CSAC05 1/13/07 9:21 Page 123 5 Analyzing Resources and Capabilities Analysts have tended to define assets too narrowly‚ identifying only those that can be measured‚ such as plant and equipment. Yet the intangible assets‚ such as a particular technology‚ accumulated consumer information‚ brand name‚ reputation‚ and corporate culture‚ are invaluable to the firm’s competitive power. In fact‚ these invisible assets are often the only real source of competitive edge that can be sustained over time
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Date of submission: Wednesday‚ June 6‚ 2007 Subject: Submission of Report on Banking Activities. Sir‚ This is a great pleasure for us to submit this assignment in this International Business course of BBA program. We had our survey on Banking Activities‚ which serves in the market. During our survey program we went through various areas of those companies. In this connection‚ we therefore‚ hope that you would be as kind as to accepting our report and oblige thereby. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
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www.business-standard.com INDEX 1) Foodles in the Noodle Bowl 2) HUL`S Marketing Mantra 4M 3) Oiling the Chain 3 5 6 8 11 14 16 19 21 23 26 28 30 32 34 37 40 43 46 49 52 54 55 57 59 26) Pepsodent fights on 27) Prickly Competition to beat the heat 28) Clash of the Teutons 29) Three screens & the cloud 30) Coming out of the Closet 31) Match on for Videocon 32) Reebok Straddles Mass & Class 33) IITS Slip in Asian University rankings 34) Ad Fest or War Fest 35) Idiots lead the pack 36) Amrutanjan:
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Contents List of illustrations List of contributors Preface 1 The corporate firm in a spatial context PIET PELLENBARG AND EGBERT WEVER ix xiii xv 1 2 Networks of firms in Flanders‚ Belgium: characteristics and territorial impacts DOMINIQUE VANNESTE AND PETER CABUS 23 61 3 Global production and trade systems: the Volvo case INGE IVARSSON AND CLAES G. ALVSTAM 4 The organization of the production process: the case of Smartville H. PETER DÖRRENBÄCHER AND CHRISTIAN SCHULZ 83
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Balancing the Paradox of Localization and Globalization: Research and Analyze the Levels of Market Involvement for Multinational Carmakers in China’s Market Authors: Chen Jun Jiao Zhiqiang Tutors: Dr. Philippe Daudi‚ Dr. Mikael Lundgren Program: Master’s Programme in Leadership and Management in International Context Subject: Level and semester: Master’s Thesis Masterlevel Spring 2008 Baltic Business School CHEN Jun &JIAO Zhiqiang 16/05/2008 Acknowledgements
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06-4702-Conklin.qxd 5/10/2005 6:00 PM Page 561 6 INTEGRATIVE CASES I n this chapter‚ the objective is to discuss cases that draw on the frameworks and perspectives developed throughout the casebook and that include important issues from each of the earlier chapters. GM IN CHINA For GM China‚ the year 2004 brought a wide variety of new challenges that added to an already complex business environment. The industry structure was changing quickly. Demand and supply projections
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Company Profiles Provides Business information about the company. Contents include complete name‚ headquarters‚ brief business description‚ company history‚ number of employees‚ shareholder structure‚ basic financials‚ organisation structure‚ worldwide presence‚ Tesla motors has taken a different approach in EV technology and I think its paying off. Though the challenges from the establish competition would be thrown in coming years and to maintain the differentiation would be tough which
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Who Says Elephants Can’t Dance? Leading a Great Enterprise Through Dramatic Change Louis V. Gerstner‚ Jr. This book is dedicated to the thousands of IBMers who never gave up on their company‚ their colleagues‚ and themselves. They are the real heroes of the reinvention of IBM. Contents Foreword Introduction PART I-GRABBING HOLD 1 The Courtship 2 The Announcement 3 Drinking from a Fire Hose 4 Out to the Field 5 Operation Bear Hug 6 Stop the Bleeding (and Hold the Vision)
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01 Chapter 43550 10/31/08 11:37 AM Page 34 Company Cases 34 Part One Chapter 1 | Defining Marketing and the Marketing Process 1 COMPANY Case Build-A-Bear: Build-A-Memory THE PRODUCT On paper‚ it all looks simple. Maxine Clark opened the first company store in 1996. Since then‚ the company has opened more than 370 stores and has custom-made tens of millions of teddy bears and other stuffed animals. Annual revenues reached $474 million for 2007 and are growing
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Licensed to: iChapters User Licensed to: iChapters User Managerial Economics Copyright 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied‚ scanned‚ or duplicated‚ in whole or in part. Licensed to: iChapters User Copyright 2011 Cengage Learning. All Rights Reserved. May not be copied‚ scanned‚ or duplicated‚ in whole or in part. Licensed to: iChapters User Managerial Economics Applications‚ Strategy‚ and Tactics TWELFTH EDITION JAMES R. MCGUIGAN JRM Investments
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