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    Globalizing Indian Manufacturing

    Globalizing Indian Manufacturing Competing in Global Manufacturing and Service Networks A Report on the Summit on Indian Manufacturing Competitiveness by Deloitte Research, the Indian School of Business, New York University, and Purdue University with support from the National Science Foundation Table of Contents Executive Summary: Globalizing Indian Manufacturing .......... 1 Competing in Global Manufacturing and Service Networks ..... 5 The path to becoming competitive ...........

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    Operation Management

    Chapter 1 Competing with Operations Foundations of Operations Management, Ritzman & Krajewski © What Is a Process? • Process – Activities that transform inputs, add value and generate output(s) • Examples: – Manufacturing process • Furniture manufacturing: cutting or staining wood – Non-Manufacturing Process • Checking in passengers Foundations of Operations Management, Ritzman & Krajewski © 1-2 Processes & Operations Internal and external customers Inputs • • • • •

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    Global Business Drivers

    Global business drivers: Aligning information technology to global business strategy by B. Ives S. L. Jarvenpaa R. O. Mason The alignment of worldwide computer-based information systems and integrated business strategies is critical to the success of multinational firms in a highly competitive global market. In this paper, information technology (lIT) solutions are explored that drive firms toward making economic decisions based on worldwide distributed knowledge. These solutions focus on a number

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    The Mcdonalds Corporation

    Executive Summary: According to the 2010 Interbrand Best Global Brands report, “McDonalds Corporation is the 6th most valuable brand globally”. The calculated value of the iconic golden arches logo has an estimated net worth of $33.58 billion (Interbrand, 2010) The company is ranked as the #1 restaurant brand and on an average day will provide food and beverage service to 60 million customers around the world. This corporation is a pioneer in global expansion and emulated by many competitors. Since

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    Horizontal Integration

    The horizontal integration is not consistent with maximizing stockholder wealth when there are no appropriate prospective targets. This might occur, for example, if prospective targets have organizational cultures or business practices that differ sharply from the firm’s, then post-merger integration of the two firms may be very difficult or impossible; or, if there simply are no rivals that offer complementary skills or assets. Another drawback to horizontal integration is the possibility of antitrust

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    Chapter 12 - the Strategy of International Business

    maintaining a well planed and followed expansions/global strategy. One important fact is to focus on the main objective of any firm; “Maximizing shareholder value” any strategy is mostly designed and built around this objective. To evaluate and review the strategies presented in this chapter two current events are visited at the end of the paper; Nokia’s cost reduction strategy and Hollywood’s Global Expansion strategy. Hollywood for one is focused on the global market and the ability to successfully expand

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    Management

    contrast HSBC’s global operations with its main competitors. HSBC’s main competitors include Bank of America, Citigroup, China Construction Bank Corporation, JPMorgan, and Wells Fargo etc. HSBC positioned themselves as the ‘World’s local bank’ reflecting its strong corporate identity and global networks. As 2008 was the year where Global Financial Crisis (GFC) hit, it created havoc in the banking industry. HSBC was also one of the banks that was impacted by the crisis and ended up losing a lot of

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    Stratsim Case

    IBM Business Consulting Services IBM Institute for Business Value Strategy and Change Going global Prospects and challenges for Chinese companies on the world stage In association with IBM Institute for Business Value IBM Business Consulting Services, through the IBM Institute for Business Value, develops factbased strategic insights for senior business executives around critical industry-specific and crossindustry issues. This executive brief is based on an in-depth study by the

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    Nestle

    1. Introduction There has been a global crisis in the Airline industry in recent times. This is attributed to the hiking in oil prices, large capital requirements (Capital assets) and stiff global competition within the airline industry, such as, the Gulf airline. The effect of the rising dollar has been significantly contributed to the hiking ticket prices of the Australian airline sector. The main Australian airlines have been impacted by the global crisis. This specific article in the Financial

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    Fedex Case Study

    distributed and flown out again to their respective destination (Hisrich, 2010, pg. 226).” The operations would take place overnight when airports were less crowded, and with the proper logistics, the packages would reach their destination by the next day. The professor did not think the idea was feasible so Smith received a C grade for his paper. Fortunately for Frederick Smith, he didn’t take it to heart and ended up building that company he dreamed of. ​After graduating from Yale, he enrolled in the Marines

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