History Komatsu Limited, a Japanese organization, was founded in 1921 as a specialized producer of mining equipment. The founder of the organization, Mr. Takcuchi, had two important requirements for management; overseas orientation, and user orientation. He also recognized that exporting was an ...

E-commerce an IntroductionIn the broadest sense, electronic commerce (e-commerce), is the buying and selling of products and services over the Internet. It has included the handling of purchase transactions and funds transfers over computer networks. According to the Forrester Research Study "Sizing...

SECTION 1: Salient Problem: Low market presence in the growing poultry industry Chicken industry analysts in 2000 believed that the market for fresh poultry had peaked whereas sales of prepared and frozen chicken products were expected to continue to grow at a healthy rate. Perdue's growth ...

Overview (Executive Summary) The market for desktop teleconferencing solutions is poised to take off, fueled by the continuing declines in cost, improvements in quality, and the need for business solutions configured as personal computer add-on devices. Although all segments of the videoconferencing...

At Nextel Communications we deliver quality cellular services and products to the local and national retail market. All of our cellular phones are manufactured by Motorola. Our cellular service differs from competitors. Other cellular phone companies share each others towers and charge roaming fe...

1) To offer some features of the website, the manager must choose between hiring a set of dedicated professionals (e.g., system administrator, maintenance programmer, copywriter/editor, designer, and webmaster) and outsourcing these functions. If the manager makes the human...

IKEA Report - Business Consultants - Group M4 Word Count: ~2950 As a group of business consultants we were asked to assist IKEA with the development of their strategy, the following are our written findings. This report is focused on three main areas: v Identifying the key factors that h...

Case Study Xelibri: A Siemens Mobile Adventure Introduction The following analysis is concerned with the introduction of a new range of handsets, Xelibri, which was introduced by Siemens. In order to establish ourselves we will begin by giving a very...

Business Overview Industry Overview Industry Characteristics People have been eating yogurt for at least 4000 years; however, the origin of yogurt is unknown. Today yogurt is part of the dairy food group as illustrated in the food guide pyramid. It is suggested that people have 2-3 serving...

Manufacturing companies all have logistics problems. These days,those are most often fixed through a combination of recognizing where thelogjams are located, and applying a generally high-tech solution. The tencompanies profiled below all demonstrate this combination.RCA/Thomson Consumer Ele...

Executive SummaryThe Coca-Cola Company is the largest manufacturer, distributor and marketer of nonalcoholic beverage concentrates and syrups in the world. Since 1886, sold in the United States, are now sold in more than 200 countries and include the leading soft drink products in most of these coun...

"Planning: Getting Off On the Right Foot" - Linda MohrIn the presentation given by Linda Mohr, she introduced different ideas and concepts on how to start off a business on the right track. She gave several ideas to think about before entering a venture. Self assessment and the reality of what it ...

web advertising Web Advertising Web advertising, not to mention the Internet itself, finds itself in a stage of relative infancy and therefore provides marketers with novel challenges and situations which need to be dealt with caution . The realm of Web advertising is unchartered terri tory! In t...

NATCOINTRODUCTIONNATCO is an acronym for the initial’s National Confectionery Co. It is a very popular brand name in England, which tries to satisfy the needs of the Asian community it is often mistaken that NATCO is the name of the company; but this is not true. NATCO is only a brand name for...

Web advertising, not to mention the Internet itself, finds itself in a stage of relative infancy and therefore provides marketers with novel challenges and situations which need to be dealt with caution . The realm of Web advertising is unchartered terri tory! In terms of South Africa, the country f...