Problem Statement: As a manager of The Lego Group I think the main problem that Lego faces is maintaining its competitive advantage and growth in the complex toy industry. Lego must identify a clear expansion plan to respond to the external (business) threats such as intense competition and new product innovations‚ changes in the toy industry with mergers and acquisitions and legal battles as well as maintain efficient internal operations in terms of supply chain and logistics in order to keep up
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Executive Summary Since LEGO Group’s (LEGO) inception in 1932‚ the world-famous toy maker overcame numerous challenging obstacles to become the leader in the building toy segment. By 2010‚ LEGO had witnessed all-time high annual sales of over US$3.7 billion to become the fourth-largest toy manufacturer in the world. Upon analysis of LEGO’s strengths through Resource-Based View‚ LEGO holds few key competitive advantages attributed to their success: strong brand name and innovative culture. These traits
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The Lego Group was founded in 1932 and has gone through hard times during the 1990s and 2000s‚ however they are going on a growth trajectory following a turnaround in 2005. With the high growth of the company‚ LEGO has a few issues and challenges in hand that require to be resolve for the company to enhance their growth potential. Q1. Porter 5 Forces Level of rivalry The overall level of rivalry may be seen as relatively high. Lego occupies a firm position in the market for construction toys
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trying to test the visibility on line of the Lego company without using the term “lego” in my search‚ as I consider to be a new customers that wanted to buy new toys and there for not knowing the company. One the first part I have implement different criteria on my search connected to the word “toys” or something similar to it‚ to see the results and to see how close to the top would Lego appear. To say that I was surprised to see that one of the largest toys manufactures in the world wouldn’t even
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Log for mm215……………………………………………………………….…..17 Executive Summary LEGO Group began in the workshop of Ole Kirk Christiansen‚ and has a long history which started with making wooden toys‚ plastic toys and then getting to the famous brick. Because of the foreign competition‚ many companies‚ including LEGO‚ had to reevaluate their strategies to regain competitive advantage. As a consequence‚ the current corporate vision in Lego energizes all employees. Furthermore‚ the bond between them and top
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Situation Analysis: * The construction toy market is worth $600 million * Lego is a $1.6 billion business in the construction toy market spread across 130 countries * Lego enjoys 80% of market share in the North American market * Lego is as an esteem brand and is looked upon not only as a toy company but also a company with toys that develop learning and new skills * Due to competitors like Mega Bloks Inc.‚ Hasbro etc. Lego started losing market share * Some of the major reasons
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The LEGO Group: working with strategy. Date : 03 March 2012 Programme : BTECH-MANAGEMENT IV Question 1 Explain how the development of strategy at the LEGO Group reflect the key characteristics of strategic management outlined in section 1.2 and in the model in Figure 1.4? “Strategy is the long-term direction of an organization” (Johnson‚ Whittington and Scholes‚ 2011‚ p.3). The LEGO Group started with the manufacture of stepladders‚ ironing boards‚ stools and wooden toys and has
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REBRANDING LEGO 1 BSc (IM) 6th semester‚ Bachelor Thesis Authors: Binh Thi Le Supervisor: Berit Kamp REBRANDING LEGO. AN ANALYSIS OF CAUSES AND SOLUTIONS IMPLEMENTED. Department of Marketing and Statistics Aarhus School of Business [02nd May 2011] REBRANDING LEGO Abstract 2 This paper describes the seven-year rebranding process undergone by the LEGO Group in between 2004 and 2010. In the first part of the paper there is a focus on describing the relevant literature concerning
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CSR & Sustainability Case Study The LEGO Group CSR & Sustainability Case Study The LEGO Group Introduction The LEGO Group is a privately held company based in Billund‚ Denmark. It was founded in 1932 by Ole Kirk Kristiansen‚ initially a small carpenter’s workshop (Lego Group‚ 2011). It has since grown into a modern‚ global enterprise that is now‚ in terms of sales‚ the world’s fourth-largest manufacturer of toys (Keynote‚ 2010). The LEGO Groups core product is a line of plastic
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