MSc Global Strategy: Challenges and Choices (September 2014 starts) January 2015 exam Some general comments 1. A REMINDER THAT YOU WILL BE REQUIRED TO ANSWER a) TWO questions from FOUR in section A b) BOTH questions in section B 2. Students are allowed to bring in 4 pages (2 pages double sided) of notes to the exam. The notes must be headed with student’s matriculation number‚ typed in Arial 12 and contain a reference list (Harvard style). Notes must be pinned to the exam script 3. Remember
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Strategy Assignment 12/3/14 Anne-cecile POUXE XU Zhao Magesh Rengaswamy Pierre Boesinger Elie Hayek 1- What is the case about? The case is about the success story of Samsung that was able to understand the market evolution and improved the technology to acquire huge market share and become number in the memory chip industry. The case also deals about the strategy and steps implemented by Samsung to challenge her competitors and successfully adapt to the industry. 2- Asses the attractiveness of
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Assignment 1 1. From your knowledge of restaurants‚ from the video‚ from the Global Company Profile that opens this chapter‚ and from the case itself‚ identify how each of the 10 decisions of operations management is applied at Hard Rock Café? Design of Goods and services Hard Rock Café is providing the customers with an experience of music‚ rock and roll ambiance as well as good food. This unique experience is not limited to the meals on the menu. They combine the good food with the harmony
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of the six-hundred employees or spending a large amount on re-training the existing ones. Discussion 1. Could the management of the HI team have been more culturally sensitive and was its strategy correct to achieve its goals? 2. How could HI have better prepared for the takeover? 3. Could Tian Wen‚ the former Chinese general manager‚ have been used in a more advantageous way? In this case‚ the main focus is collision of the two different business cultures. To Roaring Dragon Hotel‚
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Comprehensive Report on Global Staffing Strategies Denise Lee University of Phoenix Comprehensive Report on Global Staffing Strategies As the director of human resources for MediTravel‚ an organization that assists individuals and Fortune 500 companies in locating cost-efficient medical procedures outside the United States‚ I have been directed by my CEO to expand our services into Thailand. Currently‚ MediTravel is contracted with hospitals in Mexico‚ Costa Rica‚ India‚ and Korea.
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Unit 7.2 Level 7 Global Business Strategy 15 Credits Sample assignment Scenario You have been appointed as a market analyst in a small investment bank‚ which manages the wealth of many clients. One of your first tasks is to choose an organisation that operates internationally. This may be an investment opportunity for your employer‚ but you can choose a non-profit making organisation. In your role as a market analyst you will also need to understand the impact of globalisation on business
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Business Start Up Barclays Introduction Barclays is a major global financial services provider. It operates in over 50 countries and employs more than 156‚000 people. In 2008‚ Barclays had an income of £23 billion‚ generating a profit before tax of just over £6 billion. In the UK‚ Barclays has 741‚000 business customers. Many of these customers run relatively small enterprises; some are new business start-ups. Barclays offers a dedicated banking service for smaller enterprises called Local Business
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Geography Assessment task Australia has numerous regional and global links; these links include sports‚ culture‚ tourism‚ migration‚ aid and communication. Australia is a continent which is strongly engaged with the rest of the world and not only because so many of its people originate from so many parts of the world but also because of its longstanding relationships with the USA and the UK and their more recent links with the countries in the Asia Pacific. It is imperative that Australia establishes
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CHAPTER 6 STRATEGY FORMULATION: CORPORATE STRATEGY Corporate Strategy Corporate strategy deals with three key issues facing the corporation as a whole: 1. Directional strategy- the firm’s overall orientation toward growth‚ stability‚ or retrenchment 2. Portfolio strategy- the industries or markets in which the firm competes through its products and business units 3. Parenting strategy- the manner in which management coordinates activities‚ transfer resources‚ and cultivates
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China‚ they had 25% market share in 2004 where SGM only had 10%. VW’s target market was very different from GM’s. VW’s best selling sedan was the Santana which was targeted at the lower market‚ about half the price of GM’s Buick. VW’s competitive strategy was based on price‚ hence most taxi in China are VW Santana. What is GM and SAIC’s agenda in this JV GM’s agenda to enter the China market mainly has to do with the US domestic car market. The US auto market is very saturated with US citizen owned
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