companies in the ICT industry. From a literature study we find evidence that ten different business characteristics are of key interest when targeting companies in the ICT industry. These ten characteristics are firm size, business phase, governance, market strategy, funding, innovation process, network dependencies, outsourcing, product properties and geographic location. Out of these ten we are able to distinguish four that are of most importance since they give rise not only to the
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Decision Sciences Volume 38 Number 1 February 2007 Journal compilation C C 2007, The Author 2007, Decision Sciences Institute Decision Sciences Research in China: Current Status, Opportunities, and Propositions for Research in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, and Quality Management∗ Xiande Zhao Department of Decision Sciences and Managerial Economics, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shantin, NT Hong Kong, e-mail: Xiande@baf.msmail.cuhk.edu.hk Barbara B. Flynn† Kelley School
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School of Natural Resources and Environment Team Rose Buss Heather Croteau Steven Davidson Carole Kerrey Janet Van De Winkle Faculty Advisor Professor Thomas Gladwin Abstract The purpose of this report is to evaluate and articulate the business case for sustainability for General Motors Company (GM). After assessing the company’s exposure to risk and opportunities, the team recommends that GM should implement an internal price on carbon and a sustainable supply chain strategy. These recommendations
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TalENT aND PErformaNCE 54 IDEo’s Culture of helping Research at one office of the design firm revealed four keys to encouraging helpfulness among colleagues. Teresa Amabile, Colin M. Fisher, and Julianna Pillemer 62 building a game-Changing Talent Strategy BlackRock has succeeded in managing the tensions between strategic and operational, collective and individual, global and local, enduring and regenerative. Douglas A. Ready, Linda A. Hill, and Robert J. Thomas 70 how Netflix
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advantage of what they call anchoring. For example, releasing the IPhone 6 at a premium price and months later dropping the price to make it look like a bargain when in reality still very expensive. However, certain premium products wont work with this strategy and a clear example is wine which the higher the price, the higher the benefit perceived. Decoy marketing is a very interesting concept because you can boost sales by just manipulating the different options you offer. A decoy option makes other
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Systems for Competitive Advantage CHAPTER Strategic Information Systems for Competitive Advantage Rosenbluth International: Competing in the Digital Economy 3.1 Strategic Advantage and Information Technology 3.2 Porter’s Competitive Forces Model and Strategies 3.3 Porter’s Value Chain Model 3.4 Interorganizational Strategic Information Systems 3.5 A Framework for Global Competition 3.6 Strategic Information Systems: Examples and Analysis 3.7 Implementing and Sustaining SIS Minicases: (1) Cisco Systems/
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What is an ideal management control system Management control is a process of assuming that resources are obtained and used effectively and efficiently in the accomplishment of the organization’s objectives. It is a fundamental necessity for the success of a business and hence from time to time the current performance of the various operations is compared to a predetermined standard or ideal performance and in case of variance remedial measures are adopted to confirm operations to set plan or policy
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The Supply Chain Management Processes Keely L. Croxton, Sebastián J. García-Dastugue and Douglas M. Lambert The Ohio State University Dale S. Rogers University of Nevada, Reno Increasingly, supply chain management is being recognized as the management of key business processes across the network of organizations that comprise the supply chain. While many have recognized the benefits of a process approach to managing the business and the supply chain, most are vague about what processes are to be
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