3) Core competence / sustainable competitive advantage Online Services Division: Microsoft’s search‚ portal‚ advertising and personal communications services‚ including online information offerings such as Bing and the MSN portals and channels. Server and Tools Business: Microsoft infrastructure software‚ developer tools and cloud platform‚ including products such as Windows Server‚ SQL Server‚ Visual Studio‚ System Center and the Windows Azure Platform. Microsoft Business Solutions: A portfolio
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1. ** Is Fuji Xerox a successful joint venture in 1990? How do you measure its performance? Fuji Xerox was definitely a successful joint venture in 1990s‚ and its performance is measured by three different types of category as follows Financial measures Its revenue out of Xerox’s increased by over 20% from less 5% in 1970s to approximately 30% in 1990s. (Refer to Exhibit 1). Also‚ during 1981-1989‚ while Xerox Corporation’s net income increases by only 17.7% from $598 million to $704 million
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full impact. The case of Xerox and Fuji Xerox gives us a unique opportunity to trace the evolution of such an alliance over a long period of time. We can learn a lot from this experience‚ and try both to avoid Xerox’s mistakes and copy Xerox’s success. 2 While this case is about a particular type of alliance—a separate enterprise owned by Xerox and Fuji Photo Film— it also contains elements of other types of alliance. The relationship between Xerox and Fuji Xerox‚ for example‚ is itself managed
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keep moving on to make the world different. When Steve Jobs passed away‚ not only fans of Apple products but also those who appreciate his great contribution to electrical industry feel sad about the loss of a great man. 2. What were Apple’s competencies in the music and telephone business? Are they a source of competitive advantage? Why or why not? Apple’s
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Index Q1: What kind of person does John Clendenin? 1. Communication 1.2. Capability 1.3. Networking Q2: What were Clendenin business objectives and personal objectives been at Xerox? 2.1. Business objective: 2.1.1.MDC 2.1.2.XEROX 2.2. Personal objective: Q3: What obstacles did he confront in accomplishing these objectives? 3.1. PEOPLE RELATED 3.1.1 STAFF-Downward Management 3.1.2. PEERS-Horizontal Management 3.1.3. BOSS-Upward Management 3.2. ORGANIZAITON RELATED 3.2.1. MULTI-REPORTING
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1. What have John Clendenin’s objectives been at Xerox? Clendenin‚ when he was is Harvard Business School has set an objective that he had to be successful enough to be a corporate officer in a Fortune 50 corporation. Later‚ he wanted to land up to cabinet-level position in the government. The moment he joined Xerox he had developed an objective to climb the ladder of organisation and reach up to the high level staff within few years of time. Clendenin’s hard work and dedication and also proposing
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Question 4 Assess the strategic alternative used by the firm Burger King is the world’s largest flame broiled fast food restaurant chain. As of mid-2009‚ it operated about 12000 restaurants in all 50 states and in 74 countries and U.S. territories worldwide through a combination of company-owned and franchised operations‚ which together employed nearly 400‚000 people worldwide. Two major ways in which Burger King differentiates itself from competitors are the way it cooks hamburgers by its
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The Factories Act‚ 1948‚Section 51 to 60: 51.Weekly hours: * No employee will work more than 48 hoours in a week. 52.Weekly Holidays: * NO worker will work on the first day of the week. * Incase he is made to work the he should get a holiday 3 days immediately before or after the first day for which the responsible manager has to send a notice to the inspector for approval which must be displayed in the factory notice board. 53.Compensatory holidays: * In case an employee
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go‚ you won’t find many listed in the dictionary as a verb‚ an accomplishment of which Xerox is very dignified. Xerox is best known for its photographic‚ photocopying‚ printing machinery‚ and computer and peripheral equipment manufacturing. Though Xerox has been struggling in the business game as a result of restructuring disasters and difficulties‚ CEO Anne Mulcahy is doing her utmost best to see that Xerox make the transition from previously defunct to future dominant and global leader in the
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Circuit City developed world-class capabilities in logistics that enabled it to track trends and have inventory in its geographically dispersed stores. Additionally‚ Circuit City developed a core of motivated and knowledgeable sales staff. Circuit City employed a big-box strategy with stores that had a large footprint that stocked a variety of products (selection) and service that relied on economies of scale to achieve high sales volumes. High sales volume enabled competitive pricing‚ but it also
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