container markets (see Exhibit 1). During those 20 years‚ Crown Cork and Seal had concentrated its manufacturing efforts on tin-plated cans for holding beer‚ soft drinks‚ and aerosol products. This case looks at the metal container industry. Crown’s strategy and position within that Industry‚ and the nature of the problems facing the company during mid-1977. The Metal Container Industry in 1977 The Metal Container Industry included 100 firms and a vast number of product lines. This section describes
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32/64-bit era‚ Sega’s market share plummeted with the Sega Saturn‚ and Sony – a newcomer in the industry – became the market leader[citation needed] (Nintendo took second place with their Nintendo 64).[citation needed] As of 2005‚ the most significant console manufacturers in the industry during the 128-bit era were Sony (PlayStation 2)‚ Nintendo (Nintendo GameCube)‚ and Microsoft (Xbox).[citation needed] Of these three‚ Sony remained worldwide market leader with Nintendo and Microsoft roughly equal
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for compact discs (Wikipedia 2005). This software is designed to control the distribution (copying) of material on compact discs. One version of this software‚ ‘XCP-Aurora’‚ was used as a copy protection measure by Sony in 2005. This software was discretely included in many Sony music CD’s at that time. On the first occasion that a user attempted to play or copy music from a CD containing XCP‚ the software was automatically installed on the users system. It is noteworthy that this only applies
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Why did Sony lose its leading competitive position? One reason was that Sony’s corporate-level strategies no longer worked in its favor; the leaders of its different product divisions had developed business-level strategies to pursue their own divisions’ goals and not those of the whole company. Also‚ Sony’s top managers had been slow to recognize the speed at which technology was changing and as each division’s performance fell‚ competition between corporate and divisional managers increased. The
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1.0 Introduction Strategy is a long term directions for companies. Bennett (1996‚ cited by Cousins 2000) describes strategy as: “The word strategy is used to describe the direction that the organisation chooses to follow in order to fulfil its mission”. Today‚ strategies are vital for businesses‚ in many cases it helps to achieve a competitive advantage. Increasing competition in most sectors and technological development has led to accelerated changes in the global economy. In order to meet
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transition to a five star hotel without firing most of the six-hundred employees or spending a large amount on re-training the existing ones. Discussion 1. Could the management of the HI team have been more culturally sensitive and was its strategy correct to achieve its goals? 2. How could HI have better prepared for the takeover? 3. Could Tian Wen‚ the former Chinese general manager‚ have been used in a more advantageous way? In this case‚ the main focus is collision of the two different
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Agenda 1. Context 2. Business Strategy 3. Generic Compe99ve Strategies 4. Interac9ve Strategies Gesa Chritstin Noelck‚ Miechele Romano 1. Context The Exploring Strategy Model: Gesa Chritstin Noelck‚ Miechele Romano 1. Context Strategic Choices Business Strategy Corporate Strategy International Strategy Innovation Strategy Acquisitions & Alliances Focus: Focus: Focus:
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Two girls walk into their local Café Coffee Day outlet. One goes to the counter and purchases two cappuccino coffees and some other pastries. The other sits at the table and opens her Sony Vaio Laptop. Within few seconds‚ she connects to the internet using Airtel’s data card. Once on the net‚ the girl “Google’s” name of the band that played the soundtrack of the English movie she saw yesterday. The number of websites comes up with advertisements. One of the advertisements was for the soundtracks
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THESIS ON MARKETING STRATEGY OF [pic] IFFCO-TOKIO GENERAL INSURANCE CO. LTD UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF: MR. RAJESH KANNAN Asst. Vice President Iffco-Tokio General Insurance Co. ltd. SUBMITTED BY: ABHISHEK DWIVEDI BATCH: PGP/FW‚ 2005-2007 TABLE OF CONTENTS ➢ INTRODUCTION ➢ OBJECTIVES ➢ RESEARCH METHODOLOGY ➢ LITERATURE REVIEW ➢ DATA ANALYSIS ➢ RECCOMENDATIONS ➢ CONCLUSION ➢ REFERENCES ➢ APPENDICES ➢ QUESTIONAIRE INTRODUCTION PREVAILING STATE OF INDIAN ECONOMY
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Chapter no.8 Identifying Market Segments & Targets No. of Group members=5 From: Mallas 1- The Marketer does not create segments; the marketer’s task is to identify the segments and decide which one(s) to target. 2- (T/F) 3- A flexible market offering consist of two parts: a naked solution and discretionary options. 4- 5- (T/F) 6- 7- 8- A market segment consists of a group of customers who shares different set of needs and wants. 9- 10-
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