Strategic Audit of a Corporation I. Current Situation A. Current Performance . How did the corporation perform the past year overall in terms of return on investment‚ market share‚ and profitability? B. Strategic Posture What are the corporation’s current mission‚ objectives‚ strategies‚ and policies? 1. Are they clearly stated or are they merely implied from performance? 2. Mission: What business(es) is the corporation in? Why? 3. Objectives: What are the corporate‚ business‚ and
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Case 27 The Vermont Teddy Bear Co.‚ Inc.: Challenges Facing a New CEO I. CASE ABSTRACT John Sortino founded the Vermont Teddy Bear Company (VTBC) in 1981 by selling handsewn teddy bears out of a pushcart in the streets of Burlington‚ Vermont (Wheelen & Hunger‚ 2004). Mr. Sortino’s motivation for making the teddy bears in the United States cultivated while playing with his son‚ Graham‚ and after noticing his son had many stuffed animals that were made in other countries (Wheelen & Hunger‚
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! ! ! PROPOSAL E X PA N S I O N BARBADOS by ! David Straka & Daniel Viglaš ! ! ! ! ! ! ! Table of Contents ! Executive Summary! 3! PESTEL Analysis of Barbados! 4! Porter’s Five Forces! 11! IFAS! 13! EFAS! 14! TOWS! 16! SFAS! 17! Application! 18! Entrance Strategy! 19! Logistics & Distribution! 20! 4P Fundamental Research! 21! Product! 25! Price ! 26! Place! 26! Promotion! 27!
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Strategic Audit of Kimberly-Clark Competition in the diaper industry raged on as Kimberly-Clark (KC) strived to stay ahead of its main competitor‚ Proctor and Gamble (P&G). By the end of 1989‚ KC’s Huggies controlled 32% of the market share—the highest of any single product competing in the diaper market. Now facing significant financial constraints‚ the leader in personal care products endeavored to create product improvements that would hold market share and outperform Proctor and Gamble’s
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Case 10: Apple Computer and Steve P. Jobs CURRENT SITUATION * Performance The current performance at Apple Inc. shows a slightly higher gross margin percentage of 33.9 compared to 32.9 for the previous year. This is based on figures from the quarterly report ending March 29‚ 2008 and the date for the comparison figure is the previous year ending March 31‚ 2007. The revenue for that same quarter was $7.51 billion with a net quarterly profit of $1.05 billion. The Macintosh computers unit
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AIR ASIA BERHAD INTRODUCTION * AirAsia Berhad is part of the AirAsia Group‚ a world-famous low cost airline that operates extensive networks both domestically and internationally. * Since pioneering the low-cost carrier (“LCC”) model in ASEAN in 2001‚ it has grown from a domestic airline to the leading airline in Malaysia serving more than 55 destinations from its five hubs in Malaysia. Along with its affiliates (Thai AirAsia‚ Indonesia AirAsia‚ Philippines’ AirAsia and AirAsia Japan)
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Case 2 The Wallace Group‚ Inc. I. CASE ABSTRACT Harold Wallace‚ founder‚ serves as Chairman and President of the Wallace Group. He owns 45 percent of the outstanding stock. The company consists of three operating groupsElectronics‚ Plastics‚ and Chemicals‚ which generate sales of $70 million. Mr. Wallace continues direct operational control over the Electronics Group. Several years ago‚ Wallace and the Board embarked on a strategy of diversification into plastics and chemicals in order
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ESLSCA: GROUP 39D | | | | |Best Buy Co.‚ Inc. [pic] | |Strategic Audit
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The Carbonated Soft Drinks Industry in Pakistan in the Context of Coca Cola 1. A Brief History Coca-Cola Enterprises was established in 1986 as a young company by the standards of the Coca-Cola system. Yet each of its franchises has a strong heritage in the traditions of Coca-Cola that is the foundation for this Company. The Coca-Cola Company traces it’s beginning to 1886‚ when an Atlanta pharmacist‚ Dr. John Pemberton‚ began to produce Coca-Cola syrup for sale. However the bottling business
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Industry Life Cycle……………………………………………………………………....7 Key Success Factors (Industry Matrix)……………………………………………….9 Industry Analysis (Porter’s Five Forces)…………………………………………….11 SWOT Analysis • Internal Factor Analysis Summary (IFAS)………………………………………14 • External Factor Analysis Summary (EFAS)…………………………………….16 Strategic Factor Analysis Summary (SFAS)………………………………………..18 TOWS Matrix…………………………………………………………………………...20 Assessment of Company Performance……………………………………………..22 Review of Strategic Options and Future Strategic
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