STRATEGY 2015 Articles | Books & Chapters | Cases | Core Curriculum Course Modules | Simulations | Video Harvard Business Publishing serves the finest learning institutions worldwide with a comprehensive catalog of case studies, journal articles, books, and elearning programs, including online courses and simulations. In addition to material from Harvard Business School and Harvard Business Review, we also offer course material from these renowned institutions and publications: ABCC at Nanyang
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Why do you think GE has invested so aggressively in foreign expansion? What are the opportunities that it is trying to exploit? True / False Questions 1. (p. 7) Globalization refers to the shift toward a more integrated and interdependent world economy. TRUE AACSB: Analytic BT: Knowledge Difficulty: Easy Learning Objective: 1-1 Topic: What Is Globalization? 2. (p. 7) Tastes and preferences of consumers in different nations are beginning to converge on some global norm
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MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM ASSIGNMENT – BMIT5103 INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOR MANAGER Instructor: Dr. PHAM VAN TAI Student Name: NGUYEN MANH HA ID No: 15030 MBAOUM0313 - Class K08A Nguyen.mh.star@gmail.com Case study report for www.facebook.com Page 1 of 27 Preface: My heart is filled with very gratitude to my teachers, my friends who inspire and instruct me how to do research and conduct a case study for www.facebook.com. These studies have revealed the
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2 Contents Page Introduction 3 1. The concept and essence of globalization 1. What is globalization 5 2. History of globalization 11 3. Different types of globalization
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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 thanking you all for your encouragement, suggestions and unstinted support. We shall continue to strive towards excellence; learning and raising the bar at each leap! The coming few months, beginning Diwali to the New Year, are going to be full of merriment and ebullience. Ring in the revelry with our cover story on Festive Marketing! Read
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City college international faculty of university of sheffield 2013 STARBUCKS COFFEE STRATEGIC PLAN MODULE TITLE: Business Strategy Executive Summary The main purpose of the current paper was to develop strategic plan for Starbucks for the future and to analyze the alternative strategic directions compared with the existing strategy. The paper starts with brief description of the company profile and the product line that company successfully offers during their operations history.
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Globalisation, challenges and changes Ian Brooks, Jamie Weatherston and Graham Wilkinson Learning outcomes On completion of this chapter you should be able to: understand the impact of globalisation; understand the move towards greater dynamism, complexity and uncertainty (turbulence) in the international business environment of most firms; speculate about the future prospects for organisations, individuals, governments and groups in society as a result of environmental turbulence;
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An Integrated Approach to Strategy Running Case Featuring Wal-Mart Wal-Mart’s Competitive Advantage (Chapter 1) ● Working Conditions at Wal-Mart (Chapter 2) ● Wal-Mart’s Bargaining Power over Suppliers (Chapter 3) ● Human Resource Strategy and Productivity at Wal-Mart (Chapter 4) ● How Wal-Mart Became a Cost Leader (Chapter 5) ● Wal-Mart’s Global Expansion (Chapter 6) ● WalMart Internally Ventures a New Kind of Retail Store (Chapter 8) ● Sam Walton’s Approach to Implementing Wal-Mart’s Strategy
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The Apple Supply Chain: The Best in the World? by Steve Banker July 2nd, 2012 Many supply chain professionals consider Apple’s supply chain to be the best in the world. I don’t. The reasoning appears to be that since Apple is one of the fastest growing and most profitable companies in the world, it must surely have one of the best supply chains too. This is a “halo effect” fallacy. Apple is the best in the world at innovative product development. Because the company develops hardware, software
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Strategies for Small and Medium-Sized U.S. Businesses Interested in Investing in China: Lessons That Can Be Learned from Taiwanese Companies Xun Wang Department of Sociology/Anthropology University of Wisconsin -Parkside David A. Ralston Management Department Michael F. Price College of Business University of Oklahoma Investing in China has been one of the hottest and most critical issues in the ever-changing business world since the early 1980s. Huge amounts of foreign investment poured
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