w w w e tr .X m eP e ap UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE INTERNATIONAL EXAMINATIONS General Certificate of Education Advanced Level .c rs om 9707/32 May/June 2012 3 hours BUSINESS STUDIES Paper 3 CASE STUDY * 1 2 4 3 0 0 6 3 4 8 * Additional Materials: Answer Booklet/Paper READ THESE INSTRUCTIONS FIRST If you have been given an Answer Booklet‚ follow the instructions on the front cover of the Booklet. Write your Centre number‚ candidate number and name on all the work you hand in. Write
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fragmented operations strategy processes on operational performance Steve Browna*‚ Brian Squireb and Mike Lewisc a School of Business‚ University of Exeter‚ Rennes Drive‚ Exeter EX4 4PU‚ UK; Decision Sciences and Operations Management‚ Manchester Business School‚ Booth Street West‚ Manchester‚ M15 6PB‚ UK; cSchool of Management‚ University of Bath‚ Claverton Down‚ Bath‚ BA2 7AY‚ UK b (Received 18 June 2008; final version received 2 April 2009) The links between strategy and performance remains
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AVALON Consulting Case Study CONFIDENTIAL 2010 © Avalon Consulting. All Rights Reserved A large CV manufacturer in India wanted Avalon Consulting to conceptualize and facilitate implementation of strategies to improve market share in their OEM branded spare parts business Situation Approach Solution Client Our client is a large Commercial Vehicles manufacturer in India and had a OEM branded spare parts business with a turnover of about USD 50 million before the engagement
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At present‚ the most important goal for Wal-Mart is to maintain their current net sales growth of approximately 12 percent per year. As the world’s largest company‚ Wal-mart’s own vast size serves as the main impediment to achieving this goal.Furthermore‚ Wal-mart may have saturated the market in the United States thereby limiting its ability to expand domestically. The best solution for achieving the above goal is to expand into international markets that have large population centers. Increasing
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Spring 2010 Ameritrade - Harvard Case Study Background: Ameritrade Holding Corporation is securities brokerage services and technology-based financial services firm from the United States. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Omaha‚ Nebraska. “Ameritrade MERITRADE for self-directed retail investors; TD AMERITRADE Institutional that provides brokerage and custody services; trading platforms that enables research and analysis; a suite of education
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Harvard Business Case: Ducati Introduction After the introduction of Federico Minoli‚ Ducati has transformed from a company on the verge of bankruptcy into one of the most profitable motorcycle manufacturers in the world. But this is not enough for Minoli‚ who currently considers entering the Harley Davidson niche: introducing a Ducati cruiser. However‚ according to the analysis below – prepared using some basic strategic questions - this would not be a very wise
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60% of all visits * Interest rate 2% * Total investments: 4.710.000‚ starts in 2009 (startup‚ water well) * Positive cashflow start in 2012 till 2021 * Average revenue per patient = 873‚8 * Assumptions: * we did not take time of the different dental procedures into consideration. This is because I thought that the clinic would never get full‚ so there would never be a bottleneck situation where patients would have to wait that long that they would leave for the competitor
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report The preceding question is if the clinic continues operating the hospital without expanding its marketing program‚ what would be outcome? In essence‚ continuing to operate the clinic with no new marketing plan have two outcomes: make or break the clinic. The main benefit of this decision is that there will be no adjustments or changes required‚ and‚ therefore‚ no extra costs will be incurred. Word Count: 64 The setback with this decision is that the clinic will continue to incur losses for an
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Business http://bir.sagepub.com/ Review Information Information Audit: Towards common standards and methodology Peter Griffiths Business Information Review 2012 29: 39 DOI: 10.1177/0266382112436791 The online version of this article can be found at: http://bir.sagepub.com/content/29/1/39 Published by: http://www.sagepublications.com Additional services and information for Business Information Review can be found at: Email Alerts: http://bir.sagepub.com/cgi/alerts Subscriptions: http://bir
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USD • Employees: 333‚498 (2013) • Sales of 8‚871‚000 automobiles (2013) Theory – Growth Strategies Joint Venture An associa3on of two or more individuals or companies engaged in a solitary business enterprise for profit without actual partnership or incorpora3on. (K.Harrigan‚ 1986) Strategic
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