BUSINESS POLICY SPRING TERM 2012 BUS 450 Questions for the Next Several Cases Friday‚ February 24 Case: Competition among NA Warehouse Clubs (case 4 in text) 1. What is competition like in the North American wholesale club industry? Which of the five competitive forces is strongest and why? Use the information in Figures 3.4‚ 3.5‚ 3.6‚ 3.7‚ and 3.8 (and the related chapter discussions on pp. 57-70) to do a complete five-forces analysis of competition in the North American
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Bellagio Questions Name: Sam Clark Bellagio Questions 1. Focus on three key roles at mainly three levels of authority in the casino—blackjack dealers‚ pit bosses‚ and the vice president of table games. How would you characterize the “control strategy” (e.g.‚ tight vs. loose) used over each of these roles? 2. Prepare a list of the controls described in the case. What control problems are they designed to address? Are the managers interviewed for the case justified in being proud of their
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Project name: Lueem Samsung Museum of Art. Completed: 2004. Architects: Mario Botta‚ Jean Nouvel and Rem Koolhas. Location: Hannam-dong‚ South Korea. Site area: 6274 square meters. Floor area : 21797 square meters. 1- General description about the whole museum: Samsung museum was built for several purposes‚ such as‚ presenting the traditional art‚ showing the beauty of Korea and the powerful of the international art. However‚ the museum is a collection of two museums and one center. The first museum
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What exactly was covered in the great Patent Trial of the Century between Apple and Samsung? I’ve had a surprisingly hard time figuring this out. However‚ after reading the verdict‚ the patents themselves‚ and a bunch of news summaries‚ it seems to me that there may be less than meets the eye here. As near as I can tell‚ the jury found Samsung guilty of violating the following Apple patents: Patent 381‚ which covers inertial scrolling (the faster you move your finger‚ the faster a list scrolls)
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Adolf Coors Case Questions 1. Why did the U.S. brewing industry consolidate? The U.S. brewing industry consolidated because of declining beer prices but increasing input costs‚ differentiation‚ and intensified advertising. The larger brewers could withstand the pressure of declining beer prices as the demand grew with increasing input costs by expanding distribution and thus‚ their market. They also opened new distribution centers to lower transportation costs. The larger brewers also began differentiating
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Chapter 3 Starbucks Case I. Answer the following two questions: 1. Assume now you are in the context of what is described in the case‚ how can you challenge Schultz’s business model? Justify your argument. (10 pts) Howard Schultz actually has a really good business plan in our opinion‚ one that is actually very difficult to find an aspect to challenge. Any problem that has risen with it‚ Schultz has taken the necessary steps to correct it. For example‚ when the finances of the company as well as
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Samsung’s current Segmentation Strategy. · GEOGRAPHIC Samsung focuses on rural area as well. It has Samsung Guru Segment for rural areas as well as Galaxy segment for urban areas. Samsung is one of the largest manufacturers of mobile phones‚ so they say Samsung has something for everyone. · DEMOGRAPHIC Samsung has mobile phones for youth‚ age of 16-29‚ for businessmen etc. for middleclass youth it has Samsung Guru which is for govt. lower class workers also. Guru has many
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Explain why you agree or disagree with the decision in your chosen Electronic Reserve Reading. The electronic reserve reading that I read was the one about the judge stalling Michigan’s drug testing program for welfare applicants. I agree the decision on making people that are applying for welfare take and pass a drug test. The reason why I agree with this decision is because a lot of people that are receiving welfare benefits stop trying to do better once they start getting the benefits. I feel
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Ty Cormier Gemini Electronics 1. What was the business model of Gemini? The business model was to produce TV’s on a just-in-time basis to pass on most of the distribution savings to the consumers. He planned to cater to the big box retailers such as Best Buy and Walmart to name a few‚ who wanted to cut down their supply chains by sourcing TV’s in North America. By shortening the supply chain you increase reliability making it easier to address uncertainties as well as building lean production
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promotion Samsung Products: Samsung have a list of products that are high in demand across more economically developed countries due to the fact that Samsung’s products are considered luxury items so they will cost a lot more‚ this is why there products are mainly sold in more economically developed countries because only people in economically developed countries can afford their products. Also Samsung’s products are considered very popular amongst the working class as the Samsung galaxy S3 over
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