...Analysis of the Use of the Blue Ocean Strategy; Case Study Analysis on 14 Different Agencies Zainal Abidin Mohamed, Graduate School of Management/ Faculty of Economics and Management Universiti Putra Malaysia E-mail: zainal@econ.upm.edu.my ABStrAct Fourteen companies who have applied the use of Blue Ocean Strategy (BOS) participated in this study through the case study approach. Basically, the data were focussed on the four action framework of BOS namely eliminate, reduce, raise and create activities (ERRC) identified in each of the cases. The 14 companies were grouped into 6 categories and their ERRC activities summarised accordingly. Of the 76 activities that were raised and created, 42 were customer related of which 9 were new. Of the 40 in the created category, 20 were totally new while 6 were on governance and 5 long term investment projects. Keywords: Blue Ocean Strategy, Eliminate-Reduce-Raise-Create Framework, Competitor Irrelevancy, Competitive Advantage, Introduction The Blue Ocean Strategy is still relatively new and had been introduced only in 2004 by W. C. Kim and R Mauborgne. Its principles are simple but its operationalisation and implementation has yet to be properly synchronized. Courses and workshops trained by licensed BOS are still going on and the number of certified BOS graduates has yet to be felt. Nevertheless there are already agencies that declared that they are already in the midst of applying the said BOS principles. These are the target group...
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...Chestnut pricing Having completed a market assessment study and also a risk assessment study the Management of Chestnut Ridge wanted to take a relook at the pricing strategy of the country club. The annual fees due to the country club from existing members currently stood at $2000 per annum. The Management wanted to carry out a consumer based pricing analysis from potential customers so as to check if they needed to charge a different pricing level from new applicants. Proposed consumer based pricing approach. The price scale, which Chestnut Ridge wanted to use had three basic elements : (1) Beginning price level (2) Price interval, and (3) Ending price The price scale : ------------------------------------------------- $.1500 ------------------------------------------------- $.1750 ------------------------------------------------- $.2000 ------------------------------------------------- $.2250 ------------------------------------------------- $.2500 ------------------------------------------------- $.2750 ------------------------------------------------- $.3000 ------------------------------------------------- $.3250 ------------------------------------------------- $.3500 ------------------------------------------------- $.3750 ------------------------------------------------- $.4000 ------------------------------------------------- $.4250 ------------------------------------------------- $.4500 The Management assigned two researchers...
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...Movie Review Raghunandan Prashant Bokare Pirates of Silicon Valley Raghunandan Prashant Bokare Pune University raghunandan.bokare@gmail.com October 16, 2014 The Starcast Movie Review Raghunandan Prashant Bokare The story of Crazy Ones Martyn Burke - The Director The Starcast Movie Review Raghunandan Prashant Bokare The story of Crazy Ones Martyn Burke - The Director Noah Wyle - Steve Jobs The Starcast Movie Review Raghunandan Prashant Bokare The story of Crazy Ones Martyn Burke - The Director Noah Wyle - Steve Jobs Joey Slotnick - Steve Wozniak The Starcast Movie Review Raghunandan Prashant Bokare The story of Crazy Ones Martyn Burke - The Director Noah Wyle - Steve Jobs Joey Slotnick - Steve Wozniak Anthony Michel Hall - Bill Gates Good artists copy, Great artists steal - Picasso Movie Review Raghunandan Prashant Bokare The men who thought different. Jobs had vision. Good artists copy, Great artists steal - Picasso Movie Review Raghunandan Prashant Bokare The men who thought different. Jobs had vision. Wozniak had skills. Good artists copy, Great artists steal - Picasso Movie Review Raghunandan Prashant Bokare The men who thought different. Jobs had vision. Wozniak had skills. and Gates had only one mission. Good artists copy, Great artists steal - Picasso Movie Review Raghunandan Prashant Bokare The men who thought different. Jobs had vision. Wozniak had skills. and Gates had only one mission. Any lessons...
