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Summary and Critique of 3 Strategic Formation Articles

Eisenhardt (1999) assesses strategy from the perspective of its being a function of "strategic decision making, especially in a ra...

Coca Cola's Capital Structure

short-term loan. The most recent long-term financing decision was in 2003, when the company issued debt in the form of "lon...

Strategy at BMW

such had more benefit of economies of scope and scale. For example, the merger between Daimler and Chrysler in 1998 had been diffi...

Ecommerce Business Strategies

not those finished products end up going into other goods) (Lee, 2001). But in the digital marketplace, X represents data or infor...

Case Study of Japan's Komatsu Limited

such as the "F and F" project - Futures and Frontiers. Through this project, the company asked all employees to contribute ideas a...

United Kingdom's Marks and Spencer Group PLC

or criticisms regarding quality when 90 percent of its products were made in the U.K. but by the time only 65 percent were made in...

Medical and Consumer Company Johnson and Johnson

story that demonstrates how J&J put ethical theory into actual practice was the Tylenol story from the early 1980s. At tha...

Low Cost Airline EasyJet

the next decade this is likely to increase to between 12% and 15% of all passenger traffic (BBC News, 2002, IATA, 1998). The ...

The Carnival Cruise Line

not have a vision statement, however, according to their annual report they do have the aim of being the best known brand for crui...

United Kingdom Marketing of IKEA

had entered was one very different form the home markets and in years before the brand had become known as a young brand, but did ...

Operations Management Concepts

cost leader in either the industry, or just the relevant segment of the industry. In each industry or segment only one company may...

Japan and Germany's Human Resource Management Policies

right to reward tenacity over productivity and performance. Right or not, pay based on seniority was the standard in each of the ...

Cellular Telephone Services and Optimal Pricing Plans

(i.e., Europe and Japan), competitors are likely to have interest in alliances and be operating with an eye toward globalization. ...

Internet Banking and Value

third make use of internet banking services. This can be placed in the sector of remote banking, where when added together with te...

Political Competition Edges and Corporations

corporations to one degree or another have favorable relationships with government and this, to an extent, secures them future opp...

5 'Golden Threads' and Their Implications

and Shared Minds Implications for business are clear. All of these threads weave together in the effective organization to...

Case Study of the Carl Zeiss Company

have been an attractive choice, not only due to their knowledge, but also their location in a different part of Europe, benefiting...

The California Family Rights Act and Economic Issues

places a greater burden on businesses in todays environment than it did in years past before the great downsizing waves that swept...

Global Production Patterns and Hardware and Software Industries

the development over countries such as India and China as well as Ireland where companies such as Compaq (now Hewlett Packard) hav...

Market Research Designing

project such as this is a success there needs to be more in depth research which cannot be accommodated by quantitative methods. T...

Impact of Foreign Corrupt Practices Act on U.S. Businesses

that giving of gifts is one way in which a U.S.-based company could likely gain a competitive advantage over a foreign entity. In ...

Flexible Firms and Lean Firms

not have to wait (Eagles, 2000). This is a simple example of a lean operation. Dell may also be seen as an example, with the way t...

Strategy as Defined by Michael E. Porter

same activities but doing them differently (Porter, 1996). Porter asserts that strategy is the only thing that will help a compan...

Harris, Customer Service Management, and Making the Customer 'King'

The strategic plan feeds directly from the motto. The first step is to identify the needs of the customers. Initial input from pha...

Global Business and Teamwork

"highly successful organizations optimize their potential by capitalizing on the synergies of effective work groups" (2001). Par...

Business Theory and Models in a Reflective Learning Document

to make sure there is a solid foundation for any information used. Triangulation is a methodology often used in research to ensure...

Business Studies' Project Reflective Learning Document

In twenty four pages this business studies' project's reflective learning document includes learning theories such as those by Lew...

Confectionary Aspects of Nestle

be lunched in September 2005 called Baci, which will be backed by a ?28 million marketing campaign over three years (Grocer, 2004)...

Analysis of Vermont Teddy Bear Company

Vermont Teddy Bears largest competitor, according to Hoovers is 1-800-FLOWERS, an internet seller of gifts that compete directly w...

Enhancing Customer Value

paper we will be applying the theory to a supposed service company that is a strategic business unit of a larger company. 3. Anal...