integrated into new product development. We explain how to identify and access online communities and how to interact with its members in order to get valuable input for new product development. This approach we term “Community Based Innovation.” The Audi case illustrates the applicability of the method and underscores the innovative capability of consumers encountered in virtual communities. Keywords Online communities . User innovations . New product development . Virtual customer integration Customers’
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loss: a negative profit. * Examples of profitable companies: 2005: RBC ($3.3 bil.), Manulife Finacial ($3.2 bil.) and Imperial Oil Ltd. ($2.6 bil.) * Non-profit organizations can be seen here too as they give something to the owner. In this case, motivation is not profit, but personal satisfaction throughout volunteerism, others through representing their constituents in public office. * Business owners essentially want to be rewarded by profit to open their business. Try to find something
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The current issue and full text archive of this journal is available at www.emeraldinsight.com/0309-0566.htm The effect of corporate branding dimensions on consumers’ product evaluation A cross-cultural analysis Nizar Souiden ´ Faculty of Business Administration, Laval University, Quebec, Canada Corporate branding dimensions 825 Received October 2004 Revised September 2005 Accepted January 2006 Norizan M. Kassim Department of Management and Marketing, College of Business and Economics
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STRATEGIES AND WORKPLACE DEVELOPMENT April 28, 2015 Table of Contents Introduction………………………………………………………………………………3 Strategic Directions and Priorities………………………………………………………4 Strategic Action Plans……………………………………………………………………5 Forecasting and SWOT Analysis…………………………………………………………5 Alternative 1 (hire more employees)………………………………………………7 Alternative 2 (create Green technology inspires innovative products)…………….8 Alternative 3 (new techniques to help increase its productivity)…………………..8 Alternative
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Data and Information Author(s): Redman, Thomas C. Publication Date: 09/22/2008 Product Type: HBS Press Chapter Abstract: This chapter focuses on the current state of data and information quality in the typical organization. The author discusses seven common data quality issues, including poor data definition and organizational confusion. Real-life examples, such as the subprime mortgage meltdown, demonstrate the need for developing a keen eye for the roles that data play in your organization
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5Frederick E. Webster, Jr. The Changing Role of Marketing in the Corporation New organization forms, including strategic partnerships and networks, are replacing sinnple market-based transactions and traditional bureaucratic hierarchical organizations. The historical marketing management function, based on the microeconomic maximization paradigm, must be critically examined for its relevance to marketing theory and practice in the 1990s. A new conception of marketing will focus on managing strategic
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Case studies - CSR in Pakistani perspective A selection of companies based on as a sample on various industries of Pakistan. 1. Citizen-Police Liaison Committee ( CPLC) 2. National Refinery Limited 3. Pakistan Petroleum Limited 4. Shell Pakistan 5. Pakistan State Oil (PSO) 6. Pak-Arab Refinery Company Limited 7. Sui Southern Gas Company ( SSGC) 8. Askari Commercial Bank Limited 9. Khadam Ali Shah Bukahari (KASB) Securities 10. The Bank of Punjab 11. First Woman Bank Limited ( FWBL)
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Chapter 8 1. What are the advantages and disadvantages or using licensing as a market entry tool? Give examples of companies from different countries that use licensing as a global marketing strategy. Licensing: Advantages: • Low cost entry alternative • Allows licensor to circumvent tariffs, quotas, or similar export barriers • Limits political risk and risk of expropriation • Provides additional profitability with little initial investment • Provides method of circumventing tariffs
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A Summer Training Report ON FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF HINDUSTAN UNILEVER LIMITED & INDIAN TOBACCO COMPANY Submitted to GURUKUL KANGRI UNIVERSITY,HARIDWAR In partial fulfillment of the requirement for the two years full time post graduate degree in MASTER OF BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION(MBA) Supervised by: Dr. Bindu Arora Submitted by: Akansha Tyagi(MBA) Department of Management Studies Kanya Gurukul Mahavidyalaya, Dehradun 2nd Campus, Gurukul kangri University, Haridwar 2009-2011 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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SPOTLIGHT ON REINVENTION Spotlight BELOW Michel de Broin, Encircling, 2006 Asphalt, yellow paint, road sign, 14.8 x 21.9 m Scape Biennale, Christchurch, New Zealand Rethinking Ma Because companies can now interact directly with customers, they must radically reorganize to put cultivating relationships ahead of building brands. by Roland T. Rust, Christine Moorman, and Gaurav Bhalla 94 Harvard Business Review January–February 2010 HBR.ORG Roland T. Rust (rrust@ rhsmith.umd.edu) is
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