TYPES OF CORPORATE DIVERSIFICATION When a firm chooses to diversify‚ it faces a decision as to how related the new business(es) is(are) to the existing businesses of the firm. When Charles Bluhdorn was CEO of a company called Gulf+Western in the 1950s‚ he diversified into a host of industries: motion pictures (Paramount Pictures‚ the makers of The Godfather‚ Chinatown‚ and other movies)‚ clothing‚ cigars‚ zinc mines‚ auto parts‚ and sugar‚ among others! In contrast‚ a company such as Cooper
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Choosing A Career That Can Fit For A Lifetime Choosing a career is a very important part of becoming an adult. I believe that making the right career choice will bring financial stability‚ advancement opportunities and employment that I can be satisfied with all of my life. There are so many careers to choose from. I once thought I was sure that I would grow up and be a doctor but now I am finding there are many options that can still pay me well and that I can enjoy doing. It is important
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1.0 Introduction The term “customer loyalty” is indisputably one of the most widely studied subjects by researchers in the world‚ intensively evolving over the years. According to past reviews‚ loyalty has been defined as a repeat purchase that is a result of a preference‚ attitude or market share. However‚ according to Uncles‚ Dowling and Hammond’s (2003) review of literature‚ there is no universally agreed definition (Jacoby and Chestnut‚ 1978; Dick and Basu‚ 1994; Oliver‚ 1999). Therefore‚
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Pepsi has used celebrity branding to build upon the Pepsi brand. The 1980s brought in celebrity endorsers like Tina Turner‚ Michael J. Fox‚ Gloria Estefan‚ and David Bowie. By far its biggest celebrity endorser in this time period was Michael Jackson. The singer and PepsiCo struck a $5 million partnership that linked the two together for the rest of the 1980s. With Jackson as its prime celebrity endorser‚ PepsiCo was able to set itself up as the hip‚ trendy drink for the new generation. Pepsi’s celebrity
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Heineken N.V.: Global Branding and Advertising Instruction: 1. Each student will read the case(s) ahead of time before attending to the class. 2. Your group will be assigned to one or several questions in class. 3. After a thorough group discussion‚ your group will outline/summarize your answers into a PPT file and drop it onto the Blackboard’s drop-box. 4. Your group will present and lead the discussion of the question(s) assigned to you. Although the group in charge will be the major discussants
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Facebook Recruitment and Employer Branding Best Practices and Ideas From the World’s Leading Companies A White Paper by CKR Interactive and Work4 Labs January 2013 1 TABLE OF CONTENT Executive Summary ................................................................................................................................................................. 3 The Rise of Social Media .......................................................................................
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Last accessed 16th March 2013. • N/A. Balanced Scorecard Basics. Available: http://www.balancedscorecard.org /bscresources/aboutthebalancedscorecard/tabid/55/default.aspx. Last accessed 14th March 2013. • N/A. (N/A). Lancaster Landmark Hotel Group Customer Case Study.Available: http://www.successfactors.com/en_us/download.html?a=/content/dam/successfactors/en_us/resources/case-studies/lancaster-landmark-cs.pdf. Last accessed 05th March 2013. • N/A. (2012). Key Performance Indicator. Available: http://website-tools
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Customer equity is a result of customer relationship management. Customer equity is the total of discounted lifetime values of all of the firms customers. In layman terms‚ the more loyal a customer‚ the more is the customer equity. Firms like McDonalds‚ Apple and Facebook have very high customer equity and that is why they have an amazing and sustainable competitive advantage. Customer Equity is made up of three components. Value Equity‚ Brand Equity and Relationship Equity. Value Equity
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Introduction Delta Airlines‚ along with many of its major competitors within the airline industry‚ have been utilizing self-service kiosks as a means to reduce‚ if not eliminate‚ the long lines at airport ticket counters. These kiosks offer business and leisure travelers the opportunity to print out a boarding pass‚ get a baggage ticket‚ or simply check the status of a flight on their own terms. To help Delta implement this initiative‚ Kinetics‚ USA‚ was hired to provide the company with self-service
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his last name and place of employment not be disclosed. Edward’s official job title is pre-owned sales representative and he defined his job as selling used vehicles while achieving and maintaining appropriate levels of gross profit‚ volume‚ and customer satisfaction. As a veteran in the auto industry for twenty-three years‚ he holds a lot of negotiation experience. Edward feels that although official training is always provided‚ he has mostly learned from experience. (personal communication‚ October
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