Outsourcing: Why companies do it?
Thesis - 34 pages - Business strategy
According to Wikipedia, Knowledge process outsourcing (KPO) is a form of outsourcing, including legal process outsourcing. These are both high-value-added forms of business processing outsourcing (BPO). KPO firms provide domain-based processes and business expertise, rather than just process...
Human resources management in Siemens
Tutorials/exercises - 57 pages - Human resources
The outsourcing history of India is one of phenomenal growth in a very short span of time. The idea of outsourcing has its roots in the 'competitive advantage' theory propagated by Adam Smith in his book 'The Wealth of Nations' which was published in 1776. Over the years, the...
Alitalia Airline : Strategic option
Case study - 33 pages - Business strategy
This report is aimed at bringing out the best strategic option for the company Alitalia. To that end, we shall drive a rigorous and in-depth analysis. The study will first determine the organization's external environment and its strategic capability. These internal and external points are...
The Faslane Naval Base Case Study
Case study - 6 pages - Educational studies
Faslane is one of the operating bases for the Royal Navy in the United Kingdom and is considered the home of Great Britain's nuclear deterrent in terms of submarines. In order to improve the effectiveness of the base and also to reduce costs, the Faslane base was in 2002 turned over to a private...
An Irish firm in the Chinese Market
Market study - 9 pages - Business strategy
Enterprise Ireland, positioned in the cosmetics field, is willing to enter an international market. With 15% of annual growth in the global market, China becomes more and more attractive for businesses all around the world. In Europe, the attractiveness is intensified by the amount of trade...
E-commerce and the ready-made garment industries
Dissertation - 40 pages - Business strategy
Electronic Commerce is the conducting of business over the web. It typically involves three broad steps. First, a person uses the web to collect information to decide which product or service to purchase. Second, the person transmits payment information (such as a credit card number) to the...
Analysis of marketing business "Smartbox"
Case study - 41 pages - Services marketing
Every organization operates in an environment and no organization can exist in a bubble of its own. All companies obtain raw materials, labor, information and other diverse resources from the environment. Most of the strategists confirm that a thorough understanding of the environment is...
Leveraging procurement operations of supply chain management
Thesis - 9 pages - Management
Researchers and practitioners increasingly view that the operations and procurement functions as intimately linked and as playing imperative roles in Supply Chain Management. Ultimately the performance of the operations management system measured in terms of cost, quality, delivery and...
BCG Matrix - Coca-Cola
Case study - 5 pages - Brand management
Coca-Cola Company, an American company that produces and distributes syrups for making soft drinks, is a brand that can be recognised at a glance thanks to the shape of its bottles or even its logo. Consumed and appreciated by all, this company is mainly positioned in the soft drinks market as a...
Easyjet competitive advantage
Case study - 9 pages - Services marketing
The objective of the report is to bring out the competitive advantages of EasyJet through an in-depth analysis of EasyJet, its main competitor Ryanair and its environment. In the later part of the report, we will demonstrate these competitive advantages. The report reveals that its two main...
SWOT Analysis - McKinsey
Essay - 3 pages - Services marketing
For the purpose of this paper, McKinsey And Company is considered as a brand. The SWOT analysis is done within the context of the presumption that McKinsey has a very strong brand identity as a management-consulting firm. As both the internal and external factors are considered...
Strategic Management - Critic of management models
Case study - 2 pages - Business strategy
Porter's Five Forces model is designed with a focus on factors that built up the competitive advantage of a firm within the market (Afuah, 2003). It has achieved significant success in analyzing the industry in general and forms a very useful tool for assessing a company's own stability through...
Customer Relationship Management and the call centers
Tutorials/exercises - 60 pages - Management
Before we begin to examine the conceptual foundations of CRM, it will be useful to define what CRM is. CRM stands for "Customer Relationship Management." CRM is a business strategy and a collection of technologies that enable seamless coordination between sales, marketing, customer service, field...
The staircase approach at Mckinsey & Company ? To increase competitive advantage
Essay - 2 pages - Management
McKinsey & Company suggest seven staircases that companies use to grow. In athletic management, improvement is constant since individuals usually join the profession with limited resources and experience, but with visions of greatness. The Athletics management firm that I work for was...
The concept scoring matrix
Essay - 2 pages - Business strategy
The selection process for new products involves the first stage of concept screening and a second stage which entails concept scoring. Screening is normally quick and approximately evaluates different alternatives so as to remain with a few viable ones for scoring. The concept scoring solves the...
