...Corporate Analysis The Development strategy Khachik Melkonyan Kristine Petrosyan Hasmik Shahnazaryan Lilit Margaryan Mariluys Yeremyan Sona Mamyan Sona Mirzoyan Table of Contents Introduction About company, mission statement. Products and services Market and competitors Industry Analysis The main challenge Firm Analysis Impact of the challenge Strategic Advantage Profile Strengths and competitive advantages Weaknesses and competitive disadvantages Threat-Opportunity profile Opportunities Threats Salient issue for the organization Strategic Alternatives Recommendation Risks Bibliography Appendices Introduction About company "Lime Tech" is specialized in IT consulting and business automation systems. The company was established in 2008 and during 3 years has developed, produced and implemented 10 different types of products. The company produces the following products: ● ● ● ● ● ● ● Queuing Management Systems Information kiosks Electronic lecterns, Internet kiosks, Payment kiosks, Music boxes, Vending machines "Lime Tech" has successfully cooperated with Governmental and nongovernmental major Armenian organizations: State Revenue Committee by the Government of RA, Police of RA, Public Registry of RA, "Vivacell& MTS", "Beeline", "AmeriaBank", "ArmSwissBank", "InecoBank", "Mellat Bank", USAID, UNDP, etc., deploying more than 150 kiosks in Armenia. The advantage of LImeTech is in concentrating its efforts...
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...Axia College Material Appendix E Water Resource Challenges Review Ch. 10 and 11 of your text, then complete the following: Provide at least three freshwater and three ocean water resource challenges by filling in the following table. Then, respond to the question that follows: |Freshwater Resource Challenge |Description | |Salinization of Irrigated Soil |When water is irrigated over and over again without running | | |off into rivers or lakes to get recycled. When this happens | | |the water is irrigated it picks up more salt. | |Aquifer Depletion |Lowers the water table, | | |The upper surface of the saturated zone of | | |Groundwater. Prolonged aquifer depletion | | |Drains an aquifer dry, effectively eliminating | | |It as a water resource | |Saltwater intrusion |Occurs along coastal areas...
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...to achieve the goals outlined in annual brand plans. Whether it's managing a spending budget or convincing upper management through numeric analysis to "size-up" a package size to boost sales, everything you do funnels towards the goal of selling more units, thus making more profit for the company and putting smiles on shareholders' faces. Although the needs of a particular brand and product often dictate the level of exposure you have to different issues, one thing all brand managers have in common is a fast-paced schedule. Seldom does a day go by where you won't be running from meeting to meeting and visiting employees from Legal, Packaging, Finance, Market Research, Consumer Affairs, Operations, Public Relations, and Research and Development, among others. Given the broad exposure to so many aspects of business and the supply chain, these positions...
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...& Teams Decision Making & Communication Leadership Diversity & Training, Empowerment Change & Development Conclusion Mount Cedar Technologies, Inc. A Case Study in Designing a High Performance Organization Introduction Mount Cedar Technologies, Inc., aka Cedar Tech, is an IT infrastructure integrator specializing in hardware and software products, storage and security solutions, and technical services to Enterprise, Small and Medium Businesses, and to Government, Educational, and Medical Institutes. Cedar Tech is located in Los Angeles, California and was founded in August 1995 by John Curtis and Frank Mathew who were longtime friends and classmates. The company was originally an importer and distributer of computer cables, audio/video cables, surge protectors, and a host of computer accessories. In the fall of 1998, Cedar Tech added new products to its offering when it became a provider of third party technology, including hardware, software, and services to corporate customers. Its new product offerings included computer and networking accessories, computers, peripherals, printers, displays, printer consumables and software. Cedar Tech evolved again in March of 2000 when it acquired Denta Solutions of Los Angeles, a small solutions provider, specializing in IT storage. Cedar Tech has rapidly grown from 6 employees in 1995 to 170 employees in 2006; however the company lacks organizational culture...
