GLOBAL COMPETITIVE STRATEGY (MGMT 6543) PROFESSOR: Dr. BROWN NAME: PATEL CHIRAG (B00040617) CASE TEMPLATE: THE HOME DEPOT ` (Current Situation‚ External Environment‚ Internal Environment‚ Analysis of Strategic Factors‚ Strategic Issues‚ Strategic Alternatives and Recommendations‚ Evaluation and Control and Summary) [pic] THE HOME DEPOT Case Notes Template I. Current Situation Comments |
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MGMT 407 HOME DEPOT ANALYSIS- CASE 1 Home Depot: Building Towards Success 1. The Home Depot gives back through volunteerism‚ philanthropy‚ product donations and sharing expertise. The Home Depot is in the home improvement business and their goal is to provide the highest level of service‚ the broadest selection of products and the most competitive prices. Home Depot is a values-driven company. The above sentence is the mission statement of The Home Depot. The mission statement itself
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Home Depot‚ Inc. Home Depot‚ Inc. is the world’s largest home improvement retailer with sales last fiscal year topping $74 billion (Figure 1). Home depot sells a wide inventory of products ranging from building materials and home improvement products to lawn and garden products. In addition it provides various home improvement services including bathroom and kitchen installation. Its main consumer base consists of do-it-yourself consumers- those homeowners
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Set up in the late 1970s‚ Home Depot grew rapidly over the 1980s and early 1990s‚ adding stores at the average annual rate of 20 percent. In the late 1990s‚ the company’s comparable store growth rate began declining. It was also experiencing operational difficulties due to its tardiness in developing systems to manage its rapid growth. In this situation‚ the board decided to bring new leadership to the company that can focus on new technologies‚ build efficiencies and reallocate resources while keeping
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INTRODUCTION Home Depot‚ Inc. first opened its doors in June of 1979 in Atlanta‚ Georgia under the owners of Bernie Marcus and Arthur Blank. They had the vision of a one-stop shop for every need a do-it-yourself customer might have. The first few stores were around 60‚000 square feet and they used empty boxes to give the illusion of more products on their shelves. Home Depot quickly became a popular home improvement warehouse throughout the country and revolutionized the do-it-yourself industry. Home Depot’s
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FINANCIAL ANALYSIS END TERM PROJECT The Home Depot Inc. Submitted by: Janmey Patel (202)
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Home depot Case Study analysis 1) In the case of Home Depot‚ I feel the two values that seem more concurrent are Universalism and Benevolence. Through the very tough economic conditions Frank Blake remained very loyal to his staff‚ he took care of them during the market downfall by lowering sales and profit target that hourly employees were to meet to receive bonuses. This inspired workers to want to meet goals that were much more realistic‚ and had great rewards. This also generated a higher
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La diferencia entre una empresa que se maneja bajo un concepto y una que no‚ puede traducirse en la diferencia que marque que una empresa venda sus acciones en el equivalente de hasta 20 veces sus ganancias y una que lo haga 10 veces Home Depot; 27-28 veces 60‚000 – 80.000 pies de espacio en cada tienda Empresa fundada en 1978 por Bernard Marcus y Arthur Blank es ahora dominante en promociones y precios en su giro. Tuvieron la visión de adaptar la venta de almacén a la industria de artículos
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The Home Depot is the largest home improvement retailer in the Unites states with 2252 stores across the globe and the fourth largest retailer. Home Depot is a Fortune 500 company currently ranked number 35.The home depot was founded in 1978 by Bernie Marcus‚ Arthur Blank and Pat Farrah.Today‚ Home Depot‘s stores stock up to 35000 different kinds of building materials and lawn and garden products. The chief executive officer (CEO) and chairman of Home Depot is Frank Blake .Headquarter of Home Depot
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Team Project #1 Home Depot‚ Inc. in the New Millennium (HBS 9-101-117) Question 1. Assess Home Depot’s financial performance from 1986 to 1999. What explains the decline in performance in 2000? (See Question #1 Exhibit) The slowing economy in 2000 combined with Home Depot’s aggressive expansion efforts was the reason for Home Depot’s poor financial performance. Between June 1999 and May 2000‚ the FED had raised interest rates six times – or a total of 1.75 percentage points – in an effort
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