...Strategic Plan, Part One A Way out Women’s Crisis & Family Outreach Center is a non-profit business organization. The author would like to develop and start this organization in the near future. This paper serves as a preliminary business plan. The organization’s services and customers are defined within the mission statement. The vision clearly states the direction the organization hopes to achieve in the future. The principals and values are defines as they relate to social responsibility, ethics and the organization’s culture. The conclusion analyzes how our mission, vision, and values that guide our strategic direction and how the organization addresses the needs of whom we aim to serve. Mission A Way Out Women's Shelter and Crisis Center is as support based family shelter that thrives to help our communities STOP domestic violence and sexual assault. In the process, it is our desire to help clients within our communities that wish to create better lives for themselves and their children. Our Crisis center provides quality residential and non- residential services to woman and children who are victims of domestic and sexual violence. The Way out Woman Shelter and Crisis Center is a non-profit, 501(c) (3) organization comprised of members throughout the state of Arkansas and services Pulaski, Faulkner, Saline Counties and rural communities as well who share the conviction that violence to women and children is preventable. The center is centrally located to serve those...
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...OWBO-2014-02 Opportunity Title: Opportunity Category: CFDA Numbers: Women’s Business Center Renewal Grant Discretionary 59.043 Funding Properties Instrument Type: Activity Category: Category Explanation: Cooperative Agreement Business and Commerce None Synopsis Dates Posting Date: Close Date: Archive Date: Close Date Explanation: February 7, 2014 March 24, 2014 April 24, 2014 None Agency Contact for Electronic Access Problems Agency Contact: U.S. Small Business Administration Office of Women’s Business Ownership (OWBO) (202) 205-6673 owbo@sba.gov E-mail box for SBA’s OWBO E-Mail Address: E-Mail Description: Eligible Applicants Eligible Applicants: clarification) Others (see text field entitled “Additional Information on Eligibility” for Additional Information on Eligibility Eligibility Explanation: Only private, 501(c)- certified non-profit organizations that are currently in SBA’s WBC program that will have successfully completed an Initial 5year WBC project by September 29, 2014 or those centers that will have successfully completed a 3-year Renewal WBC project by September 29, 2014, will be considered. Agency Name: Award Information Small Business Administration Cost Sharing or Matching Requirement: Yes Expected Number of Awards: Estimated Total Program Funding Award Ceiling: Award Floor: 37 125882 125882 0 Funding Opportunity Text Description: The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has issued Program Announcement No. OWBO-2014-02...
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...A STUDY ON TRAINING AND MICRO CREDIT PROGRAM OF CENTER FOR WOMEN’S RIGHT AND DEVELOPMENT Submitted By: A fieldwork report Submitted to: Shanker Dev Campus Tribhuvan University In partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Bachelor of Business Studies Ramshahpath, Putalisadak, Kathmandu June, 2006 Faculty of Management TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY RECOMMENDATION This is to certify that the fieldwork assignment report Submitted by: Entitled A Study on Training and micro credit and development Program of Center for women right and development Has been prepared as approved by this department. This fieldwork assignment report is forwarded for examination. Supervisor Date… Head of the Dept Shanker Dev Campus ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS While preparing this Fieldwork Report of Centre for women’s Right and Development on Training and Micro credit Programme. I received the kind assistance of many people, most of whom are directly involved in micro credit & Savings program within CWRD and also the borrowers. The names of those whose knowledge helped shape this report writing are...
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...UNIQLO Operations CONTENTS 22 UNIQLO’s Business Model 30 UNIQLO’s Business Strategy 32 UNIQLO Quality 34 UNIQLO International 36 Topics: FAST RETAILING ANNUAL REPORT 2009 21 UNIQLO Business Model One year before launch Development and procurement of materials R&D Proposals Marketing (Sales promotion) (Designers/Pattern makers) Price negotiations Designs Sales promotion plans Samples Materials manufacturer (External) Merchandising Samples Order design sample Production volume guidance Production departments Production planning Takumi Technical guidance Guidance for adjusting production Feedback Customers’ opinions and requests are fed back to merchandising, materials development, production and stores Feedback Quality control/Monitoring of production schedules Six months before launch Partner factories (External) Products arrive at warehouse Warehouse (External) Order guidance Inventory control Place orders Markdown guidance Sales begin Stores and online sales Customer Center Opinions Customers UNIQLO operates a SPA (Specialty store retailer of Private label Apparel) business, which means that its activities are fully integrated from design through production and retailing. Under its SPA business model, UNIQLO controls all stages of the supply process, from development of materials to R&D, design, production, quality control, marketing, sales and inventory adjustments. This makes it possible...
