Introduction 3 Case I.1 Li & Fung (A): Internet Issues “I’m not an Internet guy‚ I’m a business guy‚” quipped William Fung‚ managing director of Li & Fung Trading Co. Clad in his chinos and black American Eagle T-shirt‚ Fung looked much more like a new economy entrepreneur than the selfdescribed offline‚ “old economy relic”: “I’m 51‚ I’m more than a grey hair in Internet terms‚ I’m a fossil.”1 Nor did lifung.com‚ his elder brother Victor’s new online company‚ resemble a typical Internet
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LI & FUNG By SUJITHA VATTIKONDA (57) PGDM-IB Submitted to: PROF.C.P.JOSHI K.J. Somaiya Institute of Management Studies and Research Mumbai ` Q1. Explain briefly Li & Fung’s business model today. Comment on the sources of its competitive advantage. Is it sustainable? Why? Li & Fung: Li& Fung was founded in 1906
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Logistics and transportation Mei Jin 2011954440 ECOM-ICOM Analysis of Li & Fung Case Logistics and transportation Name: Mei Jin Student No. 2011954440 1 Logistics and transportation Mei Jin 2011954440 ECOM-ICOM Analysis of Li & Fung Case Background Founded in 1906 in Guangzhou by Victor Fung ’s grandfather‚ Li & Fung was the first Chinese-owned export trading company in China at that time. From the traditional export trade companies to large modern multinational supply
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Making Business Decisions I: Porter’s Five Forces Analysis 1. There are several things to look at with Buyer Power: bargaining leverage‚ buyer volume‚ substitute’s available‚ buyer’s incentives and price sensitivity are just a few things that encourage buyers to purchase. Buyer power is high when the buyers have many choices of where and who to buy from and low when there are few choices. Broadway Café is located in downtown along with at least five other coffee shops. This means buyer power
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2012 STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT Discuss Porter’s five forces theory of market competition. How does strategic group analysis provide a refinement to the five forces model? Key words here are: -discuss -Porter’s five forces -strategic group analysis -refinement of it(improve it yaani k extra benefits of strategic group analysis compared to five forces) Strategic decisions have always been a vital part of business as ever since their conception but the word strategy is barely mentioned pre 1960s
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In which industry does P&G compete? Apply Porter’s Five Forces Model to the industry. Is this an attractive industry? P&G is one of the leading companies that are operating in the household consumer product industry. P&G’s threat of substitution is extremely high as there are many companies producing household consumer products‚ both national and international such as Clorox‚ Kimberly-Clark and Colgate-Palmolive CL. Also‚ P&G is also competing with retailers private label brands
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Porter’s Five Forces Analysis of the Automobile Industry Porter’s Five Forces‚ also known as P5F‚ is a way of examining the attractiveness of an industry. It does so by looking at five forces which act on that industry. These forces are determinants of that industry’s profitability. The 5 forces are: 1. The threat of new entrants In the auto manufacturing industry‚ this is generally a very low threat. Factors to examine for this threat include all barriers to entry such as upfront capital requirements
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Introduction Li & Fung is a listed company in Hong Kong‚ therefore it should comply with the relevant regulation‚ e.g. Listing Rules‚ HK Companies Ordinance and Hong Kong Financial Reporting Standards. Now we are going to discuss whether the information provided in its interim reports for the period ended 30 June 2010 is comply with the relevant regulation and sufficient to enable investors to make investment decisions. Management Discussion & Analysis In this aspect‚ basically the disclosure
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– Assignment 2 During 2011 significant industrial relation events took place in Australia. One significant event that was widely reported in the media and according to Catanzartiti and Kane (2012) “captured the interest of the mainstream press more than any other case during 2011”‚ was the Qantas Airways Limited (Qantas) dispute”. The Qantas dispute involved varying parties. These parties included Qantas employees and their representing unions‚ Qantas Management‚ the Minister for Tertiary
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Threat of new entrants Profitable markets that yield high returns will attract new firms. This results in many new entrants‚ which eventually will decrease profitability for all firms in the industry. Unless the entry of new firms can be blocked by incumbents‚ the abnormal profit rate will trend towards zero (perfect competition). The existence of barriers to entry (patents‚ rights‚ etc.) The most attractive segment is one in which entry barriers are high and exit barriers are low. Few new firms
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