CASE STUDY THE SAS INSTITUTE Succeeding with old-fashioned values in a new industry 1 (revised September 2010) Adapted by CH Besseyre des Horts from C.A. O’Reilly III & J. Pfeffer (2000) : Hidden Value‚ how great companies achieve extraordinary results with ordinary people‚ Harvard Business School Press‚ pp. 99-117. 1 1 CASE STUDY THE SAS INSTITUTE : Succeeding with old-fashioned values in a new industry TREATING PEOPLE DIFFERENTLY (and better) than they expect to be treated‚ and differently
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Executive Summary This paper discusses the strategic marketing of Sa Sa International Holdings Limited‚ a leading beauty retail and service group in Asia by analyzing its competitive advantages‚ marketing strategies‚ industry environment‚ major challenges and followed by some problem solvers. Sa Sa has four major competitive advantages. First‚ she can offer competitive prices for her long-term relationship with suppliers. Besides‚ excellent service with number of recognized winning awards accounts
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TRIVIA 1. About 50% of Americans live within 50 miles of their birthplace. This is called propinquity. 2. The pleasant feeling of eating chocolate is caused by a chemical called anadamide‚ a neurotransmitter which also is produced naturally in the brain. 3. From the Middle Ages until the 18th century the local barber’s duties included dentistry‚ blood letting‚ minor operations and bone-setting. The barber’s striped red pole originates from when patients would grip the pole during an operation
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VALUATION OF SAS PROGRAM: FINANCE AND STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT FSM COPENHAGEN BUSINESS SCHOOL AUGUST 2010 NUMBER OF STANDARD PAGES: 117 NUMBER OF CHARACTERS: 264.684 AUTHORS: RASMUS STOUMANN JENSEN LARS PFEIFFER PETERSEN SUPERVISOR: CARSTEN KYHNAUV‚ EXTERNAL Valuation of SAS Executive Summary The aim of the thesis was to determine the fair value of the SAS stock as of June 11th 2010. SAS has received much attention in the media recently partly due to the poor financial performance in the
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Zitkala-Sa The Indian way of life‚ is all about spirit and faith. Their whole culture is build up about it‚ and losing the spirit is the same as losing their status in the community. The story about the 8-year-old girl‚ Zitkala-Sa‚ is about how an Indian girl is leaving her mother‚ and follows the paleface missionaries to the East. Zitkala-Sa has always wanted to experience the East‚ with the big apple trees‚ and the lovely way of living‚ and even though her mother don’t believe in the palefaces’
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1 5 MOTIVATION IN THE WORKPLACE AT SAS INSTITUTE When it comes to motivation in the workplace‚ SAS Institute seems to have it masters. No one wants to come to work every day and spend time away from their families all the time on a daily basis‚ but something makes us do this each and every day that we go to work. Work motivation is the factor that makes behave the way we do in order to get up and go to work every day. It determines the level of effort we are going to put into our work and our
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SAS Primary Assignment Chloe Elliott SAS currently has many benefits for their employees; a 35 hour work week‚ family life work balance‚ on site medical‚ generous family oriented benefits‚ low turnover in a high turnover industry and a general belief that "if your treat employees as if they make a difference to the company‚ they will make a difference to the company." Due the these cultural benefits within SAS we have made an environment which can attract and retain the best talent translating
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Sa Kabataang Pilipino Itaas ang iyong noong aliwalas ngayon‚ Kabataan ng aking pangarap! ang aking talino na tanging liwanag ay pagitawin mo‚ Pag-asa ng Bukas! Ikaw ay lumitaw‚ O Katalinuhan magitang na diwang puno sa isipan mga puso nami’y sa iyo’y naghihintay at dalhin mo roon sa kaitaasan. Bumaba kang taglay ang kagiliw-giliw na mga silahis ng agham at sining mga Kabataan‚ hayo na’t lagutin ang gapos ng iyong diwa at damdamin. Masdan ang putong na lubhang makinang sa gitna ng dilim ay matitigan
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Hazrat Khadija (SA) daughter of Khuylaid and Fatima was born in Mecca in 555 CE and was a pious and worthy lady‚ who at the time of the pagan regime of the Arabs before Islam‚ was well-known as "Tahireh" (Pure and Chaste Woman). She was also known as the ’Princess of Makkah’ because of her wealth. A lot of Arab nobles and Princes wanted to marry her but she refused all of them.She was well-known as a great and distinguished wealthy lady in the Arabian Peninsula. Her mother and father both died within
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responsibility program. The goal of the program is to rebuild the confidence of investors in our capital markets and reestablish audited financial statements as a clear picture window into corporate America. SAS No. 99 requires you to gather and consider a great deal of information to assess fraud risks. SAS 99 defines fraud as an intentional act that results in a material misstatement in financial statements. An audit requires due professional care‚ which in turn requires that the auditor exercise professional
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