1. Conduct an industry (five forces) and environmental (PESTEL) analysis of the watch industry When Swatch emerged in 1983‚ it was a prime time to enter the watch industry. Existing rivalry and the threat of new entrants were medium‚ allowing Swatch to thrive. Not one of the many competitors held more than 15% of the total global market‚ thereby creating medium concentration. In addition‚ cost conditions‚ excess capacity and exit barriers‚ and product differentiation were also medium. Although
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Learning task 2: Report Due Date Week 6 Weight 30% Length 12 to 14 pages excluding cover and reference page You will be responsible for identifying and researching one eminent creator – someone who has become known for being passionately creative. They could be a scientist‚ inventor‚ or entrepreneur. You may choose someone from the business world or from any area of life for this report. The person need not be famous per se‚ but must have made many significant contributions
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Coca-cola‚ Nike‚ Mercedes‚ and Levi’s... all of them are well known companies. The question that anyone can ask is that « why are all these companies popular? » the answer can differ from one to another‚ but the best one in my opinion is the use of advertising. Sure‚ all of them have good products to sell‚ but the principal factor behind their popularity is advertisement. Almost every one agrees that advertisement is an essential factor behind the success of any product even if it has some inconvenient
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Today we will present you the analysis of the case «The birth of swatch». First we willl give you the information about the background of the problem‚ then we will define the problem of the case and finally we will present you our recommendations. So‚ let’s start with the background. In the 1940s the Swiss dominated the watch industry in large part because of their centuries-long history of jewelry-making expertise. Watchmaking was a source of national pride‚ and the “Made in Switzerland” label
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Since there will be constant changes in the general environment‚ the managers should be able to perform more roles and being more flexible (Penc‚ 2001 cited in CIEŚLIŃSKA‚ 2007). Swatch Group Ltd is a worldwide organisation active in watchmaking industry. It consists of 18 well-known watch brands such as Omega and Swatch and nearly all the watch components required by the brands supplied by the Group (Lorenceau‚ 2014). Besides‚ most of the third-party watchmakers of the world demand for its watch
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BUSINESS DESCRIPTION The Swatch Group (known before as Scoit Suisse de Microlectronique i d’Horlogerie) is one of the largest producers of watches in the world. Recently the company was placed second just after Citizen Watch. Swatch group‚ with its subsidiaries‚ is involved in the production of not only watches‚ but also its components and chronological watch movements. Besides its own sub-companies‚ the group is also a supplier for many other watchmakers. It is a key player in the manufacture
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MERCEDES-BENZ VIANO Mercedes-Benz is a German car manufacturer famous for producing innovative technology in their vehicles that are primarily designed for luxury and safety (Mercedes-Benz‚ 2012). As a market leader in the area in entry-level luxury cars‚ they have a large budget and thus always attempt to produce interesting‚ innovative ads that breaks through the clutter. Mercedes-Benz launched an interactive billboard in Berlin’s Friedrichstrasse underground subway station. Dubbed “Key
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Karl Benz‚ the Inventor of the Automobile Imagine a world without cars. The world would be rather harsh and difficult without them. However‚ there is controversy surrounding the true inventor of the automobile. Some people believe that the real inventor was Henry Ford‚ and others believe it was Richard Dudgeon‚ but the actual inventor of the automobile was Karl Benz. Although most people believe that Henry Ford invented the automobile‚ he did not. In fact‚ he was not even the first person to build
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divided into five differences category which is Swatch Original‚ Swatch Irony‚ Swatch Skin‚ Swatch Beat and Swatch Bijoux. First of all‚ for Swatch Original‚ the watches was made up by plastics and also known by the world first plastic watches. Second‚ for Swatch Irony was made up by all metals shell case. Swatch Skin was the world thinnest plastic watches and it’s divided into two types which are Original Skin‚ which known as the thinner version of Swatch brand and Skin Chronograph is the watches that
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The Birth of the Swatch During the 1980s‚ Swatch experienced an outstanding success as a result of careful and well-executed marketing plan‚ while just a few years earlier there was observed a rapid decline of the Swiss watch industry. For many years Switzerland was world leader in the watch manufacturing industry. By 1945 they accounted 80% of the world total production. Starting from 1970‚ Japanese manufacturers actively began to produce and assemble quartz watches‚ which the Swiss mistakenly
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