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Business and Data Mining

that have already occurred (Nash, 1998). The purpose can be to determine which websites generate the most traffic and where that ...

Various Business Education and Business Topics

among other large operations, according to a recent University of Michigan survey" (Currie, 2000). Much of the dissatisfaction am...

Tesco's KM

personalise the offers which are sent to customers; True personalisation. Gaining loyalty is a difficult process. To this end adve...

Research and 'Voice of the Market'

learning about the customers of competitors and what competitors are doing to gain market share. The voice of the customer simpl...

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...

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...

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...

Student Supplied Case Study on PRODEM FFP Banking Services in Bolivia

in the long term, and with the development of equipment that is much lower costing than that of competitors, for example the $18,0...

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...

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...

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...

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)...

Strategic Changes, the Market, and Swatch

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

Operations Management and IT, TQM, and JIT Effects

* Manufacturing flexibility is essential (Green and Inman, 2000). * Customers define quality (Green and Inman, 2000). * Team effor...

World Output and Trade Relationship

a certain commodity or service are best served by trading with other countries (Hodge and Nordas, 1998). Furthermore, the higher t...

Total Quality Management and the Effects of Human Resources Management

middle of the 20th century (actually, following the end of World War II, when statistician William Deming took his "14 Points," in...

BMW Mini Cooper Division Strategy

where it is the sports utility vehicles that are increasing in sales, the revamping and re-launch of a small car was the result of...

Global Strategy of Whirlpool

with different brands emphasised in each market, such as the World washing machine in Asia and the formation of a strategic allian...

Examination of Dell Computer Systems

In nineteen pages Dell is discussed in terms of background and competitive advantages in an assessment of the company's informatio...

Essays on Computer Management

in it (especially on the Internet). The problem is, however, that "privacy" is one of those concepts that is difficult to ...

Analyzing the Works of Michael Porter

Hence, Porter makes a good point in that it is true that even with a superior management paradigm, profitability becomes illusive....

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 ...

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...

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 ...

McDonald's Pricing

of McDonalds and 20) Analyze the pricing strategies and tactics followed by McDonalds Formerly the undisputed leader in the...