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...Sustainable Growth. VINNOVA´s publications are published at www.VINNOVA.se I VINNOVAs publikationsserier redovisar bland andra forskare, utredare och analytiker sina projekt. Publiceringen innebär inte att VINNOVA tar ställning till framförda åsikter, slutsatser och resultat. Undantag är publikationsserien VINNOVA Policy som återger VINNOVAs synpunkter och ställningstaganden. VINNOVAs publikationer finns att beställa, läsa och ladda ner via www.VINNOVA.se. Tryckta utgåvor av VINNOVA Analys, Forum och Rapport säljs via Fritzes, www.fritzes.se, tel 08-690 91 90, fax 08-690 91 91 eller order.fritzes@nj.se Research on Women´s Entrepreneurship A presentation of the ten projects funded by the programme Contents The Programme: Research on Women’s Entrepreneurship......................... 4 Going into Politics: Female Entrepreneurs as Policy...
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...Journal of Business Studies Quarterly 2010, Vol. 2, No. 1, pp. 65-82 ISSN 2152-1034 Gender Compensation Discrimination: An Exploration of Gender Compensation Gap and the Higher Education Connection Judith E. Grey-Bowen, Miami-Dade County Public Schools Donovan A. McFarlane, The Donovan Society LLC and Frederick Taylor University Abstract The purpose of this paper is to examine the gender gap and the potential factors that contribute to income inequality. Since the passing of the equal pay act, the median weekly earnings of women is still just seventy eight cents on each dollar that men earn (Center for American Progress, 2010). To put this in context, the pay gap in 1970 was sixty two cents and in 1992 it was seventy five cents (Institute for Women’s Research, 1993). Undervaluation of women’s work, occupational gender segregation, and discriminatory treatment in the workplace continue to hamper efforts to reduce the gender pay gap. A pay check is women’s and men’s most important source of income. Therefore, it is surprising, discriminatory and unfair to know that after both genders have worked satisfactorily on the same job; they do not receive the same pay. The gender pay gap is the best way to measure pay inequality between men and women. The authors discuss Gender Compensation Discrimination and examine the historical trends in pay difference, the various causes and the methods and paths considered for closing the Gender Compensation Gap. Key words: Gender Compensation...
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...Fellow, Center for Digital Strategies) of the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth under the supervision of Adjunct Professor Kathleen L. Biro. The case was written as a basis for class discussion and not to illustrate effective or ineffective management practices. Some of the data presented have been disguised and are intended for case use only. The authors gratefully acknowledge the support of the Glassmeyer/McNamee Center for Digital Strategies, which funded the research and development of this case. © 2002 Trustees of Dartmouth College. All rights reserved. For permission to reprint, contact the Center for Digital Strategies at 603-646-0899. Rev. 11/04. Case #6-0014 Victoria’s Secret Amid some of the toughest retail conditions in years, Victoria’s Secret announced a 9% gain in first half-year 2002 sales and a 30% gain in operating income. With huge brand recognition, Victoria’s Secret had well established itself as the leading retailer in women’s lingerie. However, market growth was slowing down and profit margins for the company’s Direct division, which focused on catalogues and Internet sales, had been declining over the past several years. Catalogue production and other mailing costs jumped significantly, and while Internet sales had experienced tremendous growth since the company’s web site launch in 1998, the web also added costs to the business. Company History Leslie Wexner founded the Limited, Inc. in 1963 in Columbus, Ohio with two women’s apparel...
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...leading cashew into the Future Leveraging women’s roles in the Indian cashew processing industry Concept note - February 2016 Background While the cashew industry is taking important steps towards mechanization, negative side effects are that many female workers beyond their 30ies might lose their job with little hope for alternative decent employment. Besides, young people lose interest to work in the cashew processing industry threatening the sector in the long run. Being an important player in the cashew market and in the frame of its Buying into the Future sustainability strategy, Intersnack Procurement (ISP) proposed to its key supplier Rajkumar Impex (RI) to join forces in the commitment to counteract this tendency prejudicial to the cashew sector and their common business. Rajkumar accepted the invitation. Civic stakeholders i.e. ICCO Cooperation, in particular ICCo India, and BoP Innovation Center through the initiative ‘Women as Inclusive Business partners, will be key partners in the design and implementation of the project. Vision Women as Inclusive Business partners in the cashew industry Mission Partners recognize that the - often hidden- potential of women can lead the cashew industry into higher efficiency standards, increased product and processes quality and greater gender equality. To seize this potential and position, project partners envisage a project with a focus on: * Enhancing women’s access and agency to upgrade their position...
