Essay About Tcs Guest And New Challenge

Competitors of Medical Healthcare
VENTURING SECTION 4
TCS guest from Toronto next week
Next Week 3 minutes presentation -> February 9, Final March 29
BIRKINSHAW: Sub. Initiatives:
She was a PhD student in Ivey.
Classificatio of SI
How to Structure/ Control Subs for SI
There is no specific theory and inductive
Knowledge based theory -> you are making them aware of the opportunity and the learning from outcomes -> Communication type of stuff is important.
High autonomy -> I need to have a freedom to experiment
High communication -> I need to prove
DANGER: Subsidiary Isolation !! due to subsidiary imitativeness! Cost of integration.
Local failures can became global problems ->
AMBOS: Consequences of Subsidiary Initiatives:
Past Initiative /Creation -> HQ Attention: More nurturing, HQ Monitoring: Trust issue, we are not trusting you
HQ Roles
Power At Centerstage (Resource Dependency Theory -> used mostly for external relations but it is applied internally)
Putting responsibility of HQ -> Successful initiatives would managed/manipulate HQ
Assess The Situation:
Issues&Concerns
Existing responsibilities
Maintenance
Managers Autonomy
Lack of Standards
Depreciation -> COST CONCERNS
Supplier Intelligence
Product: Freshness
New Challenge (green thing)
How to differenctiate?
Competing
Changing Regulations
Lack of Standardation -> which level of Leed?
Sourcing -> Equipment and Maintaining it for the new stores, electricity may not fit (power outage)
Options