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21. Porter's Five Forces Model: Part Three

    by Olivia Hunt - 2007-07-06
    The threat of new potential entrants usually depends on the market entry barriers effectiveness. The entry barriers can take diverse forms and are used to prevent a flow of companies into an industry....

22. Porter's Five Forces Model: Part Two

    by Olivia Hunt - 2007-07-06
    Force 2: The power exerted by the customers in the market. Buyer Power.In any industry companies organize their activities in the market of input resources and in the market of output products. In the...

23. Porter's Five Forces Model: Part One

    by Olivia Hunt - 2007-07-06
    The five forces of competition framework that was elaborated by the Professor of Harvard business school Michael Porter stays one of the most popular tools of industrial analysis. The original Porter'...

24. Porter's Five Forces Theory: Strategies. Part Two

    by Olivia Hunt - 2007-07-06
    Despite the above described well-structured model, Porter's five forces theory has been subject of great critique. Its main weak points result from the historical context in which it was developed. In...

25. Porter's Five Forces Theory: Strategies. Part One

    by Olivia Hunt - 2007-07-06
    On the assumption Porter recommends to use one of three strategies in order to strengthen positions: 1. Leadership at the expense of economy on costs. Companies which have decided to use this strategy...

26. Motivation: Soichiro Honda

    by Olivia Hunt - 2007-07-06
    It is necessary to analyze the way Honda created it within his corporation. Soichiro Honda had the clear aim and created a trustworthy atmosphere in the company. His employees soon came to understand ...

27. Evaluation of Porter's Five Forces Theory

    by Olivia Hunt - 2007-07-06
    The main strategy of a competition that is the basis of competitive behaviour of a company in a market and that describes the scheme of ensuring advantages over competitors is the central moment in a ...

28. Costing Tips for New Daycare Businesses

    by Seraphina Tan - 2007-06-21
    You've drawn up your business plan, decided on your marketing plan and even detailed your operations plan. Now you need to sit down to calculate how much money you will actually need. But how would yo...

29. Patents in the Usa and China

    by Andrew - 2007-06-20
    There are many differences between China and United States Patent Systems. China historically rejected to defend intellectual belongings rights above all because of the two causes: people of China hav...

30. Risk Anaysis Case Study

    by Khaled Eid - 2007-06-10
    ForewordI wish to acknowledge the support of Mr John Tookey University of Auckland for his generously support and valuable advises.1. IntroductionRisk management is one of the most critical project m...

31. A New Era for New Era

    by David Ruiz - 2007-05-22
    There are times when an actor can actually sing and a traditional sneaker company can successfully design women's dress shoes. These are instances where talent transcends all barriers. However, these ...

32. Benchmarking as a Way of Strategic Planning Approach to Business Success

    by Dr. LM Foong - 2007-05-22
    This article is to share some of the experience gained during one of the Strategic Planning Review session. Unlike the regular Strategic Planning where several analytical tools such as PEST, 5-forces ...

33. Business Growth Strageties Your 4 Part Marketing Plan

    by Tim Hayes - 2007-05-22
    Your marketing plan should contain these four strategies for growing your business. They are presented here by degree of difficulty and cost, from low to high. The priority you assign to each strate...

34. Why you are not Yet a Millionaire?

    by Victor Ezeaku - 2007-05-21
    Day by day, minute by minute, seconds by seconds, millions of people around the world work very hard to make money in one way or the other. This not withstanding millions of people are still living u...

35. Microsoft Turns Around Yahoo! Array a Marriage Between Microsoft and Yahoo?

    by Mikeal Whitemore - 2007-05-04
    Microsoft would like to buy Yahoo! in a transaction which could reach 50 G$.The rumour launched by the New York Post made leap the title of Yahoo! from 15% with some 32,40 $US in the electronic exchan...

36. The Buy-sell Agreement: Why it is the Simple Solution

    by Robert D. Cavanaugh, CLU - 2007-05-02
    If you own a business, odds are the business represents a sizable portion of your estate. Therefore, planning for the orderly disposition of the business is an important planning consideration.The mos...

37. Business Strategy - How Clear Decision Roles Enhance Organizational Performance

    by Robyn Knapp - 2007-04-30
    Decisions are the coin of the realm in business. Every success, every mishap, every opportunity seized or missed is the result of a decision that someone made or failed to make. At many companies, d...

38. A Great Strategic Plan Uses Technology, But Requires The Personal Touch for Exceptional Execution

    by Leanne Hoagland-Smith - 2007-04-29
    Technology makes developing the strategic plan much easier. With a couple clicks of the keyboard, an executive team can quickly determine where the performance gaps exist and construct the strategies...

39. Do You Have the G.U.T.S. for Implementing a Strategic Plan?

    by Leanne Hoagland-Smith - 2007-04-25
    Each year thousands of companies invest their limited resources of time, energy and money to craft strategic plans from the top of the boardroom to the front lines. However, implementing a strategic p...

40. Understanding The Medical Recruiting Process

    by Roy Vera - 2007-04-25
    The strategy and tools used to locate, contract and recruit healthcare professionals are fundamentally the same within the medical staffing industry. They differences are established within the goals...

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