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Strategic Development
C/B/4262. Strategic Development of Global Food Retailers Wal-Mart and Tesco
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- 2750
- DATE:
- 2011
- PRICE:
- 29.99 GBP
The paper looks at the global food retail supermarket industry examining the growth strategy of Wal-Mart and Tesco along the lines of Porter’s Five Forces model. The companies’ strategies of merger and partnership opportunities in International markets are examined, the threats of competition from online retailers and emerging markets is considered, dynamics of the global food retail market since the 2000 is discussed, the leadership of Wal-Mart’s CEO Mike Duke is evaluated.
KEYWORDS: Strategic Development, Global Food Retailers, Wal-Mart, Tesco, Porter’s Five Forces,
C/B/4217. Global expansion strategy of Wal-Mart
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- 2350
- DATE:
- 2011
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- 29.99 GBP
The paper looks at the strategic development of Wal-Mart towards global expansion reviewing the company’s history and background, conducting their Porter’s Five Forces analysis, describing the structure of Wal-Mart’s international business, and evaluating their growth strategy across the globe. Wal-Mart’s 2010 annual report data are provided in a separate file.
KEYWORDS: Global expansion, Wal-Mart, Porter’s Five Forces, international business,
C/B/3359. Strategic intent and mission statements of commercial and public organisations
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- 1550
- DATE:
- 2011
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- 19.99 GBP
The paper looks at the strategic intent of organisations expressed in the mission and value statements of various commercial and public organisations including Nokia, Kingston University, the University of Northampton, Electrolux. Strategic position of Electrolux is examined.
KEYWORDS: Strategic intent, mission statement, Nokia, Kingston University, University of Northampton, Electrolux,
C/B/3246. Culture as a business opportunity: case study of the UK and Tea
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- 2850
- DATE:
- 2010
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- 29.99 GBP
This paper examines the relationship between culture and opportunity for business development, focusing on tea and the UK. The paper begins by discussing Tea as British past time, and defines the notion of culture and traditions. The history of Tea drinking is provided, as is the concept of afternoon tea. Different brands are identified and evaluated like Twinings and the London tea company. The paper then examines the Tea industry, focusing on the opportunities for growth, entrepreneurship and the development of new businesses. Tea tourism is examined, and the paper concludes by suggesting how the brand image in the UK of tea can be exploited further to develop new business.
KEYWORDS: Culture, opportunity, business development, tea, UK, British, Past times, afternoon tea, twinings, London tea company, entrepreneurship, new business, tea tourism,
C/B/3192. Strategic planning process of British American Tobacco company (BAT)
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- 4300
- DATE:
- 2010
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- 49.99 GBP
This paper examines the strategic planning process and strategies adopted by British American Tobacco company (BAT). The paper aims to assess how this has been effective to the growth off the company. The paper begins by providing an overview to BAT, followed by an overview of the firm’s strategic planning process. This section focuses on topics like growth, responsibility, and productivity. The following section examines the implementation of their strategic planning process, discussing their organisational structure and culture. The tools that the company used to achieve business growth are evaluated, including vertical integration and innovation. The way in which BAT expanded into new geographical markets is analysed, discussing acquisitions and corporate social responsibility programmes. Contingency planning is evaluated, and the paper concludes by summarising the future of BAT.
KEYWORDS: Strategic planning process, British American Tobacco company, BAT, productivity, organisational culture, organisational structure, vertical integration, innovation, geographical markets, acquisitions, corporate social responsibility, contingency,
C/B/3144. Porter's five forces analysis, scenario and strategic planning of the airline industry: pre and post 9/11
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- 3050
- DATE:
- 2010
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- 39.99 GBP
This paper evaluates the airline industry, using porter’s five forces analysis to assess the attractiveness of the industry pre and post the 9/11 attacks. The paper then discusses ways in which airlines could plan for destructive events like 9/11, by contextualising the issue of terrorist attacks, followed by scenario and strategic planning. Conclusions are made regarding the current state of the airline industry.
KEYWORDS: Porter’s five forces, 9/11, airline industry, terrorist attacks, scenario planning, strategic planning,
C/B/3068. Overview of strategic planning
- WORDS:
- 600
- DATE:
- 2010
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- 9.99 GBP
This paper focuses on strategic planning, aiming to provide a definition of the term. The paper illustrates the purpose and the five critical steps of strategic planning, long term goals, competitive domain, organisational resources, move toward goals, and implementation. The paper then concludes by discussing the advantages and disadvantages of acquisitions, joint ventures and mergers.
