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Background Nucor Corporation is a leading American steel company with a headquarters’ staffs of less than 95 people and just 5 layers of management‚ from the CEO to the front-line employee1. It managed to make profit for decades in America despite the period of slow demand for steel‚ and the stiff competition in the industry. So‚ what are Nucor’s competencies that enable it to enjoy continual success? To explore its sources of competitive advantage‚ value chain analysis is constructed. Value-Chain
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Peter Drucker defined the marketing concepts as “the business as seen from the customer‟s point of view.” Keating & Hafner [68] initiated that business models can be applied to libraries; they draw analogies from business by substituting “library” for “corporation and “user” for “customer”. The e-Business domain is being employed extensively in government‚ library‚ and non-profit diverse organizations lately. Constantinides (2002) [69] proposed the Web-Marketing Mix (WMM) model to identify the online
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NUCOR COMPETITIVE STRATEGY ANALYSIS CONTENTS 1. Case Profile 2. Situational Analysis 2.1 General External Environment (PESTLE model) 2.1.1 Political/Legal 2.1.2 Economic 2.1.3 Sociocultural 2.1.4 Technological 2.1.5 Environmental 2.1.6 Demographic 2.1.7 Global 2.1 Industry Analysis (Porter 5 Forces) 2.2.1 Threat of new entrants 2.2.2 Bargaining power of suppliers
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Case Analysis – Nucor at a Crossroads Case Analysis: Value Chain Annalysis: TOWS MATRIX Opportunity: • Continued acquisition. • Aggressive technological advancement. • Innovative and reduced cost with improvement in R&D. • Patent Technologies. • Expanding operations- increased market share. Threats: • Decreasing Demand. • High corporate taxes. • Rising debt to equity ratio. • Increasing raw material & labour costs. • Foreign steel imports Strengths: • Increased capacity
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NUCOR AT A CROSSROADS CASE ANALYSIS NUCOR’S SUSTAINED PERFORMANCE RECORD PORTER’S 5 FORCES ANALYSIS • Supplier Power: With the eventual exit of integrated steel companies from buying scrap‚ the options available with suppliers to sell‚ reduced. Nucor started several small plants that were close to suppliers & customers‚ thereby reducing transportation costs. Also‚ the sites chosen had inexpensive electricity. Their employee-centric policies resulted in them having lowest attrition levels
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Nucor Corporation 1995: after 30 years of success‚ what next? The Nucor story is about how a nearly bankrupt enterprise became the most productive and profitable company in the U.S. steel industry. It is also a story of how the two top managers of Nucor Corporation set a standard of personal and corporate behavior that continues to inspire social and economic civility within and beyond U.S. borders. The change in fortunes for the company began in the summer of 1965‚ when the new Chairman
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NUCOR (25 Points) 1. List and elaborate some strategic issues facing NUCOR? Nucor has been facing many industry challenges including the overall development of the industry. They are competing with foreign firms on cost and efficiency. Nucor has a low cost strategy because as they say their product is not necessarily very attractive. It does not have attractive or unique selling features other than its cost. The commodity of steel is in a very competitive market. Nucor understands that innovation
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Nucor Corporation: Competing Against Low-Cost Steel Imports Group E Charisse Cohen Valarie Lindsey Teshaunte Lyons Billy Ray Richardson MGT 590: CAPSTONE—COMPETING GLOBALLY Dr. Raman Patel – Professor August 17‚ 2009 Nucor Corporation: Competing Against Low-Cost Steel Imports Written Analysis Executive Summary This report discusses the challenges that The Nucor Corporation faces during this era of social and economic climate change. Using Porter’s Five Forces Analysis
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characteristics associated with job dissatisfaction. The hygiene factors and motivators influencing employee behavior at Nucor are presented below: Hygiene Factors: Pay and Security | * Nucor has an unusual pay system. The company pays lower salary than the market average for a worker. The average market salary is $16- $21 an hour‚ where a Nucor employee gets $10 per hour. Although Nucor pays lower than average‚ it facilitates its
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