MGT 550: Strategic Management Chapter 04: Business Level Strategy Instructor M. Moinul Haque Notable Quotes Alice said‚ “Would you please tell me which way to go from here?” The cat said‚ “That depends on where you want to get to.” Lewis Carroll Even if you are on the right track‚ you will get run over if you just sit there. Will Rogers 2 M. Moinul Haque‚ Premier University‚ Chittagong Business Level Strategy Core Competency The resources and capabilities that
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Corporate Strategy for Diversified Firm: (1) selection of industries to compete in (2) how the strategies of the business unit should be coordinated HORIZONTAL STRATEGY – coordinates the goals and strategies of related business units; should exist in the group‚ sector and corporate level; bottom-up H strategy rarely happens (the B unit managers have the resources and influence interrelationships) Emerging new pattern of competition – among clusters of related B units Why H strategy? – Horizontal
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MGT4394 Business Policy & Strategy Days 2-3 Mini-Case A Horror Show at the Cinemaplex? Steve Gove‚ Virginia Tech Brett Matherne‚ Loyola University of New Orleans If the motion picture industry’s performance in 2007 were a feature presentation‚ the marquee would read “Massive Box Office: Smashing Records the Sequel!” At $9.63 billion‚ box office revenue set another record in 2007‚ a full 5 percent above the record set in 2006’s.1 An astonishing 1.4 billion tickets were sold in 2007. But beyond the
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Internal Factor Evaluation (IFE) Matrix for Apple Strengths | Weight | Rating | Wt.Score | 1. Customer loyalty combined with expanding closed system 2. As a leading innovator in mobile device technology 3. Strong financial performance 4. Powerful Brand reputation 5. Retail stores 6. Strong marketing and advertising teams | 0.120.100.090.110.090.10 | 443434 | 0.480.400.270.440.270.40 | Weakness | | | | 1. High Price 2. Incompatibility with different OS 3. Patent infringements
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financial liquidity in meeting the day-to-day financial obligation. This means that the company shall put aside a portion of its liquid finances either in short term investments or in bank accounts and withdraw the funds when need arises. Using this strategy‚ the Company is ought to cushion itself from financial mishaps as on the event of inability to pay up debts the cash reserve shall be used to settle the debt. Moreover‚ the reserve can be used as an investment‚ therefore‚ help increase the firm’s
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Executive Summary The Chinmaya Organization for Rural Development (CORD) was established in 1985 in Himachal Pradesh‚ India. CORD started its work by providing Rural Primary Health Care to the surrounding under developed villages in the area. However whilst engaging closely with the rural communities CORD soon realized that critical healthcare issues were inextricably intertwined with the harsh reality of rural India’s poverty‚ illiteracy‚ and gender discrimination‚ all of which hinted at the formidable
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Case Study RJR Nabisco Fair Value Per Share Jacob Dobrovolny November 18‚ 2014 Executive Summary The RJR Nabisco case study was used to implement concepts that I have learned in class during the semester and apply it to the real world. The Nabisco case allowed me to develop my skills by using an Excel Worksheet‚ understanding how to calculate the fair value price per share‚ and determining the fair value price per share by changing the tax rate and growth rate. First
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Introduction With the advent of the information technology‚ specifically the internet‚ it is said that more and more companies are existing in the online world. The changes in the business market also allows customers to change and become more dependent on online stores and online shopping than go and find something in shopping malls or retail store. One of the existing and considered as the largest and competitive online shopping in the world is Amazon. In this report‚ the goal is
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evaluation and selection Analyse possible alternative strategies relating to substantive growth‚ limited growth‚ and Market entry strategies‚ and disinvestment strategies IKEA has marketed its products well and has dealt with all the problems easily. But there have been some constraints that came in the way of IKEA and alternative strategies have to be developed for them. These strategies are as follows: Substantive growth: In any business strategy growth is the most important factor. To achieve substantive
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A global business strategy can be described as the strategies that a business has when they are serving customers around the world or operating in a global business environment (EconomyWatch‚ 2010). Global business strategies are closely related to the long and short term goals of an organization. Generally‚ short term goals deal with improving the day to day operations of the business. The long term goals on the other hand‚ deal with increasing profits and sales to strengthen the organization
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