Lecture 1: Microeconomics and Biz Strategy References: Pindyck&Rubinfeld. Chap.1 What are the firm’s important functions and strategies ? 1. Selling need to know consumers purchasing behavior for example‚ what if the price increases: price elasticity of demand marketing/product positioning strategies Topics 3-5 lectures 2. Production Supply function/producers output decision how to produce? Firms output decision: Short run vs LR For example‚ should the firm continue producing
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2012 Strategic Management - Questions 1. What are the key success factors for competing in the online restaurant booking industry ? 2. What are the fundamental aspects of Eat2Eat ’s strategy ? Which of the 5 generic strategies do you believe Eat2Eat is pursuing ? Has the strategy evolved since the company ’s conception ? 3. Perform a SWOT analysis for Eat2Eat. 4. What role have strategic alliances played in Eat2Eat ’s success ? What types of partners are most valuable
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Sony Corporation and the Video Game Console Market: 1 A Competitive Analysis By Ryan Bogner‚ Peter Hung‚ Guan Wang‚ and Steven Wang 1 This report evaluates Sony Corporation’s strategy in the console gaming market from the top-down perspective of the entire corporation. Executive Summary Sony’s current strategy in the video game console market is simple: use the technologically superior Playstation 3 as a loss leader to introduce the Blu-ray optical drive2 into consumers’ homes and leverage that
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performance which need to be linked to organisational strategy and goals. -Strategic Human Resource Mgt-“ set of decisions and subsequent actions used to formulate and implement strategies that will optimise fit between organisation and the environment by influencing both uindividual and collective behaviour to enable the achievement of corporate objectives” (Collins‚ 1995) SHRM should be viewed as an integrative system guided by busienss strategy. -Strategic Human Resource Mgt- “refers to the pattern
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http://www.michaelmccurry.net/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Strategy-256x300.jpg Business Strategy Introduction Bruce and Langdon defines business strategy as “A strategy that maps out the future‚ setting out which product and services you will take to the market and how”. The strategy in business helps to achieve the goal and objectives in the company. The strategy for the business provides framework to know where they are positioned in the marketplace and how to keep moving forward. http://www
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Sharyn A. Quelitano BSIE III-2 Topic: Strategies in Planning I. Introduction: Strategic planning is an organization ’s process of defining its strategy‚ or direction‚ and making decisions on allocating its resources to pursue this strategy. In order to determine the direction of the organization‚ it is necessary to understand its current position and the possible avenues through which it can pursue a particular course of action. Generally‚ strategic planning deals with at least one of three
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competitors. Ford’s latest pricing strategy is regarding passenger cars to strengthen the brand’s appeal for retail customers. Ford has concentrated on recommending an official list of prices on medium and small cars from August‚ with similar action on Ford’s larger cars and SUV’s to follow in April. Before these prices go into effect‚ Ford will allow dealers to offer special promotions which will help mirror these lower prices in the future. With this pricing strategy‚ Ford is hoping to make ground
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In the article "Generic Strategies"‚ the world-renowned master of competitive strategy‚ Michael Porter‚ pilots the reader through a macro-level guide to the three chief mechanisms that a company can use to achieve that elusive business world goal: Sustainable competitive advantage. Porter exalts that companies are essentially faced with a mutually exclusive decision in terms of broad level strategy. Deciding between more than one broad or generic strategy significantly increases the risk that the
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The three study strategies that I have chosen are Recite‚ Rehearse‚ and Write‚ Study during short‚ frequent sessions‚ and using flash cards. Recite‚ Rehearse and write is a way of learning the material by respectively reviewing it repetitively. Study during short‚ frequent sessions is a way to gain the knowledge by reviewing the material in short intervals‚ leaving it for a short period of time and then returning to go over it again. Using Flash cards is a process that uses visual cues to help the
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BP’s general strategy Oil companies were the worst performing brands in the world market. There was no brand in the oil industry that had created positive perception in the public. During the late 1990’s BP has decided to change this perception for their brand. The main idea was to create a symbolic capital for BP. The definition of symbolic capital is given by (Bourdieu‚ 1974/1977 sited in Holt & McNulty‚2008‚p.76) as “ the resources by which authority and credibility are established amongst
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