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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BUSINESS STUDIES SUPPORT MATERIAL OF CLASS XII (2012-2013) Members Who Reviewed Support Material Sl. No. 1. Name Mrs. Savita Drall (Team Leader) Sh. Ishwar Singh Designation Principal School SKV‚ Mata Sundri Road‚‚ Delhi-110002 RPVV‚ Narela Delhi-110040 G.B.S.S.S.‚ Mata Sundri Road Delhi-110002 S.B.V.‚ Rouse Avenue‚ DDU Marg‚ Delhi-110002 2. Lect. Commerce 3. Sh. Vinod Kumar Lect. Commerce 4. Smt. Nikhat Islam Lect. Commerce 1 XII – Business Studies
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Case Project 1a) The histograms of page cost‚ circulation and median income are all skewed to the right because the majority of the data lies to the left of the mean and the tail on the right side is longer than that on the left side. b) There seems to be a strong logarithmic type of relationship between page cost and circulation and a slightly noticeable linear relationship between page cost and median income. As for the scatterplot between page cost and percent male‚ the points appear
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Madhucon Projects Limited: Projects Description (2009): Earthwork and Ground Improvement In Road Way by Mechanical means‚ Rock Soil by Blasting‚ Removal & Disposal of Unsuitable Soils‚ and Earthwork Embankment‚ Rock fill Embankment etc. Comments: Contractors Capacity: Contractors General Performance is Good. Quality of Work: They have completed the works allotted to them satisfactorily “The Capacity of the Contractor- The working resources of the contractor are good and as per the required
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1. Problems Identified 1.1 Structural Strategy 1. No proper project structure - this made the execution and management of the project very ineffective. 2. Project over budget – The project estimated cost overrun of atleast 20% 3. Poor leadership/no leadership commitment - the customer requested the Divisional GM and his team to present the status of the project. However the DGM instructed Reichart to go with any other 3 or 4 functional managers 4. No Balanced Scorecard with critical success factors
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one of the world’s leading markets. Blue Nile was considered the largest online jeweler. Sanjay and Amy Bhargave were on the market for an engagement ring. After their disappointing experience of shopping for a ring in New York City and in the local jewelers in their hometown‚ one of Sanjay’s clients suggested for the couple to visit Blue Nile’s website. After the great length Sanjay subjected himself to the diamond purchase process and with the help of Blue Nile’s diamond consultant‚ he finally
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other would be to very easily go to a public library or University and use their system‚ but they still would not be able to shop online or take advantage of paying bills or online banking since personal information is needed to do so. ANALYSIS OF THE CASE: The material from this chapter gets very detailed into the legal principles of privacy and protection for Internet users and network users‚ but what seems to be more of an issue is that it would be impractical if somebody thought that they could
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Case 7 Blue Nile inc. Discussion questions 1. The diamond and fine jewelry industry was very competitive. Market share was divided between locally owned brick and mortar stores‚ retail chains‚ big box stores like Costco and online retailers. Which made The rivalry between competing sellers the strongest of the competitive forces in the industry. Buyer bargaining power: very strong Strengths -Buyers incur a low cost of switching (they can purchase jewelery anywhere with no cost. -Buyers are
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Jetblue Case Analysis Jetblue set out to provide its customers with a great airlines experience. Neeleman’s goal was to provide customers with “the types of amenities reserved for the pricier carriers‚ including wider seats ……and 24 channels of in-flight television” ( Case study pg 400) One of Jetblue and Neeleman’s biggest challenges was to keep offering all these amenities while still competing with the big carriers by keeping their prices 50 to 60 percent lower on the same routes. As they grew
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