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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Chevrolet has devised new corporate strategies in order to rise above the competition in the automotive industry. With the economic decline and concern for the environment‚ Chevy has been able to address current and future issues to not only benefit the company but also the economy and the environment as well. There are four key points that have been addressed with the new strategy. The first associated with the increasing gas prices and economic decline and the second issue addressing the increase in
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Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) is an American public corporation with headquarters in Sunnyvale‚ California‚ (in Silicon Valley)‚ that provides services via the Internet worldwide. The company is perhaps best known for its web portal‚ search engine (Yahoo! Search)‚ Yahoo! Directory‚ Yahoo! Mail‚ Yahoo! News‚ advertising‚ online mapping (Yahoo! Maps)‚ video sharing (Yahoo! Video)‚ and social media websites and services. Yahoo! was founded by Jerry Yang and David Filo in January 1994 and was incorporated
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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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Case #2 – Volkswagen: IT Budget Volkswagen AG is the parent company to Volkswagen of America (VWoA) and therefore sets the budget from which IT projects are funded by. Managing which IT projects are given funds and when is a very important business decision because only projects linked to the corporations’ strategy and goals should be given any support. An important process in judging which projects are funded is by prioritizing them into specific categories; however all the more important “Stay
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Introduction to Business Business Leader Profile Sir Richard Charles Nicholas Branson is a British industrialist‚ best known for companies such as Virgin Megastores‚ Virgin Mobile and Virgin Airlines. Branson was educated at the Stowe School where at the age of 16‚ Branson had his first successful business venture‚ publishing a national magazine called Student. After leaving school‚ Branson entered the music industry. Considering that he could sell records cheaper than the existing average music
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Travis Peartree Six Sigma 3M Case QM 10/9/12 3M Six-Sigma Case Write-Up 1. To successfully implement Six Sigma‚ 3M must think about its effects now and its effects in the future. The leadership team must also take into account the expenses of any Six Sigma processes and how to fund them. A lot of research and development will lead to greater success of Six Sigma‚ but will also be at a very high cost. The leadership team must set up a vision for implementation of Six Sigma. The team must
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3M Optical Systems: Managing Corporate Entrepreneurship MST550 – Capstone Professor Jack Raiton HBSP Case #395-017 Discussion Questions 1. What practices make 3M such an innovative company? 2. What is Any Wong’s role as the OS Unit’s general manager? How effective has he been? 3. What is Paul Guehler’s role as division vicepresident? How effective has he been? 4. What should Andy Wong do with the computer screen AFE? If he gets the AFE‚ should Guehler fund it? Case Outline • • • • • •
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AEGISPEOPLESUPPORT CASE STUDY AT Aegispeoplesupport‚ corporate social responsibility defines everything that they stand for and do. They actively implement programs for improvement of society and the environment. Every year‚ they better their contribution to the environmental and social causes both financially and with respect to corporate social responsibility. They support social causes around the globe and encourage its employees to contribute towards the communities they live in. They support
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Question 2 3 Determine 3M’s core competencies and assess if 3M has a sustainable competitive advantage. Support your claim. Question 3 9 Critically evaluate the success of 3M’s strategies (acquisition included) in 2006‚ from both a strategic and financial perspective. Question 4 27 Recommend an integrated and coordinated set of commitments and actions which will exploit the company ’s core competencies (CCs)‚ strengthen its competitive advantage
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