business” (kotler & Armstrong‚ 2007). Based on the SBU’s the company uses a portfolio planning method to establish the positioning and attractiveness of their products. The best known portfolio planning method used is the Boston Consulting group (BCG) approach. The BCG approach is a growth share matrix used to categorize the company’s SBU’s into four categories based on their growth rate and market share to help the firm in understanding which brands the firm should invest‚ divest ‚ hold or harvest. The
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The BCG matrix method is based on the product life cycle theory that can be used to determine what priorities should be given in the product portfolio of a business unit. To ensure long-term value creation‚ a company should have a portfolio of products that contains both high-growth products in need of cash inputs and low-growth products that generate a lot of cash. It has 2 dimensions: market share and market growth. The basic idea behind it is that the bigger the market share a product has or the
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QUESTION 1 In a BCG Matrix‚ all divisions are called question marks‚ stars‚ cash cows or dogs. Define each of these terms. Question Marks division is Quadrant I have a low relative market share position‚ yet they compete in a high-growth industry. Generally these firms’ cash needs are high and their cash generation is low. These businesses are called question marks because the organization must decide whether to strengthen them by pursuing an intensive strategy (market penetration‚ market development
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TRANSCOM FOOD LIMITED Transcom group started its journey in 1885 through tea plantations. This diversified business house now has interests in many segments in the industrial and service sectors in Bangladesh. Some of the brands managed by the group include: Pepsi‚ 7-Up‚ Mirinda‚ KFC‚ Pizza Hut‚ Phillips N.V‚ Whirlpool‚ Maybeline‚ Garnier‚ Heinz‚ Frito-Lay‚ Lindt‚ Servier‚ Novo-Nordisk. Other aspects of the business include: Pharmaceuticals (Eskayef Bangladesh Ltd. www.skfbd.com) Newspapers (Prothom
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2.1 BCG Matrix Analysis The Boston Consulting Group’s growth-share matrix is the model of analysing the company’s portfolio of SBUs. The following figure plots the position of Virgin’s SBUs. 2.2 Implications of BCG Matrix Analysis on strategy development Portfolio analysis has three uses. First‚ a business can assess the balance of its portfolio… Second‚ the portfolio provides a framework for strategic market planning… Third‚ each SBU should have a clear objective appropriate to its portfolio
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necessitate consideration of factors in the firm’s external environment: Strategic focus in an organization involves orienting its internal environment to the changes of external environment. Boston Consulting Group (BCG) Matrix is a four celled matrix (a 2 * 2 matrix) developed by BCG‚ USA. It is the most renowned corporate portfolio analysis tool. It provides a graphic representation for an organization to examine different
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History of nestle In 1866‚ Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company set up the first European condensed milk factory in Cham‚ Switzerland. In 1985‚ the founder of Anglo-Swiss Condensed Milk Company who is German pharmacist : Henri Nestri. He had save the life of his neighbor’s child by using Farine lectee. Farine lectee product is made by cow’s milk‚ wheat flour and sugar. Henri Nestle embodied many of the key attitudes and values that form part and parcel of the corporation culture that included
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of Emirates Airline‚ one of the world’s famous airlines‚ mainly focusing on passenger services will be evaluate by their marketing orientation by marketing management orientation‚ and two productive marketing matrixes‚ Ansoff (Ansoff‚ 2011a) and BCG (BCG‚ 2011a). 1.1 Mission Emirates mission is to commit the highest standards in everything they do. The recent promotion slogan is “Keep discovering” well describe their objective. “The Emirates Group has spread its wings into every aspect of travel
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Introduction In recent times‚ there has been an acceleration of multinational corporate activity‚ generating wide attention and criticism. In the era of globalization‚ Multinational corporations (MNCs) that conduct business across national boundaries in many countries are no longer able to conduct destructive and unethical practices under protective radar. With a dramatic proliferation of media attention‚ propagation of nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) and global information sharing‚ there is
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9.0 Bibliography 17 List of figures: Page Nike logo 2 Adidas logo 2 Air Jordan 3 Products of Nike in the BCG Matrix 4 Adidas Samba 5 German National Team wearing Adidas in the 1954 football world cup 6 Products of Adidas in the BCG Matrix 6 Copa Mundial 7 Adidas Predator Mania 7 Fig.1) Cristiano Ronaldo 8 Fig.2)
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