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    of the value chain is referred to as horizontal integration. This form of expansion contrasts with vertical integration by which the firm expands into upstream or downstream activities. Horizontal growth can be achieved by internal expansion or by external expansion through mergers and acquisitions of firms offering similar products and services. A firm may diversify by growing horizontally into unrelated businesses. Some examples of horizontal integration include: * The Standard

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    REPORT: WAL-MART LOW-COST STRATEGY ANALYSIS Lecturer: Mr. Le Dang Hoang Tutor:Ms. Do Thi Ha Lan Tut 1TR10 Group member: Tran Viet Anh 1006090006 Nguyen Tra My 1006090034 Dao Minh Tam 1006090045 Cao Thi Thuong 0907010220 Table of content Introduction 3 I.The implementation of strategy in the company 4 II. Archievement of Wal-Mart thanks to low-cost strategy 8 III. Competition of Wal-Mart with rivals 9 a. Rivals reactions to Wal-Mart strategy 9 b. Wal-Mart’s

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    rtWal-Mart 2) Wal-Mart does very well when the economy turns sour. How can it protect itself when the economy is on the rise? Explain. Wal-Mart can protect itself through a few strategies. First of all‚ they can start by building a wider product portfolio. Wal-Mart can try to bring in more products and add more variety to its offerings. The more products that are offered‚ the more customer base that can be captured. With the existing products‚ Wal-Mart can add on more varieties for their customers

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    WalMart Stores Inc‚ The world largest retailer is possibly the most controversial business in America. With sales over $312‚000 billion in 2006 and 1.7 million employees worldwide managing stakeholder relationship is a major challenge. The Wal-Mart that saves the average family an estimated $2329 per year has its critics. Wal-Mart claims that it is committed to improving the standard of living for their customers throughout the world. It has estimated that Wal-Mart saves consumers $100‚000 billion

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    Wal-Mart Case study analysis Submitted by: Sarfaraj Heranja Roll No.: 33 Submitted to: Prof. Karan Shashtri VRIO framework of Wal-Mart Capabilities Valuable? Rare? Hard to Imitate? Support by organisation? IT investments and systems Y N N Y Economies of scale Y N N Y Relationship with suppliers Y Y Y Y Distribution system Y Y Y Y Low price offerings Y Y Y Y Culture Y Y Y Y Core competencies: Relationship with suppliers: WalMart known for their supply

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    Wal-mart foreign expansion Wal-mart is the world’s largest retailer. The company employs some 1.8million people‚operates3‚900 stores in the united states and 2‚700 in the rest of the world‚ and generated sales of $345 billion in the fiscal year ending january31‚2007. some $77billion of these sales wrer generated in 15 nations out side of the united states. Facing a slowdown in growth in the united states‚ wal-mart began its international expansion in the early 1900s when it entered mexico‚ teaming

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    assume that Wal-Mart‚ being the company that gives the lowest wage rate in the US‚ people that work for this company need money in order to survive in society. So this system turns out to be not at all beneficial morally for the employees. Finally‚ we can assert that this system gives more power to the managers to fire employees who do not fit into the computerized system. Therefore‚ the level of employee satisfaction goes down. What are the consequences of these effects for Wal-Mart? The first

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    Sribenjachote IUP2010 01 Papawarin Limamapar IUP2010 02 A brief history of Wal-Mart store Inc. Among the many business enterprises and organizations that changed the world‚ Wal-Mart holds a very important position. Wal-Mart is the largest private employer in the world with over 8000 stores in 15 countries. Here is a brief the history of Wal-Mart‚ Starting off with Sam Walton’s idea of low prices in the 1940s‚ Wal-Mart has since then become the world’s largest public corporation‚ topping the

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    INTRODUCTION Wal-Mart is a company based in North America but has become the largest retailer and is larger than any other retail chain in the world. It is clear that Wal-Mart is growing and gaining international power at an alarming rate. Wal-Mart journey from humble beginnings in the 1960s as a folksy discount retailer in the boondocks of Arkansas to a global retailing juggernaut in 2008 was unprecedented among the company of the world: Sales were expected to exceed $400 billion in fiscal 2009. Wal-Mart

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    Procurement and Contract Management– BMGT43670 Wal-Mart Case Study Question 3: What were the supply chain management process adopted by Wal-Mart and how far were they effective Question4: The nature benefits derived by Wal-Mart from the efficient supply chain management practices and how far it has contributed to its sustainable competitive advantage Question 5: Discuss the updated benefits of Wal-Mart’s procurement and supply chain management systems between 2004 and 2012 inclusive

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