Contents: • Introduction • Objective - Barbie evolution - Product development & Strategies - Success of Barbie - Barbie in the future • Key Issue o Changes in Barbie along with the American society o Barbie image against by feminist o Criticism against Barbie image by feminist • SWOT of Barbie • Option Analysis • Recommended option • Risk contingency • Conclusions • Bibliography Success story of Barbie The making of Barbie starts when a couple Ruth and Elliot Handler realize
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criteria examples ecological/environmental current legislation future legislation international legislation regulatory bodies and processes government policies government term and change trading policies funding‚ grants and initiatives home market pressure- groups international pressure- groups wars and conflicts Political 1. No significant awareness program around disease education/recognition resulting in lower awareness in policy makers. 2. Orphan disease
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Mattel‚ Inc. is the largest toy company in the world. This largest toy company in the world was founded by Harold Matson and Elliot Handler in 1945‚ as they started to produce picture frames. However it was Elliott Handler who had a visionary of a side business in dollhouse furniture out of the converted garage (Mattel). As a top company‚ the primary activities of Mattel are to design‚ manufacture‚ and market the toys. As the company’s sales growing slowly‚ Mattel started to produce varieties of
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HRM Human resource management is a strategic and coherent approach to the management of an organization’s most valued assets – the people working there‚ who individually and collectively contribute to the achievement of its objectives. Boxall et al(2007) describe HRM as ‘the management of work and people towards desired ends’. John Storey (1989) believes that HRM can be regarded as a ‘set of interrelated policies with an ideological and philosophical underpinning’. He suggests four aspects that
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Chapter 4 Knowledge Representation question and answers 1. Consider the following statements a) Reema is a super star. b) All super stars are rich. c) All rich people have fast cars. d) All fast cars consume a lot of petrol. Use predicate logic and inference rules to draw the conclusion “Reema’s car consumed a lot of petrol”. a. List any two knowledge representation techniques. b. Write Modus Ponens rule. c. Define disjunctive normal form with suitable
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Marketing Barbie In order to put your product into to the market you have to develop a marketing strategy. A Market strategy is selecting a target market and maintaining a market mix that consists of product‚ price‚ promotion‚ and distribution. By doing this a company such as Mattel ensures that it is giving consumers what they want and they are creating a strategy for their product. One of Mattel ’s biggest products is Barbie. Barbie was introduced by Mattel in 1959 and has been a
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Introduction Mattel‚ the world’s leading toy and children’s good manufacturer has cultivated a strong portfolio of well known brands and products while being recognized has a highly responsible corporate citizen that makes ethics and safety a priority. The company must build on its heritage‚ while defending itself from threats. At the same faced with maintaining its market position in the face of many changes in their target market. Situational Analysis STRENGTHS Strong Products
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The Barbie Effect Barbie has it all. Every career imaginable and what women perceive to be the perfect body. In real life this could transfer into bankruptcy‚ low self-esteem and materialistic behavior. There is much controversy surrounding Barbie and whether she has an effect on young girls’ self esteem. There have been studies on both sides of the issue with no clear definitive answer. Barbie was a sensation almost from the moment she hit the shelves‚ promoting and quickly spreading the idea
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PEST Analysis Example If you ’re a student of marketing and business studies then you must have come across the term ’PEST Analysis ’. Here are a couple of PEST Analysis examples to clarify the concept further. You cannot imagine the amount of hard work and research that is involved whenever a new product or commercial utility is launched. For that matter‚ any change in the business management and development strategy calls for minute scrutiny of the environment which would form the background
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BARBIE HISTORY Let me begin by telling a story. A young girl meets a boy and they fall in love. The girl graduates from high school. She had visions of a great career success in the real world. She wanted to go to college anyways because her parents thought traditional. The girl went to college and married the boy too. They raised two children‚ Barbie and Ken. They are the creators of the company Mattel and the makers of Barbie‚ Ruth and Elliot Handler. The reason of me telling you this
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