i. Company history Restaurant sequence function (F&B). Since the starting of its first store in Ipoh in 2005‚ Oldtown Bhd (OTB) has 199 sites in Malaysia‚ 8in Singapore‚ 11 in Philippines and 4 in Chinese suppliers as at end-Mar 2013. Of these‚ 83 are fully-owned sites‚ 19 partly possessed‚ 108 franchised and 12 certified. OTB is now the greatest asian design café in Malaysia with regards to variety of sites. Its F&B function included 60% of team income and 56% of team pre-tax. (oldtown
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retail stores in 36 different countries and regions till the end of 2008. Most of them are in the Europe‚ and China is a potentially primary market target. During IKEA’s history‚ there were some major events important. Here is the timeline of this company: * 1943 Ingvar Kamprad created IKEA * 1947 it was the first time that furniture appeared in IKEA * 1953 IKEA’s furniture showroom opened in Almhult * 1955 IKEA began to design furniture * 1956 IKEA began to use
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FORMULATING STRATEGIES: Corporate level Multi-business corporations have to consciously decide as to what lines of businesses they would like to be in. If‚ at the same time‚ they are Multi-national corporations then they have to also decide which countries they would like to do business in. These decisions are of crucial importance which have a direct bearing on the fortunes of the enterprise and are made at the Corporate level. Corporate level Strategies PORTFOLIO STRATEGY The firm decides
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MARKETING STRATEGY Objectives: • Understand the importance of strategic positioning and its relationship to the mix. • Learn to maximize marketing potential by managing portfolios of activities & brands. SESSION 1 (12/01/12) Introduction to Strategic Marketing: Strategic segmentation [pic] [pic] Strategic mission: (company website_The Coca Cola Company_Barilla) Company mission: (company website _ About us) • Values (shared
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Successful Strategies Planning is identifying and selecting appropriate goals and courses of action for an organization (Jones & George‚ 2011). Strategy is a cluster of decision about what goals to pursue‚ what actions to take‚ and how to use resources to achieve goals (Jones & George‚ 2011). There are three steps to planning‚ determining the organization’s mission and goals‚ formulating strategy‚ and implementing strategy. This is where the relationship between planning and strategy comes in. To
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of such competitive strategies. In the event that the firm is unable to remain competitive in the business world (with rising costs and losses) discuss the options available to the firm. In today’s tumultuous economy‚ companies are aggressively seeking to remain competitive. The strategies been used by firms to be able to remain competitive is called competitive strategies. Competitive strategy is therefore concerned with how management formulate and implement strategies to maximize the firm’s
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D) finding effective and efficient ways to strengthen the company’s competitive assets and to reduce its competitive liabilities. E) getting in the best strategic group and dominating it. 2. Corporate strategy options for diversified companies include A) broadening the company’s business scope by making new acquisitions in new industries. B) divesting weak-performing businesses and retrenching to a narrower base of business operations.
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5 Industry 6 Company Overview 6 SWOT ANALYSYS 7 Strengths 7 Weakness 8 Opportunities 8 Threats 8 EXTERNAL ENVIROMENT 8 Demographic influences 8 Political influences 9 Economic influences 9 Sociocultural influences 9 Technological influences 10 External Environment: Industry Analysis (Dess and Lumpkin‚ 2003; Porter‚ 1980) 10 Five Forces Analysis 11 External Environment: Strategic Group (Major Competitors) 12 Coca-Cola‚ Inc. 12 Kraft-Food Company‚ Inc. 13 Evaluation
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it feels like anything is possible-and that’s what inspires us to get out of bed every day.” NEW STRATEGY KEY ELEMENTS OF THE STRATEGY- * Build a new winning mobile ecosystem in partnership with Microsoft * Bring the next billion online in developing growth markets * Invest in next-generation disruptive technologies * Increase our focus on speed‚ results and accountability STRATEGY MAIN INITIATIVES- * Regaining leadership in the smartphone space: The strategic partnership with
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International Strategy Internationalization has been the most important force to reshape the competition and industry profitability in the last half-century. It still remains an appealing strategy for firms to lower cost‚ expand market and achieve better performance. This essay will first discuss the patterns of internationalization in general‚ and then move on to analyze the reasons why firms internationalize‚ among which the establishment of competitive advantage is crucial. More attentions will
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