KEYWORDS: Strategic planning, goals, competitive domain, resources, acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures,
C/B/2846. Resource Based View as a Means for Strategic Development
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- 1550
- DATE:
- 2010
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- 19.99 GBP
This paper analyses the key concepts behind Resource Based View (RBV) theory, by using examples of companies which provide VRIO (valuable, rare, in-imitable, and non-substitutable) resources. Each part of VRIO is analysed and explained, using examples like IBM Application System/400, the Rare Element Resources Company and Apple. Competitive advantage is evaluated, in relation to the usefulness of RBV, concluding with a summary of RBV.
KEYWORDS: Resource Based View Theory, RBV, VRIO, Valuable, rare, in-imitable, non substitutable, IBM, Rare element resources company, apple, competitive advantage.,
C/B/1724. Hardball strategy in business
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- 1600
- DATE:
- 2009
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- 19.99 GBP
The paper looks at the so-called hardball strategies in business where the players are not satisfied with today's competitive advantage and seek to widen the performance gap between themselves and competitors. Real business examples of hardball players in various industries are analyzed including the example of Tesco UK as one of the best hardball strategy players.
KEYWORDS: Hardball Strategy, Tesco, Ethics,
C/B/1723. Strategy as practice: role of people in strategic development of organisation
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- 2700
- DATE:
- 2009
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- 29.99 GBP
The paper argues whether “management has tended to focus increasingly on organisational strategies as opposed to the activities of people in organisations as they define, elaborate, and implement strategies” (Lancaster University symposium 2008). The role of people in the organisational strategy is examined defining the features of a strategist and their impacts on organisational behaviour.
KEYWORDS: Strategic Management, strategist, organisational strategy,
C/B/1722. 7-Eleven Strategic Development in Japan
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- 3000
- DATE:
- 2009
- PRICE:
- 39.99 GBP
The paper looks at the strategic development and management of 7-Eleven Japan addressing three main areas, i.e. comparing the influence of external environment and leadership of Toshifumi Suzuki in the development of 7-Eleven Japan, evaluating the influence of key stakeholders on the development of the company, and analysing the extent to which the company has been able to successfully achieve both cost-leadership and differentiation in the industry. Porter’s generic strategies model is used in the analysis.
KEYWORDS: 7-Eleven, Strategic Management, Leadership, Porter’s Generic Strategies, Stakeholder Analysis,
C/F/556. Benefits of entering alternative energy industry for BP
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- 2000
- DATE:
- 2009
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- 29.99 GBP
The paper looks at the opportunities of British Petroleum (BP) to enter the alternative energy industry assessing the company’s current position in the oil and gas industry within the framework of ratio analysis, profitability, efficiency and solvency for 2007/2008 years using Shell as a benchmark. Modern portfolio theory is reviewed along with asset pricing models such as CAPM, arbitrage pricing theory and Fama-French three factor model.
KEYWORDS: BP, British Petroleum, oil and gas, alternative energy, portfolio management,
S/B/501. Starbucks development strategy and business process reengineering
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- 4400
- DATE:
- 2009
- PRICE:
- 49.99 GBP
The paper looks at the success factors behind the Starbucks brand examining the sources of their competitive advantage. Situational analysis of the company is conducted outlining the problems faced by the management and describing the business process reengineering (BPR) and the changes that have been implemented in the organizational structure and culture to align the core competencies of the employees with the corporate strategy through the increase of labour hours, retail expansion, innovation of products and services, etc.
KEYWORDS: Starbucks, business process reengineering, BPR, change,
C/B/1636. Resource-Based View and Global Technology in Multi-National Enterprises
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- 3000
- DATE:
- 2009
- PRICE:
- 39.99 GBP
The paper analyses technology in multi-national corporations (MNC) from the resource-based perspective in the context of globalisation. Country-based and firm-based types of resources are discussed, conclusions are made that technology can provide sustainable competitive advantage when used as an aid to human processes. The example of BMW is discussed.
KEYWORDS: Resource-Based View, Strategic Management, Globalisation, Technology, MNC, BMW,
C/B/1356. Strategic Decision Making for Marketers: Case Study of Euro Disney
- WORDS:
- 3000
- DATE:
- 2009
- PRICE:
- 39.99 GBP
The paper examines strategic decision making of Disney Paris, based on the case study conducted in August 2008, and taking into account current economic circumstances to (1) develop two strategic plans for Disney Paris, one based on short-live economic crisis and the other based on the assumption that the credit crunch will get worse, (2) explain academic models used to draw up recommendation for Q1.
KEYWORDS: strategic, decision, marketers, study, euro, disney,
C/B/1204. Information Systems Strategic Planning: Report for Qantas
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- 1800
- DATE:
- 2008
- PRICE:
- 19.99 GBP
The paper analyses the use of information systems (IS) in strategic planning activities at Qantas Airlines and gives recommendations about the ways to improve these activities by providing anticipatory troubleshooting, long term forward planning, etc.
