materializated and easily understood . The general objectives of this report are using knowledge of international innovation to analyze the innovation activities of three entrepreneurs and their firms (include Dean Kamen and Segway‚ Richard Branson and the Virgin Group and Steve Jobs and Apple Corp). Firstly‚ comparing and contrasting the three companies and find out similarities and differences in how they start and make a critical evaluation on extent and form of international business activity of the three
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Self-confidence-----------------------------------7 2.2 Different traits between Stelios Haji-Ioannou and Richard Branson 2.2.1 Creativity------------------------------------------8 2.3 The limitation of trait theory--------------------------------8 3.0 Conclusion-----------------------------------------------------9 4.0 Reference-----------------------------------------------------10 1.0 Introduction Stelios Haji-Ioannou was born in 1967 in Athens. In 1984‚ he was educated
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Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is an English business entrepreneur. The man is best recognized for his Virgin Group. Branson has more than four hundred companies; at age sixteen he started his first business adventure. It was a magazine called “Student." Since that time Richard Branson has created one of the most recognizable trademarks in the world. The internationally acknowledged trademark "Virgin" is spread across many countries from credit cards‚ to airlines and music industry "megastores".
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published the first number of the magazine on January 26th 1968. The Virgin story started with “Student”. (Branson‚ 2014) The first time “Virgin” name came into spot light was in 1972 when‚ Branson‚ Simon Draper‚ Nik Powell and Tom Newman lunched Virgin Records. (Southern & Richardson‚ 1996) The name originated from a colleagues remark that everyone involved was a novice: “We’re complete virgins at business”. (Branson‚ 2007) Virgin Records lunched by selling records by post undercutting high-street
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Resources are being classified into tangible and intangibles assets as the followings: *Resources of *Virgin Group Tangible Resources Intangible Resources Capabilities of Virgin Group are established by the integrated resources that assisted it to stay competitive and to outdo its competitors. Valuable capabilities will aid Virgin Group to effectively tap and explore spotted opportunities as well as to minimize threats in the external environment. Should capabilities are consistently and effectively
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Subject: Differences between Richard Branson and Vijay Mallya Analytical Summary This report analyses the differences between the leadership of Virgin Group’s Founder Richard Branson and UB Group’s Chairman Vijay Mallya. The two leaders operate in a wide range of industries‚ and live very public lifestyles‚ promoting both themselves and their companies through their activities. This is done with a view to determine which leadership style is better suited to the environment they are operating in
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Leadership Paper: Richard Branson Richard Branson has been practically a household name in the U.K. for the past 20 years and is also well respected in the business world. He is the founder of the Virgin Group‚ known for record labels‚ cellular phones‚ airlines‚ and many other business ventures. He is responsible for a $5 billion empire consisting of over 200 different companies around the world. (ICFAI‚ 2002) Branson is also known for his unique character and leadership styles‚ one who is
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here are some of the factors that define Virgin’s organisational culture: ● Symbol: At Virgin “fun” and “challenge” is the key brand value and terminology. It provides a challenging and exciting working environment where the staff can show their personalities and passion. And the company name and logo “Virgin” represents its attitude and rationale when entering the new business era. ● Vision: Virgin established as the record and music business and now the umbrella of companies are operating
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Diversification strategy is used to increase the firm’s value by improving its overall performance. Value here is created here either through related diversification ( my report) or through unrelated diversification ( which will be discussed further) when the strategy allows a company’s business to increase revenues or reduce cost while implementing their business –level strategies In some case‚ using diversification strategy may have nothing to do with increasing the firm’s value; in fact it
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called “Student” with great success. Then he diversified to mail order record business. He founded Virgin Records in London‚ England‚ and started‚ entrepreneurial projects‚ expanding his business into other sectors. “Virgin Group holds more than 200 companies‚ including Virgin Galactic”. The companies run independently with independent shareholders sharing the name‚ resources and experience from the Virgin Group. Branson Leadership Leadership implies to influence other people to achieve goals‚ and
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