CA/CWA‚ MEC/CEC‚ B.Com & B.Sc. Master Minds CASE STUDIES IN STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT May 2007 – PCC Exam DD is the India’s premier public service broadcaster with more than 1‚000 transmitters covering 90% of the country’s population across on estimated 70 million homes. It has more than 20‚000 employees managing its metro and regional channels. Recent years have seen growing competition from many private channels numbering more than 65‚ and the cable and satellite operators (C & S). The C & S network
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Strategic alliances: Strategic alliances is an agreement between two or more companies to work together for a certain time in order to achieve some business objectives‚ help each other reach new technologies or to be able to build core competencies against other competitors. The traditional view about Strategic alliances is that they were formed for: - Defensive to protect profits - Means for preempting competition - Competitive and win - lose orientation. While nowadays there is
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Monica Ashley’s Case Analysis Monica Ashley’s case is a very conclusive example of how the correct use of power and influence in management is as important as‚ and sometimes even more important than‚ having all the right answers and being able to back them up with data. Monica Ashley is a brilliant employee‚ and a very good Project Manager. She deserves a lot of credit for being able to complete the project‚ even though she has been removed towards the end. Her ability to concentrate on her work
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Case Study: Fiat Auto and General Motors Alliance Case Study: Fiat Auto and General Motors Introduction The economic crisis and other factors‚ affect different companies in the global market and automotive industries are not exempted. In order to cope with economic problems within the industry‚ different companies try to find the most efficient ways to save the company and one of these is through the consideration of merging or going into alliance. In alliance‚ both companies
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Congress created the Federal Reserve System‚ which is the central bank‚ on December 23rd‚ 1913; it revolves around 12 Reserve Banks and 7 Board of Governors. The 12 banks the Fed is separated into are not equally divided—they are based on the importance of their financial activities. The role of the Fed in the U.S. economy revolves around monetary policy by purchasing and selling government securities‚ increasing or decreasing the required reserve ratio‚ and using the discount rate. It also focuses
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The Ashley Treatment Ashley is a nine-year-old girl with the mental age of a three-month-old. Her condition means she will never walk‚ talk or even roll over. She is totally helpless without the devotion and care of her parents. In 2004 her parents decided to medically intervene with puberty. Along with hormone doses to limit her growth‚ Ashley ’s parents also decided on surgery to block breast growth and had her uterus and appendix removed. I am going to give the arguments for and against this
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As a result of the Federal Constitution of 1988 enactment ‚ the counties were launched into the status of federate entities‚ and‚ as such‚ achieved legilative‚ political‚ administrative‚ and financial autonomy. Regarding its financial autonomy‚ the counties’s dependence on legal and voluntary intergovernmental transfers has been widely discussed‚ as their own revenues are insufficient to cover all the local governments’s public expenses‚ especially when there is a significant growth in the social
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Case "Enterprise Architecture at American Express" What are the key components of the architecture American Express has created? The key components of the architecture American Express has created were the ability to more effectively do business utilizing new payment methods and mobile devices. This was done through technology road map‚ reference architecture road map and utility/capacity road map. The enterprise architecture team created road maps to understand the leadership‚ organizational structure
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True Alliance Financial Corporation Vision Statement True Alliance Financial Company want it to be easier for your customers to get what they want. We don’t want you to lose customers’ because of their inability to pay in full and we understand offering financing yourself is unfeasible? Retail financing with True Alliance Financial Company is the answer to boosting your sales by helping your customers afford what they want. With our retail financing services‚ you can accept applications on-site and
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Joint Ventures‚ Strategic Alliances‚ Collaborations and Merger and Acquisitions Questions | Q1. Why is a Joint Venture (JV) preferable to more general collaboration form of the Strategic Alliance? Q2. What are the relative merits and weaknesses of JVs and SAs? Q3. Why would company seek M&A as a market entry strategy? What are the advantages and disadvantages of M&A? why might a merger fail and what might be the outcome? Q4. What are the relative merits/ disadvantages of JVs‚ SAs‚ and
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