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- ING Direct Shuns Branches, But Offers Coffee and Counsel
- Hoping to engage consumers with a latte and a side of financial advice, ING Direct is offering a series of financial seminars at coffeehouse-style outlets. The café strategy is just the latest effort by the Amsterdam-based online bank, which has no physical branches in the U.S., to make an end-run...
- Blog posts 2008-11-28
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- Economic Development Strategy, Openness and Rural Poverty
- This paper argues that both openness and poverty in a country are endogenously determined by the country's long-term economic development strategy. Development strategies can be broadly divided into two mutually exclusive groups: the Comparative Advantage-Defying CAD strategy, which attempts to encourage firms to deviate from the economy's existing comparative advantages...
- White papers 2006-04-01
- Internet Café Business Plan
- EXECUTIVE SUMMARY COMPANY SUMMARY SERVICES MARKET ANALYSIS SUMMARY STRATEGY AND IMPLEMENTATION SUMMARY MANAGEMENT SUMMARY FINANCIAL PLAN The creation of a unique, upscale, innovative...
- Research articles 1998-01-01
- Barnes & Noble's Nook eReader Launches Today: Here Are the Details
- Barnes and Noble will launch its rumored Nook eBook reader later today at an event in New York City. Thanks to an early leak of the device on the B&N Web site , however, we already know most of the details about...
- News items 2009-10-20
- Green Retailing Goes with Mainstream Format
- Green business is taking on a new form -- a shopping mall. Chicago's Green Exchange, scheduled to open in early 2008, will be the country's first shopping center for environmentally conscious and socially responsible businesses. A recent BusinessWeek article by Jeffrey Gangemi reports on the nature and strategy behind the...
- Blog posts 2007-04-25
- ConAgra Chief Gets into Growth Mode
- ConAgra, the $11.5 billion packaged foods giant, is shaking off its decade-long somnolence. Historically, the company has pseudo-innovated via acquisitions of growing brands, instead of firing up the R&D kitchen. But Gary Rodkin, who took over as chief executive in fall 2005, has been pushing hard to develop new products...
- Blog posts 2007-06-13
- Whole Foods CEO Blames the Media
- Whole Foods CEO Blames the MediaWhole FoodsAfter reading the story concerning Whole Foods-I would like to express that you cannot compare generic chain stores with specialty grocers such as Whole Foods, Trader Joe's or other organic retail distributors. I always find it amazing that people take better care of their...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-15
- Bob Evans Farms, Inc. F1Q09 (Qtr End 07/25/08) Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator Instructions Your first question comes from Jimmy Ewe [ph] of Arstuff [ph]. Jimmy Ewe – Arstuff I think there was mention of some management change at Mimi’s. Could you elaborate on what changes were made in the quarter? Steve Davis Yes over...
- Earnings calls 2008-08-13
- Pfizer's Layoff Plan Explained
- Pfizer CEO Jeff Kindler isn't resting in his reorganization of the company. But although that plan is said not to involve layoffs, no one seems to believe it. As such, Pfizer is heading into territory previously ploughed by GlaxoSmithKline, which was plagued by layoff rumors throughout the summer while the...
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- GlaxoSmithKline Employees Fume Over Latest Round of Layoffs
- GlaxoSmithKline is historically terrible at handling layoffs news, and the round of job cuts that appears imminent is no exception. (Update: the official announcement is coming on Wednesday.) As usual, the news is being debated all over the net before management has gotten out of bed just like last time....
- Blog posts 2008-11-04
- CarMax, Inc. F3Q09 (Quarter End 11/30/08) Earnings Transcript
- Question-and-Answer Session Operator Operator Instructions Our first question comes from the line of Brian Nagel – UBS. Brian Nagel – UBS With respect, you mentioned in your prepared remarks and your press release, that you routed more of your financing applications to your third-party providers. First, have...
- Earnings calls 2008-12-19
- Argentina: Haagen Dazs goes to the provinces.
- Pillsbury started the expansion of the ice creams chain Haagen Dazs to the Argentinean interior and also Uruguay, dedicating an outlet inBuenos Aires and another at Punta del Este Uruguay. The new outlets are part of a distribution strategy that includes to set...
- Research articles 2000-01-05
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