Executive Summary Background: FedEx and United Parcel Service‚ Inc. are the two largest competitors in the world’s package delivery service industry. UPS‚ founded in 1907‚ was the largest package delivery company in the world. By 2003‚ UPS delivered throughout the United States and to more than 200 other countries‚ transporting over 13 million packages a day. FedEx‚ created in 1971 by Fred Smith‚ grew successful because of its innovative approach to purchase its own planes rather than
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ICMR Case Collection ICFAI Center for Management Research FedEx vs UPS: Competing with Contrasting Strategies in China MKTG069 - Sample Questions and Answers This case was written by Vivek Gupta‚ ICFAI Center for Management Research (ICMR). It was compiled from published sources‚ and is intended to be used as a basis for class discussion rather than to illustrate either effective or ineffective handling of a management situation. For use by students of Icfai Flexible Learning programs. Not
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Strategies for Competing in a Changed China Magazine: Summer 2004Research Feature July 15‚ 2004 Peter Williamson and Ming Zeng This paper presents the results of the authors’ detailed research into competition between multinationals and local Chinese companies in 10 industries over the past five years. They conclude that local companies are now threatening multinationals’ plans to conquer the China market. They analyse this new competitive game in terms of a dynamic battle of competencies. Multinationals
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[Type the company name] FedEx vs. UPS Brief History of FedEx & UPS In 2004‚ the U.S. and China agreed to increase their air transportation flights‚ which delivered their goods between one another. This agreement represented the most dramatic liberalization of air traffic in the history of the two nations‚ and therefore FedEx Corporation and United Parcel Service‚ Inc. (UPS)‚ the only domestic cargo carriers who were permitted to serve
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The Battle for Value: FedEx vs. UPS When two industry giants go head to head‚ a great deal of strategy is involved mixed with pure brute force. When two package delivery giants go head to head such as FedEx and UPS‚ they must draw upon their strengths and improve their weaknesses if they hope to win the battle. Adopting innovative technology options and precise operations are just a few crucial strategies that can help a company emerge as a leader. 2004 marked a monumental year in package delivery
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1. Accounting Treatments Capital Lease -Lessee Initially‚ the lessee recognizes the asset under his property‚ plant and equipment. The amount that should be debited is the Lower of asset’s fair value and present value of minimum lease payments. The present value is determined by discounting minimum lease payments using interest rates implicit in the lease. Also‚ initial direct cost that the lessee incurs in relation to the lease is added to the cost of recognized asset. On the credit side of
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CASE STUDY FEDEX VS UPS VS HYDER MUNAVER 29-MAR-05 The Introduction: In today’s’ fast moving world delivery of packages‚ parcels‚ documents‚ goods in a timely and guaranteed manner is of absolute importance. With the fast moving trend of online businesses‚ auctions etc.. The need for fast and reliable package delivery is growing. The logistics industry has received globally‚ a lot of publicity regarding the industry’s attitudes on‚ and actions in‚ corporate responsibility issues. The different
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The Battle for Value‚ 2004: vs. United Parcel Service‚ Inc. (“UPS”) and FedEx Corp. (“FedEx”) are two of the largest air delivery and freight services. With the current transportation agreement between the United States and China the market in which these companies conduct business is going to grow. This is a positive agreement for both UPS and FedEx‚ meaning that both companies are attractive in terms of investing. However‚ it is recommended that only one of them
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COMMUNICATION COMPARISON FedEx vs. UPS Background: The basis of the analytical report will be comparing Fed Ex and the United Postal Service (UPS). These two companies are the top in their industry. Each company trying to achieve the role of the industry leader they constantly battle head to head combining strategy and brute force. Fed Ex was incorporated in 1971‚ but did not officially begin operations until April of 1973. Fed Ex started out delivering to only 25 cities and did not
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of such competitive strategies. In the event that the firm is unable to remain competitive in the business world (with rising costs and losses) discuss the options available to the firm. In today’s tumultuous economy‚ companies are aggressively seeking to remain competitive. The strategies been used by firms to be able to remain competitive is called competitive strategies. Competitive strategy is therefore concerned with how management formulate and implement strategies to maximize the firm’s
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