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... both Ontela and its direct customers—wireless carriers, who wants to decrease churn and increase average revenue per user. Qualitative Study Persona Analysis Persona Age Gender Household Occupation Tech. Aptitude Sarah 42 Female Three children Parent LOW (Email, Google, and occasionally IM that were set up for her) Mindset Product Usage Customer Needs No interest in new technologies Move pictures to free up camera memory • Simplicity • Speed Steve 27 Male Single Real Estate Agent MEDIUM (Uses email at work but prefers the traditional way in doing business) Passive in updating technologies Send pictures directly to clients • Simplicity • Convenience Regina 16 Female Single Student HIGH (Actively uses social media and email to share information) Used to new technologies Share pictures with friends • Greater Control • Convenience & Speed Hu 2 Target Customer Segment Based...
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...Abstract This study aims to advance our understanding of motivation at work and examines its effects on intrapraneurship and competitive performance in the high tech companies by reinterpreting the existing literature regarding motivation and conducting an empirical study to see the relationship. 1. Motivation in the Workplace 1.1. Work Motivation 1.2.1. Its Definition and Importance Motivation, in its broadest sense, is the force that drives behaviour. It is the act of stimulating someone or oneself to get desired course of action, push the right button to attain desired goals. Motivation is the reason for people to do a specific behaviour or make a decision. Each decision or choice has its own set of determinants, only employee motivation in the work context and its impacts will be elaborated in this paper. Motivation is always a goal-oriented process. It is a crucial factor in the accomplishment of company goals; by work motivation, employees are induced and energized towards company goals through a specific way. As Craig Pinder stated in his book “Work motivation in organizational behaviour” in 1998, work motivation is a set of energetic forces that originate both within as well as beyond an individual’s being, to initiate work-related behaviour and to determine its form, direction, intensity, and duration. Motivation at work is a crucial determinant of work performance. In general, productivity depends on 3 things: resources...
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...Although technology has brought learning to life for many students, it also presents challenges. Technology use is changing how people communicate and learn, how they approach learning and how they process information. But I think there are three reasons to worry. Reason one, the technology will be unevenly distributed, meaning that the gap between rich, poor and young, old will actually widen. In today’s academic world, a very noticeable gap exists between the technology teacher’s use in their lesson plans and the level of technological experience most students have. And in most cases, the students come out on top. From social media to computers, students are more ahead of most of their teachers and this may cause many problems when teachers try to both engage their students in the material and stay ahead of their ability to learn. It's true that some teachers have an excellent understanding of technology, but a large percentage of teachers—even young teachers—are lagging behind, technologically speaking, when compared to their students. Even as technology becomes more affordable and internet access seems increasingly ubiquitous, a “digital divide” between rich and poor remains. The rich and educated are still more likely than others to have good access to digital resources. For children in low-income school districts, inadequate access to technology can hinder them from learning the tech skills that are crucial to success in today’s economy. Reason two; Technology...
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...Venture capital flows to tech startups Tech investors at the iHub offices at Bishop Magua Centre on Ngong Road, Nairobi. Stephen Mudiari | Nation By JEVANS NYABIAGE jnyabiage@ke.nationmedia.com Posted Monday, November 8 2010 at 16:00 In Summary * Equity financiers scout for buyouts in Kenya as mobile and internet spur innovation Kenya’s tech environment is bustling with innovations driven by mobile telephony and strong entrepreneurial spirit, but access to capital remains a major constraint. This has created a magnet of venture capitalists in Kenya seeking to fund tech startups. Venture Capitalists are investors who scout for promising startups and small businesses with potential for huge profits. Venture Capital funds make money by owning equity in the companies they invest in. Mr Brian Hirman, a co-founder of eVA Fund, says Nairobi is recording high growth of start-ups in digital, ICT, web and mobile. “There’s a lot of entrepreneurship also motivated by Kenyan whiz kids who have studied in the US or Europe. There are lots of bright people with strong digital business ideas,” says Mr Hirman, whose fund has invested in Kenyan tech start-ups. Pitching for cash On October 18, 2010, at the Ihub incubation centre, five venture capital funds listened to pitches from eight startups. The forum was organised by the Kenya ICT Board as follow-up to the $3 million in content grants funded by the World Bank. The Venture Capitalists, or VCs, on the panel were eVA Fund, Fanisi...
