...HTC Posted on June 16, 2012 by John Dudovskiy HTC Corporation (formerly known as High Tech Computer Corp.) is a Taiwan-based smartphone manufacturing company engaged in design, development, manufacturing and sales of mobile computers, personal digital assistant phones, touch phones and smart phones and offers its products in Europe, Asia pacific, North and Latin America, Africa and Middle East (Bloomberg, 2010). The company has gained a reputation in terms of innovation related to the features of their products as well as their design The Evolution of HTC HTC was founded in 1997 by three business people and technology enthusiasts Cher Wang, HT Cho and Peter Chou. The founders took the roles of Chairwoman, Director of Board and Chairman of HTC Foundation, and President and CEO respectively. At the initial period of business HTC was mainly involved in partnerships with companies like Compaq, Dell and HP designing and building PDAs (personal digital assistants) for them. The most innovative and acclaimed products of these brands HTC was closely involved in include Compaq iPAQ, Treo 650, O2 XDA, and Orange SPV (Hi, we’re HTC, 2010) The company was introduced to the public as an independent brand starting from June 2006, and manufactured its first own brand product HTC Touch, which is claimed to be by the company a first finger-friendly touch-screen smartphone in June 2007. Today HTC boasts with its popular products as Touch Diamond, Hero, HD2, HD Legend, and Desire, and...
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... PESTLE, SWOT, 5 Forces, CVF – MUST have an explanation of what it is) The Organisation The industry – supermarkets, news, journals * Market Share – who controls the market * Current news? * PESTLE – table and a SUMMARY! * Competitors – 5 forces table + competitor table Organisation - Tesco * Background * Statistics * etc * SWOT Challenge * Define it * In relation to company Recommendations * CVF – where should Tesco be Conclusions TESCO AND GLOBALISATION This Essay would contain information on Tesco as an industry and organisation. It would also analyse Tesco using the four models; PESTLE, SWOT, Porter’s 5 forces and the competitive value framework (CVF). An in-depth look into the term globalisation, its advantage and importance as well a the global challenge Tesco is currently facing, its competitor and how they have reacted to globalisation and recommendations on how to handle their global challenge this paper would contain. Jack Cohen first formed Tesco. This happened in the year 1919 when he first opened up a stall in the East end of London. Tesco started out as a very small business and it did so on the platform of sole proprietorship however today, Tesco is one of the world's largest retailers with a clear, proven growth strategy. It has over 492,000 employees and about 5,300 stores across 14 markets Tesco has its headquarters in Chestnut, United Kingdom. It was...
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...industry focuses on technical issues such as equipment reliability, inspections and minimal defects. On the other hand, quality in service industry focuses on the interactions between the provider and customer which do not directly produce a physical product. The service industry picks up the importance of quality later than the manufacturing industry. Evan (2011) mentioned that the 80% workforce in the United States is contributed by the service industry. Body According to Das and De Groote (2008), 75% of the one hundred biggest hotels are controlled by the top ten hotel chains around the globe. In this modern age, people travel at ease due to easy accessibilities and communications have improved into a global state, all thanks to the technology. Dreher A. (2006) mentioned that economists strongly believe the net effect of globalisation to be positive. As stated by Knight and Wit (1999), Globalisation “is the flow of economy,...
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...OPERATIONS Role of operations management Strategic role of operations Operations management is an essential key business function that overlaps with the other business functions such as marketing, finance and human resources management. Strategic means ‘affecting all key business areas’; that is, the strategic role of operations management involves operations managers contributing to the strategic plan of the business. Some of the different costs in the operations function include; input costs, labour costs, processing costs, inventory costs and quality management costs. Cost leadership involves aiming to have the lowest costs or to be the most price-competitive in the market. A key aspect to cost leadership is that although trading with the lowest cost, the overall business should still be profitable. One aspect of cost leadership arises from a business creating economies of scale. Economies of scale refers to cost advantages that can be created as a result of an increase in scale of business operations. Typically the cost savings come from being able to purchase lower cost per unit and from efficiencies created through improved use of technology and machinery. Goods/services differentiation is a key strategy applied by operations managers. Product differentiation means distinguishing products in some way from its competitors. Ways a product could be differentiated include: varying the actual product features, varying product quality, varying any improved features, varying...
