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using the competitive forces and value chain models. Competitive forces: The bargaining power of customers: High In this industry, the power of clients is always rising, due to every time bigger technological demands and great easiness of choice regarding other suppliers of international management and technology consulting. It is necessary to have a huge power of differentiation at a technological level, with an important sense of innovation, regarding what is in accordance to…

text from an important filed in the international relations area, the internationalization of products, the article The impact of geographical indications (PDO and PGI) on the internationalization of agri-food products, written by the Department of Economics of the University of Florence, in Italy, analyzes the impact of Geographical Indications (PDO and PGI) on the internationalization process of some small-medium scale agri-food products from Tuscany (Italy). The department show…

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research”, Production and Operation Management, Vol. 4, Nº 3, Verão, pp. 277-306. Ahire, S.L. e Golhar, D.Y. (1996), “Quality Management in Large Versus Small Firms”, Journal of Small Business Management, Vol. 34, Nº 2, Abril, pp. 1-13. Ahmed, A.M., Yang, J.B. e Dale, B.G. (2003), “Self-Assessment Methodology: the Route to Business Excellence”, The Quality Management Journal, Vol. 10, Nº 1, pp. 43-57. Ashmore, G. M. (1992), ”Better information means better quality”, Journal of…

value in the highly competitive personal computer industry, by innovating and forging a path considerably different from those of the largest competitors in the industry, successfully differentiating its products from those of the competition by choosing to focus on quality, design elegance, and superior customer service, while outsourcing actual manufacturing to trusted original equipment manufacturers. Yet, despite the advantages Apple has created for itself, the stiff competition…

análise estratégica, a escolha estratégica e a implementação e controlo da estratégia. BIBLIOGRAFIA 1. Porter, M. (1989), Vantagem Competitiva: Criando e Sustentando um Desempenho Superior, 13 rd Ed. Rio de Janeiro, Campus 2. Hall, C. M. (2000), The integrated tourism planning process: dealing with interdependence. In: Hall, C. M. (Ed.), Tourism Planning Polices Processes and Relationships. England, Pearson Education Limited 3. Johnson, G. e Scholes, K. (1999), Exploring Corporate…

(Penrose, 1959: 86) Na discussão sobre as características, funções e os fatores que influenciam o comportamento da firma torna-se imprescindível uma análise fundamentada nas valiosas contribuições da economista Edith Penrose, em The Theory of the Growth of the Firm, de 1959. A propriedade de suas contribuições teóricas não foi devidamente reconhecida pelos ‘teóricos da firma’ e negligenciada por um bom tempo, seja por mera questão metodológica (não- determinística) seja pelo limite do alcance

Starting from 1980s the increasing growth of commercial relationships between firms from different countries has lead to the rise of several multinational companies (MNCs). Generally speaking, a MNC is a company with a global strategy which has its headquarter in the home country and one or more subsidiaries in at least one foreign country. While the majority of MNCs today is from developed countries, in the past decade there has been an increase in number of MNCs from developing…

Research Paper No. 03-38 The Fall of Enron Krishna G. Palepu Paul M. Healy This paper can be downloaded without charge from the Social Science Research Network Electronic Paper Collection:: http://ssrn.com/abstract=417840 The Fall of Enron (Journal of Economics Perspectives, Volume 17, Number 2. (Spring 2003), pp. 3-26 Paul M. Healy and Krishna G. Palepu Paul M. Healy is the James R. Williston Professor of Business Administration and Krishna G. Palepu is the Ross Graham…

Robert E. Ankli 1 University Guelph of Strategic planningas a formal discipline originated the 1960sand in early 1970s.It soonbecamea fad, but faded equallyquicklywhen the promisedsuccesses not materialize[See 3, 13, 14, and 17 for recent did examples]. Japanese success not seem depend planning muchas did to on as it did on quality, corporate national and culture, and management itself[12]. Yet the needfor planning remains, asPeterDruckerreminds for, us: Managementhas no choicebut…