Key Issues Even though there is no guarantee for a desired 5 million Euro annual profit‚ Carle and the upper management have to make a final decision on the credit card launch in Romania. The issues Alpen bank has to address are: * Positioning – What is the target market; most affluent current customers and/or the growing middle class customers. Once the target market is determined Alpen has to determine what the best way of customer acquisition is: should they go for all entries presented
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Zara Case: Vertical integration and outsourcing 1. How is Zara organized with respect to its vertical integration and outsourcing decisions? What governance structure does it appear to follow? Support your conclusions with reference to details of the Zara case and the Ferdows reading. Answer: Very well organized to facilitate its strategic competency: speed and flexibility. Decentralized governance structure fully supports the company core competency. The above supply chain mapping
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How is Zara organized with respect to its vertical integration and outsourcing decisions? What governance structure does it appear to follow? Support your conclusions with reference to details of the Zara and the Ferdows reading. Zara manufactures and distributes its products in small batches. Zara is vertically integrated as the company manages all design‚ warehousing‚ distribution and logistic functions. Zara outsources sewing of garments to an outside supplier. Zara controls the product it
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differentiation” which would involve considerable financial investment in research‚ innovation‚ and marketing to sustainably maintain a distinct product in the market (Daniela‚ 2014‚ p. 526). Also‚ the use sea water would enable Baltimore Spring Water to affect vertical integration by eliminating the supplier which may reduce cost as well as improve
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Hong Kong Shanghai Banking Corporation): INTRODUCTION: HSBC is the world’s second-largest banking and financial services group. The origins of the bank lie in Hong Kong and Shanghai‚ where its branches were first open in 1865. Number of location is around 7‚500 offices in 87 countries and territories; Only in united states it has more than 460 bank branches‚ 210.000 shareholders‚ 300‚000 staff‚ and approximately 128 million customers worldwide. Throughout the world among the multinational banking
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with the idea of vertical farming. The idea of vertical farming is continually growing. According to Wikipedia online‚ the encyclopedic definition of vertical farming is a form of farming done in urban area high rises that utilize greenhouse growing methods and recycled resources year-round to grow crops. Using these Vertical Farms will allow the populations of the future to rely more on themselves and not depend on others so much. There are many beneficial advantages to vertical farming. (Wikipedia)
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“I am vertical‚” begins Sylvia Plath‚ before she pivots and reveals her true feelings with the first line: “But I would rather be horizontal” (1). In her March 1961 poem “I am Vertical‚” Sylvia Plath sets up her own coordinate plane consisting of the vertical axis and the horizontal axis. The vertical axis stands for all things human‚ and in the eyes of Plath‚ the plight of her own humanity. The horizontal axis represents the plane of the natural world‚ and later‚ comes with the darker implication
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Running head: CASE STUDY ANALYSIS Introduction The root problem of Bank of Montreal was how they could focus each and every employee on the success of the company. BMO needed to meet the needs of the 4 shareholders: BMO shareholders‚ customers‚ employees‚ and communities. Case Questions Identify the strengths and weaknesses of a balanced scorecard approach to performance appraisal? The first strength of the BSC approach is a focus on the company’s strategic direction. A BSC approach helps
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growth spurt. The study conducted by S. A. Butterfield‚ et al. sought to examine individuals during the ‘adolescent awkwardness’ ages in running speed and vertical jump three times throughout the school year starting in September‚ January‚ and ending in May. The conductors of the study also strived to find if differences in running and vertical jump growth rates are associated with children’s age‚ sex‚ height‚ and weight. A total of 76 healthy children (45 boys and 31 girls) ranging from prekindergarten
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1.What is the purpose of staining samples?A) To increase the contrast and visibility of the specimen B) To kill the specimen C) To see the specimen without the aid of a microscope D) To make the specimen appear larger in the microscope2.Which of the following are bacterial SHAPES? (Select all that are correct. Be sure to select the appropriate scientific name. You lose points for choosing incorrectly or for not choosing a correct choice.)A) Vibrio B) Strepto C) Spirillum D) Staphylo E) Cocci
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