inconsequential player in the smartphone devices and mobile operating software systems markets. Your analysis should focus on the concepts from Chapter 5—e.g.‚ competitive advantage‚ strategy-making process‚ SWOT analysis‚ corporate‚ industry and firm-level strategies‚ Porter’s five industry forces‚ etc. Your analysis also should include‚ An evaluation of RIM’s management (or lack thereof) of technological innovation‚ including whether‚ and how‚ Clayton Christensen’s concept of “disruptive innovation” impacted
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appropriate discount rate. In order to do this we calculated the weighted average cost of capital by determining that General Foods Corporation return on equity was equal to 15.4% and by estimating its cost of debt to be approximately 6% based on industry norms. Given the firm’s current total equity of $611m and its total debt of $318m and a tax rate of 52% we found General Foods Corp. WACC to be 11.3%. In determining the base case scenario‚ we simply took into account the capital expenditure on
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How would you assess the challenge of repositioning the Samsung brand? Samsung‚ in wanting to reposition itself as a high value added preferred products provider from a value‚ or cheap OEM products provider‚ faced many challenges. A big challenge for Samsung was that the Samsung brand was at different stages of development in different country markets – so while in some markets the Samsung brand had high brand recognition and loyalty‚ in some the brand had low awareness. This caused management
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HBS Case Review: Mt. Everest Case Study Introduction The case of Mt. Everest focuses on two commercial expeditions‚ Adventure Consultants and Mountain Madness‚ and the tragic event on May 10‚ 1996. These two commercial expeditions were lead by Rob Hall and Scott Fischer‚ and were consisted of 20 members. Both leaders were experienced climbers‚ but due to several factors‚ the expedition resulted into five deaths including Hall and Fischer. The event has thought managers to evaluate the importance
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Lisa Benton Case Analysis Benton is a Harvard educated MBA who chose to work at the Home care Division of Houseworld based upon the classical marketing training in a structured environment from an industry leader over Right-Away which she had interned at. Benton was informed she would become a product manager within 2 to 3 years‚ yet was not informed of the importance of her performance in the first year. She was informed that the product manager’s responsibility was to groom his or her associates
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Assignment 2: Cabo San Viejo by Stefan S****t and others Course: Customer Relationship Management Faculty: Erasmus School of Economics Content 1. Cabo San Viejo’s customer base 3 1.1 General information 3 1.2 The ageing of the customer database 3 1.3 Customers are becoming more heterogeneous 3 1.4 Lack of cross-selling 3 1.5 Complaints and the lack of a loyalty program 4 1.6 Conclusion 4 2. Rewards program 4 2.1 Stimulating retention 4
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Case Analysis Saku Problem Synopsis of the Situation Saku offers products in six different product categories. Some of their products are doing well while sales of some products are declining. Certain segments are experiencing market growth while some others are close to stagnation. The company wants to determine a product portfolio for the next few years that will take advantage of opportunities for expansion without negatively impacting the current sales of its products. Key Issues
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Case Assignment 3 Affinity Plus (A) Table of contents Introduction 2 The benefits of “employee latitude” 2 The disadvantages of “employee latitude” 3 Balancing the tradeoffs between different degrees of latitude 3 Reasons for the high employee turnover at Affinity Plus 4 Management control system changes 5 The alignment of indirect lending and the MOE 6 Conclusion 6 Bibliography 8 Introduction In this case assignment the credit union Affinity Plus‚ which is based in Minnesota‚ will
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NICHOLAS LANDRY WILL MACHADO JO WEN JON WIKSTROM Van Horn’s Storied Past •National Convenience Stores • top 20 in U.S. in size • 725 stores in 6 cities: Houston‚ San Antonio‚ Dallas Ft. Worth‚ Austin‚ Los Angeles‚ Atlanta • gas‚ lottery‚ alcohol‚ & other high inventory turnover items • customers stop in for a few items and want fast service •President & CEO Pete Van Horn Strategy • superior quality products • remodel stores according to 3 demographics • eateries • value pricing
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* What is McDonald’s key value proposition? * McDonald’s key value propositions are listed below. These propositions helped McDonald’s to build an unparalleled network of loyal suppliers and entrepreneurial franchisees that contributed greatly in moving the McDonald’s bandwagon ahead. The propositions not only differentiated McDonald’s from the competition but also helped build an operating model that was extremely difficult to emulate. The key value propositions are: * Quick service &
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