Technological convergence

He says that Western companies think they can avoid political risk by spelling out every detail in a contract, but "in Asia, there is no shortcut for managing the relationship."88 In other words, the contract is in the relationship, not on the paper, and the way to ensure the reliability of the agreement is to nurture the relationship. Even a deal that has been implemented for some time may start to get watered down at a time when you cannot do anything about it. A Japanese-led consortium…

DELL has also invested substantially in building its IT infrastructure in order to create an advance and effective work place. Nonetheless, DELL also prepares its staffs to be IT oriented in performing their jobs, and this enables DELL to stay ahead of their competitors. As observed, DELL’s e-CRM strategies are closely in line with the model of CRM architecture frameworks, which was illustrated in Figure 2. The e-CRM strategy of DELL has begun with customer acquisition, value enhancement and…

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ABSTRACT N-Myristoyltransferase (NMT) is an attractive target for the development of novel antimalarial drugs. In this paper, we report a hologram quantitative structure-activity relationship (HQSAR), a comparative molecular field analysis (CoMFA), and a comparative molecular similarity indices analysis (CoMSIA) studies on a series of benzo[b]thiophene-containing selective inhibitors of plasmodial NMT. Two QSAR models were constructed, one for Plasmodium falciparum NMT and another for Homo…

Vodafone's management has the ability to acquire and merge with other companies while maintaining an effective, low cost, organizational structure. Through their research and development, Vodafone is able to maintain technological leadership in mobile telephony systems. 5. Core Competencies Vodafone's capabilities in management and research and development should also be considered their core competencies because these abilities give them a source of competitive…

1. Introduction The study of the internationalisation process of emerging market multinationals (EMNCs) has gained prominence in the last two decades, this is as a result of the economic growth and transformation witnessed among the emerging markets (EM) in the period. The internationalisation phenomena have resulted in a surge of interest from international business (IB) scholars (Athreye & Kapur, 2009; Hoskisson, Eden, Lau, & Wright, 2000; Hoskisson, Wright, Filatotchev, & Peng, 2013;…

AN OVERVIEW OF TELEMATICS 1.1 INTRODUCTION Telematics established in 1987 and later acquired by Bahri & Mazroei is a provider of Converged Building Systems, which covers ICT Systems (Information and Communication Technology) like Structured Cabling, Data Networks, Telephoning, etc. and ELV (Extra Low Voltage) Systems like Security, Fire, BMS, Guest Room Management Systems and Car Park etc. Telematics has “ISO 9001:2008; ISO 14001:2004 and OHSAS 18001:2007 certification” and it’s arena…

Purpose – Design/Methodology/approach – Drawing on multiple case study approach, this study explores specifically four Nigerian firms from different sector to provide insight into the motivation of location path of Nigerian firms’ internationalisation process Paper type: Research Originality/Value Keywords: Internationalisation, Nigerian firms, multinational firms, internationalisation process, motivations and path Paper type Literature Review/Research paper 1. Introduction The study…

center) of computing power. Maintenance costs of software and hardware were h28m and h16m, respectively. _ Geoban managed the operations and back-office of the group businesses. According to Fuster, Isban was key to reducing IT costs through ‘convergence to a common Group Architecture’. Thus, Santander was able to improve efficiency by taking advantage of economies of scale generated by the global factories. Fuster explained: Corporate projects can be done once for the whole group.…

-1 INTRODUCTION BRAND The word “Brand” owes its origin to the Norwegian word “brand” which means to burn. Farmers used to put some identification mark on the body of the livestock to distinguish their possession. Products are what companies make, but customers buy brands. Therefore marketers resorted to branding in order to distinguish their offeringsfrom similar products and services provided by their competitors. Additionally, it carries an inherent assurance to the customers…