Innovation is basically of two types: 1. Sustaining Innovation – This type of innovation provides demanding customers with better performance than what was previously available. It means to make better product that can be sold at a higher price to attractive customers. With this kind of innovation, incumbents prevail. E.g.: Surf Surf Excel Surf Excel-matic Evolution. Innovative changes accompanied by corresponding rise in Prices. 2. Disruptive Innovations – This type is to commercialize
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A R T I C L E www.hbr.org The Core Competence of the Corporation by C.K. Prahalad and Gary Hamel Included with this full-text Harvard Business Review article: 1 Article Summary The Idea in Brief—the core idea The Idea in Practice—putting the idea to work 2 The Core Competence of the Corporation 15 Further Reading A list of related materials, with annotations to guide further exploration of the article’s ideas and applications Product 6528 The Core Competence
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knowledge of markets all over the world over the previous 130 years. Nestlé is the leading position in the global food industry with operated factories in 77 countries and sells its products on all six continents. Nestlé has a broadly diversified business portfolio and with leading global market shares in numerous product categories including coffee, mineral water, dairy products, nutrition and baby food, ice cream, confectionary, pet food, and chocolate. Nestlé is also committed to providing quality
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Lecture Week 7! Business Level Strategy! 2 ! 1 ! Learning Outcomes – Week 7! Be able to! • Identify Strategic Business units in Organisations! • Explain the different bases of achieving competitive advantage! • Explain the factors influencing the sustainability of competitive advantage! • Explain the relationship between competition and collaboration ! 3 ! Strategic Choices ! Exhibit III.1! 4 ! 2 ! Business Level Strategy - Outline! • Strategic business units! • Competitive
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01 Technical takeovers, and managing relevanT To acca QualificaTion paper p3 1 Market growth, for example, by taking over a competitor. This could produce synergy through economies of scale and efficiency gains, and can decrease the threat from competitors. Both of these should help to increase shareholder wealth. There is, in theory, relatively little risk as the company is staying on its home territory which it knows well, but see the information about the Morrison’s – Safeway merger on
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Acer, Inc: Taiwan’s Ramping Dragon- CASE ANALYSIS 1. Based on the information presented in the case, what type(s) of strategy (i.e., international, multinational, global, or transnational) would you say is used by Acer? Be sure to explain the reasons for your selection. (You will need to refer to Ch. 3 for details on these types strategies.) According to our studies, and based on the information from the case, I would conclude that Acer used a Transnational Strategy. Based on the definition
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Sense Making in Organizations Karl E. Weick by Umar Zia Khan 0002, Hassan Asif 0009, Shafqat Iqbal 0022, Omar Ahmed 0025, Rashid Iqbal 0033 & Shaharyar Khan Rasikh 0028 Table of Contents Book Synthesis 3 The Concept of Occasions for Sense making: 4 Varieties of Occasions for Sense making: 4 Ambiguity and Uncertainty: 5 General Properties of Occasions for Sense making: 5 Substance of Sense Making 5 Minimal Sensible Structures 5 Vocabulary of Societies/ Ideology 5 Vocabulary
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ANALYSIS OF A FACILITY SUPPLY DISTRIBUTOR IN BRITISH COLUMBIA by Derek Brooks B.A., Simon Fraser University, 1993 PROJECT SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION In the Executive Masters of Business Program of the Faculty of Business Administration ©Derek Brooks, 2014 SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY Spring 2014 All rights reserved. However in accordance with the Copyright Act of Canada, this work, may be reproduced, without authorization
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Growth………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..6 i. Status Quo……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………7 V. Recommendation………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………7 VI. Phase 1 – Now…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..7 VII. Phase 2 - 1-3 yrs…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………8 VIII. Phase 3 - 3+ yrs………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….8 IX. Appendix E - Growth Related Strategy………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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What is goal congruence? It simply means making sure your goals are in harmony with and aligned to what you really want in life. An Important Illustration: Let's say you hate your job so you set a new goal find another job. You're so desperate and emotional to leave your current work situation you focus your goal on what you are feeling in the moment. Your goal: Find a better job, that pays money, with less stress. Maybe you follow the SMART goals formula and add specifics that you can measure
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