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Knowledge management

1 KM efforts overlap with organisational learning, and may be distinguished from that by a greater

focus on the management of knowledge as a strategic asset and a focus on encouraging the sharing of

knowledge


Business process management

1 As a managerial approach, BPM sees processes as strategic assets of an

organization that must be understood, managed, and improved to deliver value-added products and

services to clients


Andrew N. Liveris - Transforming Dow

1 In March 2009, Liveris and his management team organized a plan to

implement the Rohm and Haas integration, focusing on growth and cost synergies, but

also reducing costly debt from the transaction through public offerings, along with equity offers. The plan also called for

the divestiture of non-strategic assets, which was accomplished through a sales process that assured maximum valuation.


Technology strategy - Freeware and Open Source Tools

1 MappIT is a free tool(only for 30 runs of the program) used to map and

analyze IT Strategic assets (systems, business processes, infrastructure, people, skills, roles, organization,

spending...) and their lifecycle. It was launched in its first version in

February 2012.


Vivendi Universal - Corporate loss

1 The company then began reorganizing to stave off bankruptcy,

announcing a strategy to sell non-strategic assets


Petroleum fuel - Modern history

1 Access to oil was and still is a major factor in several military conflicts of the twentieth

century, including World War II, during which oil facilities were a major strategic

asset and were Oil Campaign chronology of World War II|extensively bombed.Hanson

Baldwin, 1959, [http://www.oil150.com/essays/2007/08/oil-strategy-in-world-war-ii Oil Strategy in World

War II], American Petroleum Institute Quarterly – Centennial Issue, pages 10–11


Wichita, Kansas - The Air Capital of the World

1 Wichita's mid-continental location made it ideal for basing strategic assets, allowing maximum time to

react to a Soviet missile attack launched over the north pole or from

ocean going submarines.


Business ethics - Intellectual property

1 The battles are not for control of raw materials, but for the control of the

most dynamic strategic asset, namely 'productive knowledge'

Corporations fund much IP creation and can acquire IP they do not

create,Macmillan, F


Human interaction management

1 As a managerial approach, BPM sees processes as strategic assets of an

organization that must be understood, managed, and improved to deliver value-added products and

services to clients


Crude oil - Modern history


century, including World War II, during which oil facilities were a major strategic

asset and were Oil Campaign chronology of World War II|extensively bombed.Hanson

Baldwin, 1959, [http://www.oil150.com/essays/2007/08/oil-strategy-in-world-war-ii Oil Strategy in World

War II], American Petroleum Institute Quarterly – Centennial Issue, pages 10–11


Design management

1 Over recent years, design has become a strategic asset in brand equity, differentiation, and product quality for many companies. More

and more organisations apply design management to improve design-relevant activities and to better connect design with corporate

processes.


Design methods - Design management

1 Clients and the market have traditionally viewed design as an

expressive and production function, rather than as a strategic asset


Demand chain management

1 DCM creates strategic assets for the firm in terms of the overall value creation as it enables the firm to

implement and integrate marketing and supply chain management (SCM)

strategies that improve its overall performance


Resource-based view - Key Points

1 (1993), Strategic assets and organizational rent


Resource-based view - Key Points

1 This advantage could be sustainable if competitors are not able to duplicate this strategic asset

perfectly (Peteraf, 1993, p183; Barney, 1986b, p658)


Space policy - Europe

1 The ESA Director General’s Proposal for the European Space Policy states, Space systems are strategic assets

demonstrating independence and the readiness to assume global

responsibilities


Reputation - Building reputation through stakeholder management

1 Therefore, this reputation makes a reputational capital that becomes a strategic asset and advantage for

that company


Great Patriotic War - End of the War: April–May 1945

1 Another consideration was that Berlin itself held strategic assets, including Adolf Hitler and part of the German

nuclear energy project|German atomic bomb program.Beevor, Berlin,

see #References|References Page 138


Asset allocation - Allocation strategy

1 Strategic Asset Allocation — the primary goal of a strategic asset allocation is to create an asset mix that will provide the

optimal balance between expected risk and return for a long-term investment horizon.

