resources‚ capabilities and core competencies? Does Sony have a sustainable competitive advantage? Sony Corporation is considered one of the world’s most successful companies‚ operating in the “electronics‚ games‚ music‚ films and financial services” industry (Hanson et al‚ 2001). Sony is known for creating “products that stimulate the senses and refresh the spirit” (Sony‚ 2007). Effectively managing a combination of its resources‚ capabilities and core competencies‚ has allowed Sony to create
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examine a period of strategic change for an organisation of your own choice. Outline the triggers for change and the approach to strategic change in your case. Discuss the extent to which this strategic change built on or transformed the existing core competencies of the organization. Explain the most significant organizational issues facing the managers implementing this strategic change and how effectively they were managed. A STRATEGIC ANALYSIS OF APPLE CORPORATION
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Strengths - quality and employee loyalty; Weaknesses - slow traditions and limited customers; Opportunities - increase hospitality division and sell to a broader range of customers; and Threats - Porter’s 5 forces. Due to the analysis provided‚ the core competencies of Kohler emerge as high quality‚ great design‚ history and tradition‚ and a commitment to gracious living for their customers. Kohler Background Kohler Co. is a world leader in plumbing and power systems‚ but is diverse and sells products
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INTRODUCTION This case discusses the history of Boeing and salient forces affecting the global aircraft industry‚ along with the key strategic issues driving Boeing’s competitive strategies. Boeing and Airbus dominate the global aircraft industry‚ but have very different visions of the future of commercial air travel. Consequently‚ the strategies they have devised to manage the competitive environment are disparate. The case provides a unique opportunity to explore these differences‚ how
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Executive Summary The purpose of this report is to analyse the problems and issues faced by the Boeing company over history and provide a strategic plan for its future growth and development. At first this report gives an introduction on the background and the current situation of Boeing. Then it conducts a series of analysis on the factors that might influence the development of the company‚ they include: SWOT analysis to discover the company’s internal strengths and weaknesses together
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Boeing Versus Airbus In today’s marketplace‚ distinct differences in the way competitive products work have become increasingly rare. But functional product differentiation is exactly what the rivalry between the Airbus A380 and the Boeing 787 Dreamliner is all about: Two companies with fundamentally different products‚ based on diametrically opposite visions of the future‚ engaged in a Hatfields versus McCoys battle with billions of dollars at stake. Each company
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The Boeing Company Introduction The Boeing Company is one of the worlds largest US based aerospace company which is founded by William Boeing in 1913. Boeing manufactures defense‚ space and security systems and commercial airlines. Boeing is well known for its wide range of products and services which include commercial and military aircrafts‚ weapons‚ satellites‚ electronic defense systems‚ launch systems and information and communication systems (Boeing‚ 2013). One
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Boeing 777 QUESTION 1: The WACC that Boeing should use to discount the cash flows for the Boeing 777 investment is the WACC of the Boeing’s commercial division. Step 1: We needed to calculate the Beta of the commercial division of Boeing. We know that Beta of Boeing Corp. is the weighted average of the defense division Beta and the commercial division Beta. We started by calculating the unlevered Beta of Boeing Corp. We did that by unlevering the long-term Boeing Betas i.e.‚ more
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Objectives The objectives of The Boeing 7E7 case study is to seek the answer for the project question. Why is Boeing contemplating the launch of the 7E7 project? Is this the good time to do so? How would we know if the 7E7 project will create value? How to estimate the WACC? Is there anything else the board of directors should consider in assessing the financial appeal of this project? Why might the board vote ’yes’ on the 7E7‚ when the cost of capital estimate is greater than
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The Boeing 7E7 WACC Estimation In order to evaluate the prospective IRRs from the Boeing 7E7‚ we first try to estimate an appropriate required rate of return for accepting this project. The capital asset pricing model is applied to estimate the cost of equity of the commercial aircraft division: R_EC= β_EC*(R_M-R_f )+R_f where REC is the cost of equity capital of the commercial aircraft division. βEC is the beta for the commercial division of Boeing. This beta is used instead of the company’s
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