Journal of Information Technology Teaching Cases (2012) 2, 79–86 & 2012 JITTC Palgrave Macmillan All rights reserved 2043-8869/12 palgrave-journals.com/jittc/ Teaching case Understanding the process of backsourcing: two cases of process and product backsourcing in Europe Julia Kotlarsky1, Lars Bognar2 1 2 Aston Business School, Aston University, Birmingham, UK; Google Ireland Ltd., Dublin, Ireland Correspondence: J Kotlarsky, Aston Business School, Aston University, Birmingham,
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STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT TEXAS EXECUTIVE MBA PROGRAM FALL 2011 Professor David B. Jemison CBA 3.232 Telephone 471-8757 David.Jemison@mccombs.utexas.edu Texts: Porter, Michael E. Competitive Strategy. (New York: Free Press, l998). Course Description Perspective and Themes This course is about the creation and maintenance of a long-term vision for the organization. This means that it is concerned with both the determination of strategic direction and the management of the strategic
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Industry-specific Management Control Systems and Ccorporate Qquality Ttargets – Insights from ten years American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI) Data Authors: Thomas Pock Research Scholar, Ross School of Business, University of St. Gallen, St. Gallen, SwitzerlandMichigan National Quality Research Center 701 Tappan Street, 48103 Ann Arbor, MI, USA Phone: +1-734-709-1036 tpock@bus.umich.edu Prof. Fritz Fahrni University of St. Gallen Director of the Institute for Technology Management
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internet; • Use of the internet for information sourcing for travel decision making as opposed to advice from travel agents; • Variations in usage of the internet versus travel agents according to market segment and length of stay; • Direct selling by airlines; • Reasons for traveller use of the internet; and • Best practice competitive strategies by key travel agents. Data Sources and Limitations The data for the study were drawn from a number of sources, including IbisWorld, Tourism Australia, Roy
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The International Airline Industry Background The airline industry has been limited in expanding because of national and international regulations. Even the dominant players in this market have only been able to keep their dominance over their own markets, except for United States. In United States, the state owned national flag carriers have been the key players of this industry. But in 1990, the competition started to increase in this industry. This was caused due to deregulation, privatization
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Boeing and Capitalism in the United States of America Abstract This study investigates American capitalism in a historic perspective. The paper then proceeds to examine the issue on a meso-level with its relation to the company Boeing. Finally it discusses the various entrepreneurial decisions and their impact on the success and failures of the corporation. The approach has been reading relevant historical books, finding articles on the Internet and interpreting different views and opinions
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Better Practices for Retaining Organizational Knowledge: Lessons from the Leading Edge David W. De Long and Thomas Davenport n 1998, after significantly downsizing for ten years, the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) realized that the median age of its 13,000 remaining employees was 48. Because most of its workers retired well before age 60, this meant that over the next ten years the TVA, the largest electrical utility in the United States, was bound to lose many of those it depended
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Think Strategically This page intentionally left blank T H I N K STRATEGICALLY Xavier Gimbert Associate Professor, Business Policy Department, ESADE Business School © Xavier Gimbert 2011 All rights reserved. No reproduction, copy or transmission of this publication may be made without written permission. No portion of this publication may be reproduced, copied or transmitted save with written permission or in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act
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Industry Analysis: Soft Drinks Meghan Deichert, Meghan Ellenbecker, Emily Klehr, Leslie Pesarchick, & Kelly Ziegler Strategic Management in a Global Context February 22, 2006 Industry Analysis: Soft Drinks Barbara Murray (2006c) explained the soft drink industry by stating, “For years the story in the nonalcoholic sector centered on the power struggle between…Coke and Pepsi. But as the pop fight has topped out, the industry's giants have begun relying on new product flavors…and looking to
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UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK Master Thesis Employee Branding How do brands affect employees? Master Program: Organizational Studies Author: Luisiana Garza Jordàn 0817703 Acknowledgements I would like to thank the University of Innsbruck for the education it has provided me for the past two years. During this program I have had the opportunity to grow professionally and personally. To my colleagues for sharing knowledge and experiences… Recognition should also go out to Evalueserve
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