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Auto Components Industry Deepening the Supply Chain Management in ASEAN

Aims: Supply chain management (SCM) in automotive is the organization of the movement of auto products. It comprises the undertaking and storage of raw materials, work-in-process list, and completed automotive products from idea of foundation to idea of consumption. Interrelated or added webs, networks and node auto businesses are elaborate in the establishment of auto products and services prerequisite by end consumers in a supply chain. Automotive industry is a representation of mechanical genius by human generous. Being one of the wildest mounting segments in the domain its energetic development stages are described by environment of competition, product life cycle and customer request. Global manufacture webs show a significant part in East Asian financial prudence. Organizations in a supply chain organise and segment the a s s i s t a n c e s t h r o u g h market place instruments, a g r e e m e n t s , and corporation preparations, w h i c h prime to the snowballing competence of all associates. In today’s hard-ing economy, the rivalry amongst great companies has long been prolonged to struggle among troupes in supply chains. Completely Built Unit (CBU) is a car which is not creations or even gathered in the country deal. Such cars are trade in from the country of engineering and vended in the country of introduction. These cars don’t necessitate any engineering plant as it is directly sold in the target country’s marketplace. Auto engineering includes hundreds of portions from many dealers; supply chain management is a serious part in processes organization of the trade and a conclusive issue for the accomplishment or existence of the auto manufacturers. In such a case a study has been conducted to know the completely built units of automotive increasing through supply chain in ASEAN. Place and Duration of the Study: ASEAN brief data on automotive supply chain management and study is from 2010 to 2013. Methodology: The study is equipped grounded on primary and secondary sources. The primary source has composed through oral interview from stalwarts of automotive industry. The secondary data is collected from the reports of international conference of automotive industry and all existing literature has collected also from internet automotive websites, auto business magazines, e-auto journals etc. Results: Finding out the research depicts that total quantity of passenger and commercial vehicles have diminished due to snowballing rivalry among ASEAN auto portions supply chain management. Finally suggestions have been framed and conclusions have been drawn for the study. Conclusion: Automotive supply chains requirement fact-based aptitude to envisage which forthcoming situations are most likely to transpire – and the elasticity to get transposed previously they do. Now additional than continuously, shrewd successes.

MARKET SHARE IN PRODUCTION AND SALES OF PASSENGER VEHICLES IN ASEAN

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations is a geo-political and financial association of ten nations situated in Southeast Asia, which was formed on 8 August 1967 by Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Singapore and Thailand. Since then, association has protracted to comprise Brunei, Burma (Myanmar), Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam. Its goals comprise hastening economic growth, social progress, and cultural progress among its members, safeguard of provincial harmony and constancy, and prospects for member countries to deliberate variances tranquilly. ASEAN has expected a better role as a universal provider of automotive, and is anticipated to nurture in prominence owing to a modest manufacture base with sturdy competencies in certain product ranges. This will increase considerably not only in terms of financial progress, but also service and technological development. ASEAN members are located in terrestrial proximity; there are economic, social and cultural gaps among the members. Therefore, the state of automotive industry differs from country to country in terms of demand, customer fondness and supply which are strong-minded by production and sales capacity of vehicles. In this context the study has been conducted to know the market share in production and sales of passenger vehicles of ASEAN countries. The study is equipped grounded on primary and secondary informations. The primary data has collected through oral interview from stalwarts of automotive industry. The secondary informations is composed from the reports of international conference of automotive industry and all existing literature has collected also from internet automotive websites, auto business magazines, e-auto journals etc. Finally suggestions have been framed and conclusions have been drawn for the study.

Spoleto: internationalizing a Brazilian franchise of Italian cuisine

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to show students the problems that a Brazilian franchise in the fast food sector faced while internationalizing its business to Mexico and Spain. Specifically, discuss how the entry mode of master franchise used by Spoleto presented problems to the company's managers. Design/methodology/approach This is a teaching case, designed to make students reflect on issues related to international business and international marketing. The primary data were collected through interviews with Edwin Junior, International Expansions Manager of Spoleto. The information gathered in the interviews was complemented by secondary data from newspapers, business magazines, internet sites and the Spoleto sites in Brazil and Mexico. Findings The choice to make partnerships with companies that already have experience in managing big multinational franchises might not be the best move for a brand that is unknown outside of its country. This aspect of master franchise partnerships is scarcely discussed in the literature, which instead tends to focus on other negative aspects of this kind of arrangement. It is also important to point out that close control over the master franchisees actions, especially in the initial phases of international expansions, is important to guarantee that operations will be up to standards in all countries. Originality/value The value of this study is in the discussion it raises about the mistakes, rather than the successes, made by a Brazilian franchise in its first attempts to expand internationally.

