Case Study Porter

exclusive of slime molds and oomycetes, is well defined and supported as “true fungi,” a kingdom-level taxon (Barr 1992; Bruns et al. 1993; Baldauf et al. 2000; Keeling et al. 2000). Historically fungi have been compared with plants and included in the study of botany. Contemporary studies, however, indicate that members of Kingdom Fungi are most closely related to animals, not plants, possibly through a choanoflagellate-like ancestor (Barr 1992; Baldauf and Palmer 1993; Wainright et al.…

forma e dirigirem suas cadeias de suprimentos de forma mais competitiva. Nesse sentido, a Tecnologia da Informação (TI), mais precisamente a Internet, adquire papel de destaque na aquisição de vantagem competitiva por parte das empresas; já em 1985 Porter e Millar (1985) citam que a TI participa da cadeia de valor e transforma a forma como as atividades de valor são executadas e as transformações na natureza das ligações entre elas. Essa transformação não só afeta o escopo…

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para o autor há quatro tipos de ambientes, cada qual com diferentes implicações sobre a definição da estrutura organizacional: (1) Homogêneo e estável, (2) Heterogêneo e estável, (3) Homogêneo e dinâmico e (4) Heterogêneo e dinâmico. De acordo com Porter (1986:p.49) há três estratégias genéricas que servem de base para a formulação de estratégias mais específicas e apropriadas: (1) estratégia de liderança em custo (enfatiza a eficiência), (2) estratégia de diferenciação (enfatiza a…

taking into account in the management of firms embedded in strategic networks, the latter’s implications for firm conduct and performance. It focusses on a Brazilian company that is the leader in the iron ore business - Cia Vale do Rio Doce - using case study methodology and new conceptual tools for strategic assessment from a relational perspective. Based on bibliographic, documental and empirical research, it shows how this perspective can provide new valuable insights for the…

in organizations is the classification of information to be generated knowledge to the business of the organization. Through a methodology and metrics of knowledge management will be presented a case study in what is shown every stage of the process of extraction of knowledge. The case study is a case of managing revenues. A management of revenue made through targets and monitoring of results with projections through processes of transformation and updating of data. V LISTA…

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the 15th centuries. Included in the descriptive techniques of Roman wall painting found in Vitruvius’ De Architectura and in Pliny The Elder’s Naturalis Historia are some characteristics and various uses of certain pigments. The well known medieval study of technology, the Mappae Clavicula, was produced around1130 A.D. and in addition to containing the first recipe for soap, these manuscripts include procedures for the making and mixing of pigments (Smith et al.). Other well known…

Paulo Antonio Francisco F. de Castilho Mninistério Público Federal Francisco José Breda IPEN-CNEN/SP E-mail: ricardocmoreira@hotmail.com, valdicev@uol.com.br, melena@usp.br, affcf@sucessusp.com.br, kikobreda@uso.br Abstract The objective of this study is to discuss the competitive strategies of the transnational companies in the productive chains of the food industry, considering the global competition and due to the progressive expansion of the distribution chains of the transnational…

executives’ ability in perceiving the value and effects of IT investments in businesses. In this article, Brazilian and North-American banking executives perceptions are analyzed with regard to IT effects in the strategic organizational variables. The study points out the similarity of perception among Brazilian and North-American executives as well as among executives of IT areas and other areas. Four variables affected by IT are the main determinants of competitiveness in the…