THE MICRO-ENTERPRISE BRIEF As a group we have been given the task of carefully selecting an informal micro-enterprise that operates in Cape Town. From this small business we need to ask a range of questions in order to investigate and identify the opportunities that are available to the business as well as where and how these opportunities could be improved. As a group the business we selected the flower stalls in Trafalgar Place on Adderley Street. This turned out to be a very interesting business
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National Chengchi University IKEA Invades America International Business Management case no.2 1. What factors account for success of IKEA? * Positioning in the “Scandinavian” – style niche ‚ putting simplicity‚ design‚ space –efficiency and low-price in the core of IKEA’s business * “Experience shopping” – creating a unique experience to customers that makes it fun to spend time in one outlet the whole day and enjoy it; including childcare centre‚ restaurants they created an entertaining
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5. Currently‚ Spartan is charging a flat rate of 1.5 percent of sales‚ to deliver to its customers. The company reflects its freight charges from the pricing practices of other building materials distributors in the region. In addition‚ the case states the reasons to why some deliveries are free of charge‚ they are: high volume orders‚ promotions‚ and price pressures. The gathered data from the Ontario region demonstrates these factors as their customer relationship strategy. The activity for a local
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Jennifer Norcutt Case Study Week 2 MBA 622 - Operations Management June 2‚ 2013 Good forecasts are an important facet of business: "The forecast is the only estimate of demand until actual demand becomes known" [ (Heizer & Render‚ 2014) ]. L.L. Bean estimates that annual costs of lost sales and backorders to be $11 million and costs of having too much or the wrong inventory were an additional $10 million. With losses like these it would appear from the outside that L.L. Bean has serious
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etc. 2. Able to gather quick‚ diversified‚ honest and detailed feedback from large amounts of customers in different market segmentations‚ reaching out to customers in different cities or countries in terms of geographic segmentations and getting feedback from various income level individuals in terms of the demographic segmentation. 3. Contribute to build brand loyalty. Social media can boost one’s reputation and through keeping in touch with customers on this platform‚ interact with consumers to
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Case#4- Federating Insurance: Targeting Small Businesses 1. When looking at an automobile industry the Federated macrosegmentation would be taking a company like BMW and looking at the market segments in a broader view. For example‚ the owner of the branch must make sure their employees are happy with their job. The macrosegmentation of this would be employee performance. Federated plays a role in this because with great performance comes incentives. Federate gives insurance incentives to BMW
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Is GO turnover really a problem at Club Med? What are the causes of turnover at Club Med? How does the international factor play into Club Med’s issues? Club Med is experiencing considerable turnover rates with GOs. This turnover can be either good or bad depending on the type of employee that is involved. Turnover is advantageous if the employee that quits or is terminated is not adding value to the company. This would be functional turnover. The organization should try to stop dysfunctional
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Micro Fridge: Case Study:- 1. Central Issue: a) How to produce? b) For whom to produce? c) If he should go with the Sanyo offer? d) If he should only use distributors to supply his product to the market or go with house accounts? e) How much should be the cost of the micro fridge that could fetch him decent % of profit. 2. Objectives to be achieved: a) To be able to introduce the micro fridge the market with $50000 capital. b) To convince the dormitories
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PayPal Merchant Services: Harvard Case Services Marketing Submitted by Introduction PayPal • Founded in December 1998‚ PayPal is a leading global online payment company. • Purchased by eBay in October 2002. • Over 100 million registered accounts globally and available in 55 markets. • PayPal has a local presence in 13 countries outside the US‚ including UK‚ Canada‚ Australia‚ Austria‚ Belgium‚France‚ Germany‚ Italy‚ Spain‚ Ireland‚ Netherlands‚Switzerland and China. • Supports
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Micro-Raman Spectroscopy Raman spectroscopy is a micro-analytical method that showed many advantages in analysis of cultural heritage materials. It is a form of vibrational spectroscopy that allows the identification of particles in homogeneous materials in the micron order. The identification is employed on the basis of the molecular vibrational spectra of samples‚ obtained by excitation with visible laser light. In micro-Raman spectroscopy‚ the laser beam is focused by means of a microscope
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