CRM JOE PEPPARD, Cranfield University School of Management, UK Today, many financial services organisations are rushing to become more customer focused. A key component of many initiatives is the implementation of Customer Relationship Management (CRM) software. Our research has highlighted that most institutions take a rather narrow view of CRM and as such, benefits have been limited. While second generation CRM has emerged to embrace the total organisation (hence Enterprise CRM), success in general
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Abstract This paper explores the origin of wire services, major new agencies providing those services, and the evolution of the service over its history. Wire services are necessary for the facilitation of news internationally. The methods of providing news from a wire service, or news agency, to other newspaper, periodical, radio, television, or other communication outlet has evolved throughout history. This paper explores the humble beginnings of wire services and highlights several of the major
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QUESTION 1 Which developments in the global airline industry made possible the creation of S.A. ? The creation of Star Alliance had first been considered to remedee a situation of radical change in the airline industry’s financing sources. For decades, world governments overpassed the consequences of a substantial cash investment in their National Airline. At the time, State incentives to possess its own flag carrier were numerous. It was question of national pride as well as a sign of economic
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Brief History of the Internet Barry M. Leiner, Vinton G. Cerf, David D. Clark, Robert E. Kahn, Leonard Kleinrock, Daniel C. Lynch, Jon Postel, Larry G. Roberts, Stephen Wolff. The Internet is at once a world-wide broadcasting capability, a mechanism for information dissemination, and a medium for collaboration and interaction between individuals and their computers without regard for geographic location. Introduction The Internet has revolutionized the computer and communications
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Introduction Currently, Mergers and Acquisition strategy has been significant growth in term of amount and size of organization (Hitt, Harrison, and Ireland, 2001). Since 1980s, the total value of M&A is approximately 1.3 million million dollar and has a huge of increasing amount more than 11 million million dollar in 1990s. The important reason most of companies do merger and acquisition is to empower in market, more opportunities to access not enough/less own resource of company
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3. FORD’S CURRENT STRATEGY In order to meet the future consumers’ trend forecasted by the automotive industry, Ford wants to reposition itself and its business model regarding as how to better satisfy consumer needs, which is to produce smaller economic cars that the US middle-class customers value. Therefore, it seeks to take a new direction and to bring a revolution to the automobile industry, and to revive its glory years. A number of vehicle programs have been changed, delayed or even dropped
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UNDERSTANDING THE SUBPRIME LENDING The term "subprime" refers to the credit status of the borrower, which is being less than ideal. Subprime lending is a general term that refers to the practice of making loans to borrowers who do not qualify for the best market interest rates because of their deficient credit history. According to the U.S. Department of Treasury guidelines issued in 2001, "Subprime borrowers typically have weakened
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How to foster innovation in your business Presentation on the occasion of the Credit Suisse event 7th September 2013, Zurich Dr. Reto Müller Chairman of the Board of Directors Helbling Holding AG Helbling - a Leader in Technological Innovation and Business Consulting Helbling Group Key figures 2012 We are unique through our ability to integrate a spectrum of professional know-how, experience and skills. 458 employees Our ability to link technological expertise
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do with leadership, and that if we don’t change our current approach to leadership development, we will see even more of the same. As well-known companies disappear or are taken over (think of Lucent, Chrysler, Lehman Brothers, Northern Rock, Merrill Lynch) and new forces like the economies of China and India rise, surveys of CEOs show that they believe the one factor that will determine their fate is the quality of their leadership talent. Yet many top executives bemoan the lack of leadership
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