MBA 500 (Corporate Strategy) Professor Mark Shanley UIC – Liautaud Graduate School of Management Summer 2011 Final Examination Instructions: This exam covers the Morepen Laboratories Ltd. (MLL) Case that was distributed through Blackboard last week. Please answer all four questions (and all the parts of each question). The exam will be graded comprehensively on a 100 hundred point scale (with points for each question listed in parentheses). Please support your answers where appropriate
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Giovanni Costa Corporate Strategy - Individual Assignment 7th International MBA Part Time 1 Corporate Strategy - Meli Marine case study Giovanni Costa Giovanni Costa Corporate Strategy - Individual Assignment 7th International MBA Part Time 2 1) Container shipping industry has consolidated over last years from over 100 carriers to just 15 global players accounting today for roughly 80% of volume‚ mostly concentrated in Asia-Europe and Asia-North America shipping lanes (see exhibit
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select and evaluate any three from the following: Yip’s Drivers of Internationalisation‚ Johnson’s Culture Web‚ Porter’s Diamond‚ Bowman’s Strategy Clock‚ Porter’s Generic Strategies and McKinsey’s 7-S Framework. Understanding and using theories that analyse the internal and external environment can prove pivotal for managers. This can dictate their corporate strategy and where they position themselves in the market. The telecommunications market has expanded rapidly over the past decade which has meant
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Newell’s corporate strategy was mainly focused on high volume and low cost product to large mass retailer. The goal of the company was to increase its sales and profitability by offering a complete and complementary range of products and reliable service to the mass retail stores. Newell’s initial focus was on home and hardware products which later on expended to other markets. The company strategy was to grow and expand its product line through acquisitions‚ rather than internal growth. Before
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competencies required of successful business partners‚ the debate of HR’s strategic focus as a result of the model and the loss of the employee champion role. However‚ attention must first be brought to the partnering model itself. The Model Ulrich’s business partnering model focuses on four key roles that HR need to address in order to deliver organisational excellence (Ulrich 1998). Becoming a ‘strategic partner’ in the execution of organisational strategy‚ increasing functional efficiency by being
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Apple’s Mobile Future: Corporate and Business Strategy June 16th‚ 2010 For my final undergraduate business paper‚ I wrote an analysis of Apple as it transforms into a mobile company. I am posting it here in its entirety (except for financial exhibits) below. Especially since they released the iPhone in 2007‚ Apple has been spectacularly successful. In 2009‚ sales totaled more than $36 billion‚ compared to just $5.3 billion in 2001‚ and their market capitalization is nearing Microsoft’s. This
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“All corporate strategy identifies the set of businesses‚ markets‚ or industries in which the organization competes and the distribution of resources among those businesses.”(Batemen‚ T.S & Scott‚ 2011) The four basic alternatives when using corporate strategy in the planning function of management are concentration‚ vertical integration‚ concentric diversification‚ and‚ conglomerate diversification. Coca-Cola CEO Neville Isdell retired from Coca-Cola in 2001 after serving 35 years with the company
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global strategy in branded footwear or a strategy that varies significantly from geographic region to geographic region? If the latter‚ what are the specific strategy differences from region to region? Our company employs global strategy. 3. Is your company employing a global strategy in private-label footwear or a strategy that varies significantly from geographic region to geographic region? If the latter‚ what are the specific strategy differences from region to region? Same strategy in this
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B00624673 Discuss the various aspects of intimate partner violence and outline what needs to be taken into account in responding to the victim and the offender As the definition written by Sandra (2006‚ p. 6)‚” Intimate partner violence is a pervasive social problem that has devastating effects on all family members as well as on the larger community”. Intimate partner violence‚ or domestic violence is more well-known to the public
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1. Why do you think is it important for HR to be a strategic partner to the business? I think that it is important for HR to be a strategic partner for a business because HR partners help Motivate‚ engage and help retain exceptional employees for the company. They also help to do this by having the right Training curriculums to help enhance employee’s current skills or provide them with new skills that are in line with the businesses activities which will help in time improve the company’s capability
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