amount of people being diagnosed each year. This is a large reason Dr. V and the Aravind hospital was successful early on. In just four years the Aravind hospital was able to grow from a 20-bed hospital to a 250-bed hospital. Another reason the Aravind hospital was successful was that the staff was motivated and qualified while also willing to work longer hours for less pay. Much of the support staff for the Aravind hospital was in some way linked to Dr. V. Dr. V’s relatives recognized that they
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Flexit International case 1- Flexit was not wrong in considering international expansion. The use of market development strategy was appropriate in their situation due to the following reasons: 1-Existence of the European market as new unsaturated market with competition less than US market 2-The medical equipment industry is global with potential for rapid growth. 3-They had a reliable distributing company (Physique ltd) which is an established health care product distributor in the European
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vi. How Aravind Fits in Porter’s Strategy Framework Porter’s strategy for competitive advantage supports the notion that there are two ways in which a firm can compete to be a leader in its industry: cost or product uniqueness. To compete in cost leadership‚ a firm must not only be a low cost producer in the industry‚ but must be able to sustain that position. A company that is seeking to gain their competitive edge through product differentiation must possess a unique product or service that is
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Aravind Adiga is an Indian writer and journalist. His debut novel‚ The White Tiger‚ won the 2008 Man Booker Prize. He is the fourth Indian-born author to win the prize‚ after Salman Rushdie‚ Arundhati Roy and Kiran Desai. (V. S. Naipaul‚ another winner‚ is of Indian origin‚ but was not born in India.) He has written many short stories‚ essays‚ and published 3 books so far; namely‚ The White Tiger‚ Between the Assassinations‚ and Last Man in Tower. Be it essays or novels‚ the ‘Indian’ setting
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The Aravind Eye Hospital‚ Mandurai‚ India: In Service of Sight 44118637‚ 44019122‚ 46650842 and 42441715 Executive Summary Key Success Factors Utilizing Porter’s Evolution of Global Competition‚ the following section identifies several key factors that led to Aravind’s success. The factor conditions‚ firm strategy and rivalry‚ related industries and demand conditions were fundamental to this eye hospital’s social and financial realization. 1. Factor Conditions: Labor and capital conditions contributed
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Aravind Eye Care System: A unique model It was year 1976. Padmashree Dr. G. Venkataswamy‚ popularly referred to as Dr. V.‚ had just retired from the Government Medical College‚ Madurai‚ India as the Head of the Department of Ophthalmology. Rather than settling for a quiet retired life‚ Dr. V. was determined to continue the work he was doing at the Government Medical College‚ especially organizing rural eye camps to check sight‚ prescribe needed corrective glasses‚ do cataract and other surgeries
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Case: Aravind Eye Hospital * What is Aravind’s mission? How successful is Aravind at achieving its mission? The mission is to bring eyesight to the masses of poor people in India‚ Asia‚ Africa and all over the world. To provide quality care as a non-profit eye hospital. To spread the Aravind model and offer hope in all parts of the world. Aravind has grown from a 20-bed hospital in 1976 to 1224 beds in 1992 as one of the biggest hospitals of its kind in the world. The Aravind organization
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Aravind Eye hospital is an inspiring example of a how a great leader with a great vision is all it takes to build a successful organization. And when the vision is that of service to mankind‚ culture and values play a major role in shaping that success. Dr.V of Aravind Eye hospital was able to bind his organization with his vision and values. Most importantly they had the right business model which supported them through their cause. A critical analysis of the success factors will help us understand
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and the hospital he founded‚ Aravind Eye Hospital. The surgeons at Aravind are world class‚ among the most productive in the world‚ doing as much as 13 times the amount of eye surgeries than their counterparts in the United States and yet having fewer complication rates than health systems in developed countries. But what is truly astonishing about Aravind is that nearly half of the procedures it conducts every year are practically free. For many years‚ India’s Aravind Eye Care
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In the wintry lanes of Bara Mohalla in Hisar‚ Haryana‚ a few of the older bystanders still remember the day Gita Devi and Govind Ram were blessed with the arrival of their first-born. Which Govind Ram‚ they first ask‚ before answering with a sly rhetorical question that tells you they know why you’re here: "Woh Jindal colony wale? (The one from Jindal colony?)" The boy was born on Janmashtami on August 16‚ 1968. His grandparents had decided to call him Krishna. Now‚ 45 years later‚ the world knows
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