Eight case-lets on Strategic Alliances Case 1: Telefónica and China Unicom In September 2009‚ Telefónica and China Unicom announced a partnership including cooperation in R&D‚ roaming‚ joint procurement of equipment‚ infrastructural development‚ joint development of mobile services and the provision of services to multinational clients. They also announced the purchase of US$1 billion worth of stock in each other making the Spanish operator the largest single investor in the company with 8% of
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Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Executive Summary Increasing competitive pressure and Ben & Jerry’s declining financial performance has brought a number of takeover offers. Henry Morgan is a member of the board of directors of Ben & Jerry’s Homemade and was elected to represent the interests of the shareholders. Morgan will attend the board meeting for considering the pending offers. If the firm takes the offer‚ the firm will lose control of its assets and social orientation; however‚ Ben & Jerry’s shareholders
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Ireland & Hoskisson‚ 2013). This is accomplished through a strategic alliance where firms share‚ exchange and combine resources and capabilities to generate a competitive advantage (Hitt‚ et al.‚ 2013). Complementary strategic alliance is the most effective technique when acquiring and sustaining a competitive advantage (South University‚ 2013). Hitt‚ Ireland & Hoskisson defines complementary strategic alliances as “business-level alliances in which firms share some of their resources and capabilities
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Ben & Jerry’s : Marketing case. Helping marginalised people‚ promoting sustainable agriculture‚ economising resources‚ and using organic products… Ben & Jerry’s‚ the American ice-cream maker‚ has‚ since its foundation in 1978‚ included many ethical values in its business practices. Part of the important Unilever group‚ Ben & Jerry’s is now a widely extended company all around the world in constant search of new innovation such as moving into Fair Trade. Indeed in 2005 Ben & Jerry’s
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Ben & Jerry’s Homemade Ice Cream Inc: A period of Transition Despite making the first yearly loss in 1994‚ the company’s health cannot be written off. The loss in 1994 can mostly be attributed to some irregular factors like debt due to the asset write-down of $6.8 million resulting from abandonment of complex manufacturing system and incorrect assumption about the value at the St. Albans plant. The introduction of the "Smooth‚ No Chunks" line in the same year also resulted in some extra advertising
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strategic alliances STRATEGIC ALLIANCES Royal Air Morocco is the main national airline of Morocco and the country ’s largest. Based in Casablanca‚ it serves more than 90 destinations in Morocco‚ Europe‚ Africa‚ the Middle East and North America. It is based in Mohamed V airport in Casablanca. With a turnover exceeding the one billion euros‚ a fleet of 75 aircraft and a workforce of 3‚875 people‚ the Royal Air Morocco was ranked third best African company behind the South African Airways and
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Ben and Jerry’s Introduction: Overview of the Case The corporation of Ben and Jerry’s first began on May 5‚ 1978 in a small town called Burlington located in Virginia. The founders of this ice cream parlor were Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield with only limited funds of $8‚000‚ they produced a famous nationwide parlor that caters to millions of people. Specialty flavors of Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough‚ Cherry Garcia‚ Rain Forest Crunch‚ and frozen yogurt are attractions and symbols to the corporation
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strategic alliance “A strategic alliance is an agreement between two or more parties to pursue a set of agreed upon objectives needed while remaining independent organizations. This form of cooperation lies between Mergers & Acquisition and organic growth.” Partners may provide the strategic alliance with resources such as products‚ distribution channels‚ manufacturing capability‚ project funding‚ capital equipment‚ knowledge‚ expertise‚ or intellectual property. The alliance is a cooperation or collaboration which
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Strategic Alliance In today’s ever changing environments strategic alliances have emerged as a driving force behind the success of many business ventures. Strategic alliances allow companies to expand their reach without having to maximise their risk or commit themselves beyond their core business. Throughout this paper I will be examining the driving forces behind strategic alliances looking predominately at the motivations behind the formation of a strategic alliance and the idea of a multi company
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KEEPING THINGS ORGANIZED AT BEN & JERRY’S SUMMARY: This case is on an ice cream parlor which is Ben & Jerry’s and it was started by Ben and Jerry in 1978 at a small gas station in Burlington Vermont. The initial goal of the company was to sell ice cream just for fun‚ but just within no time they became so much popular that now they were a $45 million dollars company. The main reason for this was its unique culture which they followed and which was not moving on alone but to move
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