MBA 500 (Corporate Strategy) Professor Mark Shanley UIC – Liautaud Graduate School of Management Summer 2011 Final Examination Instructions: This exam covers the Morepen Laboratories Ltd. (MLL) Case that was distributed through Blackboard last week. Please answer all four questions (and all the parts of each question). The exam will be graded comprehensively on a 100 hundred point scale (with points for each question listed in parentheses). Please support your answers where appropriate
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Giovanni Costa Corporate Strategy - Individual Assignment 7th International MBA Part Time 1 Corporate Strategy - Meli Marine case study Giovanni Costa Giovanni Costa Corporate Strategy - Individual Assignment 7th International MBA Part Time 2 1) Container shipping industry has consolidated over last years from over 100 carriers to just 15 global players accounting today for roughly 80% of volume‚ mostly concentrated in Asia-Europe and Asia-North America shipping lanes (see exhibit
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select and evaluate any three from the following: Yip’s Drivers of Internationalisation‚ Johnson’s Culture Web‚ Porter’s Diamond‚ Bowman’s Strategy Clock‚ Porter’s Generic Strategies and McKinsey’s 7-S Framework. Understanding and using theories that analyse the internal and external environment can prove pivotal for managers. This can dictate their corporate strategy and where they position themselves in the market. The telecommunications market has expanded rapidly over the past decade which has meant
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Newell’s corporate strategy was mainly focused on high volume and low cost product to large mass retailer. The goal of the company was to increase its sales and profitability by offering a complete and complementary range of products and reliable service to the mass retail stores. Newell’s initial focus was on home and hardware products which later on expended to other markets. The company strategy was to grow and expand its product line through acquisitions‚ rather than internal growth. Before
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EBay vs. Amazon Introduction: In a world where trade is increasingly becoming digitalized online‚ there are new and challenging strategies emerging. This essay aims to analyze and determine these strategies. Considering the example of eBay and Amazon‚ their business models and their multi-sided platforms‚ we can compare them to decide which strategies work in this market and how‚ in the future‚ they can keep a competitive edge as the market continuously changes. However‚ as Amazon and eBay
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Amazon’s Business & Human Resource Strategy FINAL REPORT – STRATEGIC HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ARIE NARENDRA – M9821817 Table of Content Table of Content ................................................................................................................................ 2 1.Introduction ................................................................................................................................... 3 2. Company Overview......................................
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pursue the corporate objective of expansion at reasonable costs. In order to overcome the hurdles currently facing Amazon.com‚ I offer the following recommendations: 1. Develop and implement a B2B exchange for supplier’s manufacturers‚ distributors‚ and retailers to use. 2. Amazon should expand its online auctions. 3. Develop an effective differentiating enterprise wide strategy to survive and prosper over the competition for the long-term future. 4. Amazon should use
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illustrated in this case? Business Value Chain Model series of activities activities where competitive strategies can be applied primary vs secondary Porters competitive forces model view of firm‚ competitors and environment Traditional Competitors New Market Entrants Substitute products and services Customers Suppliers Analyze Amazon and Walmart.com using the value chain and competitive forces model Amazon Activity Example Secondary Activity Administrative‚ finance infrastructure Legal‚ accounting‚ financial
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Strategic Plan of Amazon Introduction Amazon Company initially started as on online book store and taken rapid growth in the beginning stage itself‚ and expanded by adding up DVDs‚ electronics‚ software‚ furniture‚ games (Laura Schneider‚ 2012). As on today Amazon is a Fortune 500 e-commerce Company headquartered in Seattle‚ WA. Amazon Company is the market leader today to sell all variety of products over the internet (Laura Schneider‚ 2012). Amazon operates in two segments: North America and International
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Apple’s Mobile Future: Corporate and Business Strategy June 16th‚ 2010 For my final undergraduate business paper‚ I wrote an analysis of Apple as it transforms into a mobile company. I am posting it here in its entirety (except for financial exhibits) below. Especially since they released the iPhone in 2007‚ Apple has been spectacularly successful. In 2009‚ sales totaled more than $36 billion‚ compared to just $5.3 billion in 2001‚ and their market capitalization is nearing Microsoft’s. This
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