HISTORY OF BANKS The origins of modern banking can be traced to medieval and early Renaissance Italy‚ to the rich cities in the north like Florence‚ Lucca‚ Siena‚Venice and Genoa. The Bardi and Peruzzi families dominated banking in 14th century Florence‚ establishing branches in many other parts ofEurope. One of the most famous Italian banks was the Medici Bank‚ set up by Giovanni di Bicci de’ Medici in 1397. The earliest known state deposit bank‚ Banco di San Giorgio (Bank of St. George)‚ was founded
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analysis -refinement of it(improve it yaani k extra benefits of strategic group analysis compared to five forces) Strategic decisions have always been a vital part of business as ever since their conception but the word strategy is barely mentioned pre 1960s. However‚ the concepts of strategy were linear and largely inefficient before the 1980’s and Micheal Porter’s contribution to modern businesses. He presented many theories and “models” on how to improve decision making and gain competitive advantage
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to open stores in coming months in Singapore and Malaysia. Gap is also wish to follow the example set by other American brands that have successfully expanded in Asia and the Middle East‚ such as Starbucks. Gap ’s current international expansion strategy of working with local franchisees reduces Gap ’s financial risks. Using franchisees‚ Gap is able to sell its brand and its clothing without the headaches of navigating local real estate markets and hiring armies of store-level employees onto its
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The history of cinema began with short films which were made before the appearance of feature films. Since then‚ short films experienced a difficult period surviving along with feature films until the mid 40s when double feature films became popular. In the 1950s short films had found a new place thanks to a rise of television. In the modern era‚ short films refer to “short subjects” and are made by independent film-makers with abundant themes. . “The furniture” is an Independent Lens Online Shorts
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Introduction Background of CIMB Bank Our assignment is to investigate the products and services offer by CIMB Bank. The reason we choose CIMB Bank is that it is a pure Malaysian bank. The Board of Director and management team almost all form by Malaysian. The Chairman of CIMB Bank is Tan Sri Dato’ Md Nor and the Chief Executive Officer of CIMB Bank is Dato’ Sri Nazir Razak (The son of the Second Malaysia prime minister‚ Tun Abdul Razak). CIMB Bank is an indigenous ASEAN investment bank and has the widest retail
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Project Report On “ CAPITEC bank (South Africa) implementing the Bottom of Pyramid strategy ” Submitted To: Dr.Veena Dutta Prepared By: Fagun Naiyyer PGDM 2011-13 11GM021 Executive Summary Little research has yet been undertaken in South Africa about commercial banks that are servicing the microenterprise and micro lending market. The objective of this project was to investigate the key factors that should be considered by capitec bank in South Africa servicing the microenterprise market.
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has gone through different Banking system. Banking system of Bangladesh has moved out three phases of development - Nationalization‚ Privatization‚ and lastly Financial Sector Reform. In Bangladesh‚ now-a-days more than 50 commercial & specialized banks are conducting their operations‚ but they differ from one another in many ways regarding their services. In the banking system the department of foreign exchange is very foremost section where letter of credit (LC) is the primary financial tool which
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Analysis of ICICI Bank and its comparison with HDFC Bank 1|Page Contents Profile of the banks……………………………………………………………………………………….3 Financial Analysis of the two banks …………………………………………………………………... 4 Growth Strategies that ICICI bank can adopt…………………………………………………………9 Strategic Analysis………………………………………………………………………………………..10 Recommendations……………………………………………………………………………………….13 2|Page 1. Profile of the banks ICICI Bank ICICI Bank is India’s second-largest bank and offers a wide
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Jaychandran and Chandana Chakraborty on INDIAN SOFTWARE INDUSTRY : STRUCTURE‚ TRENDS AND CONSTRAINTS published in Journal of Services Research‚ Volume1‚ November 2(October 2001) 4. "What Is Strategy?" by Michael E. Porter‚ Harvard Business Review‚ 1. Volume 74‚ Number 6‚ pp 61 - 78. 5. “Competitive Strategy”‚ By Michael E. Porter Free Press‚ 1980 3. http://www.indianembassy.org/indiainfo/india_it.htm 4. http://www.thehindubusinessline.com 5. http://www.dnb.co.in/TopIT/overview.asp 6. http://in.news.yahoo.c
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COMPETITIVE STRATEGIES ADOPTED BY EQUITY BANK LIMITED By Chege Bernard K. K. A Management Research Project submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Business Administration (MBA)‚ School of Business‚ University of Nairobi October 2008 ii DECLARATION This project is my original work and has not been submitted for a degree in any other university. Signed: ____________________________________ Chege Bernard K. K. Regn No: D61/P/8500/04 Date: _______________________________________
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