Discuss the main reasons for an organization to choose diversification as a strategic direction. When defining strategic directions‚ an organisation needs to analyze the context in which future operations will take place. The decision of entering a new market or to develop new products and services in an existing market needs to be though through focusing on increasing market share and increasing power over suppliers and buyers. Diversification‚ sometimes described as Horizontal intergration
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Chapter Three Steps toward Export Diversification 3.1 Formation of Product and Service specific Business Promotion Councils: 3.1.1 Ministry of Commerce has formed Several sector/ product and service specific Business Promotion Councils as a joint initiative of the government and the private sector within the scope of the Company Act 1994 for diversifying export‚ improving and ensuring the quality of products‚ acquiring appropriate technologies‚ fulfilling compliance requirements‚ marketing
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LVMH’s Diversification Strategy into Luxury Goods The problem After the case and readings the problems of LVMH there are several problems such as the declining demand for luxury goods because it is linked to political events‚ situation and social trends. (After the attacks of 9/11 an impact on luxury goods has dropped and had automatically an impact on LVMH sales) Secondly luxury products are easy to counterfeit‚ some countries such as china‚ turkey‚ and other still have to improve their
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Jump to: navigation‚ search Videocon Industries Ltd. Videocon Logo.svg Type Public Traded as BSE: 532129 NSE: VIDEOIND Industry Conglomerate Founded 1979 Founder(s) Venugopal Dhoot [1] Headquarters Gurgaon‚ India Key people Venugopal Dhoot ( Chairman & Managing Director) [1] Products Consumer Electronics Home Appliances Components Office Automation Mobile phones Wireless Internet Petroleum Satellite television Power Revenue DecreaseINR 127.565 billion (US$2.32 billion)(2011)[1]
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PepsiCo ’s Diversification Strategy in 2008 PepsiCo was the world ’s largest snack and beverage company‚ with 2007 net revenues of approximately $39.5 billion. The company ’s portfolio of businesses in 2008 included Frito-Lay salty snacks‚ Quaker Chewy granola bars‚ Pepsi soft drink products‚ Tropicana orange juice‚ Lipton Brisk tea‚ Gatorade‚ Propel‚ SoBe‚ Quaker Oatmeal‚ Cap ’n Crunch‚ Aquafina‚ Rice-A-Roni‚ Aunt Jemima pancake mix‚ and many other regularly consumed products. Company History
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Mitsubishi Group of Companies‚ or Mitsubishi Companies is a Japanese conglomerate consisting of a range of autonomous businesses which share the Mitsubishi brand‚ trademark and legacy. The Mitsubishi group of companies form a loose entity‚ the Mitsubishi Keiretsu‚ which is often referenced in Japanese and US media and official reports; in general these companies all descend from the zaibatsu of the same name. The top 25 companies are also members of the Mitsubishi Kin’yōkai‚ or "Friday Club"‚ and
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Apple: Now everyone can have a bite When a premium seller like Apple decides to enter the mass market‚ it usually faces a positioning dilemma - should it play on its ’low price’ avatar and risk losing its brand image‚ or does sticking to its snob value jeopardise its market expansion plans? Our ad tries to overcome this through a dual strategy. First‚ we have attempted to retain Apple’s classy style of communication through the minimalistic poster. The white background is reminiscent of Apple’s
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Diversification Strategies YourFirstName YourLastName University title Introduction When Kelleher Herb and King Rollin founded Southwest Airlines in 1971‚ they wanted to offer airline services which were low-cost‚ in busy markets of not more than 500 miles. The first flights were between Houston‚ Dallas and San Antonio. Today Southwest is one of the largest airlines in United States for its local passenger miles flown. Southwest has executed business models in an effective manner
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Unilever was founded on soap and margarine - both products essentially sharing the same raw materials with diversification into other business areas starting in the midfifties. The second phase started in the mid-fifties when rapid growth in the Western world resulted in increased competition and lower margins in the company’s traditional categories. Unilever’s strategy was an active diversification programme through acquisition. The vigour with which this was pursued‚ while successfully introducing
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Table of contents Question 1 Pressures for National Responsiveness…………………………………….………2 Strategic Role in Relation to Structural Context…………………………………...4 Managerial Recommendations……………………………………………………..5 Question 2 The Speed of a Rival’s Attack……………………………………………………..6 Managerial Recommendations…………………………………………………….9 Appendices…………………………………………………………………...….10 References……………………………………………………………………….17 Question 1 Pressures for National Responsiveness (incl. measures and data)
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