Overview In 1972‚ Du Pont found itself in a fortunate position as it was faced with the following two options: 1. Continue with its existing strategy and maintain its current revenue stream; or 2. Modify its strategy and invest additional capital to increase its revenue stream in the future. As one can imagine‚ multi-million dollar investment decisions such as these are not easily made and require a tremendous amount of due diligence to include financial forecasting‚ labor ramifications‚
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VRIO ANALYSIS Barney and Hesterly (2006)‚ describe the VRIO framework as a good tool to examine the internal environment of a firm. They state that VRIO “stands for four questions one must ask about a resource or capability to determine its competitive potential: 1. The Question of Value: Does a resource enable a firm to exploit an environmental opportunity‚ and/or neutralize an environmental threat? 2. The Question of Rarity: Is a resource currently controlled by only a
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Resource Based View - VRIO Analysis 1. Tangible Resources a) Financial Resources: * Firm’s cash and cash equivalents- The total cash and cash equivalents of the firm stood at around Rs. 271.5 Crores in the year ended March 2009 (before merger with Kraft). Liquidity is important for a business to factor in for unforeseeable events. The ideal cash reserve requirement can be calculated by taking into account and listing possible unfavorable events and assigning probabilities to them
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GILLETTE INDONESIAN Given the information and the projections for 1996 behavior of the Indonesian market‚ Should Chester Allan implement his strategy based on increase only sales‚ instead of focusing efforts on market development (marketing‚ promotion‚ supply chain) aside of sales‚ just as Rigoberto Effio suggests? BACKGROUND GILLETE Since its creation in 1901‚ Gillette has established a solid worldwide leadership as a producer of razors and blades‚ as well as other consumer product categories
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1Barney and Hesterly (2006)‚ describe the VRIO framework as a good tool to examine the internal environment of a firm. They state that VRIO “stands for four questions one must ask about a resource or capability to determine its competitive potential: 1. The Question of Value: Does a resource enable a firm to exploit an environmental opportunity‚ and/or neutralize an environmental threat? 2. The Question of Rarity: Is a resource currently controlled by only a small number of competing firms
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ANALYSIS I. Statement of the Problem How can Gillette Company maintain and improve its profitability? II. Objective 1. To reinvigorate the blade-and-razor system market while keeping the lead in the disposable razor market. 2. To develop strategies that will continue to sustain and increase the market share. 3. To maximize the profitability of the company. III. Analysis of Case Facts/SWOT Analysis Strengths 1. Gillette invented the blade-and-razor system. 2. Has always
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I will explain the link and differences between the VRIO-framework and the SWOT-model. Before I will explain this‚ I will first give you an insight in the meaning of these two models. SWOT-model: [pic] A SWOT Analysis is a strategic planning tool used to evaluate the Strengths‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities‚ and Threats involved in a project or in a business venture. Strengths and weaknesses are internal to an organization. Opportunities and threats originate from outside the organization. A SWOT
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competition in the tissue paper industry in Malaysia is very intense. In order to compete and survive in the tissue paper industry‚ it is important for a firm to adopt the VRIO analysis framework. VRIO stands for value‚ rarity‚ imitability‚ and organisation‚ and this framework was founded by Barney J. B.. According to Robert J. Chapman‚ VRIO analysis is important for firms that wish to succeed by using its internal resources and capabilities to gain the competitive advantage against its competitors in order
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Marketing Management Case 7: Gillette The Razor Wars Continues Prepared by: Hala Question 1: Evaluate product innovation at Gillette throughout its history. Has Gillette been a victim of its own success? Has product innovation in wet-shaving market come to an end? Explain? King C. Gillette has founded Gillette in 1901. It was one of the first great multinational organizations and a marvel of marketing effectiveness. Gillette has set a goal for his company: To offer consumers high-quality
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increase total sales and put Gillette Fusion on track to be a $1 billion business in the next few years‚ Gillette Fusion should launch a new advertising campaign and reduce cartridge package prices by 20% with the introduction of a onetime coupon. Explanation The media’s reaction to the “blockbuster” advertisement campaign highlights many of the campaign’s flaws. The campaign focused on the product features rather than its benefits. Due to the ad’s product focus‚ Gillette failed to communicate why
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