Trends in the Global Automotive Sector

Automakers everywhere in the world are pinning their hopes on rising demand in the developing nations. Although customers in mature markets are downscaling to fuel – efficient basic cars, a sizeable proportion of consumers in the BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India, and China) markets still aspire to own bigger cars, such as SUVs. With demand for vehicles deteriorating in most established marketplaces in the aspect of the world-widest agnation, high fuel costs and metropolitan pouring limitations, the industry is turning its consideration even extra powerfully towards the increasing middle classes in the new power houses of China, India, Brazil, Russia and other growing nations. In this context a study has been conducted to know the trends of automotive industry globally. The study is equipped grounded on primary facts and secondary statistics. The primary data has collected through oral interview from stalwarts of automotive industry. The secondary facts is composed from the information of international conference of automotive industry and all existing literature has collected also from internet automotive websites, auto business magazines, e-auto journals etc. findings out the study reveals that there is growing demand for car in future at global level . Finally suggestions have been framed and conclusions have been drawn for the study.

The White Pages: Diversity and the Mediation of Race in Public Business Media

In this article we examine the empirical impact of diversity on non-white participation in corporations by analyzing images of racial minorities that appear in business magazines. Our findings indicate that odds of non-white inclusion increase when explicit reference to diversity is made. We also find that non-whites are more likely to be depicted as having ancillary roles in corporations; rarely are they presented in leadership positions. Media images are not only produced and disseminated, they are translated into social practices. Therefore we also consider how the images that are included in the magazines we reviewed may inform organizational practices that shape the racial makeup of corporate workplaces. We argue that how and when non-whites are included in these media reinforces an emergent ideology, which concedes that diversity enables corporations to give discursive attention to race without prompting deep investigations into continuing patterns of racial inequality in the workplace.

Some Economic Development and Human - Resource Development Issues for Consideration within MBA Programmes of South African and African Business Schools

This paper explores certain management, development and economic issues relevant to the discourse of the MBA programme and its teaching in South Africa and Africa as a whole. It attempts to situate the discourse within the realms of broader debate that permeates its relevance to both management and its wider and broader role in developing societies and to development in general. An attempt is made to project on both positive and negative aspects of certain salient issues that need elaboration and understanding by academics and Business Schools in South Africa. It will also attempt to briefly explore some nuances relevant to entrepreneurship within the context of the MBA programme and, other important aspects that may need some attention by academics and Business Schools in the formulation of their MBA programmes and the contribution that Business Schools can make to higher education. The paper used articles that have been published in the popular media, in business magazines and relevant textbooks and does not pretend to capture all issues that may be relevant to the MBA, nor does it pretend to exhaust in any detail the issues that are explored in this paper. The primary aim of the paper is to stimulate discussion and debate for purposes of enhancing the MBA programme as a brand, in an attempt to strengthen its importance and relevance to management and development within the framework of relevant higher education discourse.

FAMILY FIRMS AND INNOVATION

ABSTRACT This study aims to investigate the relationship between Family firms and innovation. This paper will examine how innovation capacity is affected by family involvement and other characteristics of a family firm. We will analyze 100 U.S. Family firms, from America's largest 100 family firms out of the Family business magazine, winter issue 2011. We will observe family Involvement, size, and age of the firm along with other TMT demographics. To understand innovation in family-owned businesses, we will focus on the capacity to innovate as well as innovative activities such as research and development, number of patents, and new product development. The purpose of this study is to examine how family business characteristics, specifically Top Management Teams (TMTs) and innovation are related. Specifically, this research will investigate the significance of the innovative capacity and how it is influenced by family involvement, difference of age, long term orientation and other TMT characteristics of family firms. We hope to contribute to the field by developing a better understanding of innovation and sustainable competitive advantage within the Family Business. This paper will advance the research on strategic innovation in a family firm as well as shed light on the failure of innovation management literature to recognize, embrace and deliberately integrate family firms into the literature.

Nigeria’s film industry: a potential goldmine?