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...Week 3 Assignment 1: Business Plan Topic This assignment will discuss the business plan topic for a startup company. The company will be a women’s only clinic. While there are many different women’s clinics, this one in particular will be slightly different. The main goal for this women’s clinic is to be able to see patients who are in need of basic medical attention or checkups and charge them very little to possibly nothing. One of the most common complaints I hear from friends or family members are that they have not had a Pap smear or a physical in years. The main reason for this is they are unable to afford to pay for the services or they do not have insurance. This clinic will offer the basic services to women at a very low charge or none at all. The services that will be free of charge are mammograms, pregnancy tests, cancer screenings, and STD testing. In the event that any of these tests are positive, they would then be referred to a specialist for the specific reason. For example, should a woman test positive for pregnancy, the clinic would help her find an obstetrician and help her apply for Medicaid. Under Texas requirements, if you are a pregnant teen or woman, you could apply and receive Medicaid as long as the other requirements are met. The same would apply to those who test positive for any other screenings. Other services to be included at the clinic are annual exams and contraceptive options. There are several reasons why this clinic would...
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...Senior Research Specialist +966 1 249 7781 mounira.jamjoom@booz.com San Francisco DeAnne Aguirre Senior Partner +1-415-627-3330 deanne.aguirre@booz.com São Paulo Ivan de Souza Senior Partner +55-11-5501-6368 ivan.de.souza@booz.com Shanghai Sarah Butler Partner +86-21-2327-9800 sarah.butler@booz.com Stuttgart Christine Rupp Partner +49-711-34226-916 christine.rupp@booz.com Tokyo Akiko Karaki Senior Associate +81-3-6757-8709 akiko.karaki@booz.com Booz & Company Booz & Company 1 Booz & Company wishes to thank the experts who contributed their valuable time and insights to the Third Billion Index: • Rajnee Aggarwal, President, Federation of Indian Women Entrepreneurs (FIWE) • H.E. Fatima Al Jaber, Chairperson, Abu Dhabi Business Women’s Council • Dr. Haifa Jamal Al-Lail, President, Effat University • Kim Azzarelli, Vice President of New Ventures, Newsweek/Daily Beast Women in the World Foundation • Poyni Bhatt, CAO of SINE (Society for Innovation and Entrepreneurship), IIT Bombay • Cherie Blair, Founder and Patron, Cherie Blair Foundation for Women • Elena Bonometti,...
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...Globo, Little Burgundy, Lōcale and Call it Spring. There are also ALDO outlet, ALDO Kids, ALDO Liquidation, Spring Liquidation, and clearance stores. Canadian, American, and UK stores are corporate stores while international stores are franchisees. The company once operated the now closed or re-branded banners Simard & Voyer, Pegabo, Transit, Stoneridge, and FIRST (Which was the American version of Feetfirst). Statistics: Public Company Incorporated: 1942 Employees: 500 Sales: C$202.14 million (1996) Stock Exchanges: Toronto Montreal Ticker Symbol: AO.A SICs: 2337 Women's, Misses', & Juniors' Suits, Skirts, & Coats; 2321 Men's & Boys' Shirts, Except Work Shirts; 2325 Men's & Boys' Separate Trousers & Slacks; 2329 Men's & Boys' Clothing, Not Elsewhere Classified; 2331 Women's, Misses', & Juniors' Blouses & Shirts; 2335 Women's, Misses', & Juniors' Dresses; 2339 Women's, Misses', & Juniors' Outerwear, Not Elsewhere Classified; 2361 Girls', Children's, & Infants' Blouses & Shirts; 2369 Girls', Children's, & Infants' Outerwear, Not Elsewhere Classified; 2221 Broadwoven Fabric Mills-Manmade Company Perspectives: Algo Group's mission is to be a recognized leader in the fashion industry in Canada, the United States and Europe. We will strive to create strategic alliances with our customers and to consistently meet their expectations with respect to product design, value, and timely and responsive service and support. We will foster an...
