Course Schedule Class Themes Readings/Assignments 1 Introduction to Strategy Objective: Assess how firms create value and how they go about building and sustaining competitive advantage in different markets. Competencies: Quantitative Literacy Critical Thinking Week 1 October 3 – October 9‚ 2012 Required Reading • Collis‚ D.J.‚ & Montgomery‚ C.A. (1995‚ July/August). Competing on resources: Strategy in the 1990s. Harvard Business Review‚ 73 (4). (Custom Textbook (2012)‚ Managing Strategy
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Opportunities Sony’s opportunities include the following: • Reorganisation efforts to boost savings • Focus on BRIC economies helps long term growth • Partnership with FIFA to enhance corporate value Reorganisation efforts to boost savings ‘Sony undertook major reconstructing initiative in February 2009‚ reorganising its operations into two groups‚ one based around networked media products (games‚ computers‚ music-players‚ new mobile products and related services)‚ and the
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THE THE MIST COUNTRIES – Mexico‚ Indonesia‚ South Korea & Turkey: Are MIST countries becoming the new BRICs?: For many investors‚ Mexico‚ Indonesia‚ South Korea and Turkey have taken over from the BRICS becoming the four biggest emerging markets‚ and growing faster than their major rivals. BRIC inventor Jim O’Neil from Goldman Sachs proposed the new term MIST term for Mexico‚ Indonesia‚ South Korea and Turkey‚ which are the four biggest markets in the Goldman Sachs N-11 Equity Fund. The
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rate than the world economy (CIA). However the South African economy only began to show signs of benefit about four years later. Moreover with the addition of South Africa into the BRICS countries in 2010 (originally known as BRIC in 2001) brings opportunity to South Africans‚ who deal with the notion of globalization. (BRICS) South Africa has a tremendous amount of potential due to its abundance in natural resources such as gold‚ diamond‚ coal‚ natural gas and many other rare earth elements (CIA). Globalization
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Pouroullis–Chairman Manhattan Corporation 2. Bernstein A (2010) – The case for business in developing economies. 3. Mohr P (2010) – Understanding the Economy. 4. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_african_economy 5. http://www.southafrica.info/global/brics/brics-080411.htm#ixzz1uglGSh1P 6. http://www.southafrica.co.za/about-south-africa/economy 7. http://www.southafrica.co.za/about-south-africa/science-and-technology/
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solution implements 4 new Domain Controllers for the TRAVEL domain. These servers will eventually form the foundation of all Active Directory Services within RailCorp paving the way for decommission of all remaining Domain Controllers in both TRAVEL and BRIC domains. High level design points: • 2 domain controllers at IDC 2 servers for load balancing and site redundancy Domain Operations Master roles distributed between 2 servers Both servers configured as Global Catalogs • 2 domain
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in 2010 as the global economy improved. The Cosmetics Industry is divided into five segments; namely Skincare‚ Hair care‚ Make-up (colour)‚ Fragrance and Toiletries. All these segments are different but complementary and are therefore able to meet all customer beauty needs. The above beauty segments can also be further sub-divided into premium and mass production segments‚ according to the brand prestige‚ price and distribution channels used. Globally‚ the mass segment represents 72% of total
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partnerships with its suppliers to have current technology and to manage their bargaining power. 3. Global segment- One of Dell ’s focuses is the emerging markets‚ namely Brazil‚ Russia‚ India‚ and China (BRIC countries). They have introduced a new line of their desktops called the Vostro-A to meet this markets ’ needs‚ which are low cost PC ’s that provide basic functions such as web-surfing‚ e-mail‚ and word processing. Five Industry Forces Intensity of Rivalry Among Competitors-
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Passport 3) Population Population Reference Bureau – 2012 World Population Data sheets P. 9 The BRICS Report Oxford Report P.2 (2012) BRICS-MONTLY Goldman Sachs Global Economics‚ Commodities and Strategy Research 2010 Variable 2 Market growth The BRICS Report Oxford P. 35 (2012) Variable 2 Market growth 1) Purchasing Power (GDP/Person[capita=per head]) The BRICS Report Oxford P.35 (2012) SWEET AND SAVOURY SNACKS IN SOUTH AFRICA Euromonitor International (2011)
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Practice Quiz (See related pages) The correct answer for each question is indicated by a . Top of Form 1 CORRECT What best describes the separation of ownership and control? A) Shareholders own stocks but do not run the company. B) Shareholders can freely trade the company stocks. C) Shareholders provide necessary information to the company. D) Managers control the company but may also have stock ownership. Feedback: LO: 12-01 Topic: Strategic Management and the Role of Business
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