Table of contents 1.0 Introduction 2 2.0 New Product Development of SK-II 3 2.1 Strategy 3 2.2 Idea Generation 4 2.3 Screening 5 2.4 Concept development and testing 6 2.5 Business analysis 7 2.6 Product Development and Testing 8 2.7 Test Marketing 8 2.8 Commercial and launch 9 3.0 Critical Issue of SK-II 11 4.0 Conclusion 12 References: 13 1.0 Introduction The Procter & Gamble Company (P&G) boasts boatloads of brands. The world ’s top maker of household products
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Empowering women through microfinance‚ Publication sponsored by UNIFEM‚ available at www.microcreditsummit .org/papers/+ 5cheston_kuhn.pdf Ghate ‚Prabhu. 2008. Micro finance in India – A state of the sector report (2007). New Delhi: Sage publications. Johnson‚ Susan .2004. The impact of microfinance institutions in local financial markets: a case study from Kenya‚ Journal of International Development‚ Kabeer‚ Naila.2005. Is microfinance a magic bullet for women empowerment? Analysis of South Asia‚ Economic
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COUNTRY ANALYSIS UNIT FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF SAN FRANCISCO JANUARY 2010 Microfinance in the Philippines uring the last few years‚ the volume of microfinance activity has grown considerably in the Philippines and an increasing number of financial institutions have engaged in retail microfinance operations. While this sector has been traditionally dominated by rural banks‚ non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and finance cooperatives‚ in 2009 a number of commercial banks sought entrance
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The Great SK Debate: Do we really need the Sangguniang Kabataan? Allegations of corruption by inefficient‚ ineffective‚ and non-performing Sangguniang Kabataan (SK) officials have caused mounting calls for its abolition from various sectors and officials‚ including no less than President Benigno Aquino‚ Jr. himself‚ and Department of Interior and Local Government (DILG) Secretary Jesse Robredo. Ironically‚ the very author of Republic Act No. 7160 or the Local Government Code (LGC) which created
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SK-II: Damage Control in China‚ Case Summary Major Strategic Challenges: P&G´s miscommunication had led SK-II to be torn by political debate‚ treated not on a fact basis. Rather‚ SK-II became a symbol of consumer dissatisfaction in foreign cosmetic overpower in China‚ and public hysteria was machinated as a tool (also in supporting nationalistic trade wars between China‚ the U.S.‚ and Japan). Negative effects were looming on P&G´s other brands in China and the SK-II brand in other markets
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Final Report Poverty and Social Impact Assessment: Pakistan Microfinance Policy May 2006 Oxford Policy Management POVERTY AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT: PAKISTAN MICROFINANCE POLICY |2 Disclaimer: The views reflected in this report do not necessarily reflect that of official DFID or UK Government policy. POVERTY AND SOCIAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT: PAKISTAN MICROFINANCE POLICY |3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Abbreviations ………………………………………………………………………………………………….7 Executive Summary ..
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bills in the House of Representatives on reforming or abolishing the Sangguniang Kabataan (SK). The SK is a barangay-based youth government‚ which comprises of one SK chairperson and a set of SK councilors per barangay‚ all of whom are elected along with the barangay officials. Furthermore‚ this youth government is fairly represented in the legislative body of the cities/municipalities as the president of the SK Federation has a seat in the policy-making bodies such as the Sangguniang Panlungsod or
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CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION Microfinance is usually understood to entail the provision of financial services to micro-entrepreneurs and small businesses‚ which lack access to banking and related services due to the high transaction costs associated with serving these client categories. For some‚ microfinance is a movement whose object is "a world in which as many poor and near-poor households as possible have permanent access to an appropriate range of high quality financial services‚ including not
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million people are currently in need of funds. Microfinance encompasses many different types of services such as credit‚ savings‚ insurance‚ remittance and pensions. Microfinance initiatives primarily focus on microcredit services because rural towns are heavily reliant on credit for a wide range of needs for example engage in economic activity‚ consumption needs‚ mitigate income shocks‚ increase savings and improve self-empowerment. In many microfinance areas‚ women comprise most of the groups because
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information from Society to Federation to HQs and vice versa is not very efficient. 3) The reports produced by the MIS are not in line with the best practices information required. 4) There is no accurate aging analysis of all loans including the past due loans. At best‚ the aging analysis is approximate and there is no proper asset classification backed up by provisioning. 5) Clients are not classified as good‚ delinquent and defaulting borrowers based on (international best practices) criteria.
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