CASE #4: 3M Canada: Industrial Business Division PROBLEM RECOGNITION * The target is to increase growth rate from 3-5% to 12-15% in 18 months * OEM market is mature with limited prospects of expansion * Ultimately shifting overall focus from OEM market to MRO market * High unfamiliarity and low exposure to the MRO market * IBD’s share of distributor sales was 2% of distributors’ revenue * Transitioning focus from Special and Niche accounts to Large National accounts
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There are many ways a corporation can be classified; however the best way to classify a corporation is by knowing the characteristics that makes a corporation. The unique characteristics of corporations are consist of limited liability of stockholders‚ free transferability of shares‚ perpetual existence‚ and centralized management. In relation to John Marshall who is the chief justice in 1819 defined corporation as an artificial being‚ invisible‚ intangible‚ and existing only in contemplation of
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Drypers Corporation National Television Advertising Campaign Factual Summary: Current Time Period Late 1997 - Company never used the television advertising in its 10 yrs. Of history. - $ 10 million is the budgeted amount for the television advertising through out the nation. - This increases company’s advertising & promotion budget by 33% - Estimated retail sales per child up to age of 30 months are $ 1012.50 - Disposable diapers & training pants are distributed through grocery stores
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The Boeing Corporation is the world’s leading aerospace company and the largest manufacturer of commercial jetliners and military aircraft combined. Additionally‚ Boeing designs and manufactures rotorcraft‚ electronic and defense systems‚ missiles‚ satellites‚ launch vehicles and advanced information and communication systems. As a major service provider to NASA‚ Boeing operates the Space Shuttle and International Space Station. The company also provides numerous military and commercial airline
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Objective of the study The primary objective of the study is to gain practical insights of the business world. Case analysis truly fulfills this objective. It is one of the most general and applicable methods of analytical thinking‚ depending only on the division of a problem‚ decision or situation into a sufficient number of separate cases. The derived objectives of this particular case study of ‘Zimmer Holdings (A): Acquisition of Centerpulse‚ Switzerland’ are the following: * To ascertain
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Assignment File 37 Assignment 4 Due date: 7 June 2010 Read the case ’ Strategic and Organizational Change at Black & Decker ’ and answer the questions below. Each question carries 25% of the marks for this assignment. Questions How would you characterize Black & Decker ’s international expansion during the 1950s and 1960s? What strategy was the company pursuing? What was the key feature of the international organization structure that Black & Decker operated with at this time? Did Black
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also necessary for the ferrying of manufactured products to the suppliers or clients. This paper is going to explore the transport logistics of Target Corporation‚ also known as Target‚ and propose a Transport Improvement Plan (TIP) that would help to improve the supply chain of the company. Background Information of the Company Target Corporation is an award-winning retail giant and one of the largest retail stores in the United States of America. The idea of the business started with a New York
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Cannondale Corporation a Case-Study In 1971 Joseph Montgomery set out to build a company that would be a leader in the cycling community. Not only did the Cannondale Corporation become a leader‚ but the dominating manufacturer of performance mountain bikes. As any business student graduating from Cal State Hayward would know‚ the following questions must be raised; How did Cannondale reach the top? Can they sustain their position? What are the key strategic issues‚ both the internal and the external
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MULTINATIONAL CORPORATION • Multinational entities have played a role in international trade for several centuries. • Multinational operations can be traced back several centuries to the British and Dutch trading companies. • After the above declined‚ the European overseas investments‚ mainly in the extractive industries dominated international trade. • The phenomenon as it is known today is the result of the lead taken by U.S. based companies in the post World War II period. Western
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