From: xxxx Sent: Wednesday‚ October 13‚ 2009 To: Accenture–CEO Subject: IT Components of Knowledge Management As you are aware‚ Accenture Knowledge Management team is getting ready to launch the new Knowledge exchange. Due to the increase in demand for KM‚ our team is emphasizing on improving our current knowledge management system. But in the past few years‚ with tough economy‚ KM is seen as low priority. With pressures to move the KM to offshore‚ there is 30% decrease in KM workforce.
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Accenture Delivery Centers in India The Accenture Global Delivery Network features robust‚ rapidly expanding delivery centers in India that provide a comprehensive range of technology capabilities and Business Process Outsourcing (BPO) solutions. Accenture’s workforce in India accounts for more than 40‚000 employees. The Accenture Delivery Centers in India are uniquely positioned to leverage our industry expertise‚ functional capabilities‚ alliances and technology to produce tangible business results
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Executive Summary IBM and Accenture are both huge companies and uses five factor DuPont analysis to achieve a return on equity. IBM has a higher return on equity than Accenture‚ and therefore the management are more efficient in generating shareholder value per dollar invested. However both the companies are performing better than the industry average. IBM does also take lesser number of days to convert cash on hand compared to Accenture and industry average. But‚ Accenture is taking more days than
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Running head: Marketing Spotlight - Accenture Marketing Spotlight - Accenture What have been the key success factors for Accenture? One large success factor for Accenture has been its timing. "Accenture started life as the consulting arm of accounting firm Arthur Anderson In 1989‚ Anderson Consulting separated from Arthur Anderson in order to position itself against its IT services competitors" (Keller & Kotler‚ 1994/2006‚ 366). Accenture was able to take advantage of its large parent company
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Organizational Behavior In Accenture Word Count: 2000(Excluding Content table‚ Diagrams‚ Tables And Reference) Content 1. INTRODUCTION..........................................................................................................................................3 2. ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE..........................................................................................................3 2.1 Accenture’s Structure - At A Glance..............................................
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Why Do Some Firms Become Global? 1. Introduction More and more companies all over the world have joined the army of firms that are running globally. Reasons of companies becoming increasingly international can vary‚while the ultimate goal of going global turns out to be growth and expansion of the company. No matter whether a firm employs staff from international labour market or looks for exploration of new markets overseas‚ corresponding strategies can contribute a great deal to diversification
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Why firms decide to go global Growth Many companies will prefer to invest their excess profits in order to expand‚ but sometimes they are limited because of the maturity of the markets in their area. Therefore‚ they seek the overseas new markets to provide such growth opportunities. So‚ these companies‚ in addition to investing their excess profits‚ also try to maximize efficiency by employing their underutilized resources in human and capital assets such as management‚ machinery‚ and technology
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Initial Public Offering for a Global Firm Introduction Initial Public Offering is a rigorous process where a firm decides to go public in order to enable it raise capital for the company that will enable it to fund its operations such as expansion plans‚ generate profits as well as make its investors happy. For the IPO to go successfully there are a number of important factors and players that come into consideration. These include investment bankers‚ underwriters‚ pricing‚ demand and supply among
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1. How did Accenture transfer the brand equity from its original name‚ Andersen Consulting‚ to the new company name? To find a name that represents their company in a new face‚ the company put it as its top priority. Through marketing campaign‚ internet search‚ consulting outside firms‚ and employees’ participation worldwide‚ the company finally found its name‚ which is Accenture. During the process‚ the company was worry of how to transfer the brand equity from its original name‚ Andersen Consulting
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Supply Chain Management‚ McGraw-Hill/ Irwin‚ Boston. Bicheno‚ J. 2004‚ The New Lean Toolbox; Towards fast‚ flexible flow‚ PICSIE books‚ Buckingham‚ UK. Booms‚ B. H. & Bitner‚ M. J. 1981‚‘ Marketing Strategies and organizational structures for service firms‘‚ in Marketing of Services‚ eds Byrne‚ J. A. 1996‚‘ Strategic planning: After a Decade of Gritty Downsizing‚ Big Thinkers are Back in Vogue‘ Business Week‚ vol.23‚ pp Cahoon‚ S. 2006‚ ‗Services Marketing Study Guide‘‚ Australian Maritime College. Calder
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