1 TiVo 2007: DVRs and Beyond Harvard Business Case 9-708-401 INTRODUCTION & BACKGROUND The following provides a case study analysis of a 2007 Harvard Business School case study on TiVo‚ the Silicon Valley consumer electronics company best known for its innovative digital video recorders (DVRs) (Yoffie & Slind‚ 2007). The case concerns the challenges facing TiVo now that it is no longer the only competitor in the DVR market and TiVo’s efforts to craft a winning strategy in a changing environment
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1. How accurate was the demand forecast for the first quarter of 2005? First‚ is wise to make a comparison in the individual level‚ between the forecasts made for the year 2004 and the real demand. The Forecast overestimates the real demand in every single product. As it is shown in the tables above the average difference percentage in the individual level is higher that the difference percentage in the aggregate level. What is the current demand forecasting method
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Business strategy Review Tutorials Strategy Formulation: Mintzberg’s View vs Ansloff’s View Porters 5-forces Competition & Business Strategy in historical perspective – Ghemwat Acquisitions – Dryer Lectures Business Level strategy Corporate Level strategy Ethics & sustainability Strategy implementation Tutorials Strategy formulation Mintzberg’s View vs Ansloff’s View Mintzberg’s The Design School (1990) One of ten schools of thought from Mintzberg The design school sees
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Q1. Samsung Electronics strategy has successfully achieved both low-cost advantages and differentiated products. Samsung is able to achieve and maintain its low cost position due to various factors. Samsung has always emphasized on process and production efficiency. The company places all its fab lines and R&D facility at a single site‚ so that engineers from various departments can come together to resolve any process or design issues as soon as possible. Benefiting from the collocation‚ Samsung
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Discuss how Samsung differentiates its product from its competitors. In making themselves one of the most quality and innovative brands within the electronics industry‚ Samsung strives to be sustainable and achieving a sustainable competitive advantage by ensuring it remains as the leader within the digital market. Samsung has differentiated its products from its competitors from a platform of three categories. These categories are product attributes‚ firm linkages‚ and firm-customer relationships
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Case questions • What is the cost of capital for Marriott’s as a whole at the prevailing capital structure vs. at the target capital structure. ➢ Be prepared to defend your specific assumptions about the various inputs adopted into equations. For example‚ the team is expected to suggest the proposed market risk premium. ➢ WACC should be estimated for the overall firm ▪ CAPM – equity beta vs. asset beta - see Section F • Compute a separate cost of capital
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Development Expense (Quarterly) Chart Critical Success Factors (3) • Collective Entrepreneurship Google is in a collective entrepreneurship with bloggers‚ advertisers‚ and viewers‚ sharing the risks and rewards from the discovery and exploitation of new business opportunities. • Various Channels for Expression Google tries to diversificate channels for expression‚ recognizing that different people‚ and different ideas‚ might come up in different ways. • Optimal Combination between Creativity and Science
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Q. What was Samsung Electronics target‚ how did it change and what is a best way for it to change in the future with the changing external environment? When Samsung Electronics started out by purchasing the first wafer production in Korea called the Korea Semiconductor Company. Kun hee Lee saw the potential in the semiconductor industry‚ and the investment will offer higher offer higher growth rates. Since the company was relying on labor-intensive assembly lines‚ importing semiconductors and
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overtaken by a new range of platform known as android. Samsung introduces a new range of android phones by Samsung S4‚ which make your life richer‚ simpler‚ and more fun. As a real life companion‚ the new Samsung GALAXY S4 helps bring us closer and captures those fun moments when we are together. Each feature was designed to simplify our daily lives. Furthermore‚ it cares enough to monitor our health and well-being. To put it simply‚ the Samsung GALAXY S4 is there for you. * China and India are
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Read about Integrated Marketing Communication (IMC) marketing approach. Group 1: Company A is Sony Company B is LG Group 2: Company A is Canon Company B is Panasonic Group 3: Company A is HTC Company B is Samsung Instructions: 1) Locate the company A’s website. 2) Look for the key message/messages of the company A. 3) Locate a recent company A’s video commercial (on the television or from Youtube) or a print advertisement. What is the key message/messages
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