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Wal-Mart Ecommerce Strategy
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This 5 page paper considers how Wal-Mart has made use of e-commerce, whether it has been successful and how the internet site compares with other e-commerce sites and examines how easy it is to use. The bibliography sites 3 sources.
Filename: TEwalestrat.rtf

Wal-Mart Employee Compensation
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An 8 page paper. Wal-Mart has a general reputation of being a good place to work. Very little of this reputation has to do with the actual hourly wage an employee receives. This paper discusses the three basic principles upon which Sam Walton built the company as well as the principles for a successful business that apply to employees. Specific benefits provided by the company are outlines as are those things that are intangible but that are also benefits of working with this company. Bibliography lists 4 sources.
Filename: PGwlmt2.rtf

Wal-Mart Ethics
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This 4 page paper is a PowerPoint presentation with accompanying notes looking at ethics and Wal-Mart. The slides outline the ethical issues Wal-Mart face, the key players and different approaches that may be adopted. The bibliography cites 2 sources.
Filename: TEwalethics.rtf

Wal-Mart in 2007
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A 6 page paper discussing a case dated late 2007. A time of economic contraction is an excellent time for learning, applying lessons and building for the future and the better days ahead. Recommendation for Wal-Mart is that it focuses on the US market and seeks to learn all it can about changing economic conditions. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
Filename: KSwalmCase.rtf

Wal-Mart in Europe
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This 6 page paper looked at the mixed results that Wal-Mart have seen in their European operations. The paper looks at the different environments in the UK and Germany, how the Wal-Mart core competences fitted in with these environment, the challenges that were faced, the progress that has been made and the reasons why the UK acquisition has been more successful than the German acquisitions. The bibliography cites 6 sources.
Filename: TEwaleurope.rtf

Wal-Mart in Japan
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This 3 page paper looks at the problems faced by Wal-Mart in Japan considers what they are and how they may be overcome with changes in approach and strategy. The bibliography cites 1 source
Filename: TEwaljap.rtf

Wal-Mart Innovation and Diversity
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A 3 page paper discussing Wal-Mart’s approaches to innovation and diversity over the years, and the implications for the company’s mastery of the four functions of management. In terms of innovation, the company has demonstrated it is quite capable of mastery of all four functions. It appears to have been rather one-dimensional in its practice of the four functions, however. Wal-Mart essentially has been forced to turn its attention to diversity and other people-related matters now. It is likely that we will see the same kinds of magic wrought on those fronts that we have been watching in innovation for the past several years. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
Filename: KSwalmInnDiv.rtf

Wal-Mart International’s Global Strategy
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A 7 page paper discussing Wal-Mart International’s strategy from its beginning in 1991. To date, Wal-Mart International has approached globalizing the world’s largest company in much the same way it approached achieving an Internet presence: it claimed its URL and put its name on a main page, but did little else for a long while, finally making several false starts before arriving at an approach to ecommerce. Though the details have changed within Wal-Mart International, the pattern remains the same. Wal-Mart is quite clear on where it wants to go internationally, but so far it is far from achieving its goals. Includes a SWOT analysis. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
Filename: KSwalIntlStrat.rtf

Wal-Mart Key Performance Indicators
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A 7 page paper that provides specific information about Wal-Mart beginning with an overview of the business and the business model Wal-Mart uses. Financial performance and profitability are discussed as key performance indicators. The bulk of the paper is supposed to be a report for improving the company's key performance indicators. Since Wal-Mart is on the cutting edge with information technology and has huge net profits, the writer discusses labor relations as one indicator that could be changed. There are more employee lawsuits filed against Wal-Mart than any other company. The writer presents a plan that involves a public relations campaign to change the company's policies on wages and benefits and also in answer to the gender discrimination charges. Bibliography lists 7 sources.
Filename: PGwlmr.rtf

Wal-Mart Management And Leadership
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A 16 page paper. Wal-Mart has received many accolades for its business practices but it has also been the subject of a great deal of criticism for its low wages and benefits. More lawsuits have been filed against this company than any other. Most recently, a gender discrimination lawsuit was filed. The writer explains Sam Walton's leadership philosophies and the leadership styles he used, most of which still exist at the corporate level. The writer discusses the discrepancies between philosophy and reality at the store level. Bibliography lists 20 sources.
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