[pic] PGCIM Unit 1 Assignment Kelly Moore December 2009 Should Rimi Baltic expand into the United Kingdom as a Discount Grocer? Word Count: 2473 Introduction: Rimi Baltic is the 2nd largest retailer in the Baltic States at 20.6% grocery share‚ behind VP Market who lead the market with 22.6% share (1). As a subsidiary of ICA Baltic AB (13.9% of sales)‚ Rimi Baltic focussed its growth in Lithuania and Latvia‚ allowing period of underperforming in Estonia
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1. Concepcion-Carrier Air Conditioning Company Formed in January 1998‚ Concepcion-Carrier Air Conditioning Company (CCAC) brings together two leaders in the air conditioning industry: Carrier Corporation of the United States and Concepcion Industries‚ Inc. of the Philippines. In just a few years‚ CCAC expanded from manufacturing window room air conditioners to becoming the market leader in virtually all categories of Heating‚ Ventilating and Air Conditioning (HVAC) equipment and services in
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Porter five forces. Potential new entrants. The home furnishing market is a big market with many players. IKEA is one of the biggest players in the market especially in Europe. The threats of new entrants is reduced by the tremendous amount of money needed to start up a home furnishing shop. IKEA has a big advantage to other home furnishing shops‚ they don’t just sell furnish but also kitchen and home accessories. But IKEA doesn’t reach small town and villages‚ here is a change for new entrants
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country are beefing up their business activities with the aim to expand export market. Recently a few new industries have also been established with hi-tech equipment and professionals which will enhance the strength of this sector. Having more than a couple of hundred manufacturing facilities with huge potential in pharmaceutical formulations‚ Bangladesh is treading on a new path of industry economics for self-reliance. With a view to minimizing the import dependency on basic drugs‚ the country
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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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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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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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Competitive Forces was developed by Michael E. Porter in his book Competitive Strategy: Techniques for Analyzing Industries and Competitors in 1980. Since that time it has become an important tool for analyzing an organizations industry structure in strategic processes. Porter’s model is based on the insight that a corporate strategy should meet the opportunities and threats in the organizations external environment. Especially‚ competitive strategy should base on and understanding of industry structures
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The budget airline industry in Singapore presents an interesting situation for analysis. It has 3 main local players plus a foreign player‚ namely Valueair‚ Tiger Airways‚ Jetstar Asia Airway and Airasia but Jetstar Asia Airways has effectively merged with Valueair. There are also possibilities of more foreign budget airlines operating in Singapore‚ and big airlines may also slash their prices to compete with the budget airlines. The higher fuel price‚ terrorist threat and restrictive govt policies
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Executive Summary One would think that the main purpose for a bank besides managing one ’s money would be giving good customer service. Excellence in customer service is the most important tool for sustained business growth. Customer complaints are part of the business life of any corporate entity. This is more so for banks because banks are service organizations. As a service organization‚ customer service and customer satisfaction should be the prime concern of any bank. Banks believe that by
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