Name:_______________________________ FOUNDATIONS OF COMPETITIVE ANALYSIS HOMEWORK 1 Jenny Ellis‚ Spring 2013 Due date: Thursday April 11‚ in class. Fill in the blanks‚ and briefly show your work 1. A partial income statement from Webfoot Industries‚ Inc. is shown below: Revenues Revenue from sales of goods and services ................ $27‚500‚000 Operating costs and expenses: Cost of products and services sold.............................. $15‚000‚000 Selling expenses .............
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MERCEDES-BENZ VIANO Mercedes-Benz is a German car manufacturer famous for producing innovative technology in their vehicles that are primarily designed for luxury and safety (Mercedes-Benz‚ 2012). As a market leader in the area in entry-level luxury cars‚ they have a large budget and thus always attempt to produce interesting‚ innovative ads that breaks through the clutter. Mercedes-Benz launched an interactive billboard in Berlin’s Friedrichstrasse underground subway station. Dubbed “Key
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Competitive analysis Kroger has been leading the food market in terms of innovation. In fact‚ the company was the first food store to introduce a scanning system technology for check out as well as for inventory (Dunn‚ Fielden‚ Cliff‚ Keith‚ & Murass‚ 2007‚ P41). New technologies‚ such as self-checkout systems and computerized point of sale‚ has helped grocery stores to cut labor costs and save money. Moreover‚ Kroger offers online shopping so customers can order their products online for delivery
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| | | |This case analysis will analyze the efficiency and health of the organization. This | |case analysis was created using the textbook and the Stanford Graduate School of | |Business. Costco Wholesale Corporation Financial Statement Analysis (A) Case A-186A.| |19 June 2003. | |
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Competitive Analysis | Kimpton Hotels | The W Hotels | FairmontHotels | Joie de Vivre | Logo/Brand Name | | | | | Target Market | Business‚ Luxury Leisure‚ GLBT community | Business‚ Luxury Leisure | Luxury Leisure | Business‚ Romantic/ Weekend Getaways‚ Family Vacations | Number of Locations | 54 Boutique Hotels | 52 Boutique Hotels | 88 Boutique Hotels/ Resorts | 30 Boutique Hotels | Locations | United States | Worldwide | Worldwide | California Only | Restaurants | Every Hotel
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more in-stock movies. In 2006 new releases represented less than 30% of total rentals. Overall‚ the recommendation system was able to reduce the cost of building the DVD library and provide a better subscriber experience. Both were key competitive advantages. 2. Netflix prioritized technology projects based on underperforming yet high-value processes. They targeted processes that enhanced customer satisfaction and delivered the core benefits of convenience and value. Key success criteria
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Competitive Analysis Blockbuster Inc. and Movie Gallery are currently the two strongest competitors in the market‚ and therefore pose the biggest threats to Netflix. Amazon‚ Intelliflicks‚ and Cleanfilms are all present in the market‚ but don’t possess enough force at this time to be considered a threat to Netflix. Blockbuster As of right now‚ Blockbuster is the biggest competitive threat to Netflix. Blockbuster was incorporated in 1989 in Delaware and is a major renter of home videocassettes
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Competitive Analysis Competitors are the firms that compete to serve the same customers in the same marketplace. Competitors can compete directly or indirectly. Competition happens on two levels: Product or service competition. Due to the shift of focus for Amazon‚ it has become the "Earth’s biggest anything store". Its competitors have expanded from just online book retailers Barnes and Nobles and Borders to top audio retailers CDNOW.com and online auction house e-bay.com. Amazon has an overall
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Competitor analysis in marketing and strategic management is an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and potential competitors. This analysis provides both an offensive and defensive strategic context to identify opportunities and threats. Profiling coalesces all of the relevant sources of competitor analysis into one framework in the support of efficient and effective strategy formulation‚ implementation‚ monitoring and adjustment. Competitor analysis is an essential
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Karl Benz‚ the Inventor of the Automobile Imagine a world without cars. The world would be rather harsh and difficult without them. However‚ there is controversy surrounding the true inventor of the automobile. Some people believe that the real inventor was Henry Ford‚ and others believe it was Richard Dudgeon‚ but the actual inventor of the automobile was Karl Benz. Although most people believe that Henry Ford invented the automobile‚ he did not. In fact‚ he was not even the first person to build
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