Jim Poss Case Study 1. Who is Jim Poss a. Jim Poss demonstrates a strong passion for project even after so many people shot down the idea. His passion translates into determination to getting the idea out to potential customers/investors. Taking risks like going into solar power when the trend was heading toward wind and selling his product even though he didn’t have a finished product to sell. And he craves learning, working 3 jobs, double major and a minor plus an MBA before working
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Zara Case: Fast Fashion from Savvy Systems a gallaugher.com case provided free to faculty & students for non-commercial use © Copyright 1997-2008, John M. Gallaugher, Ph.D. – for more info see: http://www.gallaugher.com/chapters Last modified: Sept. 13, 2008 Note: this is an earlier version of the case. All cases updated after July 2009 are now hosted (and still free) at http://www.flatworldknowledge.com. For details see the ‘Courseware’ section of http://gallaugher.com INTRODUCTION The
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1991 to 1996, the Malaysian econom y grew at an ave rage rate of m ore than 8% . Howev er, Mala ysia could no t shield itself from being negatively impacted by the 1997 Asian Financial Crisis where the nation suffered a 7.5% c ontraction in its Gross D omestic P roduct (G DP) in 1 998. In 2000, M alaysia had a workforce (defined as persons between 15-64 years old) of slightly above 9 million. About 60% of the workforce were below 35 years of age. Union members accounted for about 8.15% of the labour
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|Low interest rates | |Relatively low waste from inventories |Increase market share in Nordic countries and North America | |High Delivery Accuracy |Increase gross margin | |Sales turnover is rising steadily |Lower
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Considering the relationship of culture with performance Considering what makes culture strong, According to Chatman and Eunyoung (2003) “strong cultures are based on two characteristics which are high levels of agreement about what is been valued and high intensity about these values”. If both are high a strong culture exists and if both are low the culture is not that strong at all. Though strong organizational cultures have been considered as critical to bottom-line performance of larger organizations
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competitive in the long term? How attractive is this industry? What is the demand likely to be? Porters Diamond Porters Five Forces Demand Estimation How is the industry evolving Value chain analysis International Case Studies Which business to focus on? Which to divest? GE-McKinsey BCG matrix SWOT 3 Different frameworks / tools are available to address specific questions TOOLS Question Theory Framework / Tool What are the
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the most modern composite mill in the region. Bextex Ltd. has an installed capacity of 288 high-speed air-jet looms in its weaving section and a high-tech dyeing and finishing section with a capacity of 100,000 yards of finished fabric per day. This company is located at the Beximco Industrial Park. Bextex Ltd. has a state of the art composite knit fabric production mill, which serves the growing needs of high-quality knit garments exporters in Bangladesh. The project was set up as a state of the art
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company. 5. Staffing Flexibility – outsourcing will allow operations that have seasonal or cyclical demands to bring in additional resources when you need them and release them when you’re done. 6. Continuity & Risk Management – periods of high employee turnover will add uncertainty and inconsistency to the operation. Outsourcing will provide a level of continuity to the company while reducing the risk that substandard level of operations would bring. 7. Develop Internal Staff – on-site
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Business 200W – Business Research and Communication Individual Case Analysis Apple Inc. SWOT Analysis Company Overview Apple Inc. is an American multinational corporation which focuses on designing and manufacturing technology products such as consumer electronics, personal computers and software. Apple Computer, Inc. was established in Cupertino, California on April 1, 1976 and incorporated on January 3, 1977 by Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak
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Elements of Marketing Mix MKT/421 Elements of the Marketing Mix Today’s high performance organizations are placing a high emphasis on marketing as a key to organizational success. The planning phase of the marketing management process is extremely important to effective marketing operations. Marketing planning involves setting objectives, evaluating opportunities, creating marketing strategies, preparing marketing plans, and developing marketing programs. Developing a market strategy
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