KEYWORDS: Qantas Airlines, information systems, IS, strategic planning, decision support system,
C/B/1227. Rise and fall of Palm Computing in Handheld Operating Systems
- WORDS:
- 1500
- DATE:
- 2008
- PRICE:
- 19.99 GBP
The paper looks at the risks and successes of the operating systems (OS) industry presenting a case study on Palm Computing (PC) OS. Palm's unique strategy of gaining control over the OS market is described highlighting the success of their investment in innovation, research and development (R&D), etc. PC competition with Microsoft is discussed identifying Palm's competitive advantage and exploring the reasons why they haven't sustained it. The paper has no reference list.
KEYWORDS: Palm Computing, handheld computing systems, Microsoft,
C/B/1249. Caledonian Forest Woods: assessment of growth opportunities
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- 1100
- DATE:
- 2008
- PRICE:
- 19.99 GBP
The paper examines and evaluates various options available for the development of a growing company Caledonian Forest Woods analysing external environmental factors within the framework of PESTEL, and looking at the opportunities related to merger and joint venture offers. Conclusions are made about the benefits of a more dynamic organisation structure.
KEYWORDS: Caledonian Forest Woods, PESTEL, joint venture, merger, acquisition, growth opportuni,
S/B/337. Executive Search Dating
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- 2400
- DATE:
- 2008
- PRICE:
- 29.99 GBP
The paper reports on the Canadian dating agency Executive Search Dating (ESD) offering external and internal analysis of their business, highlighting strategic challenges and suggesting recommendations about customer targets to sustain the company's competitive advantage. A step-by-step action plan is presented to implement the recommendations.
KEYWORDS: Executive Search Dating, ESD, customer targeting,
C/B/704. Strategic Options: The Case of a UK Flower Supplier
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- 1350
- DATE:
- 2007
- PRICE:
- 19.99 GBP
This report examined the strategic options that were available to a supplier of flowers in the UK. The need for such a report came out of the pressures that the firm was facing in its external environment, which had forced it to reassess its business model in order to continue its impressive growth.
KEYWORDS: Strategic options, Porter, generic strategies,
C/B/706. Improvement scenarios for AirFrance-KLM (Report and PowerPoint Presentation)
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- 5000
- ADD-ONS:
- 17 slides Presentation
- DATE:
- 2007
- PRICE:
- 59.99 GBP
The paper considers three improvement scenarios with regards to the Air France-KLM's present competitive position: continuous improvement, radical improvement and improvement cycle. The analysis is focused on the improvement of service concept which is considered as the primary source of Air France - KLM's competitive potential to face the pressure of low-cost airlines. The consideration of scenarios is based on Pestle and SWOT.
KEYWORDS: AirFrance-KLM, KLM, Airfrance, continuous improvement, radical improvement, PESTLE, SW,
C/B/840. Choosing a balanced approach to strategic development: case study of Sainsbury's
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- 3100
- DATE:
- 2007
- PRICE:
- 39.99 GBP
The paper examines various approaches to companies' strategic development providing theoretical information on the resource based approach and value chain approach, and using Sainsbury's as a case study to show the results of an imbalanced approach to strategy development.
KEYWORDS: Strategic development, Sainsburys, value chain, resource-based,
C/B/845. What's the point of strategic planning if most of the future is unknowable - or at least unpredictable?
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- 2100
- DATE:
- 2007
- PRICE:
- 29.99 GBP
The paper examines the role of strategic planning in today's enterprises evaluating its significance for planning management and development strategies. Literature is reviewed on the nature of contemporary business environment focusing on its uncertainty and turbulence.
KEYWORDS: Strategic planning, uncertainty, turbulent environment,
E/B/290. Having first evaluated RyanAir's strengths and weaknesses, critically assess whether their strategy is sustainable whilst recommending any changes you feel are appropriate for their future development
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- 4500
- DATE:
- 2007
- PRICE:
- 49.99 GBP
The paper reports on the position of RyanAir analysing their strategic strengths and weaknesses and evaluating their competitiveness within the framework of Porter's Five Forces and PESTEL models.
KEYWORDS: RyanAir, strategy, Porters Five Forces, PESTEL,
C/B/398. MediaPlus: Strategic development
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- 3900
- DATE:
- 2006
- PRICE:
- 39.99 GBP
This report is aimed at producing the strategic options for an international company named MediaPlus. The company owns numerous weekly and a selection of monthly titles, with a large combined circulation distributed to homes and businesses throughout a variety of regions within a selection of European countries. The audience for this business report has been kept the strategy committee at MediaPlus group. The report analyzes the objectives of the company, product lifecycle, industry dynamics and market evaluation. Based on these analyses the report recommends the future strategies to the company.
KEYWORDS: International Business, MediaPlus, Media Company, Strategy, Industry Lifecycle, Market,
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