| Case Study: Electrolux | | | In competitive business environment of today and the complex function-needs for goods‚ product variety is becoming more important. Electrolux AB operates as the largest appliance manufacturer in the world with customers in more than 150 countries. The company manufactures a variety of household appliances including refrigerators‚ washing machines‚ dishwashers‚ ovens‚ vacuum cleaners. Electrolux’s brand arsenal includes its namesake‚ along with Eureka
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International Marketing Communication Electrolux: trying to establish a global brand identity 1. Electrolux is aware of their Scandinavian heritage and values but at the same time they try to adapt to the different lifestyles around the world. The users/consumers are in focus‚ so Electrolux try to implement an outside-in perspective. 2. People (consumers) in different regions have different lifestyles and they use the Electrolux products in different ways. Electrolux’s product development
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Explain why the issues facing Electrolux were strategic. Axel Wenner-Gren‚ the founding father of Electrolux‚ established the principles by which the company still thrives. His dream to improve quality of life has had fundamental impact on homes around the world. Today’s Electrolux‚ 90 years later‚ is a global leader in household appliances and appliances for professional use. One of the reasons why the issues facing Electrolux were strategic is the long- term direction. The company put an
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onducting the strategic analysis of AB Electrolux‚ it is assumed that it must be analyzed in both business level and corporate level since the company’s strategy path is towards becoming the leader in household appliance industry while competing with the first leader in the industry Whirlpool Corporation and other dominating companies such as GE Appliances and LG Electronics. It is obvious that Electrolux managed to be globally successful focussed on sustainability matters and consumer needs
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1. What is customer insight?What are some ways in which Electrolux develops consumer insight? Customer insight is fresh understanding of customers and the marketplace derived from marketing information that becomes the basis for creating customer value and relationship. (Armstrong &Kotler‚ MKT 101-Foundation of Marketing‚ page 129). Electrolux develops its consumer insight in some ways. Firstly‚Electrolux provides every kind of products that is focused on the needs of the specific person or
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CASE EXAMPLE Electrolux History This was just the latest shift in strategy at Electrolux whose impressive growth and development started under the leadership of Alex Wenner-Gren in 1920s Sweden. The early growth was built around an expertise in industrial design creating the leading products in refrigeration and vacuum cleaning. By the mid-1930s the company had also established production outside Sweden in Germany‚ UK‚ France‚ USA and Australia. The period following the Second World
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Reasons for acquisitions Companies follow acquisition strategies for a variety of reasons‚ including: 1) Increased Market Power A primary reason for acquisitions is that they enable companies to gain greater market power. While a number of companies may feel that they have an internal core competence‚ they may be unable to exploit their resources and capabilities because of a lack of size. A company may be able to gain the size necessary to exploit its core competence by becoming larger
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PRESENTATION TOPIC: MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS‚ MODERN THEORY OF CORPORATE CONTROL COURSE INSTRUCTOR: MIRIE MWANGI GROUP MEMBERS: STUDENT | REGISTRATION NUMBER | BANCY WANGUI | D61/60453/2011 | ISAAC NYAMORA | D61/66960/2011 | JACQUELYNE M. ODERO | D61/62818/2010 | JOSEPHINE M. ODERA | D61/63410/2010 | MATTHEWS WAUYE | D61/63904/2010 | SAMUEL GATHUA | D61/64121/2011 | TIM SILOMA | D61/60464/2011 | ABSTRACT In today’s globalised economy‚ mergers and acquisitions (M&A) are being increasingly
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Why are there mergers and acquisitions? Mergers and acquisitions take place for a number of reasons‚ such as refinancing for a better price‚ amplifying expansion‚ and submerging risk through diversification. New entities may drag behind after a merger takes place due to the higher cost of matching different and unconnected economic activities. Diversification by business groups may also reduce technical effectiveness. When a merger takes place‚ a bigger business groups emerges from the two which
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Mergers and Acquisitions in Global Scenario By Shahwar Gul In the post- liberalization era‚ the demand for intense growth and development in business has paved the way for the companies to undergo the process of amalgamation‚ takeover‚ reconstruction and re-organization. Mergers and acquisitions have become imperative tools in structuring a new generation of organizations with the clout and resources to withstand and compete on a global basis. The field of M&A has undergone drastic and dramatic
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