Blue Nile Case Questions 1. How strong are the competitive forces confronting Blue Nile and other online retail jewelers? Which one of the five competitive forces is the strongest? Do a five-forces analysis to support your answer. The competitive forces that are confronting Bule Nile and other online retail jewelers are strong. The threat of new entrants is high because the brick-and-mortar stores have a low cost of entry into the online retail of their jewelry. The threat of substitutes is
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CASE STUDY QUESTIONS B-101 (Principle & Practice of Management) Caselet-1 1) Critically analyze Mr. Vincent’s reasoning? 2) If you where the professor and you knew what were going through Vincent’s mind‚ what would you say to Vincent? Caselet-2 3) Diagnose the problem and enumerate the reasons for the failure of D’Cuhna ? 4) What could D’Cuhna have done to avoid the situation in which he found himself? B-102 (Human Resource Management) Caselet -1 1) Should benching be a matter of concern
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care products worldwide. One of the most popular products distributed by Garnier Fructis is the extensive line of shampoo. Exploratory research has been conducted in order to explore and identify the target market for Garnier Fructis Shampoo. Garnier Fructis Shampoo is often perceived as a female product therefore; the product experiences lower awareness amongst male shampoo users. The aim of this report is to analyze this situation and explore solutions to overcome challenges this product may
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amongst all shareholders (majority and minority)‚ economic benefits are usually distributed on a pro-rata ownership basis. 2. Why do NYSE and NASDAQ allow dual-class share structure while HKEx does not? If you were Charles Li‚ what would you do? 3. What are the pros and cons of listing in Hong Kong versus New York? If you were Jack Ma‚ where would you list? Under what conditions? Hong Kong investors are more familiar with Chinese companies and academic research
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1 Dakota current allocates warehousing‚ distribution and order entry cost equally to each customer. DOP’s pricing system is generally independent of the specific level of service provided for customers. They just chose a single cost drive. However‚ it’s not believable and proper to use this simple method to analyze costs when costs are more complex. So we need to use activity-based cost system to chose different cost drives and allocate costs based on the activity. 2 We identify four different activities
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of then to try and go against it and stand up for what you think is right. It’s easier to just step in line with what everyone is doing‚ instead of stepping out of that line and trying to fight it and go against it. There are many examples of this case that Drabble is making. One example of this conformity would be the IRS. People will go on and on complaining about it‚ yet they would never try and fight it to see if there was something that could be changed‚ or if there was a better way to do
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choice? 2. Distinguish between Market Segmentation and Product Differentiation? Describe the bases that you will use in segmenting the market for the following products: a) Hair dryer b) Low calorie sweetener 3. Write notes on:- a) Marketing Research as a toll of decision making b) Functions of Packaging c) Stages in new product development d) Product Life Cycle 4) Explain the following: a) The buyer – decision process for new products? b) Different types of purchase Decision Behavior?
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Topic 3 Discussion Question 2 Traditionally‚ nutrition programs were targeted to the indigent and poor populations in developing countries. Many of today’s Americans are malnourished also‚ but they are inundated with unhealthy foods and require a multidisciplinary approach to nutrition education. What would be the three most important points to include in a public nutrition program? Provide current literature to support your answer and include two nutritional education community resources. Malnourishment
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CASE ANALYSIS: EXPERIAN – Entering a new market with a new product 1. Executive Summary: Experian is a Credit Reference Agency enabling lenders such as banks and credit card companies‚ to share information about their customers’ credit accounts. The lender can then use information to assess and decide on the credit worthiness of an individual.The case of Experian is typical of a flanking marketing strategy. Although there was no mention of a looming competitor‚ the company diversified into
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For Case Study 9 (Apple Inc. in 2011)‚ the following questions are to be answered within 4-6 pages: 1. What are the chief elements of Apple’s overall competitive strategy? How well do the pieces fit together? Is the strategy evolving? 2. What are the key elements of Apple’s strategy in computers‚ personal media players‚ tablet computers‚ and smartphones? Have its strategies in its core businesses yielded success? Explain. 3. What does a competitive strength assessment reveal about Apple’s
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