Managing the International Value Chain in the Automotive Industry Strategy‚ Structure‚ and Culture Stefan Schmid‚ Philipp Grosche Table of contents Foreword Authors Acknowledgments International value chains: Current trends and future needs‚ as exemplified by the automotive industry 1. Internationalizationofthevaluechainintheautomotiveindustry 2. Configurationandcoordinationascrucialdimensionsinshapinginternational valuechains 3. Bestpracticesandoptionsformanagingtheinternationalvaluechain
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Background * Crest Crest is a brand of toothpaste made by Procter & Gamble in Germany and in the United States of America and sold worldwide. Crest was introduced in the United States in 1955. The Crest brand has also been associated with about twenty brands of dental care products‚ including toothpaste‚ toothbrushes‚ mouthwash‚ dental floss‚ as well as a tooth-whitening product called Crest Whitestrips. Examples of toothpastes include Crest Pro Health‚ Crest 3D White‚ Crest Tartar Protection
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International Management‚ 7e (Deresky) Chapter 5: Cross-Cultural Negotiation and Decision Making 1) Which of the following factors was LEAST responsible for the strained relationship that developed between British and Russian partners in TNL-BP? A) political issues B) resource nationalism C) insufficient financial funding D) cross-cultural misunderstandings Answer: C Diff: 3 Page Ref: 151 Chapter: 5 Skill: Concept 2) As illustrated by TNK-BP‚ problems associated with cross-cultural
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it was difficult to guess events and to consider about the relations between episodes. Honestly‚ I was unimpressed. There are two main characters in the book: John Johnson and Susan Colgate. Firstly‚ Johnson is a successful movie producer. He will make a movie which is named in the novel B movie. Secondly‚ Colgate is a child pageant star. When she was going to United States there was an air crash. Although this accident she survived without scratch. Nevertheless she is a B movie actress that Johnson
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Consumer products in China (Colgate Toothpaste) Marketing on regional markets Table of context Introduction 4 PEST Analysis 5 POLITICAL AND LEGAL 5 ECONOMIC 6 SOCIAL 8 TECHNOLOGICAL 9 Consumer Survey China 10 The growing importance of regional differences 10 Cluster map – from city tiers to city clusters 12 Position of Brands 14 Increased Demand for Premium Products 14 Brand loyalty 16 Trust in Big Brands 17 Importance of focus on the Right brand attitudes 17 Customer communication
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Colgate Max Fresh: Global Brand Roll-Out Executive Summary The United States‚ Mexican and Chinese markets all took very different approaches to the release of Colgate-Palmolive’s (CP) newest oral care product in 2004-2005. The new toothpaste is called Colgate Max Fresh (CMF). It is a cavity preventing gel with breath-freshening strips suspended in it that dissolve while consumers brush their teeth. The technology behind the breath strips is patented‚ and Colgate was hoping the product would
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10 marks for analyzing the company’s financial situation. Profitability Analysis We will access to different aspect of return on investment. Firstly‚ return on assets of 17% in Colgate implies that a $1 asset investment generates 17 cents of annual earnings before subtracting after-tax interest. Secondly‚ return on common equity shows 99.73% which means that it earns 99.73 cents annually for each $1 of equity investment. Equity shareholder will look at the return on equity because they want
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DATE: January 9‚ 2010 RE: Calgate Max Fresh: Roll out Brand Summary: In February 2005‚ Nigel Burton‚ in his third year as president of global oral care at Colgate- Palmolive Company (CP)‚ had every reason to feel optimistic. Worldwide market shares were strong and Colgate Max Fresh (CMF)‚ a new tooth paste that had helped drive Colgate to a record 34.8% value share in the important US market‚ was in the global pipeline for 2005. Burton had on his desk the proposed marketing launch plan for CMF
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The Product Product variety - Colgate Herbal White is part of the range of toothpastes offered by Colgate Palmolive in India‚ which is led by Its flagship brand Colgate Dental Cream (CDC). The brand was launched in 2001 and is essentially targeted at traditional consumers who seek natural ingredients (such as in semi-urban and rural towns) Quality – Being a popular segment product and an offering by Colgate-Palmolive quality parameters are thoroughly tested to ensure consumer satisfaction.
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Introduced in September 2002‚ Colgate’s ‘Simply White’ posed a threat to P&G’s dominant market share in the over- the-counter teeth whitening product category. Colgate emphasized that its product bleached teeth as effectively as P&G’s Crest Whitestrips and priced it at a significant 65% lower than Whitestrips which allowed it to gain almost 50% market share. Although concept tests done by P&G indicated that consumers perceived both products to be equal in terms of whitening levels‚ P&G’s internal
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