company’s most recent focus is on emerging markets‚ vaccines and consumer healthcare. When Sir Andrew Witty took over as CEO in 2008‚ he implemented a significant restructuring program in which GSK reduced its sales force in Europe and the United States‚ and reallocated research spending from depression and pain to Alzheimer’s disease‚ multiple sclerosis‚ Parkinson’s disease and vaccines. Although GSK was slightly ahead of its contemporary competitors due to having gained FDA approval for 16 drugs
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Negotiating International Business - Egypt This section is an excerpt from the book “Negotiating International Business - The Negotiator’s Reference Guide to 50 Countries Around the World” by Lothar Katz. It has been updated with inputs from readers and others‚ most recently in June 2008. Though the country’s culture is quite homogeneous‚ Egyptian businesspeople are usually experienced in interacting and doing business with visitors from other cultures. However‚ that does not always mean that
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Brazil and the United States: so different and so alike. Brazil can be compared to the United States in several aspects. Both countries have a lot of things in common; however‚ we can point some differences too. The first thing we’re going to discuss is the way people act in both countries. Brazil prefers collectivism‚ whereas the United States prefers individualism. This means that‚ in Brazil‚ they support group interaction and think it’s really important. The United States differs
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Introduction to Dell Michael Dell founded the company Dell to offer network servers‚ workstations‚ storage systems‚ Ethernet switches‚ desktops‚ and notebook PCs after successfully selling his computers to customers directly in Texas. Over the course of three years his sales volume warranted the opening of an international sales office in 1987. In 1988 he began selling to large customers including several government agencies and Dell became a publicly traded company. Dell made the bold decision
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obtenida referente al caso “Dell en China: Replanteamiento Estratégico” y a un análisis previo utilizando el modelo de las 5 fuerzas de Michael Porter. La industria de computadoras personales en China es un mercado atractivo debido al alto crecimiento que tiene este país con respecto a la tecnología‚ Internet y los dispositivos informáticos. “Dell‚ es la empresa más grande del mundo en la venta de computadoras”‚ y logro incursionar a este mercado desde 1995. Cabe señalar que Dell logro entrar a este mercado
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1. What are the key challenges DELL should be concerned with as it enters the large-scale server market? (3 Points) Unlike PC market‚ the support service was more critical for server market since a problem in server even for a short time could cause serious problem in the customer’s business. Competitors such as Hewlett-Packard and IBM had begun offering variety support service aggressively to enhance the quality of their service. DELL‚ through a business model that focuses on direct PC sales‚
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and Rewards Strategy. Dell’s benefit plans are designed to maintain and enhance employee productivity and further Dell’s operational goals by assisting employees as they plan for major life events‚ such as illness‚ disability‚ retirement and death. Dell ties benefit program design and costs to market median; however‚ "Employee Perceived Value" may be above market. Benefits are appropriate rather than cash compensation when: Required from a legislative or competitive standpoint; More efficient from
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market studies what customers want ‚ and then produces computers for stock‚ while Dell lets customers decide what components they want in their computer. Customers ordering via the telephone or ‚ increasingly ‚ via the Internet. In doing so‚ avoid Dell intermediaries becomes more cost carriers. Where competitors more trying to focus on creating services around the product ‚ thereby creating value for the customer ‚ trust Dell more on the customer already has the implementation knowledge required to do
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Contents Identify and describe the business model used by Dell. 2 Explain the different types of EC transactions used by Dell. 6 Analyze the competitive advantages Dell has over its brick and mortar competitors. 10 Relate this case study to supply chain management improvements 12 References 14 (Words: 2800 approx.) Identify and describe the business model used by Dell. 1. Online direct marketing model Dell implemented an aggressive online marketing and offered competitive
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Dell Case Study. 1. What is Dell’s strategy? What is the basis on which Dell builds its competitive advantage? Dell’s Strategy: The Company was focused on a simple idea of understanding the need of the customer and efficiently providing the most accurate Product that could satisfy the need. And this was done by direct selling cutting the role of middleman hence bringing a change in the Supply Chain. This meant that Dell knew the desire and need of the customer before any of its competitor
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