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...WOMEN AND LEADERSHIP: THE STATE OF PLAY Deborah L. Rhode and Barbara Kellerman July, 2006 c Some four decades ago, Betty Friedan helped launch the contemporary women’s movement with her publication of The Feminine Mystique. The book famously identified a “problem that has no name”: American women’s confinement to a separate and unequal domestic sphere. One factor contributing to women’s unequal status was their absence from leadership positions. Another aspect of the problem was the lack of cultural consensus that this absence was itself part of the problem, and a matter of social concern. Over the last several decades, we have named that leadership problem and created a cottage industry to address it. Women’s underrepresentation in positions of power generates an increasing array of committees, commissions, consultants, centers, conferences, and commentary such as the essays that follow. Yet while we have made considerable progress in understanding the problem, we remain a dispiriting distance from solving it. I. The Underrepresentation of Women in Leadership Roles The facts are frustratingly familiar. Despite almost a half-century of equal opportunity legislation, women’s opportunities for leadership are anything but equal. To be sure, the situation has improved significantly over this period, particularly if leadership is broadly defined to include informal as well as formal exercises of authority.[i] By that definition, the percentage of women...
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...When thinking about the topics for this assignment the first thing I had to do was analyze the relationship between the entrepreneurs from today and the entrepreneurs from yesteryears. The entrepreneurs from today can learn how to profit and be social responsibility by studying the leading entrepreneurs of the past. Throughout this paper I will analyze leadership styles and major principles for a profit-oriented entrepreneurial approach in which the primary goal to provide a product or service to consumers and to make a profit. Also their major business principles for a social-responsibility oriented entrepreneurial approach in which the primary is goal to make a positive impact on society (people, families, ecology, or similar) while providing a product or service to consumers and to make a profit. This paper will also show what three resources or tools available through the Small Business Administration and SCORE would be the most useful. When thinking of leadership style I would say Blake Mycoskie who is the founder of Toms has an authoritarian or autocratic leadership style. This style is used when leaders tell their employees what they want done and how they want it accomplished, without getting the advice of their followers. Some of the appropriate conditions to use it are when you have all the information to solve the problem, you are short on time, and your employees are well motivated. They have clear expectations for their team's performance, and they communicate...
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...The CASE Journal Volume 5, Issue 2 (Spring 2009) Ann Taylor: Survival in Specialty Retail Pauline Assenza Manhattanville College Alan B. Eisner Lubin School of Business, Pace University Jerome C. Kuperman Minnesota State University Moorhead In the summer of 2008, headlines announced that the declining economy was generating a “wave of retail closures” among many well-known companies, including Home Depot, Pier 1 Imports, Zales, Gap, Talbots, Lane Bryant, and Ann Taylor. The Chief Executive of J.C. Penney’s called the 2008 situation “the most unpredictable environment in his 39-year retail career”. i One industry group forecasted that nearly 6,000 retail stores would close in 2008, a 25 percent increase from the previous year. A representative from the National Retail Federation (NRF) suggested that these businesses should “look at where they’re underperforming and how can they change their operations so that they have a little bit more power in another area, or a little bit more growth potential.” ii Kay Krill, President and CEO of Ann Taylor Stores Corporation (ANN), was already considering this advice. Krill had been appointed President of ANN in late 2004, and succeeded to President/CEO in late 2005 when J. Patrick Spainhour retired after eight years as CEO. At that time, there had been concern among commentators and customers that the Ann Taylor look was getting “stodgy”, and the question was how to “reestablish Ann Taylor as the preeminent brand...
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...MEMORANDUM To: XXXXXX From: XXXXX Date: Subject: Designer Women’s Clothing (DWC) Introduction Advertising and attempting to determine which users have confidence in and how one could act towards services and products can be tough. Designer Women’s Clothing effort is searching a advertising possibility to produce a profile of content-driven sites which can be operated with a reduced operation expense, and provide several hundred thousand user visits monthly, the first "DWC-Web" would concentrate on designer fashions. Marketing Objectives To get information and develop concepts regarding a Fashion Web regarding preferred content, possible advertising hurdles, legalities and insight into control over the fashion web, which may depend greatly on high-income contributors in urban centers for content. Users with the proper attitude and objective to buy a number of designer clothes are required, to meet the exclusive demands of a small company. To create DWC an effective operation, management - the company’s leaders - have concentrated on areas which are important to meeting the company goals. They are operations including although not restricted to: output, advertising, efficiency, quality problems, sales, transportation functions, worker satisfaction and most importantly security. Methodology To address the advertising goals, one internal brainstorming session will be held among DWC workers. Group people will first study the DWC-Web...
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