Quiz 1 Edgar Sanchez Management 3303 Chris Zigrossi 8/29/13 Question 1 Home Depot represents the customer intimacy section of market discipline. Which is a marketing strategy ‚where a service supplier or product retailer gets close to their customers. The reason they go with this marketing strategy is because they give you solutions‚ advice ‚ and ideas. I pulled a direct quote from home depots corporate page that ensured me that it is not by luck people will receive this service it is
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Part Two-Business Strategy Home Depot’s mission statement can be summed up in these eight core values • Excellent customer service • Taking care of our people • Giving back • Doing the “right” thing • Creating shareholder value • Respect for all people • Entrepreneurial spirit • Building strong relationships The founder of The Home Depot had this for his vision statement back in 1976 when their first store was opened in Atlanta‚ Georgia: “a vision of warehouse stores filled with a wide
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the basis of Home Depot’s response to environmentalist issues can be measured in their power‚ legitimacy‚ and urgency. They possess power because they are willing to not shop at a company that is not environmentally responsible‚ so this put greater pressure on Home Depot to certified by the Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) and continues to keep them “honest” as far as their environmental contributions and practices. The stakeholder has legitimacy because they want to make sure that Home Depot’s appearance
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The home improvement retail industry is highly cyclical. Therefore‚ our sales highly influenced by economic factors. Figure1 (in appendix) has shown the real gross
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MODEL ANALYSIS 7 Step 1: Value Proposition: (Advantage: Home Depot) 7 Step 2: Target Segment: (Advantage: Lowe’s) 8 Step 3: Determine Competitors 9 Step 4: Evaluation of Value Chain and Cost Model: (Advantage: Lowe’s) 9 Step 5: Evaluate the Value Network: (Advantage: None) 11 Step 6: Determine the Revenue Model of the firm: (Advantage: Home Depot) 12 Step 7: Critical Success Factors: (Table 3) (Advantage: Home Depot) 12 Business Model Analysis Grid 13 III. STRATEGIC RELATIONSHIP
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CASE 12 HOME DEPOT Analysis What do the financial ratios in case Exhibit 7 tell you about the operating performance of Home Depot? What additional information do the different ratios provide? Complete and compare a similar analysis for Lowe’s. a. Growth ratios are going down‚ loosing sales. Profitability ratios are declining after 1999 so that is not a good sign. Turnover rates seem to stay constant which means that they are selling the products at a constant rate. b. If their
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External/Internal Factors-Home Depot Internal and External factors affect the four functions of management in several ways. A way that affect the external factor would be to encourage spending and making sure websites are readable and that buttons are operable and viewers have easy access without a large amount of difficult and straits. This can drive away business. The driving forces or environmental or forces‚ internal driving forces are inside the business and external forces are outside
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The founders of The Home Depot had a vision‚ back when they opened the first store in Atlanta‚ Georgia in 1976: "a vision of warehouse stores filled with a wide assortment of products at the lowest prices with trained associates giving absolutely the best customer service in the industry." (Reingold‚ Jennifer. 2008) Today‚ that vision is still the guiding force driving the company’s philosophy. The Company’s Mission Statement reflect the Company’s strong business focus and core corporate values‚
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Case Study: Home Depot Implement Stakeholder Orientation Case Study: Home Depot Implement Stakeholder Orientation Gupta Bhagirath‚ BUS604 Grand Canyon University Abstract The Home Depot (NYSE: HD) is an American retailer of home improvement and construction products and services. The Home Depot employees Three Hundred Forty Five Thousand and it operates 2‚193 big-box format stores across the United States (including all 50 U.S. states‚ the District of Columbia‚ Puerto Rico‚ the Virgin
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Despite the ups and downs‚ overall Wal-Mart is a success story‚ and Sam Walton is an admired‚ model businessman. Analysis 1. What is the single most important ethical issue presented in the case‚ how has the issue affected specific stakeholders? I believe the most important ethical issue presented in the case is the fact that the Wal-Mart’s drive for low prices causes supplier stakeholders to move production overseas in order to cut costs (Ferrell‚ Fraedrich‚ & Ferrell‚ 2011). It is an undeniable
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