[http://corporate.morningstar.com/ib/documents/MethodologyDocuments/

IBBAssociates/Commodities.pdf Idzorek, Thomas M., “Strategic Asset Allocation and Commodities”, Ibbotson Associates, March

27, 2006]https://store.theartofservice.com/the-strategic-asset-toolkit.html

Asset allocation - Academic studies

1 Statman says that strategic asset allocation is movement along the efficient frontier, whereas tactical

asset allocation involves movement of the efficient frontier



1 and Lam Trevin W., [http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1368689 Strategic Asset Allocation: Determining the Optimal Portfolio with Ten Asset

Classes ], Journal of Wealth Management, Vol 12, No 3, pp 61-77,

2009.



1 Swinkels, Strategic Asset Allocation: The Global Multi-Asset Market Portfolio 1959-2012, Financial

Analysts Journal, Forthcoming ] argue that the portfolio of the average

investor contains important information for strategic asset

allocation purposes


HKEx - Government share purchase

1 The stake would be held by the Exchange Fund as a strategic

asset.Benjamin Scent, [http://www.thestandard.com.hk/new

s_detail.asp?pp_cat=1art_id=53093sid=15286164con_type=1d_str=20070908sear_ye

ar=2007 Exchange Fund boosts stake in HKEx], The Standard (Hong Kong)|The Standard, 8 September

2007https://store.theartofservice.com/the-strategic-asset-toolkit.html

Hudson's Bay Company - Retail expansion

1 Hudson's Bay Company reversed a formidable debt problem in 1987, by shedding non-strategic assets such as its wholesale division and getting

completely out of the oil and gas business


Economy of Finland - Companies

1 The government keeps them as strategic assets or because they are natural monopoly


Knowledge capture

1 KM efforts overlap with organisational learning and may be distinguished from that by a greater

focus on the management of knowledge as a strategic asset and a focus on encouraging the sharing of

knowledge


Privatization in Russia

1 A few strategic assets, including much of the Defense industry of Russia|Russian military industry,

were not privatized during the 1990s


History of South Africa (1910–48) - Military contributions and casualties in World War I

1 South Africa's ports and harbors, such as at Cape Town, Durban, and Simon's Town, were also important rest-stops, refueling-stations, and served as strategic assets to the

British Royal Navy during the war, helping to keep the vital sea lanes to

the British Raj open.


Hundred Years' War - Battle of Crécy and the taking of Calais

1 This became an important strategic asset for the English, allowing them

to safely keep troops in northern France


Rana Sanga - Victories over Ibrahim Lodi

1 After conquering Malwa, Rana turned his attention towards north eastern Rajasthan,

which was then under the control Khilji's ally, Ibrahim Lodi of Delhi. Rana invaded this

province after a rebellion in Delhi had diverted Sultan Lodi's attention. Under Rana, the Rajputs

scored several victories, capturing some key strategic assets in the process, including the

fort of Ranthambore. In retaliation, Lodi invaded Sanga's home province of Mewar after having

put down the rebellion in Delhi.LP Sharma


Online reputation - Building reputation through stakeholder management

1 Therefore, this reputation makes a reputational capital that becomes a strategic asset and advantage for

that company


Military of Estonia - Structure

1 In wartime the main tasks of EDF are to defend the territorial integrity of

the state, to facilitate the arrival and deployment of forces from other

countries and co-operate with them, to maintain control over national

airspace and facilitate the air defence of strategic assets in co-operation with forces from other

countries.https://store.theartofservice.com/the-strategic-asset-toolkit.html

Oder-Neisse line - Background

1 The border changes were to provide Poland with a safe border and to prevent the

Germans from using Western Pomerania and East Prussia as strategic assets against

Poland.Polacy wobec Niemców, Anna Wolff-Powęska 1993 Nowa Granica miała osłabić

korzystny dotąd układ strategiczny wykorzystywany przeciwko Polsce(Prusy

Wschodnie, Pomorze Zachodnie) page 49 Only with the changing situation during the

war were these territorial proposals modified


Indian Army during World War I - Indian Army entry into the war

1 It soon became clear that the Military of the Ottoman Empire|Ottoman

Turkish Army was being mobilised and in August the Indian Government

was instructed to prepare contingency plans to protect these

strategic assets


Passive management - Rationale

1 Campbell, Strategic Asset Allocation: Portfolio Choice for Long-Term Investors


173rd Airborne Brigade - Operation Iraqi Freedom I

1 Controlling the oil fields had been a specific operational goal of the Task Force because they were viewed as the most valuable strategic asset in

northern Iraq.Degen et al., p


Foreign internal defense - Military

1 Western special operations forces are considered strategic assets with core

missions including FID and UW


Dynamic capabilities - Processes

1 Three dynamic capabilities are necessary in order to meet new

challenges. Organizations and their employees need the capability to

learn quickly and to build strategic assets. New strategic assets such as capability, technology and customer

feedback have to be integrated within the company. Existing strategic assets have to be

transformed or reconfigured.https://store.theartofservice.com/the-strategic-asset-toolkit.html

Dynamic capabilities - Learning

1 For example alliance and acquisition routines can enable firms to bring new strategic assets into the firm

from external sources.


