strategy+business ISSUE 64 AUTUMN 2011 How to Be a Truly Global Company Many multinational business models are no longer relevant. Skillful companies can integrate three strategies — customization‚ competencies‚ and arbitrage —into a better form of organization. BY C.K. PRAHALAD AND HRISHI BHATTACHARY YA REPRINT 11308 features global perspective 1 How to Be a Truly Global Company by C.K. P r a ha lad a nd H r ish i Bhat t acha r y ya Photo illustration by Holly Lindem
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Final exam logistics 1.) Ikea case: (the 3 main topics) a. Competition between suppliers The structure of Ikeas logistic creates a high competition between their suppliers. It is because Ikea is subdivided into (many) Trading Areas‚ which compete for the commissions the headquarters of Ikea (Ikea of Sweden) gives. Each Trading Area tries to find the best thus cheapest solution for producing and delivering a product‚ so each of them negotiate with their suppliers and make an offer to the headquater
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What is logistics? "Logistics means having the right thing‚ at the right place‚ at the right time." [pic] Logistics - (business definition) Logistics is defined as a business planning framework for the management of material‚ service‚ information and capital flows. It includes the increasingly complex information‚ communication and control systems required in today ’s business environment. -- (Logistix Partners Oy‚ Helsinki‚ FI‚ 1996) Logistics - (military definition) The science of planning
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Have you ever thought about what the words abuse and discipline truly mean? Discipline is meant to teach someone something not to hurt them. Some people take them as if they are the same or similar thing. Actually they are very different in many ways. Some ways you may think you are disciplining your child or someone but it actually turns into abuse. For example‚ disciplining someone while angry or to use your hand and not an object‚ and you shouldn’t have to question yourself if you have went too
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Plainness follows the 10 commandments for example‚ “Thou Shall Not Kill‚ and Thou shall not bear false witness against its neighbor”. Grace represents the cleansing of the soul. For instance if you envy someone‚ you would have to be cleansed of your hatred towards that fellow person. Lastly‚ Divine Mission the spread of religion. One of the ways you can represent that is by going to church every Sunday‚ and sharing religious views with others. In the Crucible‚ the first belief John Proctor breaks
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offered a well-developed supply base for parts‚ suitable infrastructure and qualified people for the manufacture of electronic goods. (b) Domestic demand conditions – Taiwan local computer industry market is rapidly expanding‚ so there is huge demand of mice in this country. Also‚ there is huge demand of electronic products from all other counties. (c) Relating and supporting industries - Taiwan offered a well developed supply base for parts‚ i.e. it has a well-developed supply base for
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Table of Contents Case- 01 2 Liz Claiborne Upgrades Its Information Systems 2 Case- 02 4 Farmers Insurance Finds Higher Revenue and Lower Claims in Information 4 Case- 3 6 Fedex applies Telecommunications in package delivery 6 Case- 04 8 Gerber Develops System to Manage Customers’ Inventory 8 Case- 05 10 Flow chart identification 10 Case- 06 11 Developing a Wireless Net to Improve Customer Service 11 Case- 07 12 eBay a leading E-Commerce 12 Case- 08 14 Success of
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Tutorial Rules and Regulations Attendance & Punctuality – Attendance and getting to class on time are expected. Students who are regularly late or absent tend to perform poorly in this course. Contribution to the Class - Students are expected to contribute to the class by:- 1. Attending class and being in class on time; 2. Being prepared for class; 3. Being familiar with the concepts and issues covered in the lecture; 4. Asking questions‚ especially if something is unclear;
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protect its domestic interests‚ but "competing visions of national interest" differ on how to spend the country’s resources towards achieving those goals (Trubowitz‚ 1998: 5). To afford the analysis more specificity and prove that foreign policy represents the interests of dominant actors and sub-groups within a state and not the whole state‚ this essay narrows its conceptual view to Miriam Elman’s claim that "domestic institutional choices rather than international determinants [...] explain [..
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Integrated Virtual Logistics Network for Quick Responses By Diatha Krishna Sundar October 2001 Please address all correspondence to: Professor Diatha Krishna Sundar Associate Professor & Chairperson - ERP Centre Indian Institute of Management Bangalore Bannerghatta Road Bangalore 560 076 Phone : 080 - 6993276 Fax : 080-6584050 E-mail : diatha@iimb.ernet.in Electronic copy available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2160390 Working Paper on Integrated Virtual Logistics Network for Quick Responses
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