1. Perform a STEEP analysis to understand the general environment facing Great Lakes. How will Great Lakes be affected by external factors? 2. Use Porter’s Five Forces Model to analyze the lead additives industry in the US. Given this analysis‚ is the industry attractive or unattractive? 3. Using the 3I’s framework determine Great Lakes’ immediate‚ impending and invisible competitors. How does Great Lakes measure up against these competitors? 4. What are the main capabilities
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Michael Porter’s Five Forces – International Application Michael Porter‚ a Harvard professor‚ developed his Five Forces model in 1979 to analyze business competition and factors that can minimize profit (Porter‚ The Five Competitive Forces that Shape Strategy‚ 2008). Porter theorized that businesses looked at competition too narrowly‚ failing to consider other forces that contribute to profitability. The Five Forces Model examines competition for profits in regard to buyers‚ existing competitors
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Ministry of Sound Case Study Richard Whittington The Ministry of Sound went from start-up to maturity in little over a decade. The case raises issues concerning both business strategy‚ particularly regarding sustainable competitive advantage and resources‚ and corporate strategy‚ particularly regarding diversification and internationalisation. There are also issues of ownership and organisation. In the end‚ the fundamental question is: what future for the Ministry? In 1991‚ 28-year-old
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agreement to liberalize regulations governing FDI will benefit the world economy? 3 . Discuss the Competitive Advantage Theory of International Trade. How this theory is different from other theories. 4 . On what basis countries as classified as low income‚ middle income and high income countries? Do you think economic status of a country will influence its global business? 5 . Explain different types of Economic Systems. What are the major challenges faced by the command economies while transiting
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International Business Communication Cheung Kong Graduate School of Business Sep 2011 TCO International Diversity Management International Business Communication content INTERNATIONAL TEAMWORK STUDY SKILLS – VERBAL INTERCTIVE & WRITING LEADING PEOPLE ACROSS CULTURES INTERNATIONAL PRESENTATION SKILLS CROSSCULTURAL MANAGEMENT INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS COMMUNICATION LANGUAGE SKILLS TCO International Diversity Management How to build a cohesive international study group? A) What are the key
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study for the group Fauchon who wants to develop new horizon in Hong Kong and entering new foreign market is one of the most interesting part in international business management for me. Why Fauchon? I chose to study the case Fauchon for several reasons. The aura of the brand‚ prestigious products‚ audacious repositioning‚ and especially its international expansion‚ Fauchon is an interesting brand as innovative. Fauchon is a global luxury gastronomy enterprise‚ selling brand products in all
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International Business Strategies By Rahul Gairola Subject : Appraisal of a MNE’s recent market entry (2007-2010) ( 1. Firm Motivations for internationalization 2. Entry Strategy 3. Corporate Strategy) Question: Acting as a market analyst for the US Investment bank Merrill Lynch‚ you have been allocated the responsibility to produce an appraisal report relating to a client’s (MNE) recent market entry Executive Summary In the appraisal I will discuss my findings on HTC’s entry into the
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International Business 301 Dr. Omar Ramzy July 16‚ 2009 Table of Contents Company Background 4 Dealing with Globalization 6 Overall Culture 8 International Trade Operations 10 Strategy and the Firm 11 Value Chain Activities 15 Primary Activities 15 Support activities 17 Value creation 18 Location Economies 19 Core Competency 20 Organizational Architecture 21 Organizational Architecture 21 Corporate Culture 21 Structure 23 People 27 Incentives and
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curve effects‚ and by transferring valuable skills between their global networks of subsidiaries. In another word‚ the strategies which increase profitability may also expand a firm’s business and thus enable it to attain a higher rate of profit growth (Hill‚ 2009). When a company plan to compete in the international environment there are two crucial factors affect the firm’s choice of strategy which are strength of pressures for cost reductions versus those for local responsiveness. Firms typically
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The foundation of Volkswagen dates back to the Third Reich. For the opening of the international automobile show in Berlin 1934‚ Adolf Hitler demanded the development of a car which should be priced at a maximum price of 1000 Reichsmark and thus remain affordable for the average citizen. This car should be named ‘Car of the people’ (Volkswagen) and offer space for a family of four members. The first model was designed by Ferdinand Porsche in 1934 and in May 1937‚ the “Gesellschaft zur Vorbereitung
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