Case 2: Nucor Corporation: Competing Against Low-cost Steel Imports The Company‚ Nucor Corporation‚ started its operation in nuclear instrument and electronics business in early 1950s to early 1960s. Facing bankruptcy‚ the board of directors opted for a new leadership and appointed Kenneth Iverson as president and CEO. He concluded that to be able to avert bankruptcy is to exit the nuclear instrument and electronics business and rebuild the company around its subsidiary‚ Vulcraft‚ which is engaged
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Situation Analysis Introduction This case study is concerned with HTC Corporation‚ an international Smartphone and technology manufacturer. Though HTC is a recent player in the technology market‚ its ability to produce highly technical and innovative solutions to real world technology problems‚ primarily through the design and introduction of the Smartphone‚ has made the company a global leader in the Smartphone market. Problematically‚ the highly volatile nature of this market has seen HTC’s
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Value The Value Delivery Process HTC is one of the leading manufacturers of smartphones. One of the HTC’s key selling points is its ability to enhance the user experience through applications. Since HTC has redesigned their products with the accordance of Google’s Operating System‚ its market share has been increased rapidly. Yet they are designing the high-end smartphones in the industry that are equipped with most advance features in the market. HTC Corp. has decided to become a recognized
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distinctive competencies‚ first discussed by (1957) and (1965)‚ was further reiterated by and (1990). In their analysis‚ key resources‚ skills and technologies are called core competencies. The following takes the Integrated Electronics (Intel) case and analyses the giant digital company’s core competencies by way of the three epochs that it has gone through since 1968. EPOCH I This first era that Intel has gone through‚ specifically between the years 1968 and 1985‚ has displayed
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HTC Corp. in 2009 1. Analysis of HTC’s Performance to Date (as of 2009) Delivering high quality products to the market‚ HTC has performed very well as a mobile handset provider by 2009. It seems that HTC’s change in marketing strategy to gain brand awareness was successful at that moment. Although increased cost on R&D weighs on its financial status‚ overall status of the company is still healthy enough. However‚ there are still several issues which the company has to address to achieve
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HTC quickly emerged on the smartphone scene with the remarkable success of The Sense‚ one of its first models‚ and broke many industry sales records. People were asking‚ “Who is HTC?” Our research indicates that HTC’s rapid rise to success was because of innovation and technological capabilities. Even though the HTC brand was not widely recognized‚ its smartphones were generating interest. In our primary research‚ we discovered that some people owned an HTC phone but did not know that HTC was the
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ALZA and Bio-Electro Systems 1. ALZA‚ a pharmaceutical company that has led the industry for over a decade‚ has been largely successful due to their unique technical innovation. Rather than specializing in discovering new drugs and treatments for medical conditions‚ ALZA instead focuses their pharmaceutical talents on developing new methods to deliver drugs to patients. From skin patches to time released capsules‚ ALZA captures their market by providing their technologies to all major pharmaceutical
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HTC- Something Beautiful Is Coming Internal Analysis History and Growth HTC was founded in 1997 by Cher Wang and her husband. Wang wanted to manufacture personal digital assistance under contact of established brands. However‚ the company failed to convince buyers. Instead remained focused on contract manufacturer’s mobile phones according to its customer’s strategic priorities. Cher approaches the business with the eyes of the customer.HTC had nututred contacts into valuable business relationships
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Case Study: Merit Enterprise Corp March 19‚ 2013 After careful review Merit Enterprise Corp case study the pros of option 1: (assuming that JP Morgan Chase will continue to extend season credit lines and medium term loans.) First‚ it would keep Merit Enterprise as a private company. Secondly‚ Merit’s would have the right of non-disclosure. Private companies are not required to disclose details about their operations. Third‚ Merit Enterprise does not have to answer to shareholders if the stock
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Assignment 1.3: Case Study: Merit Enterprise Corp Sara Lehn‚ chief financial officer of Merit Enterprise Corp.‚ was reviewing her presentation one last time before her upcoming meeting with the board of directors. Merit’s business had been brisk for the last two years‚ and the company’s CEO was pushing for a dramatic expansion of Merit’s production capacity. Executing the CEO’s plans would require $4 billion in capital in addition to $2 billion in excess cash that the firm had built up. Sara’s
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