Final Exam - Executing Strategy Volkswagen do Brasil: Drving Strategy with the Balanced Scorecard Name: Roy Stoop Student number: 5877431 MSc Business Studies/Business Administration – Marketing Track University of Amsterdam (UvA) Date of submission: 23-10-2014 Case questions 1. What challenges does Thomas Schmall face upon becoming CEO of Volkswagen do Brasil (VWB)? 2. Describe VWB’s new strategy and comment on it in terms of quality of strategic thinking. 3. Does the strategy map (Exhibit
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the submission. Problem definition‚ objective statement‚ analytical rigour and innovative approach have also been taken into account during evaluation. 2. Maximum team size is limited to two members from the same participation group. 3. Entries (Case analysis including Annexures) should not exceed a limit of 1000 words (excluding cover page). This will be taken into consideration during evaluation. 4. Mention the Team No. in the header – eg. “Team No. 136” in the header‚ such that it appears
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SKYPE Student Number: 10012274 Executive Summary This report provides an analysis and evaluation on defining Skype’s core business following eBay’s sale of the business. Methods of analysis include an external analysis compromising of consumer and competitor analysis as well as an internal SWOT analysis. The research draws attention to the fact that while Skype has the ability to reach critical user mass‚ it finds itself in a situation where it is no longer serving the needs of an e-commerce
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Starbucks Harvard Business School Starbucks: Delivering Customer Service MKT 690: Marketing Management Mike DiPietro Spring 2015 Nevin Johnson Abstract The following diction is an analysis of the Harvard Business School study on Starbucks coffee‚ titled “Starbucks: Delivering Customer Service.” There are many factors accounted for Starbucks extraordinary success in the 1990s. Though Starbucks offered great coffee and a great experience their customer satisfaction scores declined. There are many
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Spring 2010 Ameritrade - Harvard Case Study Background: Ameritrade Holding Corporation is securities brokerage services and technology-based financial services firm from the United States. The company was founded in 1971 and is headquartered in Omaha‚ Nebraska. “Ameritrade MERITRADE for self-directed retail investors; TD AMERITRADE Institutional that provides brokerage and custody services; trading platforms that enables research and analysis; a suite of education
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situation. Others‚ however‚ don’t do so well. What accounts for the difference? In this article‚ first published in 1985‚ Harvard Business School professor John J. Gabarro relates the findings of two sets of field studies he conducted‚ covering 14 management successions. The first set was a three-year study of four newly assigned division presidents; the second consisted of 10 historical case studies. The project comprised American and European organizations with sales varying from $1.2 million to $3 billion
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What problems and challenges are faced by Moore at the time of the case? Moore Medical Corporation is strategically focusing on practitioner business by offering a relatively broad product range (thereby providing ?one-stop shopping?. Moore Medical is a medium-sized distributor of medical supplies to practitioners such as podiatrists and emergency medical technicians. Up to the time of the case‚ it has relied on traditional customer channels such as catalogs‚ phones‚ and faxes to communicate product
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Harvard Business Case: Ducati Introduction After the introduction of Federico Minoli‚ Ducati has transformed from a company on the verge of bankruptcy into one of the most profitable motorcycle manufacturers in the world. But this is not enough for Minoli‚ who currently considers entering the Harley Davidson niche: introducing a Ducati cruiser. However‚ according to the analysis below – prepared using some basic strategic questions - this would not be a very wise
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when they are confined • Main visual cues for the peck order removed : cannibalism reduced (+) A better process than debeaking : Less trauma‚ more eggs • Debeaking process o Does not interfere with the peck order but reduces cannibalism (25% to 9%) o Trauma resulting in a temporary weight loss and retardation of egg production o 7.50$/hour for 220 birds • Lenses process o Flock mortality reduced to 4.5% when contact lenses used instead of debeaking o No trauma‚ no weight losses‚ no reduction
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Bill Gates Believed Microsoft’s core source of competitive advantage was the ability to attract‚ motivate and retain superior people. In attracting employees Microsoft mainly targeted the stars. Stars are the core employees that can add value to the organization through their knowledge‚ skills and abilities (Boselie‚ 2010). At Microsoft there has been a hands on mentality made for ambitious people. Lepak and Snell (2007) built a theory about different employees and its HR strategies. Microsoft
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