] Brief history of PIMS The PIMS project was started by Sidney Schoeffler working at General Electric in the 1960s‚ then picked up by Harvard’s Management Science Institute in the early 1970s‚ and has been administered by the American Strategic Planning Institute since 1975. It was initiated by senior managers at GE who wanted to know why some of their business units were more profitable than the others. With the help of Sidney Schoeffler they set up a research project in which each of their strategic
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Read the Reviews “Viable Vision: Transforming Total Sales into Net Profits is a book for anyone responsible for increasing the profitability of their business. Gerry Kendall combines the theory with real life examples of its power to transform complex problems into clear‚ common sense executables that will increase the profitability of your business. If you think the complexities restrict the future success of your business‚ then you’re about to be enlightened.” —Patrick J. Bennett‚ Executive Vice
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Great men are not born great‚ they grow great . . .” ― Mario Puzo‚ The Godfather Dr Jagdish Gandhi was born on 10 November‚ 1936 in a poor family in the Barsauli Village in district Aligarh‚ Uttar Pradesh‚ India. Influenced greatly by Mahatma Gandhi‚ Vinoba Bhave and others‚ a young and idealistic Jagdish Gandhi ventured in 1959 to create a new mindset through education. With just five children on roll‚ no personal wealth‚ and the equivalent of Rupees 300/- (US $10) in borrowed capital‚ the motivated
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Ryan McConkey Glenn May May 29‚ 2013 Hist. 388: Vietnam and the U.S. The View from the Ground Vietnam was a hostile place especially for the Vietnamese. Going into a war with one of the most powerful countries in the world and not knowing if they would be able to get out of the war alive. Scared and not knowing if they would be able to gain their freedom that they have been fighting for since they were occupied by China in 1100 B.C. This war was to fight for that freedom and the only
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Non-profit organizations are known to be dedicated to ending or helping a particular social cause‚ rather than making a profit for the organization. The Salvation Army has been the world’s fairy God’s mother when it comes to problem in society. The Salvation Army has helped in every aspect to make the world a better place. The non-profit organization provides the basic necessities to people in need‚ while also providing awareness social issues. The Salvation Army was founded in London‚ United Kingdom
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Chapter 34 Franklin D. Roosevelt and the Shadow of War‚ 1933-1941 Use the following to answer questions 1-9: Identify and state the historical significance of the following: 1. Cordell Hull 2. Joseph Stalin 3. Benito Mussolini 4. Adolf Hitler 5. Josef Goebbels 6. Francisco Franco 7. Winston Churchill 8. Charles Lindbergh 9. Wendell Willkie Use the following to answer questions 10-13: Define and state the historical significance of the following: 10. totalitarianism 11. fascism
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according to the National Electoral Council‚ the new electronic voting system is “100% fraud-proof”. Jimmy Carter‚ ex-president of the United States‚ described Venezuelan election system as “the best in the world‚” and even “superior to that of the US”. Also‚ he declared that the system is “among the most heavily scrutinized” which “provides
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technological powerhouse has given a new dimension to knowledge sharing and has made possible instantaneous access to information on any or every subject under the sun! Today‚ we can find information on virtually everything‚ thanks to the Internet! Let us get a glimpse of some of its major offerings. Business gets a new address - The World Wide Web Internet has given the field of business and trade a new face by taking it online. Undoubtedly‚ online business is thriving on the net. The Corporate
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Chapter 6: “What Do Firms Try to Maximize‚ if Anything?” Introduction Do firms really maximize profit? This question has been under debate since the 1940s and 1950s‚ when a wide number of mainstream neoclassical economists defended the assumption against a group of institutional economists that questioned the assumption as the norm in the industry. On the side of the neoclassical economists were Fritz Machlup and Milton Friedman‚ with institutional economists Richard A. Lester and Garnder C
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