The proper name of the area in both Dutch and English is "Holland". "Holland" is a part of the Netherlands. "Holland" is informally used in English and other languages‚ including sometimes the Dutch language itself‚ to mean the whole of the modern country of the Netherlands.[1] (This example of pars pro toto or synecdoche is similar to the tendency to refer to the United Kingdom as "England".).[4][5] The people of Holland are referred to as "Hollanders" in both Dutch and English. Today this refers
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Smuckers: A Case Study Analysis Rachel Gerhardt Dickinson State University The J.M. Smucker Company was founded in 1879 in Orville‚ Ohio by Jerome Monroe Smucker. Since the early beginnings of Smuckers‚ the company has been family owned and run to this day. The corporate strategy of the company has been aimed at growing the market‚ introducing new products‚ and making strategic acquisitions. This corporate strategy along with being a family run and orientated business
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Michael Porter published the Value Chain Analysis in 1985 as a response to criticism that his Five Forces framework lacked an implementation methodology that bridged the gap between internal capabilities and opportunities in the competitive landscape. This framework focused on industry attractiveness as a determinant of the profit potential of all companies within that particular industry. However‚ significant differences in performance exist between companies operating within the same industry that
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A. Value Chain Analysis Nike’s value chain contains seven primary activities. These activities are Technology Development‚ Product Design‚ Component Manufacturing‚ Assembly‚ Marketing‚ Distribution and Retail Sales. As stated in its annual report‚ Nike is primarily a design and marketing company. As such‚ Nike controls the functions related to design and marketing of its products. 1. Technology Development Nike’s shoes have been on the leading edge of technology development for nearly 40
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The value chain concept‚ which was developed and popularized in 1985 by Michael Porter‚ increased the value of production and service and led to a decrease in costs in the business and industry sector. At this present time‚ global business competition is rising leading to more interest in value chains in businesses and industries because this concept is the apparatus of management in order to analyze positive strategic planning. The most important concept can apply to the supply chain and the
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issue and full text archive of this journal is available at http://www.emerald-library.com Knowledge value chain Ching Chyi Lee and Jie Yang Knowledge value chain The Chinese University of Hong Kong‚ Hong Kong Keywords Knowledge management‚ Tacit knowledge‚ Explicit knowledge‚ Knowledge-based value systems‚ Competitive advantage 783 Abstract Introduces the knowledge value chain model as a knowledge management (KM) framework. The model consists of knowledge infrastructure (knowledge
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VALUE CHAIN SYSTEM The value chain concept was created by Michael Porter and explained in his book “Competitive Advantage”‚ published in 1980. The value chain is a series of activities that create and build value- culminating in the contribution of total value to the organization. Porter used the concept of value chain as a systematic approach to examining the development of an organization’s competitive advantage in the marketplace. In using the value chain concept‚ the total activities undertaken
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where there is strategic fit with respect to key value chain activities and competitive assets. Proctor & Gamble acquired Jif and Crisco in 2001 for divestiture because P&G believed it would fit within its range of management skills and allow it to become a larger‚ stronger competitor in the food industry. J.M. Smucker acquired the two brands from P&G in a $786 million stock swap which they believed the merger would allow J.M. Smucker to ultimately grow to $3 billion through a strategy
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Value Chain as Competitive Advantage Unit 3 Assignment Gerod Washington GB570 Managing the Value Chain John Craddock Kaplan University April 6‚ 2014 Value Chain as Competitive Advantage Successful companies are successful because of their ability manage the intrinsic concept which develops and evolves their value chain and competitive advantage. The purpose of this paper is to provide the reader with a compelling argument as to why an effective value chain creates competitive advantage
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CRC Press LLC‚ 535 Fifth Avenue‚ New York‚ NY 10017. All rights reserved. SUPPLY CHAIN STRATEGIES Jim Ayers By thinking in terms of supply chains instead of individual operations or departments‚ CIOs can improve their competitive strategies. These strategies‚ in turn‚ change organizational operations‚ roles‚ and information systems. This article shows how such “supply chain thinking” works. upply chains are a hot management topic. Eyes are opening to a more global view of end-to-end material
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