McCombs School of Business MAN 374 (04458) University of Texas at Austin Fall 2007 GENERAL MANAGEMENT AND STRATEGY COURSE OVERVIEW Joe Giordano jagintx@austin.rr.com Office: CBA 3.246 Text: Porter‚ Michael E. Competitive Strategy. (New York: Free Press‚ 1998). Office Hours: Tuesday or Thursday by Appointment. Contact in class or through e-mail to arrange time. Course Description Perspective and Themes This course is about the creation and maintenance of a long-term
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1. Describe and evaluate giordano’s current positioning strategy 2. Should giordano reposition itself against its competitors in its current and new markets‚ and 3. Should it have different positioning strategies for different geographic markets? Giordano’s current positioning strategy: Giordano’s current positioning strategy is value for money or quality merchandise at affordable prices. That’s differentiating their products compare to other rivals. Moreover they put their service different
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Summary of the Case Giordano is one of Asia’s most successful retailers with operations in East Asia‚ Southeast Asia and the Middle East. The success of Giordano was attributed to factors such as providing excellent customer service‚ understanding consumer’s needs and wants‚ stringent selection and training of staff‚ short design to production cycles‚ and extremely good inventory control and turnover. With a strong emphasis on customer service and value for money Giordano was able to differentiate
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Giordano consolidated its position as a leading casual apparel retailer in Asia by offering customers value for money‚ excellent customer service‚ understand customer’s needs. Besides this‚ key success factors like stringent selection procedures and staff’s training‚ operating efficiencies‚ success inventory control to close integration of purchasing and selling functions and short product development cycle. Giordano brand should be positioned against the competition in both new and existing market
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Corporate Governance Review at least one article in the University’s online library dealing with corporate governance. Determine the relationship of the firm’s governance and the firm’s strategic plan. How does governance manage the plan‚ inform the plan‚ amend the plan‚ and/or direct future action of the firm using the plan. Support your position with other peer-reviewed articles from the Ashford University Library. Submit your findings in a three to four page APA style paper. Introduction
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1 INTRODUCTION The role of business has been changing over the centuries. Throughout the existence of shareholding organisations there have been different theories (Jones v. H. F. Ahmanson & Co.‚ 1 Cal. 3d 93 (1969) regarding the role of business. Organisations too have been changing their role to adapt to resource‚ capital and society pressures (The Hugh & Helene Schonfield World Service Trust). Modern corporations are multidimensional. Therefore‚ like individuals‚ they too cannot be judged
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1 Executive Summary Giordano is operating within an industry characterised by high and increasing competition‚ intense rivalry between firms‚ threat of new entry‚ moderate customer loyalty and increasing power of suppliers. Giordano’s competitors are all adopting aggressive expansion strategies in Giordano’s Asian markets and are offering products in direct competition‚ as well as products at higher Willingness-To-Pay (WTP) prices. Giordano has historically positioned itself as a producer of
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limitation on its price and product varieties. Opportunity: 1. Chinese economy is still booming right even though the economy is kind of slow down right now‚ it still has a lot of room to grow. If Apple could catch the chance‚ for sure it has a lot of business opportunities. 2. Largest population in China so there is a lot of potential customers. Threads: 1. Knockoff is a big problem in China and this will hurt the economy of China for sure. Corporate-Level Strategy Contrasting a decade ago
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ISCA PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATION PILOT PAPER (NOVEMBER 2013) CORPORATE AND BUSINESS STRATEGY (CBS) SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS ISCA PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATION 2013 Term 2 Corporate and Business Strategy – Pilot Paper for Nov 2013 ISCA PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATION CORPORATE AND BUSINESS STRATEGY (CBS) 15 NOV 2013 SUGGESTED SOLUTIONS I. True or False questions (Q1 to Q10) (Total: 10 marks) 1. (F) High volume/low cost different from upward differentiation. 2. (F) Also depends on settling operations
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Giordano: International Expansion Case Analysis Date submitted: Aug.9‚ 2010 Submitted by; dirtyicecream_90@yahoo.com 1.) How would you describe and evaluate Giordano’s product‚ business and corporate strategies? Corporate strategy: * Flat organizational structure * Concentrated on retailing Business strategy * Cost leadership * Niche * differentiation Product strategy: * Value for money product. * Excellent services. * Focused on core items.
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