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Description This case explores the rise and expansion of Whole Foods Market, Inc. As the world's leading natural and organic food supermarket, Whole Foods, faces major strategic issues in both its external and internal environment. These issues include the deterioration of the American economy...

Description Nowadays, most environmental challenges that humanity is facing relate to unsustainable consumption patterns and lifestyles. Sustainability is seen in this context as a consumption pattern that meets the needs of present generations without compromising the needs of future...

Description This project would not have been possible without the strong participation, guidance and collaboration provided by the Washington State Farmers Market Action Team, the Washington State Farmers Market Association, Neighborhood Farmers Market Alliance, Washington State Department of...

Description Trading and food markets are probably as old as agriculture itself, likely developing in ancient Mesopotamian and Nile Valley civilizations. As soon as communities of people moved away from subsistence farming and began specializing in agriculture and engaging in trade, the...

Description Mike saw Community Supported Agriculture as a good fit for him and his philosophy about local food systems a way to raise awareness of food and food production as well as to provide people in the city with produce that is healthy for them and the environment. MARKETING LOCAL FOOD...

Description U.S. healthcare organizations are confronted with numerous and varied transformational strategies promising improvements along all dimensions of quality and performance. This article examines the peer-reviewed literature from the U.S. for evidence of effectiveness among three current...

Description Pervasive organizational change in the U.S. hospital industry began in the mid-1970s. Since then, it has spread to every corner of the industry, affecting every hospital, large and small. The explosion of organizational change is caused primarily by increased competition and...

Description Enterprise transformation is often triggered by financial performance deficiencies, i.e., anticipated or experienced transitions from superior performance to inferior performance. These deficiencies are due to a lack, or a loss, of competitive advantage. Transitioning back to...

Description The Environmental Protection and Growth Management (EPGM) Department is comprised of seven (7) divisions, which directly impact the quality of life for Broward County residents. Our divisions include: Animal Care and Adoption, Emergency Management, Environmental Licensing and...

Description Tractor Supply Company case introduces students to a unique retailing story. By recognizing a target market with unique needs, TSC repositioned its traditional tractorparts business into a specialty retailer serving a variety of needs for consumers entertaining their interests in...

Description 'A business has two, and only two, basic functions: marketing and innovation. Marketing and innovation produce results; all the rest are costs.' In the future, marketing will play an increasingly important role for companies in order to achieve a sustainable competitive advantage and...

Description Marketing is indeed an ancient art; it has been practiced in one form or the other, since the days of Adam and Eve. Today, it has become the most vital function in the world of business. Marketing is the business function that identifies unfulfilled needs and wants, define and...

Description A core belief in independent research, a long-term focus and diverse viewpoints through The Capital SystemSM define our investment process. As active managers, we believe that a comprehensive knowledge of companies and the global context in which they operate is the key to striving...

Description Capital Research and Management Company, a wholly-owned subsidiary of The Capital Group Companies, Inc., is a Delaware corporation that traces its roots to 1931. The Capital Group Companies form one of the most experienced families of investment management firms in the world. Capital...

Description Capital Group is one of the world's largest investment management organizations with assets of around 1.4 trillion USD under management. It comprises a group of investment management companies, including Capital Research and Management, American Funds, Capital Bank and Trust, Capital...

Description Travel & Tourism is an important economic activity in most countries around the world. As well as its direct economic impact, the sector has significant indirect and induced impacts. The UN Statistics Division-approved Tourism Satellite Accounting methodology (TSA:RMF 2008)...

Description Future industrial policies in Egypt will be focused on enabling the industrial sector to be the engine of growth through the expansion of exports and job opportunities. At present, the industrial sector in Egypt is a major contributor to economic growth, employment generation, and...

Description The study has been commissioned by GIZ, with a view to assisting the Egyptian Ministry of Industry and Foreign Trade (MTI), and the Egyptian-German Private Sector Development Programme (PSDP) on behalf of BMZ, to further promote green growth and green job creation in Egypt. Green...

Description Water based transport is effective as generally speaking, operating costs of fuel are low and environmental pollution is lower than for corresponding volumes of movement by road, rail or air. A major advantage is that the main infrastructure - the waterway - is often naturally...

Description The challenge for China's reformers has never been what to do; it's always been how to do it in the face of fierce opposition from those with an interest in maintaining the status quo. In the year since the Third Plenum, shifting incentives for banks, stateowned enterprises and local...