A Strategic Thinking on Multi-Level Business Development in Wellness Foods

A Strategic Thinking on Multi-Level Business Development in Wellness Foods

More people are accepting the self-care concept in natural health regimens as the complementary and alternative medicine has become a key driver for wellness foods industry business. Many wellness food companies rely on multi-level marketing—directly selling products through individuals’ social networks—frothier business development. Few people are able to succeed in promoting this complex perc...

Business Dynamics for Strategic Development

This paper examines the role of system dynamics in corporate strategic development. A framework for strategic development is introduced based on an analogy with feedback control. The strengths and limitations of the analogy are discussed. The basic framework is then extended to include strategic rehearsal as a ‘virtual feedback process' at the corporate level to test and modify strategic initia...

Organizing Dynamic Multi-level Workflows on Multi-layer Grids for e-Business Portals Development

Developing an intelligent e-Business portal needs various WI technologies. In order to represent, manage, integrate, share, and use the information coming from huge, distributed, multiple data sources, we present a conceptual model with dynamic multi-level workflows corresponding to a multi-layer Grid architecture for multi-aspect analysis in building an e-Business portal on the Wisdom Web, and...

Strategic thinking in pharmacy

Strategic use of statistical thinking in drug development.

The role of the statistician and statistical thinking in the pharmaceutical industry has evolved greatly in the last four or five decades. Regulatory developments and the changing face of the science of drug development have driven this evolution. The increasing regulatory requirement for statistical input in critical areas has facilitated a wider range of applications. The pace of change of sc...