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Online Couponing
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Valupage.com/Media & Entertainment/Marketing Strategy
The traditional, physical couponing is excising price discrimination by selling less to a small segment of price-sensitive customers, such as fulltime housewife and grandma. Because it takes tremendous time and energy to locate newspapers, browse through irrelevant categories, cut clips and redeem coupons, which is the way to differentiate the price-sensitive segment, its redemption rate is very low (less than 2%).
The Internet approach, however, significantly reduces the barriers to utilize coupons by making the experiences handy, quick and more decent (the redemption rate under the online way is a stunning 75%). Therefore, the online approach has indeed transferred the goal of couponing from price discrimination to new customer acquisition from online population and conversion from competitors with even lower cost. |
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Infotitan Services
September 2000 |
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Logistics Optimization in Auto Industry
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non-company-specific/Manufacturing/Supplier Management
Today, most car buyers have shown their interests in special orders (68% in US). This requires carmakers to make dramatic improvement in their mass customization ability by using modularity concepts in production and processes, and managing supply more effectively. Soon the special order luxury will become industry norm as ordinary order.
The channel conflicts, organizational inertia and lack of technology outlooks, among others, are the most difficult impediments. All these requires tremendous changes in the ways a automaker executes its operations, handles its suppliers and channels, educates its employees and regards Internet. |
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Infotitan Services
July 2000 |
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| How to successfully manage local employees for MNCs
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non-company-specific/Manufacturing/Miscellaneous
The analysis discusses the key difficulties and solutions in managing an oversea operation for a multinational corporation.
One of the many factors it touchs on, for example, is Organizational Structure - for foreign investors, the toughest task is to let the local work force take the ownership of the oversea operation and get empowered to contribute. This doesn't mean that we can simply hire a couple of local people as managers and then we would be doing fine. It's the structure that matters. Traditional oversea operations are typical centralized, top-down approaches... |
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Infotitan Services
4 September 2002 |
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Regulatory Business Impacts
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Microsoft/Marketing Strategy
This is an A term paper in discussion of how regulatory forces can have a tremendous impact on corporate America and shape their business strategies. This paper further lists and assess the various levers for business to take advantage of regulatory changes to strengthen their competitive advantages. In particular, this paper discusses the antitrust case again Microsoft for its monopoly, reflects on what Microsoft did wrong in the PR battle and proposes the right remedy for solving this dilemma. |
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Infotitan Services
25 July 2002 |
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IT offshore outsourcing analysis
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IBM, Cisco, EDS, MasterCard/Industry Analysis
This excellent analysis examines the historical evolution of IT outsourcing to India and other offshore countries, the current state, industry growth and trends, major offshore models and phases, the key partnership models and implementation methodologies. Particularly, this analysis provides some good frameworks around how to select the most suitable projects and operational domains in your organization for offshore outsourcing and the prioritized order to do so based on several key strategic dimensions. |
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Infotitan Services
May 2002 |
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The Linux impacts on ERP industry
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SAP/Computer Technology/Industry Analysis
This 31-page research report, written in 1999, serves the purpose of helping SAP assess the opportunity of making its flagship product, R3 compatible on the emerging Linux operating system. This report performs an in-depth analysis on the history of Linux, the open source community, the strength and the weaknesses of the products, and its future scenarios. In addition, this report examines the ERP industry and the business development strategy of SAP in Asia in particular. |
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Infotitan Services
July 1999 |
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| Air Express Industry Analysis
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UPS, Fedral Express, Air Borne/Others/Industry Analysis
This report is an industry analysis on the Air Express industry. The analysis has examined the various key forces in the industry and indicated which are the most critical ones. This analysis has also discussed the history of the industry and the major changes and strategic shifts it has gone through. Finally, given the rise of Internet economy, the report points to the future scenarios in the industry and the potential winners if they can face and take advantage of the new competitive landscape. |
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Infotitan Services
11 August 2000 |
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Incentive Marketing
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non-company-specific/Media & Entertainment/Industry Analysis
This analysis examines the industry forces and competition in the Incentive marketing market, which is a combination of consumer incentive programs and employee reward programs. This document also forecasts the growth and future scenarios in the industry, and provides some insights in the 3 major transaction flow models employed in the interaction between clients, program providers and intermediates. |
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Infotitan Services
19 July 2002 |
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Consolidation in advertising agency industry
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TOG and Omnicom/Media & Entertainment/Industry Analysis
In this anlaysis, we examined the M&A trends in the advertising agency industry in light of the consolidation in client base and increasing competitive pressure on profit margin. As an example, we in particular assess the consideration of TOG to acquire a marketing research firm, in a strategic move to diversify into related, vertical markets, and we also provide some recommendations |
