AN UNDERSTANDING OF THE COMPLEX PROCESS OF CULTURE BUILDING IN AN ORGANIZATION AND ACROSS BORDERS – USING THE EXAMPLE OF IKEA BACHELOR THESIS Authors: Emilie Martens (19860203) Tobias Mauelshagen (19810623) Course: IBO 348 – VT 2007 Examiner and Tutor: Richard Nakamura Växjö universitet Ekonomihögskolan 31st of May 2007 ABSTRACT i Abstract Nowadays‚ companies face many difficulties due to the much competitive environment they have to evolve in. Therefore‚ multinational ones
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IKEA – THE GLOBAL RETAILER IKEA may be the world’s most successful global retailer. Established by Ingvar Kamprad in Sweden in 1943 when he was just 17 years old‚ today the homefurnishing superstore has grown into a global cult brand with 230 stores in 33 countries that host 410 million shoppers a year and generate sales of €14.8 billion (±R141 billion). Kamprad himself‚ who still owns the private company‚ is rumoured to be the world’s richest man. IKEA’S target market is the global middle class
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INSTRUCTOR’S RESOURCE MANUAL to accompany Operations and Supply Management – The Core Second Edition Prepared by F. Robert Jacobs ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I am indebted to all of my colleagues who have contributed to this manual. Very few of the ideas contained in here are totally original. Thanks much to all of you for spending so much time discussing how you do things in class and allowing me to share your ideas in this manual. F. Robert Jacobs i TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction Videos
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practical application to IKEA. INTRO: So far‚ this subject has highlighted the necessity to understand cultural differences when conducting business dealings with people from different nationalities. The occurrence of these dealings will only become more and more frequent due to globalisation. IKEA is an example of an organisation that was formed from strict ‘Swedish’ values and beliefs and has used these values in every aspect of the organisations global success. The gist of the IKEA philosophy is ‘to
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HOW HAVAINAS BECAME A GLOBAL BRAND 1) What are the needs and wants associated with Havaianas’ marketing strategy? The first want is to be a basic holiday sandal that everybody has to have . That’s why it’s important to keep the same price‚ in this way everybody is able to buy it. Thay also want to be considerate as a sandal which can be wear in all circumstances. One of needs is to stay the sandal’s reference in Brazil but also all over the world. That’s why to show celebrities wearing the
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Instructor’s Manual CASE TEACHING NOTES Barclaycard1 Bernardo Bátiz-Lazo and Nurdilek Hacialioglu with contributions by Jarunee Wonglimpiyarat and Douglas Wood 1. Introduction The case study is concerned with how a long-standing market leader tries to maintain market share and develop its business in an industry undergoing significant change. Students are challenged to formulate‚ evaluate and compare a range of strategic options and to choose the best way forward for Barclaycard 2.
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IKEA has created a global brand focused on low prices and contemporary designs. In 2009‚ Interbrand ranked IKEA 28th on its list of the top 100 global brands (# 35 in 2008 indicating 10% increase in brand value over just year). IKEA’s success is attributed to its vast experience in the furniture retail market‚ its product differentiation and cost leadership. The brand Ikea has become iconic in consumers’ minds. CEO‚ Anders Dahlvig‚ states “the awareness of our brand is much bigger than the size of
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at prices so low that the majority of people can afford to buy them (IKEA 1994). The company targets the customer who is looking for value and is willing to do a little bit of work serving themselves‚ transporting the items home and assembling the furniture for a better price. The typical Ikea customer is young low to middle income family. 2. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Swedish Company IKEA was the world ’ s largest furniture retailer since the early 1990s. It sold inexpensive furniture of Scandinavian design
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Stuart Chambers & Robert Johnston 2007 Instructor’s Manual Operations Management Fifth edition Nigel Slack Stuart ChambersRobert Johnston For further instructor materialplease visit: www.pearsoned.co.uk/slack ISBN-13: 978-0-273-70850-6 / ISBN-10: 0-273-70850-3 Pearson Education Limited 2007 Lecturers adopting the main text are permitted to download the manual as required. 2© Nigel Slack‚ Stuart Chambers & Robert Johnston 2007 Pearson Education Limited Edinburgh GateHarlowEssex CM20 2JEEnglandandAssociated
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