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Strategic Development
C/B/1724. Hardball strategy in business
- WORDS:
- 1600
- DATE:
- 2009
- PRICE:
- 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
- PRICE:
- 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
- WORDS:
- 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
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- 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
- WORDS:
- 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
- WORDS:
- 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
- WORDS:
- 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)
- WORDS:
- 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
- WORDS:
- 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
- WORDS:
- 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,
C/B/399. Business Studies - Management of Opportunity. Individual Research Report
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- 2000
- DATE:
- 2006
- PRICE:
- 29.99 GBP
This is an individual research report based on interview data obtained from a London businessman who recently launched his unique concept of internet caf? providing a host of facilities along with some basic services of surfing and email. The various themes of risk taking preferences, focus on innovation, revenue generation methods, focus on marketing and advertising, seeking, identifying and creating opportunities and the strong need for achievement have been highlighted. The interview data was analyzed to investigate whether the themes identified for successful business management would be applicable in this case. The importance of the qualitative interview process in determining the cognitive characteristic that distinguish a successful entrepreneur are also discussed in this study.
KEYWORDS: Entrepreneurship, Small business, management, opportunity, achievement, innovation,
C/B/401. L'Oreal BCS Matrix: Strategic Analysis and Choice
- WORDS:
- 3000
- DATE:
- 2006
- PRICE:
- 39.99 GBP
This paper will focus on the use of the Boston consulting group model (BGC) with an aim to identify its benefits and limitations as a competitive tool, in terms of potential effects on their competitive position and the reaction of competitors. Moreover, the paper will attempt to create a BCG growth share matrix for the world's largest beauty products company, L'Oreal and use it to demonstrate the above mentioned points.
KEYWORDS: BCG, Boston consultancy group, growth-share matrix, LOreal,
C/B/432. Analyse the HBS MBA case on Ice Fili, a Russian ice cream company in terms of the attractiveness of its industry, recommendations on its positioning in response to competition, and changes to its business model in terms of retailing its own production
- WORDS:
- 1000
- DATE:
- 2006
- PRICE:
- 19.99 GBP
The work analyses the strategic directions that Ice-Fili, the Russian ice cream manufacturing giant, should adopt in the wake of growing competition. The article suggests that Ice-Fili should indulge in making substantial investments in promotions and distributions and also consider expanding the product line. The essay has been written as an analysis of a Harvard Business School case study entitled, 'Ice Fili' written by Rukstad and co. (September 1, 2005) and refers to the BCG matrix, the Product life cycle and Ted Levitt's classic HBR article, Marketing Myopia.
KEYWORDS: analyse, hbs, mba, ice, fili, russian, ice, cream, company, terms, attractiveness, industry, recommendations, positioning, response, competition, changes, business, model, terms, retailing, own, produ,
E/B/110. Drivers of success of Google Inc.
- WORDS:
- 3000
- DATE:
- 2006
- PRICE:
- 39.99 GBP
In today’s world, there are a large number of people, who declared themselves as the Internet users, some people, nevertheless, addicts to the Internet. In addition to that, this number is continuing to increase day by day. In fact, this is a consequence of today’s advance technology, the Internet has made it possible for people all over the world to communicate, share information, paying bills, online banking, shopping, and more importantly, the Internet is databases of information. Use of the Internet as libraries or databases of information has grown tremendously since its inception. One of the search engine tools on the web is Google.com, the worlds most successful and popular search engine. The first section illustrates a brief background of Google.com, the next section defines the development of it through its timeline. The third section examines the essential success factors of the firms, followed by academic evidences supporting those factors. The final section clarifies the assumptions of success factors that the other firms with the same circumstances can be easily seen.
KEYWORDS: drivers, success, google, inc,
E/B/60. Use of Internet portals in strategy development
- WORDS:
- 2000
- DATE:
- 2006
- PRICE:
- 29.99 GBP
The paper examines approaches to strategy development highlighting the importance of strategy for a company and focusing on the use of the Internet portals as a support for strategy development.
KEYWORDS: internet, portals, strategy, development,
P/B/574. Theories of company growth
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- 2000
- DATE:
- 2006
- PRICE:
- 29.99 GBP
The paper analyses the reasons behind a companys growth reviewing literature on the measurements of growth, Ansoff?s Matrix of growth strategies, schemes of gaining customers, risks associated with growth, portfolio-planning models, etc.
KEYWORDS: theories, company, growth,
P/B/579. Growth strategy: benefits and drawbacks
- WORDS:
- 2000
- DATE:
- 2006
- PRICE:
- 29.99 GBP
The paper examines the issues of organization growth providing theoretical definitions of growth, strategy, strategic management, tools of strategic analysis, strategy implementation, ANSOFF growth matrix, etc. The universal benefits of growth are argued giving the example of the slow down strategy recently used by Coca Cola.
KEYWORDS: growth, strategy, benefits, drawbacks,
P/B/710. Theory of strategic planning
- WORDS:
- 2000
- DATE:
- 2006
- PRICE:
- 29.99 GBP
The paper addresses the theoretical aspects of strategic planning discussing the issues of decision-making, competition, creativity, Ansoff’s theory, the complexity science, etc.
KEYWORDS: Strategic planning, decision-making, Ansoff, complexity,
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