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Infotitan Services
May 2000 |
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Flooz.com strategy assessment
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Flooz.com/Media & Entertainment/Marketing Strategy
This article examines the business model of Flooz.com, an online currency player. The analysis also provides a good overview of the industry environment, assesses each competitor and particularly discusses the long term viability of the online currency model and the essence of successful customer acquisition, loyalty program and ongoing relaitonship management strategies |
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Infotitan Services
September 2000 |
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| Incumbent response strategy in Internet age
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GE, Borders/Industry Analysis
This analysis discusses the key liabilities and disadvantages of traditional brick-and-mortar incumbents in a fast changing, Internet driven market place. The major disadvantages discussed include talent outflow, regulatory constraints, change management, equity value, lack of technology savvy, etc. Then this report assesses the potential options in response strategy for incumbents in different industries. |
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Infotitan Services
July 2001 |
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| Game theory and its application in corporate world
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non-company-specific/Game Theory
This is an excellent document that describes the basic definition and elements of a game in the context of history and current trends, even including Pop Culture. This analysis focuses on the four basic rules of a game: timing, freuqency, guesture and information availability, and talks about how to change these rules to the advantage of yours in vivid illustrations and examples. enjoy! |
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Infotitan Services
July 2002 |
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| Data storage Industry and EMC
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EMC, Compaq, HP, IBM, SUN/Computer Technology/Industry Analysis
This is an industry analysis on data storage and particularly, the EMC corporation. This report details the historical evolution of the data storage industry, the future trends, and a SWOT analysis around EMC's current state and future outlook. In addition, this research report presents an assessment for each of the major EMC competitors such as IBM and HP. |
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Infotitan Services
September 2000 |
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Market entry in Auto Part Industry
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non-company-specific/Manufacturing/Marketing Strategy
This analysis examines the 12 major strategies for entering a foreign market, and discusses pros and cons of each, in the example of the American auto parts industry in early 1990s. The analysis also provides insights regarding the differences between a new market driven entry strategy as opposed to a resource allocation oriented expansion. |
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Infotitan Services
May 2000 |
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Xerox Logistics Improvement
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Rank Xerox/Manufacturing/Value Chain Analysis
In this analysis, we examined the many issues that Rank Xerox faced in its Supply Chain Managment. In recommendation piece, we assessed the various options for process improvement, such as delayed points of differentiation, looped manufacturing capability, standardized components, etc., and developed targeted recommendations. |
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Infotitan Services
March 2002 |
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Turnaround at Goodyear
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Goodyear/Manufacturing/Marketing Strategy
This report analyzes the successful turnaround case at Goodyear in early 1990s. It has discussed the key elements of a turnaround strategy, such as core competency vs. diversification, change management vs. consistency in strategy. In particular it describes the leadership style that would help engineer a successful turnaround. |
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Infotitan Services
October 2000 |
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Industry analysis framework
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non-company-specific/Industry Analysis
This document has discussed the famous Port's five forces in details and explain how you can apply them to actual industry analysis. The five forces are: buyer power, supplier power, substitute,new entry and industry rivalry. In addition to these forces, there also should be regulatory forces, complementary supporting network and etc. |
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Infotitan Services
16 August 2002 |
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Reverse Logistics
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non-company-specific/Process Mapping
This analysis discusses the increasing importance of reverse logistics, given the ever growing public awareness, faster product development cycle, e-Commerce, etc. Then this document look at the key difficulties in performing effective reverse logistics and potential solutions both operationally and organizationally. |
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Infotitan Services
April 2000 |
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Supplier / client matrix
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non-company-specific/Supplier Management
This analysis according to Kraljic, presents three frameworks that cover the supplier positioning matrix, client positioning matrix, and the relationship mapping between these two parties. In each matrix, we consider two dimensions such as value vs. impact, dependency vs. certainy, etc. |
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Infotitan Services
July 2002 |
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Supply portfolio segmentation analysis
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non-company-specific/Supplier Management
This analysis presents a framework which can help you decide sourcing strategies and ongoing supplier relationship management based on two key perspectives - the business impacts the supply side imposes on the company and the complexity in the supply chain. |
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Infotitan Services
18 August 2002 |
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| Reverse Logistics (presentation version)
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non-company-specific/Manufacturing/Value Chain Analysis
This presentation is another good analysis about the reverse logistics. This deck discusses the key drivers for the increasing importance of reverse logistics, the major difficulties in managing an effective reverse logistics program, and the potential solutions for it. |