As an entrepreneur, 32-year-old chemistry graduate Jason Njoku achieved success in a most unlikely way: he is Africa’s largest distributor of Nigerian movies, and has raked in over $8 million since 2010, when he founded the company Iroko Partners. In December 2012 he captivated an audience at a conference in Texas, United States, as he narrated the story of his success after failures in some other business ventures. Mr. Njoku currently has 71 employees in Lagos, London and New York, and often boasts that “these people are working for us in a country with 50% unemployment.” He was recently listed by Forbes, an American business magazine, as one of the top 10 young African millionaires to watch.

Forbes.com renews attention to widely disparaged "low-energy nuclear reactions"

The century-old business magazine applauds an arXiv paper claiming an independent LENR test.

Mother Load: Parental-Status References inCanadian Business Magazines

This Research in Brief examines parental-status references in profile articles in top circulating Canadian business magazines from 2007 to 2011. The findings reveal significant quantitative and qualitative differences in parental-status references for women and men. In addition to the more frequent references to women’s parental status, motherhood is portrayed less often as an asset and much more often as a potential conflict or challenge to one’s career, than is fatherhood.

Vehicle Production and Sales by Segment in ASEAN.

Objective- a study has been conducted to scrutinize the vehicle production and sales by segment in ASEAN. Methodology/Technique- The study is prepared grounded on primary evidence and secondary material. The primary evidences have composed through oral interview from stalwarts of automotive industry. The secondary information has collected from the reports of international Insight of automotive industry and all existing literature has obtained from internet automotive websites, auto business magazines, and e-auto journals. Findings- Outcome of the research divulges that, in vehicle production and sales by segment i.e. Light Commercial Vehicle (LCV), Large Size and also Compact Vehicles in ASEAN expected to increase further in future years, so the Automotive Industries of ASEAN should uninterruptedly participate in Research and Development in order to keep up with their Global competitors in terms of technological advance. Novelty - ASEAN countries would implement the thoughtful and achievement policies in Automotive Industry in agreement to the auto information and world-wide automotive industry competition tendency, to enhance the development of automotive industry. Type of Paper : Empirical paper Keywords: , Sales, Vehicle, Automotive, Industry, Segment, ASEAN

A Bibliometric Study of John Dunning’s Contribution to International Business Research

This article offers a review of John Dunning’s contribution to international business (IB) research, so as to assess the impact of Dunning and of the Eclectic paradigm on this discipline. The contribution of Dunning and of the Eclectic paradigm – usually referred to as OLI – are a core reference to current international business research, namely for studying location decisions, foreign investment, entry modes and internationalization, and for the multinational enterprise theory. First, we review the conceptual foundations of Dunning’s academic contribution. Second, methodologically, we carry out a bibliometric study of articles published in 14 respected academic business magazines over a period of 31 years, between 1980 and 2010. A sample of 697 published articles that refer

Influential Women: Feminist Discourse in Women's Business Magazines-The Case of Israel

The study seeks to analyze how a major Israeli business magazine aimed at women—Lady Globes—defines a successful “career woman.” Characterizing this discourse enables us to identify the gendered and social ideology embedded in the magazine. The study concentrates on the magazine's major projects, the choice of the “50 Most Influential Women” in Israel. The study indicates that the discourse in Lady Globes's project is an expression of “career feminism.” The project seeks to empower the individual woman and it does not echo the call of liberal feminism for a collective fight for a change in social policy. The dominance of the business and financial sector reflects the magazine contribution to the discursive legitimation of neoliberalism.

Do Wealth Distributions Follow Power Laws? Evidence from 'Rich Lists'

We use data on wealth of the richest persons taken from the rich lists provided by business magazines like Forbes to verify if upper tails of wealth distributions follow, as often claimed, a power-law behaviour. The data sets used cover the world's richest persons over 1996-2012, the richest Americans over 1988-2012, the richest Chinese over 2006-2012 and the richest Russians over 2004-2011. Using a recently introduced comprehensive empirical methodology for detecting power laws, which allows for testing goodness of fit as well as for comparing the power-law model with rival distributions, we find that a power-law model is consistent with data only in 35% of the analysed data sets. Moreover, even if wealth data are consistent with the power-law model, usually they are also consistent with some rivals like the log-normal or stretched exponential distributions.

