industry sector was studied in a qualitative survey covered 23 food processing firms in Tanzania, with the purposes of identifying the existing supply chain operation, knowledge of SCM concept and challenges facing the sector. The findings of this study suggest that a lot of efforts need to be addressed to ensure that food processors benefit from SCM concept. The understanding of SCM concept among the processors seems to be low, thus, hindering them from taping up the advantages that SCM concept offer
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Agency Name: | Living Dead Inspiration (Online Will) | Project Name: | Community Based Employment, Life Skills Training &Family Inspiration with Basic Financial Planning and Encouragement forContinue Success and Life Offerings for Loved Ones. | Program Area: | Education/Training and Assimilation with Life the Death of Elderly Family Member. | | | | | Total Inital Cost: | $34,780.00 | Total Project Estimate Cost: | $55, 356.25 | | | # of Persons to be Served: | Millions |
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RE-BRANDING AND ITS CONTIBUTION TO THE COMPANY’S COMPETITIVENESS: A CASE STUDY OF ZAIN KENYA, ELDORET BRANCH BENJAMIN CHERUTICH ELD/DBM/2641 Research project submitted to The Kenya Institute of Management in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award of Diploma in Business Management September, 2009 DECLARATION Declaration by the candidate This research study is my original work and has not been presented to any other examination body
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S w 909A08 FIJI WATER AND CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY — GREEN MAKEOVER OR “GREENWASHING”?1 James McMaster and Jan Nowak wrote this case solely to provide material for class discussion. The authors do not intend to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of a managerial situation. The authors may have disguised certain names and other identifying information to protect confidentiality. Richard Ivey School of Business Foundation prohibits any form of reproduction, storage
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What is channel conflict? Discuss various types of conflict 344 Channel conflict is disagreement among marketing channel members on goals, roles, and rewards—who should do what and for what rewards. Horizontal conflict occurs among firms at the same level of the channel. For instance, some Ford dealers in Chicago might complain that other dealers in the city steal sales from them by pricing too low or advertising outside their assigned territories. Or Holiday Inn franchisees might complain about
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BACKGROUND TO PRINCIPLES OF MARKETING INTRODUCTION TO MARKETING Every business, service or product oriented organization must complete its operation by disposing of its products or rendering its services to the customers. Various marketing concepts hold that customers will generally not buy a product they don’t know or they have not been asked/convinced to buy. It is therefore the role of the marketing function in any business to fill this gap and complete the business operation. Definition
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Privacy, Economics, and Price Discrimination on the Internet [Extended Abstract] Andrew Odlyzko Digital Technology Center, University of Minnesota 499 Walter Library, 117 Pleasant St. SE Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA odlyzko@umn.edu http://www.dtc.umn.edu/∼odlyzko Revised version, July 27, 2003 Abstract. The rapid erosion of privacy poses numerous puzzles. Why is it occurring, and why do people care about it? This paper proposes an explanation for many of these puzzles in terms of the increasing
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paper is to explore the case and identify lessons for future management practice. Design/methodology/approach – Some of the fundamental principles of issue management, post-crisis discourse and corporate apologia are to recognize the problem early, to promptly institute a strategic response plan and corrective action and, if necessary, to apologise genuinely and without delay. The paper assesses the case against the theoretical basis of each of these principles and comparable cases. A senior executive
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APPENDIX: Kellogg Consulting Club Practice Cases While most cases require multiple analytical techniques, the category indicates where the candidate will likely spend most of the time. SECTION I: Sample Case Interviews 1. 2. New Drug Launch Prozac SECTION II: Profitability/Operations 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. Shamrock Chemical Chilled Beverages Distilled Spirits Commodity Manufacturer Snack Food Conglomerate ROIC Increase Agricultural Equipment Manufacturing Paint Manufacturer
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY This dissertation set out to explore how the Internet is changing the brand-building environment, in order to identify the new sources of value, the new brand-building tools and strategies, and to outline the key factors that contribute to the development of a successful online brand. With power shifting to customers, the success of an online brand is largely determined by customer choice. The repeated choice of a certain brand by customers and business partners generates the transactions
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