University of Texas at Austin Graduate School of Business 3/3/99 Dell Computer Corporation: A Zero-Time Organization Deep in the heart of Texas lies a Fortune 500 company who exemplifies many of the principles of a Zero Time organization. Dell Computer Corporation has seen extraordinarily growth: a 58% revenue increase and an 82% profit increase in 1997, an equally extraordinary short period of time. Sales rose to $12.3 billion in 1997, profits to $944 million in 1997, and the stock
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Producing R E S U LT S Proven Solutions in Today’s Challenging World WORLD CONFERENCE ON QUALIT Y AND IMPROVEMENT 2012 ASQ MAY 21–23, 2012 Anaheim, California Anaheim Convention Center wcqi.asq.org Preliminary Program General Information 2012 ASQ WORLD CONFERENCE ON QUALIT Y AND IMPROVEMENT Conference Location Anaheim Convention Center 800 West Katella Avenue Anaheim, CA 92802 www.anaheimconventioncenter.com Attendee Registration Hours (Subject to change) Saturday
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Management • Entrepreneurship Strategy Implementation Organizing: Building a Dynamic Organization • Organization Structure • Organizational Agility • Human Resources Management • Managing the Diverse Workforce Leading: Mobilizing People • • • • Leadership Motivating for Performance Teamwork Communicating Controlling: Learning and Changing • Managerial Control • Managing Technology and Innovation • Creating and Managing Change Bateman−Snell: Management: Leading and Collaborating in a Competitive
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Sonfield, (2012),"Family businesses' succession planning: a seven-country comparison", Journal of Small Business and Enterprise Development, Vol. 19 Iss 1 pp. 7-19 http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/14626001211196370 Yong Wang, David Watkins, Neil Harris, Keith Spicer, (2004),"The relationship between succession issues and business performance: Evidence from UK family SMEs", International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behaviour & Research, Vol. 10 Iss 1/2 pp. 59-84 http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/13552550410521380
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1. INTRODUCTION 1.1 Brief History History of Pepsi:- Pepsi was first introduced as "Brad's Drink" in New Bern, North Carolina, United States, in 1893 by Caleb Bradham, who made it at his drugstore where the drink was sold. It was later labeled Pepsi Cola, named after the digestive enzyme pepsin and kola nuts used in the recipe. Bradham sought to create a fountain drink that was delicious and would aid in digestion and boost energy. In 1903, Bradham moved the bottling of Pepsi-Cola from his drugstore
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accounts Operating and financial statistics Fleet table Principal investments Glossary Subsidiary undertakings 16 17 18 19 20 21 79 80 81 82 83 British Airways Plc Officers and professional advisers Directors Sir Martin Broughton Alison Reed Keith Williams Nick Swift Andrew Crawley Frank van der Post Enrique Dupuy de Lôme Ken Smart Gavin Patterson Garrett Copeland Julia Simpson Secretary Kulbinder Dosanjh (Chairman) (Deputy Chairman) (Chief Executive Officer) (Chief Financial Officer)
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financial statistics Fleet table Principal investments Glossary Subsidiary undertakings 14 15 16 17 18 19 75 77 78 79 80 British Airways Plc Officers and professional advisers Directors Sir Martin Broughton (Chairman) Alison Reed (Deputy Chairman) Keith Williams (Chief Executive Officer) Nick Swift (Chief Financial Officer) Andrew Crawley Frank van der Post Rafael Sánchez-Lozano Turmo Enrique Dupuy de Lôme Ken Smart Gavin Patterson Secretary Alan Buchanan Registered office Waterside PO Box 365
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(GSK) is one of the world’s largest research-based pharmaceutical corporations that discovers, develops, manufactures and markets branded human health products. Headquarters: UK, with additional operational headquarters in the USA Global presence: about 160 countries Primary markets: USA, France, Germany, UK, Italy and Japan Employees: approximately 103,000 GSK key figures for 2003 (in £ million) Sales 21,441 Materials and production costs 4,188 Marketing and administration 7,563 R&D expenditures
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PERE’s ranking of the 30 largest private equity real estate firms in the world Methodology e PERE 30 measures equity raised between 1 January 2006 and mid-April 2011 for direct real estate investment through closed-ended, commingled real estate funds and co-investment vehicles that sit alongside those funds. e vehicles must give the GP discretion over the capital, meaning club funds, separate accounts and joint ventures are excluded from the ranking. Also excluded are funds with strategies other
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PART 2 The Global Marketing Environment CHAPTER 2 The Global Economic Environment Case 2-1 The Global Economic Crisis I n his 1997 book One World, Ready or Not, William Greider described the United States as “the buyer of last resort.” Greider explained that, for many years, the United States was the only nation that was willing to absorb production surpluses exported by companies in Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Greider asked: “Who will buy the surpluses when the United States
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