education‚ Department of Extra-Mural Studies. Evening programme- Nairobi Campus TERM PAPER: Based on experiences from Kenya and elsewhere‚ discuss why taking development to the people is a fallacy. Presented By: Mwangangi Yvonne Nzisa Student Reg No: L50/76138/2014 Unit Code: LDP 611 Unit Title: Social Change and Community Development Presented To: Prof. David Macharia Group: B A Term Paper Assignment Submitted in Partial Fulfilment of the requirements for the Project Design
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MERCK: OPEN FOR INNOVATION? Founded in 1891 as an American subsidiary of his German namesake‚ Merck was once considered the “undisputed king of the pharmaceutical industry with ground‐ breaking drugs”(The Chief Executive 2003). But for the last decade‚ Merck has gone through a period of stagnation; it began to lose exclusivity patents on blockbuster drugs and has witnessed Pfizer’s rise to top place in the industry. It seemed now that internal R&D that was once the company’s main asset would
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research of a history of service‚ change‚ innovation and success through an almost foolproof management theory. The Children’s Aid Society has been in the business of saving children since its inception. Just as in the beginning‚ this agency continues to be in the forefront of innovation for servicing children that are considered to be the most in need. As time progresses and the world changes‚ so does the approach of helping
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Contents 1.0 Introduction 2 1.1 Background of 3M Company 2 2.0 Contents 3 2.1 Issues of 3M 3 2.1.1 Structure in Relation to Innovation 3 2.1.2 Leadership Relation to Innovation 3 2.1.3 Linkages and Networking to Innovation 4 3.0 Analyze difficulties in using 3M in different cultural situation 6 4.0 Evidence of reflection on how insights relate to student own situation and how learning might applied in current situation 7 5.0 Discussion of challenges in transforming their learnings into
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Doing Something New with Something Old Using Business Model Innovation to Reinvent the Core The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is a global management consulting firm and the world’s leading advisor on business strategy. We partner with clients from the private‚ public‚ and not-forprofit sectors in all regions to identify their highest-value opportunities‚ address their most critical challenges‚ and transform their enterprises. Our customized approach combines deep in ight s into the
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GOOGLE - A SAGA OF INNOVATION Google‚ the world’s most popular search engine‚ is scaling new heights these days. Born out of a project work carried out by Larry Page (Page) and Sergey Brin (Brin)‚ both Stanford dropouts‚ Google has come a long way; from a small information search technology on the web to the world’s most popular and mostly referred search engine. Google search is an easy-to-use service which gives the results of a query in a fraction of a second. Millions of browsers prefer
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Technological Innovations and Banking in Ghana: An Evaluation of Customers’ Perceptions JOSHUA ABOR University of Ghana‚ Legon Abstract In Sub-Saharan Africa‚ developments in information and communication technology are radically changing the way business is done. These developments in technology have resulted in new delivery channels for banking products and services such as Automated Teller Machines (ATMs)‚ Telephone Banking‚ PC-Banking‚ and Electronic Funds Transfer at Point of Sale
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Esiee Paris | Innovation Deliver | | Tuan Anh Dang‚ dangt@esiee.fr 11/21/2012 | Traffic Jam in Vietnam and its innovative solutions Traffic jam in Hanoi has been a serious problem in Vietnam for the last decades especially in the intensive population areas like Ha Noi city and Ho Chi Minh City. People are moving from the nearby states and provinces to these cities in order to seek for a chance to get a better job‚ hence a better life which is worsening the situation. Many of the
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and Innovation in Tourism‚ Leisure‚ and Events] For From [University of the Sunshine Coast] [Tutor: Vikki Schaffer] [Margaux Chedri 1070739] [May‚ 31st of May 2013] Innovation and Technology in Tourism‚ Leisure and Events Table of content Introduction ........................................................................................... 3! I. Context ............................................................................................... 4! II. Technology‚ innovation and
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coupling model and interactive model‚ have contributed to our understanding of managing innovation within organisations. (30%)What is innovation in organizations ?Innovation‚ though used very widely‚ means different things to different persons/bodies. There are as many definitions as there are authors. However‚ the definitions of innovation differ in two major ways. The first difference relates to what constitutes innovation and the second relates to the focus of the definition. (Sahay A‚ 2005 : 66). Through
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