1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910459743303321

Autore

Jenster Per V

Titolo

Market intelligence [[electronic resource] ] : building strategic insight / / Per V. Jenster & Klaus Solberg Søilen

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Frederiksberg, Denmark], : Copenhagen Business School Press

Portland, OR, : International Specialized Book Services [distributor], 2009

ISBN

87-630-9953-5

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (240 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SøilenKlaus Solberg

Disciplina

658.4/72

Soggetti

Marketing - Decision making

Marketing - Management

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Market Intelligence""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Preface""; ""CHAPTER 1 Converging Foundations of Intelligence Analysis""; ""It Depends how you Look at It""; ""Focus of the Analysis""; ""Decisional “Altitude�""; ""Decisional Scope""; ""Customer/Market Scope""; ""Product and Technological Scope""; ""Network Definition""; ""Temporal Dimension""; ""Competitive Battlefield""; ""Academic Perspectives""; ""Conclusion""; ""CHAPTER 2 Strategies for a Competitive Advantage""; ""Seeking a Competitive Advantage""; ""The Organization�s Strategic Options""

""It is not all about Aggression""""Deterrence""; ""Attack Strategies""; ""Defensive Strategies""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER 3 Industry Analysis: Key to Understanding the Competitive Situation""; ""The Importance of Industry Analysis""; ""The Concepts of Industry Analysis""; ""Factors which Influence the Competitive Position""; ""Competitors in the Industry""; ""Buyers (the converse of these factors apply to suppliers)""; ""Entry Barriers""; ""Exit Barriers""; ""Substitutes""; ""Influencers""; ""The Industry and the Macro or External Business Environment""; ""The Life Cycle and the Industry""

""What is the “Industry�?""""Industry Analysis in Practice""; ""Making Sense of a Mass of Information""; ""The Outline Diagrams"";



""Mapping Strategic Groups""; ""Taking a Dynamic View""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER 4 Company Analysis: Assessing Competitive Fitness""; ""Introduction""; ""The Company Analysis""; ""How to Perform a Company Analysis""; ""Why Perform the Company Analysis""; ""Preparing a Strategic Plan""; ""Review of the Strategic Situation""; ""Mergers and Acquisitions (M&As)""; ""Divestments""; ""Analysis of Synergies""; ""REFERENCES""; ""CHAPTER 5 Intelligence Analysis""

""The Need for a Method""""What do we want from Competitor Analysis?""; ""Developing Competitor Profiles""; ""Marketing Diagrams""; ""Portfolio Analysis""; ""Sources of Customer Value: The Value Chain""; ""Benchmarking""; ""Competitor Newsletters""; ""Using Critical Success Factors in Planning""; ""Information Focused on Factors Influencing Strategic Success""; ""An Overview of the Design Process""; ""Designing a Strategic Information System""; ""Step 1: Structure the Design Process""; ""Step 2: Determine the Elements Influencing Success""; ""Step 3: Develop or Review the Strategic Plan""

""Step 4: Identify CSFs""""Step 5: Determine who is Responsible""; ""Step 6: Select Strategic Performance Indicators""; ""Step 7: Development of Reporting Procedures""; ""Step 8: Implement System and Initiate System Use""; ""Step 9: Establish Evaluation Procedures""; ""Conclusion""; ""RERERENCES""; ""CHAPTER 6 Building an Effective Business Intelligence System: Technology and Organizational Structure""; ""Strong Growth in BI Software Market""; ""Integrated Business Intelligence Systems""; ""Real Time Business Intelligence Systems""; ""Organizational Models of Intelligence""

""1. The Special Department Model of Intelligence""



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910451681503321

Autore

Rupp George

Titolo

Globalization challenged [[electronic resource] ] : conviction, conflict, community / / George Rupp

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York, : Columbia University Press, c2006

ISBN

1-283-00812-2

9786613008121

0-231-51135-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (129 p.)

Collana

University seminars/Leonard Hastings Schoff memorial lectures

Altri autori (Persone)

BhagwatiJagdish

ProudfootWayne

WaldronJeremy

Disciplina

305.8009/0511

Soggetti

Cultural pluralism

Globalization - Social aspects

Globalization - Religious aspects

Social conflict

Communities

Gemeinschaft and Gesellschaft (Sociology)

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Conviction in an age of globalization -- Local conflict, global migration -- Globalization and the challenge of inclusive community -- Jagdish Bhagwati : arguing for pluralism -- Jeremy Waldron, secularism and the limits of community -- Wayne Proudfoot : religious convictions and global justice -- Another look at conflict, community, and conviction.

Sommario/riassunto

In Globalization Challenged, George Rupp, president of the International Rescue Committee, outlines the steps necessary to engage the contemporary conflict between traditional religious belief and Western secularism. According to Rupp, the key objective is to build a community that is inclusive without denying the validity of particular commitments. While he acknowledges the threat of "resurgent fundamentalism," Rupp also criticizes secularists who fail to



recognize or acknowledge the role of religion and its ideological equivalents in influencing public policy. All views, he asserts, are subject to comparative appraisal. The challenge is to develop ways to evaluate different approaches responsibly, leading to a greater understanding of one's own convictions as well as the positions of others.Rupp reinforces his critical and theoretical analysis with dramatic accounts of recent events in Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Sudan-places where the International Rescue Committee operates. He then addresses the role of globalization in fueling instability worldwide. Inadequately regulated privatization has compromised health care, education, and social programs in many countries, whereas an inclusive community would encourage a more equitable distribution of resources.Essays by Jagdish Bhagwati, Jeremy Waldron, and Wayne Proudfoot expand Rupp's arguments, and in a final chapter Rupp responds to the issues they raise. Essential reading for anyone who hopes to understand the roots of today's geopolitical tensions, Globalization Challenged asks that we shed our complacency, recognize the legitimate role of conviction, and take actions to shape a more just and inclusive society.