Dunkin Donuts For more than 50 years‚ Dunkin Donuts has offered customers throughout the Unites States and around the world a consistent experience – the same donuts‚ the same coffee‚ the same store décor – each time a customer drops in. Although the chain now offers iced coffee‚ breakfast sandwiches‚ smoothies‚ gourmet cookies‚ and Dunkin Dawgs in addition to the old standbys‚ devoted customers argue that it’s the coffee that sets Dunkin Donuts apart. To keep customers coming back‚ the chain
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The Debt/Equity ratio is another important indicator of Dunkin Donuts’ financial standing. In equation form‚ the Debt/Equity = Total Liabilities/(Total Assets – Total Liabilities). Debt/equity ratio is able to indicate all of its debt obligations of the next year with its current resources. In general‚ a high debt-to-equity ratio indicates that a company may not be able to generate enough cash to satisfy its debt obligations. However‚ a low debt-to-equity ratio may also indicate that a company is
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value chain determines the cost of production and hence influences the profitability of the organisation. The activities are grouped into primary activities and secondary/support activities (Needle‚ 2010‚ P. 275). Figure 1: Porter’s Value Chain The five main primary activities are inbound logistics‚ operations‚ outbound logistics‚ marketing and sales‚ and after-sales service‚ while the secondary activities comprise procurement‚ human resource management‚ technological development and infrastructure
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THEME 8: GENERIC STRATEGIES 1. Introduction. 2. The Porter’s approach: competitive strategies (cost advantage‚ differentiation advantage and specialization). 3. The Ansoff’s approach: the Growth Matrix (market penetration‚ product development‚ market development‚ and diversification). 4. An integrating approach. © Alfonso VARGAS SÁNCHEZ 1 Hope is not a strategy‚ specially when internationalizing the company is the intention 2 Strategic Analysis: Compulsory Questions What business
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Michael porter developed 3 generic strategies: cost leadership‚ differentiation and focus. They are developed to create a defendable position in the long-run‚ outperforming competition and establish a competitive advantage. However does the generic strategy lead to sustainable competitive strategy? This analysis will explain in detail. Cost leadership means setting out to become the low-cost producer of its industry. Each industry is different and provides with diverse problems. Cost leadership
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According to Michael C. Porter‚ the porter’s three (3) generic strategies are very important strategies‚ which can be applied to products and services in any industry or organization regardless of its size. The Three Porter’s Generic Strategies In order to gain competitive advantage‚ Michael Porter developed three generic strategies that a company could use; The Cost Leadership Strategy‚ The Differentiation Strategy and the Focus Strategy. These strategies have been used by various organizations to become
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Porter ’s Generic Strategies If the primary determinant of a firm ’s profitability is the attractiveness of the industry in which it operates‚ an important secondary determinant is its position within that industry. Even though an industry may have below-average profitability‚ a firm that is optimally positioned can generate superior returns. A firm positions itself by leveraging its strengths. Michael Porter has argued that a firm ’s strengths ultimately fall into one of two headings: cost
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Porter’s Generic Strategies Porter’s notion on “stuck in the middle” or “hole in the wall” is debatable‚ it being mutually exclusive. It might be true in some cases but not all the time. Even beyond Porter’s generic strategies‚ Toyota has been operating and already proven that it’s possible to be a low cost producer of a differentiated product. It was able to achieve leadership in North America‚ surpassing General Motors. They continuously find ways to reduce production costs and at the same optimize
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Introduction. In this assignment I am going to explain the following concepts‚ generic strategies‚ alternative directions and alternative methods. Indeed‚ I would like to support these concepts by referring my work to the automobile sector (as a continuing line provided with the Morgan´s example in class). I am going to use the example of General Motors and Ford‚ they are well known and also provide us a long struggling and interesting history. The first part of my assignment gives a theoretical
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Introduction Dunkin Donuts is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dunkin Brands‚ a leading global ‘Food and Beverage’ company‚ running business predominantly through franchises‚ primarily serving coffee and doughnut. Company was found in 1950 by Mr. William Rosenberg in Quincy‚ Massachusetts‚ USA and later shifted head quarter to Canton‚ Massachusetts (Wikipedia). Company is generating revenue more than 6.5 billion USD (DKDN 2012 Annual report‚ www.dunkinbrands.com). Dunkin Donuts (DD) has slowly
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