PANKAJ GHEMAWAT AUGUST 2007 STEVEN A. ALTMAN Industry Case Study: The Indian IT Services Industry in 2007 “Many years ago‚ there was an industrial revolution; we missed it for reasons beyond our control. Today there is a new revolution – a revolution in information technology‚ which requires neither mechanical bias nor mechanical temperament. Primarily it requires the ability to think clearly. This we have in abundance. We have the opportunity to participate in this revolution on
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Focus Questions: 1. Analyze IMAX’s general and industry environments and identify the opportunities and challenges it faces. Imax can be considered as a part of 3 different industries : photographic equipment‚ video and picture production and also video distribution If we had to consider only the video production and distribution‚ one may say that IMAX is evolving in a very competitive environment. In fact‚ the rivalry between competitors is really harsh‚ mainly because of the presence of
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CHAPTER Event strategy 1 INTRODUCTION Events and festivals are an economic and social driver of many companies‚ cities‚ regions and countries. They need to be assessed for their benefits and placed in the development plans of the organisation. The only way to achieve this sensibly is to devise a framework for the development. This chapter describes how these frameworks or event strategies are created. It begins with the recognition of events as being part of a development portfolio and not
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MGMT611: Strategy Natalya Vinokurova Corporate Strategy Session 15 1 Corporate Scope Corporate center Division A in industry a Division B in industry b Division C in industry c Division D in industry d – The average U.S. Fortune 500 company operates in four different industries – Diversification is even more prominent in other parts of the world • Grupos‚ chaebol‚ business houses‚ keiretsu‚ and so on – Poor corporate strategy is common “Excite‚ one of the leading Internet services
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Before I craft a strategy to fit my company’s situation‚ I would put into consideration all the external and internal situational factors and industry driving forces‚ the anticipated moves of rivals‚ my company’s competitive strengths and weaknesses. And be able to know the strategies that can get my company the competitive advantage we so desire. I can now weigh the different strategic alternatives and know the advantages and disadvantages of the most attractive strategic alternatives and to know
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price and product (Viardot‚ 2004). This exposes one of crucial obligations of any marketing manager. That is‚ a marketing manager is responsible for formulating effective distribution strategy (place) in order to keep the other Ps moving (Distributionstrategy.org.‚ 2013). As a result‚ studies described distribution strategy as crucial prerequisite for success of any business (Chapter 15: Product Distribution‚ n.d.). It is a plan of actions employed to move service/product from the manufacturer to the
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Profile 8 Definition 8 DTH Service 9 Product History 10 Global Market 10 Indian Market 18 A Practical Perspective 21 Substitutes Of The Product 23 Product Technology And Service Processing 32 Industry Life Cycle 37 Chapter 3 39 Global Scenario 39 Global 39 Global Players 39 Total Companies Profiled: 72 (Including Divisions/Subsidiaries - 80) 39 Global Major Players 40 Cable Vs. DTH - An Overview Of The World
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Strategic Management is the art and science of formulation‚ implement and evaluation cross-functional decisions that enable an organization to achieve its objective. Strategic Management has changed to meet the challenges of each decade of business development and has been significantly impacted by globalization. Organizations using strategic management are more successful than organizations that do not employ this central process. Strategic Management is often referred to
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1 What is Strategy? 1 What is Strategy? 1 What is Strategy? Chapter 1 What is Strategy? Chapter 6 Assessing Organizational Performance Chapter 2 The General Environment Chapter 5 The Internal Environment: A Resource-Based View of Strategy Chapter 3 The Competitive Environment Chapter 4 The Internal Environment: Value Creating Activities Learning Objectives After completing this chapter you should be able to: • • • • • • Explain what is meant by strategy Describe a strategic
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sustainable competitive advantage. What do you conclude? In the light of increased competition in the PC industry‚ there is a need to capture and maintain market share‚ not only be profitable but to be sustainable. The Acer Company has over the years moved from being a little known Taiwanese PC maker to being ranked among the world ’s top five branded PC vendors. Porter (2008) notes that strategy is about obtaining and maintaining a competitive advantage. The Acer organisation realised the need
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