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Business Definition for: Make Or Buy
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- -FROST & SULLIVAN: Operations support systems -- make or buy?
- M2 PRESSWIRE-30 November 1998-FROST & SULLIVAN: Operations support systems -- make or buy? C1994-98 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD RDATE:271198 Make or buy; that's the questions facing many upstart telecommunications carriers currently positioning themselves to compete in the lucrative market for operations support system OSS. While past ...
- Research articles 1998-11-30
- Hire Or Train: The Growing Conundrum
- Nowadays' managers are left with a serious workforce-planning question. Assuming it's true that talent shortages are only going to worsen, how are organizations going to ensure they have the talent needed to compete at the highest levels? Historically, there have been two primary choices when it comes to talent: make...
- White papers 2007-06-01
- On The Grouping Of Tasks Into Firms: Make-Or-Buy With Interdependent Parts
- A common element in many classical theories of the firm is that the inefficiencies of markets increase with the frequency of transactions, while the costs of integration are more or less fixed. This paper examines a similar but slightly different proposition: that it is more attractive to integrate a set...
- White papers 2007-04-20
- GM to blank steel internally.(General Motors fabricates its own steel)(Brief Article)
- In a "make or buy" decision, purchasing and manufacturing execs at General Motors Corp. have reinforced an earlier decision to make steel blanks rather than purchase them from service centers. GM will locate the stamping operations at its In a "make or buy" decision,...
- Research articles 2000-12-08
- Rhodia in Sodium Bicarb Deal.
- RHODIA INC. will discontinue sodium bicarbonate production at its Chicago Heights, Ill., facility, effective in December. The company says that after evaluating various make or buy options, it decided to enter into purchasing agreement with Church RHODIA INC. will discontinue sodium bicarbonate production...
- Research articles 1998-10-12
- Rent vs. Buy Calculator - Should You Rent Or Buy Your Home?
- Should you rent or should you buy your home? It takes more than looking at your mortgage payment to answer this question. This rent vs. buy tool helps you weed through the fees, taxes, and monthly payments to help you make a good financial decision.
- Tools & templates 2009-01-01
- Mobile Web Surge Continues in October
- HELSINKI - Global mobile data traffic continued to surge in October, growing at the fastest pace in seven months, Internet browser company Opera Software said on Wednesday. Data traffic through Opera's mobile browser?which packages up to 90 percent of the data to save network bandwidth?rose 16 percent in October from...
- News items 2009-11-25
- Time to cut loss or buy more?
- May 05, 2003 (The West Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) AMP shareholders have a difficult decision to make, whether to sell or hold on to their shares. Following the dramatic fall in the AMP share price on 5 May 2003, whether to buy, sell or...
- Research articles 2003-05-05
- To Franchise Or Not To Franchise: Starting Your Own business Vs. Buying A Franchise
- You may be, like Hamlet, placed on a threshold of decision on whether to start out from scratch with your own business or buy a franchise. The battle between starting your own business versus buying a franchise truly depends on the person who is to make a decision. If you...
- White papers 2007-01-18
- Buy or borrow? Some carriers and freight forwarders are offering import/export software to their customers. Should you use it, or buy your own?(Global Logistics)
- Anyone who's involved in international trade knows how complicated it can be. Depending on the countries and commodities involved, importing and exporting can involve hundreds of steps, dozens of documents, and multiple government regulatory agencies. That's why companies today are searching for a...
- Research articles 2005-03-01
- Achieving lean objectives in a project manufacturing environment Cincom.(IndustryWeek's Sponsored White Papers)(Brief Article)
- If your manufacturing organization operates in a project-controlled environment, you may think that you will be forever relegated to the inefficiencies that project segregation often entails. But, if you make or ... If your manufacturing organization operates in a project-controlled environment, you may...
- Research articles 2005-07-01
- Global Sourcing, Technology, And Factor Intensity: Firm-Level Relationships
- This paper empirically examines how technology and capital intensity are related with the firm's global sourcing decision. Firm-level data are derived from a survey covering all manufacturing industries in Japan without any firm-size threshold. Firms are disaggregated by their make-or-buy decision (in-house or outsourcing) and by their choice of sourcing...
- White papers 2007-03-19
- Competition and cooperation.(corporate policies to cooperate with competing firms)
- The competitive and cooperative boundaries between firm are often subjective and abide by peculiar intrinsic laws. For instance, General Motors and Ford Motor Co. may equip automobiles with the same type of tires, purchased from a third party, but would never directly buy parts from one another. Such boundaries have...
- Research articles 1998-10-01
- Is It Bye Bye or Buy Buy Dollar Index?
- The LFB submits: The 4 hour chart views continue to reflect a market that has pushed the dollar to support, but seems unable to make the next push lower on the dollar index. That may be due to the fact that a weaker dollar draws in long speculative interest into...
- External links 2009-10-14
- Innovative Sourcing Strategies
- The efficient allocation of capital, particularly in the "make or buy" decision, has the power to increase earnings and shareholder value. The state of the pharmaceutical industry makes strategic sourcing decisions more important and more urgent than ever. What are the benefits and possible problems inherent in sourcing, and what...
- White papers 2001-05-11
- Owner of Las Vegas-Based Web Firm to Make Bid on Another Airline.
- By Hubble Smith, Las Vegas Review-Journal, Nev. Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Mar. 23--Carl Icahn said Thursday he will make $400 million available to his Las Vegas-based lowestfare.com to either build or buy another airline following his unsuccessful bid to acquire Trans World ...
- Research articles 2001-03-23
- 18 Essential Elements That Can Make Or Break Your Direct Marketing Campaign
- Knowing that the basics are necessary in any direct marketing endeavor is an essential element for the success of any organization. An important direct marketing concept: the back end is more important than the front end. In other words, getting your customers to buy from you again is most important...
- White papers 2003-01-01
- Use Of Model-Driven Decision Support Methods For Supply Chain Design
- Decision makers frequently consider the use of quantitative models for decision support when they face supply chain related decisions such as localization, make-or-buy, or production and distribution strategy. However, they often do not have the background required to understand, evaluate and select models. This paper briefly outlines when to use...
- White papers 2005-12-22
- Omnicare, Inc. Q3 2009 Earnings Call Transcript
- Question-and-Answer SessionOperator Operator instructions Your first question comes from Frank Morgan with RBC Capital. Anton – RBC Capital Yes, good morning it’s Anton [ph] for Frank. Wanted to discuss the bed growth you saw sequentially and year-over-year. Did you break out how much of that was organic versus acquired?...
- Earnings calls 2009-11-06
- Research And Development Through Open Innovation
- Slowing innovation from within large companies doesn't mean internal R&D should be dismantled; it's not a question of "make or buy." However, the open innovation approach poses new management demands. To increase the return on the R&D, successful innovators are finding they must complement their in-house R&D with external technologies...
- White papers 2003-07-01
