Introduction: BP has been operating in Russia since the early 1990s. In 1997‚ it purchased a 10 per cent stake in Sidanco‚ the Russia’s 4th largest oil company. The stake was subsequently increased to 25 per cent plus one share in 2002. In 2003‚ BP merged its interests in Russia with those of TNK to create TNK-BP‚ a hugely successful joint venture employing around 50‚000 people and operating in nearly all of Russia’s major hydrocarbon regions. Since its formation‚ TNK-BP went on to become Russia’s
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Case 2 The Wallace Group‚ Inc. I. CASE ABSTRACT Harold Wallace‚ founder‚ serves as Chairman and President of the Wallace Group. He owns 45 percent of the outstanding stock. The company consists of three operating groupsElectronics‚ Plastics‚ and Chemicals‚ which generate sales of $70 million. Mr. Wallace continues direct operational control over the Electronics Group. Several years ago‚ Wallace and the Board embarked on a strategy of diversification into plastics and chemicals in order
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WestJet Strategic Audit by: Tanya Witherington #3136712 Abdullah Saleh #3157594 Tyler Ethridge #3084252 Natasha King #265841 Yao Yao #3111635 Jaiqi Lu # BA 4101 March 21‚ 2005. Daniel Doiron UNBSJ West Jet I. Current Situation A. Current Performance • WestJet owned 28% of the domestic air market share in 2004 vs. 25% in 2003. • For the year ended December 31‚ 2004
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Pestel Analysis Political Factors : * War‚ terrorism‚ geopolitical uncertainties; issues beyond company’s ability to control. * 52% of the company’s net sales in 2007 coming from countries outside America. * Manufacturing or logistics might be interrupted by political events in the manufacturing countries. Economic Factors : * Overall global economy outlook is not good. * Inflation reduced consumer’s expenditure on luxuries. * Economic crisis influencing Apple’s retail’s
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Dell‚ Inc. Case Study First: Problem Diagnosis: Over the years‚ Dell has devised very successful strategies to increase customer loyalty and reduce costs. However with the passage of time‚ the company has failed to have a proactive approach to capitalize the opportunities provided by the environment and sustained its competitive advantage. 1. Use of the direct selling approach: This approach has been the main competitive advantage of Dell over the years‚ which enabled the company to create strong
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Case Study: The Home Depot Preface This Essentials of Strategic Management assignment has been made by three persons which have been working together and individually to finish the assignment properly and in time. Secondly‚ we would like to thank the company whose websites we were able to visit and use‚ to get additional information that we could use for leading the assignment of Home Depot to a successful ending. We can say‚ that it was a pleasure to work on this assignment and would‚ in the
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Malev Hungarian Airlines Outline * History * Situation Analysis * Environmental Scanning * External Scanning * Internal Scanning * IFAS‚ EFAS‚ SFAS * Strategies‚ New Mission & Objectives * Portfolio Analysis * BCG Matrix * Strategy Implementation History Malev Hungarian Airlines (Magyar Légiközlekedési Vállalat) was founded in 1946 as the principal airline and flag carrier of Hungary until its bankruptcy in 2012. Located in Budapest International
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TomTom Overview As TomTom‚ one of the largest producers of satellite navigation devices in the world‚ entered 2010 it faced stiff competition from its traditional rivals such as Garmin and from new competition from cell phones. Although its sales reached an all time high of €1.74 billion in 2007 by 2008 sales had slipped to €1.67 billion. That year the company posted a loss of €872 million. The decline in sales continued with 2009 sales slipping to €1.48 billion‚ although the company managed to
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Teori Perencanaan adalah pemikiran tentang keadaan dasar organisasi mengenai penentuan bagaimana seharusnya organisasi berposisi u/ menghadapi lingkungannya‚ dan bagaimana akan memanfaatkankekuatan-kekuatannya serta bagaimana pula akan mengahadapi tantangan dan kesempatan yang ditimbulkan oleh lingkungannya (David R. Hampton) George a Steiner Perencanaan strategi adalah suatu proses identifikasi kesempatan (opportunities) dan tantangan (threats) disamping diupayakannya berbadgai data u/ dasar
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COMPANY PROFILE 1. Company’s Background Malaysia Airlines began in 1947 as Malayan Airways. However‚ it was renamed Malaysian Airways following the creation of the Federation of Malaysia in 1963. The company is publicly called Malaysia Airlines System. While MAS has grown to become Southeast Asia’s largest airlines‚ it also becomes one of the world’s premier international carriers. The MAS headquarters building in downtown Kuala Lumpur has been sold. Nevertheless‚ the new corporate headquarters
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