boosted African awareness of the combined brands by: "educating hairdressers about our products and providing training in how to use them."They opened a Chicago laboratory to study the properties of African and African-American hair and research "Hitting the right audience with the right product" L’oreal is a very carefully crafted portfolio‚ each brand is positioned on a very precise [market] segment‚ which overlaps as little as possible with the others." Brand portfolio management is about as original
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Stephanie Ericsson—“The Ways We Lie” Ericsson explores the different types of lying in a straightforward manner in this essay‚ and that makes this essay the easier of the two to comprehend. At the bottom of the first page‚ Ericsson writes about the consequences of telling the truth and how inconvenient and painful the truth can be. In her essay‚ Ericsson classifies the different kinds of lies‚ from the most benign to the most harmful. She begins with the most common and socially acceptable
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Analysis for Sony Ericsson Strengths: Increased market shares Reduced losses: Sony Ericsson has been successful in reducing its company losses in the past year. The company cut its total losses by more than half in the second half of 2002. Sony Ericsson should look to continue to cut costs in order to narrow company losses even further. The success of the joint venture will be viewed by its ability to break even and generate profits. Brand name: Having a strong brand name means that it
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L’Oreals impressive financial performance and its amazing brand recognition. This is because it made sure that each of its brands had its own image and took care hat its image do not overlap with the image of another product or company. Developing of new innovative products a strong Development & Research Department with a lot of know how. They expanded in important national markets and invested in new facilities. Adding glamour to its brand to make it more appealing and famous was another factor for
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STraTeGiC Hr MaNaGeMeNT case study with teaching notes Nokia: Values That Make a Company Global By Geraldine Willigan‚ MBA Project team Author: SHRM project contributor: External contributor: Copy editing: Design: Geraldine Willigan‚ MBA Nancy A. Woolever‚ SPHR Ram Charan‚ Ph.D. Katya Scanlan‚ copy editor Terry Biddle‚ graphic designer © 2009 Society for Human Resource Management. Geraldine Willigan‚ MBA. This case was prepared by Geraldine Willigan‚ MBA‚ former editor at Harvard Business Review
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is how we market ourselves to others. We all have a brand because we are constantly being judged based on first impressions. According to Careerbuilder.com‚ 22% of managers screen their staff using social networks like Facebook‚ and Kaplan says that 10% of admissions officers verify potential students using social networks. Personal branding is also about unleashing what is true and unique about you and letting everyone know about it. As a brand‚ you are your own free agent: you have the freedom to
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Sony Ericsson In 2001 telecommunications leader Ericsson and the Sony Corporation joined forces to establish Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications. Because of this joint venture‚ Sony Ericsson recognized sales of over seven billion dollars in the first year. This was mainly because the combined mobile phone business company now offered a range of mobile communication products that went far beyond the simple mobile phone technology of its time. Marketing Marketing‚ more than any other business function
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Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications Formal discussions were held between Ericsson and Sony in late 2000 with serious discussions in early 2001. Before the start of reorganising its operations the Ericsson handset division – DCP Division Consumer Products - employed close to 18‚000 people‚ or almost 20 per cent of total Ericsson employment. Between 6‚000 and 7‚000 were transferred to Flextronics. An estimated roughly 8‚000 were released and another 3‚500 were transferred to Sony-Ericsson‚ EMP
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Lenovo: Building a Global Brand Case Analysis Case Summary Lenovo‚ the leading PC (Personal Computer) manufacturer in China‚ acquired IBM PC division in December 2004 for $1.75 Billion. The acquisition was a marriage of 2 great companies with complementary strengths and the operations effectiveness was expected to benefit both companies. IBM at that stage wanted to shed its PC business and concentrate on the service industry while Lenovo wanted to expand its market presence. Growth of the PC market:
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Sony Ericsson Background and Situation analysis Ever since the Japanese electronics company Sony and the Swedish telecom giant Ericsson came together to form Sony Ericsson‚ big things were expected in terms of technologically advanced wireless phones as well as improved sales and market shares. However‚ the first year passed with a lot of disappointment. Sony Ericsson’s already low market shares began to drop rapidly and the company was losing money. On the other hand‚ the much anticipated
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