Doing Something New with Something Old Using Business Model Innovation to Reinvent the Core The Boston Consulting Group (BCG) is a global management consulting firm and the world’s leading advisor on business strategy. We partner with clients from the private‚ public‚ and not-forprofit sectors in all regions to identify their highest-value opportunities‚ address their most critical challenges‚ and transform their enterprises. Our customized approach combines deep in ight s into the
Premium Strategic management Customer Customer service
Idea Cellular INCLUSIVE BUSINESS CASE STUDY IDEA CELLULAR’S INCLUSIVE BUSINESS MODEL When Aditya Birla Group took over‚ Idea’s new management reoriented the company’s strategy to focus network expansion mostly in India’s remote areas where demand is both high and underserved. The company also built a distribution network of 1‚520 branded service centers and more than 700‚000 multi-brand retail outlets around the country as of March‚ 2009. These investments have enabled Idea to serve customers
Premium Aditya Birla Group Idea Cellular Kumar Mangalam Birla
A business model of the times The Enron bubble was a prime example of the dominance of speculative finance in business. V. SRIDHAR MORE than two months after Enron‚ the seventh biggest corporation in the United States‚ filed for bankruptcy‚ the stench of scandal refuses to die. Shocking revelations about the company’s modus operandi continue to pour in. Public and media attention was initially focussed on the company’s close ties with the political establishment and the policy-making bureaucracy
Premium Enron Enron scandal
Chapter 1- What is strategy? Strategy- how to do better than your rivals What is the present situation? Where do we want to go? How will we get there? Strategy- doing things differently from rivals- competitive advantage Effectiveness & Efficiency Doing things differently than others either differently providing value Beauty is in the eye of the beholder Efficiently- “don’t care about value- but do it more efficiently Google focusing more on efficiency Sustainable Competitive advantage
Premium Strategic management Strategic planning Economics
Amazon.com’s E-Business Model Amazon.com was founded in 1994 as an online book retailer. Now‚ the largest retailer of books has also become the largest online retailer with a customer base of over 30 million people. Amazon competes in a vast array of markets including: books‚ movies‚ digital readers‚ computers‚ consumer electronics‚ pet needs‚ groceries‚ health and beauty aids‚ toys‚ clothing‚ jewelry‚ shoes‚ sporting goods‚ tools‚ automotive‚ hardware‚ building supply‚ and more. Despite their
Premium Electronic commerce Online shopping Borders Group
e-Business Model The rapid growth of e-commerce on the Internet has created a challenge for traditional bricks and mortar businesses. Businesses must now change their focus about their own business models‚ target market‚ products‚ and services‚ and ultimately their own benefits. This paper will compare and contrast the business models of a business to business (B2B)‚ a business to customer (B2C)‚ and a customer to customer (C2C). The Internet Capital Group (ICG) was selected to represent a
Premium Electronic commerce Marketing
The Business Strategies of Amazon MOHAMMAD BILAL HAYAT MAHMOOD CHOHAN CONTENTS PAGE NO. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 3 THE HISTORY OF AMAZON & ACHIEVEMENTS TO DATE 3 PORTERS GENERIC STRATEGIES 4 AMAZON SWOT ANALYSIS 6 AMAZON FIVE FORCES MODEL 8 CONCLUSIONS 11 APPENDICIES 12 REFERENCES 13‚ 14 & 15 Executive Summary In this investigation‚ I will be attempting to analysis
Premium Strategic management Porter generic strategies
The business partnering model and its impact on both the HR function and HR practice Since the concept of the business partnering model was introduced by Ulrich in 1997‚ the composition of the HR function has dramatically changed. As Goodge (2005) identified‚ “partnering is fundamentally changing almost every HR function‚ every HR job‚ and every HR career” (Pg. 32). Ulrich argued that HR needed to deliver on both a strategic and administrative level and identified four key roles through which organisations
Premium Human resource management Management Strategic management
The Business Strategy Game Online 8th Edition - Class Notes [pic] What Is The Business Strategy Game All About? It’s an online‚ PC-based exercise where you run an athletic footwear company in head-to-head competition against companies run by other class members. The marketplace is worldwide—production and sales activities can be pursued in North America‚ Latin America‚ Europe-Africa‚ and Asia Pacific There are 12 market segments—4 geographic segments each for branded footwear sales to retailers
Premium Strategy Strategic management Corporation
I. CURRENT SITUATION A. Current Performance: Apple announced financial results for its fiscal 2009 fourth quarter ended September 26‚ 2009. The Company posted revenue of $9.87 billion and a net quarterly profit of $1.67 billion. These results compare to revenue of $7.9 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.14 billion‚ in the year-ago quarter. Gross margin was 36.6 percent‚ up from 34.7 percent in the year-ago quarter. International sales accounted for 46 percent of the quarter’s revenue. Adjusting
Premium Apple Inc. Vice President of the United States