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...7 Globalisation of the automotive industry: main features and trends Timothy J. Sturgeon Industrial Performance Center (IPC), MIT, 292 Main Street (E38-104), Cambridge, MA 02139, USA E-mail: sturgeon@mit.edu Olga Memedovic* United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Vienna International Centre, A-1440 Vienna, Austria E-mail: O.Memedovic@unido.org *Corresponding Author Johannes Van Biesebroeck Department of Economics, University of Toronto, 150 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G7,Canada E-mail: jovb@chass.utoronto.ca Gary Gereffi Department of Sociology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0088, USA E-mail: ggere@soc.duke.edu Abstract: This paper lays out the main features of the global automotive industry and identifies several important trends. A boom in developing country sales and production has not yet overshadowed the importance of existing markets in developed regions. Regional integration is very strong at an operational level, yet the industry has recently developed a set of global-scale value chain linkages, and retains national and local elements as well. The paper highlights how global, regional, national and local value chains are nested to create a pattern of global integration that is distinctive to the industry. We use global value chain analysis to help explain the limits of build-to-order in the industry, the role of regional and global suppliers, the shifting geography of production and how the characteristics of value chain linkages...
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...A HANDBOOK FOR VALUE CHAIN RESEARCH Prepared for the IDRC by Raphael Kaplinsky and Mike Morris* We are grateful to colleagues in both our individual institutions and in the Spreading the Gains from Globalisation Network (particularly those participating in the Bellagio Workshop in September 2000) for discussions around many of the issues covered in this Handbook and also to Stephanie Barrientos, Jayne Smith and Justin Barnes. An Important Health Warning or A Guide for Using this Handbook Lest anyone feel overwhelmed by the depth of detail in this Handbook, especially with respect to the sections on methodology, we would like to emphasise at the outset: this Handbook is not meant to be used or read as a comprehensive step by step process that has to be followed in order to undertake a value chain analysis. We know of no value chain analysis that has comprehensively covered all the aspects dealt with in the following pages, and certainly not in the methodologically sequential Handbook set out below. Indeed to try and do so in this form would be methodologically overwhelming, and would certainly bore any reader of such an analysis to tears. Our intention in producing a Handbook on researching value chains is to try and comprehensively cover as many aspects of value chain analysis as possible so as to allow researchers to dip in and utilise what is relevant and where it is appropriate. It is not an attempt to restrict researchers within a methodological strait-jacket...
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...journal |Page 13 -14 | |4. Task 1: Reference |Page 15 | |5. Task 1: Indexes |PDF file | |6. Task 2: Marks and Spencer operation report |Page 16 - 26 | |7. Task 2: Reference |Page 27 - 28 | ABSTRACT MBA 405 - Global Organisational Environment Probably everyone will agree that at the beginning of the 21st century, the impact of globalisation on countries, societies, businesses and individuals have been much more evident than ever before. Especially for businesses and organizations, globalization has impacted considerably on the way businesses are operated, managed and developed. Success of businesses and organizations have been so dependent on how well and proactively they have responded to the global organizational environment. This paper captures my learning progress in studying the MBA 405 – Global Organisational Environment through the followings: Part 1:- a learning log addressing: 1. What I knew about this topic prior to the class and what I wanted to learn? 2. What were the key ideas that I learned from this session? 3. What concepts I found...
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...approaches 1 Appraoches to strategy 1 Rational approach, strategy 1 Ansoff 1 Processual approach 1 Loigcal incrementalism 1 planning vs crafting 1 crafting vs planning 1 Rational approach vs processual 1 evolutionary approach 1 Systemic approach 1 Startegic thinking 1 Strategic thinks vs planning 1 Startegic planning vs thinking 1 thinking vs planning 1 planning vs thinking 1 Fit vs stretch 1 Stretch vs fit 1 Levels of strategy 1 strategy level 1 Corporate strategy 1 Business strategy 1 functional strategy 1 global context of business 1 globalisation drivers 1 Competitive forces 1 technological forces 1 social forces 1 political forces 1 Globalisation challenges 1 Competition 1 distribution 1 macro-economic 1 socio-economic 1 financial 1 legal 1 Physical 1 Political 1 sociocultural 1 labour 1 technological forces 1 Globalisation benefits 1 costs benefits 1 timing benefits 1 learning benefits 1 arbitrage benefits 1 Role of accountant in strategy development 1 accountant role in startegic development 1 Comments 19 art of planning and conducting a war; "strategy is the art of using battles to win wars 19 19 19 insivible hand 19 Adam smith Strategy evolution 19 Strategy evolution 20 20 Operational...
