chips and readers. READ MORE 3. Patagonia For its aggressive pursuit of sustainability. As part of its unprecedented Common Threads initiative‚ the outdoor-apparel company launched an eBay storefront where Patagoniaowners can sell secondhand clothing. It’s also expanded into music downloads that benefit environmental charities and even a sustainable salmon jerky in an effort to promote sustainable causes. These initiatives themselves don’t make Patagonia any money‚ but the resulting brand burnishing
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Best of HBR JOHN P. KOTTER AND LEONARD A. SCHLESINGER Choosing Strategies for Change considered that there is nothing more difficult to carry out‚ nor more doubtful of success‚ nor more dangerous to handle‚ than to initiate a new order of things.”1 In 1973‚ The Conference Board asked 13 eminent authorities to speculate what significant management issues and problems would develop over the next 20 years. One of the strongest themes that runs through their subsequent reports is a concern
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CHEM161 Experiment 7: Calorimetry Introduction Calorimetry is the science of measuring heat flow‚ and heat is defined as thermal energy flowing from an object at a higher temperature to one at a lower temperature. For example‚ if a chunk of metal at room temperature is placed in a beaker of boiling water‚ the metal will absorb heat from the water until it is at the same temperature as the boiling water. Scientists also often study the heat associated with different physical and chemical changes
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chapter with the story about an outdoor company‚ and we end it with a story about another outdoor company. The company we’re discussing this time‚ based in Portland‚ Oregon‚ was the brainchild of a small group of executives who left big times jpbs at Patagonia‚ Nike‚ and Adidas. These individuals shared a belief that ‘ in addition to generating a profit‚ companies have an equal responsibilities to create positive social and environmental change.’ Putting their beliefs into action‚ the group formed Nau
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| Case Scenario The company we are discussing this time‚ based in Portland‚ Oregon‚ was the brainchild of a small group of executives who left big-time jobs at Patagonia‚ Nike‚ and Adidas. These individuals shared a belief that “in addition to generating a profit‚ companies have an equal responsibility to create positive social and environmental change”. Putting their beliefs into action‚ the group formed Nau (which
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Manufacturing Strategy – MBA 622 Instructor Prof. R.R.K. Sharma rrks@iitk.ac.in Office : FB326‚ Residence H.No. 643‚ IIT‚ Campus Kanpur – 208 016 COURSE OBJECTIVES Most of our students (B Tech and MBA) are engineers in various disciplines. It is natural that they develop their career in the “Manufacturing Function” of organizations they join. This course prepares them to take up the responsibilities as the “Manufacturing Chief” or the “Manufacturing Vice President” of the company. Briefly
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The Future of Luxury Travel © Brown + Hudson 2011 A Global Trends Report First Findings for ILTM Asia JUNE 2011 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY What does the future hold for the luxury travel industry? Where are we headed? In order to isolate the key trends and achieve a clear view of the direction of luxury travel‚ International Luxury Travel Market (ILTM) has launched a global research project on the luxury travel industry. The objective of the research is two-fold: to identify key supply and
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lends weight to the vicariance hypothesis. Further evidence comes from fossil record‚ where remains of pollen grains of Northofagus have been found in regions outside the present range of any living species‚ namely Antarctica‚ Western Australia and Patagonia. This also confirms that the climate of Antarctica in Cretaceous times was very different from today. Landmasses undergo major changes of climate as they move across different latitudes. This affects evolutionary processes in that greater species
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“What’s that Awful Smell”? - Bromine There are 118 known elements to man‚ and each of them differ in its own way. They vary from weight‚ structure‚ color‚ and much more‚ but many of them are similar to others and can be grouped accordingly. One element that varies drastically from others is one whose stench is so horrible‚ that the original name of the element was changed from muride to bromos‚ which means “stench” in Greek. Thus‚ bromine was named. Like many other known elements‚ bromine was discovered
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New Venture Planning & Entrepreneurship Contact Hours : 42 hrs Credit : 1.5 Credit Prerequisite : None Instructor : Dr Veeresh Sharma “Innovation is the specific tool of entrepreneurs‚ the means by which they exploit change as an opportunity for a different business or a different service. It is capable of being presented as a discipline‚ capable of being learned‚ capable of being practiced” Peter F. Drucker In present scenarios‚ consumer needs must be satisfied in superior manner
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