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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from the resource-based view the different strategic moves that this company has implemented in order to strengthen its handsets business unit and the implications that would entail the acquisition of Nokia‚ if it was to materialize. The core business of Huawei during its first 18 years of existence was offering network technologies and solutions‚ also providing equipment to build and operate them. This technology-development focus‚ allowed them to develop and amass a set of resources and capabilities
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BU1008 MARKETING FUNDAMENTALS Written case study Student name: Cui yuchen Student ID: 12685868 Interdiction Netflix Inc. (Nasdaq: NFLX) is the world’s largest online movie rental provider‚ at present the number of employees more than 2400‚ and more than fifty distribution center to serves its 6.7 million customers with more than 85000 DVD movie rental service. Netflix are able to provide customers more than 4000 film or TV play online watch service. The company’s success comes from it
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RESOURCES BASE VIEW Financial resources: The 1998 financial report shows that SingTel‚ the largest telecommunications company in Singapore‚ has a huge reserve (cash and bank deposits) of S$4.44 billion. This is the company’s strength as not many companies have such large reserves. The debt-to-equity ratio1 in the last 3 years was also very low. In fact in 1997‚ it was just 0.05 as opposed to in 1998 and 1999 when it was merely 0.06. With such a huge reserve and low debt-to-equity ratio‚ SingTel
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Table of Contents Summary 3 Implementation of Porter’s five forces in U.S video rental industry 3 Implementation of Porter’s Value Chains in Netflix 5 IT techniques and applications applied in Netflix 9 Netflix’s Strengths and Problems 10 Recommendation and Conclusion 12 Summary According to Boogren (2013)‚ the video rental industry has changed in the past decade due to the development of IT technology. Customers have more opportunities to choose different ways to catch the TV programs
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Introduction Netflix is a DVD rental company which has been founded by Marc Randolph and Reed Hastings in 1997. When Netflix was first launched‚ it started by offering DVDs on a fee per use basis. In 1999‚ it introduced monthly subscription service and in January 2007‚ Netflix started offering on-demand video streaming over the internet. Since then‚ Netflix has enjoyed huge success to the point that it has become one of the largest online providers of movie rentals in U.S. Netflix has been able
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their influence on Netflix would be the technological segment and the demographics segment. The technological segment includes the institutions and activities involved with creating new knowledge and translating that knowledge into new outputs‚ products‚ processes and materials (Hitt‚ 2013). The technological segment affects Netflix because in order to keep a competitive advantage over companies such as Amazon Prime and Hulu‚ Netflix has to keep up
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In January of 2013‚ Netflix reported having 27.1 million streaming subscribers. Netflix is a company that provides online streaming and DVD rentals to customers around the world. The company was founded in 1997 by Marc Randolph and Reed Hastings. Netflix started as an online pay-per-rental platform‚ and has evolved into a company built on a reputation of flat-fee‚ unlimited rentals without due dates‚ late fees‚ shipping and handling fees‚ or per title rental fees. Netflix‚ later‚ introduced an
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NETFLIX: A COMPANY ANALYSIS Table of Contents I. Wall Street Journal Article and Executive Summary ..4 I A. Wall Street Journal Article 4 I B. Executive Summary ..5 II. External Analysis ..7 II A. Industry Definition ..7 II B. Six Industry Force Analysis ..8 II C. Macro Environmental Forces Analysis‚ Economic Trends‚ and Ethical Concerns ..15 II D. Competitor Analysis ..17 II D. 1 Netflix’s Competitors ..17 II D. 2 Netflix’s Primary Competitors ..17 II D. 3 Primary Competitors’ Business Level
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(A) Identify key issues‚ problems and opportunities facing Netflix. It may be helpful to consider the fact that the Netflix business model evolved through many strategy revisions. What caused them to make each shift? Were the shifts driven from the top or bottom? Is this easier for a small or large company? The key issue that was facing Netflix early on was the selective market of people that were into the DVD market. Most were still with VHS market at this time and it gave them a small problem
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