1. Should Tata Motors bid for Ford’s Land Rover and Jaguar units as part of its globalization efforts? What are pros and cons?
2. How else could Tata Motors compete with ford, Honda, Toyota, and other rivals? Could Tata Motors focus on competing as a parts supplier instead?
3. What is your assessment of the globalization and M&A strategies of the Tata Group operating companies, particularly Indian Hotels, Tata Tea, Tata Consultancy Service, and Tata Steel? What can one learn from the global strategies of these major Tata Group companies? juytnjybhgtry 4. What is your assessment of the role of Tata Group center in globalization? What is unique and distinctive about group structure?
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내용 Chapter 2: External Environment --- Chinese Fireworks Industry – Revised (written by Paul W. Beamish and Ruihua Jiang)
Case Discussion Questions
1. If you were Jerry Yu, would you invest in a Liuyang fireworks factory? Why?
2. Apply Porter’s Five Forces Model; evaluate the attractiveness of the Chinese fireworks industry.
3. Is the fireworks industry a “sunset” industry or an industry still worth being in for the long run?
4. If you were Jerry Yu, and you decided to make the investment, what would you do to win out in the competition?
5. If you were asked to provide advice to Liuyang Firecrackers and Fireworks Industry Department, as Jerry Yu, what would you say?
Chapter 3: Internal Environment ---- Microsoft in 2005 (written by David B. Yoffie, Dharmesh M. Mehta, and Rudina I. Seseri)
1. What are the 3 or 4 most important drivers of Microsoft’s business model over the last 10 to 15 years, which have produced these spectacular results?
2. With a dominant share throughout the 1990s, how could Microsoft grow