SHOPRITE PTY LTD Background The Shoprite Group of Companies started from small beginnings in 1979 with the purchase of a chain of 8 Cape-based supermarkets for R1 million. In 1983 the Group opened its first branch outside the Western Cape – in Hartswater in the Northern Cape and expanding in other provinces too. Shoprite was listed on the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa with a market capitalisation of R29 million It then owned 33 outlets. Two years later Shoprite ventured over
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Eskilstuna-Västerås Spring Term: 2012 Students Brand Preferences Between Apple and Samsung Smartphone Master Thesis Tutor: Carl G Thunman Group 2901 Maha Al Azzawi Mac Anthony Nzube Ezeh (mai11002) (meh08001) ABSTRACT Date University Course Authors Tutor Examiner Title May 2012 Mälardalen University School of Sustainable Development of Society and Technology Master Thesis‚ EFO 705 Maha Al-azzawi & Mac Anthony Carl G Thunman Ole Liljefors Students Brand Preferences between Apple and Samsung Smartphone Purpose
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better strategic understanding of product markets than the concepts of ‘product’ or ‘commodity’ chains. Abstract This paper will investigate the relevance of three tools for analysing and prescribing remedies for improving company performance; Porter’s Value Chain‚ Gereffi and Korzeniewicz’s Global Commodities Chain framework and finally the Sector Matrix approach as described by Froud‚ et. al. Values and limitations of these approaches will be recognised and discussed via specific references
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UNIVERSITY DOI: 10.1177/0010880406289070 Volume 47‚ Issue 3 1-14 The Role of Brand Affiliation in Hotel Market Value by JOHN W. O’NEILL and QU XIAO The notion that a hotel’s brand contributes significantly to the property’s market value is supported by an analysis of nearly eleven hundred hotel transactions over the past fifteen years. The analysis found that brands added value beyond the usual contributors to a property’s value‚ such as net operating income and revenue per available room. The effects
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CENTER on GLOBALIZATION‚ GOVERNANCE & COMPETITIVENESS The Apparel Global Value Chain ECONOMIC UPGRADING AND WORKFORCE DEVELOPMENT Karina Fernandez-Stark Stacey Frederick Gary Gereffi Contributing CGGC Researchers: Penny Bamber and Ghada Ahmed NOVEMBER 2011 The Apparel Global Value Chain: Economic Upgrading and Workforce Development “Skills for Upgrading: Workforce Development and Global Value Chains in Developing Countries” This research project examines workforce development
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Apple‚ Inc: Marketing Strategy with the Customer in Mind By: Rosa Somerville BUS 330 – Principles of Marketing (BAD 1216A) Instructor: Vicki Long May 21‚ 2012 Introduction My friend just recently purchased the Apple I-phone 4. She made the decision after she found out that she can use the smartphone to communicate with her son face to face while he is in training out of state. Her previous phone‚ a Samsung LG did not have nearly as much capabilities as her new smart phone. Apple
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ECCO A/S-GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN MANAGEMENT ANALYSIS 1. Describe the competitive environment of ECCO and determine how well ECCO is positioned (vis-à-vis the competitors) to take advantage of changes in the industry. http://wulibraries.typepad.com/files/footwear.pdf 2. Analyze ECCO’s global value chain. How well does this configuration match the drivers in the industry? Analyze ECCO’s global value chain. High demand for quality and reduced lead times led the company to a self-sufficiency approach on
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Developing Robust Asset Allocations1 Working Paper First Version: February 17‚ 2006 Current Version: April 18‚ 2006 Thomas M. Idzorek‚ CFA Director of Research Ibbotson Associates 225 North Michigan Avenue Suite 700 Chicago‚ Illinois 60601-7676 312-616-1620 (Main) 312-616-0404 (Fax) tidzorek@ibbotson.com Abstract Over the last 50 years‚ Markowitz’s mean-variance optimization framework has become the asset allocation model of choice. Unfortunately the model often leads to highly concentrated asset
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Note on Measuring Brand Awareness‚ Brand Image‚ Brand Equity and Brand Value Pierre Chandon INSEAD March 2003 Note on Measuring Brand Awareness‚ Brand Image‚ Brand Equity and Brand Value The purpose of this note is to provide an overview and references on the various methods that can be used to measure brand knowledge (brand awareness and brand image)‚ brand equity and brand value. This note provides a short definition of each concept and illustrations of the most widely-used measurement techniques
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Starbucks Case: Starbucks’ Value Chain A value chain is used to identify key areas of a corporation‚ including their resources and what they may achieve. The value chain is made up of key primary and secondary activities‚ which differentiate a business from others and creates a competitive advantage. The primary activities include inbound logistics‚ operations‚ outbound logistics‚ marketing/sales‚ and services. Secondary activities are made up of the firm infrastructure‚ human resource management
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