icing is managers’ biggest marketing headache. It’s where they feel the most pressure to perform and the least certain that they are doing a good job. The pressure is intensified because, for the most part, managers believe that they don’t have control over price: It is dictated by the market. Moreover, pricing is often seen as a difficult area in which to set objectives and measure results. Ask managers to define the objective for the company’s manufacturing function, and they will cite a concrete
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This page intentionally left blank Entrepreneurship Second Edition William Bygrave Babson College Andrew Zacharakis Babson College John Wiley & Sons, Inc. To Frederic C. Hamilton and John H. Muller, Jr., pioneers, entrepreneurs, and benefactors of Babson College. VICE PRESIDENT AND PUBLISHER EDITOR EDITORIAL ASSISTANT MARKETING MANAGER PHOTO EDITOR DESIGNER PRODUCTION MANAGER SENIOR PRODUCTION EDITOR GEORGE HOFFMAN LISE JOHNSON SARAH VERNON KAROLINA ZARYCHTA HILARY
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A Process for Changing Organizational Culture Kim Cameron Ross School of Business University of Michigan 701 Tappan Street Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109 734-615-5247 kim_cameron@umich.edu In Thomas G. Cummings (Ed.) Handbook of Organizational Development, (pages 429-445) Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publishing. A Process for Changing Organizational Culture Kim Cameron University of Michigan Much of the current scholarly literature argues that
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purchase future travel reservations online. Thirty-nine percent said earning frequent flyer miles or points also would be a strong influence. Cyveillance (1999) estimates that the overall universe of travel sites on the Web is 116,000. Based on analysis, it estimates that only approximately 6,500 travel sites (6%) are e-commerce enabled, i.e., offer the ability to execute transactions online. Internet start-up firms
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