Royal Caribbean Cruises‚ LTD: A Case Study 1. Using the Information Systems Triangle as a framework‚ evaluate the alignment of RCCL’s business strategy‚ organizational strategy‚ and information systems strategy before Tom Murphy became CIO and then after Tom Murphy took over as CIO (up to 9/11/2001). Prior to Tom Murphy’s tenure as CIO‚ Royal Caribbean Cruises Line’s (RCCL’s) business strategies were not fully aligned with the organizational and IT strategies. Tom Murphy was instrumental in bringing
Premium Marketing Management Strategic management
Harvard Business Review of Thomas M. Hout and Pankaj Ghemawat “China vs. the world”‚ HBR December 2010‚ page 94-103. Thomas M. Hout is a professor at the University of Hong Kong’s School of Business since 2002. He teaches Strategy‚ Operations and Information‚ Business Strategies for China and India and fast companies (IMBA program in Shanghai)[1][2]. Pankaj Ghemawat is the Anselmo Rubiralta Professor of Global Strategy at IESE (spanish: Instituto de Estudios Superiores de la Empresa)[3] Business School
Premium Harvard Business School Business school China
Case Study: Just in Time for the Holidays Problem: North Pole Workshops’ production capacity cannot meet the surging demand for Timmy CDs on Christmas Eve. The management team gets stuck in mapping a solution to fulfill such demand because team members have their own solutions and they oppose the others’ solution. Reasons: - Weak demand forecast ability (the actual demand is 20% over the company’s assumption) - Weak production planning ability - No links between demand and production planning
Premium Manufacturing Brand Production line
• 4 million dollars cheaper to go direct. • What are the subjective (qualitative issues) • What is the overall risk involved? (Establish relationships with retailers‚ another risk is can they sell to the retailers carpet at the same price as the wholesalers? Financials: Wholesaler = of something Dealing with 7 wholesalers so need 7 distribution centers. How much it costs to lease those? (4) Total sales calls / how much one person can do = how many sales reps needed? Sales
Premium Marketing Sales Inventory
1. External factors that have impacted the profitability of the newspaper industry in general and‚ specifically in Hong Kong‚ over the last 20 years: Main factors:- Economy and government policies-China adopted Open Door Policy for businesses. This promoted foreign trade and economic investment‚ and led to evolvement of many business start-ups. In 1980s‚ the economy was booming‚ Hong Kong became magnet for international trade‚ with its high GDP growth rate‚ averaging to 5.2%. With improved
Premium Value added Blue Ocean Strategy Hong Kong
The Hedge Fund E-Book Version 5.2 By Richard Wilson [pic] 1 I truly believe that if you spend your time helping others get what they need and want the relationships you build will bring you what you need. In this spirit I’m offering the Hedge Fund Blog Book for free To date more than 125‚000 professionals have downloaded and read this book. 2 - Richard Wilson 3 4 5 6 Brought To You By:
Premium Hedge fund
the their first comics appearing in 1939. Up to the time of the case‚ the company had changed owners a few times‚ had ups and downs‚ and had built a large following by providing up to 60 periodicals per month which included comics like: Spiderman‚ Fantastic Four‚ and Iron Man along with about 4‚700 other characters. Decision Dilemna: What business model should Marvel Executives pursue to ensure continued growth? Analysis of Case Facts‚ Missing info and Contradictions: • There was a lot of talk
Premium Stan Lee Marvel Comics Comic book
Walmart: A Case Study in Strategy Sean Karrels Webster University Management 5650 Management and Strategy 2014 Professor Mike Gibbs September 20‚ 2014 Abstract As I sat down several weeks ago to begin writing this case study‚ I struggled with how I wanted to lay the paper out‚ however‚ when I opened Lee Scott’s 21st century leadership speech that was part of the required reading‚ the following quote struck me as the essence of the whole case study‚ so I would like to share it with you
Premium Wal-Mart Discount store
Introduction to International Business Review on Harvard Business Review CHINA VS THE WORLD Whose Technology Is It? by Thomas M. Hout and Pankaj Ghemawat‚ December 2010 In this review on the article “CHINA VS THE WORLD – Whose Technology Is It?” by Thomas M. Hout and Pankaj Ghemawat (Harvard Business Review‚ December 2010‚ Pages 95-103)‚ the main purpose is to critical evaluate the authors’ opinions and statements. The above-mentioned article deals with the subject of China being one
Premium People's Republic of China Corporation Market
* Snatches of remembered conversations. * Innocent statements can be assigned deep sinister meaning. – misinterpreted * Emails can be analyzed word by word Don’t speculate about the future. Treat employees like grown-ups (so:) * In case of layoff‚ share the performance data that makes reductions necessary. * Be extremely careful about making unequivocal statements such as * I have no hidden agenda * There won’t be any more layoffs * The time we’ve got it
Premium Management Leadership