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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...

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...

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 ...

Competitive Advantage Through Information

superior profits. To compete in the long term Porter has argued that there should be a source of competitive advantage, however, t...

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...

Competitive Advantage, Organizational Structure, and Businesses

sorting out. In these examples, what elements of organizational structure are managers working with to enhance performance and com...

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...

Competitive Capabilities and Canon Copiers

digital cameras, camcorders, LCD projectors, binoculars and lenses (Lower, 2004). Though its photographic business has taken a ham...

Travel Agency Strategy

more direct access to the holiday providers and flight companies though the internet. The main sector of the travel agents busines...

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...

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...

Competitive Advantage and Technology

and Millar (1985) noted some 20 years ago that information technology ends up creating a competitive advantage by offering the bus...

Tourism Industry and Employee Empowerment

more than likely to have positive things to say about an employee. In one instance, for example, on a cruise ship, a family found ...

Strategic Changes, the Market, and Swatch

companies into more differentiated, more narrow niche markets. Basically, in this latter regard, globalization was creating proble...

'Local' Global Organization Shell Oil

are continually learning how to learn together" (p. 3). The five disciplines he identifies are those which are the building block...

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...

Three Articles on Competitive Analysis and the American Economy

et al, 2004). Basically, notes Osterman and his colleagues, "we lack a generally accepted intellectual and policy framework for th...

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...

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...

Analysis of Nucor Corporation Analysis

as a team (Wall Street Transcript Corp., 2002). Gambardella also commented that one of Nucors strengths is its management team (20...

Organizational Theory Models and Proctor and Gamble

In four pages this paper discusses organizational theories as they pertain to Proctor and Gamble by answering some questions that ...

Harley Davidson Strategy

to take a stake in the success of the company, for it was able to gain all of the advantages of quality initiatives and lower cost...

FedEx and Sustainable Competitive Advantage

advantage, leading the company to acquire Kinkos to enable innovative operations. Relevance Never before has FedEx been any...

The Possible International Expansion of Albertson's

over as Chairman of the Board and CEO (Albertsons, History, 2005). McCain expanded Albertsons even more (Albertsons, History, 2005...

Discussing International Arbitration

up most of the 1990s, involved Netherlands-based Benetton and its problems with Hong Kong-based Eco-Swiss. The other case, Mitsubi...

Analysis of JetBlue Air Carrier

the shade, so to speak. Like other airlines, JetBlue is facing escalating fuel costs and huge consumer demand for lower fares. The...

Management and Complexity Theory

some over-riding constraint" (Rosenhead, n.d.). Physical sciences have discussed the concepts of stable and unstable systems but ...

Case Study of Honda Motor Company

In nine pages this case study examination of Honda includes stakeholder expectations, Porter's competitive advantages, financial s...

Aviation Industry's Competitive Structure

In seventeen pages the airline industry is examined in terms of its structure and the influences such as entry barriers, performan...

Digital Age and the Marketing of Videos

In five pages this paper discusses how to market videos in a highly competitive digital age. Six sources are cited in the bibliog...