Ashesi University College Competitive Strategy Course Code: BUSA 405 Semester One: 2010/2011 Marking Scheme Mid Semester Exams Lecturers: Anthony Ebow Spio and Robert Ahomka-Lindsay Section A (40 Marks) Provide Short and concise answers 1 Explain the term sustainable competitive advantage and why it is so important to a winning business strategy. (5 marks) Suggested Answer A company achieves sustainable competitive advantage when an attractive number or buyers prefer its products/services
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LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF BUSINESS & LAW Business Strategy Questions Section 1 To what extent has Ryanair’s strategic growth been internally or externally driven? Section 2 Referring to the Ryanair case‚ critically discuss the extent to which low cost competitive strategies are sustainable. SWOT Analysis: Firm’s strategy should take external opportunities and threats and internal strengths and weaknesses into account. This is done by SWOT Analysis. The SWOT-Analysis
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Blue Nile Case Questions 1. How strong are the competitive forces confronting Blue Nile and other online retail jewelers? Which one of the five competitive forces is the strongest? Do a five-forces analysis to support your answer. The competitive forces that are confronting Bule Nile and other online retail jewelers are strong. The threat of new entrants is high because the brick-and-mortar stores have a low cost of entry into the online retail of their jewelry. The threat of substitutes is
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Case Analysis (Google’s Strategy in 2008) Introduction Google is the most used search engine worldwide as of 2008 (Gamble 2008). This is largely due to the consistently reliable search results it produces as its core product‚ in effect creating confidence amongst consumers. To keep this competitive advantage Google needs to identify forces that seem most likely to bring about major change to the industry within the next 3 – 5 years. In doing so‚ Google need to identify 3 – 5 factors that promote
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1. External factors that have impacted the profitability of the newspaper industry in general and‚ specifically in Hong Kong‚ over the last 20 years: Main factors:- Economy and government policies-China adopted Open Door Policy for businesses. This promoted foreign trade and economic investment‚ and led to evolvement of many business start-ups. In 1980s‚ the economy was booming‚ Hong Kong became magnet for international trade‚ with its high GDP growth rate‚ averaging to 5.2%. With improved
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groupings: Hardware and Home Furnishings‚ Office Products‚ and Housewares. Rubbermaid is a renowned manufacturer of a wide range of plastic products ranging from children’s toys through housewares. Acquisitions are the foundation of Newell’s growth strategy and the company has an aggressive and disciplined approach to achieving its’ growth targets. Newell focuses on acquisitions that are generally mature businesses with ’unrealized profit potential’‚ and pass a number of clearly defined screening criteria
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one of the world’s leading markets. Blue Nile was considered the largest online jeweler. Sanjay and Amy Bhargave were on the market for an engagement ring. After their disappointing experience of shopping for a ring in New York City and in the local jewelers in their hometown‚ one of Sanjay’s clients suggested for the couple to visit Blue Nile’s website. After the great length Sanjay subjected himself to the diamond purchase process and with the help of Blue Nile’s diamond consultant‚ he finally
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Audi is currently pursuing its Strategy 2025 which aims to grasp the transforming megatrends of the automotive industry: digitalisation‚ sustainability and urbanisation. These three objectives surge due to the industry environment. As the main car manufacturers converge in terms of targeted and supplied market segments‚ their differentiation lies in exploration and exploitation of new technologies and urban development. By such‚ manufacturers need to get involved in digitisation in order to create
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STRATEGY MAP- Meru Cabs: A spectacular growth story About Meru Cabs: Meru Cabs‚ operating in four metros of the country has popularised and boosted the concept of radio cabs. "Today almost 70 per cent of our passengers say that they travel by ’Meru’ instead of calling it a ’taxi’ and this is what has been our focus.” – Gavin Dabreo‚ VP-Sales & Marketing‚ Meru Cabs Meru now runs a fleet of 5‚000 taxis in Mumbai‚ Bangalore‚ Hyderabad and Delhi and has 700 employees. The company has a top line
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A Case study on strategy implementation of Virgin Group by V S Rama Rao on January 18‚ 2009 Grabbing and successful: Richard Branson‚ entrepreneurial owner and founder of Britain’s untraditional Virgin Group‚ has fused two dissimilar lines of work – show business and commerce – into a single‚ extremely profitable enterprise. Virgin Group comprises more than 100 companies in 15 countries. It includes Virgin Atlantic‚ a 12 plane long distance carrier‚ the Virgin Retail Group outlets that sell CDs
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