1030.0068 © 2004 INFORMS Inventory Decisions in Dell’s Supply Chain Roman Kapuscinski University of Michigan Business School‚ Ann Arbor‚ Michigan 48109‚ roman.kapuscinski@umich.edu Rachel Q. Zhang Johnson Graduate School of Management‚ Cornell University‚ Ithaca‚ New York 14853‚ rqz2@cornell.edu Paul Carbonneau McKinsey & Company‚ 3 Landmark Square‚ Stamford‚ Connecticut 06901‚ paul_carbonneau@mckinsey.com Robert Moore‚ Bill Reeves Dell Inc.‚ Mail Stop 6363‚ Austin‚ Texas 78682
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MKT 9/27/2014 Case Study Hong Kong Disneyland: Chinese Tourists’ Behavior and Disneyland’s Internationalization Strategy 1. What led to the eventual woes experienced by Hong Kong Disneyland in its first year of operation? How should Hong Kong Disneyland rectify its market situation? The venture into Hong Kong by Walt Disney was a simple example of a large successful western company not doing its homework. The case presents a clear picture of the importance of understanding a foreign market
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available in virtually every country in the world. To keep their competitors in the dark‚ we will call the client Big Brand. Big Brand has been delivering sports apparel and accessories to customers for most of a century. Big Brand has a simple strategy – to continuously strengthen brands and products to improve their competitive position and financial performance. The client had annual sales of € 7 billion with ½ billion in annual net profit. Six billion of the annual sales are to Retail Partners
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Wal-Mart Case Study Introduction 1. Brief History of Wal-Mart Wal-Mart is “the giant chain of discount stores‚ the second largest company in the world‚ with over $400 billion in revenue and 2.1 million associates.” (Philip and Kevin‚ p94) Wal-Mart began its business in 1962 when Sam Walton‚ the owner of Wal-Mart‚ opened up his first discount store in Rogers‚ Arkansas (Philip and Kevin‚ p94). In the next two decades‚ Wal-Mart expanding its scale rapidly. Since 1990s‚ Wal-Mart started to opened
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2: The Starbucks Experience changed first‚ this is seen in the text as they grew the customers changed. the Starbucks Experience moved form cozy hang out place‚ a third place to be after home an work‚ to fast stop for coffee. This is seen in the marketing principles the 6 p’s‚ promotion‚ place‚ product‚ price‚ personnel and presentation. Place: With more stores the place became less special. Each location was very popular and therefore always busy‚ this means the initial target group is not able
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companies‚ insurance agents home builders‚ and many other types of firms‚ and it is a central place to provide all kinds of information needed in wedding and newlyweds don’t have to get bits and pieces of information from scattered stores. Jessica’s strategy is to recruit local advertise and sponsors who will pay to be listed at the website and be allocated a web page describing their services‚ giving contact information‚ and links to their own websites. Also‚ Jessica plans to offer customers information
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Case study discussion – Gillette loses face This is a deceptively simple-looking case. The lazy student will simply adopt the critical line on the company’s strategy being fed to him or her by Jeremy Kahn‚ the author of the article. In fact‚ things are by no means so clear-cut‚ students need to do some careful analysis‚ particularly in the area of Gillette’s corporate-level strategy‚ before this becomes plain. They have to be prepared to think hard about the success factors in the different businesses
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US Airline Industry Case Analysis The US airline industry has gone through many turbulent times. The woes of the US Airline industry during the 21st century were typically attributed to the triple-whammy of the September 11‚ 201 terrorist attacks‚ the high price of crude oil‚ and the 2008 financial crash. Certainly‚ each of these was a powerful force in boosting costs and depressing demand. Yet the financial problems of the US airline business was little better. The IATA‚ the worldwide association
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and Analysis Evaluation Planning effective marketing strategies for a target audience An adidas case study Since it was established in Germany in 1949‚ by Adolf Dassler‚ adidas has been synonymous with the sporting industry. Today‚ adidas is a global public company and is one of the largest sports brands in the world. It is a household brand name with its three stripes logo recognised in markets across the world. Adidas used innovative marketing strategies in its sponsorship deal with the London 2012
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Question one: The most important thing when identifying strategy is to distinguish it from operational effectiveness. For the failure to distinguish between operational effectiveness and strategy is in many cases the main cause to why a company can’t sustain their competitive advantage between its rivals. The mix up is understandable; they are both essential to superior performance‚ however in the same time they work in very different ways. Operational effectiveness is performing different activities
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