resources‚ capabilities and core competencies? Does Sony have a sustainable competitive advantage? Sony Corporation is considered one of the world’s most successful companies‚ operating in the “electronics‚ games‚ music‚ films and financial services” industry (Hanson et al‚ 2001). Sony is known for creating “products that stimulate the senses and refresh the spirit” (Sony‚ 2007). Effectively managing a combination of its resources‚ capabilities and core competencies‚ has allowed Sony to create
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"We have an excellent sales and marketing team here at Gatorade. We believe we do know how to build brands‚ we do know how to advance businesses. And our expectation is that we will do the same as we take Snapple as well as Gatorade to the next level." -Don Uzzi‚ President of the Quaker Oats Beverage Company‚ North America.1 SUMMARY The Quaker Oats Company‚ founded in 1891‚ is one of America’s oldest food enterprises. From its start in the domestic ready-to-eat cereal market‚ Quaker grew
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The three major Information System (IS) professional core competencies are technical‚ business and systems. These three competencies are important to any organization. Technical knowledge and skills includes proficiency in hardware‚ software‚ networking and security. Most of the technical work is outsourced to different providers to cut down on overhead. The technical personnel have to make sure that the operating systems‚ applications software are up to date and install new updates. They should
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examine a period of strategic change for an organisation of your own choice. Outline the triggers for change and the approach to strategic change in your case. Discuss the extent to which this strategic change built on or transformed the existing core competencies of the organization. Explain the most significant organizational issues facing the managers implementing this strategic change and how effectively they were managed. A STRATEGIC ANALYSIS OF APPLE CORPORATION
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Strengths - quality and employee loyalty; Weaknesses - slow traditions and limited customers; Opportunities - increase hospitality division and sell to a broader range of customers; and Threats - Porter’s 5 forces. Due to the analysis provided‚ the core competencies of Kohler emerge as high quality‚ great design‚ history and tradition‚ and a commitment to gracious living for their customers. Kohler Background Kohler Co. is a world leader in plumbing and power systems‚ but is diverse and sells products
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The Acquisition of Snapple by Quaker Oats In an effort to raise the company’s growth rate and avoid a takeover.Quaker Oats‚ acquired Snapple beverage corporation for $1‚7 billion‚a price considered by many to be valued a billion too much. Snapple captured a significant loyal following by being an innovator in the ready-to-drink tea.The RTD tea segment of the beverage market was a quick developing area with promising returns ‚that’s why it attracted giants like coca cola and Pepsico‚ who entered
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From 1972 to 1993‚ why did Snapple flourish when so many small start-up premium fruit drinks stayed small or disappeared? * Premium pricing allowed the company to introduce a variety of products‚ many of which were unsuccessful‚ while still remaining profitable * Hired a professional management team that used focus groups to improve label design‚ increased the advertising budget‚ and intensified the independent distributor system throughout the East Coast * Successful advertising and
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Snapple and Aqualisa Hints Snapple hints given during lecture. 1. Understand the Snapple customer(s). 2. Product development is important. a. how does Snapple identify new products? b. how does Snapple decide how much to produce? 3. Don’t forget to read the ethnographic research in the back of the case. Snapple Discussion Questions This is an interesting case on how entrepreneurs can make $1.7B‚ how a major firm can lose $1.3B‚ and how a well-trained manager can be a hero. Pay
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Dockers and Snapple - Branding Elements and Marketing Programs Differences Adaptability – Starting with Docker’s‚ Levi Strauss & Co. was able to adapt their brands‚ more so than Snapple‚ in response to changes in consumer values‚ opinions and the need to for their product to remain contemporary relevant (Keller‚ 2008a‚ pg. 143). The Dockers brand was the first casual pant of its kind and over the years changed to include wrinkle free‚ khakis and stain defender technology to compete with various
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Problem: Develop a strategy for Snapple ’s recovery after a three year trend of declining sales under the management of Triarc Companies. Sales had declined almost 35% in three years (from $674 MM in 1994 to $440 MM in 1997) and had the profile that the company had achieved great success with was diminished. Issues History: Small company origins based on authenticity and trust in consumers eyes. (ref. Exhibit 6 Pivotal Characteristics) This was evident in the initial mantra of the company
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