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...CREDITS TITLE: pudchya varshi lavkar ya ! (Come again early next year) DURATION: 9:05 mins PRODUCER: NATIONAL INSTITUE OF DESIGN DIRECTOR: prashant kadkol LANGUAGE: hindi / English SCRIPT: prashant kadkol ANIMATION: prashant kadkol COMPOSITING & EDITING: binoj john SOUND RECORDING: atul chauhan SOUND: prashant kadkol SYNOPSIS TITLE: pudchya varshi lavkar ya ! 2D ANIMATION FILM DURATION: 9:05 mins Dancing elephants celebrate the Lord Ganesha in this riveting animated film that builds to a crescendo of musical bliss. This is an original work, which took seven months to create, with 4,500 frames, all hand-drawn and colored by the artist single-handedly. During the festival of Ganesh Chaturti, the last time devotees get to see their beloved lord Ganesha is before immersion. But no one knows what happens underwater. This film is a blend of fact, myth & fantasy, which talks about the journey of an immersed image underwater. All the immersed clay images, each one with innovative iconography, get animated (indicating the presence of prana). Their energy and merrymaking finally make the God himself appear, to collect prana from all the images. This leaves inanimate clay objects, which quickly dissolve into formlessness. This formless state of clay only lasts for a short time, though. In next year's festival the prana again regains its iconic form. In this respect it replicates the cosmos itself. AWARDS WINNER OF FICCI-FRAMES 2004 BAF AWARD mumbai, for best short...
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...best in the players. But, to use the same behavior on a substitute player, who has only played during coaching sessions, and that also, during an important match is uncalled for. That not only demotivates him but also puts unnecessary pressure on him, which affects his performance. The leader’s style does not agree with Fiedler’s theory and is totally uncalled for, in the given situation. Leadership situation classification: * Leader/member relation is good. The coach is able to identify everyone’s weak spot and goes out of his way to strengthen them. He cares about the team and makes sure that everyone gets along with each other. Everyone looks up to him during crises. For example, during the training sessions a fast baller named Prashant had difficulty adjusting his speed while delivering the ball. He couldn’t transfer his pace to the ball,...
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...[pic] Application Form |Title: | | | |First Names: Prashant Last Name: makhijani | |(Underline the name you prefer to be called) | | | |Address: 10n 147 hobson street , Auckland | | | | | |Nationality: | |indian ...
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...assume that I am approached by the executive of my committee to report on the strategic implications of the information technology on our business over the next three years. I have chosen the subject of Business Intelligence as a Service, which is a branch of IS Management and includes data mining, database management systems, social media and information collection, and lastly in the scope of this project, I will write about Visual Analytics, an output or end result which is what the company I have chosen to write about is in need of. II. Background of Company Within the scope of the project, I have chosen to represent a Not For Profit association which is responsible for raising funds and awareness about cancer. We will be called the Prashant Foundation for Cancer Research. Founded in 2008, our organization consists of many volunteers who have different capabilities and skills which help the organization run, as well as an executive administration which runs the operations with members with backgrounds in management, entrepreneurship, law and medical research as well. The issue that we have is with our database management system, and information management in general . We have been active for 3 years, and need a strategic plan for organizing our data in a way which can benefit us so that we can grow the organization by increasing visibility, increasing funding and donations, and growing the pool of victims so that we may help those in need over the next three years. As a not...
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...Literature Review Group 22, Section 4 Rishi Kamal (FT174070) Ritesh Mahajan (FT174071) Rituraj Girnar (FT174072) E-commerce is any form of economic activity that is conducted via electronic medium. M-commerce is a subset of E-commerce. Consumers can choose different devices to shop online. The devices are personal computers, laptops, mobile phones, tablets etc. There is a huge increase in number of mobile phones in India and this is expected to be leveraged by the E-commerce industry. There are more than 286 million debit cards in India and additional security (via security codes) enhances the scope of Ecommerce (Deshmukh, Sujata, & Deshmukh, Prashant, & Thampi, G. T 2013). Initial consumers prefer to shop those goods which don’t have touch and feel factor, but this trend is gradually changing. Customer satisfaction depends on information quality and service quality (Joshi, Priyanka 2015). There are some challenges in m-commerce. Small screens and sparse internet connectivity are some of them .One set of researcher looks at how M Commerce should be adopted. There are articles like "Effective optimization of Web Sites for Mobile access" which talks about technical problems that occurred while introducing E Commerce website over mobile phone screen. (Marci Troutman, Steve Timpson, 2008). Further researchers talked about who are the first adopters of E Commerce mobile applications and their patterns. When M Commerce was introduced the initial users were mostly...
