Staples – 2011 Forest David A. Case Abstract Staples is a comprehensive strategic management case that includes the company’s year-end 2010 financial statements‚ organizational chart‚ competitor information and more. The case time setting is the year 2011. Sufficient internal and external data are provided to enable students to evaluate current strategies and recommend a three-year strategic plan for the company. Headquartered in Framingham‚ Massachusetts‚ Staples’s common stock
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Staples Case Study Questions 1-6 1. In 1985‚ the office supplies industry was highly fragmented with many companies manufacturing unique products rather than a broader based catalog. Larger wholesalers were few‚ so consumers had to order supplies from several companies rather than from one immediate location. New technologies were also finding their place into businesses such as personal computers‚ fax machines and copiers. This created a demand for a wider variety of office supplies. Economically
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STAPLES CASE STUDY Proposed Merger Between Staples and Office Depot Leads to Concern NGUYEN TOAN THANG tnguyen@student.bristoluniversity.edu BRISTOL UNIVERSITY BUS 525: MANAGERIAL ECONOMICS April 23th 2014 1. How would you classify the office superstore industry? Who are the competitors? What are the characteristics of this industry that lead to this conclusion? Today’s office superstore industry in the United States provides a convenient one-stop shopping experience
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Staples Inc. The idea of Staples started off with a very easy problem to fix. Thomas Stemberg was trying to print off a business plan when his printer ribbon all of a sudden broke on the Fourth of July holiday (About Staples). " It was the Fourth of July weekend‚ 1985‚ and Tom’s regular supplier‚ a local stationery store‚ was closed for the holiday" (About Staples). After driving around for hours trying to find a store that carried his printer ribbon and trying to find a store that was open
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possibility of Staples returning back to being an industry leader after changes are made. The research question presented was to determine if Staples could successfully revise its strategy to increase its profitability and profit growth. Through this‚ it was hypothesized that if Staples is able to incorporate combining methods and position the demand for office supplies once again‚ then its outlook will be positive. The literature review revealed several weaknesses within Staples‚ indicating that
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Middle-Level Functions towards the Success of the Organization The middle-level management performs certain tasks according to their departments and some of the duties include: i. Defining‚ explaining and monitoring the indicators of the performance of a group of employees. ii. Designing and implementation of the reward systems iii. Giving reports on performance up the chain of command and providing strategic recommendations where applicable iv. Designing and implementation of efficient information
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On the manufacturer level‚ there are various groups of companies that provide different categories of office supplies. On the wholesaler level‚ wholesalers‚ who are mostly large in size while few smaller ones exist‚ are the main distributors to big business clients and small retailers who buy in bulks either through direct channel or a network of dealers. Dealers‚ who vary in size‚ also sell directly to businesses while some dealers have retail presence. On the retail level‚ the market is even more
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Section 01 March 24th‚ 2008. Kristen Watkin 3800042 Caroline Hoang 3850070 Kevin Jones 4175907 Andrew Welland 3793049 David Shih 3558673 Company Background STAPLES is the world’s largest office supply retailer‚ with stores located in the United States‚ Canada‚ and Europe. STAPLES was created in 1986 in Boston‚ Massachusetts by Thomas G. Stemberg‚ and things have only been looking up ever since. Stemberg wanted to make it easier for customers to have access to office
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LDP1 July 17‚ 2007 The interchange between task behavior‚ relationship behavior‚ and follower readiness is the foundation of situational leadership. Different focus on relationship or task behavior is applied to followers on different readiness levels. Task behavior is the degree of detailed direction given by a leader to a follower or a group for them to perform a task. Included in these directions are specifics of the methodology to perform the task as well as the place and the parties involved
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