International Journal of Trade‚ Economics and Finance‚ Vol. 1‚ No. 2‚ August‚ 2010 2010-023X The Use of Michael Porter’s Generic Strategies in the Romanian Hotel Industry Ovidiu N. Bordean‚ Anca I. Borza‚ Răzvan L. Nistor and Cătălina S. Mitra‚ Abstract— Porter’s generic strategies remain one of the most widely accepted typology of strategic options for businesses. Using a survey a sample of 69 hotel managers from the Nord-West part of Romania was questioned about their current strategic
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that occurred with Wells Fargo Financial Services Company. Provides banking‚ investments‚ insurance‚ consumer and commercial finance along with mortgages. The scandal started to get investigated in 2011. The Wells Fargo account fraud scandal is a corruption scandal that was very controversial because there were literally millions of fraudulent bank accounts that were created on behalf of Wells Fargo employees. These accounts were created without the consent of the Wells Fargo customers. This led
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Wells Fargo Group Marketing 304 Professor Kiesler 2:00 P.M. – 3:15 P.M. T/Th 9 May 2007 Wells Fargo: Marketing Plan Kevin De Place Bill Ho Ryan Neal Diana Suranyi Kevin Yetter Executive Summary Our team constructed a marketing plan of the company Wells Fargo. The first half of the report covers the company background by finding information about it‚ its competition‚ and the environment to see how the company stands.
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In Malaysia‚ Giant will step into the age of 66 in year 2010; they are pioneer in the concept of modern supermarket shopping and has been ranked 11th of Most Valuable Brand in year 2007 and 12th in 2008‚ they also rewarded as the Top Retailer in Malaysia and Best of the Best in Asia Pacific Retailer’s Award for 2 consecutive years in 2007 and 2008. They also succeed in the Best Brands in Consumer (Hypermarkets)‚ Brand Laureate Award 2007/208 for Corporate Branding and also the Excellence Service
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Wells Fargo is a diversified community based financial services company with about $1.9 trillion in assets‚ Wells Fargo was founded in 1852 by Henry Wells and William Fargo‚ it was a company based on the buying of gold and selling paper bank drafts as good and gold and also the express delivery of gold and anything that has value. Wells Fargo has earned its reputation of trust by delivering rapidly and responsibly with people’s money. Wells Fargo has been known to deliver business by the fastest
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Currency risk: Finance committee should assess interest rate risk‚ market risk‚ and currency risk by using hedge derivatives. Wells Fargo recorded derivatives on balance sheet at fair value‚ and volume measured in terms of notional amount. Wells Fargo enters into cross-currency swaps‚ cross-currency interest rate swaps and forward contracts to hedge Wells Fargo’s foreign currency risk and interest rate risk associated with the insurance of non-U.S. dollar denominated long-term debt. Likelihood of
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Wells Fargo Introduction: Over 160 years ago‚ soon after California Gold Rush (1848-1855) at Sutter ’s Mill in Coloma‚ California‚ Henry Wells and William G. Fargo‚on March 18‚ 1852‚ decided to organized Wells‚ Fargo & Company‚ in San Francisco and Sacramento‚ a joint-stock association with an initial capitalization of $300‚000‚ to provide express and banking services to California including the operation of stagecoach lines‚ the transportation and safekeeping of gold and the delivery of the U
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April 24‚ 2007 Wells Fargo & Co. is a diversified financial services company in the United States with consumer finance subsidiaries doing business in Canada and Puerto Rico. Headquartered in San Francisco‚ California‚ Wells Fargo is a result of a merger between California-based Wells Fargo & Co. and Minneapolis-based Norwest Corporation in 1998. The new company chose to keep the name Wells Fargo‚ to capitalize on the 150 year history of the nationally recognized Wells Fargo name and its trademark
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has the potential to be‚ it’s competitive advantage. Michael Porter‚ believed that the basis for this advantage falls under 3 base strategies of Cost leadership‚ Differentiation and Focus. With the use of his generic strategy model‚ a firm‚ understanding where its competitive advantage lies‚ can then formulate and implement an effective business strategy geared towards the sustainability of this advantage. The 3 bases‚ formed 5 generic strategies : Cost Leadership‚ strongly speaks towards the production
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With pressure to speak up coming from many different places‚ Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf finally gave his thoughts on why illegal practices were happening within his company. His response? It was the employees’ fault. He reiterated that efforts had been made to stop the behavior‚ and that there were no incentives to do bad things. However‚ the bank ended up removing branch-level sales goals that encouraged employees to cross-sell products to consumers. This practice was the reason for the controversy
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