1. Oil is a commodity good which has no product differentiation. Thus the price is quite the same around the world. The supply of oil is abundant but many major oil-rich countries set up the group‚ OPEC‚ and act as monopoly. OPEC can set output and then play a vital role in world oil price. World demand of oil is increasing especially in non-oecd countries although there are alternative resources. Thus‚ as long as there is demand‚ the price will continue to go up. 2. The bases of competitive advantages
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Case 7: Global Apparel Industry 1) How did globalization change the ‘rule of the game’ in the apparel industry? What it means for a company like Zara? Traditionally‚ national retailers outsource apparel production‚ via global brokers‚ to thousands of small apparel makers. Globalization created options for countries and companies in the apparel industry. Improving technology‚ sourcing‚ and production systems let innovative apparel makers compress cycle time. Shortening process time increases efficiencies
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Strategic groups of Sopura Silk Strategic groups: Companies in an industry often differ from each other with respect to factors such as distribution channels used‚market segments served‚product quality‚technological leadership‚customer service‚pricing policy‚advertising policyand promotions.Within most industries it is possible to observe groups companies in which each member follows the same basic strategy different from the one followed by companies in other groups.These groups of companies are
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Strategic Discussion on U.S Airline Industry Discussion Question 1: Use the model of the general environment (Chapter 2‚ Table 2.1) to evaluate the opportunities and threats facing the U.S. airline industry and Southwest Airlines in particular. What are the key opportunities and threats? The health of the overall U.S airline industry is still tenuous in-spite of the passenger traffic volumes returning to pre-9/11 levels. A survey estimated that from 2001 through 2003‚ the US airline industry
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and consequences global forces have‚ by using the PESTEL framework. This framework is used to help form a strategic analysis of the macro-environment; the outside factors beyond the control of a company. It categorises the environmental influences into six groups: political‚ economical‚ socio-cultural‚ technological‚ environmental and legal; making up the acronym PESTEL. Analysis Political factors Europe has traditionally been seen as the centre of the beer brewing industry. However‚ the level
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the development of a textile industry contributes to economic growth in the global economy. Because textile manufacturing is a labor-intensive industry‚ developing countries are able to utilize their labor surplus to enter the market and begin the process of building an industrial economy. Emerging economies then look outward to develop an export strategy based on their comparative advantage in labor costs. Textile production and consumption is an increasingly global affair as production continues
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NOTES | LEVEL | THREAT OF NEW ENTRANTS | -Inexistence of legal entry barriers;-High initial investments in the industry;-Existence of economies of scale;-Inexistence of switching costs for costumers. | MEDIUM | THREAT OF SUBSTITUTES | -There are no switching costs for costumers;-High interest in exotic products; | HIGH | BARGAINING POWER OF SUPPLIERS | -European packaging industry is highly concentrated;-There are no substitutes for the packaging input. | HIGH | BARGAINING POWER OF COSTUMERS
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Identify and describe three strategies you can use to manage your time. Create a Prioritised to do list. To do this‚ first you must identify the goals or current tasks and list them. Then you must prioritise them on a scale of 1 to …. (1 as the most important)‚ considering urgency and difficulty. Create a work Schedule. This is a list of tasks that have all been allocated a timeframe in which to be completed or contributed to. These schedules can be reviewed and also set out on a daily‚ weekly or
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Body Shop International‚ which is traded in the London Stock Exchange as BOS and more commonly known as The Body Shop‚ is founded by Anita Perella Roddick. During the 1970s‚ when Anita and her now-husband Gordon Roddick were visiting San Francisco‚ they came across this particular store on Berkeley‚ which was selling different skin care products. This store‚ which was called "The Body Shop" and was founded by two locals‚ was also publicly promoting their fight against certain environmental concerns
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child. Parents are encouraged to share ideas on the planning and decision making. A lot of settings‚ have open mornings where the parents are invited into the setting to share experiences with their children in a different environment from home. Identify
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