American Journal of Industrial and Business Management, 2013, 3, 229-236 http://dx.doi.org/10.4236/ajibm.2013.32028 Published Online April 2013 (http://www.scirp.org/journal/ajibm) 229 Organizational Structure: Influencing Factors and Impact on a Firm Quangyen Tran1,2, Yezhuang Tian1 School of Management, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, China; 2National Economics University, Hanoi, Vietnam. Email: yentq@neu.edu.vn Received November 3rd, 2012; revised December 17th, 2012; accepted January
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FOREIGN LAW FIRM MARKETING STRATEGY IN CHINA INTRODUCITON As China’s rapid economic growth brings a rising amount of business and investment from the rest of the world, law firms feel increasingly under pressure to open an office in Mainland China, Hong Kong or other countries in the region. The past few years have seen a wave of office openings in China, as firms look to establish a Chinese presence or to increase their existing Asian network. However, regulatory constraints set up by the
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OBJECTIVES • To identify how managers develop strategy • To examine industry structure, firm strategy, and value creation • To profile the features and functions of the value chain framework • To assess how managers configure and coordinate a value chain • To explain global integration and local responsiveness • To profile the types of strategies firms use in international business Chapter Overview Chapter Eleven presents tools and concepts used in analyzing
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strategy while entering new markets and defining the right pricing behaviour in B2B environment. This framework enables companies to understand the dynamics of B2B environment covering buyer-supplier and distributors relations and providing pricing models for companies to be a competitive player. Tamur, O. iii PREFACE This paper discusses the concepts of pricing and pricing behaviour in a new market in B2B environment. The paper attempts to highlight the key aspects of suppliermanufacturer relations
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• Finally, examining the problems that firms face from competition and the ways in which information systems can provide competitive advantage. ©2006 Prentice Hall Organizations and Information Systems • The interaction between information systems and organizations is mutual. Designing IS in any organization is influenced by many mediating factors such as the organization’s structure, business process, Policies, culture, environment, and management decisions. • Definitely
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Designer) 1 Developing a Framework for Competitive Analysis Before developing a marketing strategy, a firm needs to complete an external analysis, looking at social, demographic, economic, technological, political/legal and competitive factors, as outlined in Chapter 2. As the textbook states on page 26, management has little control over the competitive environment in regards to what is faced by a firm. This does not imply, however, that the analysis of competition is a fruitless activity. In fact
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investment process as dynamic rather than static, linear and inexorable. An important segment of the work on investment and disinvestment as dynamic processes focuses on the environment in which investment and disinvestment decisions evolve. While the environment of the host country market has begun to be examined, the market environment of the country in which the retail transnational corporation (TNC) originates also affects the international disinvestment process. To explore this ‘home country effect’
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of and the need for strategic management. Subsequent chapters provide greater detail. The first major section of Chapter 1, “The Nature and Value of Strategic Management,” emphasizes the practical value and benefits of strategic management for a firm. It also distinguishes between a firm’s strategic decisions and its other planning tasks. The section stresses the key point that strategic management activities are undertaken at three levels: corporate, business, and functional. The distinctive
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Licensed to: iChapters User Licensed to: iChapters User Business in Context: An introduction to business and its environment, Fifth Edition David Needle Publishing Director: Linden Harris Publisher: Thomas Rennie Development Editor: Leandra Paoli Content Project Editor: Alison Cooke Head of Manufacturing: Jane Glendening Senior Production Controller: Paul Herbert Marketing Manager: Amanda Cheung Typesetter: KnowledgeWorks Global, India Cover design: Design Deluxe ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. No
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The External Environment and Organizational Culture Chapter 02 McGraw-Hill/Irwin Copyright © 2011 by the McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved. Learning Objectives LO 1 Describe how environmental forces influence organizations and how organizations can influence their environments LO 2 Distinguish between the macro environment and the competitive environment LO 3 Explain why managers and organizations should attend to economic and social developments. LO 4 Identify elements
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