EXAMPLE OF STUDENT-WRITTEN STRATEGIC AUDIT (San Miguel Corporation and A. Soriano Corporation) I. CURRENT SITUATION A. Current Performance According to Soriano‚ the companies had developed their budgeting and long-range planning system several year earlier but‚ despite the many advantages these gave them‚ they still were not satisfied with their ability to respond to the rapid changes in the environment around them. They‚ therefor‚ search for a process that would enable
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EXTERNAL ANALYSIS FOR COSTCO WHOLESALE CORPORATION Introduction Costco or Costco Wholesale Corporation (CWC) is an Fortune company based in America. It operates various membership warehouses in the country with an aim to offer low prices on the selective and speciality brands in the wide range of products. It is one of the largest of its kind. Stores Org in 2010 ranked it among the top three largest retailers in the
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III. Environmental and organizational audit of Kinh Do Corporation 11 1. External environment 11 1.1. PESTEL analysis 11 1.2. Five forces 14 2. Organizational audit 18 IV. Applying strategic positioning techniques to the analysis of Kinh Do Corporation 21 1. SWOT matrix 21 2. Apply strategic positioning technique to analysis of Kinh Do 22 2.1. Combination 22 2.2. Business strategies of Kinh Do Corporation 23 2.3. Recommendation 25 Conclusion 26 References
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not justify making the IFC’s largest investment yet. Summary of facts The Mozal project‚ a $1.4b aluminum smelter in Mozambique‚ is a joint venture between Alusaf‚ the aluminum subsidiary of the Gencor group‚ and the Industrial Development Corporation (IDC) of South-Africa‚ a government owned development bank. Mozambique is one of the poorest countries in the world and only recently emerged from a 17-year civil war that had destroyed the country’s infrastructure. Both parties would each own 25%
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checks and balances to ensure that such corruption and/or errors do not significantly disrupt the living situation amongst the majority of people. The case that I will be discussing in my project is based on Flight Transportation Corporation. Flight Transportation Corporation (FTC)‚ an aviation company based in Eden Prairie‚ Minnesota. FTC’s principal line of business was executive and group air charters. In 1980 and 1981‚ the rapidly growing company reported revenues of $8 million and $24.8 million
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Smith Financial Corporation Smith Financial Corporation Case Study On February 10th 1997‚ Frank Miller assumed the position as the director of data management in Smith’s Information Services department. He was hired to fill a vacancy that was available for more than one year as well as help restructure and reorganize Smith’s Information Services department (Hattersley and Mcjannet‚ 54). The primary function of the Data Management Group at Smith Financial was to manage the distribution‚ storage
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Conflict in Organizations Texana Petroleum Corporation Background The Texana Petroleum Corporation is a multi-million dollar company and major producer and marketer of petroleum products located in the southwest United States. Texana has five product divisions: Petroleum Products Division‚ Polymer and Chemicals Division‚ Molded Products Division‚ Packaging Products Division and Building Products Division. The President and Chief Executive Officer‚ Roger Holmes retired in 1993 and was replaced
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KINH DO CORPORATION I. Introduction Kinh Do Corporation is Vietnam’s largest confectionary company by both sales and production value. The company was founded in 1993 by a small group of entrepreneurs in Ho Chi Minh City‚ Vietnam; beginning as a snack company. Kinh Do sucesses on snack products opened a new opportunity with the strategy of diversifying product portfolio and affirmed the quality of a Vietnam brand. From a small production facility with sales of only 10 billion in 1993‚ Kinh Do has
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“Hershey Foods Corporation” History: Milton Hershey’s love for candy making began with a childhood apprenticeship under candy maker Joe Royer of Lancaster‚ Pennsylvania. Mr. Hershey was eager to own a candy-making business. By 1901‚ the chocolate Industry in America was growing rapidly. Hershey’s sales reached $662‚000 that year‚ creating the need for a new factory. Mr. Hershey moved his company to Derry Church‚ Pennsylvania‚ a town that was renamed Hershey in 1906. The new Hershey factory provided
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Journal of Business Case Studies – January/February 2010 Volume 6‚ Number 1 Sunbeam Corporation: A Forensic Analysis Patricia Hatfield‚ Ph.D.‚ Bradley University‚ USA Shelly Webb‚ Ph. D.‚ Xavier University‚ USA ABSTRACT The members of the Board of Directors at Sunbeam were completely bewildered. Al Dunlap‚ Sunbeam’s highly successful but controversial CEO was threatening to resign after almost two years of leading Sunbeam successfully out of a slump that had threatened the long-term
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