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The Ikea Edge Building Global Growth And Social Good At The World S Most Iconic Home Store
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Author : Anders Dahlvig
language : en
Publisher: McGraw Hill Professional
Release Date : 2011-12-21
The Ikea Edge Building Global Growth And Social Good At The World S Most Iconic Home Store written by Anders Dahlvig and has been published by McGraw Hill Professional this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-12-21 with Business & Economics categories.
Praise for The IKEA Edge “A very good book from a talented business leader [that links] values, culture, and the achievement of business and social objectives together. I have read it now three times and learned something from every passage.” —Michael Spence, recipient of the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, 2001 “With Anders Dahlvig’s recommendations, we could solve many of the world’s problems by persuading the big multinationals to change their Memorandum and Articles of Association. Big business working in the interests of humanity would be a powerful tool.” —Gordon Roddick, cofounder of The Body Shop “The IKEA Edge is a fascinating case study of an entrepreneurial company’s growth to maturity. Anders Dahlvig is incisive and surprisingly straightforward in sharing the IKEA story. As a fourth-generation family business owner, I recognize the inherent paradox of building a ‘good,’ value-driven company and managing for profit. Anders Dahlvig proves it can be done.” —Antonia Axson Johnson, Chairperson, Axel Johnson AB About the Book: With Anders Dahlvig at the helm from 1999 to 2009, the furniture giant IKEA averaged 11 percent yearly sales growth and annual operating profits in excess of 10 percent. The company hired more than 70,000 new employees and opened new stores around the world—all while maintaining its reputation as one of the world’s best corporate citizens. In The IKEA Edge, Dahlvig tells the story of how IKEA matured from an entrepreneurial startup to a leader in the furniture industry. He recounts his 26-year career at the company and what he learned along the way. In his rise from store manager to president, Dahlvig developed the unique vision he relied upon to lead IKEA through good times and bad—by combining traditional business goals like profit and growth with the progressive interests of social responsibility and environmental stewardship. Dahlvig proves that these objectives, which are usually viewed as polar opposites, can actually work wonders together. The IKEA Edge serves as an expansive case study for “doing good business while being a good business.” Dahlvig clearly lays out the cornerstones that support IKEA: a vision of social responsibility; market leadership with a balanced global portfolio; differentiation through control of the value chain; and building for the long term—four principles that can be applied in any business, in any industry. social and business agenda—and it continues to grow, even during the worst global recession in history. In a time when the public’s trust of business has hit bottom, such an approach to business is more critical than ever. A combination of personal memoir, call to action, and strategic vision, The IKEA Edge provides the inspiration and information you need to develop a social-good/good-business agenda for your own company. Public trust, brand recognition, customer loyalty, and a world-class reputation will soon follow.
Unpacking Ikea
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Author : Pauline Garvey
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-11-23
Unpacking Ikea written by Pauline Garvey and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-11-23 with Social Science categories.
This book represents the first anthropological ethnography of Ikea consumption and goes to the heart of understanding the unique and at times frantic popularity of this one iconic transnational store. Based on a year of participant observation in Stockholm’s Kungens Kurva store – the largest in the world - this book places the retailer squarely within the realm of the home-building efforts of individuals in Stockholm and to a lesser degree in Dublin. Ikea, the world’s largest retailer and one of its most interesting, is the focus of intense popular fascination internationally, yet is rarely subject to in-depth anthropological inquiry. In Unpacking Ikea, Garvey explores why Ikea is never ‘just a store’ for its customers, and questions why it is described in terms of a cultural package, as everyday and classless. Using in-depth interviews with householders over several years, this ethnographic study follows the furniture from the Ikea store outwards to probe what people actually take home with them.
Ikea Where The Everyday Begins
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2015
Ikea Where The Everyday Begins written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015 with Furniture categories.
Design By Ikea
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Author : Sara Kristoffersson
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2014-10-23
Design By Ikea written by Sara Kristoffersson and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-23 with Design categories.
Sara Kristoffersson's compelling study provides the first sustained critical history of IKEA. Kristoffersson argues that the company's commercial success has been founded on a neat alignment of the brand with a particular image of Swedish national identity – one that is bound up with ideas of social democracy and egalitarianism - and its material expression in a pared-down, functional design aesthetic. Employing slogans such as “Design for everyone” and “Democratic design”, IKEA signals a rejection of the stuffy, the 'chintzy', and the traditional in both design practices and social structures. Drawing on original research in the IKEA company archive and interviews with IKEA personnel, Design by IKEA traces IKEA's symbolic connection to Sweden, through its design output and its promotional materials, to examine how the company both promoted and profited from the concept of Scandinavian Design.
