Diego Discount Rates in Emerging Markets: Four Models and an Application 72 Javier Estrada, IESE Business School Rail Companies: Prospects for Privatization and Consolidation 78 James Runde, Morgan Stanley A Real Option in a Jet Engine Maintenance Contract 88 Richard L. Shockley, Jr., University of Indiana A Practical Method for Valuing Real Options: The Boeing Approach 95 Scott Mathews, The Boeing Company, Vinay Datar, Seattle University, and Blake Johnson, Stanford
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY I. Importance of selecting the correct ERP software a. Strategic fit b. Cost vs. benefit to actual (clearly defined) business needs c. Severe long term impacts on company operations II. What this paper covers d. General ERP system overview e. Components f. Best practices OVERVIEW OF ERP The term ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) was first used in 1990 to refer to a type of business software that integrated information from numerous
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Culture 14 Growth…The Key to the Future 14 “Re-inventing the Business” 15 Enterprise Resource Planning Initiative 16 Strategic Approach to Managing Human Resources 19 Employee Services 20 Chapter 4…For DoD Lean Thinking in DoD 22 Achieving Competitive Excellence in DoD 22 Outsourcing…”Keeping Our Core Competencies in House 23 Employee Education 23 Life After the Military Service…Improving the Odds 25 Adages of Human Resources 25 Bibliography
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Industry………………………………………………………………………………………………………………8-9 9. Need for Supply Chain in Aerospace Industry……………………………………………………………………………………..10-11 10. Major Aircraft components………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………12 11. Supply chain of Boeing components world wide………………………………………………………………………………………15 12. Criterion for adopting Supply Chain strategies…………………………………………………………………………………….17-18 13. Who does it?............................................................................
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Phoenix Organization Use your own organization, or select one with which you are familiar. Prepare a 1,000-word (minimum) paper in which you evaluate the organizing function of management as it relates to at least two of the following organizational resources. (translate the organizational chart for the departments controlling these functions into words for your paper) Physical assets Monetary Human resources Knowledge Technology Do not just discuss what
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Airbus vs. Boeing in Superjumbos: Credibility and Preemption by Benjamin C. Esty and Pankaj Ghemawat Current Draft: August 3, 2001 Benjamin C. Esty Morgan 381 Harvard Business School Boston, MA 02163 Tel: (617) 495-6159 e-mail: besty@hbs.edu Pankaj Ghemawat Morgan 227 Harvard Business School Boston, MA 02163 Tel: (617) 495-6270 e-mail: pghemawat@hbs.edu Acknowledgements: We would like to thank Ed Greenslet and The Airline Monitor for providing data on and insights about the commercial
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Harvard Business School Strategy Working Paper Series Working Paper Number: 02-061 Working Paper Date: February 2002 “Airbus vs. Boeing in Super Jumbos: A Case of Failed Preemption” Benjamin Esty (Harvard Business School) Pankaj Ghemawat (Harvard Business School This paper can be downloaded without charge from the Social Science Research Network electronic library at: http://ssrn.com/abstract_id=302452 Airbus vs. Boeing in Superjumbos: A Case of Failed Preemption* August 3, 2001 Rev
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SYLLABUS – UNDERGRADUATE Course Title: Management Information System Semester: Spring 2012 Instructor: Professor Tang Qingquan Sun Yat-Sen Business School, SYSU Part 1: Course/Faculty Information |Course Title & Code |Management Information System | |Class schedule |2012.9----2013.1
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History The modern air and ground express industry was pioneered with the founding of Federal Express in 1971; the corporation was created in 1998 as FDX Corporation and became FedEx Corporation in January 2000. Headquarters Memphis, Tenn. Principal Officers Frederick W. Smith, Chairman, President and CEO Robert B. Carter, Executive Vice President, FedEx Information Services and CIO T. Michael Glenn, Executive Vice President, Market Development and Corporate
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and Economics Application of Six-Sigma in finance: a case study A. Ansari Seattle University Diane Lockwood Seattle University Emil Thies Zayed University Batoul Modarress Zayed University Jessie Nino Seattle University ABSTRACT In recent years, companies have begun using Six Sigma Methodology to reduce errors, excessive cycle times, inefficient processes, and cost overruns related to financial reporting systems. This paper presents a case study to illustrate the application of Six Sigma Methodology
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