Exploring Corporate Strategy CLASSIC CASE STUDIES Nokia: The Consumer Electronics Business Martin Lindell and Leif Melin The case describes the entry of the Finnish company‚ Nokia‚ into the consumer electronics market – resulting in a significant reorientation of the company. It describes the internationalisation of the Nokia Group from a Finnish company‚ to a Nordic company‚ to a European company and finally to a global player in world markets. The case raises three main questions. Why and how
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Idea Cellular Buys 40.8% Stake in Spice Communication By: PTI | Jun 26‚ 2008 {draw:a} Email this {draw:a} Comments {draw:a} RSS {draw:a} Digg this {draw:a} Del.icio.us Idea Cellular has announced acquisition of rival mobile operator Spice Communications in a deal entailing purchase of a 40.8 per cent stake for over Rs. 2‚700 crore in shares and cash. Besides‚ Idea will also make an open offer‚ along with Telekom Malaysia‚ to acquire a further 20 per cent stake in Spice for over Rs
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Will the strategy fit between business and HRM strategy influence HRM effectiveness and organisation performance? It is known that a company’s strategy is very important to their future success however we must evaluate wither there is a correlation between the alignment of the business and HRM strategy and the successful performance of the firm. The alignment of the two strategies was first theorized to have effect by Skinner 1969. Since then it has become the major subject of research pieces
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pricing‚ etc. Price skimming is a pricing strategy in which a marketer sets a relatively high price for a product or service at first‚ and then lowers the price over time where a new‚ innovative‚ or much-improved product is launched onto a market. The objective with skimming is to “skim” off customers who are willing to pay more to have the product sooner; prices are lowered later when demand from the “early adopters” falls. The success of a price-skimming strategy is largely dependent on the inelasticity
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STRATEGY & TRANSFORMATION FINAL ESSAY Topic: When A Company Likely To Choose Related Diversification and When Is It Likely To Choose Unrelated Diversification? Introduction First of all‚ “corporate strategy is what makes the corporate whole add up to more than the sum of its business unit parts” (Porter‚ M. E.‚ 1987 cited in Mintzberg et al 2003‚ p.451). In this regard‚ corporate-level strategy is concerned with two related issues; “first one is what businesses a corporation should compete
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NAME_______________________________________________________________ FE461 Professor Schmitt First Problem Set Due 31 January 2012 1. (20 points) Suppose Tyco International has complete control over the plastic hangar market. Suppose the inverse demand for hangars is given by: . Suppose that the total costs is given by: a) What is the equilibrium price and quantity of hangars in the market if the market is competitive? To find the competitive quantity we set price equal to marginal cost
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TOPIC 1: MARKET-DRIVEN STRATEGY 1.1 THE STUDY OF STRATEGIC MARKETING (Page 2-3) ACTIVITY 1.1 (Page 3) Research a Malaysian company that you believe has been adopting market-driven strategies. Identify those strategies. Why do you consider this company to be successful? SEFF-CHECK 1.1 (Page 3) In your own words‚ define strategic marketing. Strategic marketing is a “market-driven process of strategy development‚ taking into account a constantly changing business environment and the need to
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ranked among the world ’s top five branded PC vendors. Porter (2008) notes that strategy is about obtaining and maintaining a competitive advantage. The Acer organisation realised the need to capitalise on skills‚ technologies‚ knowledge and other capabilities which were not a part of their organisation and employed strategies which sought out complementary companies with which to form mergers or acquisitions. In its initial stages‚ the Acer Corporation ’s strategic focus was not on competing
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15.769 Manufacturing Strategy Spring 2001 Second revision of syllabus Prof. Don Rosenfield: E40-419‚ 253-1064‚ e-mail: donrose@mit.edu Teaching Assistant: Melissa Falkowski‚ Office TBD‚ mfalkow@mit.edu Manufacturing strategy examines strategy for manufacturing and operations within the firm. The course will examine how manufacturing and operations can be used as competitive weapons. Traditionally‚ these areas have been viewed as narrow‚ functional areas‚ and management of them
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in the best strategic group and dominating it. 2. Corporate strategy options for diversified companies include A) broadening the company’s business scope by making new acquisitions in new industries. B) divesting weak-performing businesses and retrenching to a narrower base of business operations. C) restructuring the company’s business lineup with a combination of divestitures and new acquisitions to put a whole new face on the company’s business makeup.
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