Traditionally the studies on the promotion of human rights and the investigations into violation of human rights had centered around the countries and their governments (Meyer 1996). But the growing clout of MNCs in the global affairs made them an important stakeholder in the promotion of human rights around the world. Globalization has accentuated the […]
INTRODUCTION Logistics refers to the management of the flow of resources between the place of origin and the place of their final utilization with the intention of meeting some purposes. Smooth operation of logistics function is important for the proper working of a firm. Effective logistics management is more important for large businesses which source […]
Introduction Globalization is the latest buzzword that has dominated the global business for the greater part of the last two decades. Forces like the progressive globalization of trade and finance have reshaped the global economy which surpassed the peak levels that were reached during the pre-World War I period. Academic researchers have tried to define […]
DESCRIPTION This project is to understand the suitability and application of Indian fabric material for the manufacture of western apparel and accessories. The attitude of consumers regarding such innovative apparel concept will be empirically studied. An attempt will be made to understand the potentiality and expected acceptability of Indian customers to such fusion clothing. An […]
Introduction Companies can employ a limitless number of competitive strategies as the strategic approach of the company entails custom-designed approaches which can fit the company’s own circumstances and the conditions which are prevalent in the market. However, the major differences among the competitive strategies adopted by companies boil down to (1) whether the company is […]
The idea of value chain was first mooted by Michael Porter in the year 1980 to show how customer value is created over a chain of activities that conclude with the production of the end product/service. Porter’s value chain consists two major categories of business activities, viz. primary and secondary activities. Primary activities like inbound […]
In the year 1979, Micheal Porter came up with a five forces of the competitive position model which provides a simple perspective or analyzing the competitive strength of a business organization or industry in general. According to Porter (1979) there are five forces that shape the competition in any industry, viz. threat of new entrants, […]
INTRODUCTION TO SWOT ANALYSIS SWOT Analysis: Stands for “strength, weaknesses, opportunities and threats.” It can be done to find out the organizations “strengths and weaknesses and opportunities and threats” that may affect the organization in the external environment. (Thompson and Martin 2010b). It takes the gathering of data and analyzing all the data of all […]
INTRODUCTION The depletion of the fossil fuels around the world and the improvements in the technology behind the electric cars is making both the regulators and consumers to see Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) as the cars of the future. Electric vehicles are also inexpensive to run and have lesser maintenance expenditure than the conventional cars. […]
Introduction While the Porter’s five forces model is used to analyze the competitive forces that are shaping the industry, PESTEL analysis is a tool that is used to analyze the external forces that impact the performance of a company or an industry. Apart from the industry level factors, the performance of a company or any […]
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Local Health Centres (LHDs) form the basis of the health care system in Australia by providing all basic health care facilities at a fair price to the Australian consumers. LHDs provide a range of healthcare services like mental, cancer care, maternity, oral health, etc. Maintaining a good supply of healthcare workers is crucial […]
Meaning of a Project Every business organization needs to do a number of tasks in the course of their operation. Most companies have a set of pre-defined strategies to guide the organization in achieving its long-term objectives. Long-term strategies are generally framed once in a decade and cannot be altered easily. But organizations also need […]
Executive Summary Project management deals with the planning, organizing, coordinating and directing of the organization’s scarce resources to achieve a specific goal. Every company has a number of projects running at a given point of time. The success of any project is dependent upon the knowledge, skills, and abilities of its managers. In the given […]
Information system refers to any system that is made of people and computers that processes and deduces information. Since all the major companies no longer process information manually, information systems play a key supporting role which is similar to Human Resources and Finance. No wonder, many companies now have a Chief Information Officer (CIO) to […]
Introduction Amazon is one of the most successful businesses in the recent past. The company has pioneered the business model of selling goods online to the customers on a scale that was never seen before. It has initially started selling books online to the customers. Using the data that was collected from selling books online; […]