What problems did Tsarist Russia face at the turn of the century? Russia was a vast country and industrially backward. They were at a serious disadvantage as they were 40 years behind the rest of the world industrially. This was because although they had a lot of resources such as coal and oil‚ they could not get to it. The ground was frozen and Russia did not have the machinery or the experts to get to their resources. Therefore they had to seek foreign aid and employed experts to handle the machinery
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resources to market it‚ to build distribution channels‚ and to build sales infrastructure. And this product will be a hit in near future. A low-growth product is already established product‚ whose characteristics do not change much‚ customers know what they are getting‚ and the price does not change much either. There is no point putting more budgets for its marketing. BCG model for ITC Product Mix of ITC can be broadly categorized as follows: 1. FMCG-cigarettes 2. FMCG- others - Ashirvad Atta
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Face-to-face vs. Electronic Communication We’re living in an age where e-mail‚ Facebook and digital connections are the rule‚ and face-to-face interactions start to become the exception. With the ability to exchange information via e-mail‚ chat and presentations over the web‚ face-to-face interactions with people seem to be unecessary. This is a harmful assumption that many people make. Without face-to-face communication intimacy is lost‚ there is greater misunderstanding‚ and people become
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The ITC eChoupal Initiative The case is about a technology based transition of soybean supply chain from traditional flow to a more efficient method. Case first talks about the traditional way of soybean supply chain. In the traditional method‚ farmers are taking their product to local markets called “mandi”. They had difficulties in taking their product to far market places‚ and there they do not know the expected price of their product. So middlemen can play with the price in the local market
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because the government did not interfere in American businesses such as industries‚ transportation‚ and farming which led to the Great Depression. The American economy’s trade and commerce had declined as the value of the dollar was unstable to the point where houses and businesses were being foreclosed and banks could not give out loans. If the government did not get involved‚ it would “… allow the foreclosures to continue‚ credit to be withheld and money to go into hiding‚ and this forcing liquidation
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efforts compared to urban marketing. Firms should refrain from designing goods for the urban markets and subsequently pushing them in the rural areas. To effectively tap the rural market‚ a brand must associate it with the same things the rural folks do. This can be done by utilizing the various rural folk media to reach them in their own language and in large numbers so that the brand can be associated with the myriad rituals‚ celebrations‚ festivals‚ "melas"‚ and other activities where they assemble.
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Origin ITC Limited or ITC is an Indian conglomerate headquartered in Kolkata‚ West Bengal. Its diversified business includes five segments: Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG)‚ Hotels‚ Paperboards & Packaging‚ Agri Business & Information Technology. Established in 1910 as the Imperial Tobacco Company of India Limited‚ the company was rechristened as the Indian Tobacco Company Limited in 1970 and further to I.T.C. Limited in 1974. The periods in the name were removed in September 2001 for the company
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Planning‚ Pepsi Bottling Group Paul Hamilton‚ Sr. VP of Supply Chain‚ Pepsi Bottling Group Transforming Production Sourcing at PBG Page 2 Contents Executive Summary Introduction Overview Framework Project Details Results Conclusion References 2 3 4 6 9 13 15 16 Executive Summary This case study details a two-year implementation starting in 2005 during which the Pepsi Bottling Group (PBG) Supply Chain Strategy team transformed the company’s production sourcing process. Before the transformation
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People wonder why the world can’t be a peaceful place and have no difficulties. The dilemma with the world is that an action always has its consequences. This is the reason why in the fourteenth century‚ Europe faced problems after problems. Even though Europe encountered many different economic or social issues such as peasant revolts and upheaval from the nobles‚ I still believe those weren’t some of the major troubles at the time. In the fourteenth century‚ although they were experiencing many
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CSR ACTIVITIES OF ITC ITC Limited was incorporated on August 24‚1910 under the name of ‘Imperial Tobacco Company of India Limited at Radha Bazar Lane‚Kolkata.Later it was renamd as “Indian Tobacco Company.”in 1974.It is one of the Indias’s foremosrt private sector companies with a market of approx $14 billion.Its range of products includs:Cigerettes & Tobacco‚Hotels‚Information Technology‚Paperboards & Speciality Papers‚Agri-Exports‚Foods‚Lifestyle Retailingand Greeting
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