9-809-029 23 DE JULIO DE 2 0 0 8 Professors Lynda M. Applegate of HBS, Gabriele Piccoli of the University of Sassari, and Chekitan Dev of Cornell University prepared this case. HBS cases are developed solely as the basis for class discussion. Cases are not intended to serve as endorsements, sources of primary data, or illustrations of effective or ineffective management. Copyright © 2008 President and Fellows of Harvard College. To order copies or request permission to reproduce materials
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Building a Visionary Company James C. Collins Jerry I. Porras Above all, there was the ability to build and build and build—never stopping, never looking back, never finishing—the institution.... In the last analysis, Walt Disney's greatest aeation was Walt Disney [the company]. —Richard Schickel, The Disney Version' I have concentrated all along on building the finest retailing company that we possibly could. Period. Creating a huge personal fortune was never particularly a goal of mine.
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Executive Summary Men and women are entering the labor force in equal numbers but the majority of top management positions still belong to men. More women than ever are entering the labor force but the majority of top management positions in almost all countries are primarily held by men. Female managers tend to be concentrated in lower management positions and hold less authority than men. This suggests that something beyond just sex differences in career patterns must be at work to account for
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most popular restaurant sites on the World Wide Web. During the past 10 years, Jim has conducted over 500 presentations to thousands of restaurant professionals in the U.S., Canada and Europe. His clients include Red Lobster, Papa John’s Pizza, KFC, Marriott, Hard Rock Café, Cornell University, Aramark, the National Restaurant Association and many state restaurant
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For MAR and the NYSE index, determine the monthly average return on the share price, the related variance and standard deviation. What does the standard deviation measure? Compare the standard deviation and monthly average returns of the NYSE index and MAR. What do your calculations suggest about the relationship between risk and return? (12 marks) Definition of 'Standard Deviation' A measure of the dispersion of a set of data from its mean. The more spread apart the data, the higher
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Building Service Relationships: It's All About Promises Mary Jo Bitner Arizona State University There is no one better qualified to write a comprehensive paper on service relationships than Leonard Berry-the first person to use the term relationship marketing in the services literature (Berry 1983). Not unexpectedly, he has delivered a carefully researched and motivating discussion that provides broad coverage of the field and directs us forward to new research. He has clearly laid out the convergent
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Introduction This report focuses on Malaysia. Some of the key issues that I would like to highlight in this forum are: the influence of globalization on International Business Trade for Malaysia, the roles of ASEAN Free Trade Agreement (AFTA) policies for ASEAN trade collaboration and competition, the macro environmental factors that international business should focus upon before launching market expansion, the roles of government in supporting international trade such as Foreign Direct Investment
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Children in crime: Cracks in the country's juvenile justice system By: Annie Ruth C. Sabangan, InterAksyon.com Oct.9, 2011..www.interaksyon.com/article/14780/children-in-crime-cracks-in-the-countrys-juvenile-justice-system MANILA, Philippines – How do you make criminals out of children? Put them in areas where they won’t be able to meet their basic needs for food, water, shelter, health care, education and sanitation. Strip them of their rights to develop and maintain a life of dignity so that
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rP os t 9-601-163 REV: SEPTEMBER 30, 2005 SANDRA J. SUCHER STACY E. MCMANUS The Ritz-Carlton Hotel Company op yo The Master said, Govern the people by regulations, keep order among them by chastisements, and they will flee from you, and lose all self-respect. Govern them by moral force, keep order among them by ritual, and they will keep their self-respect and come to you of their own accord. — The Analects of Confucius tC James McBride, general manager of the new Ritz-Carlton
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United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates Dubai is considered a long haul because it is a flight of over 3 hoursshort and is know for itss long trips there from uk. Country: United Arab Emirates, Latitude: 25.2522222 ,Longitude: 55.28 and Time zone: Asia/Dubai. Dubai (دبي) is one of the seven emirates that make up the United Arab Emirates. It is rather like an independent city-state and is the most modern and progressive emirate in the UAE, developing at an unbelievable pace in the tourist
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