PG0-002 MAY 6‚ 2011 PANKAJ GHEMAWAT RAVI MADHAVAN Mittal Steel in 2006: Changing the Global Steel Game On January 27‚ 2006‚ Laxmi Niwas Mittal (LNM) and his son‚ Aditya Mittal‚ Chairman & CEO and CFO respectively of Mittal Steel‚ prepared for the press conference at which they would announce Mittal Steel’s unsolicited €18.6 billion bid to acquire the European steelmaker Arcelor. Although Mittal Steel had been a prime mover behind the consolidation of the industry—and most participants
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1. Study the networked supply chain concept as implemented by Cisco. What are its strengths and weaknesses? Cisco Systems‚ Inc. is an IT company that specializes in the selling of networking and communication products and services. It is a B2B company where they sell its products primarily to large enterprises and telecommunications service providers‚ but it also markets products designed for small businesses and consumers such as routers‚ modems‚ and home network management software. The products
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complementary capabilities‚ resources and businesses. Furthermore‚ the major competitors of UPC are Ziggo‚ KPN‚ Telfort‚ TELE2‚ Online‚ and Vodafone. UPC Ziggo What are the different strategic groups? Dimensions to Consider for Structural Analysis (Strategic Groups) within Industries 1. Specialization - Width of product line 2. Brand identification - Advertising 3. Product Quality 4. Cost position According to these dimensions we can group the companies in the telecommunication industry
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will show they are on track to become a major player in the digital printing market. In addition‚ based on the analysis‚ recommendations will be made on how they can insure they stay on track. ENVIRONMENT ANALYSIS This environment analysis will be accomplished using Porter’s Five Forces Model. The model is an "outside-in business unit strategy tool that is used to make an analysis of the attractiveness (value) of an industry structure." (www.12manage.com 2007) The five forces that are
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Cisco Case Study 1. Identify what you believe are the most important elements (criteria‚ processes‚ specific actions‚ etc.) of Cisco’s approach to selecting and integrating acquisitions. For each of the elements you have identified‚ describe why it is important? (What is its purpose)? As we know‚ Cisco is a high-tech IT Corporation and also a strategic buyer‚ in other words; it is interested in making a profit by managing any potential IT business for an extended period by separate subsidiary or
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Data‚ Models and Decisions (2012 IMBA FDMS) Homework Assignment VI 2012-11-7 Solve the problems in the POSIDON‚ INC case module on page 184 of the textbook. [Remark]: You only need to answer the questions‚ rather than prepare a case write-up. The Excel file “Homework6-1_POSIDON.xls” containing the data for the case has been uploaded to the MBA portal. Finish the following exercise: E1. A study by the Center for Disease Control (CDC) found that 23.3% of adults are smokers and that roughly 70% of
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Case Study Report COMPANY NAME/WEBSITE/INDUSTRY Cisco Systems/ www.Cisco.Com /Telecommunications Industry BACKGROUND/HISTORY Cisco Systems is an industry leader in network technology. Their primary business is technology that is used to enable communication with people all over the world with multiple functions. Whether it be email‚ voice video or general applications these service are transported over Cisco Networks. The current CEO is John Chambers who has held the position since
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Cisco Background Cisco is an IT enterprise that was founded in 1984 by Leonard Bosack and Sandy Lerner. Bosack and Lerner eventually got married and were the first to develop a multi- protocol router. McJunkin and Reynders (2000) describes the multi-protocol router as “a specialized microcomputer that sat between two or more networks and allowed them to talk to each other by deciphering‚ translating‚ and funneling data between them” (Mcjunkin & Reynders‚ 2000). The organization was responsible
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SWOT -Opportunities One of the opportunities presented to Starbucks is the growth in coffee market. In the United States‚ specialty coffee sector accounts for approximately 15% of the total retail coffee market which is equivalent to $21billion. In 2005‚ the retail coffee market was valued to be around $23billion and specialty coffee accounted for nearly 45% of the market and was still expected to grow. Starbuck has a 40% market share in the specialty coffee sector which provides an indication
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occur due to… i. Problems in the organization ii. Solutions that initiate change in the positive/ negative direction iii. Results that benefit the organization as a whole C. Cisco is an example of the reason why businesses can/ do change II. Problems that initiate change in a business (Cisco “Old System”) A. Changes in an organization are due in part due to the following… i. Failed/ outdated organization structure/ overlapping a.) Cisco’s example of staffers doing
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