How Starbucks Downsizing in the USA Impacts Global Growth Strategy By: Delilah N. Wesley BUSINESS 401-INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS Dr. Joseph Thomas July 24‚ 2010 Starbucks believes that conducting business ethically and striving to do the right thing are vital to the success of the company. Starbucks closed more than 200 coffee shops in the U.S because they felt that the business in China had not felt the impact of the global economic slowdown and that they might eventually rival with the United
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P ag e |1 NOKIA STUCK IN THE MIDDLE Two Sides of the Phone Introduction: WHATS GOING FOR NOKIA INDIA PAUL BALAJI‚ Managing Director of Nokia India‚works late into the night and is often up at 3 am.Work gets to the point of addiction‚ he says.You start thinking about it in your sleep as well‚to suddenly wake up and plan the next day or check response to mails sent around midnight. Giving him the jitters are not just market reports in his inbox of a general slowdown‚but even crying
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Include Why Nokia ? History Mission statement Target Market Positioning 4Ps Brand personality Market Segmentation BCG Matrix SWOT analysis Nokia Corporation is a Finland based multinational company Headquarter -- Keilaniemi‚ Espoo‚ city neighboring Finland’s capital Helsinki. CEO -- Olli-Pekka Kallasvuo Chairman -- Jorma Ollila. Founder -- Fredrik Idestam in 1865. Nokia started as a pulp‚ rubber and cable manufacturer “ Nokia is world third richest
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How do Global Corporations Affect National Economies – Key Economic Indicators The growing size of the Multinational Companies around the world; their global operations and financial practices pose some serious questions about the implementation of best practices that do justice to everyone‚ including the countries with less developed economies‚ where many of these corporations operate. Global Corporations may create problems regarding the national balance of accounts. Every company operates globally
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Nokia SWOT Analysis Strengths Strong brand image is Nokia’s core asset. The company continues to strengthen its brand equity through various marketing campaigns. Nokia’s brand was the fifth most valued brand in the world according to the top 100 best brands list compiled by InterBrand in 2009‚ and was the only mobile phone manufacturer in the top 10 best brands list. A strong and highly visible brand enables the company to command a premium for its products and differentiate itself from competitors
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NOKIA MOBILE PHONES STREAMLINGING LOGISTICAL TO CREATE VALUES Nokia was founded in 1865 in Nokia Finland as a timber and paper company. One could say Nokia from the beginning was a communication company. On the turn of the century the company started producing rubber. It was not until the 1960s when Nokia started the electronic venture. It was only in 1987 that with their major acquisition they brought the venture into reality and entered the electronic competition. With a rapid growth Nokia
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Management Md. Firoz Uddin (EX020016) Term used to describe all the activities managers do to help their firms create goods and service Converting resources into goods and services Product creation‚ development‚ production‚ distribution‚ managing purchases‚ inventory control‚ quality control‚ storage‚ logistics and evaluations A great deal of focus is on effectiveness & efficiency of processes Substantial measurement and analysis of internal processes in order to become more effective
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So Nokia has already been through one (successful) change programme‚ turning itself from an unfocused conglomerate into a focused mobile phone producer. Can it change again? - Global market leader in mobile phones - but not smart phones - Still profitable‚ but revenues under pressure - September 2010: Appointed new CEO - Stephen Elop - to drive strategic change - February 2011 - Elop issued the famous “burning platform” memo bluntly explaining the serious strategic challenges facing Nokia -
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McDonald’s – Business Strategy in India The starting point for McDonald’s India was to change Indian consumers’ perceptions‚ which Associated it with being ’foreign’‚ ’American’‚ ‘not knowing what to expect’ and ’discomfort with the New or different’ McDonald’s wanted to position itself as ’Indian’ and a promoter of ’family values and culture’‚ as well as being ’comfortable and easy’. Simultaneously‚ the brand wanted to communicate that‚ operationally‚ it was committed to maintaining a quality service
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Chapter 15 COMPANY SECURITIES 15.1 DEBENTURES This is a written acknowledgement of a debt owed by a company. Whilst it is possible for some debentures to be unsecured‚ those given to the bank will usually incorporate a fixed and / or a floating charge over the company’s assets. 15.2 FIXED CHARGE This is a charge which immediately encumbers specific assets of the company. Accordingly‚ the chargee’s (bank) consent would be required if the company is to deal with or dispose the assets
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