Problem: not working properly acquisition. "is it a problem of Gillette or Duracell?" no real growth no clear strategic direction " the company had gone nowhere for 4 years" External analysis Battery industry/alkaline battery industry Technological segment: new development General environment Global segment: potential market for emerging market‚ sony and panasonic go into US Entry barrier‚ paten is very important‚ we just have 3 players in American market suppliers: who are they
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Exploring Internal Stickiness: Impediments to the Transfer of Best Practice Within The Firm. The author wants to highlight problems with transfer of internal knowledge within firms and also disagree to previous beliefs of the cause for the lack of transfer‚ blaming knowledge related factors as the cause for this “internal stickiness”. The ability to transfer best practices internally is critical for companies to get a competitive advantage. The author analyzes “internal stickiness” of knowledge
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Methodologies and Research Design 18: Research Design IV: External Validity and Sampling Objectives • to unpack different types of external validity • to describe crucial issues in sampling - precision vs. representativeness vs. cost - probability vs. non-probability / ’judgement ’ • to describe stages in the process of sampling‚ and the possible intrusion of ‘bias’ • to describe methods of probability sampling and methods of non-probability sampling • to be able
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Chapter 7 – Internal control Internal control – steps taken by business to prevent fraud – misappropriation of assets and fraudulent financial reporting‚ COSO defines IC as means to an end Achievements of objectives in the area of financial reporting‚ operations‚ compliance with law and regulations Foreign corrupt practices act: Transactions authorized with the knowledge of and authorization of management Means of achieving internal control – preventive control – prevents fraud ex: segregation
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internal analysis The Cs: Culture‚ Capabilities and Composition * Culture: auditing values‚ belief and attitude Management will conduct culture audits to determine how far the quality of the employee’s working environment. One common way is by using an employee survey. From the employee survey‚ company can obtain variety of things ranging from environmental problems that exist in the organization to provide feedback to management. * Capabilities: people as strategic resources Core capabilities
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Internal scanning involves looking inside the farm business and identifying strengths and weaknesses and assessing the businesses’ resources and management’s skills. It is part of the strategic planning process. An overview of Strategic Planning for a Farm Business and how internal scanning fits into the planning process is available. Internal business scanning is comprised of the following three categories: 1. Farm Business - What are the unique strengths and limitations of your business? 2.
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Executive Summary This report contains an analysis of major internal and external environmental factors affecting Actopen‚ and especially how the organization is positioning itself to deal with these factors. Actopen is a wholly owned subsidiary of AXIGEN Corporation‚ a conglomerate listed on the Zimbabwe stock exchange. Major shareholders of AXIGEN are seated at corporate office‚ which share the same building as Actopen. This geographical closeness‚ together with uncertainty in the Zimbabwe
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Institute of Accountants has approved this Guideline for publication. These guidelines have been adapted by the Internal Audit Committee of the Malaysian Institute of Accountants from the publication "Guidance for Internal Auditors" issued in June 1990 under the aegis of the Consultative Committee of Accountancy Bodies (CCAB) in the United Kingdom. These guidelines provide advice to internal auditors on the main issues and procedures which they need to consider as part of their work in both the commercial
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In this paper we will analyze the current culture of an organization using a conceptual model or framework and we will discuss how senior managers have sought to manage the culture of the organization over the past decade and what they could/should have done differently. 1. Introduction Organizational culture describes the psychology‚ attitudes‚ experiences‚ beliefs and values (personal and cultural values) of an organization. It has been defined as "the specific collection of values and norms
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External analysis How can a smartphone company use external analysis to gain competitive advantage? 1. Apply 5 forces model for the smartphone industry According to Hill and Jones‚ the five forces model serves the purpose to identify opportunities and threats in the external business environment‚ by analysing “competitive forces” (Hill & Jones‚ 2012‚ p. 42). Once created by Michel E. Porter this particular framework functioned as a useful tool for managers to approach the external analysis
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