GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is one of the largest and most profitable pharmaceutical companies in the world. This conglomerate is the product of multiple mergers of some of the leading companies in the industry. It was created in 2000 and at the time this case was written‚ had a market capitalization of $193.5 billion. The company’s most recent focus is on emerging markets‚ vaccines and consumer healthcare. When Sir Andrew Witty took over as CEO in 2008‚ he implemented a significant restructuring program
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of the Union. The colours of the flag are symbolic as well: Red symbolizes Hardiness and Valour‚ White symbolizes Purity and Innocence and Blue represents Vigilance‚ Perseverance and Justice I GREAT AMERICAN SEAL: GREAT AMERICAN SEAL PESTEL ANALYSIS POLITICAL:
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PESTEL Analysis on RIM – Research in motion – Blackberry Political * China‚ India and UAE have raised concerns over security features of blackberry as it is harder to monitor for government authorities. * EU countries such as UK and Germany have imposed hygiene and safety regulations for the manufacturers e.g. usage of toxic contents‚ energy usage and recycling. * Backberry came under fire when the London riots took place and they had to suspend their messaging services to stop people
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CMCS: Growing Without Losing Control Objective: Describe Samman’s leadership style‚ analyze whether it is conducive to company growth and suggest recommendations Course: Leadership Instructor: Mr. Youssef Nassar Prepared by Daoud Matta‚ Class 13 Date: September 23‚ 2012 Samman has been so far a successful entrepreneur. He established CMCS‚ expanded it to new territories with a wide range of products and services‚ and built reputation and brand recognition. With the ambition
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Over the past few years Brazil’s amazon is becoming smaller and smaller. Brazil is facing an enormous environmental issue called deforestation. Deforestation is when people burn or cut down a group of trees. It has many negative effects on environment such as climate change‚ clearing of habitats‚ and killing millions of species. The trees are used for fuel‚ to create commercial items such as paper‚ and highly prized items such as palm oil from palm trees. “Deforestation in Amazon Basin is destroying
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1. Why did Dell decide to invest in Brazil? Dell decided to invest in Brazil because of its strategy to expand internationally. Dell had operations in many countries but did not have any manufacturing plants in Latin America‚ which was the fastest growing market for computers. Brazil was the ideal place for its manufacturing plant in Latin America because it presented a huge potential market for Dell since it was Latin America’s largest country with over 170 million people. Dell felt that
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1. SWOT Analysis Strengths IBM’s core strength lies in its System/360 and System/370 mainframe series. These mainframes have become the industry’s benchmark that competitors try to match. Moreover‚ IBM’s high-priced lease strategy‚ supported by excellent customer support‚ enhances the company’s fortunes. Over the years‚ IBM’s excellent service‚ along with a successful sales team has given it an advantage over the competition. IBM’s successful ventures with computer‚ software‚ and marketing companies
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Discussion Questions 1. Why did GM Brazil decide to change the way they were doing business in the spare parts market? General Motors started its business in Brazil in the year 1925 and has been growing ever since. GM had its spare parts business which has been highly profitable‚ but low on volume. The business of the spare parts was demand driven. The market situation worsened when liberalization attracted competitors like Toyota‚ Audi etc. This made GM tighten their costs further on the low
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For as long as there have been civilizations‚ people have separated themselves into groups. Most of the time into groups like: the have and the have not’s or us vs them. This has happened in Brazil between the upper and lower class. Brazil is a country with a very small to non-existent middle class‚ causing a huge gap between the two classes. This huge gap is causing the us versus them mentality or a we/they divide between the upper and lower class‚ based on a process of social categorization. The
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General Motors Brazil Service Part Business: A Case Study Business Change in the Spare parts market by GM Brazil General Motors started its business in Brazil in the year 1925 and has been growing ever since. GM had its spare parts business which has been highly profitable‚ but low on volume. This business constituted around US $ 250 million out of the overall income of US $ 3.2 billion a year. This is just about 7.8 % of the total income‚ but the margins in this business were much larger. The
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