Case Analysis: Groupon’s Challenge Strategic Issues and Analysis Groupon is an online group purchase website that offers customers a discount on different kinds of products and services. The biggest challenge for the company is that its business model is easy to copy. Evaluation and Analysis Groupon takes advantage of economies of scale to provide its customers with daily good deals. When the deals have obtained a certain quantity of buyers‚ the buyers will get the discount on the deals
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STRATEGY HUMMAN REURCE AND MANAGEMENT Human resource management is concord with the management of the employees of in organisation. What is human resource management? * HRM is he management process concerned with efficient and effective utilisation of the organisations employees through the development of policies procedure practices so that the objectives of the organisation are achieved in the long term. * SHRM therefore implies that the organisation must have the
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To: Board of Directors From: Corporate Investments Date: 08/12/11 Re: Groupon investment Groupon’s business model is based around offering mass discounts on certain products and services to subscribed customers from merchants that have signed up with them. The strategy used combines economies of networking and economies of scale. (Mordoekataus‚ 2011) Groupon has demonstrated vast growth in terms of reporting revenue of $713.4 million in 2010‚ reaching over 83 million subscribers while advertising
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Michael Porters competitive force model is used to displays how information technology can upgrade the competitiveness of a corporation. It is also used to develop strategies to increase competitive edge. Competitive strategy must grow out of a sophisticated understanding of the structure of the industry and the industry is constantly changing. Regardless of the industry‚ Michael Porters five forces will bring forward your strengths and weakness. The five forces are: The threat of new entrants‚
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Groupon Inc Groupon is website that features discounted gift certificates usable at local or national companies. Groupon was launched in November 2008‚ and the first market for Groupon was Chicago. By October 2010‚ Groupon served more than 150 markets in North America and 100 markets in Europe‚ Asia‚ and South America and had 35 million registered users. At the IPO in 2011‚ Groupon raised $700 million. New Enterprise Associates‚ Eric Lefkofsky and Brad Keywell investors in Groupon. In April 2010
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Tata Tea Limited‚ one wing of Tata Group was established in 1962 as Tata Finlay Limited through technical and financial collaboration with James Finlay & Co. Ltd.‚ Glasgow‚ U.K. The company made joint venture with James Finlay to develop value-added tea. James Finlay sells their shareholdings to Tatas heralding the "Dawn of a new Era" and the company changed its name to Tata Tea Limited in the year 1983. The company is headquartered in Kolkata and owns 27 tea estates in the states of Assam and West
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Pankaj Saharan September 2012 Over the past 150 years‚ Nokia has evolved from a small paper mill in south-western Finland to a global telecommunications leader connecting over 1.3 billion people. Nokia has disrupted into various industries before becoming a telecommunications giant from making rubber boots‚ car tyres‚ generated electricity‚ even manufactured TVs etc. Nokia’s own mobile phones’ platforms included Symbian (60 & 40)‚ MeeGo (open-source Linux based platform) and Meltemi (low
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decision points since strategic moves don’t have a single possible pathway. For instance‚ a pharmaceutical firm might grow its global footprint by first broadening its product arenas then using this foundation to broaden its geographic market arenas. 5. ECONOMIC LOGIC The economic logic element
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Domestic drug manufacturers have cast their eyes overseas for growth and four of them have received the certificate of pharmaceutical product (CPP)‚ one of the pre-requisites for obtaining an export licence from the Department of Drug Administration (DDA). According to the DDA‚ Lomus Pharmaceuticals‚ Deurali-Janata Pharmaceuticals‚ Elder Pharmaceuticals and National Health Care Nepal have received the CPP. The CPP is a must for drug manufacturers wanting to export their products. Once the CPP has
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Groupon – Reichheld’s loyalty model PROBLEM STATEMENT: Groupon’s consumer (end-user) value proposition of deep discounts on goods and services is attracting bargain shoppers who are inherently disloyal to the Merchant businesses offering the coupons. HYPOTHESIS: Groupon’s should change their strategy by offering fewer one-time discounts and put an emphasis on long-term value for repeat customers ANALYSIS PLAN / SOLUTION APPROACH: Reichheld’s loyalty model together with the Value Disciplines model
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