Titled “HP Transforms Product Portfolio Management with Operations Research” [pic] Submitted By: Nabendu Paul (M120006MS) Christy Mathew Jacob (M120007MS) Paresh Pandurang Vengulkar (M120008MS) Patel Jay Hemantkumar (M120009MS) Navin Joseph (M120012MS) SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT STUDIES NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY CALICUT NIT Campus P.O.‚ Kozhikode-673601‚ KERALA Introduction The case typically highlights the problems that M/s Hewlett Packard (HP) faced
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HP Case Report 1. Causes for the Inventory Problem: HP was used to guarantee maximum order fill without putting major attention to stock level. The inventory problem was raised from a corporate order that business needed to meet customer needs with less inventory quantities. In fact‚ the situation was increasingly deteriorating due to the growing sales in European and Asian-Pacific‚ resulting in increased inventory levels to ensure satisfactory product availability. From our point of view‚ the main
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Commonality Resource Similarity DRIVERS OF COMPETITIVE ACTIONS AND RESPONSES Strategic Focus Who Will Win the Competitive Battles Between Netflix and Blockbuster COMPETITIVE RIVALRY Strategic and Tactical Actions Strategic Focus Using Aggressive Pricing as a Tactical Action at Wal-Mart LIKELIHOOD OF ATTACK First-Mover Incentives Organizational Size Quality LIKELIHOOD OF RESPONSE Type of Competitive Action Actors Reputation Dependence on the Market Popped the Top COMPETITIVE DYNAMICS Slow-Cycle
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Table of Contents Introduction 2 How it happened? 2 Financial Reporting Issues 3 Trading Business and Mark to Marketing 3 Reporting Issues for Special Purpose Entities 3 Other Accounting Problems 4 Governance and Intermediation Failures at Enron 4 Role of Top Management Compensation 4 Role of Audit Committees 4 Role of External Auditors 4 Role of Fund Managers 5 Role of Accounting Regulations 5 The Sarbanes Oxley Act 5 Did it help? 5 Bibliography 6 Introduction Kenneth
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Definition of Strategy 4 2.3 Pricing Strategy 5 2.4 Types of Pricing Strategies 5 2.4.1 Penetration pricing 5 2.4.2 Skimming pricing 6 2.4.3 Competition pricing 6 2.4.4 Product Line Pricing 6 2.4.5 Bundle Pricing 6 2.4.6 Psychological pricing 6 2.5 Customer behaviour 6 2.6 Customer Loyalty 7 2.7 Pricing strategy and customer loyalty 8 3 - Research Design and Methodology 8 3.1 Research Strategy 8 3
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HP-LOGISTICS AND SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT: HP is an American multinational computer hardware‚ software and services corporation headquartered in Palo Alto‚ California‚ United States. It provides products‚ technologies‚ software‚ solutions and services to consumers‚ small- and medium-sized businesses -SMBs and large enterprises‚ including customers in the government‚ health and education sectors.The company was founded in a one-car garage in Palo Alto by William (Bill) Redington Hewlett and Dave
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Case 1 IKEA: Design and Pricing Submitted by Roger Manning Prepared for Jeff Peterson BUSN 6110 Fall II‚ 2008 Webster University 10/14/2008 CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORSHIP: I certify that I am the author. I have cited all sources from which I used data‚ ideas‚ or words‚ either quoted directly or paraphrased. I also certify that this paper was prepared by me specifically for this course. ______________________________________________ Signature
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ARBITRAGE PRICING THEORY ( APT ) Originally developed by Stephen A. Ross. The CAPM predicts that security rates of return will be linearly related to a single common factor : ----- the rate of return on the market portfolio. The APT is based on a similar approach but assumes the rate of return on a security to be sensitive to a number of factors. Market equilibrium is driven by individuals eliminating arbitrage
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The price variable relates to decisions and actions associated with establishing pricing objectives and policies and determining product prices. Setting price objectives is critical because they form a foundation on which the decisions of subsequent stages are based. Objectives for Red bull include organisational and marketing objectives such as profit‚ return on investment‚ growth and status quo. Assessing the target market’s evaluation of price tells the marketer how much emphasis
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Laptop Computer vs. Desktop Computer A laptop is a computer which is designed to be portable. Usually this entails making sacrifices in terms of performance and utility. Laptops are intended for people who travel a lot and need a computer which can go with them. A desktop computer is meant to be stationary. This usually results in a lower price and better options for upgrading. Desktops are intended for permanent workstations and generally have more power and storage capacity than laptops.
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