Mohammed Sahid IBU 221/ 001 Date: 10/16/14 CLOSING CASE BILLABONG Billabong is an Australian company. They make surf wear‚ from wet suites and board shorts to T-shirts and watches. 80% of Billabong sales are from outside of Australia. 50% of which are from the United States. Billabong is reliant on a strong U.S. dollar against the Australian dollar. Billabong relied on the fact that the rapidly weakening Australian dollar in 2008-2009 and waited for profits to skyrocket. Due to the increase
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Shanghai Tang – Case Study With regard to the problem of the lack of a creative director‚ we suggest a variety of solutions. Firstly‚ considering that the coordination of six designers have a vital importance in order to give compactness and homogeneity to the collections‚ the presence of a creative director is essential. Given the increasingly influential economic crisis ‚ we realize that hiring a new creative director can be a huge responsibility‚ so we think it could be useful to make each
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Shanghai Jahwa‚ established as early as in 1898‚ is the largest domestically owned (joint held by shanghai Industrial Investment group and Shanghai Jahwa corporation) Chinese manufacturer of cosmetics and personal care products. In recent years‚ it has been part of a booming market with annual growth rates of more than 30 per cen. This spectacular growth rate has attracted and been fuelled by the entry of major multinationals‚ including major Pond¡¯s(Unilever)‚ Procter & Gamble‚ Shiseido‚ Kao‚ and
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How does Google’s mission drive strategy at the company? Google’s mission statement is very short and to the point. While sometimes less is more‚ with only twelve words in the whole statement‚ how can all the questions that a mission statement is suppose to answer be included in this short sentence? The strategy of Google was simple to start with. “To organize information and to make it useful.” (Hill & Jones‚ 2012) The ideas behind the words in the statement are extremely insightful‚ though.
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1. In the 1980s Japan was viewed as one of the world’s most dynamic economies‚ today it is viewed as one of the most stagnant. According to Hill‚ The Japanese economy has stagnated because in quick succession their stock market collapsed and property prices rapidly followed. Japanese banks found their balance sheets loaded with bad debt and they reduced lending. As the stock market plunged and property prices imploded‚ individuals saw their net worth shrink. Japanese consumers responded by sharply
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1) What are the roles of comparative and competitive advantages in Hyundai’s success? Illustrate your answer by providing specific examples of natural and acquired advantages that Hyundai employs to succeed in the global car industry. ANS: Demand in South Korea is too low to sustain indigenous automakers like HMC and Kia‚ thus exporting is a necessity to attain the economies of scale needed to remain competitive in a tough industry. South Korea enjoys various national competitive advantages
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Moving Headquaters Overseas Question 1. What are the drawbacks and benefits associated with moving business unit and corporate HQ to another country? According to the textbook‚ benefits associated with moving business unit and corporate HQ to another country must significantly outweigh thier drawbacks. At the business unit level‚ it is likely to be efficiency gains by moving business unit HQ closer to the center of gravity of the business. It makes more effective interaction between the different
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Case Study Shanghai Tang: The first Global Chinese Luxury Brand? 1) What is a luxury brand? A luxury brand is a brand that consumer associates it with luxury. Most of its products are luxury goods. It includes brands whose names are associated with luxury‚ high price‚ or high quality goods. A luxury brand is associated with sophistication (1 out of 5 brand related dimensions). Brands that are considered upper class and charming‚ high in sophistication dimension scale: E.g Cartier
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4. Results and Discuss 4.1. Location and Competitors 4.1.1. Location Analyses. Shanghai Min is easy to access. This restaurant is in the City of Dreams where the customer can take free shuttle buses to get there‚ which was covered with eight important transportation sites (e.g. Border Gate‚ Macau Ferry Terminal. etc.). Furthermore‚ the public transportation is very convenient. the customer can take the taxi or bus to the City of Dreams‚ and there are three bus stops and more than 13 routes. Besides
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launch of Välling in Shanghai. 4.1 Segmentation‚ targeting and positioning As learned from the market analysis‚ defining a niche and bringing a highly differentiated product to a specific target group is most important for market entry in China’s baby food market. Starting with the geographic segmentation‚ Shanghai business region is preferred‚ because of being a first-tier city in China (OSEC‚ 2012)‚ where salaries are ten times the Chinese average (Fram et. al.‚ 2004). Shanghai business region has
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