Business Economics Report | 5 2 Essay – Microeconomics Evaluate the decision by Google to buy Motorola. What economic concepts would support this investment and in your opinion why might the purchase of Motorola be anti-competitive? “We are on a turning-point in the world of personal technology. For around 30 years PCs in various forms have been people’s main computing devices. Now the rise of smartphones and tablet computers threatens to erode the PC’s dominance‚ prompting talk that a “post-PC”
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T-Mobile started selling the iPhone in their UK stores. Introduction This report explains the practical aspects of value chain management at o2. It portrays the communication and integration of customer value with o2’s operational capabilities. There are three major parts of this report which are pro-forma A‚ pro-forma B and pro-forma C. Pro-forma A: overall information about the value of o2’s products and services will be described here. A primary research was also carried out. The type of research
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LEBANESE AMERICAN UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF BUSINESS MIS 211- MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS I FINAL PROJECT Objective In the Information Age that we have reached‚ many companies have made “their business their technology and their technology their business”. There is an element of technology in every business and regardless of what career you choose‚ you will be dealing with people‚ information‚ and information technology. To apply the information you have received in this course‚ you are to
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SHOPRITE PTY LTD Background The Shoprite Group of Companies started from small beginnings in 1979 with the purchase of a chain of 8 Cape-based supermarkets for R1 million. In 1983 the Group opened its first branch outside the Western Cape – in Hartswater in the Northern Cape and expanding in other provinces too. Shoprite was listed on the JSE Securities Exchange South Africa with a market capitalisation of R29 million It then owned 33 outlets. Two years later Shoprite ventured over
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Value Chain Analysis (Starbucks) Primary Activities: • Inbound Logistic: Starbucks had its agents travelled regularly to coffee – growing countries to establish relationship with growers and distributors. In sourcing green coffee beans‚ it was increasingly dealing directly with farmer. It normally offered high prices to ensure that the poor small coffee growers have enough money to cover their production cost and for their families. To buy coffee beans‚ Starbucks used fixed price purchase
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York‚ NY: McGraw-Hill. Amami‚ M.‚ & Thévenot‚ J. (2000). L’Internet marchand: Caractérisation et positionnements stratégiques. Systèmes d’Information et Management‚ 5(1)‚ 5–40. Benjamin‚ R.I.‚ & Wigand‚ R.T. (1995). Electronic markets and virtual value chains on the information highway. Sloan Management Review‚ 36(2)‚ 62–72. Courtney‚ H.‚ Kirkland‚ J.‚ & Viguerie‚ P. (1997). Strategy under uncertainty. Harvard Business Review‚ 75(6)‚ 66–79. Gordijn‚ J.‚ Akkermans‚ J.‚ & van Vliet‚ J. (2000). What’s
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strategy is working? Why is it working or not working? Improvements in IKEA’s strategy - Performance evaluation of IKEA’s strategy 200?-2009 - Finding - Recommendation - Should try to include the following items in Scope: • Value Chain model • 5 M’s • Porters 5 Forces - Eight Performance Measure • Firm Survival‚ Accounting measures‚ • Multiple stakeholder approach • Balanced score card • Corporate social responsibility‚
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report should follow the following template: 1. Brief statement of current position/outlook of Bonny Doon (about 1 paragraph) 2. Firm Analysis (This part should include: - business model‚ business-level strategy and position‚ - value chain model analysis - analysis of the firm’s resources‚ capabilities and competitive advantage‚ - organizational analysis (management‚ ownership) - profitability analysis (please make sure to include relevant numbers). 3. Industry analysis
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2013 Google – Motorola Mobility Acquisition This project has been prepared as part of the Investment Banking course at SIBM Bengaluru. It highlights the salient features of the acquisition of Motorola Mobility by Google and its take from an Investment Banking perspective. Rohit Jhunjhunwala 12020841158 8/18/2013 Table of Contents Executive Summary................................................................................................................................. 3 Introduction:
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Case study: MTN Introduction: The resource-based view of strategy According to Segal-Horn (2004 p 163) the Resource-Based View (RBV): “ ... places the firm rather than the industry at the centre of strategy formulation ... It has an internal resource focus rather than an external industry or market focus for strategic thinking.“ Why RBV? Rumelt’s research (Unit 3 Section 2 pp 8-9)‚ although contested‚ showed that the industry environment accounted for a very small percentage of the
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