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...Finance & Services Pvt. Ltd. is registered with SEBI as a Merchant Banker. M/s. Imperial Corporate Finance & Services Pvt. Ltd. (hereinafter referred to as the Merchant Banker) has acted as Lead Manager in the rights issue of M/s. Gammon (I) Ltd. (hereinafter called as the issuer company) for 63,20,572 equity shares of Rs.10/- each at a premium of Rs.20/- per share aggregating to Rs.18,96,17,160/-. The issue was opened for subscription on 15.10.01 and closed on 15.11.01. It was alleged that certain material disclosures were not made in the Letter of Offer of the rights issue concerning a criminal case against Shri Abhijeet Rajan, Chairman and Managing Director of the issuer company. SEBI received a complaint dated October 17, 2001 from Prashant Glass Works Pvt. Ltd. stating that a criminal complaint was filed before the IVth Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate, Varanasi on 15.10.1996 against Shri Abhijeet Rajan for the offence of forgery etc. and that he was on bail since 1998. Further that the matter concerning the criminal case was not disclosed in the Letter of Offer and thereby the Merchant Banker had not exercised due diligence and skill for ensuring true and fair disclosures in the Letter of Offer and was issued negligently without verification of the statements concerning the issue. 2.0 An Enquiry was instituted vide SEBI's order dated 4.5.02 under Regulation 39(1) of SEBI (Merchant Bankers )Regulations, 1992 (hereinafter referred to as the said regulations) to enquire...
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...GUESS PAPER MOCK Time Allowed: 60 Minutes Maximum Marks: 100 Read the following instructions carefully before you begin to answer the questions. INSTRUCTION TO CANDIDATE 1. This booklet contains 100 questions in all comprising the following 3 parts: Part - (I): REASONING APTITUDE (35 Question) Part – (II): QUANTITATIVE APTITUDE (35 Question) Part – (III): ENGLISH LANGUAGE (30 Question) 2. All questions are compulsory and carry equal marks. 3. Before you start to answer the question you must check up this booklet and ensure that it contains all the pages and see that no page is missing or replaced. If you find any defect in this booklet, you must get it replaced immediately. 4. The paper carries negative marking. 0.25 marks will be deducted for each wrong answer. 5. You will be supplied the Answer-sheet separately by the invigilator. You must complete the details of Name, Roll number, Test Id and name of the examination on the Answer-Sheet carefully before you actually start answering the questions. You must also put your signature on the Answer-Sheet at the prescribed place. These instructions must be fully complied with, failing which, your Answer-Sheet will not be evaluated and you will be awarded ‘ZERO’ mark. 6. Answer must be shown by completely blackening the corresponding circles on the Answer-Sheet against the relevant question number by HB pencil or Black/ blue ball pen only. 7. A machine will read the coded information in the OMR Answer-Sheet. In case the information...
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...Goolsby-Inspired Emotional Leadership: Integrity - Courage - Impact MANA 5350 – Spring 2013 Professor: James Campbell Quick, Distinguished Professor of Leadership & Organizational Behavior John and Judy Goolsby – Jacqualyn A. Fouse Endowed Chair Executive: Prashant Ranade, CEO and President, Syntel Office: 617 Hours: W, 6-7 p.m.; by appointment in Arlington or at the Fort Worth Center. Phones: Office: 817.272.3869 Home Office: 817.496.0567 (messages) E-mail: jquick@uta.edu COURSE OBJECTIVES: This course is an advanced graduate elective inspired by John Goolsby ’64. The motto of the Goolsby Leadership Academy is: Integrity - Courage - Impact. Goolsby-inspired leadership is founded on cutting edge science and practice. The substantive anchors of the Goolsby model are: authentic leadership, emotional competence, and personal integrity. See: www.uta.edu/goolsby This practice-based class relies on learning from distinguished leaders, personal experience, and from the science. Self-awareness is a hallmark of authentic leadership and other-awareness is a key to effective leadership. Each leader must find her/his own way. We pursue 5 learning outcomes: 1. The students will be able to identify their own strengths/limitations and, with this knowledge, begin to explore and explain their own leadership approach. 2. The students will be able to describe the strengths/limitations of others and to describe the effects that...