Dynamic capabilities - New assets

1 The effective and efficient internal coordination or integration of

strategic assets may also determine a firm’s performance


History of South Africa - Second World War

1 During World War II, South Africa's ports and harbours, such as at Cape

Town, Durban, and Simon's Town, were important strategic assets to

the British Royal Navy


Kot Diji - Rani Kot (600-1843AD)

1 The Mughal Empire|Mughal Emirs armed the walls of the fort with

cannons and muskets they were the first to renovate the entire structure. The Kalhora tribe later gained control of the fort and finally the Talpurs saw

the fort as a strategic asset especially during the reign of Mir

Fatih Ali Khan Talpur, until they were defeated and overthrown by the

British Empire, in 1843AD.https://store.theartofservice.com/the-strategic-asset-toolkit.html

Battle of Coral Sea - Midway

1 Willmott, Jonathan Parshall, and Anthony Tully believe Yamamoto

made a significant strategic error in his decision to support the MO with

strategic assets


Phanariotes - Russian influence

1 The Porte had to further offer concessions, with the imperative of maintaining hold over the countries as economical and strategic assets: the treaty made any increase in the

tribute impossible, and, between 1774 and the 1820s, it plummeted from around 50,000 to 20,000 gold

coins (equivalent to Austro-Hungarian gulden|Austrian gold

currency) in Wallachia, and just 3,100 in Moldavia.Berza


Target date fund - The Glidepath

1 The strategic asset allocation model over time is known as the 'glidepath' illustrating

how an investment strategy becomes increasingly conservative over time towards the target date. An example of a glidepath for a selection of savings strategies for the UK market is shown here. Intelligent Money

provides different glidepaths depending upon the end requirement of each client (a lump sum for withdrawal or an income producing

portfolio for income drawdown).


Military history of South Africa - Military contributions and casualties in World War I

1 South Africa's ports and harbours, such as at Cape Town, Durban, and Simon's Town, were also important rest-stops, refuelling-stations, and served as strategic assets to the

British Royal Navy during the war, helping to keep the vital sea lanes to

the British Raj open.


Market portfolio

1 Swinkels, Strategic Asset Allocation: The Global Multi-Asset Market Portfolio 1959-2012, Financial

Analysts Journal, Forthcoming ] argue that the portfolio of the average

investor contains important information for strategic asset

allocation purposes


History of North Korea - Postwar

1 Stalin had viewed the DPRK as a strategic asset for the Soviet Union

so that it would have access to warm-water ports and possibly a

springboard in the event Japan would engage in renewed aggression in the

future


Emperor Wu of Han - Huo Qubing's campaigns

1 Emperor Wu then reinforced this strategic asset by establishing five commanderies and constructing a length of fortified wall along the

border of the Hexi Corridor, colonized the area with 700,000 Chinese

soldier-settlers.Paludan, 38


Count of Nantes

1 Carologinian rulers would sometimes attack Brittany through the region of

the Vannetais, making Nantes a strategic asset


Infrastructure optimization

1 Optimization enables a business to realize the full value of its IT infrastructure and platform

investments and establishes IT as a strategic Asset|business asset that can facilitate innovation and help organizations respond quickly to

change.


Infrastructure optimization - Optimization Models

1 25 June 2007 helps an organization better understand and move toward a more secure, well-managed, and dynamic core IT infrastructure that

will help reduce overall IT costs, make better use of IT resources, and

make IT a strategic asset for the business


Infrastructure optimization - Levels of Optimization

1 Customers benefit substantially by moving from a basic level to a

standardized level—dramatically reducing costs through developing

standards, policies, and controls with an enforcement strategy, automating

many manual and time consuming tasks, adopting best practices, and

aspiring to make IT a strategic asset rather than a burden.


