what they produce and how they use resources at their disposal to do so. In this sense we may distinguish between the positional perspective‚ developed by Michael Porter‚ according to which achieving competitive advantage is the result of exploitation of imperfections in the market‚ the resource based perspective‚ which states that competitive advantage lies in the ownership of valuable resources‚ and the dynamic capabilities view‚ which follows the resource based view but also adds the dimension
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Introduction The first part of this assignment based around the case study of Carrefour in Russia is to analyse the macro environment in Russia at the time of the case. Opportunities and challenges associated with that environment will also be considered. The best way to understand the macro environment in Russia is to carry out a PEST analysis. PEST stands for the political‚ economic‚ social and technological environments. This type of analysis can be considered an external appraisal of the business
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ASEAN was created on August 8‚ 1967 by five founding members; Thailand‚ Indonesia‚ Singapore‚ Malaysia‚ the Philippines. Malaysian foreign minister Ismail Abdul Rahman said at that time: ‘we have to come to a profound shared realization that we will not be able to survive as independent nations for long…‚ unless we think and act at the same time as residents of Southeast Asia’ . At perilous times when the nation-states were pressurized into joining either one of the two major blocs‚ Southeast Asian
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Information Systems Research Vol. 21‚ No. 2‚ June 2010‚ pp. 249–270 issn 1047-7047 eissn 1526-5536 10 2102 0249 informs ® doi 10.1287/isre.1080.0220 © 2010 INFORMS Technological Frames‚ Organizational Capabilities‚ and IT Use: An Empirical Investigation of Electronic Procurement J. Mack Robinson College of Business‚ Georgia State University‚ Atlanta‚ Georgia 30303‚ amishra@gsu.edu Robert H. Smith School of Business‚ University of Maryland‚ College Park‚ Maryland 20742‚ ragarwal@rhsmith
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Course Title: Strategy & Policy Section: A Semester: Fall 2012 Program: MS-Mgt Assignment #5 [Position Paper: Dynamic Capabilities and Strategic Management] Submitted to: Dr. Sarwar M. Azahar Submitted by: Syed Shahid Hussain 12013092-016 Maham Shahid 12014092-001 Rehman Asif 12013092-011 Due Date: 13th December 2012 Submission Date: 13th December 2012 Marks: Comments: _______________________________________________________________________
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Review core capabilities. Core capabilities are critical issues in operations management. Why are core capabilities an asset? Are there any instances in which a firm’s core capabilities can be a liability rather than an asset? In general‚ core capabilities are an organization’s key ability that sets it aside from competitors. According to Qfinance‚ the definition of core capabilities is a key ability or strength that an organization has acquired that differentiates it from others‚ gives it
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6N215 Corporate Financial Reporting Professor Doug DeJong Carrefour Group Assignment Introduction Company Overview Carrefour was founded in 1959 in France. Marketing itself as a one-stop-shop providing a wide range of products at a low cost‚ it is now the second largest retailer in the world and the largest in Europe. In 2012‚ the company continued expanding their international footprint by adding an additional 283 retail points in France‚ Europe and Latin America. As of December 31
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Carrefour is an international hypermarket chain that originated in the French territory in the year 1957. Right from the time of its foundation‚ the company has been on an expansion spree and today has its reach throughout the world. The company has € 108 billion in yearly turnover and a profit of 385 million Euros annually. It holds the distinction of employing 495‚000 employees across the globe. and operates 1‚530 hypermarkets‚ supermarkets in over 33 countries worldwide. In addition to that
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Table of Contents Capability Maturity Model (CMM) 3-6 People Capability Maturity Model (P-CMM)... 7-8 Software Acquisition Model (SA-CMM) 8 Capability Model Model Integration (CMMI) 9-11 CMM and ISO 9001 11-12 A process is "a system of operations in producing something ... a series of actions‚ changes‚ or functions that achieve an end or result" (Webster’s Dictionary). With the growing emphasis
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one physical location to another. Computers and communications equipment can be connected in networks for sharing voice‚ data‚ images‚ sound‚ or even video. A network links two or more computers to share data or resources such as a printer. All of these technologies represent resources that can be shared throughout the organization and constitute the firm’s information technology (IT) infrastructure. The IT infrastructure provides the foundation or platform on which the firm can build its specific
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