and maintain our self-awareness. What binds these abilities are the different values we are born into, grow with and die for. We believe that through these values, we need to develop to make sure that we do not lose our essence as a human being. A value is a belief, a mission, or a philosophy that is meaningful. Whether we are consciously aware of them or not, every individual has a core set of personal values. Values give meaning to our lives, allowing us to see reality with understanding and the
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1. What is strategy? What isn’t strategy? According to word of play text strategies are choices (bundle of choices) 2. List several ineffective ways to approach strategy. 3. Should winning be at the heart of any strategy? Yes. If you don't play to win, don't play at all. Satan didn't play to win it played to have a holding position in the environment net effect- it disappeared. 4. What are the 5 choices of strategy? What do you play, how do you play, what are your capabilities, how do
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LI & FUNG: GROWTH FOR A SUPPLY CHAIN SPECIALIST Question 1: In light of the American recession, what can Li & Fung do to continue expanding its business and reach its targets of US$ 20 billion for the period 2008 – 2010? In order for Li & Fung to safeguard the growth of its business and achieve its target turnover of US$20 billion between 2008 and 2010, it needs to refocus its strategic vision in three areas: 1. Target high‐end customers to increase margins 2. Implement processes
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From Followers to Market Leaders: Asian Electronics Firms in the Global Economy Henry Wai-chung Yeung Department of Geography, National University of Singapore, 1 Arts Link, Singapore 117570 (Tel: 65-6516 6810; Fax: 65-6777 3091; Email: HenryYeung@nus.edu.sg; Homepage: http://courses.nus.edu.sg/course/geoywc/henry.htm) Forthcoming in Asia Pacific Viewpoint, Vol.48(1), pp.1-30, 2007. Acknowledgement An earlier version of this paper was presented as the Asia Pacific Viewpoint Lecture at the International
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useful, it must be representative of and integrated into day-to-day corporate activities and corporate performance. ▪ If sustainability is seen only as an attempt to provide effective public relations, it does not create long-term value and can even be a value destroyer. ▪ The key to success is integrating sustainability into business decisions, identifying, measuring, and reporting (both
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useful, it must be representative of and integrated into day-to-day corporate activities and corporate performance. ▪ If sustainability is seen only as an attempt to provide effective public relations, it does not create long-term value and can even be a value destroyer. ▪ The key to success is integrating sustainability into business decisions, identifying, measuring, and reporting (both
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As the class activity to ensure correct understanding of the concepts covered in the chapter, students did a very good job. B2B e-commerce, in fact, promises many strategic benefits for participating firms, both the buyers and the sellers: 1. Cost saving for running administration, for searching products and services for buyers, for inventory management due to increased competition among the suppliers (which increases price transparency) and reducing inventory to a bare minimum, and for transaction
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Vision Values Promise Jubliant Our Values * We will carefully select, train and develop our people to be creative and empower them to take decisions, so that they respond to all stakeholders with agility, confidence and teamwork. * We stretch ourselves to be cost effective and efficient in all aspects of our operations and focus on flawless delivery to create and provide the best value to our stakeholders. * By sharing our knowledge and learning from each other and from the
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distributors and retail dealers eliminating the markup of resellers and thus passing on the discounts to end user making computer priced low and affordable c. Partnering closely with suppliers. To squeeze and bring down the cost of the entire supply chain d. Expanding into add-on products and services. To capture the a bigger share of the customer’s IT budget e. Providing good customer service and technical support. f. R&D focus on meeting the needs of the customers.
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What would you do for Love? Love is a funny thing and can sometimes make you do things that you might normally not do. For example, when you love someone you may find that you sacrifice your own happiness to make the other person happy. In “The Gift of Magi” both Della and Jim cared more about the other persons’ happiness than they did their own. They give up their most treasured item to make the other person happy. In the end they ended up with something so much for valuable than a gift: true
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