Pakistani Taliban - Relations with other militant groups

1 American officials said that the S Wing of the Pakistani ISI provided direct support to three

major groups carrying out attacks in Afghanistan: the Afghan Taliban based in

Quetta, Pakistan, commanded by Mohammed Omar|Mullah Muhammad Omar; the militant network run by Gulbuddin Hekmatyar; and a

different group run by the guerrilla leader Jalaluddin Haqqani, all considered a strategic

asset by Pakistan in contrast to the TTP run by Hakimullah Mehsud, which has engaged the

Pakistani army in combat.


The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy - Mixed reviews

1 In a March 25 article for Haaretz, Levy wrote, Their case is a potent

one: that identification of American with Israeli interests can be

principally explained via the impact of the Lobby in Washington, and in limiting the parameters of public

debate, rather than by virtue of Israel being a vital strategic asset or

having a uniquely compelling moral case for support.Goldberg, Nicholas


Jack Ryan (Tom Clancy) - First Ryan Administration

1 forces target their strategic assets


Buffalo Soldier - The Punitive Expedition, U.S.-Mexico Border, and World War I

1 The access to arms and customs duties from Mexican communities along the U.S.-Mexico boundary

made border towns like Matamoros, Tamaulipas, Ojinaga|Ojinaga,

Chihuahua, and Nogales, Sonora, important strategic assets


Lorraine (region) - Geography

1 The location of Lorraine led to it being a paramount strategic asset as

the crossroads of four nations


Afghan National Army - Democratic Republic of Afghanistan

1 The first 500 were transferred during the early months of 1989, and soon

proved to be a critical strategic asset


Fortis Inc. - Expansion

1 In 2007, Fortis acquired Terasen Gas from Kinder Morgan, which had sold the BC gas utility as a non-strategic

asset included in its 2005 acquisition of Terasen Inc.


2008 Russian financial crisis

1 As the crisis progressed, Reuters and the Financial Times speculated that the crisis would be used to increase

the Kremlin's control over key strategic assets in a reverse of the loans for shares sales of the 1990s, when the state sold off major assets to the business oligarch|oligarchs in

return for loans


History of petroleum - Modern history


century, including World War II, during which oil facilities were a major strategic asset and were Bombing of German oil facilities during World War II|extensively bombed.Hanson Baldwin,

1959, [http://www.oil150.com/essays/2007/08/oil-

strategy-in-world-war-ii “Oil Strategy in World War II], American Petroleum Institute Quarterly–

Centennial Issue, pages 10–11. American Petroleum Institute.


Clair oilfield - Partners

1 *Royal Dutch Shell - 28% (including 9.3% interest obtained from Hess in

a swap in 2009)Staff, offshoretechnology.com 22

December 2009 [http://www.offshore-technology.com/news/news73131.html Shell and Hess Agree Strategic

Asset Swap]


Sunanda K. Datta-Ray - Monographs

1 We would do well to ponder the implications of Datta-Ray's analysis: Indo-US ties will be stilted as long as

Americans Pakistan–United States relations|see Pakistan as a strategic asset; India's strongest asset is its economy, hobbled by its domestic

politics.http://www.outlookindia.com/archivecontents.asp?fnt=20021125


Beja Congress

1 Aided by the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SPLA) and the

Eritrean military, armed fighters of the BC made a series of attacks

along the Sudanese-Eritrean border, concentrating on strategic assets, such as the Khartoum-Port Sudan

road, the oil pipeline, and the military installations defending them


Vitol - Operations

1 In addition to offices in Dubai and Bahrain, Vitol's key strategic asset in

the Middle East is the Fujairah Refinery Company Limited (FRCL),

which operates an 82,000barrel per day refinery and a 1,034,000cubic

meter tank farm


Konjic - During the Bosnian War

1 Between 20 April and early May 1992 Bosnian government forces seized control over most of the strategic

assets of the Municipality and some armaments


Dubai Ports World controversy - Opposition to the deal

1 Some opposed to the sale have argued that no foreign government should be permitted to own such

strategic assets while others argue that port security should remain in the hands of American firms under American control at the very least


History of California before 1900 - Bear Flag Revolt and American conquest

1 San Diego Bay is one of the few natural harbors in California south of

San Francisco, and to claim this strategic asset the southern border

was slanted to include the entire bay in California.


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