external environmental analysis is done using PESTEL analysis followed by Porters Five forces and Industry Life Cycle. The key drivers affecting IHG are determined by PESTEL. The internal environmental analysis is done using Resources and capabilities‚ VRIN and Value chain analysis. Annual reports are used to measure current strategic position of IHG. SWOT analysis is used to summarise the environmental analysis of IHG followed by Critical analysis to determine IHG’s current strategic position. Conclusions
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it must not only have resources and capabilities but also have a firm control over it and they must meet certain basic criteria such as being: valuable‚ rare‚ inimitable and non substitutable such that it is impossible to be copied or replicated (VRIN). Although a resource based view strategy sounds like the better way to go‚ others have wondered if this approach is at all necessary or bring any more insight than the traditional understandings into a successful strategy to survive and thrive into
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Customers’ Demand 5 1.2.5 Strong Brand Name 6 1.2.6 Franchising 6 1.2.7 High Performance and Low Price Products 6 1.2.8 A Clear Competitive Strategy 7 1.2.9 Success of Suppliers 7 1.3 Analysis the Key Successful Reasons through VRIN and Value Chain 7 1.3.1 VRIN 7 1.3.2 Value Chain 9 1.4 Recommendation for Future Success 11 1.4.1 Threats 11 1.4.2 Recommendation 12 2.0 Part B: Question 2 13 2.1 Theory about Strategic Drift and Leadership 13 2.2 Case Analysis about the Relation of
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economy and bettering their own society. 2. What are Equal Exchange’s competitively important resources and capabilities? Which of its resources have the greatest competitive power? Are any of its resources and capabilities able to pass all four VRIN tests for sustainable competitive advantage? Explain. Equal Exchange’s competitively important resources and capabilities include a distinct advantage in supply chain management by negotiating with farmers to produce high quality products at fair
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“Analysis - MyLibros.com” 1. Executive Summary Firstly‚ we‚ team Breakthrough will analyze MyLibros.com with theories and principle such as “Bird in the hand”‚ ”Affordable Loss”‚ “Institutional”‚ “SWOT” and “Resource Based View”. Secondly‚ we will judge whether we should invest or not. If MyLibros.com is not appropriate for invest‚ we will recommend how this firm should be with theories such as “Crazy Quilt” and “Pilot-on-the-Plane”. Lastly‚ this report is written based on the information
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TABLE OF CONTENT TABLE OF CONTENT iii LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES v ABBREVIATION vii EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 1 INTRODUCTION 2 1.1 Company overview 2 1.2 Company vision and mission 3 1.3 Culture and strategy relationship 4 2.1 Resource based-view 5 2.2 VRIN analysis 6 2.3 Cost efficiency 7 2.4 Value Chain Analysis 8 2.5 Benchmarking 9 2.6 Ratio analysis 9 2.7. McKinsey 7S framework 11 EXTERNAL ANALYSIS 12 3.1 PESTEL framework 13 3.2 Key drivers for change 14 3.3 Scenario analysis 14 3.4 Industry life
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MMPI-2 Archer (1989) reviewed the new normative data on the MMPI-2‚ which 1‚138 male responders and 1‚462 female responders made up the normative sample. In addition‚ the responders reported from various regions of the United States and were ages 18 to 84. The norms matched up with the 1980 U.S. Bureau of the Census on ethnic diversity. In connection to education level‚ the normative sample reported more responders with higher education levels‚ 50% males and 42% females‚ than the Census‚ 20% males
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After Zara’s first Australian store in Sydney reportedly sold out 80% of its stock (worth $1.2 million) in its opening day in 2011‚ sales figures in 2014 have revealed slowing sales momentum and increasing costs. Using the Resource-Based View of the firm (RBV) (Barney‚ 1986‚ 1991)‚ critically evaluate the competitiveness of Zara within the Australian retail industry. The resource based view revolves around the notion of a firms tangible and intangible resources and capabilities allowing the firm
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STARBUCKS’ STRATEGY AND INTERNAL INITIATIVES TO RETURN TO PROFITABLE GROWTH BIMA DHARMA PRISILIAN SELMA NURLIESYA RAMADHIANE REISA RIDWAN • PLEASE IDENTIFY THE RESOURCES OR CAPABILITIES STARBUCKS AND MAKE VRIN MATRIX ANALYSIS TO DECIDE WHETHER THOSE ARE CORE COMPETENCIES THAT PROVIDE SUSTAINED COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES? • PLEASE ANALYSIS HOW FAR ETHICS AS WELL AS GOVERNANCE ARE IMPLEMENTED IN STARBUCKS. • IN IMPLEMENTING CSR‚ ANALYZE IN WHICH STAGE STARBUCKS CSR VALUE • STARTING IN OCTOBER 1992
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SUCCESS FACTORS 2.1 DEFINITION KEY SUCCESS FACTORS 2.2 KEY SUCCESS FACTORS OF AMAZON 2.2.1 Key success factors concerning customers 2.2.2 Key success customer concerning competitors 3 ANALYSIS OF AMAZON’S RESOURCES AND COMPETENCIES 3.1 THE VRIN MODEL 3.2 ANALYSIS 4 AMAZON’S EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT 4.1 EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT AND EXTERNAL FOCUS 4.2 INTERNAL ENVIRONMENT AND INTERNAL FOCUS CONCLUSION Executive Summary Throughout this case write-up we will look into
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