| | [uber] – HOW A TECHNOLOGY FIRM IS changing the traditional transportation model | | By Mark Boeckel, Brent Sprunger, Kevin Smith, and Emily WorkMarch 6th, 2012 | Executive Summary Uber is an App-Powered on-demand car service provider for smart phones. Notwithstanding its very unique name, investors have begun to take note of Uber during the past year as it has stolen market share from traditional transportation companies. We will analyze the value proposition of its technology
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Business – Subba Rao 3.0.2 Strategic management 100 Marks Course Content 1. Strategic Management Process: Vision, Mission, Goal, Philosophy, Policies of an Organization. 2. Strategy, Strategy as planned action, Its importance, Process and advantages of planning Strategic v/s Operational Planning. 3. Decision making and problem solving, Categories of problems, Problem solving skill, Group decision making, Phases indecision making. 4. Communication, Commitment and performance, Role of the leader
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MARKETING MIX ELEMENTS OF RETAIL PETROL OUTLETS Australian retail petrol outlets all essentially provide the same products to the customer whether the service stations are privately owned and operated or managed under agreements with the supplying oil companies such as BP, Shell, Caltex, Mobil etc. The difference is in their ability to position themselves in the market as having an understanding of their target markets needs, wants and desires and delivering on these to create customer satisfaction
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on subjective criteria, realised only £44,000, whereas its 3G auctions in 2001 realised a staggering £22.3 billion. But UK's polity did not bicker with the advantage of hindsight. It was considered as part of evolution. In India too, 3G auctions were conducted, netting Rs 1 lakh crore for the government and there has been no controversy over that. When Centaur hotel was sold in auction by Arun Shourie, the buyer resold it subsequently at a huge profit. Therefore, just the fact that there was
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Objectives of Pricing Pricing Techniques Categories of Pricing Methods New Product Pricing Policies Product Mix Pricing Strategies Product Line Pricing Five geographical strategies Pricing in Practices Two-Part Tariff with Two Consumers Bundling in Practice Pricing science Pricing of Multiple Products Products with Interrelated/Interdependent Demand Pricing Practices in Market Economy 25 Theories To Get You Started Arbitrage pricing theory Cost-of-production theory of value Multiple-product Pricing Multi-product
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Pricing as an Element of the Marketing Mix THE COMMERCIAL EXCHANGE Although people often think of marketing as synonymous with advertising or salesmanship, it is actually much broader. Marketing consists of the full range of activities involved in facilitating commercial exchanges and having all of these activities be guided by a concern for customer needs. The central idea here is that of the commercial exchange (see Figure 1.1). This is where a seller provides a product to a buyer
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During the presentation, all participants will be in a listen-only mode. Afterwards, we will conduct a question-and-answer session. As a reminder, this conference is being recorded, Thursday, February 6, 2014. I would now like to turn the conference over to Randy Arickx, Executive Director of Communications and Investor Relations. Please go ahead, sir. Randy Arickx - IR: Thanks, Operator. Good morning and thank you for joining us as we review the GM Financial results for the 2013 calendar year. A
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Chapter 1 The Evolution of the Modern Firm Chapter Contents 1) Introduction 2) The World in 1840 • Doing Business in 1840 • Conditions of Business in 1840: Life Without a Modern Infrastructure Example 1.1: The Emergence of Chicago 3) The World in 1910 • Doing Business in 1910 Example 1.2: Responding to the Business Environment: The Case of American Whaling • Business Conditions in 1910: A "Modern" Infrastructure Example 1.3: Evolution of the
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Chapter 2 E-Marketplaces: Structure, Mechanisms, Economics, and Impacts Learning Objectives Upon completion of this chapter, you will be able to: 1. Define e-marketplaces and list their components. 2. List the major types of electronic markets and describe their features. 3. Describe the types of intermediaries in EC and their roles. 4. Describe electronic catalogs, shopping carts, and search engines. 5. Describe the various types of auctions and list their characteristics. 6. Discuss
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EXCEL MODELING AND ESTIMATION IN CORPORATE FINANCE Third Edition CRAIG W. HOLDEN Max Barney Faculty Fellow and Associate Professor Kelley School of Business Indiana University Copyright © 2008 by Prentice Hall, Inc., Upper Saddle River, New Jersey 07458 To Kathryn, Diana, and Jimmy. Contents iii CONTENTS Preface ..................................................................................... vii Third Edition Changes .............................................
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