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Infotitan Services
May 2000 |
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Build business case
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non-company-specific/Build Business Case
This document lists all the key issues we need to consider and get checked out for building a robust business case for an organization. Categories in discussion include opportunity identification/prioritization, sponsorship, implementation and etc |
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Infotitan Services
15 August 2002 |
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| Online Trading Industry
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E*trade, Datek, Ameritrade/Financial Services/Industry Analysis
This analysis examines the five forces of online trading industry and provides a perspective of the future industry landscape. The report also discussed the strengths, weaknesses and potential strategies for each of the major players in the industry. |
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Infotitan Services
June 2000 |
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Process mapping - types
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non-company-specific/Process Mapping
This presentation discusses the different types and uses of process mapping methodologies and provides hands-on example for illustration. The three major types are: high-level process flow, activity-based flow and deployment based flow. |
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Infotitan Services
26 August 2002 |
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| E*Trade SWOT analysis
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E*Trade/Financial Services/Industry Analysis
The report presents the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities and threats around E*Trade as an independent, pure Internet player in the Online Trading industry striving to build a stronger brand equity and provide a full solution service. |
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Infotitan Services
September 2000 |
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| Balanced sourcing
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non-company-specific/Strategic Sourcing
This slide presents a framework regarding how we should approach a sourcing opportunity based on two dimensions: the committment to pricing and the intent for collaboration |
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Infotitan Services
15 August 2002 |
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Process mapping
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non-company-specific/Process Mapping
This presentation describes the definition of process mapping, its major uses and the key steps in completing a mapping process. |
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Infotitan Services
26 August 2002 |
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| TCO analysis basic steps
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non-company-specific/Total Cost of Ownership
This deck presents a high-level overview of what elements TCO is consisted of, and what are the basic steps for conducting a TCO analysis. |
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Infotitan Services
March 2002 |
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| Hand-Held Gaming
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Nokia/Computer Technology/Industry Analysis
Case study on the technology roots and value chain in the hand-held gaming industry |
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Infotitan
11 February 2005 |
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| Metadata Market Drivers |
| Metadata remains a key interoperability factors for integrating disparate applications and IT systems. In spite of the demise of CASE tools and the supplanting of mainframe repositories, IT organziations require usable, manageable metadata.... (Relevance: 85%) |
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Lou Agosta
14 Nov 2002
Gigaweb
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| Justifying the IT Budget for 2003 |
| As the economy continues to sputter toward a recovery, most CIOs will be expected to show flat or lower IT budgets for 2003 and will be under more pressure than usual to justify and defend those proposed numbers. ... (Relevance: 85%) |
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Andrew Bartels
13 Nov 2002
Gigaweb
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| The Pillars of Enterprise Architecture Terminology |
| In their architecture diagrams and terminology, architects should give prominent position to four core architecture domains and seven layers that are the pillars upon which the rest of an enterprise architecture is built.... (Relevance: 87%)View in Salon:Enterprise Application Platforms and Architectures |
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Randy Heffner
11 Nov 2002
Gigaweb
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Surgical Robotics in Orthopaedics |
| Surgical preoperative planning and assistant systems in use for joint arthroplasty, spinal and trauma surgery.
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Jan 2002
DataMonitor
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| Justifying the IT Budget for 2003 |
| As the economy continues to sputter toward a recovery, most CIOs will be expected to show flat or lower IT budgets for 2003 and will be under more pressure than usual to justify and defend those proposed numbers.... (Relevance: 86%) |
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Andrew Bartels
08 Nov 2002
Gigaweb
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| Best Practices in Mobile Application Deployment: The Human Factor |
| Deploying any new technology presents challenges, but mobile applications are particularly problematic because they can simultaneously impact work processes, culture and support issues. To ensure success: Over-communicate, over-design and over-support.... (Relevance: 79%)View in Salon:Mobile and Wireless Application Development |
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Carl Zetie
08 Nov 2002
Gigaweb
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| GigaFLASH |
| Don’t underestimate the human factor in mobile deployment, process alignment is essential for ERP success, why EDS’ problems may change the face of outsourcing and more in this week’s GigaFLASH.... (Relevance: 83%) |
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Gigaweb
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| Determining the Value of Data |
| To determine the value of data stored by IT, look at its market value, the negative impact to the organization if the information was no longer available, and the business options presented by the data.... (Relevance: 85%)View in Salon:IT Value Management |
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Chip Gliedman
07 Nov 2002
Gigaweb
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