Pepsi’s Entry into India: A Lesson in Globalization Case summary: The case discusses the major strategies adopted by Pepsi Co (Soft drinks & snack food major) to enter the Indian market in the late 1980s. Initially the company found it very hard to sell itself to the Indian government as the Indian economy was highly regulated. So to lure Indian government Pepsi Co made promises of working towards enrichment of the rural economy Punjab by getting involved in the agricultural activities. Pepsi
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Question 1: In what ways has Jeff Immelt redirected the strategy of GE? In 2001‚ shortly after Jeff Immelt became the CEO of GE‚ a series of events changed and impacted the corporate landscape. The immediate challenges that he faced included 9/11‚ and a subsequent series of high profile corporate scandals (Enron‚ WorldCom). In 2008‚ the financial crisis hit and had a severe impact on GE’s primary growth source‚ GE Capital causing it to accumulate bad debts and asset write-downs. These events caused
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Abstract: The case‚ "ITC’s Diversification Strategy" gives an overview of ITC’s diversification into related and unrelated areas in recent years. The case presents an overview of the cigarette industry in India and gives a detailed account of the areas in which ITC has diversified. The competition that ITC is going to face in each of the segments it has diversified into is also explored. Issues: Criteria of selection of new businesses and the degree of diversification involved as well
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For all the talk about companies coming to an emerging market like India and setting up shop‚ no one has been more passive aggressive then the Volkswagen Group. VW is most famously known for its Beetle – one of the best selling cars of all time at over 21 million units. In a bid to move beyond the Beetle‚ VW in the 90′s started to acquire many brands and their complete portfolio is quite impressive: Audi‚ Bentley‚ Bugatti‚ Lamborghini‚ SEAT‚ Skoda and VW. The VW Group also owns 49.9% of Porsche and
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Strategies for SMEs in India BY Madhuchhanda Karmakar Department of Human Resource Management Army Institute Of Management‚Kolkata Judges Court Road Opposite Alipore Telephone Exchange Kolkata-700027 India e-mail: mkarmakar4@gmail.com Introduction: In the post liberalization and opening up of the economy business era‚ ease in international trade barriers‚ economic liberalization‚ globalization‚ privatization‚ disinvestments and deregulation have thrown several challenges
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MASTER’S IN TOURISM MANAGEMENT (SEMESTER III AND IV) MTM (Second Year) Assignments Booklet (2012) January 2012 session and July 2012 session [For students who intend to sit for the June 2012 TEE and December 2012 TEE] MTM-9 TO 15 [pic] School of Tourism and Hospitality Services Management Indira Gandhi National Open University Maidan Garhi‚ New Delhi – 110 068 DATE OF SUBMISSION OF ASSIGNMENTS
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regions Cost - Major internal and external strategy shift due to the geographical differences - Resources redistribution 2. Should the global product philosophy be changed or altered to suit the China market? Please identify both sides of the argument and take a position explaining the rationale behind your stand. Does it make economic sense? In my opinion that the global product philosophy should be altered to suit the China market. GE as a top fortune 500 company has own standard
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Managing Survival Strategies in Healthcare Lawrence J. Hasenour Senior Project: HSA 459 Instructor: Timothy Pinkerton MBA/MHA March 19‚ 2011 Managing Survival Strategies in Healthcare It is survival of the organization that is the most fundamental of all organizational goals which Bertram Gross‚ renowned social scientist
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The technical article I read was called "Ultra sound warning: Procedure may harm unborn babies’ brains." This article explained the danger to unborn babies when ultrasounds are performed on the mother to be. Research has been conducted to test the danger of ultrasounds on unborn mice. The research has shown some of the dangerous sides of ultrasounds. The mice were injected while in the womb to track their brain development. There were 335 mice injected. The research showed that the
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typical dimensions of the matrix: business competitiveness and industry attractiveness. Considering the current tendency of the majority of fashion and luxury companies to internationalize and develop multi-product and multi-brand diversification strategies‚ this study may be useful for marketers working in these sectors who intend to develop positioning and competitiveness analyses. Additionally‚ given the limited amount of academic studies on the
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