STRATEGIC PLANNING AND MANAGEMENT Fages Gaspard Introduction of the company Main address: Carrefour S.A.‚ BP 419-16‚ 75769 Paris Cédex1 6 Avenue Raymond Poincaré‚ Paris 75116‚ France Tel: +33 1 53 70 19 00 Fax: +33 1 53 70 86 16 Website: www.carrefour.com Carrefour is the world’s second largest retailer in terms of sales. Truly global player with operations in over 35 countries. Major formats are hypermarkets‚ supermarkets and discount stores. Well known for entering
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Gogava To: Mr. David Wikla uri Case # 12.1 Carrefour Expands Abroad 1. What is the biggest competitive threat facing Carrefour as it expends to global market ? There are many competitive threats facing Carrefour in the global environment such as competitive rivalry‚ low switching costs etc. but in my opinion the biggest threat which Carefour is facing is threat of substitution because the only real competitive advantage of Carrefour for example in China at first stage is not it’s well known name
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Trying to Change the Corporate Culture of a Multinational Enterprise: General Semiconductor 1. In your opinion‚ what actions taken by Ostertag stood the most chance of changing General Semiconductor’s culture? His decision to “replace nearly every member of the company’s senior management team” could have been more effective and beneficial had he only replaced those on the management team who were not upholding and enforcing the values and cultures of the company. The “team-building meeting
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MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION • Multinational entities have played a role in international trade for several centuries. • Multinational operations can be traced back several centuries to the British and Dutch trading companies. • After the above declined‚ the European overseas investments‚ mainly in the extractive industries dominated international trade. • The phenomenon as it is known today is the result of the lead taken by U.S. based companies in the post World War II period. Western
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Multinational corporations have existed since the beginning of overseas trade. They have remained a part of the business scene throughout history‚ entering their modern form in the 17th and 18th centuries with the creation of large‚ European-based monopolistic concerns such as the British East India Company during the age of colonization. Multinational concerns were viewed at that time as agents of civilization and played a pivotal role in the commercial and industrial development of Asia‚ South
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Introduction Corporate governance is a field in economics that investigates how to secure/motivate efficient management of corporations by the use of incentive mechanisms‚ such as contracts‚ organizational designs and legislation. This is often limited to the question of improving financial performance‚ for example‚ how the corporate owners can secure/motivate that the corporate managers will deliver a competitive rate of return. (Mathiesen‚ 2002). Another definition is "Corporate Governance is
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MULTINATIONAL MANAGEMENT: MGMT 625 West Chester Off Site MBA SUMMER 2010 Instructor: Paul Bergé Office Hours: by appointment. E-mail address: bergep@xavier.edu; or pberge@gmail.com Phone: 871 6657‚ Fax: 672 9679 Required Text: Fred Luthans‚ Jonathan P. Doh. 2009. International Management: Culture‚ Strategy‚ and Behavior. Seventh Edition. Irwin McGraw-Hill Publishers. Cases and articles from the popular business press
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Stakeholders Carrefour Group Employees as stakeholders: Carrefour is planning to become distinction from others in terms of human resources management and social responsibility in all the countries where it operates. Attracting‚ training‚ supporting and retaining loyalty while remaining open to people from a diverse range of backgrounds. The group do its best to ensure that all employees fulfill their potential and perform to the best of their abilities. Carrefour recruits 90% of its
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Corporate governance is not for small companies and organizations. Analytically comment with examples. Introduction This paper attempts to make an analytical comment‚ with examples‚ on the assertion that corporate governance is not for small companies and organizations. This will be done after the definition of terms‚ “corporate governance”‚ “company”‚ and “organization”. Definition of Terms “Corporate governance” enshrines the manner in which power is exercised in the management of economic
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Table of contents Company Choice 3 1. Determine whether this firm had a serious set-back and/or drop in earnings over the last 10 years by reading its annual reports‚ press clippings and other information sources. Explain what happened. If nothing negative has happened‚ describe what makes this company so successful 3 2. Create a balanced score card for this company; the information doesn’t have to be factual right: it is your view on the company 5 3. Fill out all four “dimensions” with
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