Amanda Kluszczynski Strategic Business 59-620B Eveanne Lovero Kraft Questions March 12‚ 2015 1. What is Kraft Foods Inc.’s corporate strategy? How has its corporate strategy evolved since its independence in 2007? Kraft has a strong global strategy. They found themselves operating in more than 80 countries‚ which included 220 manufacturing and processing facilities and 228 distribution centers. Because of the different regulations in each country related to food‚ they found themselves in need
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www.hbr.org The Core Competence of the Corporation by C.K. Prahalad and Gary Hamel Included with this full-text Harvard Business Review article: 1 Article Summary The Idea in Brief—the core idea The Idea in Practice—putting the idea to work 2 The Core Competence of the Corporation 15 Further Reading A list of related materials‚ with annotations to guide further exploration of the article’s ideas and applications Reprint 90311 The Core Competence of the Corporation The Idea in Brief
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corporate parent can add value. Envisioning – The corporate parent can provide a clear overall vision or strategic intent for its business units. Coaching & Facilitating – The corporate parent can help business unit managers develop strategic capabilities. Providing Central services – A provider of capital investment. Intervening – The corporate parent can also intervene within its business units in order to ensure appropriate performance. This section will address the value adding activities of
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Directional Policy Matrix 1. Introduction Many large companies comprise several distinct divisions or strategic business units (SBUs). So one of the challenges facing the parent company of a multi-divisional company is to allocate resources to each division. So in order to make wise decisions on resource allocation‚ is there a tool that can assist senior executives determine the direction for each division or SBU? Actually there are two tools‚ the BCG matrix and the Directional Policy Matrix (DPM)
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downturn‚ Infosys has to expand its global account management system along with restructuring its strategic account management. First and foremost Infosys should build a reliable network of foreign intermediaries in Asia and Europe where management plans to expand its operation. These independent organizations already operating in these countries are familiar with their culture‚ way of doing business and arising needs. Research should also be conducted to determine what other industries can be targeted
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Does a Strategic Business Unit changes the organization in adversity? – A case study of Godrej Consumer Products During the recent period of World financial Crisis‚ economies reeled under recession and downturn. Sectoral performance in sales and operations declined leading to unprecedented series of lay offs in organizations affecting employment ‚ income levels and consumption There was a fall in growth rates in India‚ in spite of a wide claim that the economy is operating much in a
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external strategic issues faced by ECCO. In doing so describe what you see are key influential factors for the further success of ECCO. External strategic issues: PESTEL Political: Economical: Growing markets in Scandinavia and Asia‚ weakening markets in US‚ UK‚ Russia and Ukraine Social: changing cultures and demographics Technological: online shopping? Ecological: Impact of leather on environment? Legal: key drivers of change. expectations and purposes? Define strategic business unit by market/competence-based
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perform business portfolio analysis as a step in the strategic planning process. The template allows the user to generate the matrix using MS-Excel. The MSWord template allows the user to tabulate and present the results of portfolio analysis in a Word document. www.business-tools-templates.com 11/1/2009 Page |1 11/1/2009 GE-MCKINSEY MATRIX MS-Excel & MS-Word Templates User Guide 1 1.1 INTRODUCTION The GE/McKinsey Matrix is a nine-cell (3 by 3) matrix used to perform business portfolio
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The Core Competence of the Corporation C.K. Prahalad and Gary Hamel Harvard Business Review 90311 HBR MAY–JUNE 1990 The Core Competence of the Corporation C.K. Prahalad and Gary Hamel The most powerful way to prevail in global competition is still invisible to many companies. During the 1980s‚ top executives were judged on their ability to restructure‚ declutter‚ and delayer their corporations. In the 1990s‚ they’ll be judged on their ability to identify‚ cultivate‚ and exploit
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Market Attractiveness-Business Position Matrix is one of the best-known directional policy matrices‚ “which categorises business units into those with good prospects and those with less good prospects” (Johnson‚ Whittington & Scholes‚ 2011‚ p.252). The following two factors is the principal cause for the development of the GE Matrix. In the 20th century‚ since the blossoming of multi-activity enterprises‚ corporations have faced the challenge of managing its portfolio of business units effectively (McKinsey
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