In 1979 Bernie Marcus and Arthur Black opened their first Home Depot store in Atlanta‚ GA. The mission of Home Depot was to create a superstore for home improvement that would offer customers a variety of products at a low price that other hardware stores would not be able to match. Managers were able to order and stock products that meet the needs of their local and regional customers. Jones (as cited by Pearson‚ 2013) states “when the authority to make important decisions about organizational
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A Centralized Structure Transforms Home Depot 1. In what ways can (a) decentralizing and (b) centralizing authority help an organization like Home Depot to improve its performance? From 2000 to 2007‚ Robert Nardelli‚ a former senior executive at GE (General Electric)‚ served as CEO of Home Depot. Almost immediately‚ he transformed Home Depot’s logistics and leadership structure from decentralized to centralized. It was one way to respond to the pressures of competition from the Internet
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Home Depot was founded in 1978 by Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank in Atlanta‚ Georgia. With their store‚ Marcus and Blank revolutionized the do-it-yourself home improvement market in the United States. Home Depot began as a very basic store‚ operated in a large‚ no-frills warehouse. Home Depot carries over 35‚000 products‚ with national brand names along with the Home Depot brand. At the start‚ Home Depot was able to offer exceptional customer service with knowledgeable employees who could guide
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.............................................................................................3 History of Home Depot…………………………………………………………………………....4 Business risks related to capital structure…………………………………………………………5 Financial risk related to capital structure………………………………………………………….5 Home Depots Financial Status………….…………………………………………………............6 Future and Flexibility of Home Depot….…………………………………………………………7 Conclusion………………………………………………………………………………………...8 References…………………………………………………………………………………………9
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MGMT 407 HOME DEPOT ANALYSIS- CASE 1 Home Depot: Building Towards Success 1. The Home Depot gives back through volunteerism‚ philanthropy‚ product donations and sharing expertise. The Home Depot is in the home improvement business and their goal is to provide the highest level of service‚ the broadest selection of products and the most competitive prices. Home Depot is a values-driven company. The above sentence is the mission statement of The Home Depot. The mission statement itself
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COMPETITIVE STRATEGY (MGMT 6543) PROFESSOR: Dr. BROWN NAME: PATEL CHIRAG (B00040617) CASE TEMPLATE: THE HOME DEPOT ` (Current Situation‚ External Environment‚ Internal Environment‚ Analysis of Strategic Factors‚ Strategic Issues‚ Strategic Alternatives and Recommendations‚ Evaluation and Control and Summary) [pic] THE HOME DEPOT Case Notes Template I. Current Situation Comments |
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Environment 1. Political-Legal 2. Economic 3. Sociocultural 4. Technological B. Task Environment IV. INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT (Please attach IFAS Table) A. Corporate Structure B. Corporate Culture C. Corporate Resources 1. Marketing 2. Finance (Please attach Ratio Analysis) 3. R&D 4. Operation 5. Human Resources 6
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The Home Depot A paper submitted to Webber International University in partial fulfillment of the Bachelor Degree in Business Science Administration Elizabet Rodriguez April 2‚ 2013 Principles of Finance Financial Statement Analysis Dr. Jeannette Eberle Index I Title Page 1 II Table of Contents 2 III Brief Introduction and Organizational Structure 4 IV Brief Discussion of Products‚ Services and Markets 5 V Summary of Financial Statements
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David McGee Jr. BUS 482 Strategic Analysis Professor Bevensee The Home Depot The Home Depot‚ Inc. (The Home Depot)‚ based in Georgia‚ US‚ is a home improvement retailer. The Company operates The Home Depot stores‚ which are full-service‚ warehouse-style stores. The Home Depot stores sell an assortment of building materials‚ home improvement and lawn and garden products and provide a number of services. The Home Depot stores average approximately 104‚000 square feet of enclosed space‚ with approximately
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Home Depot‚ Inc. Home Depot‚ Inc. is the world’s largest home improvement retailer with sales last fiscal year topping $74 billion (Figure 1). Home depot sells a wide inventory of products ranging from building materials and home improvement products to lawn and garden products. In addition it provides various home improvement services including bathroom and kitchen installation. Its main consumer base consists of do-it-yourself consumers- those homeowners
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