“DEVELOPING AND FINANCING EFFECTIVE AGRICULTURAL VALUE CHAINS” Experience from CRDB Bank Plc Samson Keenja‚ CRDB Microfinance Services Company Limited‚ Dar es salaam‚ Tanzania INTRODUCTION Agriculture is the leading economic sector in Tanzania‚ providing a livelihood to 80% of the population. It is the primary source of food and raw materials accounting for 50% of the GDP and a leading export sector. It remains important for achieving sustained growth‚ poverty reduction and rural development
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The Case Study of Li & Fung – The Global Value Chain Configurator TITLE: THE CASE STUDY OF LI & FUNG LIMITED ABSTRACT: The case illustrates the business history and evolution of Li & Fung Limited‚ one of the Hong Kong’s oldest and largest trading companies. The case gives an overview of its evolution from a traditional trading company to a global export giant and a customers’ supply chain management giant. It discusses the company’s strategies to change its business models to the changing external
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(2003) 1–23 Value chain analysis in interfirm relationships: a field study Henri C. Dekker∗ Amsterdam Research Center in Accounting (ARCA)‚ Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam‚ De Boelelaan 1105‚ 1081 HV Amsterdam‚ The Netherlands Received 20 October 2001; accepted 4 December 2002 Abstract Interfirm relationships introduce new challenges for management accounting. One such challenge is the provision of information for the coordination and optimization of activities across firms in a value chain. According
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Mercury Athletic Footwear Case Study John Liedtke head of Active Gear‚ Inc. (AGI) is contemplating whether to invest in Mercury Athletic a subsidiary of West Coast Fashions (WCF). Mercury was purchased by WCF in hopes to increase business revenue however this was not the case. Business did not do as expected‚ WCF was then eager to abandon its apparel. John Liedtke saw this as an opportunity to take over Mercury and as result increase its business revenue. In order to determine whether this is
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4050 SEPTEMBER 18‚ 2009 TIMOTHY A. LUEHRMAN JOEL L. HEILPRIN Mercury Athletic Footwear: Valuing the Opportunity In March 2007‚ John Liedtke‚ the head of business development for Active Gear‚ Inc.‚ a privately held footwear company‚ was contemplating an acquisition opportunity. West Coast Fashions‚ Inc. (WCF)‚ a large designer and marketer of men’s and women’s branded apparel had recently announced plans for a strategic reorganization. The plan called for a divestiture of certain non-core
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report is to critically assess current purchasing and supply management practices in pharmaceutical industry‚ while looking at such companies as “Pfizer Inc.” and “Eli Lilly and Company”. Globalization‚ technological advances and increased worldwide competition has led to more complex supply chains in the pharmaceutical industry. It is important to acknowledge the increased exposure of these supply chains to risk. ‘The purpose of risk management is to ensure that adequate measures are taken to protect
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Using value-chain analysis to discover customers’ strategic needs David W. Crain and Stan Abraham David Crain‚ a marketing and strategy consultant‚ is visiting professor of marketing at Whittier College‚ CA‚ and former Director of Marketing at Fluor Corporation (davidwcrain@aol.com). Stan Abraham is professor of strategy and entrepreneurship at Cal Poly Pomona (scabraham@ csupomona.edu) and author of Strategic Planning: A Practical Guide for Competitive Success (Thomson South-Western‚ 2006).
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A Zara - What did we learn? The case examines Zara‚ or its parent Inditex‚ that has established a super quick response value chain system. Traditional apparel value chains take months before a fashion season begins‚ but Zara is able to observe what is hot (and what is not selling) and responds quickly on the up-to-date fashion trends. As a result of Zara’s outstanding results‚ Inditex has expanded into 40 countries by 2001. • A quick comparison (see Class PowerPoints for financial
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Upscale Markets-Value Creation In A Mature Industry January 24‚ 2014 Table of Contents 1. CASE OVERVIEW 3 2. DISCUSSION QUESTION ANSWERS 3 3. ALTERNATIVES ANALYSIS 5 4. CONCLUSION 5 1. CASE OVERVIEW In this case‚ Blake Ives‚ the CEO of Upscale Markets‚ was at a crossroad of whether start to build an online store to seek further growing profit. Upscale Markets was a seven-store
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(AP) is the market leader in the Indian paint industry. The annual sales turnover exceeds INR 1‚300 Crore‚ marginally ahead of all the competitors in the industry. AP’s market leadership in the decorative paints segments can be grasped correctly when we take note of the relative position of the various players in the industry. The nearest competitor‚ Goodlass Nerolac‚ holds a share of just 14 per cent‚ with others having sub 10 per cent. In an industry historically dominated by multinationals‚ a company
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