Report Prepared by: Report Prepared by: General Dynamics – Through the Lens of a Strategy Consultant General Dynamics – Through the Lens of a Strategy Consultant EXECUTIVE SUMMARY General Dynamics (GD) has realized a long-standing history of success delivering product and service solutions since being formed in 1952. They have purposely divested themselves of technology‚ product and service offerings in an effort to remain focused on their core competencies and primary customer;
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. Executive Summary Upon Review of Nucor Corporation’s current findings‚ analysis of internal strengths and weaknesses‚ as well as a comparative analysis at the industrial level of the steel industry‚ the following includes a summary of findings and recommendations for Nucor Steel Corporation: • We recommend to have an on staff legal team The steel industry has a very hazardous work environment‚ which in return arises many cases of workman’s compensation issues. An on staff legal team at Nucor
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within retailing and although it is not a new concept altogether‚ it is a concept that has accelerated tremendously within the last two decades (Hanf and Pall. 2009: 2) The following paper aims to provide an insightful discussion on the concept of Retail Internationalisation and the factors that retailers need to be wary of when considering global expansion as an option (Corbishley. 2012: 8) This paper will not discuss all of the factors that retailers ought to consider‚ but will rather focus on three
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a proposal‚ using a balanced scorecard approach to demonstrate the project’s value to Centervale Apparel‚ using the given data. This will included a cost-benefit analysis‚ such as payback period or ROI that relies on tangible measures of organizational value through cost savings‚ revenue enhancements‚ or improvements in the speed‚ quality‚ or efficiency of key processes that help achieve a competitive advantage. Alternatives will be identified‚ if any‚ to the project implementation and provide a
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Executive Summary This project focuses on finding ways of making P&P a more competitive company. To do this I interviewed P&P’s management in order (i) to understand the company and its decision making process‚ and (ii) to get data that are important for my analysis. Furthermore‚ I conducted a field research in an attempt to understand consumer habits‚ tastes and price sensitivity when it comes to ice cream. Moreover‚ I went through relevant literature about marketing strategy and case
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Competitive Analysis‚ ING Direct. Competitor analysis is an assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of current and potential competitors. Porter (1980‚ 1998) argued that most firms do not conduct this type of analysis systematically enough. Instead‚ many enterprises operate on what he calls “informal impressions‚ conjectures‚ and intuition gained through the tidbits of information about competitors every manager continually receives.” ING’s analysis of its competitors was that they were old
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American Apparel is a clothing manufacturer‚ distributor and retailer based in Los Angeles‚ California. Founded in 1989 by Canadian entrepreneur‚ Dov Charney‚ the company functions as a vertically integrated manufacturer that creates and develops their own advertising and branding campaign. American Apparel stresses the importance of mandating and promoting labour policies that reject clothing manufactures in sweatshops (AmericanApparel.net). First‚ this section of this paper will illustrate that
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When I think about the customer behavioral analysis for Di Rienzo’s and what drives his consumers to go to his deli rather going to his competitors‚ I think about what they have to offer. They offer great customer experience like no other. This is a very big factor for when people are choosing where to shop. They offer very good products that you can not find anywhere else at great competitive prices. Their service is something else that keeps people coming back because they do a lot more for their
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Social Science May‚ 2008 Formation of Cultural Competitive Force When Doing Business in China Maohua Sun School of Mathematics and Computer Science‚ Nanjing Normal University Nanjing 210097‚ China Tel: 86-25-8528-2055 E-mail: dongxiaobo@163.com Abstract With the globalization of world business‚ China has become an appealing market for foreign investors. The problem of cross-cultural management arises as the cooperation between China and its culturally different Western partners continues
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information from their vast customer databases and product feature databases‚ in order to gain competitive advantage. The retail industry collects huge amounts of data on sales‚ customer buying history‚ goods transportation‚ consumption‚ and service. With increased availability and ease of use of modern computing technology and e-commerce‚ the availability and popularity of such businesses has grown rapidly. Many retail stores have websites where customers can make online purchases. These factors have resulted
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