Essays on Bain & Company

The Dhamani Jewels: Strategic Perspectives. Case Study. CONTENTS I. Introduction 3 II. Background 3 III. Alternatives 4

B. Difficulty in developing future strategy 4 C. Poor system of data-collection 5 D. Non-presence in the e-segment 5 IV. Proposed Solution 5 V. Recommendations 6

References 7

Introduction The analyzed case study revealed that although by the standards of luxury jewelry standards Dhamani is a relatively young company, yet, provided that the company management maintains and improves its grasp on strategic planning and marketing, it has bright future. Thus, both the annual revenues, accrued by Dhamani, its market segmentation, location of its stores, ...

The Samurai Ethics: A Paradigm for Corporate Behavior by Shinya Fujimura

In this article, Fujimura advocates for the adoption of the samurai moral and ethical values into the corporate world. The author suggests that the integration of these values by corporate and businesses in wealthy countries such as the US and the UK would aid them in dealing with economic vicissitudes. Apparently, the ancient Japanese samurai culture exemplifies the importance of a society that is driven by loyalty, benevolence, and duty. Fujimura studied for his master degree in public administration at Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government where he focused on social change (Fujimura 212). Fujimura also ...

- The Benchmarking Process

Benchmarking is the process of measuring the performance of one company or organization against the best practices in the industry or in the world. Many companies employ benchmarking when they want to evaluate their business operations and overall performance when considered against the performance of the best companies in their league. Benchmarking offers many clear advantages. It allows a company to be analyzed and its operations compared to better-performing companies. This allows companies to understand as well the business processes of its competitors who are better-performing. In addition, deficiencies in performance are identified and management is alerted on how ...