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...7 Globalisation of the automotive industry: main features and trends Timothy J. Sturgeon Industrial Performance Center (IPC), MIT, 292 Main Street (E38-104), Cambridge, MA 02139, USA E-mail: sturgeon@mit.edu Olga Memedovic* United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Vienna International Centre, A-1440 Vienna, Austria E-mail: O.Memedovic@unido.org *Corresponding Author Johannes Van Biesebroeck Department of Economics, University of Toronto, 150 St. George Street, Toronto, Ontario M5S 3G7,Canada E-mail: jovb@chass.utoronto.ca Gary Gereffi Department of Sociology, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708-0088, USA E-mail: ggere@soc.duke.edu Abstract: This paper lays out the main features of the global automotive industry and identifies several important trends. A boom in developing country sales and production has not yet overshadowed the importance of existing markets in developed regions. Regional integration is very strong at an operational level, yet the industry has recently developed a set of global-scale value chain linkages, and retains national and local elements as well. The paper highlights how global, regional, national and local value chains are nested to create a pattern of global integration that is distinctive to the industry. We use global value chain analysis to help explain the limits of build-to-order in the industry, the role of regional and global suppliers, the shifting geography of production and how the characteristics of value chain linkages...
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...Topic One: Operations Students Learn to: Examine contemporary business issues to: * Discuss the balance between cost and quality in operations strategy Cost and quality are two performance objectives of a business. Cost and quality generally oppose each other as performance objectives as for a business to achieve quality this will generally cost money and then increase costs. * Examine the impact of globalisation on operations strategy * Identify the breadth of government policies that affect operations management * Explain why corporate social responsibility is a key concern in operations management Investigate aspects of business using hypothetical situations and actual business case studies to: * Describe the features of operations management for businesses in a tertiary industry * Assess the relationship between operations and the other key business function in two actual businesses * Explain how operations strategy van help a business sustain its competitive advantage * Recommend possible operations strategies for one hypothetical business Students Learn About Role of operations management * Strategic role of operations management – cost leadership, good/service differentiation A businesses competitive advantage refers to the features implemented by a business that create an advantage over its competitors. A business can make long-term (strategic), medium term (), or short term () decisions. Efficiency refers to achieving...
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...MODULE 1 – INTRODUCTION TO STRATEGY & LEADERSHIP Differentiating Strategy Operational Effectiveness (Performing similar activities better than rivals perform them) VS Competitive Strategy (Performing different activities than rivals or performing similar activities in different ways) Strategy Planning Process 1. Where are we today? 2. Where are we going by when? 3. How are we going to get there? 4. How do we implement the Strategy? Approaches To Strategy Rational Approach – Based on linear & mechanistic model in which the conception and execution of strategy are treated as discrete sequential activities. The process starts with setting the basic, long term goals of an organisation, and proceeds with implementing courses of action & allocating the resources necessary to achieve those goals. Processual Approach – This approach is a reductionist approach provides an illusion of prediction of accuracy, but excludes the complexity of people issues that occur in strategy process. Strategy formulation & implementation are viewed as entangled activities, and not separate stages as required in rational approach. Evolutionary Approach – Suggests that organisation’s leaders should work on achieving competitive advantage by improving operational efficiencies in the short term. Long term strategies are too expensive and inappropriate in a unpredictable environment of change and uncertainty. Systemic Approach – This approach emphasise the importance...
