Strategic Alliance – Whirlpool Corporation and Inland Steel CASE Faced with intense competition‚ increasing expectations from customers‚ reduced product life cycles‚ and localized geographic markets‚ Whirlpool Corporation (a Fortune 500 manufacturer of appliances) realized that the need to achieve a competitive advantage from its sourcing and material efforts was greater than ever. Part of the strategy to achieve this advantage involved pursuing an alliance with a key steel supplier. Steel is
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and Jemison‚ 1989; Powell. 1987; Thorelli. 1986). In order to access more international market and reduce risks‚ the hybrid organizational forms are mainly realized by contractual agreement‚ strategic alliance and joint venture. Compared to some casual cooperative arrangements between companies‚ strategic alliance is refer to a long-term‚ substantial collaboration‚ which is ‘an agreement characterized by the commitment of two or more firms to achieve a shared goal entailing the pooling of their resources
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OUTLINE OF INFORMATIVE SPEECH Topic : “Strategic Alliances” General Purpose : To inform Specific Purpose : To inform my audience about several types and goals of Strategic alliances that using by Companies. Central Idea : Several types and goals of strategic alliances could be good consideration to company to developing their business. INTRODUCTION : I. Do you know what is Strategic Alliances? A. Strategic alliance is a cooperative strategy in which firms combine some of their
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Unsuccessful Equity Strategic Alliance Strategic alliance can be an advantage for companies. However‚ strategic alliance is hard to be managed as it caused a high number of failures. There are many factors causing the failure of strategic alliance. Different in perception‚ different in culture‚ trust issues and many other that cause alliances to fail (Robynhenderson101’s Blog 2011). There are many companies that have failed in strategic alliance‚ one of them are Suzuki Motor Corporation and Volkswagen
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strategic alliance “A strategic alliance is an agreement between two or more parties to pursue a set of agreed upon objectives needed while remaining independent organizations. This form of cooperation lies between Mergers & Acquisition and organic growth.” Partners may provide the strategic alliance with resources such as products‚ distribution channels‚ manufacturing capability‚ project funding‚ capital equipment‚ knowledge‚ expertise‚ or intellectual property. The alliance is a cooperation or collaboration which
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Dunkin Donuts For more than 50 years‚ Dunkin Donuts has offered customers throughout the Unites States and around the world a consistent experience – the same donuts‚ the same coffee‚ the same store décor – each time a customer drops in. Although the chain now offers iced coffee‚ breakfast sandwiches‚ smoothies‚ gourmet cookies‚ and Dunkin Dawgs in addition to the old standbys‚ devoted customers argue that it’s the coffee that sets Dunkin Donuts apart. To keep customers coming back‚ the chain
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field research on Starbucks and Dunkin Donuts. Dunkin Donuts and Starbucks are more or less similar in the fact that they are both known for selling coffee along with other products. They both offer various types of coffee‚ iced and hot drinks‚ sandwiches‚ other food products available‚ and miscellaneous merchandise. Starbucks is more on the expensive side compared to Dunkin Donuts. Furthermore‚ Dunkin Donuts cup sizing is larger than Starbucks; in that at Dunkin Donuts the cup gives the customer more
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public swimming pools. Job creation and business retention; such as helping entrepreneurs get financing or networking with small businesses.” Rainbow Donuts‚ a mom and pop donut shop‚ is facing a crisis when the City Manager‚ Chris Freeland‚ announced
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The Debt/Equity ratio is another important indicator of Dunkin Donuts’ financial standing. In equation form‚ the Debt/Equity = Total Liabilities/(Total Assets – Total Liabilities). Debt/equity ratio is able to indicate all of its debt obligations of the next year with its current resources. In general‚ a high debt-to-equity ratio indicates that a company may not be able to generate enough cash to satisfy its debt obligations. However‚ a low debt-to-equity ratio may also indicate that a company is
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Report on A partnership between Kellogg’s and Wilmar International This reports summarizes the threat and causes of partnership between the two giant companies named Kellogg’s which is an American multinational food manufacturing company and Wilmar International which is Asia’s leading Agribusiness group. The Kellogg Company is the second largest food company in the world after Pepsico and the company strongly believes in maintaining a positive brand image towards its customer. In United
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