You Say What Your Strategy Is? by David J. Collis and Michael G. Rukstad Reprint R0804E It’s a dirty little secret: Most executives cannot articulate the objective‚ scope‚ and advantage of their business in a simple statement. If they can’t‚ neither can anyone else. Can You Say What Your Strategy Is? by David J. Collis and Michael G. Rukstad COPYRIGHT © 2008 HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL PUBLISHING CORPORATION. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Can you summarize your company’s strategy in 35 words
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Newell’s corporate strategy was mainly focused on high volume and low cost product to large mass retailer. The goal of the company was to increase its sales and profitability by offering a complete and complementary range of products and reliable service to the mass retail stores. Newell’s initial focus was on home and hardware products which later on expended to other markets. The company strategy was to grow and expand its product line through acquisitions‚ rather than internal growth. Before
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Creation: The Six DCF Pointers When trying to decide the value of a particular company‚ let’s say Apple for example‚ it is crucial to understand what determines its investing value. Valuing a huge corporation is not simply taking a look at the balance sheet and income statement and figuring out what’s total assets and total liabilities. A discounted cash flow analysis is one of the main ways investors can value a company. The idea of the actual valuation is to project future cash flows and discount
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The importance of Logistics in Marketing nowadays In a first moment it is important to understand what is the main role of each departments‚ Logistics’ aim is to make products available in the market according to the customer’s demands‚ in terms of delivery time‚ volume‚ as well as‚ the efficient managing of the inventory (SEZEN‚ 2005) and the Marketing role is to generate and deliver value to the consumers of a determined market. To generate value consists in expressing characteristics‚ attributes
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third-party logistics provider (abbreviated 3PL‚ or sometimes TPL) is a firm that provides service to its customers of outsourced (or "third party") logistics services for part‚ or all of their supply chain management functions. Third party logistics providers typically specialize in integrated operation‚ warehousing and transportation services that can be scaled and customized to customers’ needs based on market conditions and the demands and delivery service requirements for their products and
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------------------------------------------------- Estee Lauder Companies ------------------------------------------------- Ethical Strategy Analysis Jennifer Isikwe Analysis of the Ethical Strategy of the Estee Lauder Companies I. Background Information A. Brief History B. Other Relevant Information (Industry‚ environment‚ etc) II. Analysis of the Ethical Strategy A. Stated Ethical Strategy 1. Philosophy section of the mission statement 2. Explicit statements about ethics and social responsibility
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&mHistory of H&M H & M‚ (Hennes & Mauritz AB) is a Swedish multinational retail-clothing company‚ known for its trendy fashion clothing for men‚ women‚ teenagers and children. It started out as a single womenswear store in 1947‚ and subsequently transformed to a global company offering fashion for the whole family‚ and their home. The business concept is to give the customer unbeatable value by offering fashion and quality at the best price. H&M ensures the best price by having
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competitors 7 3.4 Barriers to entry- Porters Five Forces Analysis 8 4. USP of chemical products logistics 9 5. Marketing plan 9 5.1 product 9 5.2 price 10 5.3 place 10 5.4 promotion 12 5.5 people 12 5.6 process 12 5.7 physical evidence 12 6. Conclusion 13 7. Recommendations 13 8 .Reference list 15 1. Executive Summary This report assesses the feasibility of launching chemical products logistics‚ a transport service related to dangerous goods in China. In order to evaluate the viability
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HBR Case Review: Can You Say What Your Strategy Is? David J. Collins & Michael G. Rukstad Issue: * Executives cannot articulate the objective‚ scope and advantage of their business in a simple (35 word) statement. Supported By: * Leaders assume that strategic planning process will be communicated succinctly and ensures success. Proposed Solution: * Leaders must draft a simple‚ clear‚ succinct strategy statement that everyone can internalize and use as a guiding light
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incentives‚ foreign trade regulations‚ environmental and labor law‚ trade embargo‚ tariffs‚ political stability‚ industrial relations and others. In the context of logistics M&A‚ these will be important especially for firms that are operating in China‚ India‚ Vietnam. Using India as example‚ apart from the non-uniform tax structure‚ logistic companies in India have to pay numerous other taxes‚ octrois‚ and face multiple check posts and police harassment. High costs of operation and delays involving compliance
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