Dell‚ Inc. Case Study First: Problem Diagnosis: Over the years‚ Dell has devised very successful strategies to increase customer loyalty and reduce costs. However with the passage of time‚ the company has failed to have a proactive approach to capitalize the opportunities provided by the environment and sustained its competitive advantage. 1. Use of the direct selling approach: This approach has been the main competitive advantage of Dell over the years‚ which enabled the company to create strong
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Wal-Mart’s exponential buying power is forcing smaller‚ local rivals out of business and is driving factories out of America. This results in job loss and the destruction of established business communities stunting the economic development of the retail sector. According to Smith’s “Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of the Nations” (1776)‚ free competition is the only regulator that allows the individual’s pursuit of self interest to be directed towards the total benefit of society
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Wal-Mart Needs a Conscience Wal-Mart‚ one of the world’s top 500 companies‚ is famous for its low prices. As a premier company‚ Wal-Mart has served as a fantastic business model to many growing companies. Because Wal-Mart provides many job opportunities‚ the American unemployment rate is also reducing gradually. However‚ Wal-Mart practices “aggressive policies” (Featherstone) against its workers and labor unions that represent them. The vast majority of Wal-Mart employees‚ except for executives
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Conclusion/Recommendation To: Professor Steven Cates‚ GB 520 class‚ and To Whom It May Concern Date: 3-20-2009 Re: Wal-Mart: Human Resources Project Proposal For this course project I have chosen a company that I am very familiar with and have first hand knowledge of‚ Wal-Mart Stores‚ Inc. My plans for this project are to first gather information concerning Wal-Mart’s human resource practices‚ policies‚ and functions by using my access as an Assistant Manager to research materials. Through
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Case Study 2: Johnnie Walker 1. What would be the best way for competition to react to such an internationally successful advertising campaign? In reacting to the advertising campaign‚ the competition has a challenge due to the Johnnie Walker brand already being a well-known and famous brand. As the Johnnie Walker brand is already iconic‚ if a competitive brand were to try and challenge the ‘keep walking’ campaign their efforts may be lost due to overwhelming support of Johnnie Walker. Therefore
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Case Study : Clean Edge Razor - The evaluation of Possible Solution Niche Market Launch PROs CONs *Cost for advertising‚ consumer and trade promotion is lower compare to mainstream. *Huge market to explore – Emotional Shaver makes 39% of nondisposable razor user *The advantage of being enter to niche market is by conquering the small portion of market its easier to control the customer buying response and also easy to evaluate customer feedback. By then‚ it also can improve more in the future
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significant upstream inefficiencies which created rework downstream. Limited metrics were used to monitor flow of information. Apart from issues such as Training and Workload management it was observed that existing system functionality was not being utilized. There were data integrity issues throughout the process. Business Solution Detailed end-to-end process mapping from origination to loan servicing was done and 150+ process maps developed. A base lining and benchmarking exercise was carried out and
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Case Study # 1 – Sunspot Inc. 1. What are the most likely benefits of forming strategic supply alliances with Sunspot’s key suppliers? I believe that it is important to realize that a strategic alliance or partnership is solely depended on trust and faith in the relationship between all involved in simultaneous stages should not change or use those stages for their own advantage without consideration of the organization involved. Some of the advantages would be: - Developing competences and learning
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Individual Case Study 1 1. How do information technologies contribute to the business success of Sew What? Inc.? Give several examples from the case regarding the business value of information technology that demonstrate this conclusion. The success of Sew What? has been due to the major contributions of information technologies since Duckett decided to expanded the business to a more global clientele after she lost a contract due to the fact that she didn’t have a website that added credibility
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The central purpose of writing this Case Study Analyses on The Gap‚ Inc. is to identify and isolate key issues and their underlying implications and offer practical solutions and plans for implementing those solutions. This will be done by highlighting the social influences that influence the Gap‚ Inc. marketing strategy‚ segmentation strategies with respect to distinct retail markets‚ and positioning strategies that can be used or changed in a retail setting‚ as requested in the course assignment
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