The Glossy Ceiling: Coverage of Women in Canadian and American Business Magazines

The Glossy Ceiling: Coverage of Women in Canadian and American Business Magazines

Convocation regimes for environmentalism in Brazilian business magazines

The tensions between the liberal-capitalist discourse and the antagonistic discourses of environmentalism are of special interest in Brazil. This paper outlines a study of the convocation regimes employed in environmental reports published in 2010 in the two most prominent Brazilian economics and business magazines, whose communication contracts propose the modalization of executives and companies towards economic success. Its objective is to analyze how enunciators thematize environmental antagonisms while keeping their general communication contract within the liberal-capitalist paradigm. The enunciator constitutes a regime of sameness/otherness, where sameness is built upon the terms of the reformist orientation of environmentalism, while deep ecology and radical ecology are presented as othernesses. The nodal points that connect the chains of equivalence of the discursive field of environmentalism, in terms of environmental reformist sameness, or “sustainability,” are technology and efficient management, which return the reader to the original communication agreement.

The impact of social and conventional media on firm equity value: A sentiment analysis approach

This study aims to investigate the effect of social media and conventional media, their relative importance, and their interrelatedness on short term firm stock market performances. We use a novel and large-scale dataset that features daily media content across various conventional media and social media outlets for 824 public traded firms across 6 industries. Social media outlets include blogs, forums, and Twitter. Conventional media includes major newspapers, television broadcasting companies, and business magazines. We apply the advanced sentiment analysis technique that goes beyond the number of mentions (counts) to analyze the overall sentiment of each media resource toward a specific company on the daily basis. We use stock return and risk as the indicators of companies' short-term performances. Our findings suggest that overall social media has a stronger relationship with firm stock performance than conventional media while social and conventional media have a strong interaction effect on stock performance. More interestingly, we find that the impact of different types of social media varies significantly. Different types of social media also interrelate with conventional media to influence stock movement in various directions and degrees. Our study is among the first to examine the effect of multiple sources of social media along with the effect of conventional media and to investigate their relative importance and their interrelatedness. Our findings suggest the importance for firms to differentiate and leverage the unique impact of various sources of media outlets in implementing their social media marketing strategies.

Phanindra Sama: founding redBus

Subject area The case is suitable for a course on entrepreneurship. Study level/applicability The case is suitable for analysis in a MBA level course on entrepreneurship where the theories of opportunity recognition and exploitation can be introduced. Case overview Phanindra Sama, was the founder and CEO of redBus.in, the largest bus ticketing company in India selling around 220 million tickets per year and serving over 10,000 bus routes. The case describes the progressive journey of Phanindra as an entrepreneur in discovering and exploiting opportunities in India's fragmented bus industry. He had won many accolades in this process that included Global Shaper 2011 of the World Economic Forum and Entrepreneur of the year award under IT/ITES category by ETNow in 2011. In February 2012 redBus was listed in the world's top 50 most innovative companies by US business magazine Fast Company along with companies like Apple, Facebook, Google and Starbucks. While Phanindra was happy with the fact that there were 700 bus operators currently on the redBus network, several questions ran across his mind about the future of redBus. Is the current business model scalable? What might be the challenges that emerge in managing growth and scalability of such a business proposition? Is there a potential for a new business opportunity in scaling up? Expected learning outcomes To understand the factors that constitutes entrepreneur's alertness such as personality traits, social networks, prior knowledge. To understand the importance of entrepreneur's alertness for identifying business opportunities. To understand types of entrepreneurial opportunities. To understand the opportunity identification triad: recognition, development and evaluation. To understand how to develop a business idea into a viable business proposition. Social implications The case will provide sufficient insights for a budding entrepreneur to identify and exploit opportunities and become a successful entrepreneur. Supplementary materials Teaching notes are available, please consult your librarian to access.

PPAG 2012 Board Election Results

PPAG 2012 Board Election Results

Anne M. McNamara, PhD, RN

Anne McNamara, PhD, RN, is the dean and professor of nursing at Grand Canyon University (GCU), where the College of Nursing enrollment is more than 5,000 students in both traditional and online programs. Their educational programs consist of traditional undergraduate (BSN), registered nurse (RN) to bachelor of science in nursing (BSN) options and a range of master of science in nursing (MSN) programs. In the past, she held important quality positions in the Maricopa Health System. She is active in a number of professional groups, having served as American Nurses Association treasurer and, most recently, on the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) board. She was recently recognized as Nursing Advocate of the Year at the fifth annual Healthcare Leadership Awards sponsored by Arizona Business Magazine .