intake 10 Strategic Management and Business Policy Submitted by: Rawi El Masry Submitted to: Dr.Sherif Lotfy Case Study Carrefour Table of Content 1. Introduction Carrefour is the famous French multinational retailer headquartered in Boulogne Billancourt‚ France‚ in Paris. Carrefour means "crossroads" and "public square" in French. Carrefour is the market leader for retail business in Europe & number 2 worldwide after Wal-Mart. It’s present in 34 countries across
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Carrefour In mid-1972 Decisions about speed and direction of future growth‚ and how to finance that growth Company Background • Begun operations in 1960 with a supermarket (650 mts2) in France • In 1963 opened the first hypermarket (2.500 mts2) just outside of Paris‚ France • Between 1965 and 1971 sales grew at an annual rate exceeding 50% (non food products accounted for 40% of that volume). • Corporate assets growth as faster as sales • Starting in 1970‚ new stores called “commercial centers”
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Marketing Strategies in the Competition between Branded and Generic Antibiotics (A) Clamoxyl in 1996 02/2007-5057 This case was prepared by Pierre Chandon‚ Assistant Professor of Marketing at INSEAD‚ Olivier Kovarski‚ Professor of Marketing at ESC Normandie‚ Jacques Lendrevie‚ Professor of Marketing at HEC‚ Sarah Spargo‚ Research Associate at INSEAD‚ and Marc Vanhuele‚ Associate Professor of Marketing at HEC‚ as the basis for class discussion rather than to illustrate either effective
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Michael Porter’s Generic Strategies According to Porter‚ strategies allow organizations to gain competitive advantage from three different bases: cost leadership‚ differentiation and focus. Porter calls these bases as generic strategies. Cost leadership emphasizes producing standardized products at a very low per unit cost for consumers who are price sensitive. Differentiation is a strategy aimed at producing products and services considered unique industry wide and directed at customers who are
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of Michael Porter’s Generic Strategies in the Romanian Hotel Industry Ovidiu N. Bordean‚ Anca I. Borza‚ Răzvan L. Nistor and Cătălina S. Mitra‚ Abstract— Porter’s generic strategies remain one of the most widely accepted typology of strategic options for businesses. Using a survey a sample of 69 hotel managers from the Nord-West part of Romania was questioned about their current strategic practices. A factor analysis revealed that hotels are pursuing only two strategies that can be identified
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Motivated professionals‚ dedicated to customer service With over 410‚000 employees‚ 110‚000 of them in France‚ the Carrefour group ranks among the top 13 private employers in the world. Wherever it is an employer‚ Carrefour aspires to be seen as a benchmark in human resources management and social responsibility. Attracting‚ training‚ supporting and securing the loyalty of employees: the group makes every effort to support the development of its staff members‚ who are‚ after all‚ its ambassadors
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* Identify the generic strategy adopted by a product or division of your firm and also a major competitor. Attempt to justify your answer by comparing with the industry average benchmarks (Price and Cost data). * Draw a value chain of your firm‚ mentioning key points of functional fit/ misfit with the above generic strategy. E.g. how will Operations /marketing support the identified strategy. Make recommendations for any change needed. ------------------------------------------------- 1a
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falls under 3 base strategies of Cost leadership‚ Differentiation and Focus. With the use of his generic strategy model‚ a firm‚ understanding where its competitive advantage lies‚ can then formulate and implement an effective business strategy geared towards the sustainability of this advantage. The 3 bases‚ formed 5 generic strategies : Cost Leadership‚ strongly speaks towards the production of a lower price product. It appeals to consumers because of low cost. Type 1 strategy is Cost Leadership
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Porter’s generic strategies framework constitutes a major contribution to the development of the strategic management literature. Generic strategies were first presented in two books by Professor Michael Porter of the Harvard Business School (Porter‚ 1980‚ 1985). Porter (1980‚ 1985) suggested that some of the most basic choices faced by companies are essentially the scope of the markets that the company would serve and how the company would compete in the selected markets. Competitive strategies focus
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The Five Generic Competitive Strategies By Jennifer Williams There are five generic business strategies that companies choose from when trying to successfully compete within their respective industries. This is the first choice a company must make‚ even before deciding an overall strategy. These generic business strategies include low-cost provider strategy‚ broad differentiation strategy‚ best-cost provider strategy; focused strategy based on low costs‚ and focused strategy based on
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