical Note Number 2 New Product Development for Microfinance: Design‚ Testing‚ and Launch by Monica Brand ACCION International October 1998 This work was supported by the U.S. Agency for International Development‚ Global Bureau‚ Economic Growth Section‚ Microenterprise Development Office‚ through funding to the Microenterprise Best Practices (MBP) Project‚ contract number PCE-C-00-96-90004-00. i ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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American Home Products Corporation1. CASE SUMMARYAHP Chief Executive"I just don ’t like to owe money"‚ said William F. Laporte‚ AHP chief executive‚ when asked about his company ’s almost debt-free balance sheet and growing cash reserves. Mr. Laporte had taken over as chief executive of American Home Products in 1964. Throughout 17 subsequent years of his tenure Mr. Laporte has not changed his opinion of debt financing and AHP ’s abstinence from debt continued‚ while the growth in its cash balance
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What is “functional product”‚ and what is “innovative product?” We can use the nature of product demand to classify whether a product is a functional product or an innovative product. With different product characters‚ supply chain management method that managers should choose will also be varied. Functional products are products that people buy in wide range of retail outlets‚ and those products have more stable and predictable demand‚ as well as long life cycles. For example‚ most of
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TO WHAT EXTENT DO YOU AGREE WITH THE STATEMENT “CRIME IS A SOCIAL PRODUCT. Introduction Crime The twentieth century was a time of many political assassinations and violent shootings. A nation in shock mourned the deaths of President John Kennedy and civil rights leader Martin Luther King‚ Jr. At the end of the twentieth century the nation endured rising rates of violent crime‚ with young people frequently involved as victims and perpetrators and often armed with guns. Between July 1992‚ and June
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1. Executive Summary 2. Idea Generation: Bangladesh having monsoon weather most of the time our climate is hot and burning. So the use of lotion in that climate is quite irrelevant. In winter the skin looses the smoothness thus it is mandatory to use body lotion. But if we try it in summer then it will be a disaster because of sunburn the skin will become dark and shady. But it is necessary to keep the moisture of body in summer also but due to sunburn we can’t do it. To get rid of this problem
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Chapter 10 – Products and Services for Consumers Discussion Questions 1. Define the following terms and show their significance to international marketing: Product diffusion Innovation Product Component Model Green marketing Quality Homologation Global brands 1. Debate the issue of global versus adapted products for the international market. A recurring debate exists relative to product planning and focuses on the question of standardized products marketed worldwide versus differentiated
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