Company Perspectives : - “Virgin is about doing things that really work‚ not just looking the parts. We are passionate about running our businesses as well as we can‚ which means treating our customers with respects‚ giving them good value and high quality and making the whole process as much fun as it can be.”—Richard Branson‚ Chairman History - Virgin Group is diversified grouping of more than 200 privately held companies. It included Virgin Atlantic Airways‚ Virgin Holidays‚ Virgin
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Bajaj: Riding into glory From riding the Chetak scooter to zipping past the Pulsar 220CC‚ it has been an evolution for Bajaj Auto. India’s second largest two-wheeler maker’s origin is rooted in Bachchraj Trading Corporation‚ first set up to trade in a few 2 and 3-wheelers. Founded by Jamnalal Bajaj‚ who associated closely with Mahatma Gandhi during the freedom struggle‚ the Bajajs’ have seen real growth starting from the sixties. Though Bajaj started off as dealers in imported 2 and 3-wheelers‚
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Porter’s Five Forces: Travel Agency : Industry Rivalry : Highly Fragmented Industry with Intense Rivalry Highly Fragmented Industry. Organized players would barely have 15-20% of the marketplace Most of organized players are present in metros & mini-metros Large disposable incomes in towns like Lucknow‚ Jaipur‚ Coimbatore etc. serviced by family run unorganized players Industry rivalry is intense but not cutthroat Rivalry Intense because of low switching costs‚ low levels of product differentiation
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Cristiano Ronaldo dos Santos Aveiro‚ GOIH (born 5 February 1985)‚ known as Cristiano Ronaldo (Portuguese pronunciation: [kɾɨʃtiˈɐnu ʁuˈnaɫdu])‚ is a Portuguese professional footballer who plays for Spanish club Real Madrid C.F. and the Portugal national team. He is aforward and serves as captain for Portugal. By the age of 22‚ Ronaldo had received Ballon d’Or and FIFA World Player of the Year nominations. The following year‚ in 2008‚ he won his first Ballon d’Or and FIFA World Player of the Year awards
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give loans to individuals during inordinate events such as medical emergencies. The establishment of the organization as a family exists heavily today‚ despite being bought by Continental Can Company. In fact‚ the cultural effects created by the buyout were insubstantial because Mr. White used his influence to remain aloof from corporate headquarters. Browning recognized that the family oriented culture would constrain his efforts to change the organization. This fact coupled with the company
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The sixth merger wave began in 2003‚ less than three years following the end of the previous cycle. Merger waves therefore are occurring on a more frequent basis with a much shorter quiet period. This sixth merger wave has been truly global and has seen more focus on strategic fit and attention to post-merger integration issues. It has been heavily influenced by the corporate governance scandals of the early years of the new millennium and the resulting laws and regulations that have been passed
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of cattle‚ possibly due to the artificial shortages caused by the cattle dealers or something beyond their control. To avoid this‚ “the city council [earned] firm control over all other segments of the trade…” (3) and butchers were now allowed to buyout these butcher shops. This newer method made more sense and made the trading process easier and smoother. When the cattle were deemed to be good enough to go to the slaughterhouse‚ it was then the slaughterman’s job to kill the cattle. This was
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"GM’s vision is to be the world leader in transportation products and related services. We will earn our customers’ enthusiasm through continuous improvement driven by the integrity‚ teamwork‚ and innovation of GM people." "G.M. is a multinational corporation engaged in socially responsible operations‚ worldwide. It is dedicated to provide products and services of such quality that our customers will receive superior value while our employees and business partners will share in our success and our
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Penn West Petroleum Penn West Petroleum (PWE) has been going through a lean patch since long. Even before the most recent oil price collapse started last year‚ Penn West was in trouble. Its balance sheet has been laden with debt as a result of some grave acquisition mistakes that it made in 2008. Now‚ the company is left with the sole option of selling off some its assets to reduce that debt burden. But it is not going to get a fair price for those assets in the current environment. Consequently
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|A2 Business Studies: BUSS4 Definitions: | |Assessing changes in the business environment | | | |GDP – the total value
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