strategy+business ISSUE 64 AUTUMN 2011 How to Be a Truly Global Company Many multinational business models are no longer relevant. Skillful companies can integrate three strategies — customization‚ competencies‚ and arbitrage —into a better form of organization. BY C.K. PRAHALAD AND HRISHI BHATTACHARY YA REPRINT 11308 features global perspective 1 How to Be a Truly Global Company by C.K. P r a ha lad a nd H r ish i Bhat t acha r y ya Photo illustration by Holly Lindem
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Lincoln Electric Company‚ 1996 Background The Lincoln Electric Company is a leading manufacturer of arc-welding and cutting products. Founded by John C. Lincoln in 1895‚ Lincoln Electric began its business with the design of electric motors. John’s younger brother‚ James‚ joined the company in 1909 as a salesman. Almost twenty years after founding the company‚ John C. Lincoln decided to concentrate on being an engineer and inventor‚ and turned the duties of running the company to his brother
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of the business: Dawson Lumber Company Nature of the business: Wholesale Lumber Business Marketing Analysis: The Dawson Lumber Company was founded in the 1870s by the Dawson family to market the lumber on their land. In 1950‚ Dawson Lumber owned four small lumber yards in the Corn wall area‚ each operating as a separate company. However‚ in 1965‚ J.H. Dawson became president and amalgamated the four companies into the Dawson Lumber Company. The company had acquired seven more lumber yards
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A brief history of the company. The Korean-based company Samsung was founded on March 1st‚ 1938 by Byung Chull Lee who instilled some of the first concepts into Samsung’s corporate culture. Byung pressed to continuously pursue innovation and accept new challenges. This is some of the founding spirit that still resonates in Samsung’s corporate culture today. The company started off with humble beginnings with consolidated interests in agricultural products and insurance. Sugar was
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something remarkable‚ she started a big company that’s called 23andme. 23andme is a company that’s relatively new so not many people know about it. 23andme was founded april of 2006. the company was founded by no other than anne. it was her bright mind that had the idea for granting people knowledge of themselves. ’’ Anne Wojcicki thinks we should know more about ourselves’’(woicki) anne said herself “data solves problems”( wojcicki ).
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Hewlett-Packard Company Hewlett-Packard Company is founded January 1‚ 1939. Bill Hewlett and Dave Packard is the partner. They decide the company’s name with a coin toss. Their company built in a Palo Alto garage. The company’s first product was an audio oscillator. One of HP’s first customers was Walt Disney Studios‚ which purchased eight oscillators to develop and test an innovative sound system for the movie Fantasia. HP steadily expands its European operations. Therefore‚ the company establishes
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The Coca-Cola Company | MGT-100 | Joanne Rupe Subject: MGT 100 | Word Count: 3291 | Due Date: 27.11.2012 | Table of Contents 1. Introduction 5 2. Mintzberg Roles 6 2.1 Entrepreneur 6 2.2 Leader 6 2.3 Figurehead 6 3. Henri Fayol – Principles 7 3.1 Initiative 7 3.2 Equity 7 3.3 Unity of Direction 7 4. Weber – Principles 8 4.1 Division of Labour 8 4.2 Promotion and Selection based on Merit 8 5. Building Blocks of Competitive Advantage 9 5.1 Efficiency 9
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iA Limited Liability Company (LLC) is a business structure allowed by state statute. LLCs are popular because‚ similar to a corporation‚ owners have limited personal liability for the debts and actions of the LLC. Other features of LLCs are more like a partnership‚ providing management flexibility and the benefit of pass-through taxation. Owners of an LLC are called members. Since most states do not restrict ownership‚ members may include individuals‚ corporations‚ other LLCs and foreign entities
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1.0 Introduction& Background of Company JT International Berhad is the Malaysia division of Japan Tobacco International and the third largest tobacco company in Malaysia. JTI Berhad produces the cigarette brands likes Winston‚ Mild Seven‚ Camel and more. For the fiscal year ended December 31‚ 2009‚ its total net sales amounted to RM1‚158.2 million and profit before tax of RM143.6 million. The headquarters located in Menara Manulife‚ Damansara Heights‚ Kuala Lumpur. JTI Berhad has nine Sales State
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Chemical Company There are a number of factors with Whirland Chemical Company that raise concern and increase the audit risk of this company. We will go over the major concerns one by one‚ and then determine the level of audit risk we are willing to accept on this engagement. * a) b) * First of all‚ we are auditing Whirland for the first time. Because this is the first time we are auditing Whirland‚ a lot of research has to be done on the operations of the company. We need to
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