Date: August 23‚ 2010 To: Professor Kopka From: Veronica Salas Subject: Strategic Analysis for McDonalds EXTERNAL AND INTERNAL ENVIRONMENTAL ANALYSIS External Analysis There are two conditions that are most significant in McDonald’s external environment that are: 1. The new trend in which customers are changing fast –food restaurants to healthier ones. 2. The arising competition to achieve growth in this industry. The fast-food industry is very complex and saturated. The key
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Executive Summary Sony Mobile Communications is a multinational mobile phone company and is a subsidiary of Sony Corporation. Problem Recognition Chart 1: Smartphone Operating Sales in Q4 2011 [pic]Source: Gartner 2011 Sony has been developing solid phones for more than a decade now‚ however‚ it has not been very successful in the smart phone industry. Referring to Chart 1‚ Sony only has 5% of the market share of the smart phone sales during 4th quarter of 2011. The lack of market share is
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Corporation Sony - Company information Sony Company was founded in 1946 in Tokyo physicist Akio Morita and Masaru Ibuka engineer. The company consisted of 20 employees‚ they were engaged in the repair of electrical equipment and tried to create their own products. At that moment‚ any development and production have been hampered. Because of the post-war limits on the consumption of electricity has consistently exceeded this limit and "Tokyo Research Laboratory" kicked out of their official location
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prefer to use my reference to Sony Corporation. I will refer to this company how it has diversify its market products‚ the price range‚ places for distribution and the promotional strategies they have used to promote their products. SONY Corporation In Brief Sony Corporation is a multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Tokyo‚ Japan‚ and one of the world’s largest media conglomerate with revenue of US$88.7 billion (as of 2008) based in Minato‚ Tokyo. Sony is one of the leading manufacturers
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Joint Venture and Diversification 3.3. Restructuring 4. Today’s Sony 5. Recommendation 6. Conclusion 7. Reference 1. Executive Summary Sony started the business as a small electronics shop and after 67 years hard works‚ Sony has became one of leading entertainment company in the world now. Keep innovate on new technology is one of the core element to make continue success of Sony. Moreover‚ Sony has became a global conglomerate corporate group‚ so to keep organization
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Introduction This report has been prepared towards the completion of the Organizational Behavior Case Study 1. The report is an evaluation of the organization structure implemented in Sony when Howard Stringer joined as CEO in October 2005. The transition Stringer made of Sony’s organization structure was from Transnational structural to a multidivisional structure. Hence‚ this transition has been analyzed in detail. In conclusion‚ it can be seen that the stock share value has increased during 2005-2007
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Vertical Integration Back in 2002‚ Sony geared themselves toward a vertical strategy as reported by Rob Weisenthal‚ VP and CFO of Sony Corp. of America‚ “Under the USA umbrella‚ we undertook a number of vertical initiatives for each operating division. These have already produced significant operational streamlining and financial performance improvements.” As discussed in his release‚ Weisenthal talked about Sony Pictures Entertainment and their strategy to restructure television operations‚ where
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The Evolution Of Sony PlayStation The gaming industry at one time mocked‚ know a steady increasing industry. Just think it all started from a man named Ralph Bear. Mr. Bear released Magnavox Odyssey in 1972‚ unlike conventional systems today it was powered by batteries. One of their mistakes was misleading consumers into believing that the Odyssey would only on Magnavox televisions. It did‚ however‚ prove that consoles for the home could be designed. He list goes on from Atari Pong‚ Magnavox Odyssey
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Brian T Castagna Wilmington University BBM 402 Sony Case Study 1. Sony had been so successful in the past with the Walkman‚ Playstation‚ and other electronics because they were innovative and new for their time. They helped reshape the music and gaming industry as we know it today. Without such developments‚ technology might not be where it is today. Sony’s competition was also vastly different. At the time of the Walkman‚ there were no other major competitors and the purchase of CBS Records
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Sony Corporation Business in New Asia Prof. Wiboon Meijuan Xu overview of Contents • Brief environmental analysis of the company’s current situation • Brief explanation of the decision(s) facing them • Brief recommendation of what they should do Overview of company • COMPANY: Sony‚ a company founded in 1946 with one of the most famous global brand names. • SONY’S DNA: A distinctive will and drive to generate new value • MAIN BUSINESSES: Sony operates primarily as a consumer electronics firm
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