This paper is a full case analysis about DirecTV. 1 Executive Summary This report will provide a case of News Corporation (News Corp.) and specifically DirecTV. This report examines three strategic issues facing News Corp and DirecTV: who will replace Rupert Murdoch as News Corp. CEO; how can DirecTV gain market share; and how can DirecTV improve profitability in a market that has not yet reached maturity‚ but is clearly saturated. A SWOT analysis and industry information will also
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Case: Caffebene: Master Brewer of Growth and Global Ambition Author(s): David Y. Choi‚ Byungho Kang‚ and Fred Kiesner Synopsis: This case explains the entrepreneurial journey of Sun Kwon Kim‚ founder and CEO of specialty coffee franchisor Caffebene. The case describes issues and challenges faced by Kim‚ how he decide on certain issues and problems and what are the innovative initiatives implemented by him in his business ventures. Issues: 1. Issues and challenges of creating successful venture i
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Executive Summary We are writing this case analysis and recommendation as a consulting team for Lain Jager‚ CEO of Zespri. Zespri is a large kiwifruit production firm‚ operating out of New Zealand. Zespri has managed to create large brand awareness in the market‚ and is hoping to further expand to maintain their position in the marketplace. In order to fully understand the macro and micro environment in which Zespri operates‚ the team performed different analyses in order to recommend how best
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Case Analysis: CareGroup Brief Synopsis The case “CareGroup” prepared by the Harvard Business School recounts an astonishing tale of how the health-care company CareGroup’s leading state-of-the-art information technology (IT) systems had abruptly collapsed for three and a half days‚ what actions they took to recover‚ and the invaluable lessons learned through them. Background and Analysis On October 1‚ 1996 three prominent hospitals in eastern Massachusetts merged together to form CareGroup
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Case Study Analysis: Identity Development- Final Draft Based on Erik Erikson’s groundbreaking work on identity and psychosocial development in the 1960s‚ Canadian developmental psychologist James Marcia refined and extended Erikson’s model‚ primarily focusing on adolescent development (Berk‚ 2010). Addressing Erikson’s notion of identity crisis‚ Marcia posited that the adolescent stage consists neither of identity resolution nor identity confusion‚ but rather the degree to which one has explored
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Case analysis “WestJet” Introduction. WestJet was established in 1996 in Western Canada. Clive Beddoe‚ Don Bell‚ Mark Hill and Tim Morgan‚ the founders of the company‚ aimed to provide their customers low-cost air travel. Company is based Cangary‚AB‚ and it has its secondary hub in Toronto Pearson International Airport. WestJet operates the most modern and fuel-efficient Boeing 737 aircrafts. WestJet is one of the most profitable airlines in North America. All employees shared in company profits
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Northco Case Analysis Northco case describes the issues faced by an industry with high demand variability and a strong seasonality trend. The main issue highlighted in the case is building up left over inventory after the sales season is over. This worrying trend has been growing for past 3 years‚ in spite of being managed by experienced team‚ having a strong history of improving seasonal cash flows of all the acquired companies in the past. Northco was the first acquisition in school uniform
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Case Overview/Introduction Justin Anson Distillery‚ Inc. is a company that produces quality whiskey and distributes their product throughout America. The company has recently has been trying to expand and increase their production. In order to increase their production they need to obtain more barrels in which they can age their whiskey for the necessary 4 years. This is going to incur the company many more costs in their production and also increase their inventory levels. It is now the firm’s
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MGT-3315 2/09/13 Starbucks Case Analysis Starbucks’ mission statement is “To inspire and nurture the human spirit- one person‚ one cup and one neighborhood at a time”. The mission statement emphasizes the standards they want their company to accomplish and to uphold. They desire to increase their devotion to employees and customers‚ as well as a positive reputation in the community. Starbucks is concerned with social responsibility in its overall corporate strategy because they want to
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FINANCIAL ANALYSIS OF THE CASE: 7 PORTER’S FIVE – FORCES MODEL: 11 RIVALRY AMONGST COMPETING SELLERS: 12 SUPPLIERS 13 THREAT OF SUBSTITUTES 14 BUYERS 14 THREAT OF NEW ENTRANTS 15 INTERNAL AUDIT: 17 EXTERNAL AUDIT 19 INTERNAL FACTOR ANALYSIS: 21 EXTERNAL FACTOR ANALYSIS: 23 THE INTERNAL-EXTERNAL (IE) MATRIX 26 Space Matrix: 30 Competitive Profile Matrix(CPM): 32 STRATEGIC RECOMMENDATIONS AND IMPLEMENTATION 35 CURRENT SCENERIO 38 EBAY FINANCIAL ANALYSIS (CURRENT FIGURES)
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