THE CANON STORY 2 012 2012 / 2 013 Kyosei Contents 01 02 04 22 24 27 Kyosei : Canon’s Corporate Philosophy Message from Top Management Canon Now Excellent Global Corporation Plan Phase IV Canon up to Now Activities Focused on Tomorrow The corporate philosophy of Canon is kyosei. A concise definition of this word would be “Living and working together for the common good,” but our definition is broader: “All people, regardless of race, religion or culture, harmoniously living and working
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» BEST OF HBR THE HIGH-PERFORMANCE ORGANIZATION 1989 Sixteen years ago, when Gary Hamel, then a lecturer at London Business Schooi, and C.K. Prahalad, a University of Michigan professor, wrote "Strategic lntent,"the article signaled that a major new force had arrived in management Hamel and Prahalad argue that Western companies focus on trimming their ambitions to match resources and, as a result, search only for advantages they can sustain. By contrast, Japanese corporations leverage resources
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Table of Contents Executive Summary 5 Marketing Strategy 6 Background 6 Company 6 Products 7 Situational Analysis 7 Market Share 8 Goals 8 Strategy 9 SWOT Analysis 9 Strengths 10 Weaknesses 11 Opportunities 11 Threats 12 Customers 12 Competitors 14 Positioning 14 Competitor Market Share 15 Collaborators 15 Role of Partnerships 15 Complimentary Businesses 16 Climate 16 Political/Legal 16 Economic 16 Technological 17 Social/Cultural 17 Issues Analysis 17 Personal Computer
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Marketing in China Before the reforms, under the command economy, Chinese companies took order from the state in production and push the products through state-controlled distribution systems. They never had to advertise, to do consumer research, and to think about marketing strategies. For years, even after the opening and reforms, many Chinese still consider marketing western concept of a dubious practice, something that may be not valid or applicable in China. Marketing proves to be one of the
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Marketing in China Before the reforms, under the command economy, Chinese companies took order from the state in production and push the products through state-controlled distribution systems. They never had to advertise, to do consumer research, and to think about marketing strategies. For years, even after the opening and reforms, many Chinese still consider marketing western concept of a dubious practice, something that may be not valid or applicable in China. Marketing proves to be one of
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@1.0 Executive Summary Disney characters including the Princess series, Pooh, Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse characters are designed collaborated with Chanel handbags. These collections are valuable luxury items and will launch in Japan with only 200 limited editions designed by Disney designers and produced by Chanel handmade systems. These items will be sold only at the Chanel Tower which is the largest Chanel boutique in the world located on Ginza Street in Tokyo. Japan has been a huge market
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INDICE PRESENTACION DE LA OBRA .............................................. XUV PARTE 1 EL PAPEL DE LA GESTION DE MARKETING EL PAPEL DEL MARKETING EN LAS ORGANIZACIONES Y EN LA SOCIEDAD ................................................. 1 9 LOS CONCEPTOS BASICOS DEL MARKETING ................................................... 3 Necesidades, Deseos y Demandas 4 Productos 5 Valor, Coste y Satisfacción 5 Intercambio, Transacciones y Relaciones 6 Mercados 8 Marketing y Buscadores
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AFTER READING THIS CHAPTER, YOU SHOULD BE ABLE TO: 1 Differentiate between invention, innovation, and technological diffusion. 2 Explain how entrepreneurs and other innovators further technological advance. 3 Summarize how a firm determines its optimal amount of research and development (R&D). 4 Relate why firms can benefit from their innovation even though rivals have an incentive to imitate it. 5 Discuss the role of market structure in promoting technological advance. 6 Show how technological advance
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Chapter 20 Statistical Quality Control GOALS When you have completed this chapter, you will be able to: • Discuss the role of quality control in production and service operations • Define and understand the terms chance cause, assignable cause, in control, out of control, attribute, and variable • Construct and interpret a Pareto chart • Construct and interpret a fishbone diagram • Construct and interpret a mean and range chart • Construct and interpret a percent defective and a c-bar chart
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Toyota and Why It Is So Successful Robert B. Austenfeld, Jr. (Received on May 10, 2006) 1. Introduction The purpose of this paper is to describe one of the most successful companies in the world and explain the reasons for that success. Fortune magazine’s February 20, 2006 edition featured this headline on its cover: “The Tragedy of General Motors” and a story of GM’s woes by Carol J. Loomis. Two weeks later, Fortune’s next edition on March 6, 2006 had this headline on its cover: “How Toyota
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