SOCIAL INNOVATOR SERIES: WAYS TO DESIGN, DEVELOP AND GROW SOCIAL INNOVATION DANGER AND OPPORTUNITY CRISIS AND THE NEW SOCIAL ECONOMY Robin Murray 2 TITLE ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS This essay was written while the author was a Visiting Fellow at NESTA and forms part of a series of publications on methods of social innovation led by the Young Foundation with the support of NESTA. I would like to thank NESTA for their support, and in particular Dr Michael Harris, as well as my colleagues at the
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PART 2 The Global Marketing Environment CHAPTER 2 The Global Economic Environment Case 2-1 The Global Economic Crisis I n his 1997 book One World, Ready or Not, William Greider described the United States as “the buyer of last resort.” Greider explained that, for many years, the United States was the only nation that was willing to absorb production surpluses exported by companies in Europe, Asia, and Latin America. Greider asked: “Who will buy the surpluses when the United States
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BS-SEC I (Group-3) * SHINY ACHARYA-10BSPHH010733 * SHWETABH SRIVASTAVA-10BSPHH010766 * RAGINI SHARMA-10BSPHH010936 * SUNIL Kr. YADAV-10BSPHH011074 * SAURABH TRIVEDI-10BSPHH011076 * NILABH-10BSPHH011081 * SHAUNAK GOSWAMI-10BSPHH010718 INDIAN AUTOMOBILE INDUSTRY (A MACRO AND MICRO ANALYSIS) With a Focus on TATA Motors | FINAL REPORT (Business Strategy) | IBS-2011 BS-SEC I (Group-3) SHINY ACHARYA-10BSPHH010733 SHWETABH SRIVASTAVA-10BSPHH010766 SUNIL Kr. YADAV-10BSPHH011074
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Masters Programmes Assignment Cover Sheet Submitted by: Date Sent: Module Title: Module Code: Date/Year of Module: Submission Deadline: Word Count: Number of Pages: Question: Student ID: 1267016 17 December 2012 Economics of the business environment IB9710 December 2012 17 December 2012 3000 words (Including in-text referencing) 27 Mercedes Benz Cars and its economics “This is to certify that the work I am submitting is my own. All external references and sources are clearly acknowledged
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General Motors Corporation Table of Content Introduction ………………………………………………………………....................................2 Problem Statement……..………………………………………………………………………4 Organizational Capacity Planning …………………………………………………………………..3 Project Portfolio Management (PPM) Process ……………………………………………………4 Project Selection…...…………………………………………………………………….……………..6 Program Management Plan ……………………….………………………………………………….7 Conflict Management …………………………….…………………………………………….…….8 Change Management
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JIT Just in time (JIT) is a production strategy that strives to improve a business return on investment by reducing in-process inventory and associated carrying costs. Just-in-time production method is also called the Toyota Production System. To meet JIT objectives, the process relies on signals or Kanban (看板 Kanban?) between different points in the process, which tell production when to make the next part. Kanban are usually 'tickets' but can be simple visual signals, such as the presence or absence
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Motor Limited, the largest automobile company in India. It’s Chairman, Mr Ratan Tata envisions that Tata Nano to become a “People’s car“which is affordable by almost everybody. Tata Nano was first launched in India on 1st April 2009 and expected to be in Indian market by July 2009. Since launching, it has created a huge buzz all over India. Within the first two days of lunching, it has received 5500 booking. The figures keep increasing every day since the launching. What makes Tata Nano so cheap? Basically
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and Caterpillar earthmoving equipment are found practically everywhere on the planet. Global companies are fierce rivals in key markets. For example, American auto industry giants General Motors and Ford are locked in a competitive struggle with Toyota,Hyundai,and other global Asian rivals as well as European companies such as Volkswagen. U.S.based Intel, the world’s largest chip maker, competes with South Korea’s Samsung. In the global cell phone market, Nokia (Finland), Ericsson (Sweden), Motorola
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Tata himself. ➢ Ratan Tata announced this project at the Auto Expo 2006 in New Delhi. ➢ Tata Nano was launched in January 2008 at the Auto Expo New Delhi. ➢ In Geneva 2008, the Nano made its first overseas premiere. ➢ On March 23, 2009, Tata started production of the Nano from makeshift assembly line at Pantnagar and launched a car in three variants priced between Rs. 123,000 and Rs. 175,000 The Downfall Saga ➢ Tata witnessed a sequential fall in 2010, lowest in November
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General Motors Case Analyses I. History General Motor was at one time, one of the world’s largest car and truck manufacturers reaching back more than a century in 1908, when William C. Durant founded General Motors Corporation. He brought together 25 independent car companies, which included Oldsmobile, Cadillac and Oakland, known as Pontiac. General motors was just a holding company for these independent car companies. Durant left the General Motors firm in 1911 and went on to be co-founder
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