387 From supply chains to value chains: A spotlight on CSR Malika Bhandarkar and Tarcisio Alvarez-Rivero* 1. Introduction Corporate social responsibility (CSR)1 has become a hot topic in boardrooms across the world. Changes in corporate value systems are being driven by pressures from different actors‚ including governments‚ consumers‚ non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and institutional investors (diagram 1). Multinational corporations (MNCs) have operations spread across the globe‚ relying
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Developing Robust Asset Allocations1 Working Paper First Version: February 17‚ 2006 Current Version: April 18‚ 2006 Thomas M. Idzorek‚ CFA Director of Research Ibbotson Associates 225 North Michigan Avenue Suite 700 Chicago‚ Illinois 60601-7676 312-616-1620 (Main) 312-616-0404 (Fax) tidzorek@ibbotson.com Abstract Over the last 50 years‚ Markowitz’s mean-variance optimization framework has become the asset allocation model of choice. Unfortunately the model often leads to highly concentrated asset
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fast food chain and has much strength in its company that allows it to build a functional structure in the world. McDonald mainly sell burger since in year 1955 and until now‚ there are more than 33‚000 McDonald in 110 countries. McDonald average serving 54 million customers per day‚ by providing different types of services such as drive thru‚ delivery‚ dine in and walk thru. McDonald became world largest fast food chain restaurant in the world because they are achieve their own value‚ “To be customers’
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Course name: Strategic Management Semester: SPRING 2013 Instructor: Dr. Richard T. Mpoyi Office Number: BAS N146 Phone: 615-898-5767 Email: richard.mpoyi@mtsu.edu Class Schedule Section No. Days Time Building Room BUAD 4980-03 MWF 11:30am – 12:25pm BAS S262 Office Hours* Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday – 12:00pm – 02:00pm 04:00pm – 05:00pm 12:00pm – 02:00pm – * Other hours: By appointment Course Expectations X Multiple-Choice Exams X Essay Tests
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The accelerated rate of change in the telecommunications arena is always a topic close to the hearts of all stakeholders in the industry. Analyzing the different dynamics at play in the sector has never been so interesting. The former monopoly environment has been dragged kicking and screaming into an era of almost Adam Smith-like demand and supply‚ something that it was certainly a long way from even a few years ago. So‚ what has changed on both the demand and supply sides of the equation?
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business policy & strategy (MNG 4200) LECTURER: MR. HUGH TODD Case #1: apple inc. in 2008 Group members: GROUP LEADER: ANUSHKA RAMPERSAUD (10/0835/0704) FARZANA HAMID (10/0835/1056) DEVIKA RAJKISSOON (09/0835/0575) SADESH RAMDEEN (10/0835/0507) BRIJESHWAR ARJUN (10/0835/1062) CHEASHIVA SAMAROO (10/0835/0997) APPLE INC. IN 2008 CASE ANALYSIS Apple computer was introduced in 1976 by founders‚ Steven Jobs and Steven Wozniak. Apple Inc. was the producer
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Competitive Profile Matrix A competitive profile matrix is a tool that allows companies to assess themselves against their competitors through identification of critical success factors. These factors are then weighted and scored to produce a total weighted competitive score for the company (Sohel & Rahman‚ 2014; Capes & Glissmeyer‚ 2012). While the matrix may be largely subjective and based on personal perspective it can still provide a company with a wealth of information as to how it compares
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Table of Contents Introduction 3 McDonald History 3 PESTLE Analysis 3 Political 4 Economical 5 Social 7 Technological 10 Legal 12 Environmental 14 Industry Analysis based on Porter’s Five Forces 16 Rivalry among existing Industry Firms 16 The Threat of New Entrants 16 Threats from Substitute Products 17 Bargaining Power of Suppliers 17 Bargaining Power of Buyers 17 CONCLUSION 18 REFERENCING 19 Online resources 19 Introduction Globalization has made the world
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Q3 Porter five forces model is a framework for industry analysis and business strategy development. It draws upon industrial organization economics to derive five forces that determine the competitive intensity and therefore attractiveness of a market. Porter’s five forces include -three forces from horizontal competition: the threat of substitute products or service‚ the threat of established rivals‚ and the threat of new entrants‚ and two forces from vertical competition: the bargaining power
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