The effectiveness of the training and development program conducted at EXL Service.com (I) Pvt Ltd
Dissertation - 43 pages - Business strategy
Indian companies are walking up to the challenges thrown in by the market economy. To survive in this highly competitive scenario, managers are being pressured to improve quality, increase productivity, cut down waste & eliminate inefficiency. The collective effort of the employer and the...
Inter cultural management
Thesis - 6 pages - Management
In the early 19th century, China was emerging as a new major economic power on the world stage. In 2006, her GDP made her the 4th largest economy in the world. Since the late 1970's, China has made the modernization of its economy the No.1 priority. She has gradually abandoned the plan for...
Change in management at Air France
Case study - 29 pages - Management
Driving organizational change in a company revolve around six themes. In this document we will take into account the external and internal sources of change, the steps through which it passes, the context, and the forces involved, to finally determine the type of change and explain the phases of...
The Lead User Method: A solution to improve new product success in rapidly changing markets?
Dissertation - 77 pages - Services marketing
Innovation, a crucial dilemma to be successful. Innovating is crucial for a company in order to satisfy its customers ‘expectations and to cope with the competition in a market place which is everyday more and more challenging. However, coping with the competition doesn't mean offering...
Plato, Descartes and the Matrix
Case study - 3 pages - Management
The ideas brought forward by Plato, Descartes and the matrix believes that the world is not real, rather it is an illusion. To support their ideas, Plato imagines of a cave where people have been imprisoned till death. The people can only see in front of them where they can see images...
The functional areas of Standard Chartered Bank in India
Case study - 17 pages - Management
Standard Chartered Bank (SCB) had acquired the interest of ANZ Banking Group in the ANZ Grind lays Asset Management Company Private Limited and ANZ Grind lays Trustee Company Private Limited and subsequently these entities were renamed as Standard Chartered Asset Management Company Private...
Technology, a Benefit to Superheroes - Introduction
Essay - 1 pages - Sociology
During the digital revolution, technology scares. It is thought to be harmful and will destroy our way of life and our humanity. This fear is reflected in the feature films of these years: "Terminator" (James Cameron, 1984), "Matrix" (The Wachowskis, 1999), "War Games" (John Badham, 1983)...
MATLAB Keywords
Worksheets - 19 pages - Computer science
This document contains lines of code, instructions for programming in MATLAB, a popular programming language used for numerical computing and data analysis.
Artificial intelligence in Healthcare Industry - A.I in Medical Technology : Medical Imaging
Dissertation - 35 pages - Management
Nowadays, we hear about artificial intelligence all around us and more specifically in the automotive, economic, computer and health sectors. The primary goal of artificial intelligence at its inception in the 1950s was to improve and extend human capabilities with machines (Pallanca O., and Read...
The different types of business strategies
Course material - 7 pages - Business strategy
Business strategy is to set long-term objectives and a direction to follow. It is aimed at creating value, sustainability and profitability. Business strategy results in inspiring actions to all departments, allocating resources to reach them and impacting the organization of the company. To do...
Advertising planning: The Toyota Matrix
Case study - 24 pages - Services marketing
The central focus of the Toyota Matrix campaign is to create an interest for the car among the U.S. gay and lesbian population and to generate traffic to the car dealerships. The campaign is targeted towards gays and lesbians ages 18 to 34, who are interesting in stylish and appealing...
Country market studies
Course material - 4 pages - Business strategy
Knowing why firms go global is only part of the battle, you also need to know where to go. Imagine that you lead a company in the United States, and are responsible for deciding which three countries to enter. First, what types of countries would you choose? What criteria would you use to make...
Developmental stages matrix
Essay - 2 pages - Psychology
The brain triples in size and their stomachs digest more food and more kinds of food, transmitting sustenance for the body to facilitate extraordinary enlargements. An infant on average weighs about seven pounds at birth. Generally, at two years of age the child will weigh around 30 pounds. The...
International strategy analysis of Galeries Lafayette
Case study - 7 pages - Management
This assessment has been done on Galeries Lafayette Group. The group has been a pioneer in terms of business and distribution, with stores located in traditional city centers. The group has then diversified its core-business and acquired quite a lot of companies. BHV Marais, La Redoute,...
An essay outlining David Chalmers 'The Matrix as Metaphysics' hypothesis
Tutorials/exercises - 7 pages - Humanities/philosophy
This essay outlines David Chalmers Matrix hypothesis. Chalmers is a consciousness researcher with interests in philosophical questions. As we shall see he regards the Matrix theory as a Metaphysical hypothesis. Chalmers neither endorses the Matrix theory nor rejects it....
