retain profitability. Microsoft ’s Xbox 360‚ shown to industry professionals at the E3 2005 expo‚ has Redmond lighting up the leader board in the game console market. High-definition games‚ free online connectivity‚ and a high degree of device and gaming personalization set the pace for where Microsoft wants to take the market. But with the unveiling of the Sony ’s more powerful PlayStation 3 and the continued huge loses from Microsoft ’s games division‚ the Xbox 360 is by no means a guaranteed success
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this angle to internal business. For this paper‚ Gap 360 Ltd has been selected as a case study. Gap 360 Ltd is a company which focuses on the gap year travel industry‚ their strategic aim is to become the leading brand in the UK gap year travel market. However‚ this aim cannot be achieved without thoroughly comprehending their position‚ relative to three environmental forces through a situational analysis (See Appendix 1). The situational analysis will examine‚ the macro‚ micro‚ and market environments
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All of the following are important considerations when developing guidelines for the degree of differentiation in the PSA except: Select one: a. Understanding cost implications of differentiation alternatives b. Development of differentiation alternatives c. Ensuring that a standardized PSA can be offered to all customers d. Setting boundaries for the degree of customization What types of suppliers are assigned a dedicated team as part of the supplier relationship management process? Select
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What supply chain changes did Microsoft make between the Xbox and the Xbox 360? What was the motivation for these changes? Microsoft made several supply chain changes after their first experience in the game console market with the Xbox. Microsoft successfully secured a significant market share with the Xbox and expected to have higher sales with its successor: the Xbox 360. They also made the decision to introduce it a year before their main competitor‚ Sony‚ would in order to secure a large market
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Evolution of the Xbox Supply Chain Microsoft made several adjustments to their supply chain between the introduction of the Xbox and the Xbox 360. One of the first changes was adding a third EMS supplier‚ Celestica‚ in addition to Flextronics and Wistron. Celestica was added to increase capacity and meet predicted demand which was expected to be much higher for the Xbox 360 than it had been for the original Xbox. Also‚ in addition to Microsoft’s current engineering team‚ they attempted to further
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Table of Contents Product Overview3 Executive Summary3 SWOT Analysis3 Market Research4 Marketing Objectives5 Marketing Plan Implementation and Monitoring5 Bibliography 6 xxxx6 Product overview: The xbox is one of the most incredible inventions that have reached the market place in the last decade. The xbox Console in a video gaming and multimedia platform brand designed and manufactured by Microsoft and the first model was launched in November 2001 in the USA. The product
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Contents Executive Summary 2 Introduction 3 Microsoft 3 Xbox 4 The Original Xbox 4 Xbox Live 5 Xbox 360 5 The New Next Generation – Xbox One vs PlayStation 4 5 Defining the Industry 6 Gaming Console Market Revenues 2003-13 (US$ million) 6 Revenue forecasts for 2013 7 Industry Trends 7 Loss-leading strategy 7 Innovative Technologies 7 Gaming in the Cloud 7 Rise of Indie Game Developers 8 Porter’s 5 forces analysis 8 Value Chain Analysis 9 Operations and Supply Chain 9 Distribution 10 Marketing 10
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The Ethics of the Xbox In today’s world‚ information technology has not only changed the way we live‚ learn and work‚ but also the way we entertain. The impact of technology evolvement on our life is thus by far profound‚ either positive or negative. In the case of Brandon Crisp that we discussed in Business Ethics class about the Ethics of the Xbox‚ it unfortunately turned out to be on the negative side. Brandon Crisp‚ a 15-year-old teenager living in Barrie‚ Ontario‚ ran away from home
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with speech and gesture recognition. We then become the controller. Kinect was a combination of creativity and successful implementation of ideas into a marketable concept. Indeed‚ it all started when Don Mattrick got hired by Microsoft to manage the Xbox segment. He challenged the whole team to bring gaming to a whole new level by getting rid of controllers . Kinect is a pure commercial product innovation (opposed to process‚ marketing and organisational innovation). It raised major strategic dilemmas
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SWOT analysis From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search A SWOT Analysis is a strategic planning tool used to evaluate the Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities‚ and Threats involved in a project or in a business venture or in any other situation of an organization or individual requiring a decision in pursuit of an objective. It involves monitoring the marketing environment internal and external to the organization or individual. The technique is credited to Albert Humphrey
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