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... The 5 Coolest Secret Video Game Characters The 5 Coolest Secret Video Game Characters Spoilers: 5 Craziest Movie Plot Twists Spoilers: 5 Craziest Movie Plot Twists Most Touching Celeb Reactions to Cory Monteith's Death Most Touching Celeb Reactions to Cory Monteith's Death 6 Horror Movie Sets That Were Actually Haunted 6 Horror Movie Sets That Were Actually Haunted Top Questions How do you say Spirits in Kenyan? Adam There is no language called "Kenyan". Kenya's official languages are English and Swahili... What is 'excuse me' in Kenyan? Adam There is no language called "Kenyan". Kenya's official languages are English and Swahili... What pranks can you do to people while they are sleeping? Prashant This fun to do but you must have lots of empty cans (or what ever makes lots of...
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...Jan Lokpal Bill The Jan Lokpal Bill (Citizen's ombudsman Bill) is a draft anti-corruption bill drawn up by prominent civil society activists seeking the appointment of a Jan Lokpal, an independent body that would investigate corruption cases, complete the investigation within a year and envisages trial in the case getting over in the next one year. Drafted by Justice Santosh Hegde (former Supreme Court Judge and present Lokayukta of Karnataka), Prashant Bhushan (Supreme Court Lawyer) and Arvind Kejriwal (RTI activist), the draft Bill envisages a system where a corrupt person found guilty would go to jail within two years of the complaint being made and his ill-gotten wealth being confiscated. It also seeks power to the Jan Lokpal to prosecute politicians and bureaucrats without government permission. Retired IPS officer Kiran Bedi and other known people like Swami Agnivesh, Sri Sri Ravi Shankar, Anna Hazare and Mallika Sarabhai are also part of the movement, called India Against Corruption. Its website describes the movement as "an expression of collective anger of people of India against corruption. We have all come together to force/request/persuade/pressurize the Government to enact the Jan Lokpal Bill. We feel that if this Bill were enacted it would create an effective deterrence against corruption."Anna Hazare, anti-corruption crusader, began a fast-unto-death today, demanding that this bill, drafted by the civil society, be adopted. The website of the India Against Corruption...
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...Project No 2: Omega_Achme Case Submitted by: |Prashant Jaiswal |Amit Maheshwari | |Shilpi Sahay |Jaya Laxmi Tripathi | Q1. Identify the Structures followed by Omega & Achme. Ans. From the case, it is evident that: ACHME was following a very Centralized & Mechanistic Structure. Omega was following an Organic Structure with some amount of decentralization. Q2. Which organization succeeded in developing the prototype better?? Give structural reasons for the same. Ans. Omega. Reasons: 1) The interaction factors were effectively deployed in Omega. Direct Contact was highly visible. Hierarchy of Authority, Jim Rawls reviewed the progress with team regularly. Organic Structure facilitated the participation of different departments to make it happen. The positive results were evident in following ways: • Electrical department suggested an alternative to a sourcing issue of a critical part. • Methods Engineer & Production workmen worked together displaying mutual adjustments to avoid problems that ACHME faced. • People from all crucial departments i.e. Electrical, Mechanical, Industrial & Production worked together to ensure no snag in producing the prototype again displaying mutual adjustments & Team work. ...
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...Product Management and Strategy Dr. Prashant Mishra prashant@iimcal.ac.in A Business Strategy Product-Market Investment Decision • Product-market scope • Investment intensity • Resource allocation over business units Basis of SCAs • Assets/Competencies • Synergies Functional Area Strategies • Product • Price • Distribution • Etc. Figure 1.1 The Four Ps: The Tools The Four Cs: The Ends Marketing Mix Product Customer Solution Place ConvenPromotion ience Communication Price Customer Cost The Other 4Cs: The Participants The Participants Competitors Company Consumer Channel Views on the Marketing Processes 5-C Analysis Customer Competitor Company Collaborators Context S-T-P Marketing Segmentation Targeting Positioning 4 P’s Marketing Plan Product Pricing Promotion Place The Functional View Views on the Marketing Processes Understanding Customer Value Creating Customer Value Capturing Customer Value Delivering Customer Value Sustaining Customer Value The Process View Understanding Customer Value • Value is defined as the perceived worth in monetary units of the of the set of economic functional / technical and psychological benefits received by the customer in exchange for the price paid for for a product offering, taking into consideration the available offerings and prices. - Anderson, Jain and Chintagunta(1993) Understanding Customer Value Psychological Functional Economic Plea From an Anonymous...
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