Natural Disasters and Anthropogenic Events
Japan as a country has experienced a very unique history, including both natural disasters and man-made events; yet, Japan today has the third largest gross domestic product (GDP) per capita (nominal) in the world after the United States and China with a value of 5.2 trillion dollars. The country and its people have overcome many odds to reach this stage. According to document 4, Japan is separated from the rest of Asia by water, and it is far enough away…...
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Always Striving For Improvement
After nearly two decades from the start of the 21st Century, the Toyota Motor Corporation (or just better known as, Toyota) has played the critical role as a leading automotive manufacturing producer, as well to possess an excellent leadership position in the business industry in general. As technology continues to improve from time to time, auto manufacturers have always worked to prevent a major crisis from happening within the industry. Such events may include product recalls, production disruptions, supply-chain inefficiency,…...
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Managerial Decisions in AFI Framework Analysis for Competitive Advantage
To determine the manager’s decisions about building competitive advantage in the analysis stage of the AFI Framework, you have to look at the internal and external information. The customers and local communities can offer feedback on how they perceive Target as a consumer that will allow the manager to get a better understanding on Target’s target market and what tools will be the most successful to use such as a way to market to them. For example; using social media,…...
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Toyota – a Brief History
I will discuss Toyota history as follows: • The start • The 1940s • The 1950s • Etc. The start. The Toyota Motor Corp. (TMC) had its beginning in 1933 when it was established as a division within the Toyoda Automatic Loom Works, Ltd. The founder of Toyota was Kiichiro Toyoda (1894–1952), the son of Sakichi Toyoda (1867–1930). The values that have underpinned Toyota success startedwith Sakichi who was the son of a carpenter. Sakichi went from carpentry, which he…...
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