Ikea Success And Problems Of A Swedish Concept
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Author : Manja Ledderhos
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2003-03-12
Ikea Success And Problems Of A Swedish Concept written by Manja Ledderhos and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003-03-12 with Business & Economics categories.
Seminar paper from the year 2003 in the subject Business economics - General, grade: very good, Mälardalen University (Institution of Economics), course: Strategies and the New Economy, language: English, abstract: 1.1. Background Information IKEA is a well known Swedish company where almost every European person under 30 has purchased something from to decorate their flats. In only a few decades the company “went from the woods of southern Sweden to 31 countries around the world”1 and has become a large Multinational cooperation (MNC) with an interorganisational network.2 Higher tariffs, transport costs and the loss of economies of scale in domestic production further encourage production abroad.3 The Swedish market is comparably small and IKEA had to expand in order to keep their steady growth rates. The success came as a surprise to many since the furniture business is originally a local business.4 IKEA is the only company in their field, that has been able to expand so widely. The company seems to offer something that is unique to people and that appeals to them as something preferable. The background of the company seems to play a role in managing this uniqueness where Swedish influence on leadership, corporate culture and product offer leads towards the successful “IKEA spirit”. While the internationalisation of IKEA is one of the reasons for their great success, it seems that it is also the source of trouble. It seems that today’s “game of global strategy [is] increasingly ... a game of coordination”5. The difficulties that IKEA faces is to keep their unique “IKEA spirit” and still be successful around the world. 1.2. Aim of the Paper The aim of the paper is to look at the sources for IKEAs success where special emphasis will be given to the Swedish impact on leadership, corporate culture and product offer and the success they have with it. Internationalisation puts challenges on the above success areas and those need to be evaluated, as well. 1.3. Delimitations IKEA is a very complex company and I couldn’t concentrate on all of the given information. For example, I did not write about the purchasing network and relationships to suppliers. Also, customer contacts are not dealt with in depth. 1 http://www.IKEA.com/about_IKEA/timeline/splash.asp, (21.02.03). 2 Forgens/Holm/Thilenius (1997). p.477. 3 Buckley/ Casson (1998). p. 555. 4 Grol/Schoch (1998), p.
Meet Ikea
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1993
Meet Ikea written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1993 with categories.
Strategic Sourcing And Category Management
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Author : Magnus Carlsson
language : en
Publisher: Kogan Page Publishers
Release Date : 2019-05-03
Strategic Sourcing And Category Management written by Magnus Carlsson and has been published by Kogan Page Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-05-03 with Business & Economics categories.
How is it possible to sell a kitchen at 30 per cent below market price? Why are hot dogs cheaper in IKEA than in the supermarket? How can IKEA sell the Lack table at half the price it was when it was launched 35 years ago and how can it be achieved with a substantial profit? Strategic Sourcing and Category Management examines how IKEA - and other cost leading companies - use category management to create advantages with direct and indirect sourcing. With 25 years' experience from IKEA, where he had the responsibility to develop and execute the company's purchasing strategy, author Magnus Carlsson shares his insights on important topics: when category management is profitable and why; how teams repeatedly create value and results; what the main approaches are in different categories; how a company implements category management; the difference between success and failure. In this new edition of Strategic Sourcing and Category Management, Magnus Carlsson has added new themes including examples and references from companies such as Maersk, Carlsberg, P&G and Aldi, illustrating the application of cost leadership that spans far beyond IKEA. Even there, the cost leadership lessons are not limited to home furnishings as the company is sourcing categories such as food, components, materials, transports and indirect materials, with a total purchasing spend of approximately €7 billion. But maybe even more importantly, the book illustrates how teams create value by thinking differently and asking the right questions, allowing an understanding that goes beyond mere tools and processes.
Values Based Service For Sustainable Business
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Author : Bo Edvardsson
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2008-10-31
Values Based Service For Sustainable Business written by Bo Edvardsson and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-10-31 with Business & Economics categories.
This is the first book on the role of values in developing and managing service companies, emphasizing sustainable business. The authors examine the role of values in forming a service culture which creates customer value.
Ikea
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Author : IKEA Canada
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2017
Ikea written by IKEA Canada and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017 with Bedroom furniture categories.
Great Ikea
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Author : Elen Lewis
language : en
Publisher: Cyan Communications
Release Date : 2005
Great Ikea written by Elen Lewis and has been published by Cyan Communications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with Business & Economics categories.
The story of how Swedish furniture giant IKEA brought design to the masses and created one of the world's most influential and iconic brands.