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World War II, this approach is based on strict military tradition (Harfield, 1998; see also Whittington, 1993). In other words, th...

2003). Duke also identifies the companys values that include: integrity; stewardship; inclusion; initiative; teamwork; and accou...

terms of computer sales, selling a $999 PC in 1999 (Hoovers Company Profiles, 2003). Dell has also pioneered another busine...

company, as of 1998, had more than 1700 stores worldwide (Weiss, 1998). By 2003, that total had jumped to approximately 5900 coffe...

in this case, the shareholders are Canadian citizens (Larson and Neville, 1998). Privatization continues to be a topic of controv...

to customer preference. Maytag also owns Dixie-Narco which is one of the leaders in refrigerated soft drink and vending machines. ...

percent of those surveyed said that CEOs of large corporations could not be trusted and 80 percent said that top executives of lar...

Proctor and Gamble pharmaceuticals are a lively division. This is a company where it was once the role of the sales representative...

manager is to work effectively outside their home country (Allard, 1995, p. 6). * The ability to learn and integrate new knowledge...

have been petitions against Wal-Mart opening in certain regions due to the competition factor. Few small retail stores can compete...

particular school is organized and how its unique mission and goals are administered can, literally, make a major difference in th...

companies and then analyze their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats. Overview WHY THE ACQUISITION Perhaps un...

or technology (Todeva and Knoke, 2001). There are a number of types of strategic alliances, including: * Joint Venture where two o...

without being asked, in order to facilitate a transaction (with that "something of value" referring to money). There is no coercio...

competition has been around almost as long as CSC has. CSC has, in fact, spent much of its time in acquiring other smaller compani...

a great deal to do with the number of external factors and affiliations which many say reveal a weakness in the competitive and ri...

fault entirely, he stepped down to make the controversy go away. Still, such ideas linger. When do the obligations of the firm to ...

that this move was constitutional (Lexis, 2004). The idea may have been to increase protection for shareholders and develop unifor...

as those laid down by the USA Patriot Act and the impact on financial institutions. The weak dollar may also create increased opp...

With this information on hand, we can answer some of the questions posed above. First, well address the segmentation and brand str...

to ensure a uniformly high level of service and top quality personnel and management" (2003). This standard is achieved via profes...

Because of this, these pioneers end up entrenched in their markets, which makes it difficult for other competitors to shake them u...

(Flynn, 1996). Team learning, which "focuses on providing solutions to business problems by developing an open approach to questi...

to customers, create new markets, rapidly develop new products and dominate emergent technologies" (p. 2). Basically, he s...

exist at every level so that restructuring is not needed, only a bit of fine tuning or reevaluation at various junctures(Ackoff, 1...

as officially achieving "mature" status. Singapore began its quest for modernization and sustainable development in 1960. ...

countries, the remaining 51% are corporations (Anderson and Cavanagh n.d.). This starts to indicate the level of economic power th...

a single patch was created by Microsoft to address both problems (2003). One vulnerability, as described by the bulletin, explai...

year (Lee and Raza, 2000). Since Russia had been a large purchaser of mobile phones, Nokias mobile division experienced severe los...

trade publications, scholarly journals and business magazines. We chose to research these items from all three categories, because...