17-Dec-11 Product innovation and Process Innovation Product innovation – the introduction of new types of goods and services for the external market and Process innovation – enhancement of internal production processes for goods and services [Perri 6‚ 1993]. UNESCO definitions for Product innovation and Process Innovation Product innovation: introduction of a good or service that is new or significantly improved with respect to its characteristics or intended uses. This includes significant
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Case analysis 1 – Apple Computer 1. What were some of Apple’s biggest successes and failures? The greatest success of Apple Computer would be iPod/iPhone/iTunes/App store. They brought a whole new level of technology into this world. The function and design of these four products became a new trend that everyone must have. They began with iPod/iTunes‚ the design of iPod was revolutionary because it didn’t look like a normal MP3 player‚ Apple designed the internal hard disk into the iPod. Moreover
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The Man Who Invented Management Drucker was the first to assert that workers should be treated as assets‚ and not as liabilities to be eradicated. He believed in trust and respect for each worker in every company. I agree with that statement completely. The more that worker’s feel important and appreciated in a company‚ the better they will perform. The treatment of workers is proportional to the services that workers provided. Along with this‚ positive treatment to workers gives a good reputation
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“…Microsoft and Apple have always been at each other’s throats‚ so when they get into bed together you have to start wondering what’s going on…”- David Drummond‚ Senior VP and Chief Legal Officer‚ Google. Mr. Drummond stunned the world with this accusation late 3rd August 2011 in the official Google blog. The Android operating system took the mobile-phone market by storm as its latest version(Honeycomb 3.0) wowed the smart-phone users with out-of-this-world features like multi-tasking‚ multi-touch
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Innovation is defined as adapting a different approach to the workings of what is known as the normal proper procedure. In that‚ Joseph Schumpeter believes in the usefulness of creative destruction. This theory of creative destruction works on two aspect dynamic efficiency and state efficiency‚ while stressing that importance of dynamic efficiency over that of the state efficiency. Dynamic efficiency is defined as the achievement of long term growth and technological improvement while state efficiency
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Meaning of Financial Management Financial Management means planning‚ organizing‚ directing and controlling the financial activities such as procurement and utilization of funds of the enterprise. It means applying general management principles to financial resources of the enterprise. Scope/Elements Investment decisions includes investment in fixed assets (called as capital budgeting). Investment in current assets are also a part of investment decisions called as working capital decisions.
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Apple and Foxconn Stimulus Material Apple is one of the world’s leading producers of mobile devices with a strong reputation for product innovation and high customer loyalty. In 2009 it was widely reported that Apple’s Chinese-based suppliers were using child labour in several of their large-scale factories. At the largest factory – Foxconn – a growing problem of employee suicide was also reported which was blamed on unethical management approaches. Apple was heavily criticised for its standards
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another successful adventure for Dick Smith and it has created some disturbance for the multinational giants. However‚ in an interview with B&T Weekly‚ 16 March 2001‚ Dick Smith himself confessed‚ ‘I still tend to agree with the marketing people who say that‚ in the long term‚ the big multinationals will win’.16 We have yet to see the long-term impact of the ‘buy Australian’ movement in general‚ and Dick Smith Foods in particular‚ in changing consumer inertia. QUESTIONS 1 | What are the
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GREAT LAKES INSTITUTE OF ENERGY MANAGEMENT & RESEARCH‚ GURGAON STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT PROJECT REPORT STRATEGY MANAGEMENT AT APPLE‚ INC. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. PRESENTED BY: Group 11 Kapil Bhati (19) Kumar Rathnam (21) N Praveen Kumar (29) Nikhil Yadav (30) Sharath Babu (46) Date: April 3‚ 2012 Contents 1. 2. INTRODUCTION .................................................................................................................. 3 APPLE: BRIEF HISTORY ..........................
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Innovation is also very important to Goodwill Industries. “Innovation is the introduction of new goods and services” (Bateman and Snell‚ 2011‚ p. 9). While Goodwill Industries is distributing goods that are used‚ the services that are being offered are innovated. Goodwill has been improving the lives of many people by selling used goods at discounted rates and offering “job skills training and placement” (Social Media in Action: Goodwill Industries‚ 2011). Now Goodwill is networking to improve
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