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...Discuss the Fukushima incident in the context of Globalisation Globalisation is a continuous practice, which advances the affiliation between countries through methods such as the use of technology and the decrease in the barriers of trade, which enables financial and investment markets to operate internationally. (International business environments and operations 2011) The Fukushima incident became an international catastrophe on March 11th 2011 when three reactors at the fifteen largest power plant the Dai-ichi nuclear power plant in north Fukushima, exploded after the back-up electrical systems were flooded; this triggered the reactors to overheat and subsequently caused the explosions. This allowed radiation to escape from the reactor chambers. Due to the explosions the plants were left unable to produce any nuclear energy, it also had an effect on a range of exports including shipping and the food industry due to the contamination of these products, causing huge problems for the Japanese economy as it was unable to export goods to other economies whose countries were unable to receive the goods. (International Financial Law Review,2011), Countries such as the US, Hong Kong and China are amongst the most likely to be affected by the nuclear impact on Japan’s food industry as they will need to find alternative exporters of food products such as leaf vegetables, spinach and milk. This is because these products have been affected by the radiation; therefore to prevent...
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...eJournal Faculty of Law 4-12-2007 Corporate Social Responsibility: Impact of globalisation and international business Kim Kercher Bond University, Kim_Kercher@bond.edu.au Recommended Citation Kim Kercher. (2007) "Corporate Social Responsibility: Impact of globalisation and international business" ,, . http://epublications.bond.edu.au/cgej/4 This Journal Article is brought to you by the Faculty of Law at ePublications@bond. It has been accepted for inclusion in Corporate Governance eJournal by an authorized administrator of ePublications@bond. For more information, please contact Bond University's Repository Coordinator. Corporate Social Responsibility: Impact of globalisation and international business Abstract [Extract] Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is associated with the conduct of corporations and in particular whether corporations owe a duty to stakeholders other than shareholders. Whilst the phrase ‘Corporate Social Responsibility’ may be gaining momentum, the concept itself is not new. The question as to whether corporations owe duties to broader stakeholders has been debated at various times throughout the twentieth century. Keywords corporate social responsibility, corporations, globalisation, international business This journal article is available at ePublications@bond: http://epublications.bond.edu.au/cgej/4 Corporate Social Responsibility ‐ Impact of globalisation and international business By Kim Kercher Date of publication: 11 December 2006 ...
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... Term: II (First Year) Instructor: Prof. N.S.Uppal Instructors e-mail: nsuppal@bulmim.ac.in 1. Introduction This course gives an overview of the concept of all those business activities that involve cross border transactions of goods, services and resources between two or more nations. This is an essential component in learning and understanding international trading principles and concepts. 2. Learning Outcomes: The objective of this course is to enable students to: 1. Understand nature ,scope and structure of international business 2. Understand impact of environmental factors on international business operations 3. Learn role of international economic institutions and global and regional trade agreements 4. Know about role of foreign trade in Indian Economy. 3. Module Overview The course will be covered in 20 sessions, including Mid Term exam after 10th session and each session is of 1 hour and 30 minutes. 4. Book (Text Book): Joshi, Rakesh Mohan, International Business, Oxford University Press, 2013. Suggested Readings (Reference Books/Articles Etc): Daniels, John D., et al (2010).Pearson, 2013 SESSION | TOPIC | 1 | Globalization and International Business | 2 | Theories of International Trade | 3 | International Trade Patterns and balance of Payments...
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...Question: How does Globalisation affect you as an International Business Student? 1.0 Introduction I’d like to begin this discussion by first asking a few questions. What is globalisation? What does a global world mean? Is it the fast movement of people which means greater interaction? Does it simply mean that due to internet revolution and other technological advances the world is now a village? Does globalisation represent the consumer and open up markets worldwide to their choice and preference? Does it mean countries are free to trade with each other without red tape and other barriers and tariffs? Though the precise definition of globalisation is still unavailable a few definitions worth viewing, Stephen Gill: defines globalisation as the reduction of transaction cost of transborder movements of capital and goods thus of factors of production and goods. Guy Brainbant: says that the process of globalisation not only includes opening up of world trade, development of advanced means of communication, internationalisation of financial markets, growing importance of MNC's, population migrations and more generally increased mobility of persons, goods, capital, data and ideas but also infections, diseases and pollution. As an international business student globalisation has opened up the world to me. The world is now on my fingertips, I am able to use the world’s resources, learn from fortune 500 companies. I am able to interact with international leaders who would otherwise be...
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