Problem Statement Solar energy is becoming increasingly popular within the years. Companies have been using this energy for automobiles‚ calculators‚ street lights‚ etc. Established in 8 different countries‚ keeping its bases in Canada and China‚ Canadian Solar has been generating strong financial returns. Canadian Solar believes its competitive advantage relies in their Western management and engineering and their low-cost Chinese production base and its strategy is to maintain comparable prices
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1.0 Introduction In a dynamic business environment‚ companies enter industries whenever they see growth or profit potential or exit when they see a decline. As such‚ companies have to consistently practice an internal and external check or analysis on the company to see where they stand in the industry they operate in. The Boston-Consulting Group’s Growth model‚ among all other models provides one of the best guides to analyzing a company’s marketing performance and its potentials.
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The use of androcentric generic man‚ together with its compounds(such as chairman‚ manpower)‚ has become a potential problem for effective communication in the language of English and its usage should be avoided. In general‚ when a particular person’s gender is unknown‚ people are willing to use nouns that are gender-neutral to refer to that person‚ among which generic man is often used. What has been raised as a feminist issue is that since man can act both as a epicene and masculine noun‚ the usage
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value are critical elements in developing a competitive strategy. The concept was first introduced by Michael Porter in his 1985 book “Competitive Advantage.” A value chain is a set of activities that an organization carries out to create value for its customers. Porter proposed a general-purpose value chain in which he felt it was important for companies to examine all of their activities and see how they’re connected. According to Porter‚ going through the chain of organization activities will
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Introduction The case on the global automobile industry demonstrated by lowering cost through innovative production without sacrificing quality is the defining characteristic in a successful company. I found this case interesting because it characterized a successful automobile producer as one that will cut cost in an innovative approach to deal with a market that is constantly changing. The innovation in producing automobiles started with Ford through mass production and continued all the way to
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1920’s the production industry was on the rise‚ growing at an exponential rate. Business was booming and there were numerous new inventions to help production move faster and cheaper than ever before. One of the better known of these was the introduction of the assembly line by Henry Ford. The line and it’s simple car design allowed him to build a car so fast and so cheap that none of his competitors prices could even compete. Someone once said he could build a car for everyone. Many industries were
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SWOT-Analysis Strengths and Weaknesses To gain a competitive advantage‚ the profit rate of a corporation has to be higher than for the average of the industry. The profit rate is the difference between the value the customers attach to the product and the costs of producing it. It is determined through the performance of the different value creation functions. R&D -Innovative Products Production -high quality of ingredients -40% of total costs are food costs Marketing -Outback has won several
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Ping Lv‚ and should not be disclosed to anyone not a recipient or reviewer of these proposals. However‚ in the event of award‚ this information may be disclosed to and will be used in behalf of and according to the interests of Mitsui & Co. Ltd.’s W. Ping Lv Strategic Consultant 1 WHAT WE LEARNED FROM NATURAL DISASTERS When natural disasters‚ such as 2011 Tohoku earthquake destroyed Fukushima Nuclear Power Plant in Japan‚ hurricane Sandy bears down on the East Coast of USA. All these
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PORTERS 5 FORCES. DEFINITION OF ’PORTER’S 5 FORCES’ Named after Michael E. Porter‚ this model identifies and analyzes 5 competitive forces that shape every industry‚ and helps determine an industry’s weaknesses and strengths. 1. Competition in the industry 2. Potential of new entrants into industry 3. Power of suppliers 4. Power of customers 5. Threat of substitute products The Porter’s Five Forces tool is a simple but powerful tool for understanding where power lies in a business situation. This
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The automobile industry effected much of the American culture. It was making for a new way of life in many ways. However‚ the automobile Industry was one of many that caused a rapid decline in many traditional industries in the 1920’s. The railroad and coal industry was affected by the trucking industry. The American Story states that the biggest hit of all was the American Farmers. Urban workers were also affected but not nearly as much as the farmers. Many of the ways of the American life was being
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