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...film (Snow White), the first ‘4-D’ feature film (Captain E/O starring Michael Jackson), and the world’s first fully-interactive ‘themed park’ (Disneyland). This ‘company of firsts’ highlights the importance of an organization staying true to its mission statement while pushing above and beyond, breaking new ground with bold, visionary ideas. But Disney is not done. The Disney Company doesn’t rest on its laurels; and there are still new frontiers to discover in this illustrious company. Having developed new advancements in entertainment, Disney now points its mouse-ears further into scientific research. The Walt Disney Company is proud to unveil plans for a new Science and Technology division – a division designed to research and develop high technology products and inventions, introducing customers to new sights and wonders, and bringing these advancements to existing entertainment platforms. Disney executives feel that technology is still a vast...
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...1. How was Samsung able to go from copycat brand to product leader? Samsung was able to go from copycat brand to product leader by using a “new product development” strategy (Kotler and Armstrong, p.261). According to Kotler/Armstrong new product development is defined as the development of original products, product improvements, product modification, and new brand through the firm’s own product development. In 1993, the CEO and chairperson, Lee Kung Hee decided to revamp the company’s management because he was not content to remain the best of the knock-off brands. Rather, he set high goals (to become the biggest consumer electronics company and to surpass Sony) and established a strategic plan to accomplish those goals. Samsung accomplished its goals in less than two decades. The first step that he took was idea generation. He hired a “fresh new crop” of young designers to produce new ideas that could get the company in the direction that he wanted it. Sleek, bold and beautiful products were the aim so that they could target high-end users to the company. Next idea screen was also implemented in the development stage. Each product had to pass the “Wow” test otherwise; it would have to go back to the drawing board for further improvement Samsung then went a step further by testing new product concepts. From Blu-Ray players that changed colors, Eco-fit monitors with transparent stands that gave the appearance of a floating monitor, to a small Pebble MP3 player that...
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...right talent is critical to a company’s success. For tech companies, the process is even more critical since it’s the knowledge, skills, and abilities of their employees that determines these companies’ efficiency, innovation, and ultimately, financial achievements. Modis, a global provider of IT staffing and recruiting, has an interesting philosophy about searching for talented tech types. As pressure has mounted on businesses to find qualified employees, the search for the “perfect” candidate has become increasingly competitive. This company calls this “search for perfection the quest for the ‘purple squirrel’”. Sometimes you have to realize that, like the purple squirrel, the “perfect” candidate isn’t available or doesn’t exist. But that doesn’t mean you don’t try to find the best available talent. How do some of the big tech names spot talent? For “mature” tech companies like IBM, Microsoft, and Hewlett-Packard (H-P), the challenge can be especially difficult since they don’t have the allure of start-ups or the younger, “sexier” tech companies. So these businesses have to “pour on the charm.” Take IBM, for instance. After its Watson computer beat two former Jeopardy champions in a televised match, the company hauled the machine to Carnegie Mellon, a top school, where students got a chance to challenge the computer. IMB’s goal: lure some of those students to consider a career at IBM. H-P is using the pizza party/tech talk approach at various schools trying to lure younger...
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...14: QI-TECH A Chinese Technology Company For Sale About the case: The case describes QI-TECH, a Chinese manufacturer of precision coordinate measurement machines. A foreign investor that hold 50% of Qi-Tech must negotiate a sale with its Chinese partner and a potential buyer (a large Western measurement machine company). For this purpose the foreign investor must value the joint venture and develop a viable deal structure and negotiation strategy. Something about CMM Technology – the product Coordinate Measurement Machines (CMM) were used widely in the aerospace industry and other industries such as automotive and electronic for quality control purposes. CMMs represented about 25% (US$ 600 million) of the world market for measurement instruments. CMMs cost between US$ 50,000 – US$ 500,000 depending on size of parts they could measure, speed of measurement and precision. The measurement accuracy of a Qi-Tech’s most popular (Zoo3” CMM machine was 2.5 µm (1 micron = 1 millionth of a meter). A CMM generally consisted of four elements: stationery devices, including a massive granite worktable; moving elements; electrical parts; and a controller. The players Indivers BV was a Dutch holding company that had been established by Twaalfhoven who had built a business around the manufacture of aircraft engine parts in the 1970s. Overtime, Twaalfhoven had made several investments in high-tech startups to participate in the exciting growth opportunities for high technology...
