# 2015 University of South Africa All rights reserved Printed and published by the University of South Africa Muckleneuk‚ Pretoria MNG3701/1/2015–2017 70245703 3B2 MNB-Style CONTENTS MODULE OVERVIEW (iv) LEARNING UNIT 1: Introduction to strategic management 1 LEARNING UNIT 2: Strategic management: the process and practice perspectives of strategy 18 LEARNING UNIT 3: Strategic analysis: analysing the external environment 36 LEARNING UNIT 4: Strategic analyis: analysing the internal environment
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Computers and Ubid. Creative Computers sold approximately 20% of its Internet auction subsidiary‚ Ubid‚ to the public at $15 per share. Ubid’s stock price closed the first day of trading at $48‚ giving Ubid a $439 million market capitalization. On dec 9‚ Creative Computers had a market capitalization of $ 232 million (22.75 * 10‚238‚703 outstanding shares) whereas Ubid’s market capitalization amounts to $439 million. This indicates that Ubid currently has a greater market value than the parent company
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Managing Business Operations Case Analysis: Blanchard Importing and Distributing Co. Inc. (HBS Case 9 - 673 - 033) Submitted by: Tushar Kothavale (130) NMIMS‚ FT MBA 2009-2011 1) Correct the Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) and Reorder point (ROP) quantities for each of the five items mentioned in the case. We first predict the annual demand for the year 1972 based on trend for 4 months of 1972 based on corresponding months of 1971. Calculations for Annual demand (R): The assumption made
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3 Strategic directions and strategic objectives Strategic direction-setting requires a company being more creative than its competitors in assessing what innovative and envisioning the future business landscape. Strategic objectives are utilized to operationalize the mission and it is developed to address the prioritized demands of the organization’s stakeholders. 3.1 Vision The vision of Lenovo is to create more innovative personal devices which people are inspired to have‚ a more attractive culture
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5 Dividends ........................................................................................................................................................ 9 Anti-dilution .................................................................................................................................................... 9 Vesting .......................................................................................................................................................... 11
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ECO 203 001 Principles of Macroeconomics Fall 2013 Chapter 4 Sample Questions Solve the following questions please. 1. The price elasticity of demand coefficient measures: A. buyer responsiveness to price changes. B. the extent to which a demand curve shifts as incomes change. C. the slope of the demand curve. D. how far business executives can stretch their fixed costs. 2. The basic formula for the price elasticity of demand coefficient is: A. absolute decline in quantity demanded/absolute
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Silic Case Report Title of case analysis: Case Silic Date: 2013/11/17 Summary: The Council of Ministers of the European Union approved regulation on applying IFRS for all companies‚ so Silic‚ a France-based investment property company‚ also faces the substantial impact on their accounting standards‚ needs to choose between historical-cost or fair-value accounting to report its investment properties according to IAS 40. Silic was a major and historical player on the French commercial-property
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1. How would you evaluate the capital budgeting method used historically by AES? What’s good and bad about it? Historically‚ the AES capital budgeting method primarily used the following assumptions: • All nonrecourse debt was regarded as good • Dividend cash flow were considered equally risky • Project was evaluated by the equity discount rate for the dividends from the project • A 12% discount rate was applied to all projects. The historical method is quite simplistic
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Executive summary The Ford Ka cannot be marketed to a specific demographic segment‚ as defined by traditional variables such as income‚ age‚ or marital status. Willingness to purchase the Ka was for the most part not dependent on membership in these traditional segments. Alternatively‚ we propose Ford develop a campaign toward a certain segment defined by attitudinal and psychographic variables. We plan to target this segment with tailored advertising campaigns addressing their unique worldview‚
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Banc One Case Analysis Case Summary Banc One has a problem with the alignment of two of its important strategies: (1) rapidly acquiring profitable banks and (2) sustaining high returns while mitigating interest rate risk. Banc One has been very successful in acquiring banks‚ and much of this is done through the sale/transfer of Banc One’s stock. This strategy relies heavily on Banc One’s ability to maintain a high stock price. The second
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