Olin Business School Washington University S-02-001 Published: 2002 Revised: 2009 Disney Corporate Strategy (A) Barbarians at the Magic Kingdom’s Gate* Introduction The next big takeover fight – and it would be a beauty – may involve Walt Disney Productions. By the time you get this issue‚ Disney’s defense strategy may already be unfolding. But it will produce no quick victory for Disney even if a white knight comes along‚ and even if the principle attacker‚ Saul Steinberg‚ can be bought
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INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND Ikea Svenska AB‚ founded in 1943 is the world ’s largest furniture retailer which specializes in stylish but inexpensive Scandinavian designed furniture. It has 128 fully-owned stores in 26 countries‚ visited by over 108 million people yearly and worldwide sales of about $5.4 billion in 1994. IKEA ’s success in the retail industry can be attributed to its vast experience in the retail market‚ product differentiation‚ and cost leadership. The company is‚ perhaps‚ one of
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IWAY right way? IKEA is to furniture what Wal-Mart is to food: a supermarket whose strategy is primarily based on low prices. As a group project‚ I worked on Wal-Mart and was astounded by the negative image associated with the company. IKEA seems to stand at the other end of the spectrum in people’s mind. Newsweek once released an article nicknaming the Swedish Company‚ the "Teflon multinational‚" one to which social criticism does not stick. Does IKEA deserve its positive aura? How to explain
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A business-level strategy is an integrated and coordinated set of commitments and actions that firms use to gain a competitive advantage by exploiting core competencies in specific product market. Only firms that continuously upgrade their competitive advantages over time are able to achieve long-term success with their business-level strategy. Effective management of customer relationships help the firms answer questions related to the issues of who‚ what‚ and how. Customers are the foundation
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Ikea’s strategy toward Corporate Social Responsibility. Corporate social responsibility is a concept that is becoming increasingly important and these days seems like a necessary condition to do business. There appears to be an infinite number of definitions of CSR across academia‚ varying from the simplistic to the complex and includes a range of related terms and ideas- including corporate citizenship‚ corporate sustainability‚ corporate social investment‚ socially responsible investment‚ business
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assets of Williams & Sons‚ Inc a Seattle Jeweller including a website established by that business. In June 1999‚ they changed their name to Internet Diamonds‚ Inc. In November 1999 the Blue Nile brand was launched and changed to Blue Nile‚ Inc with corporate head office located in Seattle‚ Washington USA. Blue Nile.com (2008) The Blue Nile “business has grown considerably where for the 2007 fiscal year they reported revenue of $319 million (USD)‚ an increase of 23.8% compared to 2006 fiscal year result
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BUSINESS-LEVEL STRATEGY By Alan S. Gutterman 1 Abstract Growth is a key goal and objective for emerging companies and management must carefully determine the best way to combine the core competencies within a firm’s functional departments to provide the firm with the best opportunity for achieving and sustaining a competitive advantage in its chosen environment. This report focuses on the process of setting business level-strategy‚ which includes (1) selecting the domain(s) in which
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Corporate social responsibility is considering the impact of the company’s actions on society. There are 4 components of CSR such as economic‚ legal‚ ethical and philanthropic responsibilities. For IKEA‚ they are using more philanthropic responsibilities in their organization which is being a good corporate citizen and providing programs to support community – education‚ human services/health and culture. There are millions of refugee children without a safe place to call home. There are millions
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Federica Zuccon To my beloved parents: thanks for your support and inspiration! Thanks also to all my friends and boyfriend for your warmth and love! Dinara Izmaylova ii ABSTRACT Nowadays‚ an increasing number of global retailers such as IKEA‚ Carrefour and Auchan‚ are expanding their business internationally: internationalization is seen as a way to face competitors as well as to enhance position on the market. In particular‚ emerging markets are becoming a fertile field for investing
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Corporate Strategy and Decision Making Lecture 3: Rational and Administrative Models of Decision The rational decision model Under the rational model of decision making‚ the assumption is made that participants have agreed in advance that making a decision is the right process to follow and that the rules and language of decision making are understood by all. The rational model aims at making optimal decisions on the basis of a careful evaluation of alternative courses of action. Depending on
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