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...yet skilled English speaking labor. IBM is one of these companies and has seen great success in India in the past decades. IBM’s Indian subsidiary now earns 30% of the company’s total revenue, but recent changes in both India and IBM present a new set of challenges for the company’s continued presence in India. This paper seeks to identify these challenges and offer potential solutions to how IBM can continue to grow their highly profitable operations in India. Vivek Sahay Roni Sims Hank Scurry Nidhi Prakash Spoorthi Purumala India Overview With the world’s fourth largest GDP in purchasing power parity and second largest population base, India has been a popular market in the past two decades, particularly in the IT sector. The country has undergone a lot of growth in the past century. After becoming independent from British rule in 1947, the subcontinent underwent a period of violence, including two wars with Pakistan and one with China. The last war ended in 1971; however, tensions with both the countries remain high. Notably all the three countries in the subcontinent are nuclear capable as well. Economic reforms in 1991 have spurred a great deal of investment in India. Economic growth slowed in 2011 caused by inflation, high interest rates and general concern over the government’s commitment to economic reform. Recent reform measures have restored some growth in the country, but investors remain...
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...For the exclusive use of V. THANGAMANI KEL158 Revised May 8, 2009 MARK JEFFERY A&D High Tech (B): Managing Scope Change After successfully planning and organizing the A&D High Tech online store project, project manager Chris Johnson was promoted to vice president of e-business. Eric Robertson returned from his leave and assumed the position he had left as the project manager for the online store. In late summer 2003, Johnson began hearing whispers from his colleagues that the project was in trouble. On August 20, CIO Matt Webb frantically approached Johnson in his office. He had just fired Robertson and wanted Johnson to serve as the interim project manager. For more than three months, Robertson had told Webb that the project was on track, but suddenly he changed course and told Webb that he “guessed” it would be at least one month late and that costs would overrun by more than 20 percent. This was hardly acceptable, since it was imperative that the project be completed in time for the holiday shopping season. The project had strategic importance to the company and was integral to its holiday promotion strategy. Webb explained to Johnson that there was an additional challenge: the vice president of marketing wanted to create “promotional bundles” for the holiday season. Promotional bundles are a collection of items bundled together and sold at a lower cost than if the items were purchased individually. A&D’s trial promotions with some retailers had shown...
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...Hidden Costs of Outsourcing Avoid surprises. Uncover, measure and mitigate hidden costs. Info-Tech Research Group 1 Introduction IT leaders report that hidden costs in outsourcing add an average of 25% to the price of the engagement. Understand the hidden costs of outsourcing and take steps to mitigate them. This Research Is Designed For: This Research Will Help You: Business and IT leaders seeking to minimize the unanticipated costs of outsourcing. Predict the magnitude of the hidden costs of outsourcing to get a better sense of the total cost picture. CIOs and other IT leaders assessing the costs of an impending outsourcing project. Manage your outsourcing engagement to reduce hidden costs and increase your net benefit. IT leaders selecting a vendor for an outsourcing engagement. IT leaders responsible for managing outsourcing engagements. Decrease hidden costs both for contracts that are already signed, as well as contracts that are up for review or renewal. Both cloud-based and traditional outsourcing arrangements (Info-Tech considers cloud computing a form of outsourcing). Info-Tech Research Group 2 Executive Summary Info-Tech research shows that there are seven types of costs that IT leaders fail to anticipate at least 20% of the time. The seven types fit into four higher-level cost categories. Info-Tech recommends strategies for avoiding each hidden cost. Costs related to transitioning into the engagement:...
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