C H A P T E R The External Environment 4 The Environmental Domain Task Environment • General Environment • International Context Environmental Uncertainty Simple-Complex Dimension • Stable-Unstable Dimension • Framework Adapting to Environmental Uncertainty Positions and Departments • Buffering and Boundary Spanning • Differentiation and Integration • Organic Versus Mechanistic Management Processes • Planning and Forecasting Resource Dependence Controlling Environmental Resources Establishing
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The MARKSMAN VOL. 2 | ISSUE V | OCT’11 K J SOMAIYA INSTITUTE OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES & RESEARCH FESTIVE MARKETING Celebration time for buyers and sellers alike! INSIDE and more ! 4 Ps of Anna Hazare’s Campaign Guerilla Marketing No Money marketing Old Monk EDITOR’S DESK Dear Readers, At the onset of this festive season, we bring to you a riveting, celebratory and insightful festive edition of your very own MARKSMAN! This issue is our basket of wishes to all our readers
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1. Stragetic Marketing In its strategic role, marketing focuses on business’s intentions in a market and the means and timing of realizing those intentions. The strategic role of marketing is quite different from marketing management, which deals with developing, implementing, and directing programs to achieve designated intentions 1.1 Concept of strategic marketing As shown above, the marketing function plays at different levels in the organization. At the corporate level, marketing
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The Use of Integrated Marketing Communications in the Volvo Ocean Race This following defines and describe marketing communications and the concept of integrated marketing communications, then moving on to a discussion of sponsorship Marketing Communications Definition Marketing communications: The communication of information which facilitates or expedites the exchange process. The role of marketing communications is to inform, persuade, remind, reassure the customers and differentiate the
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confronting them, anticipate how changes in the environment might affect the profitability of their airlines, and take appropriate actions. These actions might include reducing capacity as demand declines, purchasing more fuel-efficient jets, avoiding price wars with low-cost airlines if possible, and reducing labor costs. At the same time the ability of managers to take such actions is shaped by the airlines’ internal environment. For example, some long-established airlines, such as United, have powerful
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INDICE PRESENTACION DE LA OBRA .............................................. XUV PARTE 1 EL PAPEL DE LA GESTION DE MARKETING EL PAPEL DEL MARKETING EN LAS ORGANIZACIONES Y EN LA SOCIEDAD ................................................. 1 9 LOS CONCEPTOS BASICOS DEL MARKETING ................................................... 3 Necesidades, Deseos y Demandas 4 Productos 5 Valor, Coste y Satisfacción 5 Intercambio, Transacciones y Relaciones 6 Mercados 8 Marketing y Buscadores
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Garcia-French, Rosemarie Hordijk, Kim Nguyen, Lana Olup* 1. Introduction 1.1. Background and objectives This article will discuss the different Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) issues that emerged within four multinationals (Apple, Canon, Coca-Cola and Walmart). There is no clear definition of CSR. In Corporate Social Responsibility, Legal and semi-legal frameworks supporting CSR Lambooy gives an r o verview of several definitions of CSR.1 The European Commission defines CSR as ‘the esponsibility
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Garcia-French, Rosemarie Hordijk, Kim Nguyen, Lana Olup* 1. Introduction 1.1. Background and objectives This article will discuss the different Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) issues that emerged within four multinationals (Apple, Canon, Coca-Cola and Walmart). There is no clear definition of CSR. In Corporate Social Responsibility, Legal and semi-legal frameworks supporting CSR Lambooy gives an r o verview of several definitions of CSR.1 The European Commission defines CSR as ‘the esponsibility
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8/6/2014 Print Property: Personal, Intellectual, and Real Learning Objectives 11 After studying this chapter, you will be able to: 1. Distinguish between personal, intellectual, and real property. 2. Explain how personal property is acquired. 3. Discuss the definition and significance of bailments. 4. Define different types of tenancies in real property. 5. Discuss the concept of eminent domain. Ryan McVay/Photodisc/Thinkstock The concept of property and ownership is one that has
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