Lecture 8: Strategy Formulation: Corporate Level Strategy Reference: Henry “Understanding Strategic Management”‚ Chapter 8 Lecturer: Mathew Teale Facilitator: Michelle Thong Learning Objectives After studying this topic you should be able to: • Explain what is meant by corporate strategy; • Assess the effectiveness of different growth strategies • Evaluate related and unrelated diversification strategies • Assess the use of portfolio analysis • Explain the role of corporate parenting
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Corporate Strategy The economic activities performed by Dell encompass the development‚ manufacturing‚ sale and support of personal computers and computer-related products. Since its foundation‚ the company has been based on the Direct Model‚ i.e. Dell has always tried and managed to create direct relationships with its customers‚ by selling products directly and without the participation of intermediaries. The sale has always taken place through a telephone service or via the Internet. In order
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global conglomerate corporate group‚ so to keep organization growth and sustain in a long run‚ corporate strategy becomes much more important to Sony ‘. In this report‚ we will review the following issues: 1) Overall company background and brief proportion of business‚ 2) From core competency to diversification‚ 3) Today’s Sony‚ and future perspective 4) Recommendation and conclusion. After reading this report‚ you will have a better idea about the current corporate strategy of Sony and recommendation
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1. Statement of Purpose: Corporate Strategy & Policy Any meaningful organization has certain mission‚ objective(s) and goal(s) and a strategy to achieve them. Business environment consists of all those factors that have a bearing on the business‚ such as the strengths‚ weaknesses‚ internal power relationships and orientations of the organization‚ government policies and regulations‚ nature of economy and economic conditions‚ socio-cultural factors‚ demographic trends‚ natural factors‚ global
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Maruti Corporate Strategy * Repositioning/revitalising of products: Whenever Maruti’s cars sales reached the maturity stage in the product life cycle‚ they revitalised the product to gain momentum in the market share. Few examples that can be noted in this regard are: * Omni – Interiors and Exteriors‚ Omni Cargo & CNG omni * Versa – Slashed prices by decreasing engine power * Esteem – Changed the exteriors to boost sales * Baleno – Slashed prices * WagonR
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Sun Microsystems ( Corporate Strategy) Introduction Sun Microsystems was found by four individuals. It is the market leader in the fast growing workstations industry. The SPARCstation I was introduced in May of 1990. An improved version of Sparc I was introduced in the summer of 1990 with an improved interface‚ a color monitor. In the beginning company strategy was designed to emphasize gaining market share‚ concentrating on all out sales growth‚ no matter what the cost. Products were sold
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stores‚ Kmart hit a major hurdle. The successful management strategies it had developed early on were now outdated and in major need of being renovated to coincide with changing market place and customer values. As Kmart attempted to revolutionize its image and infrastructure‚ stores such as Target and Wal-Mart took over as the leaders in the discount retailer arena. As Kmart’s image began to sink along with its customer satisfaction‚ sales began to drop‚ ultimately resulting in Kmart declaring bankruptcy
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Diageo 4 Guinness Mission Statement 4 Target segmentation 5 The Japanese distribution system 5 How to Set Up Business in Japan/ Laws & Regulations on Setting Up Business in Japan 6 Section 1. Incorporating Your Business 6 1.1 Types of operation in Japan 6 Guinness distribution in Japan 8 Outline of Guinness® products in Japan 9 Marketing Strategy 10 Competitors 10 Yebisu/ Asahi strategy 11 Asahi Beer Oktoberfest 11 Yebisu beer festival 12 Yebisu also has its own bar‚ just like
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go once a week. Wal-Mart’s core strategy is to be the low cost leader. Wal-Mart’s competitive advantage is because they are the low cost leader. Wal-Mart commits to deliver quality products with the lowest possible price. Wal-Mart attains this in several ways; their strategy is to have multiple store formats for the different local environments‚
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Corporate Strategy The overview of Starbucks’ Corporate Strategies are maximizing the market penetration‚ providing a relaxing and attractive social atmosphere‚ offers high quality products‚ create a great working environment and achieve profitability. Corporate Strategies of Starbucks are mentioned below:- First is the Rapid Store expansion strategy (Starbucks Everywhere” approach). These basically are related on Domestic and International store expansion where everything about the company
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