01 Chapter 43550 10/31/08 11:37 AM Page 34 Company Cases 34 Part One Chapter 1 | Defining Marketing and the Marketing Process 1 COMPANY Case Build-A-Bear: Build-A-Memory THE PRODUCT On paper‚ it all looks simple. Maxine Clark opened the first company store in 1996. Since then‚ the company has opened more than 370 stores and has custom-made tens of millions of teddy bears and other stuffed animals. Annual revenues reached $474 million for 2007 and are growing
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www.hbrreprints.org HBR CASE STUDY AND COMMENTARY Should Cheryl initiate an investigation at her new firm? The CEO’s Private Investigation Four commentators offer expert advice. by Joseph Finder • Reprint R0710A If there ever were a time when a chief executive should commission some quiet snooping on her colleagues‚ this might be it. HBR CASE STUDY The CEO’s Private Investigation COPYRIGHT © 2007 HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING CORPORATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
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AEREN FOUNDATION’S Maharashtra Govt. Reg. No.: F-11724 SUBJECT:-E-COMMERCE MANAGEMENT COURSE : Total Marks : 80 Attempt all the cases Case 01 GM’s E-Business Strategy INTRODUCTION US-based General Motors (GM)‚ the largest automobile company in the world‚ was in trouble in the late 1990s. The company’s market share in the US automobile market had been steadily declining from a high of 50% in the late 1960s to a low of 28% by 1999.Analysts pointed out that GM had been in the grip of a vicious
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“The third-wave of feminism encompasses several diverse strains of feminist activity and study” (Nicholson‚ 33). The third-wave ascended somewhat as an answer to the repercussions in contradiction of the initiatives and movements created in the 1960s through the 1980s. It is a challenge to increase the feminist knowledge‚ including women with a diverse set of personalities and characteristics‚ recognizing that women are of “many colors‚ ethnicities‚ nationalities‚ religions‚ and cultural backgrounds”
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HkkÏvuqi POLICY PA P E R 21 ICAR Demand and Supply Projections for Livestock Products in India M. B. Dastagiri jk"Vªh; d`f"k vkfFkZdh ‚oa uhfr vuqla/kku dsUnz NATIONAL CENTRE FOR AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS AND POLICY RESEARCH NCAP Publication Committee S Selvarajan B C Barah Suresh Pal Rasheed Sulaiman‚ V P Adhiguru NCAP has been established by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) with a view to upgrading agricultural economics research through integration
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As the case explains‚ economic changes are a big concern for Danaher’s success. The following topics will be analyzed in addressing those concerns: Business-Level Strategy‚ Corporate-Level Strategy‚ External Analysis‚ Internal Analysis‚ Recommendations. Business Level Strategy Danaher uses mainly a Cost Leader Strategy with a few qualities of Product Differentiation. Details of this can be found by looking at their DBS system. The system is designed to increase productivity and reduce costs. This
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International School Of Business Management‚ Suresh Gyan Vihar University‚ Jaipur 2013 Economics of the Barmer Refinery Author - Dr. Ruchi Goyal‚ Associate professor‚ ISBM Dr. Trilok Kumar Jain‚ Dean‚ ISBM Large projects have many plus and minus points. Investing in large projects involves huge outflow of resources. These projects also have many un-wanted side effects on people living in neighboring areas. These projects also change the aspirations and consumption habits of people
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Bite-size Learning Work-related learning has traditionally been associated with training courses that take up time away from the workplace. It is possible to deliver learning in frequent‚ bite-sized chunks on a more regular‚ and less time-consuming basis‚ however. If you think about it‚ most of our learning outside work is done in frequent short sessions- a driving lesson‚ a television documentary‚ or a French class. Why not build on what works? We know that many organisations would like to get involved
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2004 What Is a Case Study and What Is It Good for? JOHN GERRING Boston University T his paper aims to clarify the meaning‚ and explain the utility‚ of the case study method‚ a method often practiced but little understood. A “case study‚” I argue‚ is best defined as an intensive study of a single unit with an aim to generalize across a larger set of units. Case studies rely on the same sort of covariational evidence utilized in non-case study research. Thus‚ the case study method is correctly
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have a stake in the community and thus foster good relationships with the local government‚ political officials and members of the community. Fostering these types of relationships can also be beneficial when it comes to future plans or expansions. Plus‚ the company has an obligation to the workers once they are employed with the company. As longs as profits and the bottom line are healthy‚ it should keep its commitment to the community. This would hold true in a small or large community. It is the
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