multinational corporation that designs and sells consumer electronics‚ computer software‚ and personal computers. The company ’s best-known hardware products are the Macintosh line of computers‚ the iPod‚ the iPhone and the iPad. Its software includes the OS X and iOS operating system; the iTunes media browser; and the iLife and iWork creativity and production suites. Apple is the world ’s third-largest mobile phone maker after Samsung and Nokia. Established on April 1‚ 1976 in Cupertino‚ California‚ and
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A. Choose a specific industry (e.g.‚ grocery retailing‚ the airline industry‚ etc.)‚ and apply Porter’s Five Forces Model to discuss that industry’s competitive forces and their relative influence. Proctor and Gamble is one of the America biggest markets of household products with at least 250 brands in six main groups. These are the categories laundry‚ and cleaning‚ paper goods‚ beauty care‚ feminine care‚ and health care. P&G also makes pet food and pure filters. So far P&G market its products
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Industrial Organization Project Outline (Industry- Cement) Submitted by: Shikha Chaurasia (600) Kshama (577) Maanya Kaushik (582) Anupam Nath (586) INTRODUCTION India is the second largest producer of cement in the world after China. The cement industry is experiencing a boom on account of the overall growth of the Indian economy primarily because of increased industrial activity‚ flourishing real estate business‚ growing construction activity‚ and expanding
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INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS SCENARIO IN CEMENT INDUSTRY OF GUJARAT Cement industry is one of the major and oldest established manufacturing industries in the Indian economy. It is an indigenous industry in which the country is well endowed with all the necessary raw materials‚ skilled manpower‚ machinery‚ equipments and technological know-how. It is both basic and consumer industry. Today it is one of the key and capital-intensive industries in India. It produces cement‚ which is known as the builder of
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Five forces Analysis of Crown Cork& Seal in 1989 Part1. Competition analysis of metal container industry Bargaining power of suppliers 1. There are only three major aluminum suppliers‚ Alcan Aluminum‚ Alcoa‚ Reynolds Metal. They have obtained strong power by dominating and controlling the primary aluminum and aluminum production market. They are more concentrated than metal container industry. 2. These aluminum producers control huge aluminum resource so that the can manufacturer
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Warehouse Case analysis Background/problem statement The Men’s Warehouse is a leading off-price specialty retailer of men’s tailored business clothing. George Zimmer developed its own culture‚ management theories and practices making the company a success. However‚ the external environment of this industry is fiercely competitive. So the strategic issue in this case is how Men’s Wearhouse could keep high-paced development in this stagnant industry. Strategic analysis & options Porter’s Five Forces
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“The Five Forces That Shape Strategy” Article Review by Caroline Doan Porter‚ Michael E. "The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy." Special Issue on HBS Centennial. Harvard Business Review 86‚ no. 1 (January 2008). Introduction Michael E. Porter’s article‚ “The Five Competitive Forces That Shape Strategy”‚ is an extension of his first work‚ “Porter’s Five Forces”. This article addresses forces beyond the existing competition and creates a framework that helps strategists understand
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of assigned company‚ which is Aramit Cement Limited (ACL). At first we gathered information from the firm’s financial statement. We collected the data from year 2004 to 2008. However within this five year period we calculated the profitability analysis‚ liquidity analysis‚ activity ratio‚ debt management ratio and market book ratio. We also calculated the ratio analysis of Confidence Cement Limited (CCL); we tried to compare between ACL and CCL. From our analysis we can say that the liquidity position
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in the CEMENT Sector. A comparative analysis. PARNAMOY DUTTA Roll No. : 13 PGDM (IB) 2012-14 Contents 1. Introduction 1 2. Major Players in India 2 ACC Limited 2 o History o Slogan and Vision 4 o Major milestones 2 4 Ambuja Cements Limited 6 o History o Slogan and Vision 7 o Major milestones 6 7 UltraTech Cement Limited 8 o History o Slogan and Vision 9 o Major milestones 8 9 JK Cement Limited
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Are Porter’s Five Competitive Forces still Applicable? A Critical Examination concerning the Relevance for Today’s Business Author: Fabian Dälken University of Twente P.O. Box 217‚ 7500AE Enschede The Netherlands f.dalken@student.utwente.nl Abstract‚ Porter’s Five Forces model is a powerful management tool for analysing the current industry profitability and attractiveness by using the outside-in perspective. Within the last decades‚ the model has attracted some criticism because of the developing
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