(2011) xxx–xxx Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Journal of Business Research Brand orientation and market orientation — From alternatives to synergy ☆ Mats Urde a‚⁎‚ Carsten Baumgarth b‚ Bill Merrilees c a b c Lund University‚ Sweden Berlin School of Economics and Law‚ Marketing Division‚ HWR Berlin‚ Germany Department of Marketing‚ Griffith Business School‚ Gold Coast Campus Queensland 4222‚ Australia a r t i c l e i n f o a b s t r a c t This paper explores the interaction
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I. Executive Summary Maytag Corporation was founded in 1893 by Fred L Maytag and two other men. The company built its first washing machine in 1907. From there the company quickly expanded into a national corporation. With the sweeping globalization movement of the 1990’s‚ Maytag has attempted to establish a presence as a global competitor in the appliance industry. As the company has tried to establish itself in the developing global marketplace‚ it has had difficulties. Not only were consumers
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HOW CULTURE EFFECTS BUSINESS? Cross-culture binds together fields which are not quite related such as cultural anthropology and communication within organisation. For understanding cultural issues in organizational setting against international perspective‚ it is essential to understand employee behavior. Five basic conclusions can be drawn about cross-cultural impact on business: First‚ individual behavior in organisational setting varies across cultures. Thus‚ employees based in India‚ Japan
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The company expands it working margin by choosing low-cost manufacturing. It also performs more broad assessment of work and transportation cost to get new suppliers and broaden the market (Electrolux‚ 2016). The company’s strategy finds medium or high-cost organization‚ because of the benefits of the innovation development of those nations‚ for instance nations in the European locale. For marketing‚ the company keeps its high costs through the
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Case 10.1: Electrolux Cleans Up 1. How did Electrolux Chief Executive Straberg break down barriers (and increase communication) between departments? Why did he do this? Explain Straberg began breaking down barriers between the departments and forcing his designers‚ engineers‚ and marketers to work together to come up with new products. He recruited executives from companies with strong track records in innovation‚ including Procter & Gamble (P&G) and PepsiCo. Brainstorming sessions were carried
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Global Investment Strategy With 1998 sales of over SKr110 billion ($14 billion)‚ Electrolux is the world’s largest manufacturer of household appliances (washing machines‚ dishwashers‚ refrigerators‚ vacuum cleaners‚ and so on). A Swedish company with a small home market‚ Electrolux has always had to look to other markets for its growth. By 1997‚ the company was generating over 85 percent of its sales outside of Sweden. A little over 52 percent of sales are in Western Europe‚ with another 27 percent
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Introduction. Electrolux is one of the global leaders in the household appliances industry. The company produces household products all over the world. In 2002‚ it has been taking over by the Hans Straberg. At that time‚ Hans Straberg had to faces many challenges. One of it is the Electrolux Company was losing their market share to the lower cost goods that has been produced in Asia and Eastern Europe. Hans Straberg had to make some radical changes due to the situation beside from the fierce competition
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THE ELECTROLUX CLEANER The Electrolux Cleaner The use of beautiful women is not a new idea in advertising. Women are subjects of advertisements in areas such as cosmetics‚ weight loss‚ and specifically cleaning products‚ such as The Electrolux. The Electrolux is a bagless and automatic cleaner that provides deep cleaning and makes cleaning easier and convenient compared
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1.0 Will Whirlpool Clean Up in Europe? (See appendix 1) 1.1 What are the advantages of consolidating production of product lines at single factories in the EU? What are the disadvantages? With the effect of the Single European Act on 1st July 1987‚ the emergence of European Union (EU) as a common market has essentially been created. The benefits of this act are substantial to European firms‚ economies‚ and workers. It eliminates conflicting national regulations and trade barriers‚ as well as offering
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Investigating the use of TRIZ in Eco- innovation Jones‚ E.‚ & Harrison‚ D 1. Introduction This paper aims to identify ways in which tools and methodologies from TRIZ might be used in Eco-Innovation and subsequently how TRIZ might be adapted for that specific purpose. Eco-innovation is the process of developing new products‚ processes or services which provide customer and business value but significantly decrease environmental impact (James‚ 1997). Eco-innovation is one of several approaches
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