MARKET. -THEN POSITION THE CARREFOUR RETAIL OUTLETS. 2. Should Carrefour adopt Wal-Mart’s strategy of "low prices everyday"? What would be the advantage or disadvantage of such a strategy? [NO CARREFOUR SHOULD NOT FOLLOW BLINDLY THE WAL-MART. ADVANTAGES -it will gain some limited gain in the market entry. DISADVANTAGES -it will not be able to match the supply chain strength of wal-mart. 3. How could Carrefour differentiate itself from Wal-Mart? CARREFOUR SHOULD POSITION ITSELF AS ‘’
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International Borrowing at Carrefour S.A. Briefly discuss the background of Carrefour SA and its financing practices. What are the borrowing alternatives? Carrefour S.A. is operating as a chain of hypermarkets‚ combining a supermarket‚ drugstore‚ discount store and gas station. Carrefour is originating from France‚ however‚ during 40 years it has expanded its operations to ten other European countries‚ six South and North American countries and nine Asian countries. The largest sales and profits
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ASSIGNMENT This assignment is designed and aimed to improve your analytical techniques. The assignment is worth 20% of your total grade. All groups (5 students in a group) should read Case Study Carrefour‚ and elaborate the following issues related to the Case with justifiable theories. 1. Since 2004‚ Carrefour has been in a re-launching process‚ because of a growing competition both on a worldwide level and in many specific country markets. Conduct a SWOT analysis for the group and discuss critically
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Executive Summary Porter Airlines‚ a short-haul commercial airliner established in 2002‚ have enjoyed significant and steady growth since inception. The concern now is to devise a solution that will allow Porter to continue its controlled expansion strategy‚ as it has been so successful and integral to the growth of the company over the past several years. Situation Analysis Porter Airlines operates in a fiercely competitive airline industry‚ where competitors compete based on price‚ service‚ and
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Porter argues that if a firm is to attain competitive advantage; it must choose between the types of competitive advantage it seeks‚ discuss using an industrial example? An industry can be defined as a group of companies offering products that are closely substituting for each other in order to satisfy customers. Competitive advantage can be defined as when a firm sustains profit which exceeds the company’s average; it automatically possesses competitive advantage over rivals. The business strategy
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customers or other data source. Carrefour marketers use geographic segmentation because they know where to sell their product to increase advertising and sales effect. For example‚ there are different numbers of population among each state in Malaysia then Selangor state consist of most highest population with 51026000 peoples. Therefore‚ Carrefour should put more attention in Selangor state as the geographic in Selangor is stronger compare than other state. Carrefour outlet at Selangor state are Subang
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Carrefour adopted several good strategies that contributed to their success in China. They placed a strong focus on their pricing strategies‚ choice of location‚ supplier control‚ localization‚ and their supply chain management. In order for Carrefour to reduce operational costs and enhance their product line‚ they adopted a system‚ the Global Procurement System‚ in which centers were obtained to find low cost suppliers for the company’s hypermarkets around the world. As China’s products grew
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CGE25101 Globalization and Business Tutorial 12 Discussion Question: The Porter’s Diamond Michael Porter put forth a theory in 1990 to explain why some countries are leaders in the production of certain products. His work incorporates certain elements of previous international trade theories but also makes some important new discoveries. He identifies four elements present to varying degrees in every nation that form the basis of national competitiveness. Analyze the current situation of Japan
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I. Operational Effectiveness Is Not Strategy According to Porter‚ various management tools like total quality management‚ benchmarking‚ time-based competition‚ outsourcing‚ partnering‚ reengineering‚ that are used today‚ do enhance and dramatically improve the operational effectiveness of a company but fail to provide the company with sustainable profitability. Thus‚ the root cause of the problem seems to be failure of management to distinguish between operational effectiveness and strategy: Management
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RESPONSIBILITY FOR UNIT CHOICE Students are advised that‚ while the course advisers will endeavour to give every possible assistance and advice concerning unit choice‚ the onus is on students to ensure that units selected meet degree regulations and requirements. This is not the faculty’s responsibility and the faculty takes no responsibility for error in unit selection. For more details on responsibilities‚ students must refer to the education policy and become familiar with the section on responsibilities
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