He helps his father, a cobbler, mend shoes in his spare time while his mother stitches rags to support the family, but financial hardships have not stopped Abhishek Kumar Bhartiya from coming out with flying colours in the IIT entrance exam … click here to read more on this success story
In the United States, we are accustomed to hearing about the immigrant experience. A family leaves their homeland behind, starts all over, and out of the ashes of what is often a devastating move is a success story. It’s one reason why we hear so much about “American Exceptionalism.” But the immigrant success story is hardly unique to the USA. One story is emerging in South Africa, where a family forced out of Zimbabwe has found success in 7 years, became a model of supply chain sustainability, and will have its football (soccer) jerseys showcased at the 2010 FIFA World Cup, which opens this week.
William Hughes and his family moved to Capetown, South Africa, after one of Robert Mugabe’s mobs forced them off of their Zimbabwe farm in 2003. Having lost everything, Hughes came across a t-shirt manufacturer that was close to shutting its doors. He bought its assets, kept the staff, and offered a manager, whose 25 years in the industry was too important to lose, 10% of the company..
The trend is Web-based travel agency management: Z.I.E.L. products are known for their user-friendliness. With years of experience, the company’s specialists are very familiar with the requirements of travel agencies and specific conditions in the travel industry. Z.I.E.L. has used its practical knowledge since 1984 to develop software products and services for travel agencies according to its motto “Specialization without Compromises.
Data center to drive business development: More requirements must be fulfilled by the data center as Z.I.E.L. hosting services for travel agencies become a success story. However, this had become much more difficult with an ageing server and storage infrastructure. Z.I.E.L. has used virtualization for a long time, but the heterogeneous environment made administration cumbersome. At the same time, data growth and the increasing number of virtual servers slowed the storage system, increasing customer complaints about performance.Click here to read more…
Australian national carrier Qantas began a relationship with Amadeus in 2000 that has significantly changed the way it sources IT solutions. Among the key services from Amadeus that have made a dramatic difference to Qantas is Altéa Inventory, the airline industry’s first new inventory management product in 30 years. This is regarded by John Willett, CIO Qantas, as “a great success story”. A policy of working with a small number of strategic suppliers has seen Qantas reshaping its own world in partnership with Amadeus, IBM and Oracle. Find out more..
Abstract: Very contemporary in nature, this case study deals with the success story of a social entrepreneurial venture in India – Rural Opportunities Production Enterprise (ROPE) International – which was established in 2007. In the backdrop of the entrepreneurial scenario in India over the past 60 years, this case study talks about the new breed of entrepreneurs who have emerged, especially in the last two decades. Further, the bent of new age Indian entrepreneurs towards social entrepreneurship has been substantiated through the case of ROPE. Click here to read more…
Abstract: Getting the local community on-line has been a major success story in East Manchester. The Eastserve project was set up in 2000, funded through the Beacons for a Brighter Future Initiative – the programme which is managing the New Deal for Communities and Single Regeneration Budget regeneration funds for the Beswick, Openshaw and Clayton neighbourhoods of East Manchester – and the Department for Education and Skills Wired up Communities programme. Click here to read more…
Abstract: To keep the head high in globalized economy one has to follow the path of growth, which contains various challenges and issues; one has to overpower these challenges and issues to become a success story. We consider a case of ICICI Bank Ltd., the largest private sector bank in India, which has acquired nine financial firms to make the steps of the ladder of success. Therefore, the aim of this article is to study the growth of ICICI Bank Ltd. through mergers, acquisitions, and amalgamation. This article is divided into four parts. The first part includes introduction and conceptual framework of mergers and acquisition…
Introduction: The pressures on the employees of banks around the world have been manifold across financial system deregulation, entry of new players and products with advanced technology, globalisation of financial markets, changing demographics of customer behaviour, consumer pressure for wider choice and cheaper service, shareholder wealth demands, shrinking margins.n this scenario, Mergers and acquisitions (M&As) are most widely used strategy by firms to strengthen and maintain their position in the market place…
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LEGO Group is the manufacturer of LEGO toys, one of the most popular brands of toys in the world. Lego Toys – ‘The Story of Playful Learning’ describes the success story of the LEGO Group. It also explains the initiatives the company took to adapt its products to the changes in tastes and preferences of children over the years. The LEGO Group’s brand protection efforts are also discussed in detail. Click here to read more…
Embracing the transformation vision of South Africa’s national government, the Strategic Fuel Fund Association (SFF) has made enormous strides in catalysing and supporting social transformation by means of its employment equity process. SFF’s transformation from 1997 to 2001 is a positive success story of pioneering of which both the organisation and the government can be proud. Doors have been opened and where future prospects were once bleak, the worlds of staff from previously disadvantaged groups have transformed through opportunities, personal empowerment, and individual respect. Click here to read more…
Rural Opportunities Production Enterprise (ROPE) International: Success with Social Entrepreneurship?
Very contemporary in nature, this case study deals with the success story of a social entrepreneurial venture in India – Rural Opportunities Production Enterprise (ROPE) International – which was established in 2007. In the backdrop of the entrepreneurial scenario in India over the past 60 years, this case study talks about the new breed of entrepreneurs who have emerged, especially in the last two decades.
Further, the bent of new age Indian entrepreneurs towards social entrepreneurship has been substantiated through the case of ROPE. The case study brings to the forefront, some interesting dilemmas and subsequent scope for debate. How long can social entrepreneurial ventures sustain themselves, more so if they are for-profit organisations? The case study also deliberates on the scalability and effectiveness of the business models of these social entrepreneurs. Click here to read more…
