Who is Jeff Immelt? • Joined GE Plastic in 1982 (MBA from Harvard University) • Various global leadership positions over year career in GE - GE Electronics, GE Medicals, International Marketing • Elected as CEO to begin tenure in September 2001 • Different personality from J. Welch - Easygoing, friendly, natural charisma (lead by example) cf. Jack Welch :Brash, Impetuous, abrasive, feisty (dictatorship) Jeff, breakthrough in the CEO Factory? CEO Process Implementation Long
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all the components are seamlessly linked and efficiently combined. Intermodal transportation is rapidly gaining acceptance as an integral component of conducting business in an increasingly competitive and interdependent global economy. (Yevdokimov, 2001) Global Importance: The United States of Code with respect to transportation states: “Alt is the policy of US Government to develop a National Intermodal Transportation System that is economically efficient and environmentally sound, provides the
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2 Different frameworks / tools are available to address specific questions TOOLS Question Theory Framework / Tool Which industry will be globally competitive in the long term? How attractive is this industry? What is the demand likely to be? Porters Diamond Porters Five Forces Demand Estimation How is the industry evolving Value chain analysis International Case Studies Which business to focus on? Which to divest? GE-McKinsey
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Enterprise Risk Management at Hydro One (A) An early adopter of Enterprise Risk Management, energy giant Hydro One anticipated new threats and opportunities in an industry that faced climate change and carbon legislation, the deregulation of electricity markets, and the greater adoption of renewable technologies. CEO Laura Formusa felt Hydro One's risk profile had shifted, to the extent that she had to ask herself -- was the strategy tenable? The case provides a rich description of Enterprise Risk
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last two decades have seen many inventions that are really path breaking and changed our lifestyles in more than one or another way. This is possible only because of the changes and innovation in the organization. Companies across a range of industries are confronting fundamental change. The advent of 3G technology poses
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Abstract The main objective of the thesis was to assess the level of customer satisfaction of the airline company Tiger Airways, which is a low-cost airline with a considerable number of dissatisfied customers. In the study the theories of customer satisfaction were reviewed for providing solutions for the airline to reduce the number of discontented customers. To analyze the current situation of the airline company’s customer satisfaction the quantitative research method was used. The research material
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consumers the first simple camera in 1888, making a cumbersome and complicated process easy to use and readily accessible. A major multinational organisation, Kodak was listed on the New York Stock Exchange and became a powerhouse in the photography industry. The company led the way as an innovator, launching a large range of new products and processes to make photography simpler, more useful and more enjoyable. With the rapid growth of digital photography, competition against its product and being slow
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AirAsia BERHAD MARKETING PLAN No. | CONTENTS | PAGE | 1.0 | Executive Summary | 1-2 | 2.0 | Introduction | 3 | | 2.1 Background and History of AirAsia | 3-4 | | 2.2 Vision Statement | 5 | | 2.3 Mission Statement | 5 | | 2.4 Objectives | 5 | 3.0 | Environmental Analysis | 6 | | 3.1 PESTEL Analysis | 6 | | 3.1.1 Political Factors | 7-8 | | 3.1.2 Economic Factors | 8-9 | | 3.1.3 Social Factors | 9-11 | | 3.1.4 Technological Factors
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9-201-028 REV: APRIL 26, 2004 BENJAMIN ESTY Airbus A3XX: Developing the World's Largest Commercial Jet (A) Aviation is a great business to be in, provided you have limitless money at your disposal, limitless confidence in your ability to get everything right the 1 first time, and limitless resolve and iron nerve. EADS (Airbus) is betting the company on this aircraft. 2 On June 23, 2000, Airbus Industrie’s Supervisory Board approved an Authorization to Offer (ATO) the A3XX, a proposed
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last two decades have seen many inventions that are really path breaking and changed our lifestyles in more than one or another way. This is possible only because of the changes and innovation in the organization. Companies across a range of industries are confronting fundamental change. The advent of 3G technology poses
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