Harvard Business Review Reflection Course name: Introduction to International Business Group number: 7 Lecturer: Dr. M.M. Wilhelm Date of submission: 14th of November 2012 Subject matter: How to win in emerging markets: Lessons from Japan written by Shigeki Ichii‚ Susumu Hattori and David Michael was published in the Harvard Business Review of May 2012. The article is about the fact that big firms like Sony‚ Toyota and Honda were big exporters to developed countries the last decades. But
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INTRODUCTION Capital Mortgage Insurance Corporation (CMI) sells insurance to lenders protecting against mortgage default losses. They are a wholly owned subsidiary of Northwest Equipment Corporation. Following their acquisition in 1978‚ CMI’s goal has been to rebuild their business and diversify their services. Mortgage insurance is used to protect mortgage lenders (ie originators and/or underwriters) by transferring mortgage risk‚ and notably tail risk‚ from lenders to insurers. Insurers by their
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of open days to increase supply Adapt the ticket price depending on seasonality (being cheaper in winter) Avoid the promotions during the holiday’s months (June‚ July‚ August) and festive days. Adapt the ticket depending on collective groups (the bigger the group of people‚ the bigger the discount) Increase the number and the price of season tickets. When the customers buy a ticker‚ give another free ticket for another day with low demand. Allocate tickets to the countries
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The problem faced by Harvard executives at Harvard Real Estate Services was how to achieve the business objective of increasing the volume of graduate students who rent Harvard houses over private homes by 40%. The Harvard Real Estate Services (HRES) team wanted to know how their development of new student housing property that is at the designing stage‚ better appeal to Harvard students‚ and help attain the goal of obtaining their residency. For this purpose a marketing research was conducted with
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HARVARD GRAD STUDENT HOUSING SURVEY Understanding the process of questionnaire designing MM – II Case Presentation Group 5 • The real estate price hike threatening the student recruitments at Harvard – leading to 2001 survey • Harvard attempting to understand the consumer market for its housing complexes through new 2005 survey • Allston Initiative The Case in Brief Deciding the new research design for 2005 survey Analysing & drawing insights from the 2001 survey Merits/
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that time segment. As indicated in the competitor comparison the fashion channel lacks the programs with celebrity focus. The lifetime channel attracts 43 % female viewership from the age group of 18-34 (TFC 33% CNN 27%) which indicates that they have some features in their program that attract that age group. The data from GFE associates is helpful to determine what content the consumer requires from Fashion Channel. As indicated in the data 45% of consumers rate TFC as their favorite channel
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Rev. July 3‚1985 Terry Brothers (A) Terry Brothers Terry Brothers manufactured and sold a broad line of toys and games including highly popular board games under such trademarks as "Monopoly‚" "Clue‚" and "Risk‚" children’s games such as "Peter Rabbit‚" and "Winnie the Pooh‚" and card games such as "Rook." In addition‚ Terry Brothers produced action games‚ "Nerf" toys and balls‚ electronic toys and strategy games for older children and adults. In 1978 Terry Brothers produced over 75 toy and game
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Ameritrade – case study Executive Summary Ameritrade provides online brokerage services and operates an Internet-based financial management services business. 90% of the company’s revenues are from the provision of discount brokerage services. The company’s objective is to improve its competitive position in deep-discount brokerage. In order to achieve this objective‚ the company must grow its customer base‚ requiring an investment of $100 million to upgrade its technological capabilities as well
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between stores. Opportunities International expansion (Emerging markets growth represent great demand) House brands expansion (Customers increasing acceptance to this products) Test new store formats and segments (innovation) Threats Opposition groups and bad media (small merchants out of business) Industry concentration (more competition affects profitability) Government sanctions (below cost selling) 2. Internal Value Chain Walmart’s most important internal activities are: -Logistics and
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Ontela designed a revolutionary product which allows wireless subscribers to seamlessly transfer data from the consumer’s wireless phone and send it to an email inbox‚ PC‚ or website. This allows consumers to use their wireless device more frequently‚ which generates more revenue for the industry in mobile phone services. Joe Levy‚ Ontela’s director of carrier marketing‚ assisted with PicDeck’s segmentation in determining the appropriate target audience. Below you will find an analysis on PicDeck’s
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