MASTER THESIS AMBIDEXTERITY AND PERFORMANCE AT BUSINESS UNIT LEVEL: A COGNITIVE AND RELATIONAL SOCIAL CAPITAL PERSPECTIVE MAARTEN VAN BRUSSEL Exam number: XXX Program: MSc in Business Administration - Strategic Management RSM Erasmus University Tel: XXX e-mail: mlmvanbrussel@XXX Master Thesis Coach: Raymond van Wijk RSM Erasmus University First Co-reader: Michaéla Schippers RSM Erasmus University March 2009 PREFACE Declarations The author declares that the text and work presented
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Ramla Shahid BAMAMCS Strategic Management Part 2- Company Strategic Analysis Submission Date: 18th March 2010 Content Page Introduction 3 Current & Future Macro- Environment of the Retail
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Contents Question 1 Porter ’s generic strategies Page 3 Question 2 Components of a vision and mission statement Page 5 Question 3 Alternative strategies Page 10 Question 4 Value chain analysis‚ different functions of management Page 14 Question 5 Value of resources‚ the resource based view Page 20 Research / Bibliography Page 23 Question 1 Michael Porter is considered the mastermind of competitive strategies application. Starting in the early 1980s‚ he published
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2001 | 4 | 2 | 1 | Total | 35 | 10 | 10 | *Source: Alcastore.com In the recent times‚ Mergers and acquisitions have become quite common due to the fact that the competition in business has grown. Also‚ economic recession has led to the strategic concept of acquiring and merging businesses. eBay is an online American company which specializes in online shopping and auction and it is one of the market leaders in the Industry. eBay has strategically acquired companies so as to expand its
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showrooms in Helsinki‚ Vantaa‚ Lahti‚ Lappeenranta and Kouvola. The thesis objective was to investigate the internal and external environments of the case company‚ find the factors affecting the company’s performance and competitiveness and to make strategic recommendations based on these findings‚ in order to improve the company’s competitiveness. This research is significant to the company‚ as research to this extent has not been conducted before. During the last two years the case company has been
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organisational world has resulted in apparent agreement that projects and project management are an efficient means of implementing organisational strategy.”(Haniff & Fernie 2009) | C11SP STRATEGIC PROJECT MANAGEMENT
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1st CASE STUDYWinter term 2012/2013Student: Aitor Martin SantanaProfessor: Ravinder Kaur-LahrmannSubject: Management Tools | THE LEGO GROUP 1. In this case I have identified some key characteristics that are in relation with the strategy that LEGO has been following. In the 1970-1980 decades‚ environment was hostile. There was a huge oil crisis‚ and there were too much difficulties. However‚ LEGO maintained its philosophy‚ and their image of unique and iconic brand. Competence was also hard
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up and structured strategies are set up so as to take marketing to a new level. This in short defines Strategic Marketing. Therefore identifying a company or firm’s sustainable competitive advantages and allocating right amount of resources to exploit them is called Strategic Management. This report will use the pioneers and market leaders of innovative products‚ “Apple” and analyze its strategic marketing processes. Starting as computer manufacturers in 1976‚ Apple has established itself in the
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operations Chapter 7 A key assumption underlying theories of vertical integration is: A) Opportunistic behavior B) Suppliers and buyers have the same size C) Suppliers and buyers are located in the same country D) Firms are boundaryless In the strategic sourcing framework‚ firms vertically integrate when A) the firm’s need to control and its ability to perform an activity are both high B) there is high uncertainty surrounding the transaction with the supplier C) the need to control and the ability
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Introduction: The following is a careful‚ financial statement analysis of two competing companies‚ Boeing Corporation (Boeing) and Lockheed Martin Corporation (Lockheed)‚ in the aircraft‚ aerospace and defense industries. The format of the following paper coincides with the financial statement analysis process‚ as discussed in Financial Reporting‚ Financial Statement Analysis‚ and Valuation‚ A Strategic Perspective (the textbook) by Wahlen‚ Baginski and Bradshaw‚ which‚ involves a six-step interrelated
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