The BCG Matrix is a method used by businesses to identify market growth and market shares for organizations. It was developed by Bruce Henderson of the Boston Consultant’s Group in the early 1970s. To establish long term value creation‚ a company should have a portfolio of products that contain both high growth products in need of cash inputs and low growth products that generate a lot of cash and use this information to improve it. The basic idea behind it is that the bigger the market share a product
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Chulin Deng BA 3103 Critical Analysis Paper 1 According to the article “BlackBerry Posts Loss as Phones Go Unsold”‚ BlackBerry performs a poor performance. Business has a quarterly loss in 2013 for $965 million. The revenue had drop 45% that down to $1.57 billion from $2.86 billion compares with a year earlier. BlackBerry lost $248 million‚ or 47 cents a share‚ and analysts forecast 49 cents a share loss for the quarter ended August 31. The net loss is $235 million which excluding inventory
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“Marketing on Blackberry Services in GCC Countries” Submitted by: MD.MAHMUDUL HASSAN Student No: 200823R6203 The Independent Study report has been submitted to the Skyline University College‚ In partial Fulfillment of the Degree: Bachelor of Business Administration (Marketing) April-2011 Acknowledgement I would like to thank all people who helped me during the course of this dissertation and with the help of whom I was able to reach to valuable
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RIM: Software Upgrade Caused BlackBerry Failure By: Wayne Rash Updated: The Company says the shutdown that stopped e-mail service to BlackBerry users resulted from a software upgrade that went awry. BlackBerry maker Research in Motion announced late April 19 that it has determined the apparent cause of the shutdown that stopped e-mail service to BlackBerry users throughout North America earlier in the week. According to a statement from the Waterloo‚ Ontario-based company‚ the shutdown
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References: * RIM’s Blackberry Delay Hits Stock‚ June 28‚ 2012 http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052702304058404577495013601177508.html# * RIM Official Website http://www.rim.com/newsroom/mediaexecutive/index.shtml * John A Pearce‚ Richachard B Robinson‚ AmitaMital‚ “Strategic
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How can RIM use their Blackberry Brand Dominance to gain consumer market share? Facts relating to problem "Research In Motion (RIM) is a leading designer‚ manufacturer and marketer of innovative wireless solutions for the worldwide mobile communications market" according to RIM’s Corporate Profile. The Blackberry user appeal comes largely from the professional "prosumers" and business markets and it has been slow to capture the consumer market. In North America‚ Blackberry has had strong growth
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Densley D Mitchell Speech 2 Speech Title: Why you should get a blackberry General purpose: to persuade the audience on why they should get a blackberry. Specific purpose: to persuade the audience to get a blackberry by discussing the different types provided‚ a few important features‚ and the social status obtained from a blackberry. Thesis statement: Blackberry maybe the best phone you may ever own! Introduction Attention getter: Are you having a hard time getting
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to time-sensitive information‚ including email‚ phone‚ Instant Messaging (IM)‚ short message service (SMS) messaging‚ Global Positioning System (GPS)‚ Internet and intranet-based applications. RIM is known primarily as the maker and provider of Blackberry wireless devices and e-mail services. It can provide users with a wireless extension of their work and personal email accounts‚ including Microsoft Outlook‚ IBM Lotus Notes‚ Novell GroupWise and many
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University Keller Graduate School of Management Research in Motion (RIM) By Gbolade O. Soneyin gsoneyin@my.keller.edu (770) 598-5006 NETW-583-18552 Strategic Management of Technology Professor John Lambrou Friday‚ January 24‚ 2015 Abstract BlackBerry Limited‚ formerly known as Research in Motion (RIM)‚ was a key player in the smartphone market. Created by two friends in 1984‚ it grew to become one of the leading manufacturers of applications and hardware for the mobile phone industry. Through
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"Research In Motion Limited (RIM) (TSX: RIM‚ NASDAQ: RIMM) is a Canadian wireless and telecommunication equipment company. It is headquartered in Ontario‚ Canada and employs more than 17‚000 people. It is famous as the production of the tablet and BlackBerry smartphone." (Research In Motion Ltd.‚ 2012) With the increasing competition in the telecommunication industry and the development of smartphone technologies‚ more and more corporations enter into the mobile phone industry. RIM Ltd. is now
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