dominate certain industries. National competitive advantage is a consequence of several factors (factor conditions, demand conditions, related and supporting industries, firm strategy structure, and rivalry), although productivity also plays an important role. 5. Strategic initiatives. We discuss several strategic initiatives that have allowed many companies to shine in their respective arenas. These include (a) business process reengineering, (b) just-in-time manufacturing and purchasing systems, (c) time-based
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Gujarat Technological University Syllabus for New MBA Program effective from Academic Year 2011-12 (Also applicable to 2nd Year Students of 2010-12 Batch MBA Program) COMPULSORY COURSES MBA-II Semester-IV Sub Name: - Comprehensive Project Report – Industry Defined Problem (CP-IDP) Sub Code: - 2830004 In addition to Major Specializations, there will be over sixty Sectorial / Industry Areas for Practical studies in which theoretical papers / books are not to be taught in regular classroom sessions
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Exam 1 Outline Porters Five Forces Model: Evaluating industry attractiveness 1. Bargaining power of customers (Power of buyers to decrease price) 2. Bargaining power of suppliers (Power of suppliers to increase price) 3. Rivalry of competitors 4. Threat of new entrants 5. Threat of new substitutes (Power of customers to purchase alternatives) Apple Case and Class Discussion Which of Porter’s Five Forces did Apple address through its introduction of the iPhone? * Strong
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most trusted insurance company in India. Since 2001, LIC of India was the monopoly power in Insurance industry on India. In 2001, private insurance companies are allowed to enter the insurance sector in India. But LIC tried to maintain its market leadership through renewing and transforming its strategy. Its huge presence in both urban and rural markets is their major core competency. The products if LIC are very simple and customer friendly, so that even illiterate people could understand the policy
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COMPUTER BASED INFORMATION SYSTEMS (CBIS) IN THE MANUFACTURING SECTOR: A STUDY OF PROCUREMENT, IMPLEMENTATION, USE AND EVALUATION A THESIS SUBMITTED IN FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY BY KHUSHDEEP KUMAR DHARNI (Regn No. 9040751) SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT AND SOCIAL SCIENCES THAPAR UNIVERSITY (DEEMED UNIVERSITY) PATIALA – 147002 PUNJAB – INDIA February 2010 1 2 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS First of all, I am grateful to Almighty for enabling me to come through
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Chapter - 1 Concept of Quality and TQM Dr. Shyamal Gomes “Quality is not an art, it is a habit” - Aristotle Introduction: Till 300 years ago, people used the power of their own muscles, animals or the force of wind and flowing water to do all works. With the invention of the ‘steam engine’ they got a powerful method of running their machines. This provided a tremendous boost to Industry. Goods started getting produced in larger quantities using machines. This led to the beginning of the factory
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Int. J. Six Sigma and Competitive Advantage, Vol. x, No. x, xxxx 1 Six Sigma and Total Quality Management: different day, same soup? Bengt Klefsjö* and Bjarne Bergquist Division of Quality and Environmental Management, Luleå University of Technology, SE-971 87 Luleå, Sweden E-mail: Bengt.Klefsjo@ltu.se E-mail: Bjarne.Bergquist@ltu.se *Corresponding author Rick L. Edgeman Department of Statistics, University of Idaho, Moscow, Idaho 83844-1104, USA E-mail: redgeman@uidaho.edu Abstract:
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Q E MIS Uarterly xecutive Key Issues for IT Executives 2012: Doing More with Less This is the seventh in a series of MISQE-published reports based on an annual SIM membership survey. With the enduring economic uncertainties prevailing, these U.S.based organizations are now focusing not only on leveraging IT to reduce business and IT expenses, but also to generate revenues from IT innovations. While IT budgets for hiring, and salary increases are on the rise, these increases are less than last
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