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1. What are the strategic capabilities of IKEA? From the VIRO table (appendix 1) IKEA’s strategic capabilities are grouped into the following categories - Brand/quality reputation Financial strength Production capacity. Brand/Quality reputation IKEA operates (in 2002) 154 stores in 22 countries and serviced 286 million customers. With a 14% share of the market (in America)‚ there is huge opportunity for growth via a continued marketing campaign to leverage off its brand‚ differentiating
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All About Vertical Motion! Hey! I know the vertical motion model can be hard‚ but once you get the hang of it‚ it’s a piece of cake. Math is all about using your prior knowledge‚ plugging it into what you know‚ to solve for what you don’t know. The vertical motion model is made up of the velocity‚ and height. The equation is -16t2 + vt + h. V is equivalent to the velocity‚ and h is equal to the height. The vertical motion falls under the influence of gravity. As the
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Describe the SWOT analysis and the VRIO model and compare them. Highlight their main similarities and differences. (25 points) (A 1½-page response is required.) Student’s Response The SWOT analysis is used to describe the Strength‚ Weaknesses‚ Opportunities and Threats that face a corporation. The purpose of this analysis is to identify the particular competencies that the corporation has as well as to identify the opportunities that they are facing but unable to take advantage of due to the
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This is a report addressing to Research In Motion (RIM)’s board of directors’ request to review its vision and mission statements and to evaluate of how well RIM’s resource strengths and competitive capabilities match the industry’s key success factor. 1. Vision and Mission Statement Identification Upon research‚ there is no information regards on any vision and mission statement pre-developed by RIM. However‚ to bring RIM success to a higher level‚ we suggest you to look into our
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DeVry University Keller Graduate School of Management Research in Motion (RIM) By Gbolade O. Soneyin gsoneyin@my.keller.edu (770) 598-5006 NETW-583-18552 Strategic Management of Technology Professor John Lambrou Friday‚ January 24‚ 2015 Abstract BlackBerry Limited‚ formerly known as Research in Motion (RIM)‚ was a key player in the smartphone market. Created by two friends in 1984‚ it grew to become one of the leading manufacturers of applications and hardware for the mobile phone industry
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Barney and Hesterly (2006)‚ describe the VRIO framework as a good tool to examine the internal environment of a firm. They state that VRIO “stands for four questions one must ask about a resource or capability to determine its competitive potential: 1. The Question of Value: Does a resource enable a firm to exploit an environmental opportunity‚ and/or neutralize an environmental threat? 2. The Question of Rarity: Is a resource currently controlled by only a small number of competing firms
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Research in Motion Porter’s Five Force Porter’s Five Force Model There are some different approaches available when measuring the profitability in a market‚ or industry. I choose to use the model by Michael E. Porter‚ where the profitability potential of an industry‚ described as the long run return on investment‚ is reliant on the degree of competition in the selected industry. The five forces that Porter mentions are; threat of entry‚ supplier power‚ buyer power‚ threat of substitutes and industry
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. VRIO The VRIO framework is a set of four questions of: Value‚ Rarity‚ Imitability‚ andOrganization (Barney and Hesterly‚ 2006). It is a tool to analyze company’s resourcesand capabilities to discover their potential competitive advantages or to identifycompany’s internal weaknesses (Barney and Hesterly‚ 2006). The following competenceswere chosen from Nokia: quality‚ price‚ services/functions‚ and brand image. 5.1 Quality The high quality of Nokia’s products and services enables
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VRIO ANALYSIS Barney and Hesterly (2006)‚ describe the VRIO framework as a good tool to examine the internal environment of a firm. They state that VRIO “stands for four questions one must ask about a resource or capability to determine its competitive potential: 1. The Question of Value: Does a resource enable a firm to exploit an environmental opportunity‚ and/or neutralize an environmental threat? 2. The Question of Rarity: Is a resource currently controlled by only a
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