Final Exam - Executing Strategy Volkswagen do Brasil: Drving Strategy with the Balanced Scorecard Name: Roy Stoop Student number: 5877431 MSc Business Studies/Business Administration – Marketing Track University of Amsterdam (UvA) Date of submission: 23-10-2014 Case questions 1. What challenges does Thomas Schmall face upon becoming CEO of Volkswagen do Brasil (VWB)? 2. Describe VWB’s new strategy and comment on it in terms of quality of strategic thinking. 3. Does the strategy map (Exhibit
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the submission. Problem definition‚ objective statement‚ analytical rigour and innovative approach have also been taken into account during evaluation. 2. Maximum team size is limited to two members from the same participation group. 3. Entries (Case analysis including Annexures) should not exceed a limit of 1000 words (excluding cover page). This will be taken into consideration during evaluation. 4. Mention the Team No. in the header – eg. “Team No. 136” in the header‚ such that it appears
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Case #2 – Volkswagen: IT Budget Volkswagen AG is the parent company to Volkswagen of America (VWoA) and therefore sets the budget from which IT projects are funded by. Managing which IT projects are given funds and when is a very important business decision because only projects linked to the corporations’ strategy and goals should be given any support. An important process in judging which projects are funded is by prioritizing them into specific categories; however all the more important “Stay
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MCDONALDS CASE PART B I. INTRODUCTION McDonalds is a very famous fast-food restaurant with more than 31‚000 worldwide branches. Its main dishes are hamburger and fries. McDonalds has limited choice of food but in turn it serves its patrons fast. However‚ the restaurant is about 41 years olds now and consequently it becomes penetrated and mature‚ it has more competitions and tough challenges. In Operation management term‚ McDonalds has highly qualified operating system‚ its kitchen and its management
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5. Connections – Distribution Channels; Supply Chains Can you reach your customers in a cost-effective way? For both Marketing & Sales. Yes‚ they can reach their customers using online advertising websites‚ phone calls‚ company app‚ discounts‚ mail and coupons. Also‚ customer reviews to explore the interest of students to use the Rent for their company’s app application. What relationships do you currently have with your potential suppliers? Company need to have good relationship with their providers
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Case study number 1 Question 1: Which company orientation (product‚ production‚ selling or market) can best describe McDonald’s activities? What makes you think so? In the case of McDonald’s activities the company orientation is selling and I will explain why. In first I’ll explain what is the selling orientation‚ and in second why it’s the McDonald orientation. If we look at the definition in the book “Marketing Management” the selling philosophy or orientation is “a focus on making sales
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Florentino Perez had been elected for the second times in June 2000 as the president of Real Madrid. Perez had promised to turn around the club’s finance‚ bring in world class talent‚ and extent the club’s brand around the world through multiple channels. Under Perez management‚ Real Madrid had mission to nurture and project the club brand worldwide. But Perez had some problem with his mind‚ these problem lead him to think twice about his management decision. These problem are : 1. According
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2011 Submitted by Ajay Singh Amandeep Singh Chetan Ahuja Chinmay Sharma Nihar Routray Souvik Dey Bajaj Auto- A Market Study Contents Bajaj Auto 3 About the company 3 Product Portfolio 3 Products in 150cc category 4 SWOT Analysis 5 BCG Matrix Analysis 6 Porter’s 5 Force Model 6 Market Segmentation‚ Targeting and Positioning 7 Bajaj and its Competitors 11 Bajaj Auto About the company Bajaj Auto is a major Indian vehicle manufacturer headed by Rahul Bajaj. It is
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Q.1: What appears to happen to the average levels of duplication as you look across the columns from left to right? When we look across the columns from left to right‚ the average levels of duplication reduces. The purchase duplication table has been rearranged by the size of the brand‚ with rows and columns in descending brand penetration level. Average duplications of each brand are calculated. This clearly shows that the proportion of the buyers of one brand who also bought another particular
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Spring 2010 Ameritrade - Harvard Case Study Background: Ameritrade Holding Corporation is securities brokerage services and technology-based financial services firm from the United States. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Omaha‚ Nebraska. “Ameritrade MERITRADE for self-directed retail investors; TD AMERITRADE Institutional that provides brokerage and custody services; trading platforms that enables research and analysis; a suite of education
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