B Strategic alliances with suppliers " involves more closely managing external suppliers as if they were part of the company's internal value chain, but without actually owning them (for example, Toyota's Kaizen system, wherein key suppliers are located very near a factory and receive all kinds of help and training from Toyota to ensure smooth and efficient production). ... Its strategic activities include (1) aggressive deployment of systems and technologies that help it reduce shrinkage and internal costs, (2) its relationships with suppliers and the enormous economies of ...

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Before a company can hope to make sense of the market, it's got to have the right management system in place. ... According to Faith Popcorn, a popular trends analyst, "food, family, love, and vanity will drive Baby Boomer consumer behavior in 2003, and some of the most basic human needs and emotions will have the biggest impact on the domestic consumer marketplace; a year of primal passions,"" (2003). ...

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As such, a system of coalition government, in tandem with the central government of India has ensured relative stability in governance. ... The exchange and repatriation systems are well oiled owing to the number of foreign firms already in operation, and the diaspora all over the world. ...

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